THERE are fears that diesel from a sunken barge could lead to the death of swans that make the Leeds Liverpool canal their home. The barge recently sunk on the canal, leaking its fuel. The diesel is believed to have spread from Skipton town centre
Film A FILM by a Bradford actor/director is being screened at a Pakistani film festival touring UK cities. “Salaam Pakistan is the first of its kind in the North and the Midlands,” said Zafar Ali, whose film Woh 1 Din has been screened in Bradford
Bradford City police officers have launched a search for the owner of an abandoned wheelchair. The motorised wheelchair was found outside Bradford Magistrates Court on On Saturday, March 16, and then taken to City Hall. A post on the Bradford
Kirklees Council has unveiled its economic strategy for the next six years with a focus on business, jobs, homes and state-of-the-art digital infrastructure aimed at turning the borough into “an economic powerhouse”. But the Council's Conservative
JACOB Butterfield insists City will not be panicked into hit-and-hope football as the relegation stakes rise. The Oxford loss means that a win in this weekend’s clash with Blackpool at Valley Parade is an absolute must to maintain realistic hopes
CAMPION head to Rossington Main on Saturday having rediscovered that winning feeling thanks to a 3-1 victory at home to Shirebrook Town last night. The Bradford side's last Northern Counties East League Division One success had been a month ago
City have to go for it on Saturday against Blackpool - and that means a likely recall for Jack Payne. The Bantams playmaker has featured little under Gary Bowyer but, having overcome an illness, T&A chief sports writer Simon Parker expects
A DRIVER has been landed with a £2,000 repair bill after his car was attacked by a man wielding an iron rod in Sunbridge Road. The man, who asked not to be named, had just left his mosque and pulled onto Sunbridge Road when he came face to face
A NEW road linking the Keighley area to the M65 is one step closer after the government announced a major study. And a Councillor who has been calling for such a link for years has welcomed the news, saying it could prove a "huge boost" for the
CORONER'S officers are appealing for help tracing the relatives of a woman in her forties who died in Bradford last month. Nicola Parker, from Bradford, died at an address in the city on Friday, February 22, aged 45. Anyone who knew Ms Parker
A paedophile hunter nabbed a pervert with a foot fetish in front of a cheering crowd at Asda in Shipley, Bradford Crown Court heard. Thomas Low thought he was meeting a 14-year-old boy called Ben for sexual activity when he was confronted by an
FURNITURE retailer Ikea has teamed up with children’s charity Barnardo’s to provide less fortunate children with toys. The retailer, which has a store in at Birstall Retail Park, is running the Toy Stor-age points next weekend, allowing customers
THE BANTAMS will have more time to complete their summer recruitment next season after League One and Two clubs voted to revert back to the end of August deadline. The two lower tiers will get three extra weeks to sign players after the English
A 37-YEAR-old Bradford man is to have his recent jail term for burglary examined under a scheme for overly lenient sentences. Dale Poppleton, of Charnwood Road, Undercliffe, was jailed for two years and five months at Bradford Crown Court last
A FLY-through video shows how a new £15 million leisure centre for the Spen Valley could look. The video has been released as residents are being asked to share their views on the plans for the new Liversedge facility, which is set to be built
A MAN is set to appear at Bradford Crown Court next month after being charged with causing death by dangerous driving following a horror crash on the M62 last year. Taryl Moxam, 22, from Barlborough in Derbyshire, has been charged with two counts
A petition calling on Parliament to scrap Brexit and remain in the EU has attracted more than 900,000 signatures in less than 24 hours. The total could doubtless have been higher had the petitions website not spent much of the day buckling under
A MAN caught guarding a “substantial and expensive” cannabis farm in Bradford has been jailed for 12 months. Aldenis Cela, 25, an Albanian national, will be deported back to his homeland after serving his prison sentence, Bradford Crown Court heard
The UK’s position about half way between the north pole and the equator, and bathed by the relatively warm waters of the Atlantic, means that while we do get a few winter days when the temperature drops below freezing it rarely lasts long. Even
A STUNNING nine-minute hat-trick by Elliot Culling laid the platform for an emphatic 44-6 for Bradford Bulls reserves at Dudley Hill. Gareth Carvell's side ran in no fewer than six first-half tries - with Culling's triple the highlight alongside
FORMER Bulls and Cougars forward Richard Moore has been forced to retire with immediate effect due to a serious head injury. The Keighley-born prop, aged 38, whose 18-season career began at Bradford in 2001 and included spells with Leeds Rhinos,
CREWS from two fire stations were called to a house fire in the early hours of this morning. Firefighters from Odsal and Fairweather Green were called to the house in Kingswood Street, Great Horton, at 2.30am today. A neighbour had alerted
DANNY McGee has warned his Keighley players they are not safe from relegation yet as they face a tricky test this weekend. Keighley host fourth-placed Beverley at Skipton Road looking to ease any drop fears, as they find themselves in 10th place
BRADFORD windows and doors company Safestyle UK has revealed it made a £16 million loss in 2018, after what it called a "challenging" year. The Eldon Place-based firm made a £16.3 million loss before tax last year, after revenue also fell by more
CAMPION head to Rossington Main on Saturday having rediscovered that winning feeling thanks to a 3-1 victory at home to Shirebrook Town last night. The Bradford side's last Northern Counties East League Division One success had been a month ago
OTTAWA has been revealed as the proposed new home of Hemel Stags. The man behind the move to the Canadian capital is Toronto founder Eric Perez, who completed a takeover of League One Hemel earlier this week and has been invited by the Rugby Football
BEATING the teams around them is vital for Guiseley to boost their survival chances, starting with this weekend's clash at Hereford, according to joint-manager Marcus Bignot. Guiseley have not played since losing 1-0 to Southport on March 2 due
AFTER a remarkable 28 days without a game, Silsden player-assistant manager Craig Bentham says it will feel weird when they return to action this weekend. Due to postponements because of the weather and their scheduled opponents being involved in
AFTER the heavy rains forced last Saturday's Wharfedale game against Stourbridge to be called off, an extra week of rest will could see the return of several Greens' players for the trip to Sheffield this Saturday. "There was a lot of standing water
HE is a familiar face on Britain's best-loved soap. Bradford actor, Liam Bairstow, grew up watching Coronation Street and became the first actor with Down's syndrome in the soap’s 55-year history when he landed the role of Alex Warner. Liam
AN MP believes the poorest in society are being punished after new figures revealed hundreds of public computers had been cut across Yorkshire and Humberside. More than 500 public computers have disappeared from libraries across the region since
ALREADY a club legend, James Feather is enjoying his new lease of life as a Keighley Cougars player second time around. The 34-year-old, nicknamed Buster, returned to the field this season after retiring in 2017 following 15 years at the club.
