Wilfrid Towriss has hung up his umpire's coat for the last time - at the age of 90. The Bradford Mutual Sunday School League stalwart, who began umpiring 40 years ago when he retired as a player, declared his marathon innings closed on Saturday. His last
Bradford Bulls have warned junior fans and families that they will have to pay more for Saturday night's make-or-break elimination semi-final with Leeds Rhinos at Odsal. Normally the club is able to offer discounts using vouchers printed in the Telegraph
Manager Chris Hutchings believes last night's 7-2 triumph over Darlington in the Worthington Cup has driven the Southamp-ton defeat out of Bradford City's system. Hutchings was delighted with his players' response to going bottom of the Premiership on
Bradford has every right to be proud of Yvonne McGregor. The 39-year-old became the first British woman ever to win an Olympic cycling medal. Her bronze medal, clinched last week in the 3,000 metres individual pursuit in Sydney, crowned a remarkable cycling
A firm has stepped in to rescue a charity that helps disabled people receive computer training. Federal Mogul has spent £30,000 to make one of its office blocks fully wheelchair accessible, so the charity Data can move in. The training agency, which is
Growing firm Horizon Recruitment is continuing its rapid expansion programme by opening a second branch in Leeds - only three years after it started. The Bradford firm, headed by managing director Jane Vincent, already has a branch in Leeds and others
One of the district's most successful exporters is celebrating a double success in staff training and development. Borg Warner, which employs 450 workers on Bradford's Euroway Estate, has achieved two separate Investor in People awards for its Cooling
A 70-YEAR-OLD former swimming champion has won his campaign for improved safety at Skipton's Aireville Pool after he slipped and tore ligaments in his ankle trying to get out of the water. Geoffrey Smith, of Highcroft Way, Farnhill, claimed that the ladders
A pensioner who became paralysed from the chest down has been accepted as a student artist by the Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists. Alex Wood, 71, fell ill while on holiday in Switzerland in 1978 and experienced loss of feeling in his left
Town centre bosses today unveiled a £100,000 bid to transform the heart of Shipley. If the proposals - agreed in principle by the Shipley Town Centre Development Partnership - go ahead, the familiar, compact outdoor market's permanent rows of covered
A poisonous cloud of gas escaped from a Bradford factory after a chemical accident last night. A specialist firefighter trained to deal with hazardous materials was called in after smoke escaped from the Chris Teynes chemical factory in Rutland Street
Union officials were today holding urgent talks with management after dozens of agency cleansing staff were laid off without warning by Bradford Council. About 40 temporary private workers have been axed from jobs which include cleaning the city centre
The cycle track at a major Bradford sports centre may be named after Wibsey's Olympic bronze medallist Yvonne McGregor. Mike Healey and Pete Latarch, of Bradford Cycling Action Group, have asked Bradford Council to name the Richard Dunn Sports Centre
The traumatised family of a retired bus driver found beaten on a street have spoken of their heartbreak at his gruesome death. Father-of-six Mohammed Mukhtar Choudury was found with severe head injuries at the junction of Scotchman Lane and Heaton Road
Albion Sports midfielder Tariq Hussain scored his fourth hat-trick in successive matches. Hussain's feat came in the Premier Division match against Wibsey WMC which his team won 6-1 to stay three points behind East Bowling Unity who have a 100 per cent
Bradford City 7 Darlington 2 This runaway victory was the perfect tonic for City after the bitter disappointment of their Premiership home defeat by Southampton. It has become a cliche for managers to say they hope their teams will bounce back after a
Underwater search teams were dredging a lake in Bingley today after reports that a boy had tumbled into the water. The frogmen resumed the hunt for the boy in Coppice Pond at St Ives Park at around 9am today after spending hours yesterday with fire crews
A Bradford community group has won the praise and support of the Prime Minister and MPs in the run-up to the official opening of its new centre. The Bangladeshi People's Association (BPA), celebrating its 42nd anniversary this month, has opened its new
What started as an after-school club to help children gain confidence in social skills has turned into a huge sprawling campus of the performing arts. Bradford's premier arts school has got better and brighter with a revamp at the old fire station in
Police discovered clothes and shoes neatly placed at the spot where a Bradford teenager fell 30 feet to his death. Christopher Luke Stoton was found dead on a small triangle of land near Bradford Interchange and the NCP car park on Saturday. The 18-year-old
Doctors ignored vital blood test results which should have told them a man's life was in danger, it has emerged. An internal probe ordered by health chiefs into the case of father-of-five Abdul Waqar Sheir - highlighted in the Telegraph & Argus in
A Bradford fire chief has urged people to draw up an action plan in the event of their home catching fire. The call came as the brigade launched its fire safety week and prepared for a host of events in the city centre tomorrow. As well as promoting general
