Tynedale 22 Bradford & Bingley 22 A late drop-goal attempt by Tom Rhodes could have won this game for Bradford & Bingley but in the end a draw was a fair result. The Bees won the forward battle but Tynedale's young back division were on top in the
Otley 7 Cornish Pirates 13 Otley did almost everything required to come from behind and beat the high-flying Cornishmen. Having been slightly off the pace in the first period, they came back with ambition which appeared to be reaching fruition in the
Wharfedale 20 Barking 10 The fans had to wait 30 minutes for a score in this National League Two match, but it was enthralling watching from the first whistle. The Greens, notching four tries to one, deserved victory, but they were made to fight every
A Bradford sportswear manufacturer has won a contract to produce the merchandise for Trinidad and Tobago's football team during this summer's World Cup finals. Samsan International has produced all the shirts, scarves and hats for supporters of the West
Council planners have been called on to give more help to small companies amid fears they will suffer because of the boom in major developments. Mike Cartwrignt, policy executive of Bradford Chamber, said one business had twice failed to get permission
The international department at Bradford Chamber has been busy. An e-mail scheme cutting the amount of time spent filling out export documents, a trade mission to China and taking refreshment to a village blighted by a lack of clean water in Peru have
Alistair McGowan (plus Ronni Ancona) or Rory Bremner (plus John Bird and John Fortune)? Mirror, mirror on the wall, which one impresses most of all? Orto answer the question with another question, like a politician, why does the UK produce so many
Animation is a big draw at the cinema again. From the family-driven superheroics of The Incredibles to the muckencrusted adventures of Shrek the ogre, from robots to fish to sabretoothed tigers, movie audiences are being wowed by the delights of hi-tech
Fourteen years after Opera North last appeared at the Alhambra, the company is returning early next year with three works by Mozart, Puccini and Kurt Weill. Weill's operetta, Arms and the Cow, a joint production, was last performed in Britain in 1935
While some folk are preoccupied with multi-million pound futuristic developments for the city centre, Bingley artist John Broadley is busy painting the past. Prints of two of his paintings, Kirkgate Market and Saturday Post, are now available to the
Stage-managed or not, the row that greeted Munich, Steven Spielberg's latest movie based on the killing of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics and Israel's subsequent 30-year campaign of vengeance against the Palestinians responsible, couldn't
Gene Pitney likes coming to Bradford. The reception he got from more than 1,200 people at his last concert was demonstrable proof of his popularity - with women and with men. They responded warmly to his courtesy, self-deprecating charm and attentiveness
Hedda Gabler is regarded as one of theatre's most intriguing female roles and surely one that most actresses yearn to play. It is Gillian Kearney's first stab at the role and she's embracing the challenge. She stars in a new adaptation of Hedda Gabler
Patrick Kielty has become one of the best-known faces on television in recent years and last year he launched his first-ever UK stand-up tour. It proved such a hit he's added extra dates, one of which is in Leeds this month. "My TV career has raised
Shaun Williamson barely had time to catch his breath after tumbling off a Scottish mountain when he was throwing himself around a West End stage sporting a red leather catsuit and afro wig. We know him best as Barry Evans in EastEnders, the loveable
Songs on the Death of Children is the grim-sounding title of an installation by acclaimed German artist Mariele Neudecker, on show at Salts Mill from February 11. Itis based on the song cycle by Gustav Mahler, entitled Kindertotenlieder, which he composed
Bradford rockers Gypsy had quite a ride last year - what with winning Battle of the Bands and playing a couple of high profile gigs to crowds of thousands - and tonight the lads are back on the road. With a growing local and international following
Full back Lee Innes helped himself to a hat-trick of tries and eight conversions as West Bowling put Castleford Lock Lane to the Division One sword at the Bankfoot Oval. Lock Lane took the lead for the first and only time when full back JP Briers slotted
The fans had to wait 30 minutes for a score in this National League Two match, but it was enthralling watching from the first whistle. The Greens, notching four tries to one, deserved victory, but they were made to fight every inch of the way - at times
A late drop-goal attempt by Tom Rhodes could have won this game for Bradford & Bingley but in the end a draw was a fair result. The Bees won the forward battle but Tynedale's young back division were on top in the loose. Although the game was played
Two high-quality kicks helped the Bulls dislodge Hull's grip on the Powergen Challenge Cup at the first attempt on Saturday. This fourth-round tie was in the balance at half-time when the holders, who had played into the wind in the first half, only trailed
