Albion Sports and Bolton Woods have made it to the last 32 of the FA Sunday Cup - but Stanley Road missed out in dramatic circumstances. Albion, who became the first Bradford Sunday Alliance side to reach the final last season before losing 1-0 to Hull
Keighley Cougars have come to the aid of waterlogged rugby union club Bees by offering them the use of their pitch after flood damage left Wagon Lane unplayable. The Bees will play Saturday's North Division One match against Middlesbrough at Cougar Park
Bradford City's £2.5 million record signing David Hopkin will be out of action until the end of the year. The 30-year-old former Leeds United midfield player has had to undergo an operation on the ankle ligament in jury which has kept him out of action
In 1864, the Mechanics' Institute, Bingley, was opened. In 1891, the co-discoverer of insulin, Dr. Frederick Grant Banting, was born. In 1923, heavy flooding affected the Aire and Wharfe valleys. From the Telegraph & Argus of November 14, 1975...Low
THREE green-fingered ladies are throwing in the 'trowel' this week and stepping down from the Ilkley in Bloom committee. Patricia Shankley, Pat Baker and Margaret Welsh (above, left to right), have all decided to retire from the committee after a decade
A Gomersal man will be among 31 people being presented with certificates for completing a training placement to redress employment disadvantage experienced by certain groups of people. Killian Ngong, who works for Kirklees Highways Traffic Unit, took
Bingley butcher Darren Todd carved up the opposition when he won an award for improving the town's image. Bingley Civic Trust unanimously gave him its silver cup, awarded to the individual or organisation which it believes has done the most for the town's
A community campaigner has been left to foot a £500 medical bill after getting injured in a street clean-up. Barbara Simpson, a member of the Great Horton Action Group, stepped on a beer bottle during the litter blitz in September. Bleeding heavily, she
Parents could ban their children from using the Internet in schools, under a pioneering on-line safety scheme being developed for the district. The police and Bradford Council are working with international Internet experts on a strategy to protect pupils
Bradford's patient watchdog has come under fire after dropping its opposition to plans to transfer some of the city's plastic surgery services to Leeds. Members of the Community Health Council voted to accept proposals to establish a centre of excellence
The manager of a breakers yard is angry that plans to expand the business are being blocked. Rizwan Sharif, of KK Auto Salvage, off Spencer Road, is fighting an enforcement notice from Bradford Council to close down part of the vehicle dismantling firm
Proud grandmother Sue Marshall said looking after her baby grandson helped her cope with her depression and agoraphobia. The 49-year-old would look after six-month-old Cieran Marshall during the day while his mum Vicky was at work. "He gave me the courage
A 23-year-old man has admitted shaking a tiny baby so hard he killed him. Leon Kershaw, of Bradford, yesterday admitted the manslaughter of six-month-old Cieran Marshall after the infant suffered brain injuries. Young Cieran had been alone with Kershaw
The future of Bradford's Scholemoor Sports Centre is in doubt after Bradford Council closed the artificial pitch and squash courts. A council spokesperson said: "Following a safety inspection, the outdoor artificial pitch at Scholemoor Sports Centre has
Bradford Bulls today stepped up their close season recruiting campaign by signing strong-running Aussie back-rower Daniel Gartner from the Northern Eagles. The 27-year-old, who is 6ft 2ins and 16st 3lb, has been given a two-year contract and replaces
It is understandable that Bradford Community Health Council should have come under fire for dropping its opposition to plans to transfer some of the city's plastic surgery services to Leeds. No families want their children to be several miles away in
Two financial outfits have are linking up to work with solicitors and accountants in the Bradford and Leeds areas. Bradford-based Manor Financial Management Ltd has formed a partnership with financial consultants Immanis Ltd to help clients cope with
Chemical distribution firm Ellis & Everard (E&E) has appointed what it believes to be the industry's first European director of e-commerce. The company, based in Peckover Street, Little Germany, Bradford, says the appointment of former managing
Bradford's best-known female entrepreneur, Judith Donovan CBE, has been appointed to serve on the Health and Safety Commission. Mrs Donovan, 49, who recently sold the direct marketing firm she founded 20 years ago, will serve for three years. The HSC,
Your More Store, the discount retail chain, is to open new outlets in Shipley and Bingley bringing 20 new jobs to the area. The company, which has 190 shops, said it was committed to low-cost clothing, household items, toys, gifts and textiles. The company's
A pioneering Bradford firm which is changing the face of pharmaceutical production has raised £4 million to help bolster its rapid expansion. Bradford Particle Design (BDP), which began as a spin-off from Bradford University five years ago, has established
Lottery jackpot winner Errol Active has been given a three-year driving ban for a drink-related offence. Bradford magistrates heard that 40-year-old Active - who scooped nearly £1 million on the National Lottery several years ago - refused to take a breath
One of Bradford's largest churches is succeeding in that most difficult of tasks - persuading the young that worship can be fun. The Abundant Life Centre's Outreach programme uses two coaches and two mini-buses to ferry up to 600 children to its Wapping
An Otley school is issuing identification cards to its pupils to help crack down on the number of under-age drinkers in the town. Prince Henry's Grammar School, a comprehensive with 1,300 students, is running a Citizen Card scheme in conjunction with
Organised gangs are operating a £1million stolen car scam by breaking into houses in Bradford and snatching the ignition keys for prestige vehicles. In the last three months alone, 43 high- performance vehicles have been stolen from addresses in Bradford's
Two firefighters injured on duty while serving in the Bradford district have won a five-year pensions battle. John Lockwood and Stuart McCalman wanted to retire from the brigade when ill health forced them to withdraw from active service. But West Yorkshire
A major inquiry is likely to be held in a bid to end the misery of tens of thousands of people whose homes are on crumbling dirt tracks. Bradford Council says as many as 2,000 streets across the district are unadopted and it receives petitions from families
SIR - I am writing to thank you for the wonderful way you put the case for our swimming baths at Thornton (Comment, November 2). We have had a constant battle to keep them open. Not long ago they supplied forms for us to fill in what we thought of our
