Paceman Richard Harrison helped Burley strengthen their grip on Division B as nearest rivals Tong Park crashed to defeat. Harrison claimed six wickets as Burley thrashed Pool to move 14 points clear at the top with third-placed Thackley a further ten
A Shipley couple are devastated at the findings of an NHS-funded study which says an Alzheimer's drug is a waste of money. George and Enid Russell fear it may be taken away from them following the publication of the research results in The Lancet. The
A Bradford MP will tell the Electoral Commission he believes there was widespread fraud in the city in the recent postal vote. Bradford West MP Marsha Singh said he had received complaints about people with supermarket carrier bags full of postal votes
Bradford Council will in effect be run by the Conservative group for the next two years. The authority's powerful executive committee will be entirely Tory. Last year the three main parties were represented on it. But behind-the-scenes talks earlier this
One of Bradford's oldest city centre businesses will shut in August after 85 years of trading. Fine china shop H R Jackson, in Darley Street, which also has a popular restaurant, was set up as a family business in 1919. Horace Rex Jackson served in the
Bradford City Football Club will close down tomorrow unless former chairman Gordon Gibb agrees to a rent-free deal on Valley Parade for next season. Administrators Kroll dropped the bombshell as they issued a final plea to ground-owner Mr Gibb after repeated
Clayton were easy winners at home to bottom side Rufford in the Naylor Premier - S Gilroy, M Gilroy and Mal Fielding all producing 21-3 wins in a 27-3 victory. Rufford's W Slater did save a couple of points for the away team with his 21-7 result. Brighouse
Leon Pryce has been replaced by academy speedster Dave Halley for tonight's Powergen Fastest Man in Rugby League sprint in Wigan. Pryce - who raced the length-of-the-field for a solo try against Widnes Vikings on Sunday - had hoped to take part but has
Alan Combe today branded the on-going City crisis an "absolute shambles". Colin Todd's threadbare squad are due to report back for pre-season training tomorrow amid a depressingly familiar backdrop of financial turmoil. Todd currently has only 11 senior
The latest announcement by the administrators running Bradford City that the club could be just a day away from closing down has come as a huge shock. It has always been known that the rent on the ground, which is owned by former chairman Gordon Gibb's
Prince Andrew is to visit Bradford to congratulate innovative companies which are helping to revive the UK's textile industry. The Duke of York will present the British Wool International Quality Awards at the British Wool Marketing Board's Bradford headquarters
A historic locomotive - the only one of its kind - is to be restored, thanks to a £154,000 grant. The Bahamas Locomotive Society, based at Ingrow in Keighley, has won the award, from the Heritage Lottery Fund, to return the 116-year-old coal tank engine
The clocks were turned back exactly 150 years in historic Haworth to re-enact the wedding of one of Britain's favourite classical authors. June 29 1854 saw 38-year-old Charlotte Bronte, famous even then for her best selling novel Jane Eyre, take her wedding
An angry mum today criticised a judge for not jailing a man who scarred her son for life in a glassing attack. Ashley Boots, 17, suffered severe cuts to his face which needed 22 stitches when he was attacked while out with friends at a Bradford nightclub
Bradford's new Lord Mayor is appealing to people to be extra generous - to make up for six weeks' lost time. Councillor Irene Ellison-Wood has less than a year to help her chosen charities because of the late election date. But she believes the generosity
The Telegraph & Argus fund-raising auction will go ahead on Friday as planned until a decision is made on Bradford City's future. One City fan is set to give up 400 matches of memories in a bid to help keep his beloved club alive. Bantams fan Andrew
First Division leaders Embsay travelled to second-placed Barrowford and found the home side reluctant to start the game. However, they were glad they did after recording an 18-run victory and narrowing the gap at the top to just two points. The Bull Holme
A weekend of fun and memories SIR - I last visited Bradford more than 30 years ago to attend a brass band concert at the town hall. We were back recently to meet friends, and purely by chance found ourselves at part of the Bradford Festival celebrations
