Silsden clinched the Premier Division title for the second successive season in grand style with striker Dale Hoyle scoring all the goals in their 4-1 home win over Brighouse Town. Hoyle completed his hat-trick before the interval with Shaun Walsh reducing
Whetley Lane Vets run in the FA Umbro Cup ended at the semi-final stage with holders Brunsmere reaching their fourth final after a 2-1 extra-time victory. A goal down to Kenny Clarke, Whetley Lane equalised through dbutant John Francis and thought they
Bradford Park Avenue 1 Marine 1 Despite late chances which could have won the game for both sides, Avenue's home clash with Marine ended in a stalemate last night. Two changes were forced on Avenue with skipper Carl Serrant and Neil Grayston both succumbing
Kevin Sanasy is pleading with Bryan Robson to let him loose for the last lap of City's season. The 19-year-old's first senior goal lifted some of the gloom from Saturday's relegation-clinching home loss to Wimbledon. And Sanasy is hoping that will propel
Tesco today laid down the gauntlet to its newest rival Morrisons by unveiling huge profits of £1.6 billion for the last 12 months, up 17.6 per cent on the previous year. The supermarket giant, the biggest player in the market with 1,981 stores across
A book written by two enthusiasts about the history of Undercliffe Cemetery is to be unveiled by the Lord Mayor of Bradford. It has been written by Colin Clark, a trustee of the Undercliffe Cemetery Charity which looks after the graveyard, and Reuben
A Bradford lad who was thrown out of the cubs and went on to become a bishop is set to return to the school that tamed his bad behaviour. Anglican Bishop Trevor Rhodes, 66, who now lives in Johannesburg in South Africa, is a former pupil of Marshfield
Members of Bradford's Flaherty family - who smashed a world record by becoming the biggest group of siblings to complete the London Marathon - have been celebrating their success at a special homecoming party. The 11 brothers and sisters, aged 45 to 63
Skipper Dean Skillicorn shocked himself and his teammates by taking six for nine off six overs in Windhill's hammering of Manning-ham Mills in Division Two. The former Thackley player, who describes himself as "a partnership-breaker", almost single-handedly
The Bulls will not be implicated in the betting scandal that has rocked rugby league following St Helens fielding a weakened side at Odsal on Easter Monday, says coach Brian Noble. Saints stars Sean Long and Martin Gleeson are already the subject of an
There is bound to be widespread support for the RSPCA campaign, backed by Bradford fireworks campaigner Elizabeth Hellmich, to have loud fireworks banned from private displays. The indiscriminate use of these explosive devices throughout the year, often
Severely disabled children will enjoy state-of-the-art facilities when a new £4 million school opens. It will offer youngsters aged between three and 19 high-quality facilities including specialist classrooms, a hydrotherapy pool and an outdoor wildlife
Residents are out to film criminals who steal valuable stone paving slabs from their street They have a camera focused on gardens in Park Grove, Shipley, after thieves struck twice in a week, stealing Yorkshire Stone from outside their houses. The latest
Campaigners are urging people to send a text to Prime Minister Tony Blair , asking for a ban on loud fireworks. The RSPCA-led campaign has called for everyone who wants loud fireworks banned from private displays because of the distress they cause animals
Cricket umpiring legend Dickie Bird has backed Bradford's bid to become Curry Capital of Britain. He has voted the Nawaab in Manor Row to be part of the team to represent the city in this year's event after dining out in Bradford. "The service was great
Schoolchildren in Bradford would be allowed to vote in elections, under new proposals unveiled yesterday. The Electoral Commission is due to recommend lowering the voting age from 18 to 16. Bosses at the independent elections watchdog will also suggest
A man with Asperger syndrome has been made the subject of an anti-social behaviour order after a court was told he had pestered schoolgirls in Shipley. The order imposed by Bingley magistrates yesterday bans Mark Andrew Smith from three areas of the town
Doubt hung over the multi-million-pound Leeds Supertram project today as the Government said it wanted a "fundamental" review of the plans. The press and public were excluded from an item about the project at a meeting of West Yorkshire Passenger Transport
A woman held hostage by gunmen in Iraq for 24 hours is on her way home today - but will be in the wars with her mum! For when it came to telling her mother of her dramatic ordeal, Jenny Gaiawyn decided it was a case of mum's the word. Jenny was snatched
A teenager who helped raise cash for Bradford's MRI scanner had to travel to Leeds for his own cancer to be diagnosed, it was claimed today. The parents of Liam Duffy, who raised £7,000 for the £1 million scanner appeal, say doctors should have spotted
Don't let drugs blank off reality SIR - Congratulations to the T&A for highlighting the dangers of cannabis addiction, at a time when many believe, wrongly, that the authorities are getting soft on this so-called soft drug. In 20 years of dealing
