MUJHSE SHADI KAROGI. Director: David Dhawan India 2004 165 mins (PG) Music: Sajid - Wajid and Anu Malik Stars: Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra, Amrish Puri, Kader Khan, Satish Shah, Shashikala, Rajpal Yadav. I have never been an avid admirer
Hucknall Town 0 Bradford Park Avenue 0 Avenue were denied a second league win on the trot when they came across former Bradford City keeper Ian Bowling in fine form for his latest club. Hucknall Town, promoted as UniBond Premier Division champions, had
Guiseley 0 Frickley Athletic 0 Guiseley were held to a goalless draw at home to struggling Frickley Athletic in the UniBond League Premier Division. Nethermoor welcomed Olympic silver medallist Debbie Flood before Guise-ley's Yorkshire derby. The locally-born
Bradford & Bingley 30 Bedford Athletic 17 For about 50 minutes of this National League Three North clash, the Bees were firmly in control and their visitors, who had held top spot in the division before kick-off, were being comprehensively outplayed
Morley will play in Division One next season but near-neighbours Drighlington nearly spoiled the party on Saturday. It took a brave innings from Morley captain Colin Nuthall to finally seal the win which gave the home side promotion. The Australian scored
Colin Todd fears that old-fashioned tackling is being driven out of the game. The City boss was bitterly upset to see Lee Crooks sent off in Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Wrexham. Crooks immediately misses the home game with in-form Bristol City as does Dean
A Keighley engineering firm, which underwent a management buy-out earlier this year, is celebrating after scooping a £500,000 contract in South America. Wells SMT (Spring Manufacturing Technology), which is based in Beech Street and employs 14 staff,
A small Bradford restaurant is celebrating after notching up a prestigious national rating for excellence. Beeties, located in the World Heritage Site village of Saltaire, has been granted two rosettes by the AA. It becomes the only restaurant in the
The chief executive of the north's biggest convenience store chain today hit out at competition chiefs for allowing supermarket giants to muscle in on the sector. United Co-operatives chief executive Peter Marks said it was wrong that supermarkets and
AROUND 3,000 visitors flocked to Victory Park in Barnoldswick on Saturday to experience a visual spectacular. The huge Balloons over Barlick festival proved to be bigger and better this year, with visitor numbers doubling. Unfortunately windy conditions
SIR - I usually contact you when there is a problem or something has gone wrong, this time I would like to bring your attention to the good that people do, often unseen. Firstly we are planning to tile Settle Swimming Pool during the usual closedown period
An officer and four soldiers could face a court martial over the death of Shipley tank commander Steve Roberts in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence confirmed today. Sergeant Steve Roberts, 33, of the Second Royal Tank regiment, died in March last year in
Childcare is booming across Bradford with the number of places soaring by almost 20 per cent in just 12 months. The city saw a staggering annual rise of 18 per cent, or an extra 1,414 local authority-funded places by March this year. North Yorkshire,
The boards which decide how Bradford's six housing trusts run their 24,000 homes have been newly elected. The ballots held by the Bradford Community Housing Trust Group were independently overseen. Each board has 15 members, eight of whom are tenants,
When 13-year-old Richard Hoyle landed his first television role - in ITV's new police drama series Blue Murder - he had to take on the challenge of playing an autistic boy. Richard, a pupil at Brighouse High School, auditioned for the role back in January
People across Bradford are being urged to have their say about a proposed shake-up of the district's licensing laws. Bradford Council is set to take over the licensing of all food, drink and other entertainment from February next year as part of a Government
A carer who looked after a severely disabled youngster is spearheading a fundraising campaign for a much-needed specialised buggy. And the mum of 14-year-old Alexandra Binns today spoke of her "tremendous gratitude" to Patricia Bell, who is trying to
New powers stopping the sale and use of 'super fireworks' will be vigorously enforced in the run-up to bonfire night. And shopkeepers who breach new legislation, which came into force in August, face fines of up to £5,000 or six months in prison. Trading
The Cougars' unsuccessful flirtation with National League One will end on Sunday the same way it started on a bitter winter's day in February, with a tough derby match away to Halifax at The Shay. The Cougars showed plenty of promise in going down 18-
NORMALLY when the country's national parks assemble for one of their regular conferences there is little of import to grab the headlines. This week however, the assembly, called the Council for National Parks, dropped a bombshell when they declared that
Halifax 30 Keighley Cougars 22 The Cougars kept fighting right to the final hooter of the game. With just seconds left on the clock, Matti Firth followed up his own grubber kick to round off a man-of-the match performance against his hometown club. Craig
Warrington Wolves 27 Bradford Bulls 28 The Bulls turned what should have been a comfortable victory into a cliff-hanger with a near-calamitous second-half performance at the Halliwell Jones. Paul Deacon's last-second drop goal eventually sealed a vital
There was no tannoy system at the Memorial Park. But if there had been it would have surely been blazing out the theme tune from the Great Escape. Spen Victoria's position at the bottom of the Specialist Ducting Supplies Bradford League First Division
