West Bowling suffered a shark attack in their final Division One game of the season. They fell prey to the Shaw Cross Sharks as they lost 24-16 at Bradford Salem. Everything looked to be going well as West Bowling cruised into an early lead. Two penalties
Avenue are hoping to celebrate promotion when they play Witton Albion at Horsfall Stadium tonight. The 2-1 victory at Winsford United on Saturday has left in-form Avenue needing only one point from their last four matches to lift them into the UniBond
Bradford-based Mark Hobson vowed he would be back after seeing his world title dreams crash in nine rounds at Liverpool Olympia last night. Hobson, who fights out of the Parks Gym at Wibsey, had recovered from a third-round knockdown by WBU cruiserweight
Bulls chairman Chris Caisley will lead the side out at Twickenham on Saturday on the insistence of the rest of the Odsal board. Caisley has handed over the role on two previous occasions, at Wembley in 1996 to coach Brian Noble, and last season to fellow
It is unfortunate that plans for creating a far-reaching blueprint for Bradford city centre have hit the rapids of controversy at such an early stage, yet the questions being asked about the cost of the exercise and about public involvement in it are
Doctors from Airedale have been to Cuba to learn more about low-cost health-care. A group of 11 GPs and registrars visited family doctors, clinics and hospitals in Havana and rural Pinar del Rio, where they reported that a high standard of care is provided
The boss of one of Bradford's best-known restaurant chains has vowed to bring a state-of-the art restaurant to Shipley, despite suffering a health scare. Mohammed Aslam, managing director of the Aagrah restaurant, described his heart attack three weeks
Members of a Thornton bowls club have vowed to "rise from the ashes" after their pavilion was destroyed in a blaze just days before members were to start summer league fixtures. Fire crews were called to the club at Wensley Bank West but were unable to
Landlord Peter Dunkin has won the Bradford CAMRA pub of the year title for a record fourth time. Peter, 59, plans to celebrate tonight as he serves behind the polished brass bar of the Corn Dolly in Bolton Road near the city centre, where he has worked
Two men discovered lying dead on their backs in a Bradford flat both probably suffered drug overdoses, detectives revealed today. And they are investigating whether the substances were bought from the same Bradford nightclub outside which two people were
Yorkshire will have Matthew Hoggard and Michael Vaughan in the ranks for their first County Championship match of the season. As the Tykes launch their Division One campaign at Kent, they will reap the benefits of not having a game in the first round
Aussie giant Graham Mackay joined the Bulls in their "strictly private" Challenge Cup preparations at Odsal yesterday but he'll be heading for Henley not Twickenham on Saturday. The powerhouse three-quarter agreed a short term deal with the Bulls in time
Law firm Last Cawthra Feather has signalled a review with the appointment of a new senior partner. Geoffrey Cawthra, who has held the post with the company, which has offices in Bradford, Ilkley and Shipley, since 1988, has handed over the reigns to Jonathan
Football clubs in the Spen Valley that have been unable to play due to bad weather and the foot and mouth outbreak could be reimbursed. A Kirklees councillor is calling for local football clubs that paid hire charges for pitches at the start of the season
A housing chief has vowed to pursue troublemaker tenants as Bradford Council steps up its battle against them. The executive committee agreed proposals to extend the work of the tenancy enforcement team by liaising with a wider range of partners. It is
Almost 85 years ago, more than 600 men lost their lives when a First World War ship went down off the coast of Scotland. Now a team of Bradford divers has come face to face with the famous HMS Hampshire, which has lain at the bottom of the North Sea since
A former National Health Service manager from Shipley is enjoying a business boom after putting the human touch back into answering telephones. Janet Alderton has tapped into growing public hostility towards automated systems by starting her own "people-only
A leading councillor has warned a blueprint for the city centre might as well be "torn up and thrown away" if it is not accompanied by a public consultation exercise. The message came from Councillor John Godward (Lab, Great Horton) as the Economic Scrutiny
Bradford Bulls have resumed legal proceedings to petition for the winding up of sponsors Skylark. The drastic move follows a roller coaster four weeks which has seen a cheque for the Super League club twice not cleared by banks because of a lack of funds
Bradford health chiefs are to restart the district's school tuberculosis vaccination programme. Pupils aged between ten and 14 will be offered the BCG jab as protection against the Victorian killer from September. The move follows a recent outbreak of
Delegates from the Muslim, Hindu, Sikh and Christian faiths are meeting on Saturday to discuss ways of improving links between the communities. The Bishop of Bradford, the Right Reverend David Smith, is due to give the keynote address at the Thornbury
Bradford has been given a massive boost by a new guide to the best tourist sites in Britain. While other popular visitor hotspots such as York, Ambleside and Oxford have been given the cold shoulder by the new Lonely Planet Guide to Great Britain, Bradford
Blame parents for school vandalism SIR - Re reports in the T&A about Eccleshill School being vandalised by children. I have watched children as young as four years old vandalising empty houses. Over the bank holiday we have seen youths and children
