Cleckheaton 22 West Park St Helens 12 In a game when at times the referee appeared to lose control, Alex Green kicked Cleckheaton to victory with five penalty conversions out of five. On a wet and muddy pitch this game was always going to be a battle
Leeds Corinthians 0 Bradford Salem 8 This victory against their fellow Yorkshire Division Three opponents not only put Bradford Salem into the last 32 of the Powergen Junior Vase, it also ensured that Leeds Corinthians failed to score in a match for what
Harrogate Railway Athletic 2 Thackley 2 Thackley issued a reality check to The Railwaymen ahead of Sunday's FA Cup second round home tie with Nationwide Division Two outfit Bristol City by holding the knock-out specialists to a draw. In the last game
Bradford Park Avenue 0 Altrincham 1 The curse of the Cup struck again. Avenue were dumped out of the FA Trophy on a miserable afternoon at Horsfall Stadium by a team languishing half-way down the UniBond table. The 4-0 thumping of Whitby Town in the FA
Millwall 1, Bradford City 0: Referees watch out. Nicky Law is on the warpath again. The City boss left the New Den spitting feathers at Paul Danson's match-turning decision to send off Wayne Jacobs. Jacobs became the fourth Bantam this season to see red
Boaz Myhill faces the axe after only two games following the rush of blood that sent City slipping to a sixth straight loss at Millwall. The England under-20 keeper (pictured), who let in five on his debut against Sheffield United, was caught in no man's
The dilemma facing Mrs Maxine Hayman over insurance cover for her home at Fairweather Green is yet another indictment of our lawless times. The scale of the hike in her insurance premium, from £180 to £650, is alarming - even more so as the insurance
A pioneering 'green' project in Heckmondwike gave a group of Lebanese industrialists recycling inspiration. Ponderosa Recycling Scheme, which employs a number of people with learning difficulties and special needs, was visited by 11 members of the Association
Motorists in Brighouse will be measured in 'smiles per hour' with the introduction of an unusual speed camera. Drivers will be warned that they are going too fast - or praised for keeping to the limit - when the camera monitors their speed and flashes
Tethered horses in Bradford need greater legal protection from injury and death, the RSPCA warned today. According to a new report, almost 2,000 people in Yorkshire reported the ill-treatment of tethered horses last year. Now the RSPCA has launched a
A Bradford soldier is returning to her hometown in a drive to promote Army careers to young people. Since joining the Army at 17, Lance Corporal Sarah Prince, 22, has been through extensive training in York, Kosovo and Oman. Taking leave from her current
The daughter of a West Bowling soldier honoured for his bravery in the First World War today welcomed the idea of a national memorial to commemorate war heroes. An appeal has been set up to raise £250,000 for a memorial at Westminster Abbey in London
Children at five West York-shire schools will learn about the process of making a book after community publisher Primary Colours was awarded funding from Yorkshire Arts. The schools will be selected from Bradford, Kirklees and Calderdale. Primary Colours
The life of a sculptor whose work welcomes visitors to the University of Bradford has been documented in a new book. Josefina de Vasconcellos, now 98, made a sculpture of a man and woman embracing across barbed wire, which has attracted many admirers
Bradford's singing bus shelters won praise after being pipped to a top award. Six shelters on the Manchester Road guided bus route were shortlisted to win a category in the Eurocities competition, which focused on regeneration, social cohesion, innovation
Homeless people from Bradford were given haircuts, makeovers, new clothes and food by an army of volunteers yesterday. Doctors, dentists and chiropodists also gave up their time to provide health checks to people in need at the VIP Sunday event at the
Garden worms will be the bedrock of a new venture in Keighley. A dormant allotment is being transformed into a worm farm where thousands of the creatures will turn cardboard into compost. The recycling plant is the brainchild of young volunteers at Keighley's
A review is set to take place to make sure patients living in Bradford are receiving the best possible services from local NHS organisations. All four primary care trusts in the district are being investigated by the Commission for Health Improvement
Almost twice as many people aged over 65 in Kirklees are now receiving services which enable them to live independently at home compared to three years ago, according to the Council. Councillor Sylvia Smithson, the Council's Cabinet member responsible
The Duke of York was giving the royal seal of approval to a Bradford packaging firm today. He started his day-long visit congratulating staff at Wrapid Packaging Systems Ltd for gaining the Queen's Award for Enterprise, International Trade. The company
Champagne corks were popping as Bradford's Kimberley Walsh sang her way to stardom and a place in the Popstars: The Rivals girl band. The 21-year-old from Allerton showed no sign of nerves as, watched by a TV audience of millions, she performed the Diana
SIR - Commercial companies would be a good thing for Bradford theatres. The Alhambra, like other theatres in the UK, should be run on a commercial basis. The Council should be very careful in considering the options that are being presented to members
Newbury 23 Wharfedale 13 A gritty, and at times inspired, defensive performance kept Wharfedale in with a shout in this fiercely contested match until an injury-time try by Newbury lock Chris Hart finally settled the issue. Twelve points in arrears after
