A flood alert has been issued tonight for the River Calder in the Brighouse area. The Environment Agency put out the alert in response to the forecast for heavy rainfall expected to cross the area tonight and into tomorrow morning. The stretch
TWO police cars are off the road and officers have been injured in an early morning police pursuit. West Yorkshire Road's Policing Unit said the chase started in Bradford and then moved on to the M62. They tweeted: "2 cars off the road thanks
THREE people were rescued from a lift in an apartment complex for elderly people. Firefighters from Rawdon were called to Wharfedale View, Yeadon, at around 1.50pm. A West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue spokesman said the three people in the lift
A BUSINESS owner says his cafe has been 'ransacked' in a break in. It's thought Tiny's Coffee Shop and Sandwich Bar, Bradford Road, Bailiff Bridge, was targeted at some point this morning. Owner Karl Barraclough said the front door had been
Queensbury 44 Birkenshaw Bluedogs 6QUEENSBURY continued their rampant post-festive form by inflicting a hefty Division Two Central defeat on Birkenshaw in their Pennine League derby at Asa Briggs.'Bury, who had walloped Beeston Broncos by 60 points
FARSLEY Celtic hit back from two down to earn a Premier Division point from their Evo-Stik League trip to Grantham Town, with all the goals in the 2-2 draw condensed into the opening 34 minutes.The Celts were eighth as they headed to the South Kesteven
UPDATE: The admissions website is up and running as of this morning. Bradford Council says it is "endeavouring to contact" any parents who tried to apply when it was not working. Parents have until midnight tonight to apply – a legal deadline
LEEDS boss Thomas Christiansen felt his side deserved more from their Championship trip to Ipswich as they lost 1-0.Bersant Celina's 25-yard strike midway through the second half was enough to seal a first victory since mid-December for the hosts.Leeds
THE big winners at the weekend were Campion, who demolished visitors FC Bolsover in Division One of the Northern Counties East League.James Bicknell's side rattled in four first-half goals and seven after the break as they crushed their struggling
Yorkshire Division Four North West: Wibsey 19 Halifax 8 ONE more victory from their remaining two fixtures will put Wibsey into the Yorkshire Division Four 'Super Eights'. They are at home to Bramley Phoenix – their biggest rivals for fourth
BURNLEY manager Sean Dyche felt Crystal Palace's "simple" approach proved the difference as Roy Hodgson's men edged their Premier League clash 1-0.Bakary Sako's first-half finish at Selhurst Park lifted Palace up to 12th in the table
National League: AFC Fylde 2 Guiseley 1GUISELEY remain second-bottom in the National League, still nine points from safety, after a late winner for Fylde condemned the Lions to defeat at their promotion-chasing hosts.Paul Cox's men were looking to
THE Bulls clinched their second friendly win as two late tries saw off Sheffield at a chilly Odsal this afternoon. Steve Crossley and Dalton Grant scored in a two-minute burst well into the second half as the home side came from behind to win 12
HUDDERSFIELD coach David Wagner felt too many of his players were not at their best as they crashed to a 4-1 loss at home to West HamThe Terriers dropped two places to 13th in the table after their fourth home Premier League defeat of the season.The Hammers
TWO-time champion Scott Waites missed out on a third BDO World Championship title after being dumped out in the semi-finals.Bradford-born Waites was brushed aside 6-2 as Glen Durrant moved a step closer to successfully defending his crown at Frimley Green.Durrant
JASON Roy brought the smiles back to England's tour of Australia with a record-breaking 180 which put the tourists on the front foot for the first time since arriving Down Under.Having surrendered the Ashes in a 4-0 defeat, the limited-overs side
The family of a “cherished” grandfather killed in a hit and run accident have condemned the sentence handed to the uninsured driver as “abysmal”.Yasser Iqbal was jailed for 15 months for the death of Kenneth Parratt after he hit the pensioner with his
Vanarama National League North: York City 2 Bradford Park Avenue 1 BRADFORD Park Avenue are out of the play-off places in Vanarama National League North for the first time since early November following back-to-back defeats to promotion rivals.Yestersday
A GOVERNMENT inspector says a large canvas sign has to be removed from a listed building in Manningham.Last year Bradford Council refused a retrospective planning application by J Ashraf for a canvas advertisement on the side of 1 Mount Royd.The Lockwood
MOVES to make a busy road in Bradford safer have been welcomed by a local Councillor.A pedestrian refuge island and footway build outs in Killinghall Road, Bradford Moor, have been approved by Bradford East Area Committee.The refuge island will be built
A HOMELESS man who stole £1,700 from the company who gave him a job as a delivery driver has been jailed for six months.Bradford Crown Court heard that Parvaiz Makin, 46, was employed as a warehouseman by Bradford-based Five River Foods after being referred
A man has been jailed for more than three years for robbing two women on one of Bradford’s busiest roads.Sean Walker, 29, was sentenced to 40 months in prison at Bradford Crown Court.Prosecutor Paul Nicholson said that Walker had robbed the women of their
A man has died after falling from a bridge over the M62 motorway. A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said they had a call at 8.40am today from a member of the public, who said they had seen a man fall from Scammonden Bridge, between junctions
A BAILDON-based precision engineering firm has won a national award in recognition of how its staff and management have developed their skills. Produmax, based at Sapper Jordan Rossi Park, Otley Road, has been handed the Sharing in Growth (SiG)
A MAN who stole a BMW and then trapped his friend by reversing the car into him on a Bradford garage forecourt has been jailed for 14 months.Bradford Crown Court heard that Imaar Rashid, 22, and Zeyn Awan, 20, went to Vishnu Patel’s house in Bradford
A Bradford firm has exhibited a replica of legendary stock car driver Stu Smith’s car at an international show to raise funds for charity. Staff from Simmonites Land Rover, based in Thornton Road, Thornton, have helped build a Formula 1 stock car in memory
THE internet is an unavoidable - and essential - part of everyday life. From online banking and shopping, to booking holidays, browsing news websites and doing business, the world wide web has opened up a whole new way of living and communicating
A DISTRICT MP has blasted as a "nonsense" the release of prisoners halfway through their sentence. Philip Davirs, the Shipley MP, is urging the Government to rethink the policy. He was speaking after newly-appointed Justice Secretary David
