On Saturday, Bradford Park Avenue face North West Counties Division Two side Padiham in the FA Cup at Horsfall Stadium. The Padiham manager, sitting in the stands watching last night's UniBond Premier Division match between Avenue and Whitby Town, must
Looking for chinks in Pudsey Congs' armour has become an occasional pastime for some people in and around Bradford. "They have problems with team spirit," said one spectator this summer. "The players have become fed up with Matthew Doidge's strict regime
Marc Bridge-Wilkinson will bite his lip and keep playing through the pain for City. The midfield playmaker has made a huge impact at Valley Parade since his arrival from Stockport in February. But it was feared Bridge-Wilkinson could be sidelined for
Flights to Pakistan from Leeds-Bradford airport have been suspended amid reports the airline is facing financial difficulties. Flights were suddenly suspended last Friday evening. About 400 travellers are believed to be stranded abroad. Swefly, which
Some of Bradford's most senior councillors have indicated they would welcome a complete ban on smoking in all of the district's public places. The Council's deputy leader Kris Hopkins - himself a former smoker - was among those speaking out as a Government
A Bradford teenager has died after being knocked down by a car on the Greek island of Zante. Andrew Nutton, 19, was on holiday with five pals when he was struck by the vehicle driven by a Greek man as they returned from a night out. Andrew, an apprentice
Bulls coach Brian Noble is determined that the short-term signing of Great Britain star Adrian Morley won't turn out to be a source of angst within a squad that has suffered no shortage of turmoil this season. The GB hard man is scheduled to arrive in
A 23-year-old is back in the calm of Baildon after enduring days in the squalor of flood-hit New Orleans. Graduate Claire Watkins endured heat, stench and tension while crammed with up to 25,000 refugees in the city's Superdome where she fled with thousands
Top illustrator Leslie Simpson has a simple piece of advice for children who enter the Telegraph & Argus Super City Drawing Competition. "Just start drawing and let your mind take off," he said. We have challenged children to produce pencil drawings
More parents will be forced to tackle their nuisance children after it emerged that tough powers to improve behaviour have rarely been used in Bradford. Prime Minister Tony Blair said last week he wanted to see more parenting orders issued in a bid to
Plans to make forced marriages a criminal offence could be seen as an attack on Bradford's ethnic communities, the Government said yesterday. New laws could also stop victims seeking help amid fears their mothers and fathers would be jailed while encouraging
In every post-apocalyptic movie you ever saw, it didn't take very long for simple human decency to go down the toilet. Once the basic trappings of civilisation - food, water, fuel - are taken away, it seems that we rapidly de-scend into a horrific existence
