AN uninsured driver had "no escape" when police trapped him in a residential road. This morning a local resident reported an uninsured and unlicensed driver going up and down their residential street in Shipley to West Yorkshire Police's Operation
OFFICERS have issued an urgent appeal to find a missing Harrogate woman who has links to West Yorkshire. 51-year-old Susan Howells was last seen at her home address in Harrogate this February. Officers are growing increasingly concerned for
TIME is running out to get tickets for Brighouse's annual Arts Festival on October 4. Tickets for this year’s headliners Kiki Dee and Lesley Garrett are sold out, but there is still time to buy tickets for a variety of other acts. Matthew Harrison-Lord
A SPECTACULAR aerial acrobatic act that helped open City Park will return for the upcoming UCI world Cycle Championships. On Saturday 28 the Women Elite Road Race of the championships starts in City Park and goes through the city centre along Manningham
TRAFFIC was badly disrupted on Queensbury's roads this evening after a crash involving a marked police car and silver VW Golf. The collision took place on Cockin Lane, near to the junction with Thornton Road, at 2.45pm this afternoon. Police
CARLISLE are eyeing a hat-trick of away wins in their first Valley Parade visit for six years. Steven Pressley’s Cumbrians have enjoyed successive triumphs on the road at struggling duo Scunthorpe and Stevenage. They followed that up with a midweek
TWO people are currently in custody over a fire on a residential street in Fagley. Police are still on the scene after being called to Farleton Drive at around 6pm yesterday. A cordon was in place until early this afternoon. A spokesperson
POLICE are appealing for information following a burglary where the suspect posed as a workman. The incident happened on 12 September at around 2pm at a house on West Park Road in Batley. A suspect posing as a workman came to the house and an
A DRIVER who had no insurance, tax or up-to-date MOT has had his vehicle seized by police. The man, who was in a Ford flatbed truck, first caught the attention of police for using a mobile phone while driving and not wearing a seat belt. The
200 new places for pupils with Special Educational Needs have been created in Bradford School this month. Bradford Council is in the process of creating 354 extra places for SEND pupils in existing schools in the district. At a meeting of the
STEVE Patterson reflected on Yorkshire’s record 433-run defeat against Kent at Emerald Headingley and admitted: “That’s as difficult a week as I’ve experienced.” Yorkshire lost for the second successive game in the Specsavers County Championship
BBC Gardeners’ World presenter Mark Lane shares advice for gardening newbies to live by. Lauren Taylor reports If you’ve never had a garden before, it’s a real revelation when you finally move into somewhere with a patch of grass to call your own
THE HOME Office has released data on the number of football arrests by club in England and Wales in the 2018-19 season, with Bradford City at the low end of the scale with three. By contrast, Leeds United are second in the list with 49 behind Stoke
Former Bradford nurse Sylvia Coleman, who cared for many people injured in the Bradford City fire, decided to mark her 60th birthday by making a donation to the Bosom Friends charity. Bosom Friends (Bradford) has been running for more than 30 years
KENT dotted the i’s and crossed the t’s on a record-breaking 433-run victory over Yorkshire at Emerald Headingley, which keeps alive their hopes of finishing third in the Specsavers Division One table. Yorkshire, chasing a target of 551 - a world
POLICE patrolling the Aire Valley are calling on the public to help them track down suspicious men last seen in Baildon. Sergeant Green and her team received a tip off via web chat to reports of men causing concern on West Lane. The force is
Police investigating a fatal collision in Bradford have issued an appeal for witnesses. The Safer Roads and Neighbourhood Support Unit would like to speak to anyone who saw a Volvo HGV travelling along Highfield Road towards Five Lane Ends roundabout
I’M quite enjoying Scarborough, BBC1’s new ‘comedy soap’ about a close-knit community in the Yorkshire resort. It looks so old-fashioned I wasn’t sure at first which decade it was set in - do hairdressers still have hood dryers like Geraldine’s
A YOUNG woman is still in shock as she recovered at home tonight, after suffering multiple stab wounds in what police believe to be a "targeted attack." The woman, in her 20s, was taken to hospital after the incident, which reportedly happened
STEFAN Rupp today stressed that he is not trying to sell City. The German owner was responding to a national report that he had put a £10m price tag on the club that he bought with Edin Rahic in May 2016. It claimed that there had been takeover
BRADFORD'S Safestyle UK has reduced its pre-tax losses by more than half and its turnaround is "on track" according to the company's latests results released today. The PVCu windows and doors firm, which has its headquarters in Manningham, has
THERE are delays on the M62 this morning following a crash. It's on the M62 from Junction 21 (Milnrow) towards Junction 22 (Saddleworth). Only one lane is now closed, but there are delays and long queues.
