aWhetley Lane WMC made it two wins from their opening three games with a 4-3 success over Premier Division newcomers Wyke Wanderers. Wyke benefited from an excellent advantage played by the referee to score after only 50 seconds when Adam Beckwith's cross
A late strike from substitute Daryl Leach against local rivals Campion saved Wibsey's blushes and preserved their unbeaten start to their Mumtaz Premier Division season. A first-half goal from Tariq Hussain had given Campion the upper hand until Wibsey
Bradford University student Richard Lubomski has won a top award for a website he designed during his summer break. Under the Shell Technology Enterprise Programme, students spend eight weeks during the summer working on business development projects
Schools in Bradford have welcomed a new guide to healthy lifestyles which will be a major part of the timetable. The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) has for the first time published a Healthy Living Blueprint for schools across the country.
More than a thousand signatures have been added to a petition opposing the proposed closure of a city post office. Residents of Thorpe Edge have expressed anger about the plans and are campaigning to keep it open. The plan to close the office in Idlethorp
A new scheme to bring the public into closer contact with the police has been launched. The new initiative is aiming to improve the way officers deal with anti-social behaviour in Bingley, Shipley, Keighley and Ilkley areas. There will be regular meetings
Bradford Council has pledged to continue its war on litter louts - despite being left out of pocket after pursuing one offender through the courts. Gary Thompson was fined £50 by Bingley magistrates yesterday after refusing to pay the same amount as a
Bradford & Bingley players were in celebratory mood but worn out after beating arch-rivals Keighley on Sunday and capturing the Second Division championship. "It has been a tense season," admitted skipper Carl Sharp. Bingley missed out on promotion
Ben Muirhead is backing City to shrug off their latest home setback. The Bantams responded to losing to Chesterfield with a gutsy victory at Hull. And Muirhead is confident they can do it again after another Valley Parade defeat against Port Vale. Muirhead
The rugby league world has been spared the sight of Joe Vagana streaking naked around a pitch for at least another year. The 'naked run' for players who do not score a try in the regular season is a long-standing tradition at the Bulls, one which Vagana
By fining litter-dropper Gary Thompson only the £50 demanded by the fixed-penalty he refused to pay, Bingley magistrates have allowed him to make a mockery of the Council's 'zero tolerance' policy. Thompson, caught by enforcement officers working undercover
Bradford's home-grown radio station is to move into brand new studios as its makes way for the city's Broadway development. Bradford Community Broadcasting is hoping to swap its Forster Square studios for a new home in an old Kwik Save store. Station
Only two of the five units in the new £8 million Centenary Square development have so far been let - with time running out before the first bar opens. But today developers said hopes were high the whole of the controversial complex will be occupied as
A Bradford man who lost a lifetime's collection of football memorabilia in a fire today hit out at the man who admitted responsibility. Twenty years ago, Norwich City's assistant secretary Jon Pollard watched the club's Carrow Road ground go up in flames
The co-ordinator of Bradford Toy Library is urging the district's charities and community projects to apply for a share of thousands of pounds of special grants. Emma Fawcett wants others to follow her lead after seeing how her successful application
A group aiming to represent the district's 140,000 pensioners has been called "toothless" before it has even had its first meeting. The claim comes from Audrey Raistrick, right, secretary of the Forum Focused on Pensioner Power, who says BOPA - the Bradford
Caring staff are shedding pounds to help a teenager suffering from a rare medical condition. Fourteen-year-old Samantha Balahura, of Wibsey, was recently diagnosed with primary pulmonary hypertension, a rare lung condition that makes the heart work a
Bradford is proving that pupils' exam grades go up when business steps in to help failing local education authorities. That is the message from the Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry, Digby Jones, who hailed the work of private
Five members of the family of murdered teenager Shafilea Ahmed have been arrested on suspicion of lying to the police. Detectives investigating the death of 17-year-old Shafilea, who was born in Girlington, made the arrests in raids early today. They
We're destroying our best buildings SIR - There has been a large amount of column space devoted recently to the preservation of buildings which managed to escape the 1960s cull. We are custodians of our past and do not have the ethical right to treat
