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  • Bulls overcome the great outdoors

    Wigan Warriors 8, Bradford Bulls 14: Victory at the Millennium Stadium has done many things for the Bradford Bulls. It has brought them silverware, it has delighted their fans, it has delivered the missing trophy of a Challenge Cup to the coach and proved

  • £200,000 will secure the best

    The news that Bradford Council is advertising its Chief Executive's job with a salary of up to £200,000 is bound to provoke strong words from some quarters. There will be those who will question the wisdom of spending so much to secure someone to take

  • Dyson is named as Pace chief

    Troubled hi-tech firm Pace Micro Technology today announced its new chief executive - the man currently in the hot seat. John Dyson, currently acting chief executive at the Saltaire-based firm, assumes the role with immediate effect and will be paid £250,000

  • On This Day

    In 1810, Lord Byron swam the Dardanelles strait in Turkey in one hour and 20 minutes. In 1915, poet John McCrae wrote his famous In Flanders Fields poem. In 1937, Margaret Mitchell won a Pulitzer Prize for her first novel Gone with the Wind. From the

  • Village split over future of chapel

    An unholy row has broken out over plans to develop a derelict chapel in a Bradford village. Residents living near Wilsden's Methodist Chapel fear a developer's proposals to convert the building into 11 flats will result in the loss of a mini village green

  • New York heroes set for golf event

    A group of New York fire-fighting heroes will be coming to Baildon to raise money for charity. The Engine 26 branch of Manhattan Fire Department - heavily involved in the September 11 atrocities in New York - will be sending over eight of their members

  • Pupils' brush with 'love' art

    Queensbury school pupils love art so much they could not wait to get started on their entries for the fantastic competition being run by the Telegraph & Argus and Education Bradford. Children at Russell Hall Primary School, West End, Queensbury, have

  • Jealous man with axe loses appeal

    A jilted lover who attacked his former girlfriend's new man with an axe as his jealousy spiralled out of control did not get a day too long behind bars, top judges ruled. James Tetley pleaded guilty at Bradford Crown Court last October to causing grievous

  • Thugs attack asylum seeker

    An Afghan asylum seeker is too terrified to return to work after thugs viciously beat him up in an unprovoked attack. Abdul Naiyazi, pictured, who fled his country to settle in Bradford more than two years ago, needed hospital treatment after he was repeatedly

  • Chiropodist kicks up a fuss over heels

    Chiropodist Joanna Ruthven is head over heels out of love with the latest height of shoe fashion. Footwear fashion gurus say high heels and pointed toes are making a comeback but Mrs Ruthven, pictured, who runs Bradford Chiropody and Podiatry Centre in

  • Newsham sisters on course for top

    Sisters Jennifer and Zoe Newsham, of Denton, near Ilkley, are making their mark in a big way in the showjumping world. Jennifer, a 14-year-old pupil at the Girls' Grammar School, Bradford, won the British Show Pony Society (BSPS) 14 hands high open Royal

  • Davison aims to go out on a high

    Aidan Davison says goodbye to City tomorrow admitting: It's been a roller-coaster ride. The 34-year-old stopper ends his second spell at the club by attempting to keep out the division's leading scorers. Davison, who first joined City on loan in 1997,

  • Pryce points the way

    The Bulls were forced to endure their second nail-biter in six days, but once again came out victorious. After picking up a Challenge Cup trophy last weekend, the Bulls faced a stiff test when they headed to Wigan's JJB Stadium in the hunt for vital Super

  • Claus turns down City

    Claus Jorgensen has turned down City's contract offer. The club will now struggle to hang on to the free-scoring midfielder, who has attracted interest with his form since Christmas. Boss Nicky Law said: "His agent explained that the offer we've made

  • Post-merger results see profit level soar

    Turnover and profit levels at United Co-operatives have soared, according to the firm's first set of post-merger results. The company was formed last year after Bradford-based Yorkshire Co-operatives Ltd was given the go-ahead to merge with United Northwest

  • Morrison's bid a 'good fit' - unions

    Bradford supermarket chain Morrisons' bid for Safeway would provide "a good geographical fit" according to union bosses. Brian Revell, T&G national organiser for food and agriculture, said he understood the benefits of a Morrisons deal but felt one

  • Supersonic pals won't slow down

    At the age of 77, most people are thinking of slowing down a little. But not Gladys Kell and her pal Mavis Ward, 75. In fact, the intrepid travellers are aiming to go supersonic. And it won't be for the first time: as an avid fan of the world's fastest

  • We don't want your 'nuisance' bike path, say residents

    Dozens of residents have joined a fight to stop proposals for a cycle route to pass beside their homes and through a private garden. The battle has begun after Christine and Adrian Naylor discovered the garden at their £350,000 home in Kingston Road,

  • Gang victim killed 'by blow from axe'

    Gang war victim Qadir Ahmed died from skull and brain damage from a blow to the head with an axe, a court was told yesterday. A forensic pathologist also found injuries inflicted with a knife or sharp bladed weapon and other wounds consistent with blows

  • Tories demand election inquiry

    An investigation is set to be launched into claims by Conservatives in Bradford that a ballot box containing postal votes was deliberately tampered with. Senior regional Tories are due to meet council officials this week to discuss the claims. The furore

  • £200,000 for the hot seat

    The new chief executive of Bradford Council could command a salary of £200,000 in return for taking on the "ultimate challenge". Senior politicians say they are prepared to pay the best to get the best in a now fiercely competitive market where exceptional

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - "Fish feel pain" Whatever will we hear next? Is this another act of fiction by the Interference Party? Bear in mind what is happening to blood sports. The only thing that has transpired from all the mud slinging is that the Government has condescended