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  • Brighouse take the honours in thriller

    Brighouse edged an entertaining encounter at Great Horton - but had to wait until the last over of the game to hit the winning runs. Brighouse won the toss and put Great Horton in to bat under an overcast sky. The home side began well enough after a shaky

  • 'We'll do better on body armour'

    Defence chiefs have promised to keep better track of life-saving body armour after shortages were blamed for the death of Shipley soldier Sergeant Steve Roberts. More than 146,000 pieces of enhanced combat body armour (ECBA) have been lost or damaged

  • Forgotten suffering of country in crisis

    A Bradford Oxfam worker has told of her horror at seeing desperate children scrambling to drink drips leaking from a water pipe in Africa. Jane Beesley spent three weeks in Chad where thousands of refugees from war-torn neighbouring Sudan are pouring

  • Ramblers ready for first 'right to roam'

    Walkers in Bradford and Craven will be the first to enjoy new rights to roam the countryside. And to celebrate, ramblers will venture on to land previously out of bounds. Their destination will be Boulsworth Moor, part of the Bronte moors, vast swathes

  • Trouble mars fun in the pubs

    Football fans clashed in Bradford last night in angry street scenes after Eng-land's shock last-minute defeat by France in Euro 2004. Trouble flared outside the Malt Kiln pub in Idle Road, Eccleshill, where police said a large group of youths were fighting

  • Eurosceptics grab Yorkshire foothold

    The UK Independence Party today celebrated big election gains as it won its first European Parliamentary seat in the Yorkshire and Humber region. The party's victory in the region last night mirrored gains across the country as Labour and the Tories saw

  • High drama at Red Lane

    Rule 18 - which governs match play - is one of the more contentious in the Specialist Ducting Supplies Bradford League. But it (or more particularly the clause involving rain-affected matches) contributed heavily towards a great finish at Red Lane on

  • Bridge too far for Reds

    Salford City Reds 28 Bradford Bulls 35 Paul Johnson and Lesley Vainikolo notched try-scoring doubles as the Bulls overturned a 16-10 half-time deficit to secure the two Tetley's Super League points at The Willows yesterday. The Bulls ran out six tries

  • All kitted out

    Wayne Jacobs donned City's latest kit with his fingers firmly crossed that it will see league action next season. As Jacobs and Mark Bower tried on the new-look outfits for size, the club's long-serving left back admitted he had never known a summer like

  • Ref cost us - Harrison

    The Bulls overcame the last-minute withdrawal of scrum half Paul Deacon with a stomach complaint and an appalling refereeing performance to beat Salford 35-28 at the Willows yesterday. It took a Mick Withers field goal two minutes from time to seal the

  • Cautious approach is needed

    The house-price spiral is reaching alarming proportions. A further indication of just how far the cost of putting a decent roof over your head has risen is emphasised in new figures released by the Halifax which show that the average price of a house

  • We'll raise a glass to best-ever show!

    Businesses are being urged to pledge their support to this year's Bingley Show to help make it one of the best. Organisers today said preparations for the 124th annual extravaganza - on Sunday, August 15, in Myrtle Park - were going "very well" but stressed

  • 'We had so much to look forward to'

    A grieving fiancee has spoken of the loss of her "fun-loving" boyfriend who died on a motorcycle ride. Shareen Dosanjh said she returns daily to Knotts Ford Nook, near Otley, where Andrew Bleazard had the tragic accident. The 25-year-old builder, of Midgley

  • Vigil on speed after protests

    Highways chiefs are to carry out speed checks on traffic using a road in Bradford after complaints that traffic-calming measures are causing accidents. Bradford Council introduced chicanes in Frizinghall Road two years ago to slow down traffic. But residents

  • 'Ground hop' day for City fans!

    Bantams fans are being challenged to go to as many football grounds across the country as they can - in just eight hours. The fundraising challenge to raise cash for the club is the idea of Bradford City fanatic Richard Wardell, who is urging supporters

  • Joy for group that helped little Awais

    A family centre which transforms the lives of deaf children and their parents has won through to the national final of awards recognising community endeavour. Among the youngsters helped by the Elizabeth Foundation's centre in Smith Lane, near Bradford

  • Her name sounds familiar!

    Rugby league's first cheerleader Diane Rhodes thought she was seeing things when she saw an article on the Bradford Bulls' dancers, featuring - Diane Rhodes. From her home in Cairns, Australia, she was stunned to find her name double was treading in her

  • Under the cosh

    West Yorkshire Police was today "named and shamed" as one of the poorest performing forces in the country. A damning report by Government inspectors concludes there is an urgent need for the force to substantially improve and a specialist Home Office

  • Rushforth injury jinx strikes again

    Cougars captain James Rushforth faces months on the sidelines after damaging a knee ligament in his comeback match against Rochdale last week. Rushforth has played only a handful of matches this season after struggling to recover from a double hernia

  • Letters to the Editor

    The case for more nuclear power SIR - Yes, Mr Brown, we need alternatives to fossil fuels swiftly (T&A, June 8). Arrival of the hydrogen fuel cell engine will call for large-scale new electricity generation capacity. Hugely-destabilising oil and natural