MOTORISTS may face delays on the M62 this morning due to debris on the road. All lanes have been stopped and there is queueing traffic on the westbound carriageway from Junction 30 J30 A642 (Rothwell) to Junction 29 M1 J42 (Lofthouse). There
WYKE travel to Featherstone in the Yorkshire Men's League (YML) Division Two play-off final, hoping to complete the treble having already won the Bradford cup and going unbeaten to win the league. Wyke play a good Ossett Trinity Tigers team on
FIREFIGHTERS managed to save a portable MRI scanner after the truck it was on caught fire. Crews from Raistrick and Huddersfield were called to Junction 22 of the M62 at around 9pm last night. A road closure was in place while emergency services
A HUGE cannabis farm has been busted by police. More than 850 plants were seized from the BD4 area of Bradford and two males were arrested at the scene. They were later charged and are due to appear in court. The Bradford East Neighbourhood
WHARFEDALE coach Jon Feeley will be asking his Greens to get back their "attacking shape" while maintaining a strong defence to stymie Fylde, who visit the Avenue this Saturday. The Greens are coming off a 17-14 loss at Sedgley Park, where they
CHARITY walker Jeffrey Long has collected more than 100 pairs of socks in his latest effort to help people sleeping rough in Bradford. With the support of Tesco in Canal Road, who matched the funding he collected, he received 135 pairs at the store
Sugg Sport, one of Britain's oldest sports retailer with an outlet in Bradford, closed its doors in December 2000. The firm - which had traded across Yorkshire and the North for more than 100 years - blamed a consumer swing towards `high fashion
DESPITE being battered and bruised on the track, driver Phoebe Wainman has targeted a top 12 finish next year after making her dream debut in the BriSCA F1 Stock Car World Championships. The third-generation driver from Silsden finished 13th in
DOZENS of school children are expected to join a protest in Centenary Square tomorrow as part of the Global Climate Strike. The event from 11am onwards has been organised by Bradford YouthStrike4Climate. Among the groups attending will be the
HUNDREDS OF children from schools across the district have taken part in a cycling competition as part of the build-up to the UCI Road World Championships coming to Bradford. The competition, organised by Bradford Council’s Sport and Cultures Adventure
Campaigner Vie Clerc has won funding for the charity to help vulnerable EU/EEA citizens apply for status after Brexit. Using Bradford Council's Stronger Communities fund, Settled is on a mission to reach those who are at risk of losing their right
A Bradford company which creates e-learning systems for clients in 23 countries is expanding further with the help of a six-figure sum from NPIF – Mercia Debt Finance, managed by Mercia. The financial boost, part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment
UP to four new KFC stores could come to Bradford over the next few years. Data pulled from the fast-food chain's website highlights "target locations" across the country for future franchisees. There are 543 scope sites in total, with 31 potential
PLANS to boost security at a city centre car park have been approved. Earlier this summer a planning application to install a 2 metre tall mesh fence around the car park for Napoleon’s Casino was submitted to Bradford Council. The car park is
BRADFORD Council is planning to introduce a social media feed to expose people who blight the district with litter and fly tipping. 'Grime Stoppers' will operate in a similar manner to West Yorkshire Police's Caught on Camera scheme - featuring
A BLAZE on Ilkley Moor was dealt with by over 70 firefighters, and was most likely started by a person throwing lit matches on the moor. The fire, on May 18, was the one of the largest incidents West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service has had to
BRADFORD has the lowest rate for cervical cancer screening outside London, analysis of health data has found. The screening rate in England is at a 21-year low and there are fears women are at a greater risk of not getting treatment early enough
A ‘WASTE cowboy’ and his uncle have been shamed in court over a “sham” operation which saw more than 275 tonnes of waste illegally stored on a site in Bradford – most of which remains there today. A councillor has slammed the situation as “criminal
