Eddie Nketiah scored on his debut as Leeds avoided a potential upset by cruising to a 3-0 win at Salford. Teenager Nketiah, signed last week on loan from Arsenal, swept home Helder Costa's cutback to give Marcelo Bielsa's side a half-time lead.
POLICE investigating the attempted murder of a family in Heckmondwike have today arrested a fourth person in connection with the inquiry. A 19-year-old Dewsbury man was arrested this morning on suspicion of attempted murder in relation to an arson
PEOPLE carrying out renovation work have been urged to take care when using heated equipment following a fire this evening. Firefighters from Bingley, Keighley and Shipley were called to Southlands Grove, Bingley, where a small fire had started
COOKING debris caused a kitchen fire in Baildon earlier this evening. Firefighters were called to Glenwood Avenue at around 5.15pm, where heat from a hot plate set fire to some old residue from previous cooking. A West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue
BRADFORD South MP Judith Cummins has called on the chair of the Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to halt plans to create a 'wholly-owned subsidiary company'. Staff who work in the estates, facilities and clinical engineering departments
BRADFORD Bulls hooker George Flanagan has been given an eight-match ban for attacking the testicles of an opponent. Flanagan, 32, was seen on video footage making contact with Toronto's French full-back Hakim Miloudi during the Bulls' 25-20 Championship
BURY'S Sky Bet League One game against Gillingham this weekend has been suspended, the English Football League has announced. The Shakers, deducted 12 points for entering into a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), have been issued with a notice
A driver who ran off after his vehicle was in collision with another car and who was described by magistrates as a ‘danger to the public’ has been sentenced to a community order, as a direct alternative to custody. Jamie Halford, 27, of Russell
The Prime Minister grimaced and exclaimed "you are joking" as he was shown a body scan from a prisoner who tried to smuggle contraband into jail in a Kinder egg hidden inside his body. Boris Johnson toured HMP Leeds, an inner-city Victorian jail
GARETH Roberts has pledged his support to accommodate Bradford Bulls at Horsfall Stadium if they decide to leave Odsal. The Bradford (Park Avenue) owner is close to sealing a 35-year lease agreement for Horsfall from Bradford Council, while the
A man was arrested at Leeds Bradford Airport last night following an "extremely scary" security incident on a Ryanair flight from Bratislava. West Yorkshire Police confirmed that it had received a call at 10:45pm to reports of a disruptive passenger
LONDON Broncos have confirmed the signing of former Bulls loanee Tuoyo Egodo from Castleford, who will return to the club on a two-year contract from 2020. London-born winger Egodo left the Broncos three years ago to join Castleford and has this
TWO men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a suspected shooting which occurred in Holme Wood on August 3. Inspector Tom Harrison, of West Yorkshire Police, said at the time that there had been a shotgun discharge towards
NSPCC regional head Caroline Watts on the help available to students AUGUST is traditionally an anxious month for teenagers around the country and their families, as they await their exam results after months of preparation, hard work and stress
ILKLEY- headquartered NG Bailey, the UK’s largest independent engineering and services group, has reported a 16 per cent increase in turnover to £556m, with underlying operating profit also increasing from £13.7m to £19.4m for the 12 months ended March
MORE than £275,000 was raised for the Darby Rimmer MND Foundation when City faced European champions Liverpool FC during pre-season. The July fixture for the newly-formed charity, which has been launched by City legend Stephen Darby and close friend
TWO of Bradford’s most iconic spots have been included in travel publication Lonely Planet’s Ultimate UK Travel List. The definitive list of the nation’s top visitor attractions and must-see landmarks, with almost one in 12 on the list in Yorkshire
OVER 100 people have been fined for dropping litter from cars in the Bradford District in the past 10 months. And many of the fines were issued after residents reported the motorised litter louts to Bradford Council. The Council revealed the
DOCTORS are urging people in Bradford to check their medicine and order repeat prescriptions ahead of the August bank holiday weekend. Many GP practices and pharmacies in the city will have limited opening hours over the August bank holiday, making
KEIGHLEY-Made, the town’s new ‘voice of business’, plans to get more teenagers into manufacturing. The group will encourage young people to seek jobs with Keighley’s world-beating companies rather than going out of town. Keighley-Made member
WEST Yorkshire Police have renewed an appeal for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision last month. The collision happened at 10.58pm on Saturday, July 13 on Stanningley Road, at the junction with Armley Grange Drive, in Leeds. The
SALTAIRE Brewery has secured a first national distribution deal for its Velocity IPA beer. The deal with Tesco will see 330ml bottles of the 4.1 per cent ABV ale available from 292 stores nationally. This is the Dockfield Road based brewery's
TEN years ago Gabrysia Filarowski was close to death as she waited for a heart transplant. She was just a baby when her life hung in the balance and she was given months to live. She was saved by the “miracle” of transplantation and the bravery
YOUNGSTERS have been having a 'phab' time while taking part on Bradford PHAB's summer camp. The charity is inviting youngsters to go along and enjoy a host of activities at East Bierley Cricket Club, in Southview Road, Bradford this Wednesday,
A WEST Yorkshire company is celebrating after winning Manufacturer of the Year in the recent Bradford Means Business Awards. Family-owned Cardinal Ltd, has been a leading manufacturer and fit-out business for nearly 30 years, and much of their success
A WORLD-beating Keighley firm is expecting to grow following the launch of its new premises in Steeton. Mainstream Measurements Ltd specialises in meters to measure open channel flow and exports its products to Europe, Australia, Japan, and North
STEVE Lewis has been appointed Steeton reserves team manager, with Kyle Fox joining as his assistant. Lewis brings a wealth of local football experience, having previously coached at Thackley, running the Bradford club’s reserves and Under-19 teams
