First Division leaders Embsay, were out of action so second-placed Barrow-ford took the opportunity to close up to just two points behind them. They entertained Long Lee and, after mopping-up operations were done, knock-ed them over for 95. Richard Wilkinson
Asa Briggs came down to earth with a thud after a 26-4 defeat at Bramley Libs in the Godwin League. Shane Richards stunned Asa with his 21-3, though there were also wins for Pat Dacre (21-6) and Mark McCann (21-11). Only Asa import James Senior managed
City are preparing to kick off their pre-season "for real" at Darlington tonight. Colin Todd's mix-and-match side have already rattled in 13 goals in two friendlies against non-league sides. But the visit to the New Stadium in Todd's native north-east
Heavily-marketed offset mortgages are nothing more than "fool's gold", according to experts at Bradford & Bingley's The MarketPlace. Britain's biggest mortgage broker is warning of the dangers of buyers signing up to the rash of available deals. It
Children at a primary school have been left devastated after vandals destroyed the pond which they have been creating all term. The year four children at Windhill Church of England School had been hoping to proudly unveil their new wildlife pond yesterday
A housing trust has apologised for leaving a mother homeless and separated from her young son for seven weeks. Single mum Maureen Ingleson, 47, has been sleeping on the floor and been forced to live apart from her eight-year-old son since becoming homeless
Bradford's 50 worst yobs are set to be named in a "League of Shame". Police chiefs will be handed sweeping new powers by the Home Office to crack down on hooligans who blight the lives of law-abiding citizens. Officers will be told to target - and name
Bradford Teaching Hospitals was celebrating today after becoming one of only a handful of NHS Trusts nationwide to retain a three-star rating for the fourth year running. The Trust, which became a first-wave foundation trust in April this year and runs
Bradford singing sensation Kimberley Walsh is the latest star to sign up to tomorrow night's Telegraph & Argus Save Our City Appeal auction. The Girls Aloud Singer has agreed to help the struggling Bantams by donating the top she wore in the video
Detectives in Bradford were today studying hours of unused footage which was not used in a documentary about the Far-Right British National Party. And five men arrested in connection with an investigation into the documentary - which showed BNP members
Former Olympian Steve Smith has been helping youngsters go for gold at their school sports day. The retired high jumper, who brought back a bronze medal from Atlanta in 1996, kicked off a day of games at Bradford Moor Primary school, off Barkerend Road
Issue on which we can all agree Sir - Anyone who watched the BBC documentary last week about the British National Party cannot have failed to be appalled by what they saw and heard. The programme confirmed what I have always believed about the BNP, that
Dan Hopkinson could not prevent Calverley suffering a miserable weekend with defeat in Division B and a Waddilove Cup semi-final exit. The Aussie all-rounder cracked 72 in Saturday's league defeat to Knaresbor-ough and followed that with 29 and two for
Hull FC were giving little away today about their rumoured interest in signing 22-year-old Bulls centre Shontayne Hape. "It is a mystery to me," said Hull's chief executive David Plummer about the possibility of his club signing the New Zealander, whose
The tragic death of Baildon pensioner Mrs Molly Cripps, who took an accidental overdose of paracetamol by combining a proprietary cold treatment with painkillers, is a grim lesson in just how potentially dangerous everyday products can be if inadvertently
Army chiefs were on tenterhooks today ahead of a major announcement on the future of an historic West Yorkshire regiment. The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, which recruits in Bradford, could be axed under radical reforms. But the Ministry of Defence was
The killers of hospital care worker Tarquin Turner have had their custodial sentences increased by nearly eight months each. William Charlton, 21, and 17-year-old Carl Wood appeared at Leeds Crown Court for a ten-minute review hearing. The pair were jailed
Bradford and Keighley have bucked the trend after bus use across West Yorkshire slumped last year. Both areas increased their numbers of passengers despite the fact that county-wide about four million fewer people used the buses than the year before.
A good Samaritan died from a heart attack as he went to the aid of a stabbing victim, a murder trial heard. Retired Bernard Lambert raised the alarm and tried to help Wasim Dad as he lay dying in his flat. But Mr Lambert then suffered a heart attack and
A man whose wife died of an accidental overdose of paracetamol has called for clearer warnings on cold remedies. An inquest heard yesterday that 72-year-old Molly Cripps died after taking capsules of Lemsip Max cold relief as well as her prescribed paracetamol
