Archive
-
Date
'Cleck' keep up pressure
Cleckheaton 20, Redcar 10 - Without a home game since December 8, it was nice for Cleckheaton to get back to Moorend - and especially for their much-awaited North Two East game against third-placed Redcar. With the ground very heavy after overnight rain
-
Date
We do want to go up, says Gregson
Wibsey 17, Burley 0 - On October 13, only points difference prevented Wibsey from being bottom of Yorkshire Division Six. They had lost both their league matches at that stage, but then a run of five victories and a draw propelled them up to second place
-
Date
Cougars cup dream goes up in smoke
The cup victory complete, Cougar Park's away dressing-room filled with the smoke of celebrating Frenchmen. The Bears of Saint Gaudens had just completed a 24-0 mauling of the Cougars and were puffing away on their Camel Lights well before Keighley coach
-
Date
Beware the mind games
Bradford Bulls' assistant coach Karl Harrison reckons Newcastle Knights are playing mind games to put the Bulls off the scent before Friday's World Club Challenge match. Knights coach Michael Hagan said in Leeds at the weekend that his side were under-prepared
-
Date
Time for us all to back culture bid
Bradford's bid to become European Capital of Culture in 2008 moves on from being a vague dream today and begins to take on shape and form. The themes outlined by Capital of Culture director Paul Brookes capture what Bradford is all about now and should
-
Date
On This Day
In 1870, the foundation stone was laid for the new Mechanics' Institute in Bradford. In 1912, the final services were held at Westgate United Methodist Church, Bradford. In 1914, marsh gas explosions occur in Lumb Lane, Bradford. From the Telegraph &
-
Date
'The Best'
A pair of well-established Bradford firms are celebrating after being crowned the 'best in the district'. Ali Baba Carpets and Kashmir Crown Bakeries have both won Consumer Choice Awards after coming top in their fields in a survey of local households
-
Date
Crash and grab pair steal pensioner's car
A pensioner could only watch in horror as car-jackers stole his luxury Lexus car after deliberately crashing into it. The 72-year-old got out of his vehicle to exchange details after being shunted from behind in a minor accident in Gilstead Lane, Bingley
-
Date
Race on to save rare Alice photos for city
Museum chiefs are in a race against time to save rare photos of the 'real' Alice in Wonderland so they can be displayed in Bradford. The photographs taken by author Lewis Carroll of Alice Liddell would be put on display at the National Museum of Photography
-
Date
John likes to let off steam at weekend
John Wright eats, sleeps and breathes railways. To earn a living, he works for Arriva Trains Northern as station supervisor at Huddersfield. And to escape at the weekends, he is Keighley station master at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. John,
-
Date
Sit back.. enjoy the ride
Free tickets to ride and party celebrations will mark a new era of public transport in Bradford. The city will follow Leeds - which has two schemes - Essen in Germany and Adelaide, Australia, with buses running on special tracks down the middle of Manchester
-
Date
Buddy system wins inspectors' praise
Little buddies have helped each other take their first steps at school under a scheme highly praised by a school watchdog. The 'buddy' system at St Anthony's Catholic Primary School in Clayton impressed inspectors from Ofsted who drew up a brilliant report
-
Date
Sob Idol
Gareth Gates stole the hearts of the nation with an emotional performance on hit show Pop Idol - then broke down in tears as his close friend Zoe Birkett was dumped out of the competition. The Bradford teenager's rendition of the Righteous Brothers' Unchained
-
Date
Laid-back Hare has Euro title in sights
James Hare can blitz the welterweight ranks - once he discovers how good he is. In a sport never short of egos, Hare is as laidback and unassuming as they come. The Roberttown fighter goes into action again tonight for the new European Union belt at Barnsley
-
Date
Dynamic duo are saluted
Bradford Park Avenue manager Trevor Storton today paid tribute to the two strikers spearheading a surge up the Unibond League Andy Hayward and Jason Maxwell came together when Storton paid Frickley Athletic £10,000, a record fee for the re-formed Avenue
-
Date
Former Bantams pile on the agony
Former Bradford City stars Stephen Torpey and Peter Beagrie led the demolition of relegation-haunted Halifax Town. The Shaymen remain rooted to the foot of the Third Division after taking a savaging at the hands of promotion-chasing Scunthorpe at Glanford
-
Date
Weather's a dampener for football
Severe wet weather over the weekend meant frustration for non-league footballers. Bradford Park Avenue and Guiseley were denied as the UniBond League competitions reached the knockout stages after qualifying group matches. Avenue should have faced Blyth
-
Date
Play-off ambitions bolstered by Booth
Huddersfield Town 1, QPR 0 - Huddersfield boss Lou Macari is demanding that his rejuvenated Terriers maintain their push for the play-offs. Huddersfield have now lost just once in 15 league games and this victory lifted them above play-off rivals QPR.
