Former Leeds favourite Gary Mercer will be aiming to turn the Tetley's Super League table on its head tonight when he takes his relegation-threatened Tigers to fortress Headingley. Top meet bottom as the Rhinos, unbeaten at home all year, look to open
If you were at last week's game you would have noticed that Joe Vagana wasn't passing the ball to anyone. We told him that if he was going to score a try this season it would have to be in that game against Cas. He didn't, so I'd have to say that the
Yorkshire Phoenix almost achieved the impossible at Headingley last night as they chased Leicestershire Foxes mammoth score of 221 for three, the highest ever recorded in Twenty20 cricket. They appeared down and out at 143 for three in 16 overs which
If first impressions matter most, Iestyn Harris is going to have a fruitful career at the Bulls. Coach Brain Noble is delighted at the seamless way the former Rhinos favourite and Wales rugby union star has slotted into his squad. "It is a reflection
Dean Windass is urging City's fans to turn out in force at Harrogate Town tonight. Colin Todd's depleted side kick off their pre-season schedule with a low-key clash against the Conference North non-leaguers (7.30). But after a summer when everyone close
AFTER 76 years' serving the young girls of Ingleton, the brownie pack has had to disband through lack of support. The group had its last meeting on Tuesday when a tearful Brown Owl, Margaret Milburn, accepted a bouquet from one of her four remaining charges
SOUTH Craven School could be independent of North Yorkshire Local Education Authority by the end of January 2005. Governors are currently in discussions over the move for the Cross Hills school to obtain foundation status. They will put their views forward
PARENTS whose children cause a public nuisance are likely to receive a warning letter from the police. The local force is determined to crack down on misbehaviour and will ensure that parents know if their children are among those creating a nuisance.
Residents are celebrating victory in their battle to carry on the tradition of hanging out washing in back alleys. Councillors have backed off a plan to peg down people doing their washing to one or two designated days a week over an eight-hour period
IT seems that dear old sleepy and often forgotten Beggarsdale has been discovered. By the legal eagles. And they are beginning to mine it as a thick seam of pure gold. Now no-one with any sense would consult a lawyer voluntarily. Not at £130 an hour,
Precedent SIR - I note from your columns that Ermysted's have been refused a planning application for a permanent car park; also they have been asked to re-instate grass where a temporary stone-covered car park existed. Perhaps then they should pay an
Memories of the moorland gallops above Bingley will be at the forefront of one show jumper's mind when he goes for gold in the Olympic Games in Athens. Robert Smith, eldest son of former show jumping star Harvey, has been selected as one of two riders
A mum fined when police spotted one of her children not wearing a seatbelt is urging others to belt up. Parveen Kauser was handed an on-the-spot fine of £30 by police just yards away from her home. Now she wants other drivers to be more aware of the dangers
Britain may not have the most accomplished athletes in the world but a month from now its Olympic team will show it's certainly the best dressed in the competition. Wearing stylish suits woven in Bradford, they will even upstage the sartorial Italians
This bride and groom-to-be are hoping it'll be third time lucky after they found true love in the columns of the Telegraph & Argus. After just two days of meeting each other through an advert in our Two's Company page, Terry Robinson and Joan Woodward
The Save Our City Appeal to keep Bradford City in business has hit its £250,000 target. The appeal - launched on May 14 with a £10,000 donation from the Telegraph & Argus - is thought to have been the biggest fundraising effort ever undertaken by
TITLE races in the JP Mewies Craven League have often been influenced to some degree by the vagaries of the English weather and in the current climate, that uncertainty remains an imponderable as the leading sides battle to get the upper hand. There was
Clamp down on the real villains SIR - I should imagine most council taxpayers will have sympathy for Richard North being sent to prison for failing to pay the 'police expense' part of the council tax bill (T&A, July 3). Apart from anything else, where
A BIG week for decision makers, with councillors having to make up their minds on the future of Skipton's Town Hall and those Broughton Road washing lines. Ever since the Craven Herald first brought the attention of the public to the row brewing in the
