Brian McDermott watched the recent rugby league Guinness Tests with a mixture of satisfaction and disappointment. It is five years since the Bradford Bulls prop made his four Great Britain appearances against the Australian Super League and Fiji. But
Jim Jefferies' position as Bradford City boss hangs in the balance today as he prepares for summit talks with Geoffrey Richmond. Jefferies last night refused to comment on the speculation surrounding his future after watching his side ripped apart 4-0
Too often we have to report tragic stories of people who have failed to recover from terrible road accidents. We also report from time to time the complaints of people who feel they have been let down by the health service or the medical profession. So
A Liversedge-based plastics manufacturer is roaring into 2002 with an expanded workforce and booming business. In the last three months Birkby's Plastics has taken on 62 permanent staff and 40 temporary workers, pushing its total staffing level to 550
They say an army marches on its stomach. The army of construction workers behind the £47.9 million Bingley Relief Road is marching on sarnies made specially for them in the town. Antonia Law, 33, pictured, has the mammoth task of bridging the hunger gap
Alcoholics - including a former Bradford City footballer - have demanded better treatment is made available in Bradford for people with drinking problems. They say desperate sufferers are resorting to hospital accident and emergency departments to seek
Thousands of passengers are expected to fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport this week in a bid to escape the frosty weather over the festive season. The Yeadon airport - which has suffered the loss of several services this year due to the global
An all-out strike by thousands of Council workers is likely to be called off after regional conciliation talks. Bradford Council's computer section was poised for an indefinite strike two weeks ago. The stoppage would have brought services to a standstill
Bradford professional Simon Bedford is on course to regain his place on the main tour next season. With two of the four Challenge Tour events played this campaign, the 25-year-old left-hander from Fairweather Green is equal fifth in the standings with
It's going to be a happy Christmas for all four Yorkshire players who arrived back home today after making outstanding contributions on England's demanding tour of India. Although England lost the three-match Test series 1-0 with the final two games being
Keighley Cougars are awaiting a fitness report on Jason Ramshaw before they name their side to play Gateshead Thunder at Cougar Park on Boxing Day. The hooker was taken off the field with a shoulder injury during the second half of last Sunday's 58-18
Coventry City 4, Bradford City 0 - "Win one for the Gipper" was a line once immortalised in a Ronald Reagan film. Reagan played a departing American Football coach who urged his players to put their bodies on the line for one last time and send him off
In 1809, American frontiersman Kit Carson was born. In 1871, the opera 'Aida' opened at the Italian Theatre in Cairo. In 1911, Sir F. S. Powell, Bart., of Horton Old Hall, Bradford, died. From the Telegraph & Argus of December 24th, 1976... For the
A regular at a Cleckheaton pub has been immortalised on canvas by an artist in the town. Andrew Kennedy, known as 'Kenny', is the subject of a 3ft sq canvas by Cleckheaton artist Josie Barraclough, pictured, who will exhibit the painting, along with 30
The family of a 14-year-old boy badly burnt in a bomb blast are appealing for help to raise £9,000 so he can have a life-changing operation. Waqas Saddique suffered burns on his arms and legs and cut veins after being caught by a terrorist car bomb in
A congregation that has been without a home for four years will celebrate Christmas Mass in style tonight. The 20 members of St Paul's Church, Denholme, were forced to leave their spiritual home in Halifax Road because of dry rot. This Christmas Eve,
Construction work in schools is of 'poor quality', a senior councillor claims. Councillor John Smithson says he has received several letters of complaint from headteachers about the work of Jarvis plc. But the firm has won praise from the headteacher
Kind-hearted cabbie Mohammed Mushtaq, pictured, was today praised for his Christmas spirit after helping a party couple with their night out. Mr Mushtaq lent the Eccleshill couple £30 after he took them into Bradford City Centre for a works night out
A father-of-two told today of his terrifying ordeal in a road rage incident which left him with a fractured skull. Darren Simpson, of Wibsey, said he was completely baffled as to why he was attacked. The 32-year-old lecturer was driving along Manchester
A couple who feared their only daughter would not survive a horrific car crash were today overjoyed to be celebrating Christmas as a family. Trevor and Linda Storton were told their daughter Vicky, pictured, might not come out of the operating theatre
SIR - It occurred to me that as we make a bid to become a European Capital of Culture, perhaps a look at the opposite side of the coin to Saltaire would be of some merit. Sit Titus Salt (right) was, along with others of his ilk, a commendable man who