THE strong links between Ilkley RFC and Ilkley Grammar School have paid off as the school's Under-15s team recently won the Yorkshire Cup and reach the semi-finals of a national competition. The Ilkley Grammar School side just missed out on reaching
A picture request from a reader has pointed us in the direction of this fabulous photo of television’s bubbly chef, Rustie Lee, visiting Bradford in 1985. The star guest, a regular on TV AM and Game For A Laugh, had the pleasure of meeting scores
PLANS to replace the roof of a fire damaged warehouse have been submitted to Bradford Council. John Sylvester Ltd, which creates fasteners and plastics, is hoping to bring a warehouse building on Vulcan Street, Dudley Hill, back into use. The
MAKING Cougar Park a fortress will help Keighley continue to erase their -12-point deduction, according to head coach Craig Lingard. Cougars entertain third-from-bottom North Wales Crusaders in Betfred League One on Sunday (kick-off 3pm) after picking
STEETON manager Roy Mason has been left to rue the wet weather and lost revenue as they look to play their first game in three weeks. Mason says he especially felt for his groundstaff who worked tirelessly to get last Saturday's clash with AFC
A TOP Councillor has suggested that the return of National Service could help reduce crime and anti-social behaviour in the district. A violent assault in City Park last month led to a discussion about crime in district at a full Council meeting
IT was as I made my way around the house, turning lights off and muttering “It’s like Blackpool bl**dy Illuminations in here” that I had a sobering moment. I realised I was turning into my dad. It was exactly what I remember him saying when I was
BRADFORD Council has refused to grant an alcohol licence to a businessman recently convicted of selling contraband cigarettes in a town centre shop. Last month Marhwan Najat was given given a community order and fined after pleading guilty to fraudulent
A BINGLEY business is to expand into new premises in Baildon as part of a multi-million pound investment. ACS, which specialises in office supplies, IT solutions and managed print services, will relocate from Aire Valley Park in the town to the
AMBITIOUS plans for a 60-foot dining and restaurant boat to be moored and operated in Skipton have been sunk by planners. The proposals were thrown out by Craven Council officers who said the boat would make too much noise. They said the vessel
THE boss of a Bradford textiles firm has called on the Council to stop "messing about" and demolish Harris Court mill following the major fire on Tuesday. Peter McIlvenny is the managing director of Whaley's Bradford, a textiles and fabrics firm
OVER 40 "illegal" clothing banks have been removed from streets of the district by Bradford Council in the past month. Some of the bins were found to contain needles and others had been badly damaged by arson attacks. The authority says such
NEW figures have revealed Bradford as one of the highest areas in the region for the number of children being hospitalised due to alcohol. Public Health England's 2019 Child Health report shows that 1,155 children were admitted to hospitals across
LEIGH coach John Duffy believes the Championship has gone up another level with the return of the likes of the Bulls. The former Scotland international brings his Centurions side to Odsal this weekend for another eagerly-anticipated encounter.
A MAN was arrested after a dumping a stolen bike and trying to run from police. Officers were patrolling in the Girlington area yesterday when they spotted a motorbike being driven "anti-socially." When they tried to stop the driver, he dumped
FIREFIGHTERS have been praised for their efforts in tackling the major fire at an historic mill in Great Horton on Tuesday evening. They were praised for their “marvellous” and “brilliant” work, after more than 50 firefighters from stations
GARY Bowyer wants to protect Lewis O’Brien from running out of steam in City’s tense run-in. The young midfielder ended a run of 30 successive league starts when he was dropped to the bench at Oxford. O’Brien still came on to have City’s big
STEVE PATTERSON feels Yorkshire now have a healthy mixture of youth and experience in their squad and is confident of a successful 2019 for the county. Seamer Patterson will captain the side again this summer having taken over from Gary Ballance
SHIPLEY Youth Bowling Club won a string of titles at the North and South of England Championships. And numerous members of the ten-pin bowling outfit - based at Shipley Lanes - have received county call-ups following their success. In the South
