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  • Bulls skipper feels rugby league finish is unrealistic

    BRADFORD Bulls Women captain Amy Hardcastle does not see a way that her team’s season can start this year. The women’s Super League was set to commence on March 29, but like most sports, the RFL have had to suspend all their competitions due to

  • Bantams waiting on update to contract conundrum

    CITY are expecting more clarification this week on how football plans to deal with player contracts. The season is currently suspended indefinitely because of the coronavirus pandemic, with forecasts not predicting a potential return date before

  • Cleckheaton bemoan away record as reason for no promotion

    CLECKHEATON chairman Neil Gillan is disappointed that his team cannot now fight to go up via the play-offs, but knows they could have secured promotion anyway if they had had a better away record. Last Friday, the Rugby Football Union announced

  • Pill offers Covid treatment hope

    Coronavirus patients could be treated with a new drug taken in pill form, according to scientists. Research published in the Science Translational Medicine journal on Monday shows EIDD-2801 could reduce lung damage in those infected with Covid-

  • Kind-hearted boy's passion for art raises £150 for food bank

    A KIND-hearted youngster has raised a fantastic £150 for the Bradford Metropolitan Food Bank by selling his artwork.  Miller Copley, 10, from Low Moor did the same back in 2017, but managed to raise even more money this time around by taking requests

  • Man, 34, arrested after rape report

    A MAN has been arrested following a report of a rape. It's alleged to have occurred at an address in the Bradford South area of the city in the early hours of April 5. A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "A 34-year-old man has been arrested

  • Yorkshire place whole playing squad and Gale on furlough

    YORKSHIRE have furloughed their entire playing squad and the vast majority of their cricket staff until further notice, as the coronavirus crisis continues to have a major impact on English cricket. The decision, which is expected to save in the

  • Council bosses thank child-care providers

    CHILDCARE providers and early years settings have been thanked for their vital role in the response to the coronavirus pandemic. Councillor Imran Khan, Bradford Council’s portfolio holder for education, employment and skills, has heaped praise on

  • 70 years of marriage celebrated

    BURLEY-in-Wharfedale couple Alf and Betty Robinson, both aged 91, celebrated their platinum wedding anniversary on April 1. It’s been calculated that only 30 couples each year achieve the milestone of 70 years of marriage. Their family was going

  • Deal will see 250 airport workers forloughed on full pay

    UNITE, Britain's leading union, has reached an agreement to furlough up to 250 workers on full pay alongside a commitment to no redundancies at Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA). The union, which represents directly employed workers in security, car

  • National TV spotlight for Northern Powergrid staff

    STAFF from Northern Powergrid are set to become household names after appearing in a new weekday TV series. ‘Night Force’, airing every day this week at 11.45am, will tell the story of the hard work that goes on every night to ensure the region

  • Quarantine cuts: Send us your pictures

    IN need of a short, back and sides or a trim but lockdown means you can’t get to your usual hairdressers or barbers? Have you turned your living room into a salon after your hair got a little too long? People across the world are being forced

  • PM still in hospital but NOT on a ventilator

    Boris Johnson is still in hospital under observation but had a "comfortable" night after being admitted on Sunday with persistent coronavirus symptoms, Downing Street has said. Mr Johnson's official spokesman said he continued to lead the Government

  • When The Queen came to Bradford

    OPENING a stand at Valley Parade, unveiling a plaque at the city's police headquarters, The Queen has a long and distinguished relationship with Bradford. Her Majesty's televised address to the nation last night was only the fourth of her 68-year-reign

  • Heavy police presence after report of 'ongoing disturbance'

    THERE was a heavy police presence in Fagley yesterday following a report of an "ongoing disturbance". Police were called to the scene, on Flawith Drive, at around 3.27pm. A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said there was nothing ongoing when

  • Debenhams on the brink of administration - what now?

    Department store Debenhams is on the brink of administration for the second time in a year, the company has confirmed. With 142 stores closed and the majority of the 22,000 staff on furlough, the current owners want to push the business into administration

  • RATED THIS WEEK: 32 new Bradford food hygiene ratings

    NEW food hygiene ratings for 32 eateries across the Bradford district have been published by the Food Standards Agency. Listed below are the latest findings of council inspectors, published between March 28 and April 3. Almost 4,000 premises

  • Why you might have seen firefighters in Saltaire today

    FIRE SERVICES were called out to reports of a submerged car in Saltaire's stretch of the Leeds-Liverpool canal this morning. Crews from Shipley, Bingley, Bradford and Leeds arrived at the scene only to find the vehicle had in fact been there for

  • Man jailed after targeting the elderly in coronavirus fraud

    A MAN has been jailed for 26 weeks after pleading guilty to fraud offences. Ashaq Sattar, 40, of Claremont in Heckmondwike visited elderly residents in Brighton Street, pretending that he worked for the NHS and offering to collect their medications

  • Love in Lockdown: Yorkshire's Daters Still Have Hope

    TWO in five online daters in Yorkshire say the outbreak of Covid-19 has made their quest for love more important than ever, a new survey reveals. Despite lockdown, singletons are still on the look-out for love, despite being near enough confined

  • LIVE: Coronavirus latest

    12:02am School closures do not appear to have a significant effect on the spread of infections during outbreaks such as

  • Educational play on underage drinking wins award

    Yorkshire's Collingwood Learning has been awarded Education Exporter of the Year at the Education Resources Awards 2020 for their alcohol awareness programme Smashed. The play showed secondary school students, aged 12 to 14, a group of friends who

  • £10.6m is collected in Bradford bus lane fines in 6 years

    BRADFORD Council has collected more than £10 million in penalty charges notice fines from drivers across the district in the last six years. A total of 390,678 PCNs were issued with the locations which caught out the most motorists being Bridge