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Taxi driver cut from car after crash in Wyke

A taxi driver was cut out of his vehicle after it collided with a van travelling in the opposite direction this evening. Firefighters were called from Odsal and Cleckheaton after the incident, which took place on Wyke Lane, Bradford, at 7.20pm.

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Keighley Cougars kick on after early arm wrestle

Cougars 36, Whitehaven 14 Cougars second-rower Josh Lynam’s try on his 21st birthday helped secure a deserved opening-day victory over Whitehaven. The visitors did start the match well but three tries in quick succession in the first half saw

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Leeds Carnegie go top after points spree

Leeds Carnegie 62, Moseley 5 Leeds Carnegie went top of the Greene King IPA Championship after a blistering start against Moseley at Leeds Carnegie this afternoon. Jonah Holmes scored after only 23 seconds and Leeds were 33-0 ahead after only

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Police plea after 'distraction theft' in Birstall

Police are appealing for witnesses after a ‘distraction theft’ in Birstall. Two adults with a child entered a shop on Low Lane at 4pm last Wednesday and distracted staff while stealing cash from a purse. Two further incidents happened earlier in

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Going bananas at the Oastler centre in Bradford

The Good Food Advice Stall in the Oastler Shopping Centre, Bradford, will be holding events to celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight. On Saturday, March 1, people will be able to use pedal power to make their own drinks using Fairtrade ingredients on a

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Yorkshire Building Society told to pay £8.4m to 34,000 customers over payment error

Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society is having to pay a total of £8.4 million in compensation to about 34,000 of its mortgage borrowers after it admitted wrongly charging customers who had fallen behind with repayments. The society, which

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It’s a washout for non-League clubs

For the first time this season there was a total weekend blank for the area’s non-League sides as all nine faced the frustration of postponed games. From the Conference North, with Bradford Park Avenue and Guiseley both called off, to Eccleshill

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Former Otley player scores against his old club as Chester triumph

Chester 10, Otley 8 Glorious sunshine was just what the doctor ordered after travelling through a monsoon-like downpour. However, the drawback was that the extremely muddy pitch was left in its wake, which made running and ball-handling a lottery

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Girl power reigns at Elm Tree Farm

Soccer has had its fair share of controversies when it comes to assistant referees. For example, Sian Massey’s performance in Liverpool’s 3-0 win at Wolves in January 2011 led to Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray being sacked, presenter Richard

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Sugden propels Keighley to vital win with try hat-trick

Acklam 13, Keighley 24 Keighley managed to grind out a win to aid their prospects of avoiding relegation from SSE Yorkshire Division One. After a scrappy start, the visitors imposed themselves up front, No 8 Leigh Sugden taking advantage of

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Promotion is the name of the game for Old Grovians next season

Old Grovians 34, Burley 12 With Old Grovians sitting comfortably in eighth place with 45 points, thoughts are already turning to the 2014-15 campaign. After the fourth win in their last six matches, last season’s SSE Yorkshire Division Four

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Wibsey and Hornets are both happy

Wibsey had to concede their SSE Yorkshire Division Five match at Rossington Hornets on Saturday as they travelled with only 11 players. However, Wibsey’s first-team manager Steve Brooke reckons that all of the players came off the pitch as winners

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Thwaites finishes mid-field in Tour of Qatar

Scott Thwaites, of Burley-in-Wharfedale, finished 77th in the Tour of Qatar. The Team Netapp-Endura rider was 16min 11sec behind winner Niki Terpstra of Holland. Thwaites was 144th of the 147 riders that finished the sixth and final stage,

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Bingley Green Dog Walkers campaign to keep town clean

A new anti-dog fouling group called the Bingley Green Dog Walkers is going from strength-to-strength in its efforts to keep the town clean. The Green Dog campaign was started at the end of 2013 at the town’s Christmas Fair when more than a hundred

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Volunteers at Prince of Wales Park given warm donation

Friends of Prince of Wales Park who brave the chilly weather to improve Bingley’s historic greenspace have been rewarded with the gift of free thermal undies. Damart has brought colour to the cheeks of volunteers who are busy turning the park beside

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Council's traffic plan to boost business near University campus

The roads around part of the University of Bradford could be transformed with one-way systems, double yellow lines and limited parking schemes in a bid to attract more businesses to the area. Bradford Council has proposed a number of traffic management

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Bradford Bulls 18, Castleford Tigers 36

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'Can do' Shipley firefighters free woman from baked bean tin

A baked bean can stuck on a woman’s finger proved an unusual problem for Shipley firefighters which called for patience and a pair of tin snips last night. Paramedics seeking help delivered the emotional and bleeding woman, along with her bemused

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Firefighters tackle blaze at Bradford laundry

A blaze in a Bradford laundry was tackled early today by four fire crews using breathing apparatus to protect them from toxic chemical fumes. Fairweather Green led the fightfighting at the modern industrial unit near Legrams Terrace, Listerhills

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Skipton mountain runner crosses country for fell rescue association

A Skipton mountain runner is to tackle Wainwright’s 190-mile coast-to-coast route from St Bees to Robin Hoods Bay to raise funds for a much-needed extension to his Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association headquarters in Grassington. Andy Jackson