The company which built the award-winning McAlpine Stadium in Huddersfield wants to redevelop Odsal, it was revealed today. Alfred McAlpine Special Projects has submitted plans to create 25,000 seat covered stadium in its existing position with an adjoining
A bumper £75,000 grant to Keighley Cougars has to be repaid by them after after the Government-backed SportsMatch organisation claimed rules were broken. Cougars were praised as a go-ahead club when the award was announced back in November 1994. At the
A charity which supports organ transplant patients and their families - set up more than three years ago by Keighley's Jo Hatton - has opened its first central office. The Transplant Support Network was the brainchild of Jo and Phil Hatton - Jo died last
The Bradford & Bingley is to set up ballot boxes in its 600 branches to help members decide if it should become a bank. The building society is going down the road of the Nationwide, which did the same thing when it narrowly defeated a conversion
After finding himself out of the Bradford City first team for more than four months, Lee Todd admits to being slightly over enthusiastic before facing West Brom on his return last week. However he gave an almost faultless performance at left back against
South Africa will be the team to beat in this year's World Cup and New Zealand could be the dark horses, according to England star Darren Gough. But the Yorkshire paceman added: "Australia speak for themselves and are among the best in the world while
New signing Dean Windass is so confident Bradford City will be playing in the Premiership next season that he is prepared to stake his 'mortgage on it'. The 29-year-old, who can play either as a striker or in midfield, joined the Bantams in a £950,000
Racism has no place in sport. That really should go without saying. The nation is now officially committed to outlawing racism everywhere. However, there are unfortunately still racist incidents at some football events. Sometimes they involve spectators
Would-be customers wanting to have work done in their home are being warned to get everything in writing. One Rights and Wrongs reader went to a Bradford firm to order a carpet. Based on the room dimension he provided, he was told it would be £135 with
A national campaign aimed at combating racism in soccer has praised efforts being made to halt the problem in Brad-ford. Bradford City helped to launch the high-profile Show Racism The Red Card earlier this season. And now Kick It Out, the organisation
Work is set to start on a £2.5 million scheme to convert the historic former Upper Independent Chapel in Heckmondwike into a hotel, restaurant and banqueting suite. And a businessman has applied for planning permission from Kirklees Council to turn the
Bradford-based snooker star James Wattana received a death threat just hours before a major match in Bangkok, it was revealed today. Wattana was told to "be prepared to die" less than three hours before he lost 5-2 to Ken Doherty in the second round of
A 15-year contract to operate catering, bars, retail shops and in-flight catering at Norwich Airport has been awarded to Wilsden-based contract catering group Caterleisure. The firm is investing £225,000 in introducing their brands Caf Oasis, Caf Continental
Early-season Bradford Bulls star Paul Deacon is facing a race to be fit for Sunday's Super League opener with Sheffield Eagles at Odsal. The 20-year-old half-back, who has made a place his own in first few weeks of the season, is still struggling with
Manager Brian Horton has called on his Port Vale side to show more belief in themselves as they bid to avoid relegation from the First Division. Vale are sat in 21st position - with only goals scored keeping them out of the bottom three ahead of Bury
Time is about to be called on motorists who have turned a residential street into a busy rat-run, thanks to a £14,000 traffic-calming scheme. And the move to slow down traffic and stop drivers using Thackley Old Road as a short-cut to avoid delays on
Bradford's black and Asian elderly community are to be asked what can be done to improve services for them as part of a major national consultation exercise. Yesterday saw the launch of the Debate of the Age and Ethnic Minorities conference London, which
A retired fireman was branded "stupid'' by his wife for taking two nine-year-old girls into a local cemetery. But 55-year-old Malcolm Vickers stressed to a jury that his intentions were "honourable'' and he had not done anything wrong. Vickers, of Brompton
Viewers across the district look like being caught in the crossfire of a new TV ratings war. The opening shots will be fired on Monday with the biggest shake-up of regional teatime viewing for 30 years. Old favourites like Look North and Calendar will
You can't have failed to notice the film cans decorating the windows of every big store in town - film fever has gripped Bradford. Tonight and for the next fortnight, the city plays host to a programme of movie premieres, revivals and seminars that will
Fire chiefs in West Yorkshire want the number of ethnic minority officers and support staff on the county's books to be doubled within the next five years. Despite recent recruitment campaigns to attract applicants from under-represented groups, the county's
