Ant Botha today completed his century while featuring with Tom Lungley in a record Derbyshire eighth-wicket stand which had yesterday forced Yorkshire to put back on ice the champagne that was all set to toast their promotion. And doubts began to creep
With nine players making their debuts against a team that are not only a division higher but had won the event two seasons ago, it quickly became obvious that Baildon were not going to win this Powergen Junior Vase first-round tie. "We played them in
Woodlands may have clinched an unexpected first SDS Bradford League championship on Saturday, but confess that they still look up to the team they have deposed. "I am delighted for our players and I am delighted for our club," said Woodlands' secretary
A long-established Bradford company is struggling to recruit skilled engineering staff despite winning a deal to partner one of the world's biggest valve makers. Bentham & Holroyd, founded 175 years ago, has beaten off stiff national competition to
The charity behind a £1m plan to transform a defunct railway line into a leisure trail is fighting calls for it to pay for extra security to stop trespassers. Great Northern Trail organisers say they have no money left to pay for fencing to stop people
Two Bradford health trusts have been shortlisted for a top national award for their services to patients. North Bradford and Bradford South and West Primary Care Trusts have been selected for the Primary Care Organisation of the Year category of the award
A new computer game aimed at young people in Bradford is being launched today in a bid to tackle knife crime. The Game Over for Knives programme is being launched by Yorkshire and Humber Crimestoppers and will target 13 to 16-year-olds. This year there
People who complain about a neighbour's hedge being too high could be charged a £320 administration fee. Tough new powers mean Bradford Council can now trim down nuisance hedges and bill the homeowner. But a decision to allow the authority to charge the
Reporting that fuels anxiety SIR - I feel I must comment on some rather irresponsible reporting (T&A, September 14) by Dan Webber about filling stations in the Bradford area running out of petrol because of "panic buying." No wonder there is panic
New signing Simon Owen produced a stunning display as Wyke bagged a 13-try haul against a depleted Sheffield Hillsborough Hawks outfit in Division Four at Towngate. The black and whites were quickly out of the blocks when prop James Barraclough, lurking
Bradford Park Avenue created enough chances to win three games but had to be content with a point against Paul Futcher's Ashton United. It was a case of getting to know you again for Gary Brook's squad after the manager brought in two new players who
Pudsey Congs seem to have largely taken their last-day failure in the SDS Bradford League on the chin. All they had to do to create history, and overtake Wind-hill's five successive titles, was defeat Baildon at Jenny Lane. The trophy was ready and waiting
For 65 minutes the Bulls were mediocre - and that's being generous. Then, much like last week against Huddersfield, somebody flicked a switch. A team that had looked muddled, disinterested and bereft of a cutting edge somehow contrived to run in five
City and Yeovil both managed draws on the same weekend five years ago. The Bantams held Arsenal in the Premiership - and the Glovers drew goalless at Stevenage in the Conference. And while we're at it, Leeds were in the Champions' League, Kevin Keegan
Colin Todd has declared war on the Valley Parade boo boys. The City boss is angry with the fans who dished out stick during Saturday's 1-1 draw with Yeovil. A small section of the crowd jeered the team at half-time and again after the final whistle, despite
Brian Noble hailed his team's achievement in winning eight straight matches to earn home advantage for the first two rounds of the play-offs, but the Bulls needed a furious late rally to see off the injury-ravaged Saints on Saturday night. "I think we
It is alarming that so far this year there have already been 118 arrests in Bradford for the possession of offensive weapons, the vast majority of which were knives. Far too many people, and particularly young people, are carrying these dangerous items
Wm Morrison hit the headlines again for all the wrong reasons last week as the boardroom rift which appeared to have been resolved reared its head again, while at the same time staff at the company's distribution centres threatened to strike. The troubles
At Keighley weavers Ezra T Lee, it's not only the looms which are running flat out. The firm's 63-year-old boss and founder is also planning something of a sprint across the Big Apple. Despite having had major heart surgery, Tony Lee is gearing up to
A crash survivor who proved doctors wrong by learning to walk again has set herself a new challenge after raising thousands of pounds for charities on a sponsored walk. Now Georgie Hurst from Eldwick is making plans for another big day - her brother's
A man whose wife died from Alzheimer's disease is calling on others to join a campaign to make vital drugs available to dementia sufferers. The Government's drug rationing body the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) is due to make a recommendation
Staff at an under-threat deaf school have welcomed plans for it to be replaced with two purpose-built specialist centres of excellence. Thorn Park School for the Deaf in Heaton, Bradford, will move a step closer to shutting down next week as councillors
A film set and partly shot in Bradford has broken box office records at a cinema which features in the movie. The Jealous God, based on an autobiographical novel by Bingley author John Braine who wrote Room at the Top, stars Cutting It actor Jason Merrells
Bradford's Centenary Square will be dominated by a 60ft-high spherical projection screen next month. The massive screen is being installed for two days as part of a year-long Illuminate Festival, which will launch in the city and run across Yorkshire.
Known car thieves have had letters hand-delivered to them by police warning them new technology is now being used to catch them red-handed. Special 'capture cars' which can be locked and immobilised by remote control are being deployed in Bradford from
Two school friends of tragic teenager Aimee Wellock took part in the Great North Run at the weekend to raise funds for her memorial fund. Charlotte Tinsley, 14, and 15 year-old Fran Oliver ran the three-and-a-half mile race, wearing T-shirts emblazoned
