Late goals were the order of the day in key Division One contests on a weekend that saw the first full league programme for some weeks. Second-placed Baildon kept up the pressure on leaders TFD Centre, but needed a last-gasp penalty from Steve Sheriff
Teenage winger Leon Pryce is poised for a surprise return to Bradford Bulls squad for Sunday's fifth round Challenge Cup tie at Halifax on Sunday. Pryce who had a major shoulder operation after he was injured in England's World Cup match against Russia
In 1905, the Great Horton Sunday Schools burned down causing nearly £4,000 worth of damage. In 1911, the King's Hall and Hippodrome picture shows were opened. In 1985, contraceptives went on sale for the first time in the Irish Republic. From the Telegraph
Yorkshire companies could be losing millions paying bills twice, according to professional services firm Deloitte & Touche. The firm used its new fraud detection software, D&Tect, to discover the extent of the problem. D&Tect identifies duplicate
OYEZ Oyez Oyez! Skipton will have an honorary town crier to shout about up and coming events. Award winning Barnoldswick town crier Kevin Griffiths, tipped to be world champion within two years, has been appointed as honorary crier by Skipton Town Council
Two families of asylum seekers are set to be re-housed after being terrorised by young thugs, it emerged today. The Telegraph & Argus revealed yesterday how police believe the vandals who have been attacking the families' homes in Shipley could be
London developers are planning to build a seven-storey apartment block in Little Germany. The In-Town group wants to construct the building in a gap between grade two-listed Caspian House and 44 Chapel Street. A planning application for the building,
A common image of Bradford has long been its curry houses and old wool mills. Now is your chance to show the world that the district has much more to offer - by getting behind its bid to become European Capital of Culture. Bradford Council, which has
A teenage beautician from Clayton is about to take a bite out of the Big Apple. Ellen Horsman, 19, flies to New York next month to start a ten-day work placement with prestigious New York make-up specialist Tobi Britton, who has worked with a host of
He's sampled the grass roots of the sport, now Luke Pinder is hoping to make his mark in the big time. The 17-year-old from Shipley has already created a big impression in the world of Autograss racing. And at the weekend he made his forest rallying debut
Cup aces Bolton Woods reached their second semi-final of the season when they ended stubborn Boroughbridge resistance 2-1 in the West Riding County Sunday Cup fifth round. After a quiet opening in tricky conditions Bolton Woods began to get on top midway
Matt Clarke 'turned down the chance to nearly double his wages' at Bradford City, chairman Geoffrey Richmond has claimed. He said the wantaway goalkeeper was offered a bumper pay increase to "Manchester United proportions" to stay with the Bantams. Richmond
Defender David Wetherall is progressing so well from his hernia operation that he may be included in Bradford City's squad for Saturday's home match against West Ham. Wetherall made his comeback with the reserves, playing half a match in their 4-2 win
The recently-introduced Crime and Disorder Act contains a very useful weapon with which to fight vandalism: the Anti-Social Behaviour Order under which troublemakers can be fined and even jailed for up to five years if they carry on with their disruptive
Successful exporting should not be regarded as a quick fix but as a long-term strategy according to York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce's chief executive Roland Harris. "Exporting need not be as difficult as many businesses assume but it does
Business is blooming at Bradford-based Flowers Care Home for the Elderly after it achieved the prestigious Investor in People standard. The 'Holistic Home' at Horton Bank Top is run by partners Catherine Taylor and Christine Matthews and employs a staff
A Bradford man is set to become the youngest managing director of a Business Link in the country. Eddie Rodgers, 32, of Queensbury, will take charge at the end of March of one of the biggest Links in the country - Business Link for West Yorkshire - with
The much-heralded Spen Valley Greenway is to be extended into Bradford to take cyclists safely into the city centre. By the end of 2002, riders will be able to cycle from Thornhill Lees in Dewsbury to Centenary Square on one designated route. Bradford
The new chairman of a water watchdog has pledged to ensure that Yorkshire Water improves standards without increasing prices. Mohammed Ajeeb, who was Bradford's first Asian Lord Mayor, begins his new role as chairman of the Yorkshire Customer Services
More than 100 people gathered outside City Hall this afternoon in protest at what was claimed to be creeping privatisation of Council services. Trade union members, members of the public and Labour MPs joined forces in protest as Bradford Council members
Angry residents on a multi-million pound new housing estate are set to lobby the Royal Mail over its decision to change their post code. The Telegraph & Argus reported last week how Alison Fairlie was facing a hike in her car insurance bill after
Mystery surrounds the death of a university student who plunged from the eighth floor of a Birmingham city centre hotel, an inquest heard. Hamzah Akhtar, 18, jumped from the balcony of his room in the Britannia Hotel landing in the street below and was
A father-of-one has been jailed for a year for indecently assaulting an 11-year-old girl in a swimming pool. Ajmal Mahmood, 25, was found guilty last month of indecently touching the youngster over her swimming costume at the Richard Dunn Sports Centre
Plans for Britain's wackiest bus shelters along Bradford's state-of-the-art guided bus project on Manchester Road ran into criticism today. The scheme - which has attracted a £40,000 grant from Yorkshire Arts and £10,000 from the Royal Society of Arts
Joyriders have been warned to stop terrorising a Keighley estate or face action under the Government's tough new anti-social behaviour laws. Nine people aged between 14 and 24 stand to be prosecuted if they breach the order issued by Bradford Council.
You probably couldn't blame Emily Bronte and her sisters for lacking a sense of humour, living as they did in the bleak moorland village of Haworth in the early 19th century. Death was ever-present with the graveyard outside their front parlour window
A Bradford pub landlord told today how a young sex victim staggered into his pub and burst into tears as he described being brutally assaulted by three other men. Stan Fenton, landlord of the Swing Gate pub in Idle, told how the teenager - dressed just
SIR - After numerous public meetings and petitions of over 5,000 signatures, First Bradford admitted that they were wrong and would re-instate a bus service in the Ravenscliffe/Thorpe Edge area on January 15. We waited patiently for the timetable - firstly
