Luton Town 4, Guiseley 0: Guiseley lost their footing in this season's FA Cup with this first round proper defeat but they were not stripped of their dignity. Joe Kinnear's Luton Town have some classy players, were well organised, very professional in
Guiseley's FA Cup run came to an expected but not inglorious end at Kenilworth Road on Saturday with a 4-0 defeat at the hands of Luton. The Nationwide Second Division outfit had too much quality and guile for Neil Parsley's battling UniBond Division
England goalkeeper Boaz Myhill is joining City on a three-month loan. Aston Villa have agreed to lend their highly-rated reserve stopper to boost the Bantams' flagging fortunes. Myhill, who was 20 last week, will train with his new team-mates on Thursday
T&D Packaging has invested £1 million in new technology and staff. The independent steel drum manufacturer, based in Bowling, has already increased its workforce by 20 per cent to 120 people. T&D Packaging, which produces more than 1.2 million
AH Marks and Company Ltd has officially opened its new £4 million extension. The Wyke chemical company has invested the money at the site to produce agrochemical LCPA. Ian McClelland, managing director at the firm, said: "The conversion of major markets
A Guiseley property company has helped provide a major jobs boost in a West Midlands town. Ogden Waller Properties re-launched the Trident Shopping Centre in Dudley after helping transform it in a major £1.5 million revamp. The property firm, which has
A director of a wool company is to retire after 42 years in the trade. Graham Moulson, who has works for wool merchant and topmaker H Dawson Sons and Co (Wool) Ltd, is retiring in December after 37 years with the Bradford business. He started in the wool
Croner CCH Group Ltd has acquired Shipley-based Legal Personnel and Management Services for an undisclosed sum. Croner, the operating division of multinational information services company Wolters Kluwer, aims to use the deal as a tool to build on its
A Cleckheaton congregation has been rewarded for transforming a blighted churchyard hit by vandals. Whitechapel Church was presented with a Living Churchyard Award, organised by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, from the Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope,
Saltaire residents have been reassured that an increase in tourism will not be allowed to ruin their way of life. Villages raised their concern over rising crime levels following an attack on the United Reformed Church in Victoria Road. Joyriders smashed
An historian is on the hunt for pictures of the German airship the Hindenburg - as it flew over Keighley. Oliver Denton is researching the flight over Keighley and Skipton in 1936 of the German airship for an exhibition at Craven Museum, Skipton, next
A £100,000 legacy has kicked off a £1 million fundraising campaign which will enable Bradford Cancer Support Centre to move into new, purpose-built premises. The centre at Daisy Bank, Duckworth Lane, has become too cramped for the ever expanding service
A man told today how he feared for his life after he and his 18-year-old girlfriend were attacked by a gang of car thieves. The 25-year-old, who does not want to be named, was on a late night shopping trip to buy a hot water bottle for his partner's back
Bradford's latest pop sensation Kimberley Walsh will have little time to celebrate her 21st birthday this week. Having won through to the final round of Popstars: The Rivals, the Allerton student will be busy rehearsing for the biggest performance of
Computer blunders by Bradford Council staff helped contribute to £4million of benefit being paid to people who weren't entitled to it. An ageing computer system has been partially blamed by Council bosses for the massive overpayment. Just a third of the
Bradford has unveiled a new boxing hero in Golden Boy Nadeem Siddique. A 600-strong crowd cheered Siddique to the rafters as he breezed to a debut win at the Hanover International Hotel. Forget that Sheffield opponent Danny Thorpe was a late call-up after
Great Britain 14, New Zealand 14: The near-capacity crowd at Huddersfield's McAlpine Stadium held their breath as Paul Deacon cocked back his leg to strike the field goal. With the scores tied, the baby-faced assassin took aim from a reachable distance
Paul Deacon will return to his home town this week with nothing but victory over the Kiwis on his mind. His last-ditch drop goal attempt drifted narrowly wide in the final moments of Great Britain's pulsating 14-14 draw with New Zealand in the second
Nottingham Forest 3, Bradford City 0: City's trip to Forest last season was held up as one of the reasons ITV Digital was doomed. The game, played on a Thursday night, attracted a viewing audience of barely 1,000. It was overwhelming evidence that the
The Leisure Exchange in Vicar Lane has had a troubled history. The car park on which it stands was put on the market by the Council in 1996 in the hope of raising the £6 million needed to redevelop Rawson Market. Unfortunately three developers who in
In 1925, a 20,000 Kilowatt turbo-alternator was started up at the Bradford Electricity Works. In 1911, the Bradford Band of Hope celebrated its Diamond Jubilee In 1977, President Sadat became the first Egyptian leader to visit Israel. From the Telegraph
Bradford's businesswomen work three times harder in the home than their male counterparts, according to a new survey. Women under 45 spend 15 hours a week on housework and 90 per cent of them feel the key to business success is juggling work and home
In 1993 two men decided to set up a marketing business in Little Germany. Today, Dulay Seymour employs seven staff members and has a turnover of half a million pounds. Founded by Billy Dulay and Andrew Seymour, the creative marketing agency was set up
A project which has been financed by The Ecology Building Society is to star in a TV programme. The Keighley-based mutual building society was approached by a couple who wanted to build a house in a disused quarry in Cumbria. The house, which is Cumbria's
Staff at Bingley Hospital fear the town will be stripped of vital services when it is axed next year. Airedale NHS Trust is set to close the hospital in April. It will be replaced with a one-stop health centre in December 2004. But staff and campaigners
A £5 million hotel will open in the Vicar Lane Leisure Exchange in the new year, adding to a tourism boost in the city. Developers JJ Gallagher believe their Express by Holiday Inn will draw visitors wanting to use the leisure scheme and see the city's
Bradford's Social Services department has been stripped of a star in Government ratings after a "deterioration" in services for children and older people. The department has dropped from a two star rating to a one star in tables published by the Government's
The return of reindeer to Bradford's Christmas parade was a welcome sight - even if they did bring the rain with them. Last year's outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease meant Santa's antlered helpers could play no role in the city centre parade. And while
Pupils at a primary school blighted by playground bullying and poor management are celebrating confirmation that they have turned the corner. St Augustine's Church of England Community School in Undercliffe still has a mountain to climb to get out of
Young people grabbed a pizza the action and found out about looking after disadvantaged youngsters in Belarus. Jan Taber, of Saltaire, transformed her dining room into an Italian-style cafe thanks to donations from Goodfellas pizzas and threw open her
SIR - Now that the saga of the proposed school in the West Park has been resolved, and planning permission refused, may I ask local residents to show some regard for this green space we have "fought" to retain. The park is used as a dump for furniture
