Bradford Bulls coach Brian Noble is already looking forward to what he predicts will be a "fantastic" game at home to Leeds Rhinos later this week. "A couple of decent practice sessions and we'll be ready for Friday," reckoned the Great Britain assistant
The extra teams in Bradford League Division Two led to a rare double dose of league cricket this weekend, with Mohammed Hafeez, and Idle, reaping the most benefit. Two centuries in two days from Hafeez helped his side forge an 11-point lead at the top
The best weather, the best cricket. Bathed in glorious sunshine, Bradford League Division One players picked the hottest cricketing day of the year to produce some dramatic and extraordinary results. The top three sides managed just two points between
Club coach Brian Noble today expressed his pride that seven Bradford Bulls players had been named in the Great Britain training squad for the three-match series against New Zealand in November. Second row Jamie Peacock, prop Stuart Fielden and centre
Jamie Lawrence today insisted that playing matches again is keeping the City squad sane. The Bantams beat Hartlepool 1-0 on Saturday with a goal from Tom Kearney, one of the club's five players currently on contract. The rest must wait for the outcome
It was inevitable right at the start of schools reorganisation that there was likely to be some slippage in the building schedule which was necessary for the change from a three-tier system to a two-tier one. The programme of reorganisation and rebuilding
In 1588, the Spanish armada was sighted off Cornwall. In 1873, the Bolton Lane abbatoir was transferred to Bradford Corporation. In 1922, the Allerton War Memorial, Bradford, was unveiled by Sir. James Hill. From the Telegraph & Argus of July 29th
Bradford needs more plumbers and less media students, according to the Institute of Directors. The organisation is calling for several major reforms to be made to the country's education and training systems. It says this would significantly help improve
Emerald has formed a new link-up with Bradford's bmedi@ organisation. The Toller Lane firm, which was founded by a group of academics in the city in 1967, specialises in resources for management research. The firm has announced that it is to allow bmedi
Taxpayers looking for excuses to file late self-assessments will not receive sympathy from the Inland Revenue, a business adviser has warned. The next date for self-assessment returns is July 31 - a hefty 850,000 tax returns were returned late for the
A medieval fair is set to raise Bingley's spirits after the cancellation of the town's show and gala. The fun day at St Ives estate, near Harden, on August 11 from 1pm to 4pm, will feature an array of authentic customs from the Middle Ages, including
Thieves jammed a stolen car in gear and dived out, leaving it to plough into railings, fire chiefs said today. The unoccupied silver Honda Accord travelled about half a mile at speed across open land in Bradford Moor before going down a banking and hitting
Snooker ace Joe Johnson is recovering at his Bradford home after undergoing a major heart operation. The former world champion had the surgery after surgeons said he required a quadruple heart bypass operation to repair four badly-blocked arteries. The
SIR - Regarding your report that three care homes are facing closure, may I ask the following: 1.Will "care in the community" mean elderly people will be given help with the cleaning of their own home? 2. What will happen during the night when frail people
Billingham Synthonia 2, Bradford Park Avenue 1 - A Pele-style wonder goal was the only highlight in a frustrating venture up the A1 for Bradford Park Avenue. The UniBond side's new striker, Robbie Painter, will be angling for a pay rise after grabbing
Gateshead Thunder 26, Keighley Cougars 30 - A Gorden Tallis-style drag by Oliver Wilkes saved the Cougars from an unthinkable defeat yesterday. Returning from a three-match suspension, the former Super League player yanked hapless Thunder teenager Neil
Hartlepool 0, Bradford City 1 - Hartlepool is the last place you'd think of for sun, sea and sinking a cold beer by the harbour. The north-east town in Middlesbrough's shadow has never ranked high in the glam stakes. But that is all starting to change
David Wetherall today scotched rumours that City players are voting to boycott tomorrow's friendly at Hull. The Bantams' Professional Footballers' Association representative said there would be the usual players meeting but nothing more. "I don't know
The Robinson Design Group began life more than 50 years ago in a family home on Thornton Road. Set up in 1947 as J Robinson & Son by Jack Robinson, father of the present chairman, the company carried out engineering, architecture and quantity surveying
Abbey National has refused to rule out the possibility of job losses if a merger goes ahead. The troubled firm, which just days ago reported a massive 34 per cent slump in profits, is rumoured to be a target for the National Australia Bank. Abbey, whose
A Scout group has been awarded a lottery grant of almost £2,700 thanks to a former member of the pack. Twenty one-year-old student Gary Beckett, pictured, who belonged to the 7th Spen Valley Scout Group, submitted the lottery bid to Awards for All as
Members of a Baildon car club hit the road to raise money for six-year-old cancer sufferer Robyn Brooks. Fourteen cars from the A Series Magpies mini club set off from the Half-Way house in Baildon on Saturday for the 57-mile sponsored drive. The youngster
Domestic violence in some of Bradford's villages and rural areas is to be tackled by a new special worker. A survey of the Otley and Aireborough areas found projects in the district did not meet their needs as domestic violence services in large urban
Energetic fundraisers are being urged to take part in a two-hour aerobathon in Bradford. The sponsored workout takes place in Centenary Square on Saturday, August 24, in aid of the Lord Mayor's Appeal. Fitness fanatics of all ages are welcome to pull
A rescue package to save Bradford City from liquidation may fail because the club's fans don't understand how to vote on the proposal. The administrators running the club today appealed to season ticket holders to back the deal, drawn up by chairman Geoffrey
A leukaemia sufferer who filmed a young vandal smashing her car spent more than a week waiting for police officers to collect the evidence. Lilibet Czyzewska's car has been broken into or vandalised six times since November but she caught this culprit
The £10.9million bill left by the riots in Bradford last year has left an "unfair burden" on the tax payer and a strain on police resources, according to the Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police. In his last annual report as head of the county's force
Fashionable temporary henna tattoos could seriously damage your health, a leading Bradford dermatologist has warned. The fashion accessory, based on the traditional mehndi patterns used in the Middle East and Asia, has been sported by celebrities such
The massive reorganisation of Bradford's schools is way behind schedule with 18 projects still not likely to be completed by the start of the new term, the Telegraph & Argus can today reveal. And 23 schools will open late for the new school year -
