Birkenshaw served notice on their championship-chasing rivals that they are the team to beat when they subjected amateur RL Premier Division leaders Siddal to a 36-4 mauling at East Bierley. Birky have trimmed Siddal's lead at the top to five points and
All the big names in rugby league were wheeled out for this week's launch of Super League VIII. The stars were all there at the Thorp Park Hotel and Spa in Leeds. Andy Farrell, Paul Sculthorpe, Chris Joynt, Adrian Vowles, Kevin Sinfield amd Steve McNamara
Brian Noble today revealed his players are "jingling and jangling with excitement" just two days ahead of the Super League opener at St Helens. The Bulls, seeking revenge for last year's Grand Final defeat, have had to train in the afternoons this week
Bradford City chairman Gordon Gibb will not be joining forces with his Crystal Palace counterpart Simon Jordan in a crusade for video technology during games. Both chairmen saw their sides suffer at the weekend when refereeing decisions went against them
Bradford Area Occupational Health and Safety Forum wants people to attend its conference - Securing Health Together - on Wednesday, April 16. The conference takes place from 9.30am to 4pm at the Thornbury Centre, Leeds Old Road, Thornbury. In 2000, the
In 1878, Thomas Edison patented the phonograph. In 1880, Bradford was hit by riots as dyers went on strike. In 1908, the W. K. Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake Co. introduced its new cereal. From the Telegraph & Argus of February 19th, 1978... Keighley
Yorkshire Building Society's chief executive today celebrated record lending and reduced profits by boasting: "We are about value for members, not profits for shareholders." Chief executive David Anderson, said the group's reduction in pre-tax profits
The founder member of a branch of an army organisation has been commemorated with a donation towards cancer research. Members of the Shipley branch of the Women's Royal Army Corps Association gave £50 to the Telegraph & Argus Bradford Can... Cancer
A security firm is offering its services free of charge to churches, mosques and community centres, in the wake of recent vandalism. Manningham-based Boss Security Services was prompted to help out following a vandalism attack on a Buttershaw church.
The company leading a major study into the future of one of Bradford's biggest eyesores has been named. Priest Woodward Associates - a firm of architects - will lead a consortium of organisations to look at how derelict Eastbrook Hall could be transformed
The threat of war with Iraq is expected to be high on the agenda at the first business session of Bradford and Keighley Youth Parliament. Members of the Youth Parliament (MYPs) took part in the anti-war demonstration in London last Saturday and say they
A distraught father whose three-year-olddaughter died after receiving massive levels of potassium while in hospital is fighting for legal aid to try to find out just what led to her tragic death. Naazish Farooq died in October 1999 when she was being
Shocked street wardens in Bradford said today children as young as three are being left to fend for themselves in cars while their parents go shopping. The wardens - who patrol the city centre - have seen toddlers left unattended for more than three hours
Thackley's hastily rescheduled Northern Counties East Premier Division clash at Selby Town last night beat the weather but fate still conspired against them completing a fixture as the game was abandoned at half-time due to a power failure. Following
Both Eccleshill United and Liversedge were denied home games by the freezing weather last night and had to endure further postponements. Eccleshill should have faced Buxton in the Northern Counties East Premier Division and Sedge were looking forward
City chairman Gordon Gibb is astonished by the progress the club has made bringing on its youngsters. The young guns are led by the immensely-talented 18-year-old Simon Francis, who is tipped by Gibb to go right to the top. "This is a very rewarding part
The image of cars being picked up off the street and crushed into a block of plastic, steel and glass in less than a minute is just the kind of short, sharp, shock that those who flout the laws of the road need to get the message that Bradford will put
Daring dad James Robert clung to the back of his powerful BMW for two miles as car thieves drove off at 80mph. Engineer James, 31, grabbed hold of the rear spoiler desperately clung on with his elbows as the villains swerved from side to side and hurtled
A councillor has donated a hand bell to a new town council in memory of his wife. Janet's Bell - named after the late wife of town Councillor Laurence Brocklesby - will be rung when Keighley town council celebrates its first birthday. It will commemorate
Kimberley Walsh was said to be "disappointed" today after a joint tour between Girls Aloud and One True Voice was axed because of poor ticket sales. The bands, formed in the ITV1 show, Popstars: The Rivals, were meant to be performing 12 concert dates
A mystery Yorkshire buyer is the envy of Bradford City fans after paying a wallet-emptying £22,800 for an FA Cup winners medal won by a Bantams player in 1911. The 15-carat gold medal sold for almost four times the estimated price during furious bidding
Bradford Council's Tory and Liberal Democrat groups want to inject millions of pounds into education services in the district. The Tory and Liberal Democrat groups put their budget proposals to a two-hour executive committee meeting yesterday with both
Experts from the emergency services have been told how to spot signs of anthrax, plague and other bacterial agents which could be used in the event of a terrorist attack. Dr Paul McWhinney, a consultant in infectious diseases at Bradford Royal Infirmary
Police are putting the squeeze on car crime on two Bradford estates. On a "day of action" at Ravenscliffe and Thorpe Edge yesterday, 63 drivers were stopped for having no tax disc, four abandoned cars were crushed and there were eight theft and drug-related
SIR - Having marched alongside the two million peace campaigners in London on Saturday my respect and admiration for the British people has grown enormously. The peace protest was a unique experience for my children and me, and we will cherish the moment
