There were mixed fortunes for local clubs in the West Riding County Cup as Campion, Tyersal and Steeton all won through to the third round. But there was disappointment for Dudley Hill Rangers, Salts, Keighley Shamrocks, South Bradford and Wibsey as they
A pioneering forum established to boost business in Thornton held its first meeting yesterday. About 20 business owners attended a breakfast seminar at the Ring O'Bells pub. Plans to boost trade in the village were discussed at the event hosted by the
A leading business pressure group is making a direct plea to Gordon Brown today to close a Channel Islands tax loophole which is being exploited by a host of retail giants. The move comes after Tesco.com, based on Jersey, ignited a price war by slashing
A musical tribute to a Yorkshire mountain, penned by a Bradford vicar, is through to the finals of a competition for new composers. The piece, Pen-y-Ghent, written by 44-year-old Reverend Paul Ayers, will be played by the Sinfonia of Leeds next week against
Council chiefs in Bradford today scooped £1.4 million to help older people with mental illnesses live a normal life. The Government money will be used to provide care and support for up to 12,000 pensioners, from those who are developing mental health
A long-forgotten biography on the early life of Patrick Bronte - father of the famous Bronte sisters - is to be re-published. Bronte Society member Imelda Marsden has spearheaded the re-print of The Father of the Brontes, after a ten-year hunt for the
The head of Bradford's road safety partnership has rebutted claims that the number of speed cameras being installed on the city's roads is set to decline. A report printed in a national newspaper had suggested that safety cameras were to be cut back amid
Time is running out for thousands of people left homeless by the South Asian earthquake as snow heads towards the disaster-struck towns. Speaking from Rawalpindi, Bradford man Tabassam Sheikh warned of the stark reality facing survivors of the quake as
A 30-year-old recluse stabbed his step-father seven times then jokingly offered to buy him a pint, a court heard. Former Tesco manager Mark Berry was knifed to death on his settee after a row about a pizza, it was alleged yesterday. Darren Gregson denies
This is how the new £8million health super-centre in the heart of Manningham will look when it opens its doors next year. The building, which has yet to be officially named, is the first phase of the LIFT - Local Improvement Finance Trust - project which
A 24-year-old delivery driver has become the last person to be sentenced by the courts following the Bradford riots more than four years ago. Noor Murtaza, of Highfield Lane, Heaton, Bradford, was sentenced to 21 months in jail after he pleaded guilty
A jealous Bradford cabbie who claimed he stabbed his wife to death and shot her brother because he thought they were having an incestuous affair faces life behind bars. Zubair Khan, 32, knifed Shaukat Khan 20 times in the head and chest after having sex
Bradford Park Avenue head for Lincoln United tonight with a warning ringing in the players' ears. Manager Gary Brook is on the verge of signing a centre half from the Conference North and a centre forward from the UniBond League as he looks to once again
With players running in the New York Marathon and others unavailable, Ring O' Bells Shipley had been given permission to cancel their game in the Alliance this weekend. But when their FA Sunday Cup tie was put back a week, Bells had no alternative but
Eccleshill United Juniors have had an excellent year. In November 2004 the club set up soccer schools to go alongside their existing teams aged under-12 to under-17. As a result, more than 80 children took part in training sessions at their ground on
Coach Brian Noble was in bullish mood yesterday, insisting his improving Great Britain side would be a match for the red-hot Kiwis at Huddersfield on Saturday. Noble resisted the clamour to bring Leeds Rhinos winger Mark Calderwood into the squad following
Lee Crooks today relived the best goal of his career but admitted: Don't ask me if it went in. Crooks smashed home a spectacular effort from 30 yards to start City's fightback in their FA Cup win over Tranmere. But controversy surrounded the shot which
The Government's reported plan to halt the relentless march of speed cameras and change the way in which revenue netted through them can be spent is a welcome one. There is no doubt that cameras have sometimes been misused and as a result have become
Hopes of a pick-up among Bradford's manufacturing companies were dealt a blow today with new figures showing an unexpected fall in output nationally. Factory output in September decreased by 0.3 per cent on the previous month - the second consecutive
Court chiefs and crown prosecutors in West Yorkshire today welcomed Government proposals to ease the burden on magistrates and make it easier for people to sit as JPs. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, announced plans for a radical scheme
Bradford Council's Chief Executive Philip Robinson is to step down from his post at the helm of Britain's fourth largest metropolitan authority. The 56-year-old top officer, who earns more than £115,000 a year, has had private talks with Council leader
Let's get back to bonfire basics SIR - How sad the traditional bonfire celebration in Myrtle Park would seem to have become a victim of its own success. For many years friends and families have enjoyed a safe and spectacular evening organised by the local
Knowing my predilection for any activity which gets me out of doing any of the jobs I'm supposed to be doing at home (finishing painting the kitchen cabinets, fixing the gate, stopping ignoring the steady drip of water on to the garage ceiling), a colleague
