Six thousand Spanish trials followers cheered in Madrid when world champion Dougie Lampkin trashed his immaculate Radson Montesa on the very first section of the first heat in the vast Palice de los Deportes stadium. But Typical Lampkin grit shone through
Bolton Woods conceded four goals for the second cup game running as their Bradford & District FA Sunday Senior Cup semi-final hopes were sunk by Albion Sports whose 4-0 victory gave them their third successive final appearance. Woods had the better
Bradford's Anthony McGrath plundered a stunning 157 not out as Yorkshire romped to an eight-wicket win on the opening day of their South African tour. But there was more anguish for his opening partner Matthew Wood. He broke a bone in his hand off only
Jim Jefferies was talking to Aberdeen today as he stepped up his bid to keep Eoin Jess. The Bradford City manager has opened discussions with the Scottish international, whose three-month loan spell runs out on March 28. Jefferies is hopeful that he can
To date, Bradford has not been known as the kind of city where ordinary people fear to tread in daylight hours. But the latest sexual assault on an Asian woman by four Asian youths as she made her way back to the Kirkgate Centre car park in the middle
Business Link Bradford & District will wind up operations this week after five years. Set up in 1996 to provide information and advice to help companies compete and grow, the group will close its office on Friday to make way for a new, region wide
An emergency meeting was being held today to discuss spiralling crime on a Liversedge estate. Community leaders, school governors, Batley and Spen Labour MP Mike Wood and the police were expected to attend the meeting at RM Grylls Middle School in Hightown
The Lord Mayor of Bradford hopes to rescue plans to honour Shipley actor Bryan Mosley, who played a mayor in TV soap Coronation Street. Councillor Stanley King also hopes to kick-start a new project honouring other well-known Bradford figures. The Telegraph
Health Secretary Alan Milburn is due to visit Bradford tomorrow to officially open the city's new accident and emergency department. Staff at Bradford Royal Infirmary will be welcoming the minister to the £5.5million purpose-built unit, which opened to
A company has been condemned for putting up scores of fly-posters in a new cycleway and walkway. Notices and posters had been stapled to trees in the Spen Valley Greenway - under the name Kleeneze - informing people they could earn an extra £200 per week
A jury has heard how the trial of two men accused of being involved in a stabbing incident was abruptly halted last week after one of them took an overdose. Darren Watson, 28, told Bradford Crown Court he had taken more than 100 tablets because he was
The director of a Bingley company has been disqualified for unfit conduct, including a breach of health and safety laws which led to the death of a worker. Susan Kathleen Wright, of Bradford Road, Riddlesden, was disqualified for eight years as a result
A distressed farmer caught up in the turmoil of the foot and mouth epidemic died of a heart attack hours before Government officials gave his animals the all-clear. Albert Pickles, 62, had been ravaged by the belief that his herd of 150 cattle at Brecks
Lowly placed Wibsey produced the big shock in the Grattan Premier Division by beating Brook Crompton 5-2 after the leaders had gone 2-0 in front. Crompton scored their goals against the run of play, but Wibsey hit back and Nicky Brooksbank and Terry Gray
Bradford Bulls reported brisk business when tickets for their Challenge Cup semi-final against Warring-ton at Huddersfield went on sale yesterday. Season ticket holders had the first opportunity to buy them before they go on general sale tomorrow. And
A family-run firm has set a new benchmark for Yorkshire's funeral directors. Dewsbury MP Ann Taylor presented Eric F Box Funeral Directors, established in 1853, with the ISO9002 quality standard last week. Only a handful of other companies in the UK,
In 1828, dramatist and poet Henrik Ibsen was born. In 1840, Miss Sarah Jowett, heiress to the Clockhouse estate at Frizinghall, died. In 1974, shots were fired as a man attempted to kidnap Princess Anne in London. From the Telegraph & Argus of March
The General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union visited a blossoming training scheme in the district today. Bill Morris presented awards to 37 employees at commercial interiors company Interface, based in Shelf, for graduating from the
A car showroom is about to reopen with a new owner four months after being hit by the winter floods. Generation Cars has taken over the Baildon Bridge dealership in Otley Road, Shipley, whose site, used by car salesmen since the 1930s, was submerged under
The art of perfect pasta was just one of the activities the Duke of Kent took an interest in when he visited Bingley Grammar School yesterday. The Duke, pictured chatting to pupil Chris Dunn watched by chairman of governors Jim Britton, was invited to
Qualified advisers are bringing their knowledge and experience to Bradford's inner city GP surgeries to help patients sort out their problems. From housing and benefit worries to immigration, employment and debt advice, experts are now available at practices
He has dodged bullets in Bosnia and survived the jungles of Belize and the baking deserts of East Africa. Now Bradford-born Frank Devaney has reached the top position of Regimental Sergeant Major in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment after 21 years' service
Parents have been accused of putting pupils' lives at risk by driving too fast near a Shipley school. A councillor fears a child could be killed unless the road outside Windhill's High Crags Primary School in Prat Lane is made safer. He is calling for
Detectives were today set to trawl through CCTV footage in bid to catch a sex attacker who struck in a busy shopping centre. Bosses at Bradford's Kirkgate Centre - the scene of the indecent assault - confirmed the suspects had been caught on camera and
TV viewers are to share in the ups and downs of a Keighley mum's battle to lose weight . Hilary Smith, 43, is to be featured in a documentary series which mirrors Fat Friends, the drama set in a slimming club. The programmes follow her bid to slim down
A 12-year-old boy who put a bicycle wheel on a Bradford railway has been ordered to spend time learning safety from a train driver. The boy, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, will learn about safety issues with Railtrack as part of an 18-hour
Hungarian officials have stopped a Bradford lorry loaded with aid from entering the country because of the foot and mouth crisis. Worshippers at St Mary's Church in the city's East Parade spent months collecting furniture, books and bedding for poverty-stricken
SIR - In reply to F Birtwhistle "The horses that should be banned" (Letters, March 2). On behalf of my fellow riders, I can say that we were not aware we provided the rose-growers of Wilsden with such a beneficial and organic product - unlike the dog
