Farsley Celtic 5 Bamber Bridge 1 A superb attacking display enabled Michael Midwood to plunder himself a hat-trick as the Celts reaffirmed their promotion credentials with a nap hand in a Roses win against Bamber Bridge. It was not just a fine performance
Walsall 1 Bradford City 1 It's just as well that Paul Merson is a better player than manager. He hardly put a foot wrong on the Bescot pitch against City on Saturday. But Merson knew he'd boobed when he named the team - and left himself on the bench.
The Bulls have launched an audacious bid to lure Leeds Rhinos hooker Matt Diskin to Odsal. Diskin hasn't played since rupturing a knee ligament on his Great Britain debut against New Zealand in November but is expected to return for the Rhinos midway
It will come as a shock to many people to realise that we are just weeks away from the twentieth anniversary of the Valley Parade fire disaster. The awful events of that day in May, 1985 are still painfully vivid in the memories of those who witnessed
Bradford youngsters on a unique training course not only gain new skills but are almost certain to find a job and, if necessary, even a home too. Impact Business Services, a city-based social enterprise group, is expanding its trailblazing training programmes
Hope is growing that thousands of workers hit by the collapse of a company pension scheme will be bailed out by a new Government-backed fund. Members of the Turner & Newall (T&N) pension scheme - including current and former workers at the Federal
Bradford father-of-two Gerard Cunningham knows heating his home during a cold spell can add a few pounds to his fuel bill but when he was charged more than £5,000 he knew there must be a mistake. Mr Cunningham, of Dracup Avenue, Lidget Green, opened his
Schoolchildren from separate worlds have been breaking down cultural barriers with a joint sixth form education scheme. And now their schools' head teachers have been nominated for Bradford's Community Harmony Awards for their positive work in fostering
A disabled actress is to walk seven miles on stilts to raise money for charity. Elisabeth Jennings, of Burley-in-Wharfedale, is hoping to raise awareness of disability as well as vital funds for the Actors Benevolent Fund, the Lions Club and Skylights
Bradford MPs are opposing ward closures and what they call "a slash and burn policy" at two city hospitals. Their concern follows the announcements that the wards for women and the elderly at Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke's Hospital will close,
Bradford & Bingley 42 Kendal 10 Kendal arrived at Wagon Lane with a reputation as bogey opponents. Those with long memories will remember the Cumbrians' last competitive trip to Bingley. That was on April 30, 1994 and the prize at stake in a 'winner-take-all
Victoria Rangers 10 Clayton 62 Loose forward Craig Pickthall led the way with a four-try haul as Clayton put Victoria Rangers to the sword in a powerful performance at Eccleshill. The Vics made a cracking start when centre Danny Dixon collected the ball
Maybe Paul Hunter just needs some Lady Luck to turn his season around. The 26-year-old certainly had the rub of the green on Saturday night, defeating former world champion John Parrott 6-1 in the Telegraph & Argus Snooker Classic at the Richard Dunn
Hinckley United 4 Bradford Park Avenue 0 It was another disheartening defeat for Avenue on Saturday after the euphoria of the previous week's thrashing of Conference North leaders Southport. There was a good atmosphere at Middlefield Lane with Hinckley
Dean Windass admits he is in his "worst form of the season" because of a niggling back injury. But City's 18-goal hitman is confident a week's rest will have him firing on all cylinders against Huddersfield at Valley Parade. Windass has been troubled
Bulls' off-season recruit Ryan Hudson could be banned from rugby league for two years after allegedly taking the banned anabolic steroid stanozolol. Hudson's fate will be decided at an RFL disciplinary hearing in Leeds on Wednesday, March 9. If found
Men who thought women mainly used the internet for shopping have been proved wrong. Research by Think Pink Inc, the Bradford-based "what women want" website launched last autumn, shows retail therapy is way down the list when women log on. Seven out of
Bradford and Bingley's full year results, issued last Tuesday, worried the market, despite coming in marginally ahead of expectations. Fears over a continued slowdown in the housing market and unsustainably low bad debt provisions weighed on the stock
A Bradford sex shop, faced with criticism since its opening last autumn, has pledged to take the seediness out of erotic merchandise and attract couples to the store. Pulse & Cocktails this week gets its licence to sell explicit DVDs and other goods
An untidy Bradford seven-year-old has inspired a business idea and unusual product that is set to go global. Businessman Darren Holland's son Keane had a bedroom resembling a bombsite, strewn with electronic games and other techno-paraphernalia. Mr Holland
Bradford businesses have thrown their weight behind calls for more action to be taken to protect manufacturing industry. A survey carried out by Bradford Chamber of Commerce has shown that help for manufacturers is the number one priority as a local issue
The boss of one of the UK's leading printing groups today moved to reassure some 175 staff in Bradford that their immediate futures were secure - despite the closure of another site with the loss of 210 jobs. St Ives printing group, the listed company
Costs for running Bradford's dog warden service could soar if controversial proposals to pass all responsibility for stray dogs solely to local authorities are passed by Parliament. It would end the out-of-hours service operated at some Bradford police
Steps are underway to build a new railway station at Apperley Bridge, according to the county's transport chiefs. The town was one of five areas identified by the West Yorkshire Passenger Tran-sport Authority, or Metro, as 'priority zones' for new stations
Bradford's regeneration took another step forward yesterday as giant cranes moved in to demolish a derelict warehouse on Leeds Road. The former wool warehouse in the Barkerend area was scheduled for demolition after surveyors began to fear for public
Yorkshire County Cricket Club officials have insisted they are managing to break down the cultural barriers that could have hampered young Asian stars from breaking into its ranks. Yorkshire chairman Robin Smith and operations director Geoff Cope both
One passenger in a car was killed and another seriously injured after it crashed into a telegraph pole. The force of the impact was so severe the pole was uprooted and dragged down the road in the crash in Undercliffe. And in another incident, a man was
Keighley Cougars 38 London Skolars 10 Centre Matt Foster scored his 100th Cougars try and wingers Andy Robin-son and Matt Bramald both notched hat-tricks as the Cougars snapped their 16-match winless streak against the Skolars. Foster brought up his milestone
A great job by Council gritters SIR - I would like to put on record what a fantastic job Bradford Council have done in keeping the roads of Bradford open during the recent arctic weather. I have seen the gritting teams out at all times of day and night
