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  • Bulls: We're in mood to hand out a good hiding!

    Lee Radford today threatened that somebody is going to get a "walloping" if the Bulls hit form. And the Yorkshire and England second row believes his old team-mates at Hull could be the ones to get it. "We only played to 40 per cent of our potential against

  • 'I owe my big chance to City'

    Matt Etherington steps out for England at Valley Parade tonight insisting: I owe a lot of this to Bradford City. The Tottenham left-winger, who played 13 times for the Bantams in a two-month loan spell under Jim Jefferies, is in the squad for the friendly

  • Bathroom bonanza

    Qualceram Shires plc, which has an acrylics plant and warehouse in Bradford, has announced that group turnover is up by 137 per cent. The firm, which has its head office in County Wicklow, Ireland, manufactures ceramic bathroom products. The firm, which

  • Heroes' memorial to inspire future

    A plaque commemorating the lives of Bingley's heroes who fought in the Boer War is to be rededicated - a century after the war ended. Town centre manager David Dinsey discovered the elaborate brass tablet locked away and forgotten in the town's library

  • Bobbies give firm a lift!

    A Shipley-based business has helped to get 1,500 more British bobbies on the beat. Acorn Stairlifts is using the life-size cardboard cut-out coppers as part of a marketing strategy to establish itself on the other side of the Atlantic. Carrying the message

  • Smokie kick-start World Cup in Korea

    Legendary Bradford band Smokie are set to help launch the World Cup with a bang. The band - famous for songs such as Living Next Door to Alice and Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me - have been invited to South Korea for a series of concerts to help

  • 96 jobs will go as parcel depot axed

    Bradford's Parcelforce depot will close by July, mail bosses revealed today. The depot at the Euroway Trading Estate is to merge with its larger counterpart at Leeds, leading to more than 150 redundancies out of a combined staff of 280. Out of those job

  • Yob stoned police until he became exhausted

    A teenager who threw bottles and stones at police during the Bradford riots until he was too exhausted to go on smirked as he was sent to prison for four-and-a-half years. Mabashir Mahmood, 19, was led to the cells along with Fiaz Rangzeb, 20, who was

  • Now the work begins...

    As Bradford's Capital of Culture bid was submitted - amid a blaze of camera flashes today - a new phase in its campaign begins. On Thursday an ambitious national advertising campaign will be launched in London - and snapshots of Bradford people will be

  • Just capital! Gareth hands over our culture bid

    Bradford chart topper Gareth Gates today delivered the city's bid to become European Capital of Culture 2008 with the rallying cry: 'Let's win it for the people!' The teenage Pop Idol was the star attraction in London's Leicester Square as he flew in

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - The Pop Idol mania which is sweeping the country is too much. Yes, Gareth has done really well and I am proud to have someone from my own town doing well in the pop industry, but when he has made his millions do we really believe that he will come

  • Avenue seeking a major sponsor

    A transfer windfall, a change of venue or a major sponsor are all Bradford Park Avenue need to get them into the Football League, the club's vice-chairman claimed today. Bob Robinson, who regularly travels up from his Cambridge home for matches, is convinced

  • Win is a Shaw thing for in-form leaders

    Gary Shaw returned to Bradford Sunday Alliance Premier Division leaders East Bowling Unity's colours and grabbed both goals in a 2-0 win over Albion Sports. It extended Unity's unbeaten run to 16 games. Joint second Bolton Woods were no match for Crown

  • A chance to show the world!

    After months of careful planning and preparation, the big day has finally arrived for Bradford. With appropriate all-star fanfare, the city's bid to be named as European Capital of Culture in 2008 has been handed over to the Government's Department of

  • On This Day

    In 1839, the first rowing regatta was held at Henley-on -Thames. In 1923, actress Sarah Bernhardt died aged 78. In 1972, Bradford's last Trolley Bus ran. From the Telegraph & Argus of March 26th, 1977... A new Bradford group, formed only three months

  • Schools in effort to reduce truancy

    Attendance watch patrols have been launched across Kirklees in an effort to cut down on the number of pupils skipping school. Kirklees education social workers and police officers who make up the patrols, have been approaching school-aged children alone

  • Blizzards ordeal for intrepid mum

    A polar explorer from Bradford had to survive 48 hours of freak blizzards with only a flask of water and a packet of nuts. Mother-of-three Ann Daniels and her two female colleagues were buffeted by wild winds in an Arctic storm as they tried to make progress

  • Future of landmark hall in doubt again

    Owners of fire-ravaged Eastbrook Hall have put it back on the market after trying to go it alone with an £8 million scheme for apartments, bars and restaurants. Aldersgate Estates is blaming a lack of Government help with a funding shortfall for its failure

  • Church packed for Sir Marcus funeral

    More than 300 mourners packed Bingley Parish Church to bid farewell to Conservative party stalwart and former Shipley MP Sir Marcus Fox, who died aged 74. Half an hour before yesterday afternoon's funeral service family, friends and party officials had

  • Gun attacks linked

    Detectives today said that a gang of robbers may be staging armed ambushes on businessmen, attacking as their victims arrive home from work. Senior detectives are studying similarities between two hold-ups in the Bradford area, both of which saw gunshots