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  • Young table tennis champion gets call to train for England

    Young table-tennis star Rebecca Singh has been chosen to take part in a series of training camps for England. Rebecca, 11, who plays with the City Junior Development Scheme and Oakbank Table Tennis Club, will travel to the English Table Tennis Association

  • Ex-player Moorby is new Keighley coach

    Keighley Cougars have appointed Gary Moorby as their coach in succession to Steve Deakin. The former Keighley, St Helens and Leeds second-row forward attended his first training session last night, and will be helped by Paul Moses, who has become his

  • Noble scoops coach award

    Bradford Bulls' Brian Noble has been voted Super League Coach of the Year by fans across the country. And the man who guided the Bulls to Grand Final glory at Old Trafford last October was an overwhelming winner. He gained 43.13 per cent of the votes

  • City top of the flops

    Walsall 2, Bradford City 0 - Star maker Pete Waterman is happy to expose the weaknesses of the would-be Pop Idols. And his beloved team last night highlighted with glee the problems that confront new Bantams boss Nicky Law. Walsall fanatic Waterman was

  • New toilet block for Dales village

    PLANS for new toilets for Kettlewell have been approved by the national park's planning committee despite objections from local residents and business owners. The design incorporates a community office, a covered bus shelter, ranger's office and public

  • Firm blasts plan to keep boiler house

    A textile firm which wants to revive one of Bingley's most historic mills today slammed planners for a move that could block its development dream. Laycock International is hoping to move its textile manufacturing business into Stanley Mills, on Whitley

  • Are corner shops on verge of extinction?

    Nazir Ahmed, pictured outside his newsagents' shop, has had enough. Getting up at 5.30am in the morning, day in day out, to work endless shifts selling sweets, cigarettes and papers for ever decreasing returns has finally got to him. After ten years behind

  • Pain-relief team is targeted for award

    Hospital staff are aiming to break the pain barrier for long-suffering patients in Bradford. Eleven employees have been named team of the year at Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust for using state-of-the-art technology to target pain. The group has now been

  • Tree memorial to tragic Paige

    A new woodland in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales has been planted in memory of a woman who tragically drowned in Robin Hood's Bay, near Whitby. Almost 3,000 trees have been sponsored by family, friends and work colleagues of Paige Richardson, 36, of

  • Shot in the arm for new hospital plan

    Ambitious plans to create an 18-bed community hospital on the site of a former Bradford school are one step closer to reality. The Newlands Partnership Board has acquired land at Eccleshill Upper School and building work on the project is set to begin

  • Councillors say no to pulling down old 'Bronte' building

    A derelict former school, believed to have connections with the Bronte family, has been saved from demolition by Kirklees councillors. Britannia Construction, present owners of the former National School in Halifax Road, Hightown, Liversedge, applied

  • TV Danny's tribute to stab victim Lee

    Grieving Pop Idol star Danny Tetley will give the most emotional performance of his life when he sings at the funeral of stabbing victim Lee Firth. The Telegraph & Argus reported yesterday how 18-year-old Lee, an aspiring male model, lost his 14-hour

  • Dramatic ideas are needed for theatre

    The Priestley Centre for the Arts is urging the people of Bradford to help shape its future, as a major part of the district's Capital of Culture bid. The Little Germany theatre is planning a series of arts events involving music and dance, and to resurrect

  • New team to watch city's race relations

    An independent organisation will be brought in to assess Bradford Council's progress towards tackling race relations issues and creating harmony across the district. The move was agreed at a three-hour meeting of the executive committee last night including

  • '£7m drugs cache belonged to my nephew'

    A father-of-two told a court that nearly £7 million pounds worth of heroin he delivered actually belonged to his nephew, who is on the run. Mohammed Shafiq, 45, denies plotting to distribute £6.5 million of heroin on the streets of Bradford in the region's

  • Car-jacking gang in spate of attacks

    A gang of young car-jackers was today blamed for a spate of seven attacks on Bradford motorists during a 24-hour spree. Detectives today told drivers not to panic but advised them to take extra precautions while driving within the city. The culprits -

  • No regrets at £10,000 bill to help my Joe

    A mother told today how she has put herself into heavy debt to pay for pioneering treatment for her autistic son. Ainsley Johnson spends around £1,000 a month on employing specialist therapists to come to her Bradford home for 30 hours a week to teach

  • Train strikes will cause road chaos

    Chaos was predicted on the roads for commuters after rail staff last night voted to strike. Rail passengers groups said many commuters would abandon the trains once and for all after becoming increasingly frustrated at delays and other problems on the

  • Horror crash family cut free

    Five people from the same family - including two children - had to be cut free from a horrific smash involving a stolen car. Firemen said the family were lucky to get out of the mangled wreckage alive after the crash at just after 9pm last night in Lidget

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - I am writing in response to the letter from M Kinsley (December 26) to say I think the comments were very unfair about the youth of today. It is not right to have a negative attitude about all young people and to tar them all with the same brush

  • Draw will be good enough for Avenue

    Bradford Park Avenue will be back in action tonight following the frustrations of the frost-bound holiday period when they host Whitby Town in a UniBond League Challenge Cup qualifying group three match at Horsfall Stadium. Avenue need only to draw to

  • Beni set to return to City

    Benito Carbone is set to return to Valley Parade when his loan at Derby runs out next week. The Italian striker has ten more days of his three-month stay with the Rams to run and it was expected the Premiership strugglers would then push to clinch a permanent

  • Rail chaos needs to be resolved

    The proposed two-day strikes by members of the RMT Union employed by Arriva Trains Northern will be yet another blow to beleaguered travellers, and particularly to the long-suffering commuters of West Yorkshire who have had to put up with so much over

  • On This Day

    In 1893, the Labour Institute was opened in Bradford. In 1912, a fire at the Bradford Workhouse put 500 inmates in danger. In 1957, Sir Anthony Eden resigned as prime minister over the Suez crisis. From the Telegraph & Argus of January 9th, 1977..

  • Calls for 'taxing' probe

    A Bradford business leader is calling for an investigation into why so many entrepreneurs are failing to cope with the new self-assessment tax system. Around one-and-a-half-million people in the region - mainly high earners and those who receive untaxed

  • Drive to help youngsters on remand

    People in the Spen Valley are being asked to consider helping a young person facing a court appearance to change his or her way of life. Foster carers are needed across the Spen Valley and Kirklees to provide a stable, caring environment for young offenders

  • Complex appeal date set

    A public inquiry into controversial plans to build a sheltered housing complex in Shipley is set to be held next month. Developers McCarthy and Stone's appeal against Bradford Council's failure to determine its application to demolish a house off Nab

  • Work order for youth who threw road sign

    A teenager who threw a roadworks sign across the street during disturbances in Bradford city centre last summer has been ordered to do 80 hours unpaid work for the community. The city's magistrates heard that Abdul Mussawir Ali was also seen making abusive

  • Churches explore Muslims' faith

    Christians in Ilkley will be exploring Islam to improve their knowledge and understanding of the Muslim faith. Two groups are organising evenings when anyone seeking to discover more about the faith can ask questions. The first event is a talk by Gordon

  • Man sent to jail for killing his nephew

    A regular churchgoer 'snapped' and stabbed his nephew to death after suffering a campaign of terror triggered by his wife's affair. A court heard how Lee Ryan twice struck up relationships with his married aunt and then 'declared war' against the family