Andy Myers insists there is no room for sob stories as City try to pick up the pieces following Jim Jefferies' sudden exit. The Bantams play their second game under Steve Smith's temporary command tomorrow, hoping to halt a run of three defeats on the
Lee Makel has become the first casualty of Jim Jefferies' sudden departure from City. The former Hearts midfielder is back in Scotland after his short-term deal expired. Livingston have already made an inquiry about taking him on for the rest of the season
Skipton Building Society is facing 2002 with confidence after adding another £4.5 million arm to its group. The firm's recent deal to secure majority shares in Industrial Equipment Finance Limited (IEF) has taken its total number of subsidiaries up to
Psychiatric patients facing trips to London for treatment are to benefit from a new hospital in Bradford. Work on the £3 million, three-ward Cygnet Hospital at Wyke - Blankney Grange in Huddersfield Road - began 18 months ago and the state-of-the-art
A long-running row over who should pay for the restoration of a controversial landfill site is set to be decided in court. The Environment Agency today said it would ask the High Court who was responsible for cleaning up the Manywells site in Cullingworth
A grandmother battling to raise enough money to buy a specially adapted car for her seriously ill grandson has vowed to hit the target in the new year. Jean Osborne is just £4,000 short of reaching the £30,000 needed to buy the car to transport six-year-old
Sikh worshippers were subjected to a torrent of abuse from a gang of Asian thugs during a religious ceremony in a Bradford temple. Now officials at the Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara Sikh temple off Leeds Road are calling on community leaders to prevent a
The bodies of a former Haworth man and his wife are to be exhumed in South Africa in a bid to solve a murder mystery. The couple, who were found dead earlier this year, were thought to have been murdered by thieves. But police now suspect that Robert
Gales battered Bradford today, causing part of a building to collapse and leaving debris scattered across a busy road. Police were called to Canal Road by motorists making their way into work early today, to report debris and a corrugated roof on the
A man has been ordered to pay compensation to a security guard after she was injured in court. Dennis Hamilton, 34, admitted resisting Group 4 security guard Margaret Small when he appeared before Leeds magistrates yesterday. Hamilton, of Oakroyd Terrace
The widow of a decorated war hero today made a tearful plea for the return of his cherished medals stolen by burglars. Irene McMahon, pictured, branded the raiders who ransacked her Bradford home as 'scum' and added: "My Harry was a good and brave man
WHARFEDALE will spend tomorrow checking on injuries and trying to get rid of a few festive cobwebs with a full training session at The Avenue, underfoot conditions permitting, (writes Tony Simpson). Neither of the club's two senior sides are scheduled
It's as you were last Saturday for the majority of clubs in the Northern Division tomorrow. Matches that were postponed last weekend have been re-arranged for this weekend - the next available non-league or cup date as per the competition rules. However
Kangaroos Test hooker Danny Buderus has said that Newcastle Knights will need to be at their very best to halt the Bradford Bulls in the World Club Challenge on Friday, February 1. The versatile Australian, who turns 24 just five days after the eagerly-awaited
Bradford Park Avenue face another tough battle in the UniBond Premier Division tomorrow as they head to the north west to take on fourth placed Barrow. Avenue lost 3-0 at runaway leaders Burton Albion on Boxing Day but boss Trevor Storton knows it has
Tickets for the World Club Challenge will go on sale on Thursday, January 3 - the day after the Odsal ticket office re-opens following their Christmas and New Year break. Prices for the clash between Bradford Bulls and Telstra NRL champions the Newcastle
Robert Molenaar today admitted City's players let down Jim Jefferies because of their "embarrassing" position in the bottom eight. The big Dutchman delivered a damning verdict as the Bantams geared up for tomorrow's home game with Crystal Palace in 17th
The long and troubled saga of the Manywells landfill site at Cullingworth is far from over, it seems. With the licence-holder, Hillridge, and its parent company Wastepoint going into liquidation, the story of this controversial site enters a new chapter
In 1734, Robert 'Rob Roy' Macgregor was born. In 1908, a massive earthquake destroyed the town of Messina in Italy. In 1918, Lloyd George's Coalition Party won the General Election. From the Telegraph & Argus of December 28th, 1976... The big cash
A Haworth man has won first prize in Bradford chemical firm Ciba's national Student of the Year competition. Tony Moran, 23, picked up the Water & Paper Treatment UK award for achieving Grade As in his final year BSc examinations. Managing director
So many people are affected by cancer in some way - in West Yorkshire alone there are more than 10,600 new cases each year, and more than 20 per cent of patients come from the Bradford district. By raising £1 million for cancer research in Bradford, The
Bradford Council today called on householders to think green in the run-up to the New Year. With 90 million Christmas cards adorning homes in the county, 540,000 Christmas trees twinkling, and 380 tonnes of foil and eight sq km of wrapping paper now discarded
Two little bundles of joy brought surprising early Christmas cheer to one farming couple. While checking his animals, Neil Bland, 25, heard unexpected bleating - and found that one of his pedigree Blandborough sheep had given birth. Curled up under their
Ten years ago, Bradford-born actor James Thornton took his first tentative steps on to the stage as he made his acting debut as the Artful Dodger in Great Horton Amateur Dramatic Society's production of Oliver! at the Alhambra. Tonight, 26-year-old James
WHILE thoughts at Skipton RFC tomorrow will, by the very nature of the celebration, be directed towards the memory of Harry Crabtree, the passing of another stalwart of immense standing within the club will also be mourned when club members meet. Jim
SKIPTON have an unscheduled Yorkshire Two league game tomorrow to decorate their club-house extension celebrations when they entertain Huddersfield YMCA in the match postponed last weekend because of frost. Victory in the Powergen Junior Cup, valuable
THE last Saturday of the Craven & District Football League season could see big steps taken to shape the outcome of the title race in the Silentnight Premier Division. Current leaders Skipton LMS will visit Grindleton, while Oxenhope Recreation have
SIR - In the early hours of December 18, while my husband and I and our three children slept, our house was broken into. Items taken included a camcorder in a large case that contained a tripod. I can cope with this as they are items that can be replaced