-
Date
City are on right side of the Law
Geoffrey Richmond today hailed Nicky Law as a "breath of fresh air" at Bradford City. The Bantams have taken four league points from two games since Law took charge and go into tomorrow's home clash with Preston aiming to push further clear of the First
-
Date
Caisley: 'We'd have Henry back'
The Bulls will take code converter Henry Paul back, but they aren't holding their breath. As revealed in Saturday's Telegraph & Argus, the former Kiwi international is having problems with the coaching at Gloucester and isn't making the progress he
-
Date
Hotel's £3.4m plan creates 30 new jobs
A hotel is doubling in size and modernising its restaurant in a bid to lose its formality. Work has already begun on extending the privately-owned Gomersal Park Hotel in Moor Lane at a cost of £3.4 million and is due to finish with a grand opening in
-
Date
Hope rings out for church appeal
The Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope, pictured, heard the restored bell at St Paul's Church in Manningham ring into action during a visit to Bradford. Dr Hope was in the city yesterday as part of the 175th Anniversary Celebration of St Paul's Church
-
Date
Chill-out room for sharing problems
Troubled teenagers have been given a chill-out room to vent their frustrations and discuss embarrassing problems. The 'Sitting Room' in the On Track centre in Laisterdyke aims to become a 'chill out' zone where youngsters can chat in confidence to health
-
Date
Plans for luxury flats are unveiled
City living is expected to escalate as plans were unveiled today for more apartments in the heart of the shopping area. Bradford Property Restoration Ltd wants to convert empty offices on the second to sixth floors of an imposing stone building into apartments
-
Date
Internet bid to recreate the good old days
A historian is going back to the future in a bid to stop her neighbourhood being wiped from the face of the map. Anne Wallace has taken to the internet to create an online historical archive, bringing alive nostalgic memories of Greengates. She fears
-
Date
City's Chinese call off their festivities
Traditional celebrations to mark the Chinese New Year in Bradford have been called off following the trauma of local and international events. Leaders of the district's Chinese community have decided to cancel their annual gathering because of the Bradford
-
Date
Cashier's ordeal as knifeman strikes
A young cashier had a knife held to his throat during an armed robbery at a petrol station in which cash was stolen. Sohail Mohammed was behind the counter of the Save petrol station in Manningham Lane, Brad-ford, when a man walked in and pretended to
-
Date
Two new primary schools planned
Two new primary schools will be built in Manningham to cater for the area's booming population. The first will open on the former Margaret McMillan First School site - Scotchman Road, Heaton - in September 2003. Later, a second new school will be set
-
Date
Bring on the big bands!
Bradford could get a brand new concert venue as part of its bid to become European Capital of Culture in 2008. Plans are being drawn up to look at the feasibility of combining a major music hall with an exhibition centre in the city in a bid to lure big
-
Date
Letters to the Editor
SIR - Councillor Eaton's comments on the new survey "Thwarted Dreams - Young Views from Bradford" do not inspire confidence in her Council's readiness to grasp the nettle of tackling our post-riot situation with realism and honesty. She doubts the findings
