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  • Yorkshire dominate Nottinghamshire on day two

    YORKSHIRE enjoyed a near perfect second day of their Specsavers County Championship match against Nottinghamshire at Scarborough and are now on course for victory. The White Rose are strengthening a title claim which coach Andrew Gale has regularly

  • Delays for commuters as person hit by train in Brighouse

    PASSENGERS have faced major rail delays this evening after a person was hit by a train near Brighouse station. The British Transport Police reported that the person had sadly died at the scene. The incident took place at 3:52pm this afternoon

  • Green Party MEP Magid Magid visits Bingley

    MAGID Magid, the first Green Party MEP elected to represent Yorkshire and the Humber, visited Bingley over the weekend. The focus of the visit was to speak to people about the current political situation. He said: “It was really exciting to speak

  • Lollywood star Mehwish Hayat visits Bradford

    AWARD-winning Pakistani actress Mehwish Hayat took a tour of the Bradford district. The VIP, hailed by some as the ‘Angelina Jolie of South Asia’, has been appointed ambassador to UK-based international humanitarian charity, Penny Appeal. She

  • Last chance saloon for danger driver with 'toothache'

    A DANGER driver has been given a final warning to complete his community service or face months in jail. Erik Lauko, 28, was convicted of dangerous driving at Northampton Crown Court in May and handed a 44-week suspended sentence and ordered to

  • Charity cricket tournament at Park Avenue draws huge crowd

    A CRICKET tournament featuring teams from "around the world" proved a huge hit in Bradford on Sunday. The Inspirational Women's Charity Cricket tournament (IWCC) took place at Park Avenue cricket ground, just off Canterbury Avenue, and it proved

  • Sumaili hat-trick gets Bradford City Women off to a flier

    FALONE Sumaili put in a match-winning display up front as Bradford City took the points in a hard-fought 3-2 win at home to Durham Cestria on the opening day of the FA Women's National League Division One North campaign. City manager Steve Winterburn

  • Gibson has the inside track for Bantams boss

    JORDAN Gibson will have an input in City’s trip to Stevenage – even if he is not in the squad. Gary Bowyer plans to make a late call on the winger, who missed Saturday’s opening win of the season with a tight hamstring. Gibson would love to feature

  • Man walks 80 miles dressed as a flamingo

    KEIGHLEY man Paul Marley walked the Dales Way for charity dressed as a flamingo. He was in the pink for 80 miles from Ilkley to Bowness-on-Windermere as he raised money for the mental health charity MIND. Paul, who lives in Damems and has worked

  • Arrests after drugs are seized

    DRUGS were seized from an address in Burley in Wharfedale today.  Police said a warrant was executed and a "quantity" of drugs were seized and arrests made.  A spokesperson said: "This is an ongoing investigation so we have no further information

  • LETTER: Life doesn't mean life

    SIR - Why is Robert Sugden in Emmerdale so worried about facing life in prison? We all know life doesn't mean life. He could get three life sentences and be out in six months. Simon Halliday, Taunton Street, Shipley

  • LETTER: City of culture? City of failure, more like

    SIR - Rather than 'city of culture' it should be more like 'Bradford - city of failure'. The news that Bradford Bulls are leaving Odsal stadium is the icing on the cake. Odsal could, and should have been, developed as one of the top stadiums

  • Bradford Classic car event delivers £1,500 charity haul

    A CLASSIC car event held in City Park over the weekend has helped raise over £1,500 for local charities. Bradford Classic, which saw 115 models of car parked in Centenary Square and City Park, this year teamed with a number of local charities.

  • Council joins campaign to offer tips for emergencies

    BRADFORD Council is backing a national campaign to help people to be better prepared for emergencies. September is ‘Preparedness Month’ and the 30days30waysUK campaign will encourage people to take part an activity for each day of the month.

  • Cup glory for Bradley and Crossflatts

    IN patchy sunshine on a firm pitch that had had the covers on all night, the Cowling Cup final between Bradley and Embsay II got off to a prompt start at 10am up at Gargrave. Bradley went first and against some tight bowling found the going tough

  • Haworth grab victory over leaders in shock result

    LEADERS Bingley Congs II slipped up on their travels to Haworth II in Mewies Solicitors Craven & District League Division Three. They batted first and made 154 with Jamie Teale top scoring with 37 as three bowlers took three wickets apiece. Neil

  • Crossflatts cruise to victory as rain affects programme

    THE weather again interfered with proceedings in the Mewies Solicitors Craven and District League on Saturday with eight matches abandoned without a ball being bowled. This coupled with four concessions, accounted for half the league scheduled programme

  • Game guide and player ratings: Dewsbury 10 Bradford Bulls 34

    Bulls kept alive their play-off hopes with a 34-10 win at Dewsbury Rams. Check out our player ratings and game guide below. Man of the match: Brandon Pickersgill continues to finish the season in fine style. After receiving top marks last time

  • Campaign aims to silence fireworks

    ORGANISERS of a peaceful protest against nuisance fireworks say they intend to keep spreading the word to try and stop the scourge of explosives disturbing people’s sleep and frightening the elderly, children and pets. Bradford4Better, a campaign

  • Transfer of Bingley Pool 'needs to be priority'

    A LOCAL group has called for the transfer of Bingley Pool to them to be made a priority for Bradford Council. As part of budget cuts by Bradford Council, Bingley's town centre swimming pool is likely to close early next year. Since the planned

  • Shipping container plan for Manningham site refused

    INSTALLING two shipping containers, one on top of the other, near a busy junction "is not considered to represent good design" according to planning officers. Bradford Council has refused an application for two steel containers on land behind 170

  • Celebrity hairdresser backs new Bradford beauty salon

    BRADFORD’S first beauty salon exclusively for adults with learning disabilities has opened its doors with the help of celebrity hairdresser, Andrew Collinge. Mirror Mirror is located at The Learning Zone, which is just one of many day opportunities

  • City aim to shop with Doyle cash

    CITY are planning to invest the cash freed up by Eoin Doyle’s exit as Sean Scannell predicts a “bright future”. Swindon are understood to be paying the bulk of the striker’s wages for his season-long loan. With Doyle thought to be one of City

  • New home proves sweet for Bulls to boost play-off bid

    Dewsbury Rams 10 Bradford Bulls 34 BULLS kept their thin play-off hopes alive with victory at their soon-to-be new landlords Dewsbury. Six tries from six different scorers ensured Bradford remain in the top five mix with two games to go.