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  • Eagles ease through in cup

    Eccleshill under-12 Eagles progressed to the third round of the West Riding County Cup with comfortable 2-0 home victory over LFC27. The Eagles continued their unbeaten run with strikes from Mitchell Hardaker and Jack Lorriman. Man of the match

  • Proud Pudsey claim clean sweep of wins

    IT was a great week in the Bradford Table Tennis League for the three teams from Pudsey who all recorded important victories. In Division One, Pudsey A managed their first win of the season at home to Hermits A as Les Baker produced a man of the

  • Your vote could help children's book scheme win cash

    SIR - Baildon Imagination Library has been selected as one of the projects that may receive up to £5,000 in funding from the Aviva Community Fund. Everybody (you don't need to have a connection to the good cause) gets 10 votes and voting is open

  • Bantams fans offered free travel to Peterborough

    CITY supporters are being offered free coach travel for next week’s League One game at Peterborough. Following on from the £1 ticket deal for the home game with Oxford later this month, it is another move to encourage fans to get behind the Bantams

  • Parking charges approved - despite anger from businesses

    Parking charge increases – and some new charges – have been approved for Calderdale’s towns despite claims they will ruin businesses. Last night (Monday, November 5), Calderdale Council’s Cabinet approved a raft of proposed increased or new charges

  • VIDEO: Rag ruggers pay tribute to wounded soldiers of WW1

    SOLDIERS wounded in the First World War often turned to arts and crafts for therapy while convalescing. Many took up rag-rugging - making rugs and cushions from bits of old material - a textile tradition dating back to the 19th century. In

  • Elliott Whitehead beaten to international award by Makinson

    BRADFORD'S Elliot Whitehead was pipped to the Golden Boot by England team-mate Tommy Makinson. The winger completed a meteoric climb to the top of the international tree when he was named as winner of the 2018 award last night. The 27-year-old

  • Three caravans destroyed in suspected arson

    A FORK lift truck and three caravans were all torched in a suspected arson attack last night. Fire crews were calle to a yard in Craven Road, Keighley, at 11.14pm and found the homes and vehicle on fire. No one was inside the caravans at the

  • Business gutted by arson attack

    A BUILDING yard has been destroyed in a suspected arson attack. Fire service investigators suspect the blaze, at a building in Fanny Street, Keighley, was started deliberately and they are investigating alongside police. It is the second fire

  • Chip pan sparks flat fire

    A KITCHEN and living room were damaged when a chip pan caught fire in a Bradford home. Firefighters from Bradford were called to the city centre flat, in Drewton Road, at 7.30pm yesterday after a man's attempt to make chips sparked a blaze.

  • Man impales himself on gate

    A MAN was taken to hospital last night after he impaled himself on a fence in Bradford city centre. Police, the fire service and paramedics were called to Mann's Court, opposite the Shoulder of Mutton pub, in Kirkgate, at 11.40pm when the man's

  • Morgan remains positive despite cup call-off

    RHYS Morgan has taken the positives out of his Ilkley side's cup game being postponed this weekend. Ilkley were due to host Bradford & Bingley in the Yorkshire Cup first round on Saturday, but the Bees called off the tie on Tuesday night, citing

  • Bantams offer £1 ticket price for Oxford clash

    CITY are giving supporters a chance to watch their next League One home game against Oxford United for just £1. The Bantams are hoping the offer for the crunch clash against their fellow strugglers on Saturday, November 24 will attract a crowd

  • Cougars go global for new additions

    THE comings and goings continue at Keighley Cougars including the recruitment of an international player. Serbian international Jason Muranka has signed from Betfred League One rivals Doncaster. Muranka, 29, a second row forward, arrives at Cougar

  • Football club hit by spate of vandalism

    A FOOTBALL club which was formed almost 70 years ago has had to launch an appeal for help from its community after vandals caused more than £1,500 worth of damage on its playing fields. Cross Hills FC, near Keighley, is asking for villagers and

  • We must change behaviour, for our grandchildren's sake

    Roads, pavements, houses, schools, factories, garden seats, lamp posts, flower pots, docks, lighthouses, runways, etc are just a few of the long list that all use cement as a part of the concrete to make the final product. It means that concrete

  • It is left to us to remember them

    LIKE many people, I know little about my family history beyond my grandparents. I’ve heard family stories - my paternal great grandparents played music in pubs and danced in clogs, and my mum’s “nanah” was a mother-of-eight who discovered her hard-drinking

  • Guiseley look for Lady Luck in FA Cup

    GUISELEY boss Marcus Bignot admits he will take a win by whatever means in the FA Cup first round this weekend. His Lions side host League Two Cambridge on Sunday (kick-off 12.45pm) when they will make club history after reaching the first round

  • Throw Back Thursday: Minogue Mania Lights Up City

    The lights went down, the crowd roared, as Minogue mania swept through St George’s Hall in November 1991, for Bradford’s annual illuminations. Why the Australian singing sensation had chosen Bradford for her only live European appearance no-one knew

  • Mason looking for another 'goal-fest'

    STEETON manager Roy Mason says he is hoping for another goal-fest when his side renew acquaintances with St Helens Town. The Chevrons welcome the 15th-placed Merseyside outfit to Cougar Park on Saturday (3pm kick-off). Steeton will look to improve

  • School announces proposals to axe its sixth form

    University Academy Keighley's (UAK) sixth form has been proposed for closure. The school has pointed to falling numbers of students entering the sixth form and a need to make "financial efficiencies". But Keighley MP John Grogan said the news

  • Tunnels to offer street food outlets

    SUNBRIDGE Wells is planning a food and drink festival this weekend to show off its new street food eateries. Bear's Den and Pizza Loco will open tomorrow and Saturday respectively in the tunnels venue off Ivegate in Bradford. The move is part

  • Christmas fun planned for Tong Garden Centre

    THE Christmas season is fast approaching and Tong Garden Centre is gearing up for a weekend of festive fun. The garden centre will mark the opening of Santa's grotto and its new pop-up Polar Bear Café with a two-day family event, beginning on Saturday

  • Drug dealer fell off his scooter while fleeing police

    A DRUG dealer who fell off his scooter fleeing from the police with a stash of cocaine and heroin has been jailed for two and a half years. Joshua Bailey tumbled off the machine after losing control of it when officers on patrol spotted him on

  • Hopkin: Bantams too tense in front of goal

    CITY have been told to stay calm – and the goals will come. The Bantams have struggled to score all season, netting just 12 in the league so far. They have fired blanks in the last two games against Gillingham and Portsmouth, despite having 29

  • Crossley crucial to Bulls bouncing back, says Peltier

    ROSS Peltier has hailed the huge impact that Steve Crossley has had on the Bulls. The experienced warhorse returned to Odsal this year to help his home-town club to promotion back to the Championship. Crossley recently signed an extension to