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  • Final flourish can't disguise frailties

    Leigh Centurions 52, Keighley Cougars 16 - You've got bags of Super League experience, you are on trial for a month and your team are 52-10 down at Leigh Centurions with a minute to go, so what do you do? Well, Oli Marns decided to run from behind his

  • Bantams lose out on Breckin signature

    City target Ian Breckin is set to join up with former Bantams boss Paul Jewell at Wigan. Jewell has agreed a six-figure fee with the Chesterfield skipper and a deal is expected to be wrapped up this week. It will come as a big blow to Nicky Law, who had

  • Bulls pile on the agony

    Salford City Reds 10, Bradford Bulls 48: Salford must hate playing the Bulls. The World Club and Super League champions had amassed 274 points in their last five matches against the City Reds for an average of 54.8 points. And the Bulls made it six wins

  • Fielden rises to occasion

    Stuart Fielden was 'giddy' when he ran onto the field at Salford City Reds. The Bulls' 48-10 victory which keeps them top of the Super League was only the 22-year-old's fifth start in a season-and-a-half. And 'Fearless', thrust into his secondary position

  • We Can... hit that vital target

    Yorkshire Co-operatives' generous gift of £150,000 to the Telegraph & Argus Bradford Can...Cancer Research campaign, spread over three years, to specifically fund the employment of a new researcher, is a marvellous boost for this important charity

  • On This Day

    In 1948, the Berlin airlift began to beat a blockade of the city by Soviet troops. In 1968, comedian Tony Hancock committed suicide in Australia. In 1990, two women were ordained as priests of the Anglican Church. From the Telegraph & Argus of June

  • 'Move with the times - but not out of the city'

    The Bishop of Bradford called upon the church to keep moving with the times in his final speech to the Diocesan Synod. The Right Reverend David Smith warned that if it was to progress, the diocesan boundaries may have to change. He warned that a failure

  • How well do you know your city?

    Bradford people are being urged to become tourists in their own city. The Capital of Culture team has launched a new drive encouraging people to take more of an interest in attractions around the district. New billboards bearing the slogan Be A Local

  • W.I. calendar girls do the Full Monty

    Filming was starting today on a movie about the 11 women who were catapulted to global fame after they stripped for a charity calendar. Production staff from Harbour Pictures and six of the woman gathered at the Devonshire Fell Hotel at Burnsall, near

  • 'Get this mess at Odsal sorted out'

    Businesses today called on Bradford Council to "sort out once and for all" the problems surrounding the Bulls and Odsal Stadium. A statement from five companies that had talks at the weekend said the Council should allow the Bulls to cash in their long-term

  • Sites set on future

    The site of Bradford's historic Odeon Cinema is expected to become a conservation area as the Council draws up plans to protect the district's heritage. But plans to raze the old Odeon to the ground and replace it with a modern building are not expected

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - I have lived in Bradford for just over ten years and am proud to call it home. Part of what made it easy to settle here was my family's regular days out at Odsal. Anyone who experienced the efforts made by Bradford Bulls to create a family day out

  • Quick-fire Lehmann leads from the front

    Darren Lehmann showed few signs of travel weariness when he took charge of Yorkshire once again and led Phoenix to victory by 30 runs over Durham Dynamos at Riverside in the Norwich Union National League. Lehmann arrived in England on Friday after almost

  • Saints march on after late drama

    A last-over thriller kept Pudsey St Lawrence in the Secure Trust Bank Bradford League Division One title chase. The classic second against fourth clash was won with three balls to spare when Undercliffe's half-century-maker Toby Drummond was caught two

  • New project set to tackle youth crime

    A project aimed at cutting youth crime across Kirklees and Calderdale will be launched at the end of the month. The Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme, which includes education, reparation and work with victims, has been given £1m by the

  • Homeowners get flood for thought

    Flood-hit Bradford and district residents flocked to the first Environment Agency Flood Fair for advice on how to protect themselves in the future. About a dozen stands ranging from flood barriers, modern sand-bags, and solicitors as well as local authorities

  • Owzat for a clock!

    A Shipley jeweller is pushing out the boundaries of time-keeping with miniature clocks honouring cricket umpiring legend Dickie Bird. In April, the Telegraph & Argus revealed how the former Test match umpire had unveiled a giant clock, designed and

  • Artist's new work in world spotlight

    An international artist, relatively unknown in his home city of Bradford, has been asked to create artwork for a star-studded occasion commemorating September 11. Govinder Nazran, pictured, has produced three abstract paintings for the Buddhist event

  • Sir Jim meets old pal

    Sir Jimmy Savile met up with an old pal as he dropped in on a garden fete in Calverley. The veteran fundraiser chatted with crowds of visitors who flocked to the Champion House Cheshire Home on Saturday. And he saved a special hello for Ian Leaf, 61,

  • Barnaby's brilliant big adventure

    His furry features are unmistakable whether he's peeping from the ramparts of a castle, lounging on the beach or ski-ing down an Alpine slope. But Barnaby the Bear is helping children in Wilsden with their geography studies by introducing them to the

  • £150,000 dividend!

    Yorkshire Co-ops today handed the Telegraph & Argus Bradford Can... campaign a £150,000 boost. The massive cash donation will fund a new researcher to investigate pioneering treatments for the devastating disease in Bradford. The Bradford-based store