Birmingham Bulldogs 30 Bradford Dudley Hill 48 Bradford Dudley Hill extended their winning run to eight matches in LHF Healthplan National League Three. But, for the second week in a row, question marks were left over Hill's second-half defensive display
Bottom club Great Horton gave themselves a lift with a victory and a welcome six points against Drighlington - but they made unnecessary hard work of their task. Skipper Gulbar Ahmed won the toss and put the visitors in to bat on a grassy wicket. And
Bradford Bulls 44 London Broncos 16 The Bulls fans who left early after what was admittedly a patchy performance missed the try of the match. In a move that covered fully 80 metres and brought the Odsal faithful to their feet, Iestyn Harris's pass put
Abbey National today announced that it has received a bid approach that has led to an offer for the company being made this morning. The suitor has been named as Banco Santander, despite the chairman of the Spanish bank ruling out a pan-European merger
A booming Bradford automotive company which moved into glitzy £2 million premises just two months ago is expanding so rapidly it has already outgrown its new home. Maybe this has something to do with the fact that, in just a year, the firm has increased
Abbey National today confirmed that it has agreed to be taken over by a huge Spanish bank as it revealed it had moved back into the black for the first time in two years. The UK company told the stock market this morning that an agreement had been reached
Dodgy dealings in Victorian Keighley have been unearthed by a graduate studying the history of the town's three parks. Lynn Macgill was amazed to learn how class prejudice and upper-crust wheeler-dealing were rife, especially in setting up Victoria Park
Youngsters are endangering lives by stealing supermarket trolleys and letting them loose down steep streets in Shipley. Elizabeth Higgins, of Leeds Road, said children were taking Asda trolleys to hilly roads on the Windhill estate. "They are taking them
A Bradford school which was criticised for poor teaching is now celebrating after coming out of special measures, a term earlier than expected. Swain House Primary was strongly criticised by Ofsted inspectors and placed in special measures in February
A Bradford restaurant has thrown its weight behind The Save Our City Appeal by organising a fund-raising dinner. Owners of Kebabeesh in New Line, Greengates, are urging people of all races to come together to help secure the future of the Bantams. Peter
Patients who need head and neck surgery in Bradford are being treated in bigger and better facilities thanks to the opening of a new hospital wing named after one of the city's leading surgeons. Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has invested
Two Bradford sisters have swum their way into the world record books after becoming part of the first all-female team to complete a three-way crossing of the English Channel. Dee and Liane Llewellyn, from Odsal, were part of a team of six swimmers who
New mobile speed camera patrols will be hitting the streets of Bradford next month at accident blackspots across the city. The police patrols will be operating in ten new locations across the area from August 1 as part of a West Yorkshire-wide blitz on
A social club which rose from the ashes of the Bradford riots is celebrating a five-fold increase in membership. The Girlington and District Conservative Social Club had to be rebuilt after a petrol bomb destroyed the old building in Roundthorn Place
The father of a young woman killed on a family holiday in Malaysia told today of his heartache. Joanna Stillwell, 23, died when she was hit by a motorboat while she was snorkelling off the island of Redang on Saturday morning. Miss Stillwell suffered
Keighley Cougars 16 Whitehaven 29 This was a far more positive display from the Cougars. They pushed second-placed Whitehaven all the way and the game was only decided in the last four minutes when the visitors registered seven points to make sure of
Mature drivers the worst offenders Sir - May I suggest Mr Heaton (T&A July 15) goes and stands by any busy road and observes the drivers. What he will find is that attitudes to safe driving are so lax that they are non-existent. He will find the majority
Baildon's Simon Bell beat the elements and a quality field to win the 52nd Bradford Open Championship at windswept Keighley yesterday. Bell carded 143 for his two rounds which put him a shot ahead of Andrew Brown (Bingley) and Lee Shephed (Cleckheaton
Mirfield took another significant step on the road to Division One survival on Saturday. Inspired by a disciplined 98 not out from Guy Welton, they made a challenging 196 for eight and then, thanks to accurate and persevering 18-over stints by Neil Parkinson
Paul Henderson wants to put on a City shirt for keeps. The Sydney-born stopper proved a real wizard from Oz with a string of good saves in the 2-1 victory over Bolton in Wayne Jacobs' testimonial after answering an 11th hour call to play on Saturday.
Brian Noble smiled and bit his lip last night after watching the Bulls defeat next-to-bottom London Broncos 44-16 at Odsal. Frustrated at some of the visitors' negative tactics - "London are very good at slowing the game down," was all he would say on
Bradford's bid to become European Capital of Culture 2008 was met in some quarters with a great deal of scepticism. There were those who considered the city to be making itself look rather silly by trying to secure this prestigious title, and when it
When a university lecturer decided to help improve his students' climbing skills by constructing an artificial rock face, he never imagined 40 years on his brand would be known world-wide. The climbing wall, manufactured in 1964 on the Leeds University
If some radical predictions come true, the office as we know it could become something of a rarity in years to come. Working from home - teleworking to give it its fancy title - has developed from a trickle into a full-blown trend thanks to rapid advances
Two women are helping the worlds of fairies, pirates and other magical characters come to life for children across the district. Sara Lewis and Helen Moorhouse combined to set up their business, Perfect Parties for Little People, after they attended a
Themed bars may be considered by some to be as passe as Abba or avocado bathroom suites, but a new sports-orientated Bradford watering hole could add some sophistication to the city. And not many bars are designed by legendary rugby league players who
A firm which started out in Bingley nearly 130 years ago making coffins is now pulling in customers - by selling facelifts. That's facelifted kitchens and bedrooms rather than cosmetic improvements to sagging jowls or neck wrinkles. Dismayed by the prevailing
Unruly youngsters riding motorised scooters are making their residents' lives a misery. People living in Charnwood Close and Kelvin Way, Undercliffe, say the youngsters are racing the machines up and down the streets, plaguing elderly people and causing