Wrexham 1 Bradford City 0 Jim Brown reckons Colin Todd's job is one of the toughest in the game - it certainly must have felt that way on Saturday. The Bantams boss was a picture of utter frustration on the touchline in north Wales as everything conspired
Torrential overnight rain brought about the early abandonment of Yorkshire's decimated championship match against Somerset at Taunton today. Although the sun was shining, umpires Vanburn Holder and John Steele had no hesitation in calling the game off
A second Paul Deacon field goal in the dying seconds averted a near-disaster for the Bulls as they beat Warrington 28-27 at the Halliwell Jones yesterday. The Bulls raced to a 22-6 half-time lead through tries to Jamie Langley, Lesley Vainikolo, Shontayne
Loud fireworks, particularly when set off at inappropriate times, annoy a great many people and can cause acute distress to some of them. They terrify human beings and animals alike. So it's not surprising that there was a widespread feeling of relief
As anticipated, mortgage bank Bradford & Bingley will be dropped from the FTSE 100 index after last week's quarterly reshuffle. The change will take place on September 20. Under the rules of the FTSE committee a company will be automatically relegated
An organisation which works with adults to boost skills and help them become more employable has had its funding renewed. Careers West Yorkshire has been provisionally awarded a further contract by the Learning and Skills Council West Yorkshire until
A rallying call is to be made to Bradford's textiles producers, urging them to sharpen up their act and cast off their tarnished, fuddy-duddy image and lazy approach. The unusually frank comments are to be made by the incoming president of Bradford Textile
Four major housing developers have signed up to a scheme which encourages youngsters who have struggled at school to train for careers in construction. Lovells, Wates, Bullocks and STG - firms carrying out work on Bradford Community Housing Trust's (BCHT
The huge Spanish bank in the middle of a takeover bid for Abbey National could be eyeing up Bradford & Bingley as its next target, it has been claimed. Reports from Spain suggest Banco Santander (BSCH) is keen to follow up its £8.6 billion takeover
AS one door closed, another one opened at Airedale Hospital after a health minister launched a new £500,000 children's unit. In the same week the hospital announced two wards would be closed and 25 jobs axed as part of a bid to claw back debts of £5 million
HUNDREDS flocked to Burnsall for the first ever Viking festival in the village. The event which was held over the weekend celebrated the Viking heritage of the area. It also marked the completion and formal dedication of a permanent display of Viking
SKIPTON is one of hundreds of towns across the country losing their unique character and becoming a "clone". Identical shops are spreading like "weeds in a garden" according to an economic think tank which is concerned at the multi-national chains which
DISUSED quarries and mines in the Craven area could be reopened and put back into working use at any time, a research project has revealed. The potential threat to the Dales landscape was highlighted in an 18-month survey carried by the Council for the
A PLAN to build a new low-cost discount supermarket in Skipton is to be recommended for refusal by Craven District Council's planning officers. Lidl Foodstores, which has around 5,500 stores across Europe, has put in the application to build a 1,342 square
IT is not easy to work out how much a bobby's job is worth these days, but by Beggarsdale local standards (as opposed to that of the wealthy weekenders) it's not too bad. Police pay depends on rank, length of service, sometimes area of service and overtime
IN these health-obsessed days, it is barely possible to pick up a daily newspaper without reading that Britain is working too hard and that thousands - perhaps millions - of us are suffering from work-induced stress. Being something of a sceptic in such
Hot favourite curry chef Tariq Mahmood has cooked up a taste-busting way to help London win gold with its 2012 Olympic bid. The head chef at Kiplings Restaurant in Greengates whetted the appetite of judges at an international food festival in London to
Tourism chiefs are hoping Bradford's value-for-money reputation will soon be attracting budget-keen visitors from Europe. In the next couple of weeks, people living in France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands will be receiving direct mail telling them
Post Office Ltd failed to consult the company leading a regeneration scheme in one of the areas where it plans to axe a post office, claims a councillor. Reevy Road West Post Office, Wibsey, is one of 17 branches in the Bradford district which Post Office
Victims of hate crimes in Bradford are getting help in a pioneering scheme to clamp down on racial and homophobic incidents. Police are training staff and volunteers at reporting centres in community centres, libraries, housing offices and health centres
The premiere of a controversial film in Bradford later this month has already attracted calls on a website for it to be banned. Camp Xray: Ghosts of Guantanamo is the story of five British Muslims captured in Afghanistan who are taken to the American-run
Why must I pay to visit the tip? Sir - A few days ago I visited the waste disposal site in Bowling Back Lane to dispose of some soil and rubble, something I had done several times over the past few weeks. On this particular occasion I was told that I
100 years ago THIRTY householders, known as "passive resisters" appeared in Skipton court for refusing to pay part of the rates for educational purposes. They did not mind paying the rates in general, but did resent some of the money being used to provide
