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  • Birky are bombed out by Charlton

    Queensbury will meet Odsal Sedbergh in the Jack Senior Memorial Bradford Cup final at Odsal Stadium following two absorbing semi-final encounters. Holders Queensbury always had the upper hand against fellow Premier rivals Birkenshaw but they had to battle

  • James meets the Chancellor

    A Cleckheaton teenager made his way to Downing Street yesterday to voice young people's views on modern apprenticeships and on-the-job training. James Greaves, 15, travelled to the capital with other young people to interview Young People's Minister Ivan

  • Coroner's safety call as driver dies

    A 21-year-old driver, who had been travelling twice the speed limit, died when his car hit a kerb and span into an oncoming vehicle, an inquest heard. Nathan Freibach, of Foxhill Drive, Queensbury, died from multiple injuries after the crash on the A650

  • Addict jailed for threat

    A drug addict from Baildon has been jailed for 45 months after he threatened to stab a man in the face with a needle. Bradford Crown Court heard how Bobby Baker and Anne Bedford took Jonathan Ibbotson to a cash point and told him to withdraw money. When

  • Agency's boss to be TV judge

    The boss of a Bradford lookalike agency will be doing more than one double take on Sunday - she is one of the judges in a Pop Idol-style contest to find the best dead ringers in Britain. Danielle Constantine, 29, who runs A-List Lookalike and Entertainment

  • Coroner warns again after tot tragedy

    An exasperated coroner said his repeated warnings about the dangers of parents sharing their beds with young children were being ignored, after the death of a seventh Bradford child in 12 months. Roger Whittaker spoke out after two-month-old Chadija Irram

  • 'People's Budget' is 9.1pc hike

    Bradford's council tax payers face a 9.1 per cent increase as the authority prepares to set the budget, ploughing millions of pounds more into education and social services. There are sums set aside for sport, leisure and other facilities used by the

  • Hollywood star to be at festival opening

    Hollywood screen legend Jean Simmons is set to take a starring role in Bradford Film Festival's opening gala. Twice Oscar-nominated Jean, who starred in classic movies including Black Narcissus, Spartacus and Guys and Dolls during her career, will attend

  • A century of football fever!

    A pair of used football boots and an old soda stream bottle might not mean much to some people. But Bradford City fans will be flocking to see them when they feature alongside a host of other unusual paraphernalia at an exhibition to mark the club's centenary

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - Some people are not convinced that our Prime Minister has made a clear enough case for war. I believe the main reason for this is his past domestic policy actions. The saying "If you cry wolf too many times, eventually no-one will believe you" springs

  • Nothing flat about this Avenue display

    Burscough 0, Bradford Park Avenue 1: A string of Jamie Holmshaw saves ensured Avenue came away from Victoria Park with another win and another clean sheet under their belts. Bradford, who incredibly have never lost at Burscough's ground, climbed to fifth

  • Northern stars line up for homecoming

    Some of the greatest players ever to wear the red, amber and black of Bradford Northern will once again take to the field at Odsal next week. The emotional homecoming day against Wakefield Trinity Wildcats on Sunday, March 9, will also feature an all-star

  • City are moving on up

    Jamie Lawrence wants City to join the First Division's middle men. The tough-tackling midfielder, who is set to quit the club in the summer, is targeting a mid-table finish. And he believes it is well within City's grasp if they can keep churning out

  • Residents deserve sympathy

    Philip Coote, planning consultant for housebuilders Springfield Developments, speaks with the world-weary voice of experience when he declares that protests over new building schemes are largely prompted by self-interest and that he "doesn't hold much

  • On This Day

    In 1876, the Bradford Literary Club was formed. In 1950, music hall star Sir Harry Lauder died, aged 79. In 1959, the Wyke cinema closed, showing its last film Crash Landing. From the Telegraph & Argus of February 26th, 1978... A young Shipley couple

  • Profits leap for Provident

    Bradford-based financial services giant Provident Financial has seen turnover rise five per cent in its results for the year ending December 31. Provident has seen turnover jump to £875 million, while home credit customers have also risen by 12 per cent

  • Centre 'will create new village heart'

    A centre which will "create a new heart" for a vandal-hit village is set to be built with the backing of Prince Charles. The Cottingley Cornerstone Centre will provide a large multi-use hall, meetings rooms, computer suite, community cafe, advice centre

  • The fridge mountain heat's off

    The fridge mountain that threatened to swamp Bradford has almost melted away. But it has left an annual £400,000 bill in its wake. This time last year, Bradford Council chiefs were hit by new European rules, introduced with little warning, which meant

  • Does fitness jibe stretch a point?

    Women in Bradford should do more exercise to reduce their risk of cancer, a survey has shown. The poll, carried out for Cancer Research UK and Tesco, found only 18 per cent of Northern women reached the Government recommendation of exercising at least

  • Call for new approach to transport

    People across the district are being invited to provide fresh ideas on how public transport in rural areas can be improved. Bradford Council is urging people who live in rural communities to apply for Rural Transport Partnership (RTP) grants which aim

  • Protests at cheek of advert

    The makers of a cheeky advert for toilet tissue have apologised after the campaign caused upset. The "Love your bum" advert for Velvet toilet paper, which features naked buttocks, has caused more than a hundred calls to the Advertising Standards Agency

  • Residents protest over homes plan

    A group of Bradford residents are fighting a proposed development which they fear will ruin their community and cause traffic chaos. Springfield Developments has applied for outline planning permission to build new homes on an allotment site off Spring

  • My relief as pal is cleared by the FBI

    A retired Bradford businessman today accused the FBI of a "massive blunder" as it admitted snaring the wrong man by detaining British holidaymaker Derek Bond. Pierre Richterich, 68, of Guiseley, pictured, has been friends with Mr Bond for 30 years and

  • Eviction fear as benefits backlog hits tenants

    Dozens of tenants in Bradford are being threatened with eviction from their homes because housing benefit claims are taking up to three months to process, the Citizens Advice Bureau warned today. And in a report the organisation blamed social landlords

  • Dad found girl, 19, dead in bath

    The mother of a teenager who dreamed of becoming a fashion model told today how her life was tragically cut short when she suffered an epileptic fit in the bath and drowned. Julie Coulthurst was just 19 when she suffered the fit and died despite her father's