"Tha's lost it Wetherall!" boomed the well-fed gentleman from south Yorkshire. City's skipper, positioned just a few yards away on the halfway line, smiled back politely. David Wetherall didn't need to say anything because actions speak far louder than
The end of the season can't come soon enough for the Cougars - this was by far and away their worst performance of the season. Swinton are hardly a force in Division Two and after Keighley's encouraging defeat at Dewsbury last week the few Cougar fans
Bradford Dudley Hill lost their first game of the season yesterday when they went down at Bramley. The home side went ahead after eight minutes when Paul Drake landed a penalty. But Bradford hit back five minutes later when Liam Jordan touched down. After
Three games into the North West Counties Division One season and Silsden have now gone through the full repertoire following Saturday's defeat at home to Newcastle Town. The Staffordshire club may be one of the stronger teams in the division after narrowly
Last season Liversedge enjoyed an FA Cup run that had them in the draw as an either or for the first round proper and a possible away game at Wycombe Wanderers. This term they fell at the first fence. They were dumped out of the competition on the opening
Russell Howarth today thanked his City team-mates for giving him an easy ride after being thrust in at Rotherham. Howarth was summoned from the bench after Donovan Ricketts suffered a foot injury midway through the first half. The back-up keeper marked
A farmer's wife from Skipton is squaring up to the likes of supermarket giant Sir Ken Morrison in what is turning out to be a one-woman agricultural revolution. Mother of three Joanna Winterburn's aim is simple: to revive healthy food produced and sold
Residents in Bradford are pleading for help to tackle anti-social behaviour by yobs who they claim have made their lives hell. Private home owners in Little Horton claim they are being driven out after being plagued for years by loud music, nuisance,
Regeneration bosses hope to create a new community in Bradford with residents who endured some of the worst housing conditions in Britain. Families moved out of the 20 grim blocks of Council-owned flats near Hut-son Street off Manchester Road before they
Two children were threatened at gunpoint by raiders who stole up to £10,000 after a Bradford Bulls charity cricket match. Three masked men burst into Scholes Sports and Social Club shortly after closing time last night terrorising a female steward, a
The race for the Bradford League First Division championship intensified as all three title contenders won their latest matches. With four matches to play, only three points separate leaders Pudsey Congs, second-placed East Bierley and third-placed Woodlands
Two penalties for Leek Town failed to deny Guiseley a clean sheet from their away victory on the opening day of the UniBond Premier season. The Staffordshire outfit were the recipients of two very soft awards but could not convert either. The Yorkshiremen
Phil Hadland hadn't met his team-mates until shortly before the game at Horsfall Stadium on Saturday - but the former Stalybridge Celtic forward soon made his mark when he fired in the winner for Avenue. It wasn't a pretty game but it was important for
A goal from Eccleshill United deep into injury-time caused two minutes of nail-biting tension for the visitors but had they taken even a point from this derby it would have been daylight robbery. Thackley thoroughly deserved the three points from their
The Celts' new season got off to the worst possible start with a home defeat on the opening day of the UniBond Premier League season but the result was overshadowed by two bad injuries at Throstle Nest. The points were decided by the 3-0 score-line in
Friday night's crushing 42-10 victory over the high-flying Rhinos was the most satisfying match of Leon Pryce's career. The 23-year old utility has two Super League Grand Finals, two Challenge Cups and two World Club Challenge titles to his name but none
The culture of easily-obtainable credit has created a live now, pay later ethos which sees many people with mounting personal debts. But with low interest rate offers, the ability to transfer debts between loans and cards and attractive deals to get people
In 565, St Columba reported seeing a monster in Loch Ness, it was the first recorded sighting of the fabled monster. In 1960, Two dogs were safely retrieved from their spaceship after a successful space trial. In 2001, Harry Potter creator J K Rowling
Although West Yorkshire's finance professionals say they have "a slightly pessimistic outlook" on business prospects for the next 12 months, the slowdown is only gradual. And Yorkshire can expect increases in both jobs and exports over the next year.
A campaign has been started to stop a popular postman being taken from his round. Such is the popularity of Keith Sullivan that his customers have raised a petition to keep him delivering letters in the Wyke area. During Mr Sullivan's four years on the
One of Bradford's major entertainment venues has been sold. The Town and Country Club in Manningham Lane closed after the company which owned it went into liquidation. Its new owner Javed Majid owned the club before when it was known as Maestros, but
Police were today hunting two young thugs who attacked Bradford City's team coach following Saturday's game at Rotherham. The coach had just left Woolley Edge Services on the M1 near Wakefield, where a few players and vice-chairman Jim Brown had been
Debt advisors are struggling to cope with increasing numbers of Bradford people coming to them after running up huge arrears on their credit cards and loans. Millions of pounds are believed to be owed by Bradford residents, leaving the city's Citizens
SIR - Re Mrs Judson's letter (T&A, August 13) about nurses shopping in their uniforms, my mum is a retired midwife and in 30 years of working for the NHS never once went shopping or came home in her uniform. Then there used to be a laundry service