Liversedge slumped to their heaviest defeat of the season after having midfielder Danny Cooper sent off after just 16 minutes of their Northern Counties East Premier Division clash at Sheffield. The home side capitalised and ran in half a dozen goals
Radcliffe Borough 2 Guiseley 1 Guiseley handed a debut to new signing Alan Bailey but though the forward won a penalty, his new side still failed to improve their lowly placing in the UniBond Division One. High-flying Radcliffe Borough landed all three
Eccleshill United 4 Glasshoughton Welfare 1 On a miserably wet autumn afternoon there was nothing but joy for Eccleshill United as two-goal Scott Price starred in a fine win over Glasshoughton Welfare. The players trudged off at the final whistle like
Former Yorkshire and England captain, Brian Close, who lives at Baildon, today renewed his attack on the whole England set-up after Australia had retained the Ashes by going 3-0 up in the one-sided series. Close, who led England seven times without conceding
Brian Noble was named BBC North coach of the year last night. The Bulls top man was finally rewarded for a succesful season with Bradford in which he took the team to a world club championship and a second successive Grand Final. The Bulls also picked
In 1859, slavery abolitionist John Brown was hanged in Charleston, America. In 1914, the effects of a Picric explosion in Heckmondwike were felt in Bradford. In 1928, Britain's first public telephone boxes appeared in London From the Telegraph & Argus
A Bradford business has signed a £3.5 million deal to refurbish the Yorkshire Building Society's branches. Castles Shopfitters, based on Bowland Street, specialises in shop and bank fitting and has secured the design and build contract for the building
Totty Construction Group is to create a mixture of modern new homes and offices on the banks of a canal in historic Chester. The Bradford construction and development group has won an £11.5 million design-and-build contract to create the mixed use development
A fire alarm was set off by a woman cooking in Richmond House, Ferncliffe Road, at 12.24pm yesterday. Bingley firefighters went to the incident which did not cause any damage.
A Shipley firm of architects is playing a major part in Arsenal's dream of a new home - and helping the environment along the way. The Premiership's leading team currently plays at Highbury in North London, but the club plans to move to a new site around
A community association was today celebrating the promise of an extension which will double its building space. Wrose Community Association put in a bid for the old Oakdale School building in Child's Lane but a housing developer offered Bradford Council
Bradford Council has been shortlisted for beacon status by the Government for its efforts to promote harmony between communities. It is one of ten authorities being considered. Councillor Margaret Eaton, Bradford Council leader and chairman of Bradford
A mobile youth centre, which has helped to drive down anti-social behaviour in Queensbury, is to be put to work in a troubled area in Bradford. The success of the vandal-proof Portable on Demand (POD) youth centre has raised Bankfoot residents' hopes
Bradford City players are urging people to sign up to a Christmas fundraiser for the city's Marie Curie Hospice. The Christmas poster campaign encourages people to send their season's greetings to work colleagues by signing a poster and giving a donation
A man who takes 'Ripper' walks around East London and claims to be related to Robin Hood is to star in a short film about the hero's Yorkshire connections. John Pope de Locksley will be in the area from December 6 to 8 to take part in the project. One
The Mayor of Kirklees, Coun-cillor Margaret Bates, is to visit Eva Todd who celebrates her 100th birthday on Thurs-day. Mrs Todd is a resident at Claremount House in Heck-mondwike. At 10.30am on December 15, Mrs Bates will read the lesson at the community
An Allerton teenager was so moved by the plight of a brave cancer sufferer she set to work raising thousands of pounds. The appeal for brave Robyn Brooks, who has neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer, was featured in the Telegraph & Argus. And when
Parents and grandparents are needed by Home-Start Brad-ford North to support families going through difficult times. Anyone who can spare a few hours each week to offer friendly support to a family is being urged to get in touch. A Home-Start volunteer
Residents near a Bradford school say they are at their wits' end following a spate of vandalism in their gardens. Neighbours of Hanson School have reported vandalism on garden walls and furniture, and abuse from pupils at lunchtime and after school. And
Heaton residents staged a peaceful protest yesterday over plans to install a mobile phone mast in a church tower. Around 25 people gathered outside St Barnabas Church to coincide with the 10am service. Mobile phone company Hutchinson 3G plan to install
The sister of a Bradford journalist held on suspicion of anti-state activity in Bangla-desh today appealed for her safe return. Adeeba Malik said she wanted to see her sister Zaiba Naz Malik, who works for Channel 4, back in Britain for the Muslim festival
A fresh secrecy row broke out in Bradford Council today as it emerged new proposals by social services for the care of old people were discussed at a private meeting before being made public. The Telegraph & Argus revealed on Friday that issues considered
New battle lines were drawn in the firefighters' dispute today after mechanics refused to work on Bradford engines destined to be used by the army during future strike action. Five fire engines - stored at West Yorkshire Fire Service's HQ at Birkenshaw
