Thackley came from two goals down to snatch victory in a rousing Northern Counties East league Premier Division clash today. For the third week in succession James Russell came off the bench to play a pivotal role and netted the winner. United will be
Chairman Chris Caisley was today still waiting to make contact with members of a Lancashire business consortium who claim to be lining up a £10m takeover for Bradford Bulls. The group, who wish to remain anonymous until they have had talks with Caisley
Bradford City officials admit that they are as baffled as their fans over the future plans of Stan Collymore. Officials of Spanish club Oviedo had claimed that the transfer-listed striker was likely to be in their side for a Prima Liga match tomorrow.
The idea of creating a museum in the centre of Bradford dedicated to the city's heritage is an interesting one well worth exploring. Central Bradford already has plenty of bars and clubs, and there are more in the pipeline. It has the prestigious National
A former cancer patient is supporting Kirklees Council's call to save Community Health Councils (CHCs). Margaret Asquith, of Turnsteads Mount, Cleckheaton, was diagnosed with the disease at Dewsbury District Hospital in 1990. She claimed she was bluntly
Grocery mix-ups for blind and partially sighted shoppers are set to become a thing of the past thanks to the launch of a supermarket's pioneering Braille labelling device. Bosses at Asda say although staff are available to accompany the visually impaired
Never mind that novice nun Maria, the Von Trapp children and their vocal efforts in the Rodgers and Hammerstein show. It's in the Pennines rather than the Alps that the hills are alive with the sound of music. The West Riding of Yorkshire has a boundless
It could all have been a lot of hot air when armed with nothing more than a hunch, Telegraph & Argus reporter Steve Harris decided to set up his own radio station. He had by chance been interviewing a man from the Independent Broadcasting Authority
Bradford North MP Terry Rooney today called for all council tax payers to have their say on plans to move Bradford's council houses away from the local authority. But he was immediately accused by the council's housing chief as acting "like a child" and
Historian Andrew Bolt is so passionate about Bradford's heritage that he wants to open a city-centre museum. The 29-year-old, of Allerton, has spent most of his life hoarding Bradford memorabilia and boasts a collection of about 7,500 historical items
Thousands of families in Bradford were today waiting anxiously for news of relatives as the death toll in India's worst earthquake in 50 years climbed to more than 5,000. The quake -- 7.9 on the Richter Scale -- struck at 8.46am local time yesterday.
Michael Sharvell-Martin may spend his days decked out in gaudy garments and hidden under a mountain of mascara. But there is more than meets the eye to the actor who plays Widow Twanky in the Alhambra's panto, Aladdin. When he is not knee-deep in baggy
Bradford Esprit teams had mixed fortunes in the York-shire ASA Championships at Harrogate's Hydro Pool. Esprit members were competing in 24 events, covering both age group, under-18 and senior categories, both individual and synchronised. Fito Gutierrez
Bradford Grammar and Keighley Oakbank each won two team titles at the Bradford Schools Cross Country Championships at Northcliffe Play-ing Fields. The first eight runners in each race are usually selected to represent Bradford schools in the West Yorkshire
Basil Richards steps back into the big time when he leads his team out at Oldham in the third round of the Silk Cut Challenge Cup tomorrow. The Queensbury coach only took over the reins at the start of the season but not only has he guided his new charges
Wrexham 1, Bradford City 0 - New boy Gary Locke impressed on his debut as Bradford City lost last night's friendly at Wrexham. Shot-shy City hardly ever looked like forcing an equaliser after the much travelled Kevin Russell scored what proved to be the
The minnows of Queensbury will be aiming to pull off a Silk Cut Challenge Cup giant-killing act tomorrow. The Pennine League side will be looking to upset the odds when they visit Northern Ford Premiership Leaguers Oldham. And they were given the chance
In 1840, a Chartist insurrection in Bradford was prevented. In 1914, Bradford Army Veterans' Association was formed. In 1926, John Logie Baird demonstrated television. From the Telegraph & Argus of January 27, 1976...Two Bradford ambulance women have
A Government Minister has offered help after one of the district's major employers announced it was selling one of its plants. TransTechnology says iit will sell its Glusburn plant to help clear debts at the American company Now State For Trade and Industry
A female security guard was hit with a pick-axe handle during an armed raid at a Bradford travel agents last night. Three masked men burst into Riaz Travel, on Lumb Lane, Manningham, at about 5pm. They threatened two male shop assistants and the Securicor
Young people have told how they re-launched their careers through a Bradford programme, after leaving school with no qualifications. Many of the youngsters who worked on the Youth Team scheme are now at university or working in good jobs in training or
Relief is coming for Bradford rail commuters who use the diverted Trans Pennine Express. Passengers who work at stops along the line to Blackpool, which include Halifax, Hebden Bridge and Burnley, have endured an unhappy start to 2001. On-going refurbishment
A coach firm operator had his licence revoked after being told he "did not have the money to run a bicycle let alone four vehicles." Fazal Karim Ali, the owner of Odsal-based A1 Travel, had received the licence - allowing him to run two minibuses and
Bradford pupils are being sent home from school because of a desperate shortage of teachers, it emerged today. Year nine pupils at Buttershaw High School were dismissed from their classrooms for part of an afternoon, because of staff illness and lack
Two pupils have been thrown out of Bradford's flagship Church of England school for selling drugs. The boys, aged 15 and 16, were excluded from the new £8 million Immanuel Community College in Leeds Road, Thackley, Bradford. They were caught selling marijuana
SIR - The proposed Forster Square Development provides an unmissable opportunity to link the two Bradford rail stations, Interchange and Forster Square. This was first mooted in the 19th century but never came about. Bradford has been a rail dead end
