Wynn Cup winners Oakworth were crowned First Division champions after beating Long Lee and Bradley in a double weekend as Michael Scarborough turned in two superb all-round performances. Oakworth moved within one point of their third league title by beating
Farsley are Bradford League second team First Division champions and new boys Woodlands and Mirfield are promoted from the Second Division. Farsley made sure of the title by taking maximum points from the double weekend with wins against Yeadon and Spen
Bradford's Bobby Vanzie is appealing to fans in the city to come out and back him when he puts his British lightweight title on the line. Vanzie is matched against Anthony Maynard at the Barnsley Metrodome, the nearest Vanzie has ever fought to his home
CricInfo county champions Yorkshire were determined to celebrate their new status with a victory over predecessors Surrey in a game which started today. It is the first time Yorkshire have been in Championship action since clinching the crown at Scarborough
Bradford Park Avenue may have gone into last night's UniBond Premier Division clash at Gainsborough Trinity on the crest of a wave after two unbeaten games, but it was the home side who turned the tide. Trinity bounced back from three defeats on the trot
Bradford Bulls' final match of the Super League season against Leeds Rhinos has been switched again - to Saturday, September 15 for live showing on Sky TV. The match was due to be played at Valley Parade on Sunday, September 16, after initially being
Jim Jefferies has wrapped a protective arm around summer new boy Claus Jorgensen. The Danish midfielder, signed from Bournemouth, plays for the reserves against Middlesbrough at Valley Parade tonight hoping to impress after a disappointing start. Jefferies
Matt Clarke was in transfer talks today as it emerged that Crystal Palace were the only club to make Bradford City a firm offer. Clarke was in London discussing personal terms with Palace chairman Simon Jordan after the two sides agreed an eventual £1.35
In 1800, French troops surrended to the British in Malta. In 1972, eleven Israeli athletes died when Palestinian terrorists struck at the Olympic Games in Munich. In 1991, the USSR ceased to be, as power was handed to the Soviet republics. From the Telegraph
An IT graduate from Queensbury has chosen Bradford over Leeds as the best home for her new web design company. Lucy Taylor, 22, has decided to tap in to the district's burgeoning dependence on new media to launch Taylored Webs Direct (TWD). The Manchester
Speed cameras are to be put on a road where seven deaths and 182 accidents have occurred in five years. It is believed that ten accidents a year should be prevented by the traffic calming measures for Spen Lane in Gomersal. The camera are to be installed
The family of a property landlord who was battered to death by one of his tenants has branded the killing as "evil and cowardly". Michael Jarmola, 44, who lived in Bingley, died after a savage attack at a bedsit flat in Granville Road, Frizinghall. As
A man was killed early today when the van he was driving crashed into a stationary jeep on a country road. The accident happened at 3am in Station Road, Harecroft, near Wilsden, when the man's Seat van ploughed into the back of a parked Mitsubishi Shogun
Bradford's three city centre markets are expected to link to try to win a better deal from Bradford Council. Associations representing about 200 stallholders are considering amalgamating to form a Bradford branch of the National Market Traders' Federation
Bradford is to be the birthplace of a new exhibition celebrating 100 years of the Nobel Peace Prize. The Peace Museum, in Piece Hall Yard, is creating a travelling exhibition designed to offer past and present information on the origin, history and aims
A jury was today considering its verdict in the trial of a policeman accused of stealing a video tape allegedly containing evidence of an assault by police officers on a prisoner. PC Peter Sharpe, who was based at Keighley police station, faces charges
A landlord told today how his wife battled to save the life of a pub regular. Former nurse Rachel Suri gave emergency treatment to 28 year-old Paul Elliott after he collapsed in the Black Bull at Sutton on Sunday. Her husband, Chris Suri said: "Rachel
A burglar who broke into a Bradford vicarage while the vicar and his family were away on holiday has been jailed for two years. Daniel Heslop was caught red-handed by a police dog handler after a neighbour reported seeing him climbing over a wall to get
