JOHN Kear accused York of gamesmanship after the Bulls’ play-off hopes were rocked by a dramatic one-point loss. His side outscored the Knights by five tries to four with Ethan Ryan claiming a hat-trick. But York maintained their hoodoo between
KEIGHLEY Cougars fell to defeat again on the road, this time losing 52-4 in Cumbria at the hands of a resurgent Workington Town. Their loss was all but confirmed by half-time after Workington came out firing in an error strewn League One game.
HUGE crowds turned out this weekend to celebrate the annual Bradford Science Festival, which coincided with the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing. City Park, Centenary Square and the National Science and Media Museum were packed with families
AN event to mark the 100th anniversary of Peace Day has been taking place today at Bradford Industrial Museum. While the Armistice marked the end of the First World War on November 11, 1918, hostilities did not come to an end until the Treaty of
POLICE have launched an investigation after shots were fired at a property in Bradford last night. Officers were called to a property in Belmont Avenue, Low Moor, at 10.20pm to reports of a firearms discharge. Shots had been fired at a property
BRADFORD (Park Avenue) enjoyed their first victory at Horsfall Stadium during pre-season as they overcame Sheffield Wednesday under-23s 3-1. They took the lead in fine style during the first half from a free-kick following a foul on Shaun Gardner
ANDREW GALE admitted he was “gutted” for Matthew Fisher after the seam bowling all-rounder suffered a dislocated right shoulder while fielding during Yorkshire’s Vitality Blast defeat to Derbyshire at Chesterfield. Fisher’s wretched luck with injuries
YEADON’S hopes of making an immediate return to Bradford Premier League Championship One were dealt a body blow by relegation-threatened Liversedge. Sama Farooq (4-4) and Graeme Winn (3-29) helped bowl out the Championship Two promotion chasers
BATLEY are the new leaders of Bradford Premier League Championship One after defeating Hartshead Moor by 59 runs to take advantage of Bankfoot’s 48-run defeat at Morley. Tariq Hussain proved to be their match winner with 5-28 as Hartshead Moor
Woodlands moved 42 points clear at the top of the Bradford Premier League top flight as they inflicted another defeat on Hanging Heaton. They followed up last Sunday’s six-wicket Priestley Cup semi-final win over their out-of-sorts opponents with
CITY 1 WIGAN 1 HANSON and Wells, Mills and Blake before that – it’s been a while. But maybe the long wait for the next deadly double act to spearhead City’s frontline could be over. Those fans who opted to come back for more after the Liverpool
FIVE people were taken to hospital in the early hours of Sunday with knife wounds after a fight broke out in a nightclub and spilled into the street in Bradford city centre. Police are investigating a "large scale disorder" in the city centre,
TWO people have been arrested over an incident earlier this month where swan eggs were stamped on and destroyed in Shipley. A pair of nesting swans had been deliberately disturbed from their nesting spot by the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, near Dockfield
SLIGHTLY soggy conditions did not put off the crowds from attending the 138th Bingley Show, which took place on Saturday. The annual event featured a range of animal shows featuring cattle, sheep, goats and more, as well as the traditional 10km
TWO brothers have been sentenced for defrauding HM Revenue and Custom of almost £175,000 - while one of them worked in a HMRC call centre. Shapal Yaqoob, 35, of Woodside Drive, Bingley, ran a car sales company and submitted false information to
A PRIMARY school in Keighley has retained its Good rating following a recent Ofsted inspection. Inspectors lauded Oxenhope CE Primary School for improvements it has made in recent months. Ofsted said: “Because of strong leadership,the percentage
WORKING parents in Yorkshire face a typical childcare bill of more than £780 to cover the costs per youngster during the summer hols, according to a survey. The average cost of one week of holiday childcare is £130.34 per child,, Coram Family and
IT didn’t take me long to fall in love with Grasmere. Heading past spectacular fells, the lake appearing through trees, it felt like an other-worldly place with a charm all its own. Grasmere is a busy village, but eerily tranquil, in a good way
AN arsonist, paedophile, and three burglars were among those jailed this past week at Bradford Crown Court. FIRST up was a revenge arsonist who torched a Bradford takeaway because he thought he was owed £75 in unpaid wages was jailed for four years
OTLEY is preparing to enjoy its very first Cycling Family Fun Day. The event, designed to encourage families to ‘dust off their bikes and join the fun’, takes place at Garnett’s Field between 10am and 2pm on Sunday, July 28. Organised by Otley
WALKERS and runners in Burley-in-Wharfedale will find footpaths a little more accessible thanks to recent work by the village Walkers are Welcome group. A joint working party in June with Lower Wharfedale Ramblers recently installed two kissing
IN Yorkshire and Humberside, research from Fidelity International has found that 60 of people don’t feel prepared to buy a property, with 39 per cent of people saying they don’t feel financially prepared to buy a property. The research found that
A SILSDEN student who has secured a job on a hit CBBC show has spoken of how her time at the Northern School of Art has allowed her to embrace her love of theatre and costume design. Joanna Rowling, 21, has just graduated with First Class Honours in
WILLIAM Blake’s “dark satanic mills” could well have been a description of 19th century Bradford. Less well known than Blake as a critic of the damage the industrial revolution had done to lives of ordinary people was Githa Sowerby, the second edition
THE family of a young man who died in a bike crash earlier this year have suffered another heartbreaking tragedy. There was devastation when Trafford Quantrill-Stott, 21, of Scholemoor, died in a bike crash. READ MORE: Trafford Quantrill-Stott
CONSERVATION officers have welcomed plans to convert a former college building back into a house. A planning application to turn part of the Grade II listed Bolton Royd building in Manningham into a large home, complete with a cinema, spa and “
THE great and good honoured this week at the University of Bradford have spoken of their pride at being presented with honorary degrees. Eight noteworthy men and women from a range of fields, including law, business, science and philanthropy, were
NEXT week should yield an important update on our progress towards securing economic occupancy at Odsal, and its potential development requirements, along with the surrounding lands. Most will agree that Odsal has reached the term of its economic
