Yorkshire steadfastly refused to let their bowling get blown apart by Hampshire in gale force winds at Headingley yesterday on the first day of the Frizzell Championship match. A second wicket stand of 145 in 45 overs between Will Kendall and John Crawley
One year out of the ring and Bobby Vanzie is back in business - with Frank Warren. The disgruntled lightweight's decision to team up with British boxing's most famous promoter has paid immediate dividends, having been handed a place on the undercard of
Spen Valley folk were having a chance to prove how 'Special' they are at an exhibition organised by Dewsbury police today. The third Special Constables exhibition was being held at the Yorkshire Mill Village in Batley. Specials Liaison Officer, PC Julie
Teenage crimebusters are joining the fight against car theft and burglary by going out on the beat with police. The pioneering 'police academy' scheme will see a group of 15 students from Baildon's Salt Grammar School hitting the streets of Saltaire with
Youngsters led the way in right royal end-of-term celebrations around the Bradford district to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Patriotic pupils turned up at their schools wearing traditional red, white and blue and pageants were held in honour of Queen
A victim of deranged knife attacker Noel Dooley today admitted she was glad he had been found dead in his prison cell. Former Bradford prostitute Nicola Hirst , who the madman stabbed 43 times, stressed she felt no hatred towards Dooley - but was pleased
Newborn children in Bradford are among the first in the country to have hearing tests as part of a scheme to detect and treat problems early. A new screening programme has started at Bradford Royal Infirmary to identify babies with permanent hearing impairments
A 22-year-old man has been cleared of indecently assaulting two girls in a Shipley park. Mohammed Baig was found not guilty of two indecent assaults after a trial at Bradford Crown Court. But the jury was discharged after they failed to reach a verdict
A Coroner voiced his horror that a deadly drug known as "Liquid Ecstasy" is so readily available in the Bradford district. The drug, GHB or gamma hydroxybutyric acid, is colourless, odourless and looks like water, a Bradford inquest heard. But a couple
Historic pictures of the girl who was the inspiration for Alice in Wonderland have been saved by Bradford's National Museum of Photography, Film and Television. The museum was part of a consortium that stepped in to buy the photographs for £471,500 just
A 22-year-od security guard is facing surgery to his knee after he was shot by armed raiders. Two masked Asian men held up the Co-op in Legrams Lane, Lidget Green last night, letting off a shot from a handgun before running off with an amount of cash.
Bradford City were today warned by the Football League: 'Pay off your players or be kicked out'. The League has told the club it must either pay compensation to City's 16 axed players, or face playing in the footballing wilderness of the Unibond League
Bradford Bulls 28, Wigan Warriors 26: Another Bulls match report, another first paragraph focusing on Paul Deacon. At Castleford Tigers three weeks ago he landed eight goals out of eight, against Halifax last weekend he scored two tries for the Bulls
Bradford Bulls received a double boost last night. Not only did they show their resilience to defeat last season's Grand Final opponents Wigan Warriors 28-26 in an epic confrontation at Valley Parade with a Paul Deacon penalty in added time. The Super
Bradford City Chairman Geoffrey Richmond has resigned from the Football League's board of directors and commercial committee to concentrate on the cash crisis at Valley Parade. Richmond said: "I have informed the League, with a heavy heart, of my decision
Nicky Law today declared 100 per cent confidence in Bradford City playing First Division football next season. Despite just five senior players in his squad, and the club facing threats of league expulsion, Law believes come August there will be no change
The risks to which people are exposed when they dabble with so-called "recreational drugs" seem to grow. There have been several high-profile tragic cases highlighting the dangers of Ecstasy. Though many people may claim to use it with no harmful effects
In 1787, Americans began writing a constitution for the United States. In 1925, US schoolteacher John Scopes was put on trial for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. In 1965, boxer Cassius Clay, later Mohammed Ali, knocked out Sonny Liston in round
Primary school children in Bradford are being invited to send a Bradford design company an image of a building they admire. Architect and engineering company Robinson Design Group, along with contractors Bovis Lend Lease, have teamed up to organise a
A Bingley firm will be going red, white and blue to kick off both the World Cup and the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations. Staff at Alltel Mortgage Solutions will be sporting the Union Flag's colours on Friday, to raise funds for the community awareness
The body of a man has been found in a house in the heart of a Bradford village. Mystery surrounds the death of the man, whose body was found inside a property in Idle. Officers were called to the scene, and a police tent was put up behind Antie Wainrights
A headteacher is leading a campaign for a crossing patrol after a series of accidents involving her school's pupils. Christina Briggs said she was "deeply concerned" after an 11-year-old boy's collision with a car outside Cottingley Village Primary, in
A former clothes shop worker has been spared jail because of illness, despite admitting throwing a stone at police during the Bradford riots. Amjad Aziz Bashir, 32, pictured, of Lynton Drive, Heaton, was given a two-year suspended sentence by Judge Stephen
A partnership of the district's leading organisations is set to create a centre to bring communities together in harmony. The Diversity Exchange could commission or undertake to give support to private companies which request help in recruiting from ethnic
A bailiff who was attacked and racially abused as he carried out a repossession has been awarded £1,500 compensation by a judge. Gary Bovan suffered a fractured cheekbone in the incident at a former takeaway in Manningham Lane, Bradford, in 2000, Bradford
Bradford's Estonian community will be flying the flag for their homeland tonight at a special Eurovision Song Contest party. The Estonia Club has received a £400 grant from Manningham and Girlington Regeneration Partnership for a big screen, food and
SIR - With reference to the saga at Valley Parade. The PFA says contracts will have to be honoured and all wages paid. How can you pay someone when you have nothing to pay? Do the players want to bankrupt Bradford City? Chairman Geoffrey Richmond gave
