THE Rugby Football League have conditionally approved Bulls' move to Dewsbury - but only for next season. Chairman Andrew Chalmers has said that a two-year deal had been agreed with the Rams to move to their Tetley's Stadium while the club looked
Left-back Akeem Hinds has returned from a loan spell at Bradford (Park Avenue) to parent club Rotherham United. The youth product joined Avenue in pre-season after impressing for Rotherham in a friendly at the Horsfall Stadium. He started every
IF GARDENING is the new Prozac, there’s no hope for me. Scientists have discovered that Mycobacterium vaccae - a type of bacteria commonly found in soil - acts like Prozac, stimulating serotonin in the brain, helping to make people feel happier
A KEIGHLEY-based band is to play in their home town to mark ten years since they formed. Foxes Faux will take to the stage at The Exchange, Keighley, on Saturday September 14 to celebrate a decade of gigging, touring and releasing records. The
TELEVISION presenter Dan Walker will be guest speaker at this year's Bradford Chamber of Commerce dinner. It will be held on Thursday, November 21, and is expected to be attended by key business and civic dignitaries from West Yorkshire and beyond
PLANS to build business units on the former Hattersleys site in Keighley will be revised as a result of a consultation event. Keighley Central ward councillor Zafar Ali joined members of the public in examining the plans and asking questions of
PLANS for a mass transit system that would link Bradford to other West Yorkshire town, as well as creating links in areas currently not supported by train, have taken a step forward. A proposed City Region Transit Network was first revealed earlier
THE organisers who staged Bradford’s first ever spectacular Asian horse riding sporting event of ‘tent pegging’ say it is to go ahead annually in the district. More than 1,000 people went along to witness the skills of the riders on
VISITORS to The Broadway took a walk on the wild side with a special event at the shopping centre. There was a chance to meet snakes, lizards, spiders, meerkats and more as part of the Summer Jungle Event. The Kids Summer Jungle Event is open
Motorists are being urged to delay bank holiday getaways until after 9pm on Friday to avoid severe queues on popular tourist routes. There will also be severe disruption on parts of the railway network this weekend as Network Rail carries out hundreds
PLANNED roadworks along the district’s motorways for the week beginning Monday August 26 have been issued by Highways England. The planned closures include the M62 junction 25, at Brighouse. The westbound exit slip road will be fully closed overnight
THE BRADFORD Golf Union representative side stormed to their fourth win of the season in the Yorkshire Inter-District League to set up a thrilling finale next Sunday. Chris Foster's team put East Riding to the sword with a 26-10 victory at Bracken
A bank holiday heatwave could see record temperatures replace the wind and rain that has dogged August, the Met Office has said. South-easterly winds are drawing warm air from Europe towards the UK, bringing high temperatures along with dry and
The slide at Keighley Leisure Centre has been temporarily closed pending repairs. The closure came after Council officers inspected the large slide in the centre's swimming pool, part of which runs outside of the main building. A Bradford Council
A MEETING and a protest about the current situation in Kashmir are to be held in Bradford. A seminar is to be held at City Hall tomorrow at 1pm while on Monday a mass demonstration will take place in City Park from 2.30pm till 5pm The seminar
PEOPLE have reacted with dismay after the Teenfest planned for Bradford Bulls' Odsal stadium today was cancelled at the last minute. The club said on Thursday evening that the music festival could no longer go ahead due to public safety fears.
THE SENTENCING of a man locked up for setting a fire on Ilkley Moor comes as wildfires reach record levels. Already this year the UK has seen 135 moorland wildfires - nearly double the number seen in the whole of 2018, the previous UK record.
