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  • Bulls in gruelling training schedule in Portugal

    Goal setting is high on the list of priorities for the Bulls during their current week-long warm weather camp in Vilamoura, Portugal. "We're going to work really, really hard and set tablets in stone for this year," said coach Brian Noble, before the

  • Just play football

    City players have been told to focus on survival and block out any off-the-field drama. The squad found out last night that Gordon Gibb had quit as chairman. Bryan Robson delivered the news after being briefed in a phone call from chief executive Julian

  • Built to last - repairs to Bingley lock are first for 200 years

    Bingley's historic Five Rise Locks is undergoing a major engineering project - the first in more than two centuries. The programme should ensure the landmark's existence for at least another century, according to the building works manager. Built in 1773

  • Tennage smokers quit the lard way!

    A gruesome TV advert showing fat oozing out of a cigarette is boosting quit-it figures among Bradford's teenagers. More young smokers than ever before are visiting the Stop Smoking bus, which was in town this week for a New Year blitz, offering free advice

  • Smokers get the message

    There have been many campaigns aimed at encouraging people to stop smoking and preferably at persuading them not to start in the first place. None of them seems to have had a significant impact on the number of young people who turn to cigarettes as part

  • On this day

    In 1862, gunsmith Samuel Colt died. In 1946, the first United Nations General Assembly met in London. In 1985, Clive Sinclair introduced his battery driven tricycle, the C5. From the Telegraph & Argus of January 10th, 1979... Plans have been announced

  • Injured rugby player to give up the game

    A rugby union player who made an astonishing recovery after breaking his neck is having to give up the game. Ian Scrivin was back home on Wednesday, three days after six-hour surgery to mend two broken bones he suffered in a crunching tackle. Mr Scrivin

  • Letters to the Editor

    Relief road jams are no surprise SIR - Surely it cannot be a surprise to anyone that the traffic is now stationary on the new Bingley relief road rather than in Bingley town centre. Where did the optimists think the traffic would go? It must have been

  • Speeding appeal to city drivers

    Speed camera dodgers in Bradford are being warned they have no way of avoiding being caught -- whatever strategies they attempt. Driving on the wrong side of the road and surfing between cameras are some of the methods motorists use to avoid being caught

  • Bottle recycling smashes record

    Recycling levels across the district have been boosted by thousands of extra bottles deposited in recycling banks over the festive period. More than a million bottles and jars have been collected at bottle banks since the start of December, smashing last

  • Shrimp plant 'would get up our noses'

    Residents fear they could be left holding their noses if a plan for a shrimp cultivation unit goes ahead. Laisterdyke residents dread a foul fishy smell will permeate their neighbourhood if the development by Wakefield-based Orion Homes is successful.

  • Sample the magic of Magyar

    Hungarian culture is celebrated in Bradford from now until the end of January, with a film festival, a Gypsy folk band and a string quartet. Magyar Magic forms part of the Hungarian Government's year-long cultural programme which started in November,

  • Addictb burglar who beat war hero is jailed

    A crack addict burglar who battered a disabled 83-year-old war hero with his own walking stick has been jailed for 15 years. Wallace Martin was struck about the head and body up to 30 times after he disturbed Simon Pollard in his Bradford home. The pensioner

  • Gibb: Why I had to walk away

    Bradford City Football Club was searching for a new chairman today after Gordon Gibb suddenly quit. He ended his 17-month reign yesterday afternoon, stepping down alongside another director, his accountant Andrew Richardson. In a statement following his