Chris Scott scored a hat-trick of tries to put West Bowling top of National Conference League Division One with a 20-6 win at promotion rivals Eccles. Player-coach Glenn Barraclough was quick to accept Eccles' offer to swap grounds when the Bankfoot CC
Geoffrey Richmond has admitted that Bradford City's current basement position hurts him as deeply as any fan. The chairman opened his heart as the Bantams face up to the inevitability of relegation from the Premiership. Richmond has sanctioned manager
The proposal by the leader of Bradford Council for a new register of councillors' attendances at meetings is absolutely right. Councillors are paid by the council taxpayers, who this coming year are facing an inflation-busting increase. Every effort must
In 1835, the Rev. Thomas Rawson Taylor, poet, died at Airedale College, Bradford. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone. In 1917, the Victor Company released the first ever recording of music styled 'Jazz'. From the Telegraph & Argus
Hotel chain Travelodge is opening an outlet in Pudsey on March 19, part of a £17 million investment in the north of England which has so far created more than 100 jobs. The £1.8 million hotel, at the Mead Point Leisure Park, has 48 bedrooms and has taken
Staff at a glass and aluminium company have taken control of their future with a management buyout. HW Architectural Ltd says the move will allow it to focus on developing its core business for the benefit of its client base. The company, based in Brighouse
The manager of a school football team today told how the game was helping motivate children to come to school. The formation of the Blue Devils football team at Fagley Primary School has created a buzz among the youngsters, said Daniel Simpson, the school's
Teenage vandals terrorised motorists as they ripped seats from their school bus and threw them at cars. And the ringleader is set to be expelled from school after the incident on Thursday. The youngsters were travelling along Rook Lane on the A44 First
A Bradford mother today paid tribute to her 'inspirational' daughter who raised £58,000 for charity while waging her own ten-year fight against cancer. Julie Smith finally succumbed to breast cancer at home in Burley-in-Wharfedale, aged 41. A sales director
A £4.5 million sports and arts centre will benefit the community as well as the school where it is being built. Work will start on the first phase of the project at Woodhouse Grove School in Apperley Bridge in July. The scheme is expected to take three
Bradford's children's wards are to partially close for a week as part of a £1 million revamp which "will take children's services into a new era". The paediatric ward at St Luke's Hospital will move to Bradford Royal Infirmary and put an end to fragmented
The Telegraph & Argus is the sixth-fastest-growing evening newspaper in the country, according to the latest industry figures. Statistics published by the Audit Bureau of Circulations - the independent body which measures and monitors newspaper sales
A former prisoner of war has produced a book of letters about his harrowing experiences which he wrote from the prison camp to his wartime sweetheart. Brian Asquith, pictured, poured out his feelings in the letters which were treasured by his then girlfriend
An outbreak of foot and mouth disease was confirmed late today in Bradford suburb of Queensbury. It is only the second reported case in this part of Yorkshire. Ministry of Agriculture officers were called to Bobby Green Farm in New House Lane on Wednesday
SIR - So as we prepare to say our fond farewells to the Odeon, a building that evokes many a memory for people in Bradford, I ask: Where's the justice in tearing down such an important piece of Bradford's heritage and why as usual are the people of Bradford
Keighley Cougars will be looking to regain their place at the top of the Northern Ford Premiership when they meet Rochdale Hornets in tonight's re-arranged match at Cougar Park (7.30). Unbeaten Cougars are in third place on 17 points, one behind Leigh
Bradford Grammar School under-15s are through to the semi-finals of the Daily Mail Cup after deservedly beating Bromsgrove School 8-0 at home in yesterday's quarter-final. They will play Epsom College in the semi-final at the RFU Centre at Wolverhampton
A pioneering health project for Holme Wood and Bierley has been awarded a £1 million grant to motivate residents to help themselves. The Healthy Living Centre project, based at Highfield Health Centre in Tong Street, has been awarded the grant by the
Centuries of tradition at golf clubs could be coming to an end because of new laws. Shipley-based employment law specialist Joan Pettingill is advising golf clubs that they may be in breach of the Sex Discrimination and Human Rights Acts by clinging onto
Detectives were today hunting a gang of armed robbers who held a terrified supermarket boss and a teenage shop assistant at gunpoint. And the manager of the Day and Nite Stores in Shipley revealed today the 24-year-old assistant manager and assistant
A police officer has gone on trial accused of attacking a man he caught having sex with his naked girlfriend. Tom Wright, 32, told a jury at Bradford Crown Court yesterday that Erroll Bogle's girlfriend, Leanne Berry, reassured him they had split up when
Bradford Council leader Margaret Eaton wants a new register for councillors - to ensure they are not missing vital meetings while still picking up their annual 'pay'. Coun Eaton has asked the authority's chief executive Ian Stewart to set up a system
Volunteers are being put through their paces as they undergo intensive training for Reading Matters for Life. The first 13 people who will be going into Bradford schools to help improve reading skills spent yesterday at the Telegraph & Argus' offices
Church bells will be ringing out on Sunday and Monday in support of farmers hit by the foot-and-mouth crisis. Otley Parish Church will be encouraging townsfolk to spare a thought for the farming community by ringing its bells to coincide with the time
An artist whose studio was destroyed in a huge mill fire is hoping some of her precious work can be saved. Already salvage experts have rescued a sculptured head - part of Kate Johnson's latest project. And the 37-year-old artist from Bingley is hoping
Police returned to the scene of a violent robbery in a bid track down a gunman who cold-bloodedly shot a security guard. Officers yesterday spoke to members of the public as they passed Yorkshire Bank in Manchester Road, Bradford, yesterday - where the
A 20-year-old local man is due to appear before Bradford Magistrates today charged with the murder of Michael Anthony Nuttall. Police have released two males and two females, who were also arrested in connection with the incident, on police bail pending
