Birkenshaw's Pennine League Premier Division title challenge received a major boost following their hard-fought 10-7 success at Park Amateurs. News filtered through that leaders Siddal had crashed to defeat at home to Elland and rivals Ovenden had bitten
Shipley Pool has been formally recognised as a world-class centre of diving excellence. The venue has received a special plaque from the Amateur Swimming Association in recognition of its contribution to world-class junior diving training and talent scouting
Bradford City 1, Sheffield Wednesday 1: Like the plot from an Agatha Christie re-run, the Butler did it once again. In City's eyes, they were denied their first win over Sheffield Wednesday since 1977 by the actions of referee Alan Butler. The Stoke official's
Bulls skipper Robbie Paul expects holders Wigan to be after revenge when the two sides meet in the Challenge Cup semi-final next month. Bradford defeated Stuart Raper's Warriors in the Grand Final in 2001 and a rematch was set up when the clubs were pulled
Bradford & Bingley's 'hole-in-the-wall' machines are being taken over. The bank has signed a deal with ATM operator Moneybox Corporation to manage and maintain B&B's 70 cash machines it operates across the country. Moneybox will replace the existing
A drug dealer told a jury how he shot a "bully" drugs supplier as he laid injured on the ground. Nicholas Hickson, 32, who said "animal" Philip Smith had made his life a torture for three years, killed him with a double-barrelled shotgun in a country
Police are warning Bradford residents to beware a fake telephone survey being used by burglars. PC Martin Preston, of the Bingley-based Problem Orientated Policing (POP) team, revealed the ruse involved would-be thieves phoning people's homes and asking
A former bodybuilder has denied to a jury he received or distributed illegal drugs. Bradford Crown Court heard how Alan Wilby - second in a Mr Britain contest in 1998 - smoked cannabis to help him relax. The 31-year-old also admitted experimenting with
Bradford's pop idol Gareth Gates will make his movie debut next month - managing to get particularly cosy with one of his dream girls at the same time. The singer - whose Comic Relief single Spirit In The Sky is top of the charts - has a cameo appearance
Bradford Council is planning a multi-million pound package of road, traffic, lighting and pedestrian improvements to support the regeneration of the city centre. The project, called Connect-ing the City, aims to integrate the historic Little Germany and
SIR - Perhaps better training for "lollipop" patrols would reduce the incidence of "road rage" towards them? Some of them seem to have very little idea of the ways of the road or traffic flow. Some will happily thrust out into the road and stop the very
Dougie Lampkin hit top form with an easy victory at the international invitation indoor arena trial at Bolzano. The Silsden rider beat former world champion Marc Colomer and Spaniard Marcel Justribo to first place. The mid-week event was a warm-up for
Jamie Lawrence today pleaded his innocence after becoming the seventh City player to be sent off this season. Lawrence was red-carded nine minutes from the end of last night's lively Yorkshire derby with Sheffield Wednesday. The midfielder was dismissed
The long weeks and months of build-up are now at an end. The diplomacy and the political debate are over. There seems every likelihood that within the next few hours Britain alongside the United States will be at war with Iraq. Whatever any of us believes
A chilled food supply business has been snapped up by one of the industry's giants. Swithenbank Foods, based on the Euroway industrial estate just off the M606 motorway, has been acquired by food delivery giant 3663, described as a "delivered wholesaler
In 1834, as punishment for trying to form a trade union, six farmworkers from the Dorset village of Tolpuddle were sentenced to seven years transportation to Australia. In 1855, the Queensbury Industrial Co-operative Society began as a "Flour Society"
A businessman is the toast of his staff after jetting them off to Amsterdam to reward them for their hard work. And for the staff at Specsavers Opticians in Idle, Bradford, it wasn't the first time boss Bhrat Phakey had decided to give his staff a free
Three lucky Bradford women have scooped more than £50,000 playing bingo. The friends had gone to play at Buckingham Bingo, at Bradford Interchange, and took part in the National Bingo game involving thousands of clubs across Britain. After filling in
These are snapshots of the village dubbed 'the jewel in Bradford's crown'. Two mounds of rotting meat, grass verges littered with waste and piles of earth dumped by workmen. One furious resident was so incensed by what she saw on the doorstep of her home
A refuge for the homeless will have to fold next month unless urgent repairs are carried out on the church hall where it is based. Launched at Christmas 2001, the Place at St Mary's opens on Fridays and Bank Holidays throughout the year and was the only
Most drivers are guilty of it. But when it comes to passing verdict on other people's skill behind the wheels, student Simon Watson has hard scientific facts at his fingertips. He's using one of the latest hot hatches on the road to assess the driving
A streaker who ran across the pitch during a football match was jailed yesterday - but not for his bare-faced cheek. Bradford magistrates heard how Wayne Allen thought he would liven things up during the match between Bradford City and Crewe Alexandra
A notorious accident blackspot in Bradford has been tamed. There have been no deaths or serious injuries on Thornton Road since safety measures were introduced last May. Collisions have been halved in a year and casualties have fallen from 45 to 12, the
A search for a missing man centred on Valley Parade last night, when police asked Bradford City fans if they could shed light on the mystery. A police appeal for information about Graham Michael Whitton appeared in the programme for the Bantams match
