Not one week has been longer or more difficult for Avenue chairman Frank Thornton than the one just passed but he says he does not expect to have to advertise the position of manager. Trevor Storton and his assistant Ian Thompson departed on Tuesday by
The Celts marched successfully through to their fourth consecutive West Riding County Cup final with the midweek win over Selby Town and chairman Andy Firbank was delighted. "I understand that is a record, no team has done that before in the long history
In 1733, Dr Joseph Priestley, discoverer of oxygen, was born. In 1909, the Territorials held a recruiting march in Bradford. In 1939, singer-songwriter Paul Anka was born. From the Telegraph & Argus of March 13th, 1979... More than 30 operations at
When he was mayor, Lawrence Walton always said that what his town needed was more policemen on the beat. So when he got the chance to "join up" himself, he leaped into action, donned a uniform and went out on the beat. The 55-year-old Silsden Town Councillor
A billboard poster for G-string undies featuring four women's bottoms has been damaged close to a Bradford mosque. Protesters have ripped the Sloggi poster in outrage at the location on Manningham Lane. It is the latest in a series of incidents where
A TV soap which for years looked like it would never see the light of day will finally start to be screened tomorrow. Kismet Road, a 13-episode medical soap filmed around St Luke's Hospital, Bradford, was commissioned by the former Bradford Health Authority
The grieving widow of have-a-go hero Tasawar Hussain today revealed how her husband's murder had also led to the death of her mother. Arshad Begum, 61, died from a broken heart last November after struggling to cope with the devastating loss of the 36
Former Keighley Cougars and Rochdale coach Steve Deakin is confident that leading French club Union Treiziste Catalane are on course for a place in Super League. The Catalonians have been lined up to enter in 2006, eight years after Paris St Germain bit
Enjoying their unexpected weekend off will be a tough ask for the Bulls with the Powergen Challenge Cup taking centre stage today and tomorrow. The Bulls' fourth-round conquerors St Helens today take on Leeds in the match of the round, with the injury
City are hoping to hang on to Nico Vaesen. The Belgian keeper's loan ran out today after the Wigan game. But Bryan Robson was trying to convince Vaesen, pictured, and Birmingham to keep him for another month. Alan Combe is suspended for next weekend's
Simon Francis today declared: It's Sheffield United for me. City have told the talented defender that he can decide between the Blades and Sunderland, who have both made bids. And Francis, 19, is ready to join the growing City exodus to Bramall Lane.
The scale of road-tax evasion in Bradford is staggering. The 15,000 motorists in this area alone who are failing to pay their dues represent a substantial amount of revenue lost to the Government. If it is typical of the rest of the country, the total
A gambling addict who sparked a major alert by barricading himself inside his own home and setting it alight has been jailed for three years. Father-of-four Darren Williams made sure he was alone in the rented terrace house in Bolton Hall Road, Wrose,
More than 15,000 motorists in the Bradford area face tough fines and even having their vehicles crushed if they fail to tax their cars and lorries. It is part of a major blitz by road tax enforcers which will start on Monday . The DVLA has issued a stark
A businessman who smuggled £1.2 million of ecstasy tablets from Holland to ease his money problems has been jailed for 11 years. The haul of the Class A drug was discovered by workers at a transport firm in Dudley Hill, Bradford, in November 2002. More
Brenda Allan was devastated when her son Gary developed potentially fatal leukemia and horrified when his weight fell to less than seven stone under chemotherapy. But now, thanks to his 43-year-old younger brother Christopher, Gary is back to his old
Administrators running Bradford City Football Club are to analyse potential bids for the club after receiving a number of inquiries before last night's deadline expired. But it remains a major doubt whether any outside party has come forward with enough
Movie industry stars got the red carpet treatment as the tenth Bradford Film Festival opened at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television last night. And the glittering occasion was marked by Simon Beaufoy, the Keighley-born script writer
Wild goose chase over a stray dog Sir - I feel I have to write to alert people to the plight of abandoned animals in the Bradford area. My husband rescued a dog running loose in the Killinghall Road area. It was a risk to itself and could have caused
