It's been a frustrating season for Steve Oleksewycz. Avenue have been robbed of their main scorer for most of the season after he suffered bruised ribs in a pre-season warm-up at Harrogate Railway. Oleksewycz is champing at the bit to get back into action
Colin Todd hopes City's determined stance not to sell Dean Windass will not come back to haunt them. The Bantams boss is thrilled to hang on to his leading scorer, who has now pinned his future to the club until 2008. But he knows that the club still
A Bradford schoolgirl fears she will be stopped from returning to the UK after her mum's funeral in Jamaica because of red tape. Philippa Henry was determined to fly out today to attend the ceremony in the West Indies. But she has been told she risks
Health chiefs at cash-strapped Airedale Hospital have been ordered by the NHS to take "urgent action" to slash its £3.2m deficit. Sir Nigel Crisp, chief executive of the NHS, said he was demanding an "immediate and sustainable improvement in financial
A surgeon who worked at a Bradford hospital despite having Hepatitis C put his patients at risk by carrying out invasive operations against Department of Health rules, the General Medical Council has found. Mohammad Qamar Sarwar-Rana, who was employed
A civilian worker at a Bradford police station has been jailed for nine months after passing confidential information to her boyfriend and a former partner. Judge Linda Sutcliffe told 27-year-old Fiona Stott that she had been a trusted employee who was
West Yorkshire firefighters are looking for backing for their bid to climb to the top of the world sporting ladder. A 13-strong team from West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is planning to do battle next year in the World Firefighter Games. They are
Bradford schoolboy Matthew Blamires has landed a lead role in a new film about the skinhead gang culture of the 1980s. Matthew, 14, a pupil at Buttershaw School, is in the British movie This is England and has been filming his first scenes in Nottingham
An innocent care worker falsely accused of raping a mentally ill man killed himself after it took the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) two months to decide there was no case to answer. A Bradford inquest was told that it should have taken the CPS just
Staff at two Bradford organisations are facing an uncertain future with the announcement of major job cuts. Bathroom manufacturer Jacuzzi UK announced yesterday that it is to shed a tenth of its workforce in the city because of the retail downturn. The
Despite a season blighted by injury, Lesley Vainikolo is within sight of defending the leading try-scorer title he claimed in record fashion last season. The giant winger will need to score at least a hat-trick tonight to overhaul leaders Darren Albert
There have been far too many delays and errors by the Crown Prosecution Service in recent months. In this area alone, a Brighouse dentist accused of a sex offence had his case dismissed because the CPS failed to serve a vital document. The trial of a
Yorkshire stayed on course for promotion after Ian Harvey destroyed Derbyshire yesterday by taking 5-40 on the first day of the Championship match at Derby. The Australian's haul was Yorkshire's best return of the season and helped bowl out the bottom
Students arriving in Bradford are to be targeted by police with a crime-free welcome to the city. A major crime crackdown and awareness campaign is being launched by police and staff from universities and colleges as freshers come to study in the area
Jilted boyfriend Melvin Stewart was jailed for at least 12 years yesterday for killing lover Pauline Jones. Stewart, 45, used a clawhammer to attack the 53-year-old in a fit of jealousy because she had been seeing other men. Stewart was furious Mrs Jones
No consideration for the motorist SIR - On Wednesday afternoon I tried to reach Canal Road from Little Horton Lane and to my amazement the traffic was queuing from before the Hollywood Bowl. After some 15 to 20 minutes I finally passed the reason for
