A sunny Wagon Lane was the setting for a Bees v Sheffield match that was typical of their meetings in two senses, but happily not a third. Clashes between these latter-day rivals are always wholehearted and always closely fought, but there was none of
Junior Witter's latest victim is backing him to hammer the Hitman. Bradford's Witter stepped up his chase for Ricky Hatton with a four-round win over Belgium's Jurgen Haeck in Manchester to add the European Union light-welter belt to his growing collection
The Bulls stand second in Super League after a lightning start helped them to a 32-8 win over Warrington at Odsal. The Wolves failed to touch the ball for nearly 14 minutes as Brian Noble's men blew their visitors out of the water with four tries in 11
An independent Keighley retailer has become the first electrical shop in the country to take delivery of the UK's first digital terrestrial personal video recorder manufactured by Pace Micro Technology. Geoff Higgins, who runs Pennine Plus in Cavendish
David Lewis is Bulls barmy... There are signed pictures on his wall, mementoes throughout his office and he takes his tea in a Bulls mug. But despite his chirpy banter about the Bulls being the best in the business - forget Leeds Rhinos he cheerfully
A nursery nurse who overcame a serious illness to succeed in her career has scooped a national award for her achievements. Stephanie Donnelly, 20, was one of ten finalists at the Learners First Awards, an annual event held by the Learning and Skills Council
Warehousing and distribution company Coales Distribution Ltd has been sold for an undisclosed sum. The firm, which operates sites in Bradford, Halifax and London, has been sold in a management-buy out. The company provides warehousing, transport, chemical
The boss of a Bradford web design business is using his talents to spread the word of God. Adrian Riley, co-founder of Thornton Road firm Electric Angel, is also a lay preacher for the Methodist Church. Mr Riley, pictured, who founded the firm with his
No-one knows quite why Bradford City play in their distinctive claret and amber stripes. Now a group of super-sleuth fans are determined to use the occasion of the club's centenary season to uncover the real story. Chief detective Dave Pendleton has been
A centenarian who lived in Ilkley for more than 40 years has died only seven months from her 110th birthday. Olive Oliver was born in Leeds on October 15, 1893 - just three years after the Massacre at Wounded Knee and six years before the beginning of
Schoolchildren will be jailed, weathermen will predict crime hotspots and sniffer dogs will give displays in Keighley this week. The crazy antics are all part of a week-long Keighley Partners Against Crime campaign with a serious anti-crime message. Organised
A Bradford farmer is to give the ultimate gift and donate a kidney to offer a new lease of life to his desperately-ill niece. Christopher Foster, 59, who runs a cattle and sheep farm and a bed and breakfast business in Thornton, hopes that by giving the
A man who deceived patients in the city by posing as a doctor for 30 years has died. The funeral of Muhammed Saeed, who was in his mid-70s, was held on Thursday at Carlisle Road mosque, just a stone's throw from the building in Darfield Street, Manningham
A shop owner and a sub-postmaster - both robbed at gunpoint - spoke today of the legacy of fear they have been left with. Shop owner Vijay Patel was shot in the leg with a sawn-off shotgun a year ago during a robbery in his store, while sub-postmaster
SIR - The recent T&A story regarding the axing of military-style marching for new police recruits brought back memories for me. When I was at Pannal Ash Police Training School in Harrogate in 1971, we recruits spent quite some time perfecting our
After one of the most one-sided opening periods you could wish to see, yesterday's 32-8 victory for Bradford Bulls over Warrington at Odsal petered out into a disappointing contest lacking passion and inspiration. Warrington handed Brian Noble's men a
Memo to Gordon Gibb and his board for the Watford game on Easter Saturday. Call the players in on Good Friday, put them up in a hotel overnight, even take them on a 150-mile round trip in the team coach if necessary. Do whatever it takes to convince them
Two set-piece goals in the first half gave UniBond League Division One title-chasers Spennymoor United a 2-0 victory over hard-working Farsley Celtic in the north-east. Two free-kicks and two towering headers added up to three points for the home side
Kendal Town showed more desire, condemning Guiseley to a 2-1 defeat in UniBond Division One after they had started so brightly against the Cumbrians. "I was very disappointed with our second-half performance," admitted Guiseley boss Neil Parsley. "We
Four times this season in Avenue matches the referee has blown his whistle and nobody has quite worked out what it was for. There has been no appeal from the attacking team, no clue in the press box and confusion in the defence. And when referee Paul
This weekend's 21-6 victory over Hunslet Hawks was in many respects Keighley's most professional performance of the season so far. They monopolised possession thanks to a fantastic kicking performance from Matti Firth, the forwards were always in the
Nicky Law reckons City striker Andy Gray is suffering an international hangover. Gray was back in the side for Saturday's 1-0 home loss to Millwall after playing for Scotland in Lithuania. He nearly grabbed an equaliser with a stoppage-time header which
Bradford Bulls 32 Warrington Wolves 8: After one of the most one-sided opening periods you could wish to see, yesterday's match at Odsal petered out into a disappointing contest lacking passion and inspiration. Warrington handed Brian Noble's men a 20
It is hardly surprising that a new village society set up in Crossflatts to challenge plans for a large-scale house-building project at Micklethwaite has found its membership booming. Plans for development in this and other parts of Airedale affect a
In 1840, the foundation stone was laid for St. John's Church, Bowling, Bradford. In 1906, Mount Vesuvius erupted, killing hundreds of Italians living close to the volcano. In 1949, Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'South Pacific' musical show opened on Broadway
The boss of a communications company in Keighley has warned that the days of free mobile phones are numbered - a move he says will damage the sector, forcing sales to drop. Mike Bower, managing director of Link Telecom, which was founded in 1987 to sell
Owners of land next to the multi-million pound Thornbury leisure scheme will build sport and leisure facilities on their part of the site. Their £500,000 development will provide five all-weather five-a-side football pitches, a bar which will also do
A growing army of angry residents in a Bradford village is battling plans to build 800 homes on green fields. Crossflatts Village Society has launched a petition to save land off Sty Lane in Micklethwaite, near Bingley. The site is earmarked for housing
Hopes of an early start on a £110 million business park which could bring thousands of jobs to the district were dashed today as Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott ordered a public inquiry into the scheme. The business park - including offices, a hotel
A 54-year-old Baildon man left in a pool of blood after being attacked is still unconscious almost two months after the attack. Terence Capper has been transferred to the Bradford Royal Infirmary from Leeds General Infirmary after an attack which left
Bradford teachers are facing redundancy as schools struggle to balance their budgets, unions claimed today. Teaching unions report funding crises at 17 primary schools across the district. They say some schools are having to shed staff, mostly by natural
Every school pupil in the Bradford district is being invited to use the power of love for a fantastic painting and drawing competition as part of this year's Bradford International Festival. The Telegraph & Argus and Education Bradford have teamed
A 68-year-old woman and her dog were killed when a car mounted the pavement in Heckmondwike last night. The woman was walking her pet in High Street near the junction with Lobley Street when the accident involving a green Toyota Corolla happened. The
A 35-year-old Sunday league footballer died after collapsing on the pitch in front of shocked players. Dave Mallett, 35, pictured, was playing for The Nags team at Horsfall playing fields on Halifax Road when he suffered a suspected heart attack. His