A FUNDRAISING football tournament is being held to raise money for a woman who has been diagnosed with cancer. Mum -of-two Kasia Czerniga, 36, from Greengates received the devastating news earlier this year that she has a type of brain tumour called
THERE were boisterous scenes in Batley when WBC World Heavyweight boxing champion Deontay Wilder made an appearance to open Mr T’s restaurant on Thursday. And the man of the moment, who goes by the Twitter and Instagram handle @BronzeBomber, seemed
THE ’OLD girls’ of Greenhead Grammar School are holding their annual reunion buffet lunch on Wednesday October 16. The Old Students’ Association of Greenhead Grammar School will meet at Keighley Rugby Union Football Club from noon, with lunch served
COLIN White is marking his 50-year involvement with Shipley Providence Cricket Club with a charity match on Sunday. The T20 game at Salts will be between Shipley Providence and Colin’s XI (1pm). White, who has captained both the first team and
FORMER Bolton boss Phil Parkinson hopes to see the club thrive again after admitting he left Wanderers with "a heavy heart" this week. The 51-year-old, along with his assistant Steve Parkin, resigned from their positions with the beleaguered League
WEST Yorkshire Police officers have welcomed news that they can now display their tattoos after the force reversed its cover-up policy. Force regulations stated that officers could display ‘small, inoffensive and non-prominent’ tattoos on their
A BMW crashed on Allerton Road, Bradford, this afternoon. The silver car was involved in a damage-only road traffic collision near the Aldi supermarket at about 12.15pm. The incident was called in by West Yorkshire Police officer. An eye
JAMIE Devitt has returned to Valley Parade eight years on. The attacking midfielder became City’s second signing in as many days – and 12th of Gary Bowyer’s reign – after he penned a season-long loan from Blackpool. The 29-year-old Irishman
POLICE have praised the attitude of shopkeepers after officers in Bradford carried out a test purchase operation at city centre premises selling knives. Officers from the City Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) enlisted the help of four 14-year-old
LIZZIE Deignan has revealed she plans to retire from professional cycling at the end of 2020 but admitted she may decide the date is "premature". Deignan, 30, returned from maternity leave in April, starting a two-year contract with Trek-Segafredo
JUST because you are in your 50th season of umpiring does not mean to say that you have seen it all. Alan Carter, who has reached that incredible landmark, had to warn a batsman for striding into the danger area in front of the wicket during last
FORMER Bantams striker George Miller has joined City's League Two rivals Scunthorpe United on a season-long loan from Barnsley. The 21-year-old signed for the Tykes from Middlesbrough back in January, but spent the whole of last campaign on loan
LUCA Colville has today joined David Hopkin's Morton for an undisclosed fee. The midfielder has been on a week-to-week contract at City since stalling over a new one-year deal. He has signed for two years with the Scottish club. Having snapped
A PERSON has died on the tracks near Menston Railway Station. Emergency services were called at 9.21am this morning. A British Transport Police spokeswoman said: "Officers were called to Menston station at 9.21am this morning (23/08) following
A SPECIAL service will take place this weekend at a mass grave containing more than 1,000 bodies in Bradford. The remains were moved from a city centre graveyard to Undercliffe Cemetery in the late 19th century. Volunteers have now cleared the
STEETON have been boosted by the signing of three players on loan from Premier League side Burnley. Manager Roy Mason has managed to capture the signature of three of the Clarets' Under-18 players as he bids to strengthen his depleted squad.