For the second successive Saturday, Avenue had to postpone their Northern Premier League game at Horsfall Stadium, leaving fans kicking their heels. But this time it was for understandable reasons. The decision to call off the North Ferriby clash was
Hat-trick hero Dean Windass today deflected the personal praise by insisting that Craig Bentham was the real star of the show against Scunthorpe. Windass celebrated his return from a five-game ban with the seventh treble of his career - and second of
Council planners have been called on to give more help to small companies amid fears they will suffer because of the boom in major developments. Mike Cartwrignt, policy executive of Bradford Chamber, said one business had twice failed to get permission
A disabled graduate who has been fighting for the right to have a bath for the last five years has thanked the Telegraph & Argus for helping her to win her battle. Sociology graduate Yvonne Leach had been trying since 2001 to persuade her landlord
One of Bradford Council's most senior members looks set to face a confidence vote tomorrow. The Telegraph & Argus understands the opposition Labour group is likely to call for Councillor Simon Cooke to step down as the Conservative-led authority's
A teenager is benefiting from a radical breakthrough in life-improving treatment for asthma and allergy sufferers. Fourteen-year-old Mohammed Atif, of Third Avenue, off Killinghall Road, Bradford, is the first person in the district - and one of only
A sick little boy is looking forward to a new lease of life after his father was given the go-ahead to donate one of his kidneys to him. Five-year-old Ryan Siddall, whose kidneys are failing, and his father Ian, 42, will undergo surgery at St James's
Otley did almost everything required to come from behind and beat the high-flying Cornishmen. Having been slightly off the pace in the first period, they came back with ambition which appeared to be reaching fruition in the dying minutes when first Robin
Another victory for Farsley Celtic kept them within a point of the summit of the UniBond Premier Division and heaped the pressure on the chasing pack as severe weather decimated the fixture list. It was not a classic performance from the Celts - by their
Danny Cadamarteri found a way of keeping Dean Windass in check after the game by blocking his car with a couple of traffic barriers. They were the only stumbling blocks put in the birthday boy's way on a day when absolutely everything else fell into place
Bulls coach Brian Noble praised both sides and the Odsal groundstaff after his side reached the fifth round of the Powergen Challenge Cup on a sodden pitch on Saturday. He said after holders Hull had been defeated 23-12: "It was a tough game and I would
Ever wondered how a GCSE pupil would cope with swapping his comfortable life for the discipline of a 1950s education? Well, a television experiment will show Rob Hudson step through a time-warp and exchange his jeans for an itchy uniform and mobile phone
A primary school has won a reprieve after it was considered for closure. Education Bradford has decided not to close Usher Street Primary at the end of August but aims to bring in top-quality leadership to ensure improvement. The current head teacher
Bradford Council's library service is buying only half the number of books, CDs and DVDs that it should be. Library chiefs have denied a funding crisis despite purchasing just 54,000 of the 102,000 items experts recommended in the past 12 months. Their
Three top Bradford health chiefs knew women with breast cancer were not being given the best available treatment, a BBC programme has claimed. Dr John Philip, the former director of the Pennine Breast Screening Service, spoke publicly for the first time
The last time Bradford rockers Smokie played on home turf, founder member Terry Uttley was recovering from open heart surgery. Six months on, he's looking fit and healthy and looking forward to Smokie's world tour, promoting latest album On the Wire
Priestley at the Priestley talking about, er, Priestley. Imagine that. Well you might, for it is happening. Tom Priestley, son of Bradford-born playwright, novelist, essayist and broadcaster J B Priestley, is coming to The Priestley theatre to launch
The last time Sir Cameron Mackintosh was at the Bradford Alhambra he was watching his mega-hit Miss Saigon from the wings. "I love the Alhambra, it's a perfectly sized theatre. I remember thinking, 'I wish all theatres could be like this', " he says
The 1974 Ohio State Trooper is causing quite a stir in Centenary Square. Two sharp-suited guys in shades are leaning out of the vintage American police car chatting to a growing crowd gathering around the vehicle. In the back sits a mannequin dressed
Christopher Cazenove is the kind of actor who makes mums go weak at the knees. Dashingly handsome with a cut-glass accent and upper crust charm, he's been melting hearts for three decades playing everything from heroes to cads. So he appears to
De-Napoli Clarke had a promising career as a professional dancer and choreographer ahead of him when a vicious assault left him with a broken neck. "Iwas out with my friend in a club just enjoying the dancefloor, " he says. "One minute I was dancing
In his 61 years Neil Innes has been many things - artist, author, satirist, songwriter for three of Britain's finest comedy groups, even a wizard in a children's TV show - but one thing you'll never find him doing is revelling in celebrity. While the
