After a tough opening half to the season, Burley suddenly came good over the weekend with two memorable victories. On Sunday they beat Skipton to book a place in their first Waddilove Cup final since 1966, and the day before they notched their first league
ALidget Green's nine-wicket victory over Wibsey Park Chapel saw them claim the Division Three championship. In doing so they became the first team to book their place in the divisional play off at Woodlands on August Bank Holiday Monday. First Bradford
Assistant manager Stuart McCall and new signing David Hopkin will be aiming to keep up their records of playing in Russia tonight. McCall has been there before with Rangers in a Champions League qualifying match against Vladikavkaz. He said: "It was a
Bradford Grammar School's Richard Oddy held a share of the lead after the first round of the English Boys' Open strokeplay championship at Formby. The 17-year-old, who is a member at Woodhall Hills and Huddersfield, returned a four-under-par 68 to match
Confirmation that a £4 million revamp of Sunwin House is due to begin in September is a welcome boost for Bradford, which has not had much to celebrate recently on the retail front. There is a national crisis in High Street shopping, and Bradford has
In 1581, the Netherlands declared its independence. In 1952, Eva Peron, wife of Argentinian president Juan Peron, died in Beunos Aires, aged 33. In 1978, the first test tube baby was born in Oldham, by Caesarean section to a Bristol mother. From the Telegraph
Bradford bosses have been urged to work together and turn round the district's economy in a bid for a better future. Judith Donovan, pictured, president of Bradford Chamber of Commerce, told its annual lunch that the group aimed to play a part in the
Accountants and business advisers Horwath Clark Whitehill, which has offices in Bradford, is helping a brewery to expand. Roosters of Harrogate is embarking on an expansion programme which also includes plans to start selling beer in bottles. Former cab
PLANS to use the front of a bakery in Sutton-in-Craven as a caf were refused this week despite huge support from the local community. The applicant wanted planning permission for customers to use the front area of Holme Lane Bakery, on Holme Lane, to
A Heckmondwike woman arrived at hospital stabbed, bruised and scratched after allegedly being raped, a jury was told. Leeds Crown Court heard yesterday that 38 separate injuries she suffered were consistent with someone who had been involved in a violent
Police are cracking down on thugs who are being blamed for scaring drinkers away from Bingley's town centre pubs. Licensees say the violence over the last ten days has cost them thousands of pounds in lost trade as customers stay away. In the latest incident
The devoted son of Bradford speedway legend Eric Langton has travelled half way across the world to lay his father's remains to rest in the family plot. Simon Langton promised his dad before his death in November last year that he would make the trip
Furious residents say drug-addicts are putting children's lives at risk by dumping used needles near their homes. Drug abusers are abandoning their needles on a busy thoroughfare used by children and shoppers on waste-ground behind Kwik Save supermarket
Bradford's under-performing council house repairs service could be hived off to the private sector. The proposals - put forward by independent consultants - leaves a question mark over the future of more than 800 council workers' jobs. Robert Norton,
A rapid response security service for burglary victims has reached its first milestone. The SPEED scheme - Securing Property Effectively, Economically and Daily - has now helped 500 people living in the Newlands area of Bradford. Project engineers Gary
A police chief today strongly refuted claims that heavy-handed tactics helped spark violent clashes on a Bradford street. Seven police officers were injured during the stand-off in Horton Grange after being pelted with stones and bottles by a gang of
Five more schools today started a makeover as part of Bradford council's £171 million education shake-up. Workers from Bovis Lend Lease have moved into Addingham, Newhall Park, Knowleswood, Lower Fields and Poplars Farm as part of the programme to finish
The shake-up of Bradford's education system has had an unexpectedly far-reaching impact - benefiting deprived children in West Africa. The re-organisation will indirectly see the launch of a Gambian nursery and child abuse support centre as well as helping
Bradford is set to party for the Millennium - one year after the rest of the world held its biggest ever celebrations. The council is gearing up to spend £280,000 on the eve of 2001 - after being criticised for not organising anything special to mark
DESPITE having only one win this season in Division A of the Airedale & Wharfedale League and standing dangerously close to the relegation zone, Skipton go into their Waddilove Cup semi-final against Burley at Sandylands as favourites. Following a
SIR - After being associated with Thorpe Middle School for the past 12 years in a teaching role, I share in the sadness and trauma created by the closure of this great school. I am proud to have been part of its 116-years history. The people of Idle should
Hostile bowling by the West Indies once again proved much too hot for Yorkshire's fragile batting to handle as the tourists won the Vodafone Challenge match at Headingley by ten wickets inside two days. Although Yorkshire were completely out of their
Bulls chairman Chris Caisley has pledged to bring at least two new faces to Odsal after being inundated with contract requests from different parts of the globe. Caisley and coach Matthew Elliott have remained cautious amid the summer spending spree which
Bradford City know they face their sternest test so far as they look to continue their 100 per cent Intertoto Cup record in this elegant and historic city tonight. City have won all four matches so far in the competition, but manager Chris Hutchings is
The new chief executive of Bradford-based Yorkshire Co-operatives today announced a £4 million revamp for the city's Sunwin House. Peter Marks said work was due to start in September on a clean-up of the outside of the art deco 1930s building in Godwin
A Shipley man has sold more than 1,600 copies of his first novel. Geoff Lee, 60, of Manor Lane, spent eight years writing One Winter, a story of life in the 1960s during some of the worst weather in living memory. Mr Lee, a draughtsman, took a break in
The shake-up of Bradford's education system has had an unexpectedly far-reaching impact - benefiting deprived children in West Africa. The re-organisation will indirectly see the launch of a Gambian nursery and child abuse support centre as well as helping
A forensic scientist from Bradford University has been investigating gruesome claims of ritual child sacrifice for an ancient history TV whodunnit. Dr Ron Dixon, of the Department of Biomedical Sciences, was sent to Sicily to carry out a cutting-edge
An industrial dispute involving low pay claims against Bradford's Nawaab Indian restaurant almost ended in chaos yesterday. Co-owner Mahboob Hussain Junior and his legal representative Taher Nawaz threatened to walk out of their own appeal against alleged
A teenage drug addict who was part of a three-man gang which roamed the city centre at night looking for robbery victims has been locked up for five-and-a-half years. Crack cocaine-user Rizwan Khaliq, 19, was yesterday sent to a young offenders' institution
Bradford's Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT) met only one of its targets in tackling drugs across the district last year, it has emerged. A summary due to be presented to Bradford Health Authority today reveals just one out of eight objectives for 1999
Athletes from across Bradford are appealing for help in realising their sporting goals. A team of sportsmen and women are in training for the Special Olympics National Games next year, and Bradford Sport and Recreation Association for People with Disabilities
