As a boy growing up in Pakistan, Mohammed Qasim was fascinated by cars. "We did not have a car ourselves but I loved to look at them and I was always interested in how they were put together and what made them run, " he says. "From being very young
Liversedge took advantage of their relatively new pitch by gaining a maximum from the visit of Maltby Main which consolidates second place in the Northern Counties East Premier Division. They edged ahead of Sheffield at the weekend and now have a four-point
Guiseley's home derby against Ossett Town in the UniBond Premier Division reached a conclusion last night but, after suffering a defeat, they could be excused for wishing it had gone the same way as Farsley Celtic's. Just a few miles down the road from
West Bowling centre Tim Sutcliffe scored a first-half hat-trick in the sparkling 30-12 National Conference Division One success at York Acorn. Sutcliffe impressed the watching Yorkshire county selectors when he broke clear from 30 metres out and handed
Aaron Wilbraham will switch from trying to stop City goals to hoping to score them! The MK Dons striker has agreed to a month's loan at Valley Parade - just four days after frustrating his new club as an emergency goalkeeper. Colin Todd, who has been
Terry Newton may not be on the park but he can still give his Bulls team-mates a taste of what's to come when they tackle Catalans Dragons. That's because the banned hooker is one of the few current players to have experienced the French mix of Super
There surely can be no doubt about the sentence which should be imposed on Stephen Ayre, who served 20 years for the murder of Shipley woman Irene Hudson and, nine days ago, while under licence and living in Saltaire, abducted and raped a ten-year-old
The next time someone takes a seat at the doctor's there is a chance the furniture involved was Bradford-built. A company started by two friends has become a leading player in the design and manufacture of the fixtures and fittings found in GPs' surgeries
A revolutionary quit smoking treatment is coming to Bradford. It is the first time the therapy, called bioresonance, has been used outside London. The treatment involves hooking clients up to a machine and asking them to hold two brass balls with wires
A doctor who had been suspended for a year after being found guilty of serious professional misconduct has had his registration reinstated. The Fitness to Practice Panel of the General Medical Council met yesterday to review Dr Paranthaman Sethupathi
Up to 170 jobs are going at one of Bradford's biggest employers. Hallmark Cards will be holding a 90-day period of consultation with employees to determine which jobs will be scrapped over a 12-month period and how the changes will be made. But alongside
A convicted murderer released from a life sentence last April has abducted and raped a young boy. Stephen Ayre was jailed for life after he murdered 25-year-old machinist Irene Hudson in Shipley in September 1984. Miss Hudson, of Gaisby Lane, Shipley,
Smoke bans have not closed bars SIR - Why does Andy Butterworth (T&A, February 27) equate non-smokers with snobbery? How out of touch he must be to state non-smokers visit pubs only four times a year. Where's his evidence? I haven't smoked since 1969
Thackley Juniors battled to a 2-0 victory over Prospect Juniors to win the Keybury League Under-Sevens Red Division title. The Prospect team formed a tunnel of honour to applaud their opponents off the pitch. Thackley's victory was down to goals from
Bradford car dealership chain JCT600 is celebrating winning a top motor industry award. The dealership claimed the Automotive Management Award for Large Dealer Group at the Automotive Management Awards Dinner in Birmingham. The award was presented to
Morrisons is refusing to rule out the Government's proposed "traffic light" food labelling system. The chain is considering various options for labelling food, among them the "red, amber and green" scheme. The labelling, proposed by the Government's Food
A young father who beat his drug habit hopes to encourage other Muslim addicts to seek help. Raees, 30, is the first Muslim to get on a drugs treatment programme through the Caleb Project in Bradford - but he does not want to be the last. Raees, who is
Bradford is the cheapest place in the country to be a student, says a new university guide. Both the University of Bradford and city won a glowing report in the Virgin 2007 Alternative Guide to British Universities, which lifts the lid off student life
A charity which has been forced to fold despite raising more than £500,000 for people with chest and throat complications could be resurrected next year. Lungs For Life (LFL) will cease operating in October. However Dr Duncan Newton, clinical director
Two men who live a quarter of a mile away from one another have formed a friendship in an unlikely way. Reverend Mark Malek and Yassar Taj share one thing in common - they both live at number 26 in the Parkside area of Bradford and their mail keeps getting
Four of Bradford Council's five political groups have now suggested council tax increases from April - and only one is below three per cent. The groups will meet tomorrow at City Hall to set the tax for what is expected to be a difficult year of cuts.
Our columnist this week is a 17-year-old Bradford College student from Baildon Alex Spivey The tournament that all football fans are waiting for is rapidly approaching us. The 2006 World Cup begins in exactly 100 days' time, when the hosts Germany
