Cleckheaton 48, Old Crossleyans 11 - Cleckheaton found themselves in an unusual situation before the kick-off in this North Two East derby. Having been beaten at the Bees in the Intermediate Cup a fortnight beforehand and drawn 15-15 at Redcar in the
Bradford Park Avenue 1, Vauxhall Motors 3: The Merseyside club maintained their Indian sign over Park Avenue by continuing their one hundred per cent record over them in league meetings with a victory at the Horsfall Stadium. After doing the double over
Bradford Bulls' Paul Anderson says Great Britain must make a vast improvement in their kicking game if they are to stand a chance of winning Saturday's third Guinness Test in Wigan. "The last play messed us up," admitted the 30-year-old prop after Britain's
In 1828, composer Franz Schubert died aged 31. In 1914, Austrian and German Internees rioted in an Isle of Wight detention camp. In 1917, India's first woman prime minister, Indira Gandhi, was born. From the Telegraph & Argus of November 19th, 1976
A high-flying Bradford demolition firm has won a £750,000 contract to demolish York Racecourse's huge members stand. Controlled Demolition Group (CDG), better known for blasting high-rise structures around the world, will use less explosive methods to
Grass-roots partnerships in the Bradford district are to receive a £2.45m boost with the launch of an area-based fund. Half the £5m allocation from the Government's new Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (NRF) is being set aside for the Council's five Community
Detectives in Bradford today warned the public of a possible surge in robberies in the run-up to Christmas. Police in Bradford South are investigating armed robberies carried out over the past few days. And police in Bradford North are hunting an armed
Car racing star Jason Plato took a group of lucky prizewinners on a white-knuckle ride around a go-kart circuit yesterday. The setting was a relatively small indoor track in Bradford but those who strapped themselves in for the spine-tingling ride emerged
Schools in Bradford have won £8 million from the Lottery to build better sports facilities. Bradford's portion of the windfall from the New Opportunities Fund is the biggest awarded in the Yorkshire and Humber region. Today sees the launch of the largest-ever
While the whole world seems to be going mad for Harry Potter, Matthew Lewis has other things on his mind. It may be only three days since the wizard's first block-busting movie, The Philosopher's Stone, was released in a blaze of publicity but already
SIR - I was shocked to read Conservative Party ethnic minority affairs adviser Mohammed Riaz's claim that the extent of the forced marriage problem in Bradford was "over-hyped and exaggerated". Mr. Riaz is either living in a different world to the rest
Great Britain winger Leon Pryce doesn't feel the Ashes Series is over despite their 40-12 hammering in the second Guinness Test. The score is now 1-1 with the third and deciding Test next Saturday at Wigan's JJB Stadium. Australia held sway for 75 per
Juanjo is pressing to start his first Bradford City game at Preston tomorrow night. The Spanish winger made an instant impact in Saturday's 2-0 win over Walsall, scoring City's second goal just seven minutes after coming off the bench. And boss Jim Jefferies
Residents on the estates at Ravenscliffe and Greengates are not short of ideas about improving the places where they live. About 250 of them turned up at consultation meetings during the summer and put forward more than 1,000 proposals to boost the quality
A teenager whose stepfather was killed in an accident has kept his name alive by calling her new-born baby daughter after him. Della Vause was devastated when Kevin Wright, 37, of Eldwick, was killed in a motorbike accident just over a year ago. When
Politicians have paid tribute to a stalwart of Shipley Labour Party following his sudden death. Tony Rawlinson, 45, who had been secretary of the Shipley Constituency Labour Party until earlier this year, died on November 10 after suffering a heart attack
A Council chief today pledged an action plan costing over £1m for problem-hit Ravenscliffe and Greengates estates. Council assistant chief executive David Kennedy is at a meeting organised by Greengates and Ravenscliffe Community Forum tonight at Victoria
A community stalwart is to fulfil her lifelong ambition of meeting the Queen - 27 years after missing out on the honour. Renee Lancaster was serving as a Special Constable at Shipley when her hopes of meeting the Queen at the opening of Bradford Central
Top television star Gorden Kaye has praised the Telegraph & Argus for its campaign to save the struggling Priestley Centre for the Arts. And the star of the famous TV sitcom 'Allo 'Allo said it was unthinkable for the city to forge ahead with its
Bradford's former controversial education chief Sari Conway has ended her high flying career in local government to run her own fish and chip restaurant. And Mrs Conway - who took a battering from two councils - said she is now happier than she has ever
A trio of talented Bradford youngsters proudly showed off their winning entries in the Telegraph & Argus Christmas card competition. The youngsters gathered at the Asda store in Pudsey with their families after the superstore giant agreed to print
Towering Provincial House is expected to be reduced to rubble in the New Year - changing the city's skyline forever. Developers are ready to forge ahead with controversial plans to demolish the building in its prime site opposite City Hall and replace
Anyone passing St George's Hall on Saturday night could have been forgiven for thinking there was a top boy band in town, as crowds of women of all ages packed through the doors. And afterwards the queues formed at least six-deep at the stage door as
Detectives were today hunting a gunman who blasted his victim in the back outside a Bradford nightclub. A 20-year-old Afro-Caribbean man from Leeds was shot in the back in the early hours outside the Planet Venus club - the second shooting in a year outside
