The queue for tickets snaked out of the club shop and on to the main road. Everyone wanted to see the big game. Yep, Crystal Palace's FA Cup tie with Leeds is going to be a Selhurst sell-out. Those are words that will never appear outside matches concerning
Nadeem Siddique had one small regret after his latest pro success - that his opponent was still standing. Siddique had promised a knock-out finish in his second bill-topping Bradford show yesterday. He couldn't quite deliver, although his legion of fans
Guiseley stalled runaway leaders Alfreton Town's march to the UniBond Division One title with a superb 1-3 victory on Saturday. The Yorkshire side added Alfreton to an impressive list of scalps they have taken this season as they continue to show scant
Baildon proved a thorn in the side for second-placed Thornensians in Yorkshire Division Four, running out 23-13 wimmers. The visitors, who beat Baildon 49-10 in September, must have thought they would be in for another convincing victory, and nothing
Nicky Law today ranked City reaching First Division safety alongside winning promotion. The Bantams pushed another point nearer the 50-mark set by the boss with Saturday's 2-2 draw at Wimbledon. And Law insisted: "If we can maintain our status in this
PM Group plc has acquired 75 per cent of a Belgian business. The Bradford business, which designs and manufactures weighing systems for the bulk haulage and waste management industries, paid more than £200,000 in the deal for Waste Collection Systems
A Bradford law firm which is advising supermarket giant Morrisons on its bid for grocery chain Safeway has completed £30 million worth of deals in the last three months. Gordons Cranswick, based on Piccadilly, is key adviser to Morrisons in one of the
A lighting firm has snapped up a Bradford base for £1 million. Loxton Lighting Ltd, which is based on Carlisle Road, has bought part of the Flexiform Business Furniture Ltd facility in Leeds Road. The 90,000 sq ft site was sold to Loxton after Flexiform
Two Bradford schools were today celebrating becoming the latest in the city to gain "specialist" status. Belle Vue Girls' School at Heaton will from September be known as a specialist languages college, while Salt Grammar at Baildon will be a specialist
People across the district are being given the chance to vote on-line about whether they want to have a say in plans to create a Yorkshire Parliament. The Government is inviting views on whether or not people in the regions want a referendum on the possibility
Race crimes are still being under-reported despite a rise in convictions, an MP warned today. The Crown Prosecution Service handled 3,728 cases of racially-motivated crime between April 2001 and March 2002 in the UK which the Attorney General Lord Goldsmith
West Yorkshire's fire chief has promised consultation about any changes over the future framework of the brigade. Phil Toase is worried that union frustration over the national pay dispute is bubbling over into rumours. Mr Toase claimed that some members
When Barnaby Meredith told his mum and dad he wanted to be a professional ballet dancer, he got a blunt response. "We'll take you to rugby training," they told him. With that, seven-year-old Barnaby was dragged away from his Wibsey home for a couple of
SIR - Millwall football hooligans are just beginning to appear in court after last season's riot against Birmingham when 150 police officers were injured. It's the first time football hooligans have been charge with riot. The first accused - a white male
Having crossed the whitewash for the second time, the Volcano pointedly spelt out the word GOD in the air. It was the Kiwi winger's way of thanking "the big man upstairs" for giving him his talent. He was thanking God for the skills that saw him run in
A goal just before the hour from skipper Craig Sugden was enough to earn Thackley all three points from this meeting with the Northern Counties East Premier Division's basement outfit. The home side deserved their win but they failed to impress and it
Avenue stretched their unbeaten league run to four matches with a hard-earned point in a 1-1 draw with fifth-placed Ashton United. But the visitors maintained their ten-match unbeaten record at Horsfall Stadium, thanks only to the scrappy conditions according
Gary Moorby will be delighted to see the back of the Don Valley Stadium. Two defeats there last year and a cruel one-pointer this time, it is clearly not a source of rich pickings. But it was the manner of the 25-24 defeat at the hands of the Eagles in
A hat-trick of tries by winger Mark Doherty, who has returned from Harrogate, helped put Morley to the sword by 37-7 before a bumper North Division One crowd at Moorend. As Morley had won the Scatcherd Lane encounter earlier in the season, the re-match
Skipton have come a long way in the last five seasons, but Saturday was not a good day for them. Their first three sides all played Keighley, and the third team lost 60-0 at Keighley, the second team went down 65-5 at Sandylands and the first team made
Shontayne Hape's mission for 2003 is to make Lesley Vainikolo Super League's top try-scorer. The Bulls' new recruit grabbed a 74th-minute try to cap a memorable debut in the 38-12 second-half destruction of Warrington. But perhaps more importantly, he
A lot of effort and cash is being put into making the Buttershaw estate a better place for the residents and to turn around its reputation. Most of them appreciate it but unfortunately a small minority seem determined to spoil things for the rest. Vandals
A small business venture which began in Bradford in the early 1980s has grown to become a multi-million pound enterprise. Electrical retailing giant Empire EC Plc was set up in the city by Madan Showan who came to Bradford with his family in the 1960s
A model car shop that started in the corner of a newsagent's has grown into a £2 million business. In 1975 Howard and Sue Cliff bought a newsagent's shop in Gay Lane, Otley, and two years later started selling aeroplane and boat kits as a sideline. By
Urdu information packs on epilepsy are to be distributed in Bradford after research in the city suggested language difficulties make it hard for Asian patients to speak to their GP about the neurological condition. A study of patients registered with
A minister wants residents to act as a "church watch" group in Buttershaw after a funeral party arrived to find the building had been vandalised. Church Army Officer Captain Roy Wheatley, who is part of the staff team at St Aidan's, found four glass panels
A family say they were threatened with a machete when they turned detective after police were unable to attend when two motorcycles were stolen from their garage. Kim Rands, pictured, and her family managed to recover one of the Yamaha RT100 machines
Speedier diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer has been made possible following the tragic death of a 19-year-old mathematics student. The £100,000 raised following the death in 2001 of Sarah McKie, of Haworth, is to be spent on developing a new unit
Bradford's diverse cultures must work together to create a harmonious city, an adviser to US President George W Bush said. Speaking to a multi-cultural crowd of more than 5,000 people, Shaykh Hazma Yusuf, of California, pictured, claimed the city's riots
Proud home owner Basharat Hussain was delighted when he found out £400,000 of regeneration cash was to be spent on sprucing up houses in his community. New gutters, tiles, gates, fences, sand blasting and re-pointing costing £4,000 a time is being carried
Detectives investigating the murder of Tasawar Hussain, who was shot dead chasing armed robbers, were today continuing to question two men. Bradford magistrates have granted officers a further extension to detain the men in custody until early tomorrow
A 54-year-old father was today fighting for his life in hospital after being viciously attacked in a back street. Terence Capper, of Baildon, suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries in the assault in Dale Street, Shipley. He was found by a member