THE National Police Air Service was kept busy last night, assisting West Yorkshire Police in Bradford, as well as three other locations in the north of England. They were out in Bradford, Sheffield, Scunthorpe and Durham, with their overnight haul
BUTTERSHAW Business and Enterprise College has been rated requires improvement in its first Ofsted inspection since a new academy trust took over. BBEC had been rated inadequate before Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust took over in 2016. In the
SHIPLEY Fire Station have stressed the importance of working smoke alarms, after a family managed to quickly escape a property in Manningham following a bathroom fire. The alarm alerted the four occupants, who were able to leave the house unharmed
A CAR crash in Bradford involving a VW Golf has left behind massive amounts of debris, with one resident saying that it was like a "a bomb had been dropped". Two sets of traffic lights were damaged in the 2am smash at the junction of Oak Lane
POLICE investigating the attempted murder of a family in Heckmondwike have arrested three people, including a 17-year-old girl from Batley. The aforementioned teenager, a 21-year-old Wakefield woman and a 22-year-old Wakefield man were all arrested
A LARGE quantity of power tools, believed to have been stolen from across West Yorkshire, were recovered by officers from the Keighley Neighbourhood Policing Team yesterday. After attending an address to get back the goods, officers issued a reminder
A VAN driver with no insurance was stopped in Bradford yesterday, with the vehicle seized as a result. The incident took place on Tong Street, and it was not just a lack of insurance that was the problem, as the van also had an expired VEL (vehicle
A BUSINESS has lodged its support for an application to demolish a building on the fire-blighted Harris Court Mill site in Great Horton. The mill complex has been hit by fires in recent months, now an application is seeking approval to demolish
FEARS over increased traffic in a residential area have led to plans for a children's soft play centre being refused. Traffic officers had voiced concerns over a planning application to convert a former tool workshop business on Ash Terrace in Bingley
A POPULAR lantern parade will return to Lister Park in Manningham this Autumn. Listers Lanterns has become one of the most popular events in the park’s calendar, and sees a parade of hundreds of lanterns through the park - including many made by
THE first researchers will soon be moving into a new £3 million Bradford-based centre set to improve the health and wellbeing of children and the elderly. The Wolfson Centre for Applied Health Research, in the grounds of the Bradford Royal Infirmary
AN event is being held later this month to allow the public to have their say on bus services in Bradford over the next five years. The final drop-in session is being held on Thursday, August 22, on the upper concourse at Bradford Interchange from
A THRIFTY bride and groom fed their 280 wedding guests today with food destined for landfill. Kayley Cookson and Joe Tilson enlisted the help of food waste charity The Real Junk Food Project (TRJFP) to create a menu made up entirely of food heading
Two Bradford Museums will have vastly reduced opening hours under budget cuts, according to draft proposals by Bradford Council. The Council has announced plans to reduce the budgets of its museums and libraries service, with a full list of proposals
PLANS to build over a hundred homes in Allerton, which have attracted almost 200 complaints, will be discussed by Councillors on Thursday. It is the second time the application by Skipton Properties, for land off Ryedale Way, has gone before Bradford
BRADFORD College has been celebrated its second year of working with the Royal Shakespeare Company, which culminated in a huge performance of Romeo & Juliet. As an RSC Lead Associate School, the college works with schools across the district to
TRIBUTES have been paid to one of the most popular faces in Bradford city centre business. Paul Georgiou, who ran the Fountains café in the Oastler centre, has died at the age of 89 following a short illness. A well-known and respected figure
A NURSERY in Great Horton has slipped to requires improvement following a recent Ofsted inspection. Dracup Lodge Day Nursery had previously been rated Good. In the report, Ofsted said: “The provider does not provide suitable space for babies
THE writing – and the celebration pictures – is on the wall. City’s players won’t need reminding about their glorious recent past in the League Cup as they begin another campaign in its Carabao guise against Preston at Valley Parade tonight.
JOHN Kear wishes the influential Joe Keyes had been available to him earlier in the season after forming a formidable partnership with Jordan Lilley. The half-back pairing had its first outing on June 23 in the 24-20 win against Halifax, when Keyes
Interim manager Marcus Law is on the look-out for a few experienced heads to help Bradford (Park Avenue) wake up from their nightmare start to the season. Avenue are back on the road tonight as they head to Gateshead in the National League North
FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD Rebecca Dunn of Guiseley impressed as City of Bradford’s only representative at the Swim England national summer meet at Pond's Forge in Sheffield. She produced an outstanding performance to qualify in third place for the girls
WEST Bowling’s resolute pursuit of the Kingston Press National Conference Division Two Championship crown remains on course after they dismantled third in the table Wigan St Judes 34-10 at Emsleys Rec. The sparkling success, that guaranteed an automatic
GARY Bowyer wishes City could one day be like Carabao Cup first-round opponents Preston. But that won’t stop him trying to pull off an upset when the Championship side visit Valley Parade tonight. Bowyer is a big admirer of how Alex Neil’s North
BRADFORD'S England World Cup star Adil Rashid was the special guest at a charity fundraising event at Saltaire Cricket Club. Over 130 people attended the evening in aid of the Mohammed Zahid Iqbal (MZI) charity with both young and old playing knock-out
Check out our game preview as the Bantams face Preston in the first round of the Carabao Cup. Kick-off: Tuesday, August 13 (7.45pm) Venue: Valley Parade Possible line-ups CITY GK Richard O'Donnell RB Kelvin Mellor CH Paudie O'Connor
A VIOLENT criminal who stabbed a man at a Bradford drug den has been jailed for six years. Tony Golec, who has a string of convictions for assault and wounding, struck Satnam Panesar with a rock before knifing him under his left arm, Bradford Crown