A man and woman from Keighley have appeared in court charged with assaulting and neglecting a 15-year-old girl from Birming-ham who died of a suspected drugs overdose. Jane Thomas, 25, and Akiu Miah, 24, both of Sandywood Street, Keighley, are accused
Passengers on a Bradford-bound National Express coach were taken to hospital following a collision with a lorry on the M1 yesterday. All those travelling on the 310 service were taken to hospital and the driver was freed from behind the wheel by fire
A Bradford shampoo and toiletries firm put some shine back into the district today by creating 110 new jobs. Harmer Personal Care Ltd announced a major expansion drive that will also see all 40 of its existing part-time workforce put on full-time, permanent
Rail-user groups today warned that slapping fines on train company Arriva for cancelled services could make things worse for commuters. And the Wharfedale Rail Users group said it was deeply disappointed by Arriva Trains Northern's decision to replace
Police were this afternoon hunting a gang who executed a man in his car. Officers raced to the scene at Haworth Road after reports of a gun blast at about 1.45pm, and found the victim slumped in his car. The body of the Asian man was discovered in the
SIR - My heart leapt when I read your headline, "Have a say on elected mayor", because I thought that Bradford might have had a change of mind about letting us decide whether we wanted a "people's mayor". But no. It was neighbouring Kirklees which is
Pool moved back into the promotion places in Division C after Harden's superb winning run came to an end at table-toppers Bardsey. Harden went into the weekend having won their last eight matches, but, after being bowled out for 164, they could not prevent
Frankie Wainman jnr (Silsden) and Mark Webster (Leeds) both qualified for the meeting final at Coventry, Wainman finishing in fourth place and Webster in tenth. Winner was Paul Phillips (Nuneaton), a career first final for him in his first full season
Queensbury and Clayton both lost their opening Pennine League Premiership games in nail-biting finales. Elland took an early lead with two penalties at Hill Top before Queensbury hit back hard with tries from hooker Luke Cooper, wingman Darren Brown and
It's remarkable how well Lord Rogers of Riverside and economist Anne Power have grasped the issues facing this city in their report on the way ahead for the regeneration of Bradford. We don't agree with everything they recommend. We've already expressed
Bradford building company Totty has won the contract to construct the new Hellaby Police Sta-tion in Rotherham. South Yorkshire Chief Constable Mike Hedges got the major building project under way at the formal launch of the contract. He started to demolish
The boss of a designer clothing store has threatened to quit the city after his shop was ram-raided for the fifth time in three years. Thieves drove a stolen Ford Escort through the windows of designer store V2, on North Parade in Bradford, causing damage
All eyes will be on England skipper David Beckham and his squad tonight when they take on Albania at St James's Park. But whereas commentators and football fans will be watching Beckham's skills on the Newcastle pitch, Bradford postman Matthew Middleton
A depressed young man drowned after tying a bag full of stones to his back and stepping into a moorland reservoir, an inquest heard. The body of 23-year-old Benjamin Hanson was found at Panorama Reservoir on Ilkley Moor last month by a man out walking
The badly decomposed body of a middle aged man was found at Undercliffe Cemetery in Bradford yesterday. A passer-by made the discovery just after 3.30pm in an open area near woodland at the cemetery's Airedale Crescent side. A police spokesman said: "
A teenager who needed daily treatment since birth for a medical condition died suddenly after she developed a severe viral infection, an inquest was told. Sueleen Adele Hansom, 19, was diagnosed with a rare adrenal problem which meant she had to take
Bosses at building firm Bovis - which is heading the £171m school rebuilding programme - today apologised to parents as seven schools were forced to delay the start of term. Glitches with the massive scheme - which involved an army of 900 workmen at 41
Bradford police have scored their first victory in the battle against vice after a massage parlour owner admitted keeping a brothel in the city centre. Brendan Hough, 51, who ran the Charisma massage and sauna parlour in North Parade, pleaded guilty to
