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  • Doctors' surgeries join the battle to protect staff

    "Be patient if you still want to be one". That is the message being driven home in the latest phase of the Telegraph & Argus End The Abuse campaign to protect to health workers from violent or abusive patients. A poster depicting a health centre

  • Airdrie hat-trick keeps Steeton well on target

    Steeton stepped up their bid to return to the Premier Division at the first attempt with a 4-3 victory at Mumtaz Division One strugglers Marsden. Stuart Airdrie's hat-trick did much of the damage, with Ricardo Falconi completing the scoring to keep the

  • McEwan secures Hill's Cup victory

    Hotshot Jamie McEwan hit a great hat-trick to secure Dudley Hill Rangers' passage to the third round of the County Cup at the expense of visitors Littletown. With his side going a goal down on 15 minutes due to a defensive mistake, McEwan collected a

  • Silsden players eager to tackle Town

    None of Silsden's players have made themselves unav-ailable for tonight and manager Andy Geary is not surprised given that it is for a high- profile friendly against Hudd-ersfield Town. "If I had been putting together a squad for a Tues-day night trip

  • Avenue need to be more ruthless

    Bradford Park Avenue go to Wakefield-Emley tonight still sixth in the UniBond League Premier Division table despite dropping two home points to lowly Ilkeston Town on Saturday. Manager Gary Brook is looking to add further to his team after giving debuts

  • Todd dilemma over Bridge-Wilkinson

    Colin Todd will spend the next few days pondering whether to unleash Marc Bridge-Wilkinson straight into the firing line. City's play-making midfielder is hoping to make a dramatic return at Huddersfield after ten weeks out of action. But Todd must decide

  • 'Our plan to create new entrepreneurs'

    A major scheme is under way to boost the number of new businesses in Bradford and create a more entrepreneurial culture. The move, spearheaded by Bradford Chamber of Commerce and Yorkshire Forward, the regional development agency, is timed to coincide

  • 'Winter deaths will increase'

    Sharp increases in energy costs will effect the district's most vulnerable and will lead to a rise in the number of winter deaths, Bradford's Age Concern has warned. Keith Nathan, the chief officer at Bradford and district Age Concern, said elderly people

  • I thought I would perish in hurricane

    A man, already seriously injured following a jet-ski accident, has told of the moment he expected to die in a savage hurricane. David Hainsworth, 24, was stranded in a Mexican hospital when 145mph winds ripped the roof off, leaving him and his brother

  • T&A quake fund's gala dinner boost

    A Bradford MP and one of the city's best known restaurateurs are hosting a gala dinner to boost funds for the T&A's South Asia Earthquake Appeal. Businessman Omar Khan and Bradford South MP Gerry Sutcliffe have teamed up to organise the dinner at

  • Tina left terrified by car intruder

    A thief terrified a woman by climbing into her car at a supermarket and stealing her handbag. Tina Wilson, 48, was putting her shopping on the passenger seat of her Ford Mondeo when the man got in beside her and threatened her at the Morrison's supermarket

  • 'Abusive neighbours making our life hell'

    Residents say 'tenants from hell' are making their lives a misery. David Martin and his neighbours say they have been subjected to verbal abuse, noise nuisance and threats, and endured countless sleepless nights over the past five years. They say the

  • £120m bid to turn university green

    Bradford University is investing £120million in a bid to become one of the world's greenest education institutions. The Ecoversity Project, launched today, brings together a programme of ongoing and new building improvements and green schemes to create

  • Classrooms hit by hi-tech crimewave

    Bradford schools are being hit by a hi-tech crimewave with thousands of pounds worth of state-of-the-art equipment stolen this term. Angry head teachers say new laptop computers and interactive whiteboards are being stolen within days of being installed

  • Bradford get best in soccer schooling

    Ian Ormondroyd has been in his job as Football in the Community Officer at Valley Parade for six years now. And he has seen plenty of change in that time, but the greatest difference has come in his workload over the past year. The 41-year-old former

  • Rangers denied as ref is forced to call a halt

    Salfia Rangers were leading FC Bosnia 7-1 with just minutes remaining when the referee was forced to abandon the Premier Division match. A hat-trick by Bob, backed up by Abid (2), Zaiid and Kapi, went to waste in the league's latest match to be called

  • Naylor double maintains Bury progress

    Mick Naylor scored twice as Queensbury continued their recent improvement with a 3-1 win at third-placed West Bowling in the only Premier Division match played this week. Bury gave reserve-team youngster Neil Marshall an outing up front alongside Naylor

  • Noble tells of Deacon ordeal

    Great Britain coach Brian Noble has apologised to Paul Deacon's parents over the horrific facial injury he suffered during Saturday night's record 38-12 victory over New Zealand. The lower part of the Bulls scrum half's face was pulped by what appeared

  • Message to unruly patients

    Abuse in family doctors' surgeries and at health centres usually isn't of the violent kind seen in hospitals, where the staff are dealing with people who believe they are in need of emergency treatment and might behave unreasonably because they are drunk

  • City's bid to bridge the racial division

    Bradford City have kicked off a campaign to get people of all ethnic backgrounds involved in football. The club have launched an organisation called Together Through Football to unite communities in Bradford. And this weekend the club invited youngsters

  • See how their gardens grow!

    Tenants of Bradford's biggest landlord were rewarded for their efforts to improve their properties and neighbourhoods at a glitzy awards ceremony last night. The event, at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford, was attended

  • Man who killed his step-dad gets life

    A man who stabbed to death his step-father as he lay defenceless on his settee has been jailed for life after being found guilty of murder. Mark Berry, 49, was knifed seven times in the chest by Darren Gregson, a reclusive loner who had been drinking

  • Doctors' surgeries join the battle to protect staff

    "Be patient ... if you still want to be one". That is the message being driven home in the latest phase of the Telegraph & Argus End The Abuse campaign to protect to health workers from violent or abusive patients. A poster depicting a health centre

  • Letters to the Editor

    Confusing world for our children SIR - I notice that education chiefs are concerned about the level of truancy in the city's schools (T&A, November 10). They have good cause to be concerned, because most of these children are not entirely stupid.

  • A spectre of doubt haunts spirited show

    The world of spirit is closer than many of us think, at least according to the many spiritualist mediums who ply their trade on television these days. At one time, those seventh sons or daughters of seventh sons or daughters could be seen in draughty