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  • Music: Singalong-a-Wamba

    Simon Ashberry talks to Chumbawamba singer Alice Nutter about chart success - and karaoke. West Yorkshire band Chumbawamba play their long-awaited homecoming gig next week. The anarcho-popsters are assured of a rapturous welcome when they perform at the

  • Cash cuts put women at risk

    Bradford Rape Crisis has been forced to make cuts to its services and put women on a waiting list because of a shortage of cash. Joanne Earp reports. Casualty, the BBC's hard-hitting hospital drama, has dealt with most major issues in its time. Tomorrow

  • When it comes to pay, we're suffering

    The Royal College of Nursing has predicted a massive shortage of nurses in years to come as low pay and plunging morale take their toll. Health Reporter Mike Waites spoke to two nurses about how they view the profession. Alan Crossland, 46, began nursing

  • Trust fund to honour tragic climber

    A trust fund has been set up in memory of a climber in a bid to help youngsters share his love of mountains and the outdoor life. At least £1,000 has been raised so far towards the Simon Turner-Bottomley trust fund, half of it by his workmates at City

  • Stargazers flying north for natural light show

    Astronomer Dr Patrick Moore will be leading Bradford stargazers on a flight-of-a-lifetime in search of the Northern Lights. The trip has been organised by Saltaire travel agent Peter Truman who claims it is the first of its kind in the country. Passengers

  • Council refuses disabled boy a ride to school

    A disabled youngster has been denied free transport to school - because it's two miles too far. Nine-year-old Patrick Garland has muscular distrophy and cannot walk, eat or wash himself without help. His mum Patricia, 36, moved with Patrick and her other

  • Mounted police drafted in to stop cashpoint thieves

    Mounted police have been patrolling Shipley town centre for the first time after a spate of cashpoint robberies. Two officers on horseback targeted the area in a bid to deter the thieves who prey on shoppers drawing out money. And police on motorcycles

  • Murder trial delay for tragic widow

    Tragic widow Jo Pollard today spoke of her dismay at another delay in the trial of the three men accused of killing her husband. The trial in Hungary, where Michael Pollard was bludgeoned in a robbery, was postponed when the main defendant claimed his

  • Chantelle's death 'a tragic waste'

    The last moments of a 16-year-old's life after a gas-sniffing session were relived by her best friend at an inquest in Bradford. After the hearing into the death of Chantelle Bleau, Donna Murgatroyd said: "We spent all our time together - you couldn't

  • Mum's fury over 'sick' magazine

    A magazine containing pictures of children killing animals has been stripped from shop shelves across Britain - thanks to the actions of a Bradford mum. High-street giant WH Smith banned the February edition of computer magazine PC Zone from its 500 stores

  • Peter Meredith: Business Sense

    Individuals with high but irregular incomes are increasingly demanding financial services which can readily cope with changes in an earning pattern. When your income can fluctuate substantially, the traditional approach to managing personal finances has

  • Cougars determined to celebrate in style

    Keighley Cougars coach John Kain is looking to celebrate the club coming out of administration earlier this week with victory in tomorrow's Challenge Cup third round tie with amateur side Saddleworth Rangers. He goes into tomorrow's Cougar Park clash

  • Gordon keen to be one of the lads yet again

    With tomorrow marking the first anniversary of the horrific injury which has threatened his career, Gordon Watson is remarkably philosophical about his predicament. No-one who was in Valley Parade on February 1 last year to watch the local derby with

  • Richmond hits back

    Bradford City chairman Geoff-rey Richmond has hit back at critics who have accused him of taking 'the easy option' in app-ointing Paul Jewell as manager this week. The 33-year-old Jewell, who is hoping to name his number two early next week, is effectively

  • Price tag 'could halt road'

    The new price-tag for the proposed Bingley relief road could scupper the scheme, campaigners fear. The Telegraph & Argus revealed yesterday that the estimated costs of building the dual carriageway relief road have been revised upwards by a third.

  • Books: The Great Escape

    Yorkshire mountaineer Joe Simpson was left for dead high in the Andes but survived to tell the tale. Mike Priestley reports It's the worst nightmare for everyone who climbs mountains - and for everyone with a powerful imagination who would love to climb

  • Lights, camera, drizzle - on film location in Bradford

    David Behrens joins the cast of Los Angeles Without A Map on location in Bradford It had never happened before, so far as anyone on the set could remember - and it'll be a long time before it happens again. An assistant director explained the problem.

  • Anila Baig: Friday column

    Dairies are very popular at this time of year and some even go on to become famous books such as Adrian Mole and more recently, Bridget Jones, which is about a hapless single woman's haphazard pursuit of happiness. To prove that I am highly organised

  • Heads turn down revamp proposal

    Head teachers across Bradford have stunned education chiefs with a massive vote of no confidence in the schools' review. The education authority has been taken aback by the ferocity of the attack by heads against the ongoing review which proposes to close

  • 'Why Superdome WILL go ahead'

    T&A reporter JOANNE EARP tackles Superdome boss John Garside about the latest delays to the project..... Yesterday, in a page one comment, the Telegraph & Argus asked some direct questions about the long-awaited £200 million National Superdome

  • Firms urged to form Chile links

    Bradford firms are being given the chance to expand their horizons by doing deals with companies in Chile. Following the success of her recent visit to Brazil, Francoise Joyce, export development adviser at Business Link Bradford & District, is to

  • The One Man Band is back!

    He made everyone feel like dancing - now the One Man Band is back; Leo Sayer talks to David Behrens. Leo Sayer, according to those arbiters of all things stylish at Sky Magazine, is the last pop star in the world ever likely to become 'cool' again. But

  • An ungodly Resurrection

    David Behrens previews the Belfast-based film, Resurrection Man. In 1975, fearsome though they were, the terrorists of west Belfast were not, apparently, the most dangerous aspect to life in the city. The 'conventional' criminal fraternity, driven by

  • Dramatic U-turn cancels leisure scheme inquiry

    Councillors have made a dramatic U-turn just weeks before a public inquiry was due to begin into plans for a £20 million leisure complex at Thornbury. Leeds councillors had been advised to support an application for the Mid Point Leisure Centre, off Dick

  • Gone fishing - for best in pub grub

    Vincent Duffy's new book is inspired by three things - his love of fish and chips, pubs and Yorkshire. The chartered surveyor, of Priory Way, Battyeford, Mirfield, firmly believes if a pub serves an excellent portion of the Tyke's favourite dish the rest