Sunday's show at the Town & Country club is OFF. Promoter John Ingle has pulled the plug after Nadeem Siddique was injured in training. The Golden Boy is always the chief ticket-seller for these afternoon shows and it was decided that the bill could
East Bierley league representative Ray Davis reckons that if Richard Gould had played every game this season then the club would be "in the top three or four" in the Specialist Ducting Supplies First Division. The Bierley skipper scored 1,133 runs last
The posters going up around Bradford unflinchingly portray the shocking image of a child being thrown through a car windscreen. Unpleasant they may be, but sometimes drastic measures are needed to hammer home an important message. No-one is more aware
The lights went out on the Yorkshire Asian Business Convention last night - bringing a premature end to the annual celebration of some of the region's biggest success stories. A power cut at Elland Road, Leeds, the venue for the sixth annual awards ceremony
THOUSANDS of Silsden campaigners are celebrating this week after winning a 10-year battle against "Big Brother" to develop in the town. Inspectors of Bradford Council's Unitary Development Plan (UDP), published this week, recommended the town should be
AN art gallery and museum area will be built at Skipton Town Hall despite the council being told that some flea market holders could lose their business. Under the proposal half of the annexe - currently used for markets - will be partitioned off by a
EACH year the annual Grassington Festival takes place and brings to the Dales some of the best in the business for two weeks of art and entertainment. But behind the scenes a small group of around 30 people are working hard to ensure that everything goes
IF only weatherman Paul Hudson could have changed the forecast for Skipton's fifth Sheep Day. But despite almost continuous rain, the organising team from Skipton Town Council' said Sunday's event hadn't been a complete washout. Although there were fewer
POLICE have issued a warning to cash machine users in Skipton to be vigilant after a third victim in as many weeks fell prey to thieves. They used highly sophisticated equipment to scan the cash card at the Barclays' machine in the High Street and then
A teenage hair stylist from Bradford will be clashing scissors with the world's top hairdressers this autumn. British Junior Champion Joe Mercer, 19, from Wrose, is to represent Great Britain at the World Hairdressing Championships to be held in Milan
Opinion was today sharply divided on a Yorkshire "mini-Parliament". MPs and campaign groups were quick to debate the merits of an elected regional assembly after the Government set the referendum date as November 4. It means voters in the North West,
A jury has heard how a stab victim, who died three weeks later from an infection, joked with nursing staff when he was first admitted to hospital. Bradford Crown Court was told Graham Carter was taken to Calderdale Royal Infirmary last December after
Government transport minister Tony McNulty says he was glad to finally see the end of Bradford's "road to nowhere." Mr McNulty was in the city yesterday to open the long-awaited road link between the M606 and Staygate junction. Changes to traffic plans
A 13-year-old boy with a string of convictions has become the youngest person in the Bradford district to be given an anti-social behaviour order. Tiny fair-haired Luke Menzies was made the subject of a temporary order by a district judge yesterday with
Julian Rhodes was today sitting down with the club's administrators and steering committee to thrash out what needs to be done to take the cash-strapped Bantams out of administration. Former City chief executive Mr Rhodes yesterday agreed the key terms
Cherie Blair has conveyed her sympathy to the grieving widow of have-a-go hero Tasawar Hussain. The distraught mother-of-two met the premier's wife on a visit to Downing Street yesterday after being invited to collect an award on behalf of her courageous
SKIPTON slipped seven points off the bottom of Division B of the Airedale & Wharfedale League when they were beaten by closest rivals Knaresborough at home on Saturday. Their visitors were only one place above Skipton at the start of proceedings,
SUNDAY's Wynn Cup finals in the J P Mewies Craven will be the focus of attention this weekend as three teams at the top of the Division One table fight for aplace in the showpiece. Holders and league leaders Embsay will be favourites to progress, although
SKIPTON Town have regained their place in the Premier Division of the Devonshire Carpets Craven & District League, (writes Tony Simpson). Their elevation after they finished fourth in Division One last season follows the decision of Cross Hills to
100 Years Ago "THE projected railway line from Gisburn to Barnoldswick received a happy send off from a public meeting," reported the Herald. "Everybody knowing anything of Barnoldswick will concede the opinion of one of the speakers that Barlickians
