Archive

  • Youth winning battle of the keepers

    Manager John Boyle drafted in the vastly experienced Jon Scargill when he realised he was left with young keeper Matthew Everard as his only option between the sticks - but he cannot break into the side. Everard was elevated from the youth team and played

  • Avenue grafting their way to top

    Avenue manager Gary Brook isn't happy unless he sees his players dripping with sweat - 15 minutes BEFORE the kick-off. And the taskmaster certainly won't tolerate his players arriving at the ground for a match an hour before kick-off. They are already

  • Deacon's boot holds key for Bulls

    Heading into his sixth Grand Final in the last seven years, it's hardly surprising that Old Trafford feels like a second home to Bulls scrum half Paul Deacon. But when he arrives at the famous home of Manchester United this afternoon, Deacon will find

  • City hailed as top role model

    Conservative Party leadership front-runner David Davis has praised the way Bradford is tackling crime by regenerating problem areas. Mr Davis told how other major towns and cities could learn from Bradford's example as he made a whistle-stop tour of the

  • Prove your injuries, says 'scuffle' MP

    A Bradford MP involved in a radio station scuffle with a Labour politician has challenged his opponent to prove his injury claims in a court of law. Philip Davies, Tory MP for Shipley, denied injuring Stephen Pound who claims he suffered a broken rib

  • S-nappy happy!

    Did you have the cutest little baby face? Even if those old photographs of you in nappies make you cringe, they could be exactly what an exhibition needs. A new show at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television marking the 20th anniversary

  • Girl 'yelled abuse during ceremony'

    A teenager who 'starred' in notorious TV documentary The Last White Kids about a family living in a predominantly Asian area has been given an interim Anti-Social Behaviour Order. Ashleene Gallagher was acc-used of shouting abuse during a ceremony marking

  • Relief squad on their way

    A team of emergency workers from a Bradford-based charity was to fly to Islamabad today to help earthquake victims. The Human Relief Foundation has pledged $100,000 (£56,780) to help the disaster-hit areas of Muzaffarabad, Manshera, Rawalakot and Islamabad

  • Relief for Parsley as injury problem improves

    Following an unprecedented injury crisis at Nethermoor, things are returning to an even keel and there are only two players on the treatment table. The club are not out of the woods yet in terms having everyone fit and available, more than a few players

  • We can beat Halifax insists Sinnott

    The FA Cup draw threw up a tie that had local football followers drooling with anticipation when Conference side Halifax Town were paired with the Celts. The sides will battle it out at The Shay for the right to a place in the first-round proper and a

  • Cougars 'failed to build on success'

    Former Cougars coach Gary Moorby says he was let down by the club over the lack of investment in the squad after their 2003 National League Two Grand Final victory. Moorby felt Keighley lacked ambition and leadership and had failed to match his own drive

  • Femi fumes at his clinging opponent

    Femi Fehintola protected his 100 per cent pro record in Huddersfield last night and then branded his opponent "the worst I've ever fought". The 23-year-old, from Bradford Moor, won all eight rounds against experienced stayer Rakhim Mingaleev. Fehintola

  • Rhodes prays fans are here to stay

    Julian Rhodes is hoping the West Yorkshire derby will have a positive spin-off on Valley Parade attendances. The 12,285 crowd figure against Huddersfield was 4,000 up on the previous highest for Southend in the first home game of the season. Just under

  • Lighting up the city for everyone

    There was massive disappointment in Bradford when the city missed out on the Capital of Culture 2008 bid despite putting forward such a strong case. But all the energy and enthusiasm which went into preparing and promoting that bid was not wasted. Thankfully

  • Coroner to visit fatal fall flats

    An inquest into the death of a window cleaner who fell from a fourth-storey flat has been adjourned so that the coroner can inspect the balcony. Stephen Wainwright, 44, fell while working on the six-storey block at Wells Court, Ilkley, in March. Yesterday's

  • Burglars steal state-of-the-art drain camera

    Burglars demolished a concrete wall at a drainage firm to steal a specialist camera which looks at blocked drains. The SeaSnake Drainage Camera, which was unbolted from a wagon at Thomas Crompton drainage company in West Bowling, is believed to be one

  • Meet the excellent young achievers!

    Youngsters from across Bradford came together to celebrate the end of a special week highlighting excellence in schools. Over the course of the week a variety of events have been giving pupils from secondary and primary schools the opportunity to shine

  • Verdict 'like a bullet to my head'

    A father's six-year legal battle to find out why his three-year-old daughter died has ended in and anger and despair. Naazish Farooq Khan was found to have a massive overdose of potassium in her system following her death in 1999. But her family, who

  • Letters to the Editor

    Direct us to the Arndale Centre! SIR - At the offset of the Broadway demolition/development programme, the T&A published a map showing the route around Bradford by motor vehicles, indicating the closed roads. What are the chances of now publishing