Oldham 48, Keighley Cougars 18: The Cougars ended their regular season with a performance that summed up the year. Flashes of brilliance, unswerving commitment and 40 minutes of strong rugby, but ultimately running out of steam and going down to a heavy
For the second time within a week Richard Blakey helped to post a new batting record for Yorkshire Phoenix - and once again his side stumbled to a humiliating defeat in Division One of the Norwich Union League. Dismissed for only 153 at Scarborough, Yorkshire
Bradford Bulls are on top of the Tetley's Super League for the first time in three weeks. The importance of Leon's Pryce's late try, which gave them victory at Leeds Rhinos on Friday, was emphasised yesterday when third-placed Wigan trounced previous
IT assurance firm ICM Computer Group plc has launched its new central London operation. The Birstall-based business hopes the move will consolidate its position within the IT marketplace. Established in 1986, the group - which employs more than 700 people
Small and medium sized enterprises in the district may be set to suffer financially in the pensions shortfall. Global companies such as Marks & Spencers, BT and ICI - which have raced to close their final salary pension schemes - are now being joined
A firm which started life in a disused cellar with just one contract is celebrating another successful quarter of business growth. Marketing and design agency Pure Pr, which was founded by Gary Dooley and Tim Illingworth in East Morton in 1998, has revealed
A recruitment agency has launched its own recruitment drive after identifying a skills shortage across the region. Rotherwood Recruitment has also invested £20,000 in a state-of-the art software package which streamlines the process of placing people
UFP UK is set to invest £4 million in new offices and expand its work force by an extra 130 people. The computer supplies firm, which currently has a turnover of £42 million, is part of UFP International - which has an annual turnover of £420 million.
An apprentice engineer, recognised as a shining example for young people in the trade, has won two top prizes for his work. Johnny Wiltshire, who is on an a modern apprenticeship, picked up the Worshipful Company of Cutlers' Prize for outstanding achievement
Britain's biggest conservation watchdog will take no further action on plans that will see a listed building of national importance left stranded on a roundabout. English Heritage officially objected to a planning application for a £100 million business
A former Bradford businessman jailed 20 years ago is fighting to clear his name from the other side of the world. Millionaire Tony Holland emigrated to Australia after being released from a prison sentence for handling stolen goods in 1982. The successful
A car park owner has apologised after a car was clamped as a tourist slept inside. The elderly, partially-sighted Australian tourist awoke to find the clampers securing the wheels of the Subaru in Changegate car park, Haworth. And despite pointing out
The girlfriend of a former footballer killed when he smashed a stolen car into a lamppost today said he paid the ultimate price for his mistakes. Emma McNamara said Gary Murgatroyd had recently been released from prison for burglary and had admitted stealing
SIR - It's 35 years since I left Bradford, but I've never forgotten the many happy childhood hours spent enjoying the delights of Shipley Glen. I'm Press Officer for two local history societies in North London now, and tell so many people about Shipley
Farsley Celtic 1, Radcliffe Borough 1: The Celts will take a lot from this performance against one of the hotly tipped promotion candidates from the UniBond Division One but they could have earned so much more from their clash with Radcliffe Borough.
Chairman Gordon Gibb has budgeted for the worst-case scenario as City begin the slow climb off the floor. Gibb and new chief executive Julian Rhodes have warned the fans that there are more tough times to come. But while remaining realistic about the
The fat lady has sung and Pudsey Congs have claimed their place in history, taking the crown for the third time in a row, the first team in 35 years to do so. Victory over Cleckheaton at the weekend sent the Congs nine points clear of rivals St Lawrence
Chairman Gordon Gibb today backed "unfashionable" City to keep proving the doubters wrong. City's nine-point start to the campaign, including wins over First Division favourites Ipswich and high-riding Rotherham, has shut up the critics who wrote them
Who knows what goes through the minds of thugs like the ones who have targeted bungalows in Bradford in a series of vandalism and arson attacks. The houses, lived in mainly by elderly residents, have been subjected to bricks thrown through the windows
In 1873, Bradford Town Hall was opened. In 1911, the first air mail service began in Britain. In 1976, Mao Tse-Tung, chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, died aged 82. From the Telegraph & Argus of September 9, 1977... As housewives queued today
Yorkshire venture capitalists say they are confident that deal activity will pick up over the next six months. Disposals of non-core subsidiaries are set to provide the biggest source of opportunities, according to professional services firm Deloitte
Householders in Gomersal are being asked whether a notoriously difficult junction in the village should be improved. Councillor Gordon North (Lab, Spen) has begun a campaign to cut down congestion and pollution and improve safety at the Hill Top junction
Saltaire residents are being urged to join forces to organise the biggest party in the village's 150-year history. The Saltaire Village Society is planning a week of activities to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of Saltaire and the 200th anniversary
The £1 million bill for allowances paid to Bradford councillors is expected to go up, following an independent review. The Telegraph & Argus can reveal the gap is also likely to widen between Executive Committee members and 'back-benchers'. But the
City centre businessmen claim their lives have been blighted by dust and noise since Provincial House was blown up. They claim to be working in conditions which they describe as "like Beirut" next to the giant pile of remaining rubble. And they argue
Neighbours say they are living in fear of teenage firebugs following a series of bungalow arson attacks. In the latest blaze a 74-year-old widow suffering from angina had a lucky escape when firemen woke her in her bed. Flames had spread to Mary Delporte's
Government watchdogs descend on Bradford today to check the health of the district's reformed education service. The three week Ofsted visit is a rigorous examination of how the system is working, since it was castigated by the agency two years ago. The
Householders across Bradford could get another wheelie bin to encourage them to recycle more waste. Bradford Council is planning to expand its refuse recycling service with the delivery of 50,000 wheelie bins to homes across the district. The bins, which
Householders have been forced to flee their homes, claiming a new development has left them swimming in water, sewage and mud. Three neighbours in Clayton Heights blame developers building 400 homes on their doorstep for the rivers of mud that "poured