DON’T be alarmed by the sight of firefighters and engines pulling up to the empty high rises at Crosley Wood this week as search and rescue training continues. West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service will be put through their paces with vital training
A FORUM of local school bosses has expressed its disappointment at the "non-committal" Government response to their special needs funding concerns. Earlier this year members of the Bradford Schools Forum accused the government of failing to provide
ROYAL MAIL has unveiled 128 ‘parcel post boxes’ in Yorkshire, with 18 of those being in Bradford. The move allows small business owners and marketplace sellers to post pre-paid parcels through securely designed parcel post boxes, in the same way
MARCUS Bignot says Guiseley can only reap the rewards from his appointment onto the England coaching staff. The former QPR defender has been named as one of two specialist coaches for the nation's Under-18s side, working under head coach Ian Foster
A DANGER driver who was caught out riding a motorbike while disqualified from driving has avoided jail Adam Bhatti, 24, of Greenbank Road, Allerton, Bradford, was handed a suspended sentence in November last year after an incident six months earlier
YOUNG canoeists from Bradford and Bingley Canoe Club have been honoured for their astounding efforts at the national Cardington Inter-clubs Championship. Cameron Ford and George Sharp were placed as the highest performing Under-14s over the weekend
IMPROVING game management is high on the list of Ilkley's requirements as they go for the opening victory of the season this weekend. Head of rugby Rhys Morgan says his third-from-bottom side aren't far away from breaking their duck for the season
CRAIG Lingard hopes his former side Keighley Cougars can enjoy a push for promotion next season after he made his coaching return to rugby league. The 42-year-old, who was sacked as head coach at Cougar Park in May despite a good start to the Betfred
THREE weeks removed from the club being saved, the season started away at Whitehaven with near 300 Cougars fans backing the boys on a cold afternoon in Cumbria. Tries from Matt Welham and Jack Miller put the Cougars into an early 10-0 lead, but
A world-famous street visited by hundreds of thousands of people every year is at the centre of a row over its disabled access. Haworth Main Street is an iconic tourist magnet in the Bronte village, but critics say the idyllic image masks a nightmare
NOBODY can stop Toronto winning the Championship play-offs. That’s the view of John Kear, whose Bulls side went as close as any to causing a shock against the all-conquering Wolfpack at Odsal in August. Bradford led the league winners 18-4 at
BEN RHODES capped a fantastic final season in the amateur ranks by winning the Bradford Amateur Matchplay crown. The Woodhall Hills star, who is turning professional, added more silverware in a campaign which has seen him win the Bradford Open and
RESIDENTS could see an end to nuisance parking by workers, patients and visitors from nearby Airedale Hospital. A residents-only parking scheme is to be introduced in residential streets surrounding the hospital in the Thornhill Road area of Steeton
TONG Park Esholt cricketer Mick Scott played his last first team game on Saturday. Scott, 64, played the majority of his 50-year career in first team cricket at Tong Park and Tong Park Esholt but also played at Skipton and Saltaire. Scott,
GARY Bowyer will continue to drip-feed Callum Cooke into his City plans. The midfielder came off the bench in the second half at Cheltenham – his fifth sub appearance. Cooke is still waiting for his first start since signing on a season-long
INJURIES late in the game were a big factor in Wibsey’s first league defeat in 28 matches as they lost 29-17 at Leeds Corinthians. The Villagers were leading 17-8 with 13 minutes left in the Yorkshire Division Three clash, having already lost flanker
With Blood Cancer Awareness month here, statistics from blood cancer charity DKMS have revealed that almost 60% of people from Yorkshire said they would take a blood donation from a stranger, but only 0.4% have registered to become a donor with DKMS
A driver who reached speeds of 100mph and crashed into several cars during a 20 minute police chase has been locked up for 42 weeks. Leon Rawlins’ driving on the streets of Bradford and Leeds was described as “horrendous” by his own barrister during
