Bob Appleyard, the former Yorkshire and England bowler, is urging Yorkshire's 9,000 members to vote for a first-past-the post system of electing the committee when the contentious subject is debated at next Saturday's annual meeting at Headingley. Yorkshire
Geoff Cope, the former England and Yorkshire spin bowler, today joined Bradford Park Avenue as commercial manager. Cope, who took 700 wickets for Yorkshire, is keen to be involved in Avenue's rise back up the football ladder. Vice-president of the football
The Cougars have pledged to give their supporters something to cheer about when Hunslet visit tomorrow. Clear-the-air talks were held midweek after the Keighley side was thrashed by a resurgent Batley side last weekend. Coach Gary Moorby was left "embarrassed
Coach Brian Noble today praised second-row forward Daniel Gartner, citing his form as one of the reasons why the club have made a generally impressive start to the campaign. "He has gone up another level since last season," said Noble of the 29-year-old
Juanjo today pleaded for the chance to show City what he can do. The Spanish winger believes the Valley Parade public have yet to see the best of him since his move from Hearts five months ago. Juanjo, the last recruit under previous boss Jim Jefferies
It is unfortunate that the £400,000 cut in the European subsidy to provide Bradford schoolchildren with cheap milk has come at a time when the city's budget for education is stretched to the limit. As the Council's director of education points out, for
A scheme to help ethnic minorities find work and kick-start their future careers is being supported by a Bradford building firm. Fernlee Industries, of Wakefield Road, Bradford, has joined Bradford and Northern Housing Association's Youthbuild programme
Youngsters are being invited to go on an Easter bunny hunt in Shipley town centre in a bid to win chocolate prizes. Organised by the Shipley Information Centre the competition will challenge children aged 11 and under to find 15 bunnies which are to be
Top solicitor turned Railtrack chairman Geoffrey Howe will make headlines next month when his company attempts to sue Transport Secretary Stephen Byers over his decision to put the company into administration. His brief is to win £1.8 billion in compensation
Workers across Bradford will find themselves with nowhere to turn for advice on ever-changing employment law when a key agency axes its services to the district. The Yorkshire and Humberside Low Pay Unit (YHLPU) will withdraw help for people on April
An 80-year-old Otley paedophile has five convictions for indecently assaulting under-age girls - but has never served a prison term for his sex crimes, the Old Bailey heard yesterday. The revelations about former dentist Trevor Mellis, pictured, emerged
A Bradford rioter tried to 'buy time' by repeatedly telling police he was not involved in the disturbances, a court heard. But sentencing Yassar Adalat to five and a half years in a young offenders' institution, Judge Stephen Gillick told him: "Such time
A battling mum spoke today of her dream of bringing a smile back to her brain-damaged daughter's face. Pearl Browne hopes pioneering treatment in Germany will enable her only daughter Debbie to reach out and touch her two young sons for the first time
SIR - Having just been on holiday to Ireland, I would like to warn people in this country of the rip-off that the euro is. An example is that a phone call before the change was 20p a minute - now it is 40 cents (supposed to be 37 but rounded up). On the
"I wish I'd spent more time in the pub as a youth," was the thought running through my head as I stepped up on stage. My hopeless last-minute preparation for my clash with the king of darts was a week of lunch-times spent in the Jacob's Well. A regular
Members of Bradford's only sea angling club are rowing about whether women should be allowed to join their ranks. The fishy problem has split the young and old at Bradford and District Sea Angling Club. Social secretary Graham Wilson says women are not
Junior Witter will be driven on to British title glory tonight by the fear of seeing his career left in ruins. Bradford light-welterweight Witter starts as the massive favourite against local lad Alan Bosworth in Northampton's sold-out Derngate Centre
In 1847, the Leeds and Bradford Railway was extended to Keighley. In 1935, Germany introduces conscription in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles. In 1968, US troops massacre 300 civilians at the Vietnamese village of My Lai. From the Telegraph &
Police are hunting two bogus officials who stole cash from a couple after claiming they were checking the water supply. The 68-year-old man and his friend answered the door to a man who said he was fitting a fish tank in a nearby house and believed the
Bingley's canal is ready for the tourist season after being refilled with almost 200,000 gallons of water. A section of the Leeds/Liverpool canal at Ferncliffe Road was drained in November last year to allow extensive works on the town's main junction
House-hunters have been sweeping in to buy luxury apartments costing up to £465,000. The conversion of Wells House in Ilkley officially opened to the public today - but almost half of the homes have been snapped up already. The spectacular Grade II listed
A mixed race football team is backing Bradford's goal to become Capital of Culture. Since Heaton United was formed three years ago it has won two Girlington and Manningham Cup championships in a row and has now reached the semi-final of the Intermediate
Volunteers from Bradford's businesses joined forces to help school children improve their reading skills. A team of volunteers from the Telegraph & Argus joined others from Barclays Bank, the Inland Revenue, Yorkshire Building Society and Bradford
The octogenarian son of Britain's oldest woman today paid tribute to his mum after she died at the age of 112. Nellie Bradley, whose parents farmed the open countryside of Frizinghall when she was born, died in her sleep at The Gables rest home in Silsden
Parents are facing a 43 per cent hike in the cost of school milk for their children. Bradford Council is blaming the change on a £400,000 cut in the European subsidy. But heads are concerned that the change, which comes in after Easter, could deter parents
A man pleaded guilty to an arson attack on his wife's home on Boxing Day. Phillip Glennon, 44, admitted an offence of arson being reckless of whether life would be endangered when he appeared at Bradford Crown Court. The court heard that Susan Glennon
A 36-year-old man who grew cannabis plants in the attic of his home has been given a suspended prison sentence. Police officers discovered 13 plants together with growing equipment such as timers and lights in the attic of Chri-stopher Beazant's home
A teenage boy who did not think he was hurting anyone when he threw stones at police during last summer's disturbances in Bradford has been locked up by magistrates. The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was caught on video throwing
Record shops across Bradford were today finalising preparations for the release of Gareth Gates' debut single on Monday. Hundreds of fans are expected to queue for hours to secure their copy of the record. But the city's biggest record shops have scrapped
If you fancy something a little more exotic for your dinner, you could answer the call of the really wild being served up by a restaurant's new chef. His latest menu has poached ideas from deepest Africa and beyond, culling dishes from the exotic world
