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  • Law will not rush Kearney

    City have ruled out the chance of squeezing an end-of-season game out of Tom Kearney. The injured midfielder, who has not played since shattering his cruciate ligament in August, made a welcome return to full training on Thursday. He had been pencilled

  • Sevens heaven as BGS land trophy

    Bradford Grammar School have won the two-day Rosslyn Park National under-13s Rugby Union Sevens. And they did it in style, scoring 262 points in their seven matches and conceding only 56. But there was a turning point in the final against Christ Hospital

  • On This Day

    In 1794, French revolutionary leader Georges Danton was executed for corruption. In 1960, the film Ben Hur won 10 Oscars at the Academy Awards ceremony. In 1991, the US Air Force began dropping supplies to Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq. From the Telegraph

  • Town needs decent loo, say businesses

    People are using streets as toilets because there isn't a decent public loo in Bingley, a businessman claimed today. David Kenyon, who has run an opticians in Main Street for 30 years, was so fed up of the situation he started a petition which attracted

  • Thanks a million to the T&A's readers!

    Thanks a million! That's the message to the people of Bradford from the chairman of the Telegraph & Argus Brad-ford Can... Cancer Research Appeal. Linda Pollard paid tribute to the "enthusiasm, hard work and generosity of local people" who raised

  • Drugs ring came to light as friend killed

    Four men have been found guilty of taking part in a major drugs ring worth millions of pounds across the north of England. Nigel Sharp, 46, of Common Road, Upper Edge, Elland; Stephen Kelsall, 36, of Peel Street, Wolstanton, Newcastle-under-Lyme; David

  • Soccer SOS sent out to Bantams

    A Bradford City fan serving in Kuwait is to be sent 16 shirts by his beloved club - so troops can enjoy a kick-about when the conflict ends. Bradford soldier Sergeant Martin Shackleton sent an SOS - Supply Our Strip - message to the club so a match could

  • Pram firm is reborn!

    World-famous pram firm Silver Cross is back in business - and operating from a new base in Bingley. The first prams rolled off the production line at its new factory on the Castlefields Industrial Estate, Crossflatts, yesterday. And they have been hand-built

  • Volcano vows to sign off week in style

    The Volcano today promised: I owe the fans an Odsal try. Lesley Vainikolo signed for another two years with the Bulls this week and wants to mark his commitment with a score against Warrington tomorrow. The giant Kiwi has scored five tries this season

  • Moorby: We have no fear

    Gary Moorby is expecting fireworks when the Hunslet Hawks swoop on Cougar Park tomorrow. Keighley outplayed Roy Sampson's men when they met at South Leeds Stadium in February but the Cougars failed to take their chances in a bad-tempered affair that saw

  • Vaikona tuned up and raring to go

    "Returning from injury at home is like listening to your favourite song," mused Tevita Vaikona. "When you are down, you put on a familiar tune and it lifts you, gives you confidence, makes you happy. "That is what it will be like for me coming back tomorrow

  • Harris is pride of Lions

    City 0, Millwall 1: Neil Harris headed home in the 90th minute and Andy Gray was denied by a brilliant save seconds later as Millwall condemned City to more home misery this afternoon. The Bantams dominated the second half without finding a way past keeper

  • The Cross we all love to bear...

    When Design Company Holdings was placed into receivership last September, it sounded the death knell for its most famous brand - Silver Cross prams. But thanks to the dedication of a small group of people, the Silver Cross name has been resurrected and

  • Trader's ram-raid fears after ruling

    A Cleckheaton trader who fears more ram raids is being forced to remove his store's roller shutters. Mike Blesic, pictured outside his shop Premier Mobile Phones, put up the blue metal shutters almost two years ago after a ram raid at his premises in

  • Search on for hammer robber

    A robber sneaked into a house in Windhill and threatened a 48-year-old man with a hammer. The thief then grabbed a wallet containing money and a mobile phone before running off. Keighley Police Detective Inspector Trevor Gasson described the incident

  • Children have their say for the first time

    As Arslan Boota presses a button on a computer, a voice rings out and a smile breaks out on the 11-year-old's face. For Arslam, a pupil at Lister Lane School in Bradford, his disabilities mean this is the only way in which he can verbally communicate

  • Six speed cameras are gone in a flash

    Shocked drivers have been left baffled by the mystery of six speed cameras that were here today - and then gone tomorrow! The six Gatso cameras were earmarked to go live just days ago in Cottingley at an accident blackspot where there were 24 casualties

  • Children distraught at park vandalism

    A group of children were close to tears after walking to a park only to find dog dirt smeared over the slide and bottles smashed on the floor. It took 17 children from Westfield Nursery, Idle, 25 minutes to walk to the park. But nursery nurse Keeley Gray

  • Tonic for hospitals in guide to health

    Hospitals in the district have been named as some of the best in the country, in a guide published tomorrow. Airedale NHS Trust and Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have been shortlisted for the Hospital of the Year in a Sunday newspaper after scoring

  • Raid conspirators get 16 years each

    A judge has jailed two men for 16 years each for their part in a conspiracy to commit armed robberies. Imran Ali, 22, and Yasser Rashid, 23, were arrested and charged after a major police operation to tackle a series of armed raids last year. A trial

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - Before the war started 16 million people in Iraq were totally dependant on food aid under the UN Oil for Food programme. It is vital that appropriate aid is delivered to these people as soon as possible. Oxfam believes that the United Nations should