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  • Stolen Ferrari found in Bradford

    THIS Ferrari was found by police after being stolen in a burglary.  The Bradford East Neighbourhood Policing Team said it was recovered in the BD3 area today.  A spokesperson said: "Enquiries are ongoing. The vehicle will then be returned to

  • Eccleshill suffer defeat at nine-man Goole

    ECCLESHILL United missed the chance to close the gap on mid-table rivals Goole AFC as the Vikings claimed a 4-2 home victory despite ending with nine men as they leapt up to ninth in the Toolstation Northern Counties East Premier Division. It was

  • Guiseley and Farsley come from behind to earns draws on road

    Guiseley had to come back from two goals down at half-time to claim a point on the road as a Brad Nicholson brace earned them a 2-2 draw at Leamington. The New Windmill Ground hosts were eight places below the Lions in the Vanarama National North

  • Woodgate hails Leeds as "best in Championship"

    JONATHAN Woodgate has no doubts that Leeds are the best team in the Championship. The former Leeds defender saw his Middlesbrough side outclassed by the Whites, who ran out 4-0 winners at Elland Road. A brace from Mateusz Klich and goals from

  • Jeremy Corbyn pays visit to Calder Valley

    LABOUR Party leader Jeremy Corbyn took a step off the campaign trail on Saturday while visiting parts of the North of England. Mr Corbyn was speaking in Mytholmroyd, near Hebden Bridge, on Saturday afternoon, after having stepped back from campaigning

  • Arson suspected as couple trapped in blazing flat

    A FIERCE blaze which trapped a couple in their first-floor flat early this morning is being treated as arson. Firefighters had to break into the property, in Mornington Street, Keighley, to rescue the occupants. The man and woman, both aged 45

  • 'Erratic' driver arrested on suspicion of drug-driving

    POLICE have arrested two people after stopping a car which they felt was being driven erratically in Baildon last night. Officers in Shipley tested the driver and he was arrested on suspicion of being over the prescribed limit for cannabis for driving

  • Stories of the hangmen

    IT is a sobering thought that until the closing years of the 20th century, Britain’s courts were technically able to impose the death penalty for a number of offences, both civil and military. Although the last judicial hangings took place in 1964

  • HOUSEPLANTS: The big cheese is back

    THIS bold, beautiful blast from the past is the big cheese again – and this time it's even got its own hashtag... HAVE you got a famous plant? Well, if you have the ever-so-gorgeous Monstera Deliciosa then your lovely little houseplant has its

  • Candidate calls for cannabis tax

    A TAX on legalised and regulated cannabis would see more police officers on Calderdale’s streets, says Liberal Democrat candidate for the Halifax seat James Baker. Coun Baker – who leads the Liberal Democrat group on Calderdale Council – says a

  • City players join Bradfordians in charity 'sleep out'

    BRADFORD residents who braved cold conditions for homeless charity Centrepoint raised £13,000. Almost 100 Bradford residents and businesses swapped their beds for sleeping bags to spend the night sleeping on the floor of Bradford AFC’S Northern

  • Next wave of library strikes to take place

    THE latest wave of strikes by Bradford library staff will take place across the District next week. For several weeks staff have been taking part in industrial action over planned cuts to the service by Bradford Council of over £1.05m in 2020/21

  • Convicted drug driver hit wheelie bin during police chase

    A CONVICTED drug driver who hit a wheelie bin during a police chase has been jailed for four months. Karl Stafford was banned from driving when he sped off in the Ford Ka he was living in at the time, Bradford Crown Court heard today. Stafford

  • 'Living the Dream' drug dealer back before the courts

    “LIVING the Dream” drug dealer Richard 'Bingy' Brown has been brought back in the dock at Bradford Crown Court for a confiscation hearing in which a co-conspirator admitted pocketing a share of £116,000. Jaguar-driving Brown, 55, and 53-year-old