Jawaid Khaliq provided Wibsey's Parks Gym with their first major boxing title when he won the vacant Commonwealth welterweight championship at the Aston Villa Sports Centre last night. The 30-year-old taxi driver drove his New Zealand rival Sean Sullivan
Bradford Bulls forward Mike Forshaw has decided to quit the international arena to concentrate on landing more domestic honours. Forshaw played in three of England's five World Cup games over the past month and has six Great Britain caps having being
In 1757, English poet William Blake was born. In 1861, the Belle Vue Barracks was opened. In 1885, the first Parliamentary election was held in Bradford under the Redistribution of Seats Act. From the Telegraph & Argus of November 28, 1975...A planning
Companies across the Bradford District are being warned they could face hefty fines if they are caught using unlicensed software. The warning comes as the Business Software Alliance, the world's leading anti-software piracy organisation, launches its
A partner at Horwath Clark Whitehill is claiming that regional accountancy practices are taking advantage of larger firms' preoccupations with expanding overseas. Mark Stevens is Corporate Finance partner with the Chartered Accountancy practice, which
CRAVEN'S first woodland burial site is now open allowing bereaved relatives to give their loved ones a green burial in a tranquil setting. Opened by Chris and Julia Weston, the couple manage 70 acres of woodland at their farm, Cappleside, near Rathmell
Detectives were today following up a new lead after a series of robberies in which victims were lured with the promise of cheap cigarettes. The development came as two more men targeted by the gang - who robbed them of cash before locking them in the
Bradford Council finance chiefs were today locked in urgent talks over how much the Government will allow them to spend next year. Leaders fear the spending plan will leave them desperately short next year - meaning either budget cuts or council tax shooting
The number of domestic violence victims willing to report incidents to police in Bradford is on the increase. In the year to October 6,376 incidents were reported to officers in the district's five policing divisions, the highest such figure ever recorded
Business is booming for a local company whose hi-tech helicopter camera system is being used to monitor repairs to the region's struggling rail system. Commerce in the district may be suffering because of massive train delays following the Hatfield rail
A family has vowed to continue its fight against council plans to demolish its home. Rifat Hussain issued her promise after she and her brother Munnawar Hussain clashed with bailiffs when they boarded up a shop underneath their first-floor flat in Manningham
An award-winning ice-cream manufacturer - engulfed by the floods three weeks ago - has crashed, making more than 50 people redundant. The Yorkshire Dales Ice Cream Company is to pull out of its plant in Cononley, near Skipton, and bosses are looking to
Police were today scouring CCTV footage for clues to the identity of gunmen who blasted two people outside a Bradford nightclub. But police said they are disappointed about the lack of witnesses at the club at the time who have come forward following
Pudsey Congs have given notice to their fellow Bradford League clubs that they will not give up the championship without a fight by signing former Lidget Green overseas all-rounder Naveeb Rana-ul-Hassan. Rana, rated by most Division One players last season
Guiseley's defenders face a daunting task tonight as former Bradford City and England winger Chris Waddle is expected to be included in the Worksop Town side who visit Nethermoor. The ex-Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur star has been a regular with
Keighley Cougars coach Steve Deakin is relishing the start of the Northern Ford Premiership this weekend and predicting the tightest competition to date. Deakin's new-look side kick off their programme with a visit to Hunslet on Sunday. And he has appealed
Bradford City striker Stan Collymore was facing a possible suspension when he appeared before an FA disciplinary commission in London today charged with misconduct. The charge arises out of an off-the- ball incident caught by the camera where Collymore
The announcement that Yorkshire Dales Ice Cream is to abandon its site at Cononley is bad news for the district - and not just because, for the time being at least, the excellent products the company makes will not be available for ice-cream fans to enjoy
Bosses at a newly-opened shopping attraction in Batley say they are desperate for new staff to cope with spiralling demand. The £7 million Yorkshire Mill Village - tipped as a top visitor centre by the Yorkshire Tourist Board - has part-time, weekend
A Bradford designer's innovative make-up patterns will be on show at an exhibition in London next week. Nicola Mansell, a 22-year-old with a degree in make-up for the performing arts, will be showing some of her latest creations at the Imagination Gallery
Bradford-based chemicals distribution giant Ellis & Everard is hoping its brand new online service will help it stay ahead of the pack. The firm, which has its headquarters in Peckover Street, has just completed work on GoEandE.com, its secure Internet
A councillor "built like a Sherman tank" has been found guilty of attacking his elderly neighbours in a bitter battle over land. Chris Atkinson - a Silsden parish councillor - was ordered to pay compensation and given a conditional discharge for a year
The nation watched in awe as the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, the first of its kind in the world, was slotted into place. And standing by to record the historic event was Shipley artist Deborah Lawson. The mother-of-two has been commissioned to paint
Former Bradford Park Avenue and England football legend Len Shackleton has died, aged 78. He had been recovering froma heart attack. Bradford-born Shackleton started his career with Park Avenue and moved on to Newcastle and Sunderland, winning five England
The former home of Keighley's teetotallers group is on the verge of becoming a night spot serving alcohol. Temperance Hall could be turned into a nightclub and bar if new owners Honeycombe Leisure get their way. The Preston-based firm, which runs the
Bradford Health Authority is set to drop its objections to moving some of the city's plastic surgery services to Leeds. In a move which has outraged campaigners, the authority's director of planning, Paul Smith, will recommend at a meeting this week that
Bradford schools are still desperately short of governors following a disappointing response to an appeal for help. There are currently 397 unfilled governor posts across the district, making a vacancy rate of 12.5 per cent. The Government regards between
A furious mum today condemned train passengers who stood by as her teenage daughter was attacked by a gang of yobs. Kelly Hallet was punched and spat at by the gang who also tried to snatch her bag - but not one of the commuters standing close by at Shipley
SIR - Its not just Asians who are 50 per cent more likely to die early of heart disease (T&A, November 21). The same report points to even more people in white working-class communities dying too young. Heart disease is the biggest killer in Bradford
