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  • Kear delighted with his tight-knit Bulls

    JOHN Kear hailed his side’s character and team spirit after they came through a difficult week to keep alive their play-off hopes. Bulls won 34-10 at Dewsbury Rams less than three days after the club announced they would be leaving their historic

  • Tattersall leads Yorkshire comeback at Scarborough

    JONNY Tattersall hit a superb 92 to lead an impressive Yorkshire fightback from early strife with the bat on day one of their Specsavers County Championship clash with Nottinghamshire at Scarborough. The 24-year-old wicketkeeper fell eight runs

  • Keighley collapse to heavy defeat against leaders

    KEIGHLEY Cougars suffered a sensational second-half collapse to fall to a home 48-19 defeat at the hands of Betfred League One leaders Whitehaven. The Cougars got off to the ideal start, racing into a 14-0 lead, before an onslaught after the break

  • Heading north to north to Porto

    TWO hours flight from the north of England you can land in the north of Portugal, and a small region that has four UNESCO sites that are as culturally rich as ours. Tradition and history from the ancient monasteries, architecture and art vie for attention

  • Bradford workshop for new writers and illustrators of colour

    CHILDREN'S reading charity BookTrust is holding training and mentoring sessions in Bradford, as part of a project supporting children's authors and illustrators of colour. The charity's scheme BookTrust Represents is aimed at improving diversity

  • LEAGUE TWO REVIEW: Doyle in scoring debut for Swindon

    EOIN Doyle made a great start to his Swindon Town career as his 88th-minute strike put his new side top of League Two. The Dubliner, who joined the Robins on a season-long loan from the Bantams the previous day, grabbed an equaliser in a 1-1 draw

  • SIMON PARKER'S VERDICT: City pass their French lesson

    THE ins and outs in the matchday media guide ran to nine lines. Twenty-seven players in total either coming or going over the summer. The Oldham “model”, as Gary Bowyer pointed out before Saturday’s game, is very different from the rest of

  • White's century steers Carlton closer to promotion

    CARLTON need just 19 points from their last four Championship Two matches to be sure of winning promotion to Championship One. A century from Daniel White and another five-wicket haul for Jonathan Rudge were the key ingredients of their 124-run

  • Batley remain team to beat after another triumph

    BATLEY extended their lead in Championship One to 36 points with a three-wicket win over Wakefield St Michael’s on a day when their two closest challengers faltered again. All-rounder Yasir Ali dealt a body blow to Bankfoot’s hopes of a top-two

  • Methley boost survival hopes with narrow triumph

    METHLEY blew the All Rounder Cricket Bradford Premier League Premier Division relegation battle wide open with a thrilling two-run win over Cleckheaton on a day when the three teams immediately above them all lost. Lightcliffe went down by 49 runs

  • Bradford City v Oldham: Match stats and ratings

    CITY secured their first win of the new season in style by beating Oldham 3-0 at Valley Parade. Here are all the facts and figures from chief sports writer Simon Parker. MAN OF THE MATCH James Vaughan set the tone for City’s impressive win

  • Thackley crash to home defeat against Goole

    AFTER the excitement of the Emirates FA Cup the previous Saturday it was back to the bread and butter of league football for the clubs in the Toolstation Northern Counties East League. There were wins for Albion Sports, Liversedge and Silsden but

  • Rugby league player found dead in hotel room

    BRADFORD Bulls and Keighley Cougars have held a minute's silence prior to their games today in tribute to a young Batley Bulldogs player who was found dead in his hotel room in France this morning. The Bulldogs issued a statement this morning confirming

  • Ten-man Guiseley grab point on their travels

    GUISELEY earned a point from their trip to Boston United in the Vanarama National League North despite playing more than three quarters of the game with 10 men. It had been a quiet start to the game and the first card of any colour was a yellow

  • Re-loving old furniture with traditional skills

    WHEN Alison Reed is working on an old armchair that has been in a family for generations, she takes pride in knowing that it will be “re-loved”. “People like to keep furniture that they have lovely memories of. There is sentimental value in pieces

  • Avenue's sorry slump continues with poor defeat

    Alfreton Town 4 Bradford (Park Avenue) 0 BRADFORD (Park Avenue) suffered a fourth defeat in their fifth game of the new season to leave them playing catch up in the Vanarama National League North after picking up one point from a possible 15.

  • Bielsa pleased with progress as Leeds set Championship pace

    MARCELO Bielsa hailed the continued improvement of his Leeds United side after they cemented their position at the top of the Sky Bet Championship with a 2-0 victory at Wigan Athletic. A goal in either half from Patrick Bamford was enough to see

  • Forrest Gump and Doris Day celebrated at film festival

    EPIC films including Ben Hur and a tribute to Hollywood icon Doris Day are among the line-up at this year’s Widescreen Weekend. The festival, at the National Science and Media Museum, October 10-13, celebrates spectacular cinema technologies, opening

  • New herb planters for pocket park

    HERB planters have been put in place at a new “pocket park” in Guiseley. Once the herbs are established at the Guiseley Wells Pocket Park they will be available for the use of residents. The installation of the planters (pictured) was one of

  • Kashmir conflict education event coming to North Parade

    A SPECIAL event looking to educate people over the Kashmir conflict is to take place at the Bread & Roses cafe on North Parade from 7pm on September 5. Run by volunteers from BIASAN (Bradford Immigration and Asylum Seekers Support and Advice Network

  • JAILED THIS WEEK: These offenders were locked up in Bradford

    Two men received prison sentences totalling 15 years for a carrying out a “ferocious and vicious” punishment beating at a Bradford takeaway. Kamran Ahmed, 30, was jailed for eight years and Mohammed Hamza was locked up for seven years after they

  • Avenue stalwart remembered by Premier League playing son

    A former Bradford (Park Avenue) stalwart has died at the age of 85, with his famous footballing son calling him “as good as any coach he’s ever had”. Brian Redfearn sadly passed away on Saturday, August 10. He played over 130 games for Avenue

  • Alcohol bid for community hub to be decided

    COUNCILLORS will decide whether to approve a bid to serve alcohol at a village venue at a meeting on Monday. An application has been submitted to Bradford Council to allow alcohol to be served at Denholme Mechanics Institute. Lauren Tordoff has

  • Plan for homes on Queensbury site revealed

    AN application to build five houses on a site in Queensbury have been submitted to Bradford Council. Stott Building Contractors is planning to build five four bed houses on an area of land off Thornton Road. A similar application to build four

  • Disabled man speaks of his frustration over road obstacles

    A MAN living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome has spoken of his struggle of getting around his local area on his powered wheelchair due to inconsiderate parking and a lack of dropped kerbs. Frustrated Gavin Camm, 48, who lives in Low Moor, says going