After the disappointing run-out the previous week at Macclesfield, a rejuvenated Bradford & Bingley proved it must surely have been the "rogue performance" that head coach Geoff Wappett had suggested it was. Wappett's men returned to promotion form
Beware this time of the year. But forget ghouls, ghosts and things that go bump in the night. The real scaremongers don't bother to wear chilling masks. They just dish out cards by the bucketload. For the second year running, City suffered a Halloween
A stunning goal by Damien Dunne gave Bradford Park Avenue victory at promotion favourites Burscough - and sent them rocketing to fourth in the UniBond League Premier Division table. Midfielder Dunne clearly took a liking to the sea air which wafted into
Brian Noble has a week to perform his second resurrection of the season after Great Britain were humbled 42-26 in an 11-try thriller at Loftus Road on Saturday. With Britain probably needing to win all three of their remaining matches to make the Gillette
City will be whacked with a fine of up to £10,000 after Darren Holloway was sent off and five other players booked at Nottingham Forest. The club face an automatic Football Association punishment because six players were shown cards by referee Grant Hegley
Many children nowadays grow up in homes without a male parent and sometimes lack a male grandparent as well. When they attend nursery they find that most or all of the staff are female. And at primary school the men among the teachers are well outnumbered
Provident Financial has made a statement regarding the Competition Commission's 'Emerging Thinking' note on the home credit industry. The report is the initial step in the inquiry, which will be followed by its initial findings and then a final report
Phillip Stoner, which started in the early 1980s and now employs 24 people, has seen its empire extend to branches in Pudsey, Halifax and Leeds. Now the firm plans a second Leeds outlet. The firm has sold its exclusive wares to celebrities from the worlds
A Bradford printing company has increased its turn-over by 50 per cent only a year after a management buyout of the former family company. Stockle Colour Printers has increased its staff to 30 and invested £1 million in a new six-colour machine. Managing
A long-running row over how to regenerate a site in Brighouse town centre has taken yet another turn. The owner of the Sugden's Mill site Calderdale Council hopes to turn into a retail and leisure development has submitted a legal bid of his own. Younger
Rising levels of teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases can be combated if people used their local pharmacy. That is the message from a Bradford pharmacist as a campaign to heighten awareness of the safe sex message prepares to be launched
Health bosses have apologised to the parents of a desperately ill girl who have had to wait eight months to get a second opinion. Paul and Michala Cater have been told by doctors their 20-month-old daughter Lily, who has a rare heart condition, could
Libraries across the district are to open longer as Bradford Council aims to halt the sharp decline in the number of books being borrowed. The authority is to spend £140,000 which will meet the costs of allowing 12 libraries to open for longer, with some
Bradford's sports centres, colleges and Council buildings are being lined up as potential mass vaccination centres in case of a flu pandemic. Emergency planners at Bradford Council are working with their NHS colleagues to prepare the district for an outbreak
Time to form a brand new party SIR - I agree with Mike Priestley's comments about freedom of speech and democracy being under attack within the Labour Party (T&A, October 8). But it is now clear that Labour has stolen the Tories' clothes, and British
Wibsey skipper Rob Greenwood cut a disconsolate figure in their clubhouse on Saturday night. His team had failed to follow up their 12-0 victory over Thirsk by defeating Burley in a Yorkshire Division Five North West derby. And he regretted getting involved
Prop forward John Parkin-son scored a sizzling first hat-trick and then added a late clincher to put Clayton into the hat for the second round draw of the Pennine President's Cup in an end-to-end encounter at Lidget Green. The York visitors drew first
New signing Andy Lee became an instant hero by grabbing a goal on his debut for Guiseley. But his inclusion could not inspire the Nethermoor men to a victory as Runcorn came back to snatch a draw. The home side dominated long spells and created openings
Big changes could be in the offing for thousands of call centre workers in Bradford as the industry comes under closer scrutiny. Last week insurance company boss Andrew Blowers of Swift-cover described call centres as the "dinosaurs" of modern sales channels
A community worker has described the desperation facing victims of the earthquake after returning from a harrowing trip to Pakistan. Omar Shaikh, 30, was shocked by scenes of desperation and destruction, as he arrived to the mountainous region of Muffarazabad
Various kinds of cosmetic surgery will not be available on the NHS in the district. And patients will not be able to have liposuction under new guidelines for NHS cosmetic surgery in Bradford and Airedale. Bradford and Airedale's four primary care trusts
The public has "something to fear" from Government plans which could merge West Yorkshire with three other forces, it has been claimed. The Home Office plans to create new police 'super forces' which could hit policing performance Bradford, said the deputy
The number of people in the district who face having their homes repossessed has increased by more than 50 per cent. New statistics show mortgage lenders launched 315 actions to repossess homes in the city between July and September this year, compared
A Bradford father-of-two was in intensive care in an American hospital after he was caught up in Hurricane Wilma. Chemical factory worker Stephen Moss, 44, fell seriously ill following the disaster in Cancun, Mexico. Mr Moss was on holiday with his wife
Police in Bradford are using new powers to grab the assets of suspected drug dealers before they are even taken to court. Expensive jewellery, flash cars and wads of money are being seized by officers using the Proceeds of Crime Act which allows them
