After completing an unbeaten 2003/04 season, Stanley Road came down to earth with a bump on their return to the Premier. Due to players not being available, Road were down to ten men from the kick-off against champions Fairweather Green - and down to
Former England star Ian Austin cracked a wonderful unbeaten 163 for Cleckheaton on Sunday, but still ended up on the losing side as Pudsey Congs marched on towards another Bradford League Division One title. Austin hit 17 fours and five sixes as Cleckheaton
Iestyn Harris was just one of a number of glum players at Bulls training yesterday when the team were put through a marathon video analysis of their 40-12 humiliation at Leeds. The pain of the defeat was etched all over the players' faces when they emerged
Jamie Lawrence will not keep City hanging on for an answer. Lawrence plans to hold more talks with Colin Todd this week and is also wanted by Wigan and Brentford. He hopes to be fixed up within the next fortnight. The former Bantams midfielder, who has
One of the common complaints of patients at hard-pressed GP practices is the difficulty in getting an appointment, particularly at short notice. Some people claim they have had to wait many days. Others present themselves at hospital A&E units rather
A Spanish bank today insisted it had no plans to withdraw from the race to take over Abbey National as fears grew about the impact on Bradford workers. Santander Central Hispano (SCH) said its £8.2 billion bid for Abbey would go ahead even if the matter
Mums have joined forces with the Bradford diocese to raise £30,000 for refugees in Sudan's war-torn Darfur. The Mothers' Union was galvanised after the Archdeacon of Craven, the Venerable Malcolm Grundy, was asked for help by an aid worker. Hundreds of
Students have been stripping off in the centre of Bradford to take a shower in the rain. Crowds of shoppers sheltered under umbrellas as the young people braved downpours to take part in a solar experiment under Bradford's grey skies. The group, from
A campaign has started to try to save Eccleshill Post Office from closure. Ward councillors are aiming to organise a public meeting to drum up opposition to the plan. Jaz Athwal, the owner of the Spar shop opposite the post office in Stony Lane, said
A bid by Yorkshire Water to relax controls on treated sewage discharged into the River Aire has been met with anger by environmentalists. The campaigners claim the move - which the company says is precautionary - could set back years of environmental
England captain Michael Vaughan has been awarded a benefit season next year by Yorkshire and it should net him a record amount of cash for a White Rose player. News of Vaughan's benefit was confirmed today by Yorkshire's director of operations Geoff Cope
Droylsden 3 Bradford Park Avenue 3 Avenue earned their second point of the season at Droylsden but last night's match hinged on a contentious penalty award with the home side, coached by former Horsfall boss Trevor Storton, 3-1 down. His replacement at
The cyclist who came fifth in the Tour de France will be charging through West Yorkshire next week. Portuguese rider Jose Azevedo is one of three from Lance Armstrong's victorious team who will be taking part in the Tour of Britain. The stage race has
The house price boom in Bingley could be coming to an end as the rise in interest rates starts to slow the housing market. The price of property in the town has been the fastest growing in Yorkshire over the past year with prices having risen by 52 per
A community will finally get a CCTV camera more than a year after starting a campaign for one. After a series of delays residents of Frizinghall will get a mobile camera to help crack down on drug dealing anti-social behaviour which is making some people's
Health chiefs have reassured people in Bradford that plans for a new £230 million children's and maternity hospital in Leeds could enhance rather than harm the district's services. The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust was last month given the green
A teenager who was involved in starting fires inside his former school has been locked up for 21 months. Bradford Crown Court heard how more than £183,000 of damage was caused to Buttershaw High School last October after a group of young men broke in
Bradford pop star Gareth Gates is to miss performing in front of his home town fans this year because he will be telling a conference how he beat his stammer. It was hoped Gareth, right, could perform at the Myrtle Park showpiece in Bingley on Sunday,
Thousands of patients in Bradford who miss doctors' appointments are helping cost the Health Service at least £162 million a year, research revealed today. Almost nine million GP sessions are missed annually in the UK with just under four million practice
Bradford West Conservative Association has been suspended by Tory Central Office to enable a probe to be carried out into allegations which are understood to involve claims of racism. The Conservative Party's main board has drafted in an independent official
Home demolished - but for what? SIR - Your report (August 17) about the appalling state of the "Greenway" in Undercliffe and the residents' efforts to reclaim it from the yobs serves to remind one of what pie-in-the-sky schemes, planners and consultants
