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  • Claus scents more away-day glory

    Claus Jorgensen has happy memories of City's last visit to Turf Moor. It was Burnley away 12 months ago where the Danish midfielder notched his first goal for the club, earning a vital point which near enough guaranteed First Division safety. Jorgensen

  • No case for the defence - Noble

    Brian Noble today admitted: I want to be happy but I am a perfectionist. The Bulls coach was left disappointed by the Bulls' start to Sunday's Odsal victory despite the 40-point winning margin over Halifax. Bradford once again conceded soft tries leaving

  • Centenary kit launched

    City today unveiled their new kit for the centenary season as they announced another two years with sponsors JCT600. The Bantams will go into the historic 2003-2004 campaign with a change of home and away outfits. Designed by Diadora, the home kit keeps

  • Rail chiefs have a lot to learn

    People enjoy travelling by train. That is obvious enough from the support the public give to those railways which have been rescued by enthusiasts from the aftermath of Dr Beeching's notorious and disastrous assault on the network just 40 years ago. Under

  • On This Day

    In 1876, Scotland beat Wales 4-0 in the first football match between the two countries. In 1958, Sugar Ray Robinson beat Carmen Bastillo to take the world middleweight boxing title. In 1975, Saudi Arabia's King Faisal was killed by his nephew. From the

  • Hairdresser's brush with successful idea

    A hairdresser has set up a new club for businesses which he hopes will help firms in the area prosper. Wayne Anthony, 38, who owns Wibsey-based hairdressing salon Wayne Anthony had the idea to set up The Business Discount Club six months ago. He said:

  • Hospital surgeon loses appeal

    A hospital surgeon who told a patient "you have cancer, I have asthma, we all have to die some time" has lost his appeal against being struck off. Three Law Lords ruled against Dr Mohannad Al-Fallouji, who was removed from the medical register by the

  • Mind your manors: Lord faces eviction

    The Lord of the Manor of historic Heaton might soon be kicked out of the village in a controversial boundaries review. Former Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Stanley King, bought the title - which dates back to the time of the 1066 Norman Conquest

  • Pair 'were linked to armed robberies'

    A security guard was shot in the leg and a shop owner was blasted with a double-barrelled sawn-off shotgun during armed hold-ups in Bradford last year, a city crown court jury was told. Shopkeeper Vijay Patel was gunned down in March as he left his Wine

  • Human shield tells of Iraqi's defiance

    Human shield Uzma Bashir, who is in the heart of the bombing in Baghdad, said she is "honoured" to be living among Iraqi people. She said the Iraqis she had met did not want to be liberated by America and claimed news reports in Britain were biased. Uzma

  • My world has fallen apart

    The widow of one of the first British servicemen to die in the Gulf War today described her husband as the perfect father to their 20-month-old son. Captain Philip Guy was one of two soldiers from the Bradford district to have been killed in the first

  • He died a true hero

    Two soldiers from the Bradford district have been killed in the Iraqi war. Sergeant Steven Roberts, a 33-year-old father, of Shipley, was today named as the first British serviceman known to have died in combat. And Captain Philip Guy, 29, of Skipton,

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - I find it astonishing that NHS Professionals is being criticised after going into the red by £10million over three years (T&A, March 18). That is just an average of £3.33million per year. Balanced against what other agencies waste and the good

  • Zoll and Shaw book Albion place in final

    The Bradford Sunday Alliance Senior Cup final will be between holders Albion Sports and Oakenshaw after the two sides overcame first-half hiccups in the semi-finals at Apperley Bridge. Leading from Jason Thornton's early goal, Oakenshaw should have extended

  • Victory is thrown away by Avenue

    Bradford Park Avenue 2, Frickley Athletic 2: Avenue tossed away a two-goal cushion to hand relegation-threatened Frickley Athletic a vital survival line. Trevor Storton's men were cruising to a straight forward victory against a very average visiting

  • Pompey get 7,000 allocation

    City will give Portsmouth just over 7,000 tickets for the final game of the season. The club have handed over the upper tier of the Sunwin Stand to the Division One leaders for the match on Sunday, May 4. They will get the usual allocation for visitors

  • Beeching 'victims' whistle in 40 years

    Forty years ago today the notorious Beeching plan to slash 2,363 rail stations and 5,000 miles of track nationwide, was unveiled. Among the victims was the Skipton to Ilkley line and about 80 stations and halts in the Aire and Wharfe valleys and in the

  • Rescued theatre is given a new name

    The former Priestley Centre for the Arts has been given a new look - and a new name. The historic Little Germany theatre is now called simply The Priestley. Painters and joiners have been changing the outside of the building, with new paintwork, lighting

  • Mother dials 999 for a DIY delivery

    A Bradford mum-to-be turned midwife when her son made a surprise early entrance into the world. Enika John went into labour at her home in Odsal and had only 15 minutes until her baby was born. She dialled 999 and ambulance control operator Caroline Bradley

  • Film actor cops his best role yet

    A Lollywood film star from Bradford has returned from his latest shoot - and wants to make a movie here. Sultan Mehmood, of Daisy Hill, spent five months filming in Pakistan where the movie business is dubbed Lollywood after Lahore, the capital of Punjab