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  • Gomersal are aiming to upset the odds again!

    Bradford League new boys Gomersal embark of the second leg of a notable treble when they play Pudsey Congs in the Sovereign Health Care Priestley Shield final at Spen Victoria tomorrow (1pm). Gomersal retained the Crowther Cup by beating fellow Bradford

  • Warriors ready for the big battle

    Wigan coach Frank Endacott is aiming to turn the battle for Super League's top spot into a two-horse race with the elimination of one-time favourites the Bulls tomorrow. The Warriors have taken three points from their meetings with the Bulls already this

  • We owe Warriors one, says confident Naylor

    Scott Naylor has a high regard for Wigan but he's confident the Bulls will prove pick of the Super League bunch by the middle of October. "They are the second best team in the competition behind us and I think they will be the team we meet in the Grand

  • All top dogs sport claret and amber!

    Bradford's premiership pooches are proving they are top dogs by wearing fetching football fashions. Bradford City supporters are buying collars, leads, toys, and dog baskets in the club's claret and amber colours so their pets can to show their allegiance

  • Dot.com whizzkids a success in reality

    The boss of Bradford University's pioneering cybernetics department has paid tribute to a group of young dot.com whizzkids who are the first graduates of a pilot course. Fifteen teenagers received certificates from Dr John Baruch after completing a six-week

  • Doctor takes 130 patients off list

    A family doctor has removed more than 130 Bradford patients from his list. And Bradford's health watchdog said today patients would be shocked at being told to find a new doctor. Dr Andrew Cole, of the New Cross Street Health Centre, off Manchester Road

  • Anguish of mother who dumped baby

    A young mum whose stillborn baby was found in a waste tip is trapped in a torrent of conflicting emotions and pain, according to a medical expert. Ann Geddes, head of midwifery for United Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, said the main concern now was

  • Blueprint for a legend

    The blueprints of a prototype World War One fighter plane, which could be the earliest surviving work of a famous Dutch engineer, have been discovered in Bradford. A total of 201 drawings and four sheets of notes, the work of Frederick Koolhoven, were

  • A red card for soccer

    Bradford's budding soccer stars today face the ultimate penalty for playing football in the street -- getting their parents evicted. The city council has pledged to take action against groups of unattended children who upset neighbours with their games

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - Included in the list of planning applications in the T&A, August 21, at number 18, is: "Provincial House, Market Street, Bradford, Replacement of eight-storey vacant office building with two-storey building accommodating food and drink units

  • Henry closes on big record

    Bulls ace Henry Paul hopes to have double cause for celebration after tomorrow's vital battle with his former club Wigan Warriors at the JJB Stadium. Victory would be a tremendous boost to the Bulls chances of finishing as Super League's minor premiers

  • Together, everyone's a winner

    The course just ended, which has seen 15 youngsters from the Newlands area spending six weeks of their school holidays learning to design a website, is an excellent example of co-operation between the University of Bradford and the broader community.

  • Enchanted time to celebrate the Millennium

    Millennium celebrations are coming to Batley with the opening of an enchanted forest and the burial of a time capsule. The enchanted forest is a newly-developed area in woodland at Wilton Park featuring a mini-Stonehenge feature, fairy mounds, sculptured

  • Hayley's wedding dream come true

    A big-hearted couple have made a dream come true for battling Hayley Finch - by asking her to be a bridesmaid at their wedding. And this afternoon the ten-year-old brittle bone disease sufferer - who has had more than 150 fractures during her life and

  • 500 jobs planned by insurance firm

    Insurance firm Cox is to create hundreds of extra jobs in Bradford in the next 12 months, more than doubling its workforce. As it continues to win new contracts from top Internet firms, the Bradford branch of the company, in Little Germany, has already

  • 'Banned' gardener picks up an award

    Green-fingered Ron Craig has got a top award for his services to allotment activities - even though he and his mates are banned from their plots. But Mr Craig, 64, vowed today he would carry on campaigning to get back on to the allotment at Frizinghall

  • Walk for staff who nursed dying dad

    The devoted young children of a man who died from leukaemia have organised a sponsored walk to raise funds for the staff who nursed him. Ten-year-old Rebecca Plaxton and her five-year-old brother Dominic will be joined by friends and family on a six-mile

  • Jail for man who kissed child 'wife'

    Police today welcomed a four-year prison sentence given to a paedophile after he was convicted of indecently assaulting an eight-year-old girl he abducted from her North Yorkshire home. Arthur Jenkinson, 61, of Woodlands Street, Cowling, near Keighley