Archive

  • Poole and Ryan are up for the Challenge

    Tyersal made up for the disappointment of losing in the final of the West Riding County Amateur League Premier Division Cup by lifting the Bradford & District FA Senior Challenge Cup with a 2-0 victory over Thackley. Goals from Lee Poole and Jason

  • Tierney is shown the door

    Paul Tierney will not be signing for City. The former Manchester United defender had been hoping to make a permanent move to Valley Parade after his loan spell, but Colin Todd felt the left back's performances were too inconsistent. Tierney featured 16

  • Hospital's treatment dilemma

    The case of nine-year-old Harry Jowett, who encountered repeated delays at Bradford Royal Infirmary after he injured his finger in an accident and needed an operation to repair it, is on the face of things quite appalling. It is small wonder the child

  • Bradford the biggest regeneration target

    Bradford is the region's most important target for regeneration and vital to helping transform the rest of Yorkshire, says the regional development agency. It is why Yorkshire Forward has chosen Bradford to take a major part in helping to reshape the

  • 'Help us restore Ye Olde church to new'

    An historic Spen Valley church has received cash to aid vital repairs, but an appeal has been launched for more cash to help its preservation. An English Heritage grant has been awarded to Whitechapel Church in Cleckheaton but its vicar is now appealing

  • Supermarket road closures attacked

    Controversial plans to close roads so a town centre supermarket can be built in Cleckheaton came under close scrutiny yesterday. Bradford-based developer Magellan has outline planning permission for a 5,500 square metre store off Horncastle Street. But

  • 'Those 60 seconds took my life away'

    A paramedic paralysed in a horrific road accident is to go back to school to tell her story of survival. Georgie Hurst, of Eldwick, near Bingley, hopes to make a lasting impression on pupils when she tells them how a risk taken by someone else "changed

  • What next for Leslie after poll?

    Shipley's former MP, Chris Leslie, is today considering whether he can stay in politics after losing the marginal seat at last week's election. At just 24, Mr Leslie became the UK's youngest MP when he deposed Tory stalwart Sir Marcus Fox in 1997 and

  • 'Sutcliffe has never shown any remorse'

    The son of one of the Yorkshire Ripper's victims tonight takes part in a television programme trying to find out if the mass killer has ever shown a shred of remorse. Richard McCann is seen revisiting the playing field where Bradford lorry driver Peter

  • 'Geoff would have loved footballing tribute'

    Pupils have paid tribute to a football-mad teacher by playing a memorial tournament in his honour. Geoff Schofield, 57, died at his home in Low Moor earlier this year after more than 30 years' service to Bradford as a PE and IT teacher. During his career

  • Search on for rare Pals' lapel badge

    Telegraph & Argus readers are being asked to help trace a rare lapel badge worn by some of Bradford's bravest soldiers. The city's First World War heroes were each given the red and blue enamelled badges to pin on their uniforms before they went off

  • TV star Richard in pneumonia battle

    Television presenter Richard Whiteley was today in intensive care in Bradford Royal Infirmary suffering from pneumonia. Mr Whiteley's condition was said to be stable after he was rushed into hospital on Friday after becoming ill at his home in Burley

  • Big probe into arts and leisure needs

    Bradford Council's arts, heritage and leisure department could change the way it spends its £20 million budget. One of the authority's top committees was today being asked to approve a district-wide review of how best to use the cash. If the regeneration

  • Boy, 9, in op wait ordeal

    The parents of a nine-year-old autistic boy whose finger was partially severed in an accident were forced to wait four days for surgery after urgent operations to reattach it were twice cancelled. Paul and Sue Jowett spent 18 hours at Bradford Royal Infirmary

  • Yorkshire pair fail to hit it off for sorry Cleck

    It has taken them longer than they wanted but East Bierley have notched their first league win of the season. And it was a decent scalp too, Jaffer Nazir (7-44) and Greg Lambert (3-43) bowling unchanged in a stop-start innings to dismiss hosts Cleckheaton

  • Openers waste no time securing win

    Yorkshire completed a rousing ten-wicket victory over Northamptonshire at Headingley yesterday to continue a great start to the season which has seen them win their last six matches in all competitions. With storm clouds gathering, openers Matthew Wood

  • Slow starters given a wake-up call

    The Bulls have learned the hard way that starting badly can be fatal, says coach Brian Noble. Noble's men have lost the first halves of their last two matches by a combined score of 38-0. On Saturday they paid a heavy price for their early lethargy as

  • Apology for electricity mix-up

    A HELLIFIELD couple who were told they had to make 40-mile round trips to add credit to their pre-payment electricity card, can finally expect their problems to be resolved. Les and Maxine Allen, who live in Kendal Close, have been having problems with

  • Lib-Dems celebrate county council victory

    EMOTIONS ran high at this year's county council elections. Craven Liberal Democrats were celebrating after securing three out of the six seats available. Mark Wheeler takes over from Irene Greaves after receiving 184 more votes than John Binns (Con).

  • New blue bins spark public debate

    SIR - In response to all the letters of complaint recently published, am I the only person to be very pleased with my new blue wheelie bin? At last we can recycle all our cereal boxes and other cardboard; all we need now is provision for plastic recycling

  • Silence marks 20 years since fire disaster

    Bradford will come to a standstill tomorrow when a one-minute's silence marks the 20th anniversary of the Bradford City Football Club fire disaster. A remembrance service will commemorate the 56 people who died on May 11, 1985, when Bradford took on Lincoln

  • Security vow after second club incident

    The boss of a new Bradford cabaret bar has pledged to increase security after a clubber was struck with a glass. Police are studying CCTV footage from inside the Lingards club in Westgate, Bradford, after a 21-year-old man suffered a wound to the forehead

  • Letters to the Editor

    Time to sort out recycling policy SIR - As keen recyclers, we were delighted when Bradford Council started the 'Let's get it sorted' scheme and provided extra bins for waste paper and, more recently, cans and glass. The regular collections of paper waste