MORRISONS has announced it is closing four stores across England due to their under-performance. The Bradford-based chain is shutting branches in Wigan, Crawley, Swindon and Solihull. The move comes after a review of the performance of its
Police across the district will pay their respects to the late PC Andrew Harper this morning with a minute's silence. Officers will bow their heads at 11am for the policeman who was killed on duty last Thursday. PC Harper, who worked on the
CHANNEL 4 controller Ian Katz said there is “universal enthusiasm” for the broadcaster’s move to Leeds. The organisation is relocating much of its operation out of London, with up to 90% of staff choosing redundancy over moving. Katz denied
BRADFORD broadband users are being left behind with below average download speeds, new research has revealed. The Bradford district has an average download speed of 49 Mbps, way behind the national average of 54.2 Mbps, according to figures from
POLICE have flagged up a case of a family whose car had nearly run out of fuel parked on the M606 hard shoulder metres from a junction. West Yorkshire Police's Motorway Martin tweeted a picture showing the hatchback at the start of the slip road
A FRESH appeal for information has been made on the third anniversary of an incident of violent disorder which resulted in the death of a man from Bradford. Beyake Keita Ann was just 21 when he was assaulted in Attock Park, Laisterdyke, on Tuesday
This weekend's Leeds Festival looks set to be a scorcher with a late return of summer - but Yorkshire's first music festival saw more than 200 people treated for exposure! During the summer of 1970, West Yorkshire’s first serious attempt at a mini-Woodstock
PLANS to turn an empty car showroom building in Shipley into a dessert parlour have been approved after a planning wrangle over highway safety was resolved. Sajid Sadiq said he was “delighted” that his application had been given the green light
A councillor has written to Bradford Council's transport chief to spell out her grave concerns about the detrimental effect a car parking scheme is having on the lives of Ilkley residents and businesses. In a letter hand delivered this week, Councillor
CALDERDALE Council is appointing a Brexit Lead Officer as it continues to prepare for the impact of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. And the authority's Cabinet is set to discuss impacts on the borough when it meets on September 2.
CRICKET and football enthusiasts in Bradford might want to head over to eBay over the next week or so, with one collector selling three nine carat gold medals from generations past until next Sunday. David Copland, from Richmond, is retired but
THE volume will be turned up in Baildon this Bank Holiday weekend, as the Shipley Harley Davidson Rally rolls into town for its 40th anniversary. Bands will be playing across various Baildon bars during the weekend, but Sunday is the star attraction
AN advertising company is appealing against a Bradford Council decision to block it from installing digital billboards on a prominent city centre site. Earlier this year planning officers refused Monster Displays proposals to install two 6.4m by
THE deadline is closing for Bradford Council’s on-line survey which seeks people’s views on new proposals to reduce air pollution and protect the health of people in the city. The Council wants to engage with everyone to find out how air quality
DUE to tomorrow's Coral Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium between St Helens and Warrington Wolves, there is a much-reduced amateur fixture list this weekend. All of the district’s National Conference League sides have earned a well-deserved
IN what could be his last amateur bout, Bradford-based Mohammed Subhaan put on a clinical performance, to gain victory via unanimous decision. Subhaan was facing Fraser Wilkinson and both were taking part in a England v Scotland boxing competition
JONNY Reynolds says Baildon remain focused on returning to the top flight in All Rounder Bradford Premier League ahead of a crunch clash tomorrow. Fourth-placed Baildon travel to Bankfoot, just one place and three points above them in the Championship
PAUL Grayson, a coach with white ball success behind him at Essex, believes Yorkshire have been hurt in both limited overs competitions this year by chopping and changing with team selection and a lack of role clarity as a result. The White Rose
Check out our game preview as the Bantams play Forest Green for the first time in their history. Kick-off: Saturday, August 24 (3pm) Venue: Valley Parade Possible line-ups CITY GK Richard O'Donnell RB Kelvin Mellor CH Anthony O'Connor
ELLIOT Minchella has appealed to Bulls fans to help make Dewsbury's Tetley's Stadium feel like home when they move next season. The forward was impressed with the backing Bradford received in their victory at the Rams last Sunday - and hopes that
BRADFORD (Park Avenue) may be struggling at the wrong end of the table at the moment - but ambitious owner Gareth Roberts still hopes a return to the Football League could be possible in the future. Off-field improvements remain a priority at Horsfall
GARY Bowyer reckons his City side have “got each other’s backs” as they look to extend their unbeaten start tomorrow against Forest Green. The Bantams head into the Valley Parade clash in second spot after the battling midweek win at Stevenage.
