After signing for Wibsey WMC at 18 - when the club's long-serving manager Steff Garside knocked on his parent's door - 32-year-old striker Dave Rushby is back leading the line at his first open-age club. It's a journey that includes a long spell as an
Bradford City 1 MK Dons 4 Rumour has it that Ellen MacArthur stepped on to the quay and asked: Have City won at home yet? You can sail round the world and back safe in the knowledge that some things won't have changed back in Blighty. The dreadful record
Bobby Vanzie today announced he has quit the boxing ring. Vanzie, one of Bradford's most successful and flamboyant fighters, admitted he had been tussling with his conscience since becoming a Jehovah's Witness. "This decision has to be the hardest one
Bradford bosses and workers have backed national calls for more Government support for manufacturing amid continuing job losses. They warn of a need for more interventionist policies to support manufacturing as national organisations such as the CBI and
Cash from Europe is helping people in one of the most deprived areas of Bradford to get into work. In one area of the city the amount of funds to have been given to communities since 2000 is approaching £1 million. There have been schemes set up in the
A teacher died as a result of exposure to the deadly asbestos fibre at a Bradford school, it was claimed yesterday. Bradford Coroner's Court was read a statement from John Kelly made before he died in which he said he had come into contact with asbestos
A governor of Bradford hospitals is calling for the chief executive's resignation over the handling of the hospitals' £11.3 million cash crisis. Matt Palmer, who is a governor of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has persistently claimed
All eyes at Bradford Grammar School will tonight be on the Brit awards - to see if old boy Bob Hardy sweeps the board. The bass guitarist has been nominated for an amazing five awards with his band Franz Ferdinand including best group, best album, breakthrough
Bradford Council's Conservative executive has proposed a Council tax increase of 4.7 per cent next year. But alongside the proposed increase for tax payers would be cuts in services in a bid to save more than £3 million. The rise would see the Bradford
Hands off this green belt land SIR - To many Heaton residents it is quite a mystery as to how one objection can result in the proposal to remove two fields from the green belt for housing - against Council wishes! The two fields in question are land-locked
Injury-ravaged Eccleshill United defeated high-flying Wyke Wanderers 8-1 in their Craven Aire and Wharfe League Under-16B Division clash to leapfrog their rivals in the table. With five first-team regulars unavailable, Eccleshill produced their best result
Thackley 0 Mickleover Sports 1 Thackley manager John Boyle issued an "open apology" to home fans after visitors Mickleover Sports reached the semi-finals of the Northern Counties East League Cup last night. After an uninspiring cup-tie at Dennyfield,
Queensbury beat Victoria Rangers 18-14 in a rousing Pennine League Premier Division derby. With both sides fighting to beat the drop, points were all important and it was Bury who started the stronger. They quickly raced in to a 12-0 lead thanks to tries
Suspended hooker Ryan Hudson took no part in the Bulls' shirt presentation evening on Monday, providing the clearest sign yet that the club are ready to wash their hands of the former Castleford Tigers skipper, who is the subject of an RFL doping probe
Colin Todd has called for a huge effort to keep City's season alive after last night's horror show against MK Dons. The Bantams slumped 4-1 at Valley Parade against a side that had lost their last nine away games. Defeat, their eighth at home in all competitions
Urban Splash's redevelopment of Lister's Mill is extremely welcome. The project waited a very long time for someone to take it on. What has been done so far seems to be of good quality and has been very well received. The development is certainly popular
The bodies of ten servicemen killed in Iraq when their Hercules plane crashed near Baghdad were flown back to Britain for a homecoming shrouded in dignity. Among them was that of Flight Lieutenant David Stead, of Burley-in-Wharfedale. The men, nine from
After working as a butcher in Bradford for nearly 40 years Donald Pickup has decided to hang up his cleaver, give away his business to his assistant and call it a day. But the 56-year-old is retiring a happy man. He feels that both his market stall and
Residents have backed plans for a £25 million housing development which could breathe new life into their village. Idle has been dubbed 'take away city' because of its high number of fast food outlets compared to shops, but residents hope plans for 150
A Bradford man whose mother and grandmother were stabbed to death has escaped going to prison. Judge Linda Sutcliffe yesterday gave 26-year-old Leon Flaherty a suspended sentence for perverting the course of justice, describing the circumstances of his
The company developing Bradford's most iconic building has been accused of 'kicking the city in the teeth' by promoting it as a great place to live - but not to shop. Urban Splash is publicising its multi-million-pound-earning Lister Mills apartments
