Marine 2, Bradford Park Avenue 0: A disappointing Avenue stuttered to defeat on the outskirts of Liverpool to leave them in the bottom four of the UniBond Premier Division. They still have up to three games in hand on many of their rivals and are just
Cleckheaton 123, Ashington 0: Just when Ashington thought that things couldn't possibly get any worse on Saturday, John Hall walked into the Cleckheaton clubhouse. The prop had been playing for Wibsey's second team who had just been beaten at Cleckheaton
Great Britain 20, Australia 23: Chants of "cheat, cheat, cheat" rang out around Hull's KC Stadium during the final moments of Great Britain's 23-20 Ashes deciding Second Test defeat on Saturday night, but the masterful all round display of Kangaroo scrum
City's three managerial hopefuls have not been spared any of the gory details about the cash-hit club. Chairman Gordon Gibb was meeting today with Bryan Robson and the two other short-listed candidates. But all three are well aware about the tight financial
For a moment, it feels like I've been transported back to the school sixth form and the dreary process of the careers interview. On the opposite side of the table sits Alan Gleghorn, and I'm almost expecting him to give me a sheet of boxes to tick and
Customers at the Crosshills branch of the Skipton Building Society could be in for a surprise when they spot a familiar face doing the photocopying later this week. Following a suggestion by customer adviser Sharon Hardaker, she will be swapping roles
Bradford-based insurance brokers Hainsworth Watts has been re-branded as SMg Risk Solutions following a period of acquisitions totalling nearly £8 million. SMg Risk Solutions has brought together four Yorkshire insurance brokers, Smithson Mason Ltd, RBR
Many Bradford business leaders are failing to embrace the chance to learn about the latest advances in management, it was claimed today. Only about 40 per cent of firms which take part in a pioneering scheme run by the University of Bradford's School
Bradford Chamber of Commerce today called on Chancellor Gordon Brown to give a boost to business in next month's pre-Budget report. The employers' organisation said it feared pressure on public finances meant business could be in for more hits when Mr
Yorkshire Forward is to plough hundreds of thousands of pounds into helping develop a cluster of world-leading electronics and new media firms in Bradford. The regional development agency has bought the Business and Innovation Centre near the University
A 40-year-old Bradford man was in hospital today with serious head injuries following an accident at a motorway junction. He was driving a Volkswagen Golf which was in a collision with a Ford Ka on the roundabout of the A62 slip road at junction 27 of
David Warren is helping to change the image of the accountancy profession. The partner at Cottingley firm MGI Watson Buckle has ditched the office for the studio as he hits the airwaves with a new show. He is broadcasting a monthly business-based programme
Clergymen are leading a fight to keep the green in Lidget Green. They say the area might as well be called "Lidget Grey" if Bradford Council sells it for development. A petition has been sent to Bradford Council appealing for the land at the junction
Reindeer calves Dougal and Sporran brought extra aaah-factor during the Christmas reindeer parade through Bradford yesterday. The six-month-olds joined Monsoon, Galaxy, Pepsi and Biscuit on the trek around city centre and were today back on the slopes
A hit-list has been drawn up of notable buildings which could be sold off by Bradford Council. Landmark properties such as Shipley Town Hall, Keighley Picture House and the Queen's Hall in Burley-in-Wharfedale are on the confidential list, which includes
A father was due to appear before Bradford magistrates today charged with the murder of his two-year-old daughter. The 32-year-old man was charged by detectives yesterday after Iqra Bibi died at Leeds General Infirmary on Saturday. His 22-year-old wife
A bunch of thugs who brazenly believed they were untouchable and idolised infamous mobster Al Capone and a drugs baron who proclaimed himself the Colonel are now languishing behind bars as the clock slowly counts down their long sentences. In August a
Police today revealed how they have been waging war against the "Mr Bigs" of Bradford's criminal underworld. The onslaught over the last two years has led to gangsters being jailed for a total of almost 350 years. Detectives admitted that tackling gang
SIR - I write with regard to the report (T&A, November 11) about bus travel news updates to mobile phones and certain bus stops. I think that this is a splendid idea, but for me is far too little, far too late. It is almost useless if one is trying
Great Britain coach David Waite could barely contain his fury as his side blew a 12-point lead to lose the Second Test, and with it any chance of regaining the Ashes, at Hull's KC Stadium on Saturday night. For Waite, who is to retire at the end of the
The police in Bradford are to be congratulated on the success of their campaign against significant figures in Bradford's underworld. It is reassuring to learn that in the last two years gangsters operating locally have been jailed for a total of almost
In 1796, Catherine the Great of Russia died aged 67. In 1869, the Suez Canal was opened. In 1904, the first underwater submarine journey took place off Southampton. From the Telegraph & Argus of November 17th, 1978...Although the subject of the proposed
The latest addition to the growing chain of Matalan fashion stores will open in Bradford early next month. The new 40,000 sq ft store in Harrogate Road, Greengates, has created 86 new jobs - all of which have been snapped up. It follows the success of
An expanding Keighley jobs agency was today settling into new offices in Cavendish Street, Keighley, and preparing for its first celebrity visitor. Actor Bruce Jones, who plays Coronation Street character Les Battersby, will officially open the new premises
Morrisons target Safeway is expected to report its interim results this week - likely to be its last before it is swallowed up by its Bradford-based rival. Analysts predict a seven per cent drop in half-year pre-tax profits to £173.3 million, with like-for-like
Government Minister Chris Leslie cut the ribbon at the opening of a new venture by a Shipley culinary entrepreneur. Julia Reeder and her husband Laurie have opened a new caf bar known as Reeder's Digestibles in Ashley Lane, Shipley, after building up
Considering Bob Hamilton only got into the bus industry because he wanted to collect every type of vehicle licence available, the move has worked out nicely for him. The Mansfield-born managing director of First in Bradford is a self-confessed "driving
The chairman of a Shipley microbiology company which has become a world leader in its field has picked up a lifetime achievement award at the age of 74. Don Whitley founded Don Whitley Scientific with his wife Pam in 1976 and has since grown the business
The fascinating story of a Bradford doctor's enduring love affair with her fiance while he was a Japanese prisoner of war is continued in their daughter's second book. Meg Parkes first described the relationship in her first book, Notify Alec Rattray.
A Bradford man has been fleeced of thousands of pounds after becoming the victim of a sophisticated international investment fraud. About 1,100 innocent investors in Britain, Australia and New Zealand were left more than £9.4 million out of pocket by
Their football skills might not be quite up to Premiership standards, but that is not going to stop players from a Bradford homeless project looking the part. Barclaycard, the company which sponsors English football's top league, has stepped in to give
A furniture stripper who fell into a vat of caustic soda has regained consciousness with his sight intact. Frank Bland, 55, suffered horrendous burns after he was drenched from head to foot in the substance which was being heated in an 8ft by 3ft tank
Filming is to start in Keighley on a new movie written by Simon Beaufoy, right, creator of the The Full Monty, one of the most successful films of the 1990s. The former pupil of Ermysted's Grammar School, Skipton, has used his knowledge of the town to
The FA Cup medal awarded to the scorer of Bradford City's winning goal has been sold at auction for a staggering £26,210. Jimmy Speirs captained the side and scored in City's 1-0 replay victory over Newcastle United at Old Trafford on April 26, 1911.
It's developing into a war of words that is threatening to split the normally genteel world of Scrabble. Moves are afoot to include some mobile phone text-speak in the official dictionary of the game beloved by generations. A whole language of abbreviated
