LONGROOM returned to form with a bang at Ripon last month and can carry on the good work in the Bet At racinguk.com Handicap at Ayr.Noel Wilson's sprinter comfortably defeated African Friend by two and a quarter lengths and has only been raised 5lb
BRADFORD (PARK AVENUE) were held to a 1-1 draw at Hemsworth Miners Welfare in their latest friendly. Boss Mark Bower named 10 trialists in his squad – one of them giving them the lead shortly after half-time – as Avenue continued preparations for the
LOTS of fun was to be had at the Cleckheaton Folk Festival this weekend. In its 31st year, the festival is one of Cleckheaton's most important, attracting around 4,000 people every year. Visitors to the fest, which celebrates all things fun
GUISELEY have signed Zimbabwean international Cliff Moyo from FC Halifax Town.The 25 year-old defender departed the Shaymen at the end of last season after a two-year spell.In his first campaign at the Shay he helped the club win promotion to the National
A POLISHED Birmingham Bears bowling display and some brutal hitting from Ed Pollock cost Yorkshire the chance to win their second successive game at the start of the Vitality Blast at Edgbaston.The Vikings, invited to bat, lost three wickets inside the
KEIGHLEY Cougars registered a much-needed two points in their League One play-off hunt with a 32-16 victory at the Hemel Stags.It was a hard-fought victory in difficult conditions for head coach Craig Lingard’s depleted side after last week’s off-field
PUPILS at a Bradford primary school have had the chance to experience the thrills of the Apollo moon landings of the late 1960s and early 70s. Moon rocks, from NASA, were loaned to St Matthew’s CE Primary School in West Bowling for its once-in-a-lifetime
If anyone took a look through my wardrobe they would be puzzled to say the least. There are tops, trousers and skirts ranging from size ten to size 18. And they all fit. Today I am wearing a size 16 top and size 12 trousers. The top I plan
A THREE DAY festival of all things wartime comes to an end today after a weekend that has blown the public away. The Yorkshire Wartime Experience (YWE) is one of the biggest of its kind in the country and takes place at Hunsworth Lane just outside
BRADFORD Premier League Division One leaders Undercliffe were a team in a hurry as they completed a crushing ten-wicket win over Hartshead Moor in a match that lasted just 23 overs.Zeeshan Qasim (5-19) and Craig Wiseman (4-28) shot the visitors out for
IT WAS a day that saw early starts and big surprises in The All Rounder Cricket Bradford Premier League top flight with two of the leading three teams suffering shock defeats.The biggest upset was at Moorend where Cleckheaton beat leaders New Farnley
SECOND-PLACED Wakefield St Michael’s reduced Keighley's lead in Bradford Premier League Championship Two to 16 points after beating them by 43 runs in the early-morning clash at Lawkholme Lane.Opener Mark Atkinson (60), Ayaz Seedat (47) and Charith
THIRTY FIVE firefighters are today still at the scene of a moorland fire in Cullingworth. The blaze started on Sunday afternoon and is on heathland between Harden and Cullingworth, known as Catstones Moor, according to West Yorkshire Fire and
WEST YORKSHIRE Police have released a Missing Person Appeal for teenager, Luke Senior. The 17 year-old is believed to have links with the Batley and Birstall area. He is described as being 6ft 4 inches tall, with mousy brown hair which is short
GARETH Southgate believes togetherness and drive has been a winning combination for his eager squad, with even the Euro 2016 humiliation providing a platform as England reached the World Cup semi-finals.Roy Hodgson's men were humbled by Iceland two
POLICE are appealling for witnesses following a serious motorcycle incident in the Thorpe Edge area. The road traffic collision happened on Friday evening at 8pm when a small blue motorcycle collided with a fence on Haigh Beck View. Police
ENGLANDJordan Pickford: Barely needed in the first half, last week's penalty hero excelled again with a hat-trick of crucial saves in the second. He tumbled left and right to deny Marcus Berg and Viktor Claesson one-handed, then stretched with fingertips
FIREFIGHTERS are still in place this morning at the scene of a recycling plant fire that broke out yesterday. Crews are dampening the blaze which started yesterday afternoon at the DS Smith recycling facilities, Gelderd Road, near the Birstall
GARETH Southgate hailed Harry Maguire as a "giant in both boxes" after seeing the defender repay the faith that he could deliver at the highest level.Sheffield-born Maguire has quickly established himself as a cornerstone of the English cause
England will bid to reach their first World Cup final in more than half a century when they meet Croatia in the last four on Wednesday.Here, we profile the side hoping to dash the Three Lions' hopes.World Cup recordAfter joining FIFA in 1992 and then
JORDAN Pickford was the calmest man in Samara after his man-of-the-match performance helped England to their first World Cup semi-final in 28 years.The former Bantams loan goalkeeper arrived in Russia not even sure he would start, but is putting together
SIR - I feel so sorry for the bowlers whose bowling green was ruined by so called travellers, 'a rose by any other name'.How many more years do we have to wait until our council can evict these disgusting people? Are they frightened of them? They
SIR - July 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) which, in 1968, encompassed global attempts to rid the world of nuclear weapons. The NPT makes it illegal for non-nuclear weapons states to acquire nuclear weapons
A DRIVER who led police on a “prolonged” chase in and around Bradford has been spared jail.Officers activated their blue lights after Azeem Hussain, 26, overtook an unmarked police car at speed on Highgate Road at around 2.30am on May 29.In the chase
A VETERAN children's author and writer of the hugely popular Horrible Histories book series has shared his experience with students at a Keighley school.Terry Deary dropped into University Academy Keighley (UAK) earlier this month (July) as part of
THE line up for the re-launch of Thornton Gala has been announced, and it features a wide variety of acts, live music and fun family events.The gala will return to the village on Saturday July 21 after a 10 year absence, and is being held at Hill Top
A GOVERNMENT inspector has upheld a decision to refuse plans for a development of affordable homes – saying it would be a “significant urban encroachment” on the greenbelt. Bradford Council had turned down plans for 42 houses to be built off Halifax
A ROOKIE drug dealer caught selling heroin and crack cocaine in Bradford twice in the space of three days has been jailed. Prosecutor Alisha Kaye told Bradford Crown Court that at around 11.20am on January 6, officers suspected that the occupants
