Defiant Bulls chairman Chris Caisley today sent out a message to fans: "Vote with your feet and show the bureaucrats that you want Odsal." Mr Caisley wants to see the fans turn out for Sunday's home game against Warrington "for the good of Bradford".
The top-of-the-table Division 2A clash between Idle Tigers and Heaton United, played in front of a good crowd, turned out to be the expected thriller. Idle raced into a 3-0 lead in the first ten minutes, veteran skipper Tony Elliott rolling back the years
Nicky Law today accused his players: I don't think some of you care enough. The City boss launched an attack as his side prepared to face basement club Stockport at Edgeley Park. Law was hopping mad after the home defeat by Sheffield Wednesday and demanded
It is perfectly understandable that some residents of Gilstead are upset by the amount of new development taking place or planned and are so disappointed with what is happening to the village that they are thinking of selling up and moving elsewhere.
In 1930, Clarence Birdseye perfected his method of quick-freezing peas. In 1953, Joseph Stalin died of a brain haemorrhage. In 1966, Ronnie and Reggie Kray were sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for murder. From the Telegraph & Argus of March 5th
Thirty companies are about to embark on a trade mission to Thailand. The trip, which has been organised by Bradford's Chamber Management Services, will take place from March 11 to 15. One company, Shipley-based Phoenix Furnishing Accessories, is using
Residents say they are being driven out of Gilstead because the village is being swamped by new housing developments. A scheme for 66 houses at the former Yorkshire Water site off Warren Lane is due to be given the go-ahead at a meeting of Shipley Area
Hooligans have made part of a World Heritage Site a no-go area for residents, a police chief is expected to be told tonight. Complaints about crime, policing and anti-social behaviour in the Roberts Park and Coach Road areas of Baildon have led Bradford
Hundreds of Harley-Davidson fanatics will ride again at Baildon after all. The Telegraph & Argus reported how the Harley-Davidson Riders Club of Great Britain was planning to cancel its international rally on Baildon Moor this year because of concerns
A Nigerian king who breeds chickens turned to Bradford to help him with his business. His Majesty Oba T A Akinloye heard about Patchett Engineering in Queens-bury via the company's adverts. And he came over from his Ojuma Palace home in Nigeria to visit
A woman recovering from breast cancer has opted to spend her life savings on her own funeral and abandon the dream holiday she has always wanted. Jean Grogan is so worried the cancer may make a comeback - despite her being in remission - that she has
Council workers are preparing to blitz Japanese invaders which have hit the Bradford district. The plant Japanese Knotweed was described as something like a Brothers Grimm fairy tale by an environment chief today. Coun Keith Thomson, chairman of the environment
A babysitter was today declared a heroine after single-handedly rescuing a family from their blazing flat. Terri Niland, 17, who dreams of joining the police , saved the lives of five people and a baby when flames from a chip pan fire tore through a building
A policeman slammed a bicycle on to a car bonnet in a road rage clash, a court heard. Andrew Kennedy allegedly lifted the bike over his head and smashed it down on Robert Stell's car twice. "He was telling a crowd that had gathered that I had knocked
Pop Idol finalist Gareth Gates's sister Nicola popped into a Bradford school to make it a perfect day for the pupils. The 16-year-old sang to children at a special assembly at St John's Church of England Primary School, in Dawson Lane, Bierley, where
Golden Jubilee fever is spreading across Bradford as people prepare to celebrate the Queen's 50th year on the throne. Throughout the district people are digging out their boxes of bunting and Union Jacks - stashed away after the 1977 Silver Jubilee -
A new £100million business park, creating 8,000 jobs in Bradford, is in jeopardy because of objections to plans for a listed building of national importance. Conservation watchdog English Heritage object to a 17th Century hall, now used as a golf club
Gunnar Halle can identify totally with what Stockport are going through. County are the music-hall joke of the division as they hurtle towards relegation, chalking up embarrassing landmarks along the way. Should City become the 16th away side to take
Leon Pryce is a frustrated rugby league player, desperate to return and make an impact. The Great Britain back is sitting out the opening four games of the Super League season after a petulant punch at Leeds's Kevin Sinfield in the Challenge Cup defeat
A Bradford company says firms have welcomed the news that the Court of Appeal overturned a payout of £200,000 to employees who claimed stress forced them to quit their jobs. Solicitors Last Cawthra Feather say the move by the court has been welcomed by
Business failures in the area have soared by 300 per cent. The total number of receiverships and administration appointments in Yorkshire and Humber rose to 29 in January - up from just seven in December. This is the highest monthly total for the region
A number of events are to be held across the Spen Valley in celebration of the Internation-al Women's Day Festival. The NCH Centre in the old library in Heckmondwike will host a Women's Style Revolution between 12.45pm and 2.15pm tomorrow. This will be
New ideas to increase schoolgirls' enthusiasm for PE are being developed in Bradford. Sportswear giant Nike is sponsoring a project to find out why girls are tempted to bunk off games or offer excuses to avoid taking part. And PE teachers from across
Government Minister Stephen Byers has delayed plans for a parish council for the villages of Wilsden and Harecroft. Furious campaigners today slammed the decision to postpone elections for the planned Council until 2004 because of a boundary review. In
A distinguished American scientist, who has helped to save the lives of thousands of cancer sufferers, has warned that funding is the key to developing successful cancer treatments. Backing the Telegraph & Argus, Bradford Can... Cancer Research Appeal
SIR - It comes as no surprise to regeneration professionals that the Secretary of State has called for a public inquiry into the proposed development at Odsal. It is vital that a coherent regeneration strategy should be developed for Bradford and district
