Two key players will be missing when Manchester United line up against Bradford City at Old Trafford tonight. Influential midfield player Roy Keane is suspended after being sent off in the Charity Shield against Chelsea, and Dutch defender Jaap Stam is
The Bradford Sunday Alliance Premier Division match of the day lived up to its billing as East Bowling Unity beat rivals Oakenshaw 4-2 in a thriller. Dave Elvidge, who scored all his side's three goals the previous week, went one better by scoring all
Bradford Bulls have extended the contract of their giant prop Paul Anderson. The new deal means that the Great Britain international will remain at Odsal until the end of the 2002 season. The extra 12 months were agreed after talks between the player,
Bobby 'The Viper' Vanzie is full of venom for his Commonwealth lightweight title defence against South Africa's Enoch Zitha in Manchester on Saturday. As the Bradford boxer, pictured, went through his paces at Wibsey's Parks Gym with his trainer Godfrey
Chris Hutchings jokingly suggests that Bradford City have been thinking of building a brick wall in front of their goal to keep out Manches-ter United at Old Trafford tonight (8pm). But the Bantams boss adds: "David Beckham would still curl one of his
It is difficult not to have sympathy with the Keighley parents who are remaining defiant over a school's insistence that they purchase their children's new blazers from the official supplier. The campaigners say that rather than buy the blazer with integral
Fiske Food Ingredients, part of the Bradford chemical distributor Ellis & Everard, has been appointed by BASF Plc as its sole UK distributor of products to the food and drinks market. The firm was re-branded as Fiske by E&E earlier this year in
Bradford firm Superstat has signed up to a Government scheme which helps them keep high flyers. The firm has been helped join the Enterprise Management Incentives scheme by the West Yorkshire office of accountants Grant Thornton. EMI helps bosses offer
Asda chiefs could appeal against a decision by Kirklees councillors to refuse permission for a new superstore in Cleckheaton. Spokesman Martin Cody-Owen said his firm's reaction was one of absolute surprise. He spoke out after councillors on the Heavy
Professor Anthony O'Hear is no stranger to controversy. The Bradford University lecturer last hit the headlines when he described the late Princess Diana as self-obsessed and damaging to the monarchy. Prof O'Hear has been catapulted into the limelight
Rail chiefs have started a crackdown on youths who are making a Bradford tunnel one of the worst vandalism blackspots in the country. Bowling Tunnel has been named as one of the seven most targeted stretches of rail track in the north by train operator
Council bosses face complaints from two men who say they were injured riding a waterslide at the district's showpiece swimming pool. Philip Stanley, 45, had to be rescued by firefighters and paramedics after being injured near a 'break pool' half way
Put the crowd to the back of your minds and get on with the game. That's Ian Nolan's advice to his Bradford City team-mates as they face Manchester United in front of the biggest crowd most of them have faced in their careers. The newly expanded Old Trafford
In 1847, American outlaw Jesse James was born. In 1921, the Halifax Equitable Benefit Building Society celebrated its Jubilee. From the Telegraph & Argus of September 5th, 1975... More than 100 old people in Bradford have been waiting for more than
Nursing care of cancer patients in Airedale is set to be reviewed after a complaint from a former nurse. An external expert in cancer nursing will be brought in to offer advice. But the first step will be a survey of patients and GPs in the area. The
Surgeries in Bradford are confident of meeting Government proposals to give patients appointments within 24 hours, due to a five-month headstart. Health Secretary Alan Milburn will this week issue GPs new contracts designed to ensure patients can see
Green campaigners are calling for enterprising people to come forward and run an environmentally-friendly nappy service in Bradford. A start-up grant is available to a community group willing to launch a service to help families reduce their waste by
Bus crews across the district have voted overwhelmingly to strike in an official postal ballot. Approval for a stoppage has now been given by Transport and General Workers' Union general secretary Bill Morris. Yesterday he gave seven days' official notice
Biking prodigy Matthew Langford is set to crash into the ranks of Europe's elite riders at an international competition next week. And the Clayton hopeful is drawing on the experience of world trials champion and Silsden hero Dougie Lampkin in his bid
Parents have refused to back down in their battle with school governors over a new uniform policy. They have pledged to send their children in the blazers of their choice, rather than buy them from the school supplier, Andrew Firth, in North Street, Keighley
Summertime drink-drivers have helped push the number of offences in Bradford above the West Yorkshire average, new police figures reveal. The 1999/2000 results show twice as many drivers in the district failed roadside breath-tests in August than in the
A scheme which will help needy young people in the Bradford district has received a £1m boost. The Millennium Awards Commission, supported by the National Lottery, has given the cash to the Bradford-based Rathbone Millennium Awards Scheme. Each successful
Up to 80 passengers escaped unhurt when flames licked around the carriage of a Skipton to Leeds train this afternoon. The passengers were quickly evacuated as the carriage was seen in flames about five miles outside Leeds station. The three-carriage diesel
SIR - The argument that help should be concentrated on the poorest pensioners does not hold water. For one thing, why should the very poorest be forced to go cap in hand when they should get it as of right? It is well known that many pensioners are too
