A rapid opening stand of 62 in only eight overs between Matthew Wood and Stephen Fleming gave bottom club Yorkshire Phoenix early hope that they could pull off a shock win against First Division table-toppers Gloucestershire Gladiators at Cheltenham yesterday
Bradford City 0, Barnsley 0: Although no stretchers were in evidence at Oakwell on Saturday, it was still a tough day for the Bantams medical staff. Having seen players carried off in far too many of his other pre-season workouts, Nicky Law was desperate
Sheffield United have joined Derby in the chase for Ashley Ward. The Blades are in the market for a striker and have switched their attention to Ward after missing out on Shaun Goater from Manchester City. Boss Neil Warnock confirmed: "We have enquired
The new community members who have joined the board of REGEN 2000 have, along with their colleagues, a vital task ahead of them. Theirs is the responsibility for spending the millions of pounds from both the public and private sectors which has been made
In 1940, Italy invaded British Somaliland. In 1955, Samuel Becket's play "Waiting for Godot" was first performed in London to a mixed response. In 1990, Iraq set up a puppet government in Kuwait. From the Telegraph & Argus of August 4th, 1978... A
A pioneering project to help Bradford firms clean up their act is helping to change attitudes among business chiefs, it was claimed today. The Euro-Asian Resource Group has launched a series of seminars to help educate 200 small and medium-sized Asian
A new start-up company is hoping to make an impact in the mobile phone business while helping find work for young unemployed people in Bradford. Impact Mobile Technology, (IMT) which advises firms on how they can cut their mobile phone costs, has set-up
The chairman designate of Yorkshire Forward today said he wanted the regeneration agency to act as a catalyst for private investment in Bradford. Terry Hodgkinson, who will take over the top job in December, said he had faith in the city's ability to
A woman may refuse to quit her home to make way for a multi-million pound housing development if she is not allowed to "swap" to another property. The row has broken out as the trust which has taken over Bradford's 26,000 former council houses negotiates
Traffic-dodgers are causing havoc and putting lives at risk by taking short cuts through a residential area in Wibsey, it is claimed. As traffic queues at peak times grow longer, more drivers are being tempted to rat-run through narrow streets. But by-passing
Residents are calling for a derelict school that has been set on fire and vandalised to be demolished. The former Nab Wood Middle School building in New Close Road, which has been empty for more than two years, was set alight twice in November last year
A young Bradford actress has landed a starring role in a new television drama - but it examines such a serious subject that she won't be allowed to watch it. Ten-year-old Helena Blair, pictured, of Denholme, was chosen to play a young girl who witnessed
Crowds gathered at the scene of a tense, five-hour stand-off after a suspected thief climbed onto the roof of a block of flats. Trained police negotiators were called to the scene in Canal Road, Shipley, as paramedics and firefighters remained on standby
A man was today being quizzed by police in connection with a country lane car smash which left a man and woman dead. The 30-year-old fled a Renault Scenic, pictured, which went out of control on Tong Lane, Tong, Bradford, at about 1.30am yesterday. Emergency
Ilkley Lawn Tennis and Squash Club are to hold a post mortem into why entrants were down by over a quarter for this year's tournament. Last year the tournament attracted 380 entrants, but this year the figure was only 270. A leading Yorkshire-based tennis
Keighley are going to find it very hard now to haul themselves back into a promotion place in Specialist Ducting Supplies Bradford League Division Two. After their five-wicket defeat at fellow chasers Bankfoot on Saturday, they are 12 points adrift of
Come the end of the Specialist Ducting Supplies Bradford League centenary season, Spen Victoria's pursuit of second place could well have played a key part in helping Pudsey Congs retain their Division One title. While Congs were making a dramatic recovery
Keighley Cougars 18, Hunslet Hawks 35: The Cougars are certainly in a slump at the moment. This was their third defeat in the last four games and for the first time this season they have been knocked off the top of National League Two. Certainly they
Ilkley could have an additional tennis tournament next year - a $25,000 Association of Tennis Professionals' Challenger the week after Wimbledon. That slot was taken by Bristol this year, but Bristol Lawn Tennis Club at Redland Green are digging up their
Jamie Peacock led the Bulls to victory over Huddersfield as stand-in skipper and admitted he would love the job full-time. The Great Britain forward took the armband in the place of rested Jimmy Lowes, himself the deputy for the injured Robbie Paul, and
Putting safety first has netted a top business award for Bingley-based driver supply agency, Driver Hire Nationwide. The company, which provides truck, van and car drivers through its national network to businesses across the UK, beat courier groups and
Companies on a Bradford business park were today applauded for backing a £250,000 project to cut pollution in the area. The Environment Agency said the effort by businesses on the Euroway Industrial Estate had led to major environmental benefits, particularly
IIn 1977, former teacher David Loxton was trawling the streets of London flogging paper lanterns from the boot of his Citroen Dyane. Plenty has changed in the ensuing 25 years, but nothing has diminished David's passion for business. Walking proudly around
A Bradford computer supplies firm today announced plans for a fresh recruitment drive after seeing its turnover grow to almost £7 million in just three years. OfficeXpress, based on the Euroway Industrial Estate, is looking to expand its sales staff of
A prestigious new office development is set to open in the heart of Bradford. Metrochange House, the former offices of the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority off Hall Ings, is undergoing a £1.2 million transformation. Once completed, the building
Bradford firms could be perfectly placed to take advantage of opportunities arising from the rebuilding of Iraq, it was claimed today. The Bradford Chamber of Commerce has set up a register of businesses interested in taking on work in the shattered country
'Ello 'ello 'ello. What's going on here then? Soap stars from the Bill and Emmerdale took to the crease for a celebrity cricket special in Bingley yesterday. Both teams were keyed up for the clash after it was cancelled because of flooding last year.
Sir Titus Salt and his village will be the focus of a conference being organised as part of Saltaire Festival. The event, on September 20, will look at the achievements of the Salts Mill owner and examine the origins of the model industrial village. The
A retired teacher who has Multiple Sclerosis is calling on the bosses of a centre for the disabled to reverse their decision to scrap her counselling service. Keighley Disabled People's Council has asked a mother-of-four - wheelchair-bound Joyce Hollings
Families were celebrating a "victory for common sense" today after Bradford Council scrapped a plan to put a new cycle route through a front garden. Christine and Adrian Naylor stumbled across plans which showed a route passing through the garden of their
New community members voted on to a regeneration board by thousands of people now face the challenge of bringing vast improvements to one of Britain's most needy areas. And the five people who have been elected to the REGEN 2000 board will be straight
When motorcycle fan Trevor Wright decided to return to the country where he acted as an aid worker for two years, he wanted to turn it into a challenge. Forget flying the 1,500 or so miles from Bradford to Romania. Trevor, 50, is making the journey on
SIR - Not a day seems to go by when the rising tide of crimes committed by Pakistani youth does not make the news. Drug-dealing, rioting, shootings, murders and beatings seem to have become the norm for this alienated and out-of-control sector of society
