Archive
-
Date
Queensbury ease past Vics in cup third round
Queensbury crushed Batley Victoria 36-6 to storm into the fourth round of the Tetley's Yorkshire County Cup. Bury set off at a pace their opponents could not keep up with and swept into a 20-point lead after half an hour. The Queensbury three quarters
-
Date
Double for Greaves as Avenue move up
As Guiseley supporters trudged out of Nethermoor in the torrential downpour near the end of this pulsating derby clash, the Avenue faithful broke into a fine rendition of "Singing in the Rain". The happy-go-lucky Bradford supporters could hardly believe
-
Date
Ricketts preferred to Howarth
Donovan Ricketts was set for his first game for seven weeks tonight. And providing his left foot comes through unscathed, the Jamaican is expected to be back in City's goal at Port Vale on Saturday. Ricketts is likely to feature for the reserves against
-
Date
Society sifts through card designs
More than 1,000 schoolchildren have entered a competition to design a Christmas card for the Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society. Sally Murgatroyd and Elizabeth Walker, pictured, who are both students from Bradford School of Art were drafted in
-
Date
Takeaway is robbed twice in three days
A Bradford businessman is calling for more police patrols after his shop was burgled twice in three nights. Nabeel Hussain is set to fork out on extra security for his fast food takeaway, including a CCTV camera system and grilles for his doors and windows
-
Date
Contraband fireworks are seized
Hundreds of illegal fireworks - including mini-rockets and air bombs - have been seized at a Shipley shop. And district shopkeepers have been warned there will be further raids before bonfire night. Police and West Yorkshire Trading Standards officers
-
Date
Rugby club honour a fallen team mate
A student from Bingley who was killed in a motorcycle accident has been honoured by his former rugby club. Old Emanuel Rugby Club launched the Graham Robinson Memorial 7s competition in memory of the second row player who died in February. Graham was
-
Date
Latest scheme for Broadway under review
Restaurants with views of St Peter's House and Bradford Cathedral are proposed by developers of the £300 million Broadway shopping scheme. The location of ten units on the upper floor of the scheme at Forster Square is among variations which developers
-
Date
Ashes hero Matt has mass appeal
The crowds cheered as England cricket hero Matthew Hoggard met fans, signed autographs, and showed off his Ashes medal in Centenary Square last night. The cricketer, who lives in Baildon, was a guest at a civic reception given by the Lord Mayor of Bradford
-
Date
New laws on postal fraud are welcomed
New laws to tackle electoral fraud - including plans to make a new criminal offence of falsely applying for a postal vote - have today been welcomed in Bradford. West Yorkshire police have investigated 252 postal votes and applications for possible irregularities
-
Date
Victims are begging for aid
Victims of the South Asia earthquake have sent a heartfelt plea for help direct to the people of Bradford. As pounding rain hampered the rescue operation in the devastated region, the head of a Bradford-based charity appealed for help from Mirpur. Chairman
-
Date
Donations flood in to boost funds
Bradford businesses have begun digging deep to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds to help the victims of the devastating earthquake in south Asia. Yesterday the Telegraph & Argus launched its district-wide appeal to bring desperately-needed aid
-
Date
Letters to the Editor
Badges not meant to offend anybody SIR - Regarding prison officers at Wakefield Prisons being reprimanded for wearing St George's Cross tie pins (T&A, October 4) - isn't this just another example of political correctness taken to extremes? Who were
-
Date
United go to town as Nesbitt cracks in four
Eccleshill United's under-15s hammered Skipton Town 11-3 in the Craven, Aire and Wharfe League. Hot-shot Myles Nesbitt hit four, Gavin Hunt helped himself to a hat-trick and man-of-the-match Adam Cosherill and Nicholas Doyle each netted twice as Eccleshill
-
Date
An experience I'll never forget
In years to come Ben Harris will struggle to sit around with his grandchildren sharing the memories of when he won his first Grand Final. He doesn't really have any. Harris started at right centre for the Canterbury Bulldogs in last year's NRL Grand Final
-
Date
Ban public sale of all fireworks
It is appalling that, despite all the publicity given to the problems caused by fireworks and the ban imposed on the sale to the public of the most powerful, noisy and dangerous of these explosive devices, some Bradford shopkeepers are continuing to flout
-
Date
Money available for good ideas
Good ideas about boosting enterprise could see extra cash pour into Bradford from Treasury funds. Businesses in the city are being asked for their suggestions of how to increase entrepreneurship and what schemes would increase business if more money were
-
Date
Hotel goes green and cashes in
A Skipton hotel has become the latest in a string of Bradford businesses to make huge savings by becoming more environmentally aware. The Coniston Hotel has notched up savings of around £20,000 a year thanks to a special survey undertaken by Business
-
Date
Vaccine supply shortage fears
Pensioners in Shipley are missing out on a vital vaccination because of a shortage of supplies. Eric Mortimer, 75, of Westcliffe Road, was invited for a flu jab four weeks ago by his local surgery, Shipley Health Centre. The widower had also seen national
-
Date
Help is at hand for new mums
A drop-in caf for new mums has been opened in Bradford in an attempt to bolster poor rates of breast feeding in the city. Breast feeding offers babies the best start in life and also protects the mother's health, but despite this the number of mums breast
-
Date
Country park set to be a local reserve
Birstall beauty spot Oakwell Hall looks set to become a local nature reserve. The 110-acre country park, which includes woodland, managed farmland and wild meadows, attracts more than 200,000 visitors a year. By becoming a local nature reserve Kirklees
-
Date
Day of music to honour late great DJ Peel
One year on from his last broadcast, legendary disc jockey John Peel is to be honoured with a series of events across the Bradford district. As part of national John Peel Day tomorrow, young unsigned bands will perform at venues across the region to honour
-
Date
Mill apartments to be 'affordable'
Developers hope to start work next Easter on one of the city's biggest apartment developments after councillors gave it the go-ahead. They agreed that 20 per cent of the apartments would be priced between £45,000 and £65,000 in line with Bradford Council's