Bradford City 1 Sunderland 4 Bradford City were booked into Heartbreak Hotel long before Elvis appeared. The Bantams were left feeling lonesome tonight after a Boxing Day bashing by super-slick Sunderland at Valley Parade. Just like last season, the Mackems
It is a great shame for the supporters of the idea of a statue of the late Bryan Mosley being erected in Shipley as both a tribute to the actor and a tourist attraction that the project seems in danger of foundering. There were very ambitious plans put
Drummond Group, the troubled Bradford clothmaker, has revealed figures which show it operating at a £3.1 million loss. Over the six months to September 30, the company's turnover stood at £16.6 million - down from £24.2 million during the same period
Planning officers have refused an application by home builders Consort Homes to put up an advertising sign for six months at 354 Oxford Road, Cleckheaton.
The luxuries in Bingley Grammar School's toilets may not quite extend to freshly laundered towels and regular sprays of perfume - but they are not far off. Since September, the newly-refurbished conveniences have been supervised by what are thought to
Dad-of-four Harry Trow has given up Christmas and New Year with his family to embark on a marathon solo kayak journey in aid of the homeless. While millions of families got together on Christmas Day, Mr Trow, who is homeless, was starting to paddle the
A support service for victims of crime has seen its workload rocket since the closure of a sister scheme in Bradford. Staff and volunteers at Keighley and District Victim Support have helped almost 9,000 people this year - more than four times the figure
One of Bradford's longest established solicitors firms has been closed by the Law Society. TI Clough & Co, founded in the early 1900s, was effectively frozen after its partners had their practising certificates suspended. Solicitors at Nelson &
A Skipton woman won the chance to try out her dream job - as a stunt fighter. Carolyn Dean 9pictured) enjoyed a work placement at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, after winning the Dream Job competition organised by North Yorkshire Training and Enterprise
A vandal-ravaged school building and its adjoining sports centre will be demolished early in the New Year. Bradford Council's chief executive Ian Stewart has confirmed that Eccleshill Upper School complex will be razed to the ground because of "serious
Major plans for mains pipe work in the heart of Bradford have been unveiled by Yorkshire Water. The company admits the six-month, £1.6 million Hall Ings project will cause disruption in the city but says the inconvenience will bring major benefits in
Grand plans to honour Coronation Street actor Bryan Mosley in his home town of Shipley have turned into farce with only £10 raised in 18 months. The idea to create a permanent memorial was backed by major stars including Sir Cliff Richard, Coronation
SIR - Bus services? The two words should not be mentioned in the same sentence in the Bradford area. Since privatisation, the whole of Bradford's bus service has become a joke. On December 13, the 641 Red Line 4.43pm bus from town set off before 4.40,
Otley 15 Wharfedale 14 Otley hung on to notch victory in this derby yesterday at a cold Cross Green. But the match, watched by about 350, inevitably lacked the passion and, largely, the personnel that was a feature of last season's two clashes in National
Bradford Park Avenue retained the leadership of the UniBond Division One despite their game at Stocksbridge PS being abandoned yesterday afternoon. The Sheffield club's Bracken Moor Land ground suffered flooding during the deluge of the last month and
Bradford City boss Jim Jefferies wants to make another signing before Saturday to shake up his rock-bottom side. Jefferies feels a new face is urgently needed after yesterday's 4-1 home thumping by Sunderland, City's second three-goal defeat in three
In 1904, JM Barrie's Peter Pan opened at the Duke of York's Theatre, London. In 1927, the musical Showboat opened on Broadway, New York. In 1979, Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan. From the Telegraph & Argus of December 27, 1975... The festive season
A fork which fell on to the heating element of a dishwasher caused a fire in a residential home in Batley. Firefighters attended the incident at Nightingale Cottage Nursing Home in Transvaal Terrace at 11.06pm yesterday. A fire service spokesman said
As the rest of us get over this Christmas, a Shipley print firm is already busy preparing for the next. At Herbert Walker & Son the first versions of next season's festive cards are already coming off the presses. Steve Whitley, from the Dockfield
Bradford Council is asking everyone in the district to help make it a busy Christmas for the recyclers. The Council says Christmas is the biggest recycling opportunity of the year and cardboard, paper gift wrappings, drink bottles can all be recycled.
A desperate vicar has told how giant bendibuses have brought chaos to his city congregation. Canon Gordon Dey said one funeral cortege had already been halted by one of the 18-metre-long articulated vehicles which block the entrance to his church four
Bradford lecturers have squared up for their own robot war over the future of the human race. The University of Bradford's cybernetics department - which works to develop robotics and artificial intelligence - is one of only two such specialist centres
