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  • Bingley are outgunned by Oakworth in shoot-out

    Two goals from Lee Smith were not enough to see Bingley under-16s through to the third round of the League Cup. Oakworth fought back to equalise in the last minute and take the game into extra-time and then penalties, which they won 4-3. In the under-

  • Owen senses a bright future for Oakenshaw

    After the lows of battling relegation over the last couple of seasons and being embarrassingly put to the sword by Stanley Road in a one-sided final at Valley Parade, winds of change are blowing at Oakenshaw. With most of the successful side of the mid

  • Derby clash could go either way - Sinnott

    Lee Sinnott believes Saturday's West Yorkshire derby is too close to call. The hours are ticking down to City's first clash with Huddersfield since April 1999. And Sinnott, who played for both clubs, cannot pick a winner. "It's down to the toss of a coin

  • Noble's name enough to seal the deal

    The chance to be coached by Brian Noble was the key factor in new Bulls recruit Brad Meyers deciding to join the club from Brisbane Broncos on a three-year deal. The 24-year-old former Queensland Origin and Australia representative, who arrives in Britain

  • Brave Danielle is a top winner

    Brave Danielle Skilbeck, who lost her legs and hands during a battle against meningitis two years ago, has been named as one of Britain's most courageous youngsters. The six-year-old from Otley was being honoured at a star-studded service at Westminster

  • Funding that must continue

    Too often, it seems, valuable projects which win plaudits for the help they are able to give to people go on to founder because their funding dries up. The latest example of this, unless it can be rescued, looks likely to be the ground-breaking Staying

  • Film-maker's delight over found tapes

    A documentary maker has paid tribute to the honesty of a Bradford man for the safe return of his tapes containing one of the last interviews given by Yasser Arafat. After freelance Paul Martin lost valuable tapes of footage he shot in the Middle East,

  • CD getting the nod from tired parents

    Two childhood friends who came up with calming story CDs to help restless youngsters nod off are hoping to sign a book deal - and get on TV. Annie Heyes and Josie Wood, both 42, who met at Woodhouse Grove 25 years ago, have already sold thousands of their

  • 'Off-road legally at my motorcross site'

    A Bradford shop manager has come up with a solution to alleviate problems with illegal off-road motorcycling. Dean Masters, manager of Big Boys Toys, in Bingley Road, Saltaire is to set up a motorcross track for youngsters to practise the sport without

  • Sacks of mail dropped off in road grit box

    Letters and important post are being dropped off and stored unlocked in a Bradford road-side grit box for several hours each day, residents claimed today. Residents in Bolton Woods said sacks of letters, labelled "grit-box post", were left each morning

  • Strictly Aled on song for his fans

    ALED JONES St George's Hall The 12-year-old with a cute haircut and an amazing soprano voice turned Strictly Come Dancing star has come on in leaps and bounds since his rendition of Walking in the Air in the mid eighties. Echoes of those pure vocal tones

  • BNP leader bailed in race hate inquiry

    The leader of the British National Party was released on police bail yesterday after being questioned on suspicion of inciting racial hatred. Forty-five-year-old Nick Griffin was arrested at his home in Wales yesterday at around 6.15am as part of an investigation

  • Under-strength Bury in cup exit

    Queensbury were rocked by the late withdrawal of three key players prior to the visit to Bank Quay Bulls in the second round of the GMB National Cup and went out 30-16 against the Lancashire Cup finalists. The Bulls caught Bury cold with an early converted

  • Success is the theme

    Eldwick Primary School has been ranked among the top 200 schools nationally for its11-year-olds' exam results. Carolyne Coyle speaks to head teacher Sue Greenwood about the school's success, which she says should not be based on league tables alone. Sue

  • Wife tells of trying to stop attackers

    A woman has told a jury how she struggled to stop a man kicking her badly injured husband during a street attack. David Smith had already been struck with what may have been a crook-lock and was face down on the ground when his wife Jean tried to defend

  • MPs rebel over 'living will' law

    One of Bradford's Labour MPs has defied Tony Blair over new laws which critics claim will allow euthanasia "by the back door". Marsha Singh, who represents Bradford West, joined a rebellion aimed at strengthening the Mental Capacity Bill. But an amendment

  • Workers tag along to join toy appeal

    Kind-hearted companies are continuing to make donations to the Telegraph & Argus Christmas Toy Appeal as the clock ticks towards next Monday's deadline. Throughout December, T&A readers and local businesses have been making generous contributions

  • Anti-violence help group under threat

    A groundbreaking project helping hundreds of Bradford's most vulnerable women and their children to live in safety is on the verge of closure after losing 75 per cent of its funding. The Staying Put programme, which helps victims of domestic violence,

  • Trust defiant over ryan sacking

    The board of Bradford's hospitals trust was today challenging the sacking of their chairman by health regulator Monitor. John Ryan, who has been chairman of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust since 2000, was yesterday replaced by the regulator with

  • Letters to the Editor

    Oastler traders are not moaners SIR - We must respond to Mrs Willis (T&A, December 4) who called the Oastler Centre traders "moaners". We are shopkeepers and market traders (my family have traded within this city for 46 years) who work extremely hard