In the National Conference Premier Division, West Bowling battled hard before going down 30-12 at Halifax rivals Siddal - a result that leaves them staring relegation in the face. Bowling suffered any early setback when after 12 minutes Siddal opened
Silsden are the hosts for the biggest game of their season tonight when Conference side Halifax Town visit but the choice of keeper is very much in the air. Ever-present Martin Foulger is laid up with a foot infection and there is no understudy in the
Thackley and Liversedge tasted sweet victories last night in the Northern Counties East Premier Division. Thackley won 2-0 at home while Sedge earned a 3-1 win away. Sedge were pegged back by Sheffield after Craig Farrand's 20th-minute opener. He curled
David Wetherall played the second half at Barnsley with concussion. Colin Todd revealed the City skipper was feeling dazed after a clash of heads during the televised clash on Monday. But he is confident that Wetherall, who also needed four stitches for
The buoyant housing market helped the Skipton Building Society to "abnormally good" record profits last year, says the organisation's chief executive. Pre-tax profits rose by a third to £79.7 million and group assets rose by nearly 11 per cent to £8.1
The captain of the Hercules plane which crashed in the Iraqi desert, killing ten men, was a former air cadet from the Wharfe valley. Flight Lieutenant David Stead, right, was confirmed yesterday by Ministry of Defence officials as one of the ten missing
A racing syndicate at a Bradford pub has scooped a £10,000 jackpot. And the punters, from the Lord Clyde pub on Thornton Road, now reckon it's all eyes on Ascot when they hope their own horse will take to the track. The team emerged with the best record
Parents have vowed to continue their fight as controversial changes to school places across the district are set to be approved. The plans by Bradford Council include merging Cooper Lane Primary with Westwood Park Primary in Horton Bank Top. And oversubscribed
Carrot, not the stick, is better SIR - I write having just read the report concerning the Allerton schoolboy and the 'naming and shaming' policy towards school failure, which is described as Government guidelines (T&A, January 27). I see this as organised
Eccleshill United under-17s travelled to Hebden Bridge in the League Cup and came back 2-1 winners, despite losing their keeper to an injury after 25 minutes. Thomas Higman put on the keeper's gloves and pulled off some excellent saves, goals from Lewis
Guiseley shocked their UniBond rivals Farsley Celtic with a 4-0 beating at Throstle Nest last night to go through to the semi-finals of the West Riding County Cup. Home side Farsley are in front of their near neighbours in the race for promotion from
Leon Pryce is back from the shoulder injury that kept him out of the Grand Final and Great Britain's Tri-Nations campaign feeling fitter and stronger than ever. Pryce dislocated his shoulder attempting to score in the final stages of the play-off victory
It's a shame for Bradford that it finds itself lumped together with the rest of Yorkshire in a new study which claims that half of the county's streets are unclean. The study on behalf of Keep Britain Tidy placed Yorkshire third from the bottom in a league
Helen Grange is a fraction of the woman she was when she said 'I do', but husband Steve still thinks she's fabulous. The 32-year-old mum, from Coleridge Gardens, Idle, has managed to shed more than six stone since April and is set to mark the occasion
A school governor accused of trying to intimidate a 13-year-old girl into dropping a sex allegation against her husband told a jury he was the last person she would want to help. Bradford Crown Court was told the teenager claimed Shabir Ahmed had indecently
It is just over a year since Ryecroft Primary School in Holme Wood came out of special measures. The school was deemed to be failing by education watchdog Ofsted in December 2001. But when head teacher Eric Sykes was appointed in September 2002 he said
Bradford Council has challenged the findings of a study which claimed half Yorkshire's streets are unclean. The county came third from bottom in a table of the nation's cleanest streets in a survey produced by environmental charity ENCAMS on behalf of
A troubled Bradford Conservative association which has been hit by claims of racism is expected to remain suspended until after the General Election. The Telegraph & Argus revealed exclusively on Saturday that Bradford West Tory parliamentary candidate
Bradford could soon be switching on a big screen - live in Centenary Square. Councillors meet next week to decide whether to give £80,000 towards the permanent screen on the side of the new leisure complex in the square. And ambitious plans for its use
Today the Telegraph & Argus launches what is arguably its most important campaign ever for the future of Bradford. The city centre is undergoing a massive upheaval as part of the £300 million plan to revive its fortunes with the spectacular Broadway
