Bradford Bulls have received a timely boost with the news that Australian star Brad Mackay is set to return for the new season. The former Australian Test back row ace has told coach Brian Noble that he will be back to complete his two-year contract.
Newcastle United's ace striker Alan Shearer is gambling on a steroid injection in a bid to face Bradford City at St James' Park on Saturday. The former England captain is suffering from tendonitis in a knee and may need a long rest or an operation if
Airedale Hospital is to spend £218,000 updating its out-of-date computer system. The project is part of a £400,000 package of improvements for the next three years. The move has been sanctioned by health chiefs to redress a lack of investment that has
SKIPTON Girls' High School will have its own environmentally friendly classrooms complete with solar powered heating. A 620 square metre extension will be built onto the north east of the school and will house two classrooms and two science laboratories
A Bradford school is hoping a clean-up blitz will help some of its youngest pupils enjoy a brighter start to their education. The walls of Girlington Primary School's recently-opened Early Years Centre were covered in unsavoury graffiti and images. But
Champion dog-breeder Elaine Clark enjoys a cuddle after being reunited with five of her stolen English Bull Terrier pups - thanks to the Telegraph & Argus. Mrs Clark and husband Dominic turned to the T&A after thieves took seven of the pups from
Criminals in Bradford are now more willing than ever to turn to guns to settle disputes or exact revenge. A top police officer told the Telegraph & Argus that although there had been no significant rise in the number of weapons on the streets, a hard-line
Keighley Cougars are aiming to woo the fans back to Cougar Park. They would love to get attendances up to around the 4,500 mark which they enjoyed during the mid-nineties. The club were happy with the gate of 2,511 for their opening Northern Ford Premiership
Queensbury loose forward Lee Charlton was in sparkling form scoring two tries in the 24-0 home win against Charleston Knights in the first round of the Silk Cut Challenge Cup. With both sides undefeated in their respective leagues, something had to give
It is hardly surprising that the people who live on the Ravenscliffe and Thorpe Edge estates were put out when the bus link between the two was axed as part of First Bradford's major reorganisation of services. They hadn't been consulted about the loss
Yorkshire Water staff have won praise for "very positive" treatment of an emergency which threatened supplies to 64,000 Bradford homes and firms. The award came days after the firm was fined £119,000 for providing water unfit for human consumption in
Aspiring accountants and budding builders who may be put off going into higher education because of a lack of cash could help fulfil their dream with a £2,000 bursary. Bradford College is one of six further education colleges in the country taking part
The fashions have changed and the Old Bank is now a pub, but otherwise, this view of Bradford's Market Street is little changed from 70 years ago. The black and white print is one of 12 reproduced in a new 2001 calendar by the Bradford Heritage Recording
Parents of children with learning disabilities have begun a fightback against proposed cuts to their services. They are disgusted at any possibility of reductions in the amount of council care received by their children. The parents are particularly angry
Bus chiefs have bowed to people power and restored a link between two estates in north Bradford. The neighbouring estates of Ravenscliffe and Thorpe Edge are only five minutes apart by bus, but the long-standing route was axed in a major shake-up of First
Tragic young motorcycle trials star Chris Carter is to be buried in woodland where he regularly competed and practised. Parents Brian and Margaret Carter are expecting several hundred mourners to pack into Guiseley's St Oswald's Church for Friday morning's
Bradford Police are warning truants to beware after more than 40 children were caught skipping school during a crackdown in the city. A combined seven-day operation by Odsal Police, Bradford Council's Education Social Work Service, park rangers and schools
Furious commuters travelling from Bradford's two train stations to Kings Cross faced another day of chaos today as storms brought down overhead cables. Great North Eastern Railways (GNER) advised people not to travel unless it was absolutely necessary
SIR - Further to the report in the T&A on December 7 about the family of kittens and two adult cats rescued from a box dumped in Dudley Hill. We were inundated with callers wanting to adopt the eight kittens in the picture. Sadly, only one of the
