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  • Theatre: My real idea of heaven

    It's not that William Byrne is unfulfilled playing our Lord and Saviour... it's just that he'd really like to be a film star. He hasn't had much experience in that field so far, although he did start at the top. "Just the one film to date," he says. "

  • Village vows to fight new homes plan

    An action group has been set up to fight development plans that would almost double the number of homes in a Craven village. Eastburn residents have vowed to fight the Taywood Homes scheme for 198 houses on fields near the village, which presently contains

  • Horseback guards to beat crime

    Guards on horseback are to patrol remote homes in a unique crime-fighting venture by a local security firm. The new scheme to protect vulnerable rural properties has been launched by Executive Securities of Burley-in-Wharfedale and will cover houses around

  • Drive-by shots: Two are injured

    A drive-by shooting left two men needing hospital treatment last night in Whinney Hill Park, Brighouse. The men, both in their 30s, were standing in a house doorway when they were blasted with a shotgun from a passing car. Both received pellet injuries

  • Getting behind Bulls and Broncos

    A pub landlord is bidding to form a Denver Broncos fan club branch following news of official links between the Bradford Bulls and the American football team. On Tuesday, the Telegraph & Argus reported how Bulls coach Matthew Elliott and his coaching

  • Riddle of missing jeweller

    Police are stepping up efforts to challenge an elusive Cross Hills businessman about the whereabouts of jewellery belonging to his customers. Jeweller Stephen Perry disappeared for nearly two months earlier this year leaving people unable to reclaim their

  • Bantams' big leap

    Bradford City today took a giant step forward with the announcement of £5 million plans for a big expansion of their Valley Parade home. The move will see a huge tier being added to the main Sunwin Stand and the erection of a new corner section, increasing

  • Guiseley facing late tests

    Non-League Soccer: Guiseley travel to Gloucestershire tomorrow to face Conference outfit Forest Green as their FA Cup bandwagon reaches the first round proper. Expectation will be high for Bobby Davison's men as they triumphed over Forest Green's high-flying

  • Cash pledge

    Geoffrey Richmond has reassured Bradford City fans that the £5 million cost of extending the Valley Parade capacity will not be at the expense of team strengthening. The Bantams today announced their ambitious plans to add a second tier to the existing

  • Calendar puts Mike in the Millennium spirit

    A Bradford artist has turned 12 paintings of his favourite pubs into a calendar for the Millennium. For 15 years Michael Spence, 52, has painted watercolours of his best-loved locals near his home in Hainsworth Moor Drive, Queensbury, After finishing

  • Postal boom looms

    Royal Mail's final phase of a £5.7 million development to keep up with booming Brad-ford's postal needs is open. Now all of the 690,000 items of post destined for South Bradford - be they letters or junk mail, bills or cheques - will come through the

  • Offering a way back to society

    Young people in Bradford who risk being alienated from their community are to be given a share of a £1million lifeline. The Millennium Commission has awarded the cash to the charity Rathbone to set up intensive programmes of training and volunteering

  • Shop sets out stall to impress

    As well as keeping it in the family, the Shaws are also keeping business firmly in Bradford city centre. Over the past few years, sales have increased dramatically at their shop - Table Decor - on Bradford's North Parade, a sign, they hope, of even better

  • 'Race case has left me shattered'

    Hair stylist Dawn Harriett, awarded £9,000 for racial discrimination, says her confidence is shattered. She left Bradford College in 1987 for her first job as stylist at the Hair Express Salon at Asda, Dudley Hill. She was the only black member of staff

  • Victory for Muslims on burials

    Muslims are today celebrating the long-hoped-for news that West Yorkshire Coroner Roger Whittaker has agreed to provide a weekend service. A crunch meeting took place yesterday afternoon arranged by Bradford Council's new Chief Executive Ian Stewart at

  • Music: Stranglers put the boot in!

    Punk survivors The Stranglers are so famous they have had a shoe named after them. The band are celebrating their 25th anniversary with a tour which brings them to Bradford next week. And to mark their quarter century, Dr Martens has produced a special

  • MP: I'll fight for Skills HQ in city

    Bradford has lost its fight for its own Learning & Skills Council despite a four-month battle. But a new campaign was immediately launched to base the West Yorkshire Learning & Skills Council in the city. Yesterday's Government announcement to

  • New clinic may save 50 a year

    The first clinic in the country dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of bowel cancer will be up and running at Airedale General Hospital by Tuesday. The Clear Cancer Campaign launched in April by Skipton Rotary Club has raised enough money to fund

  • I wouldn't give this hospital food to my dog!

    Catering at Bradford hospitals has come under fire in a guide for new junior doctors. The book, which gives a detailed account of what the young medics can expect when they begin work, is damning about the quality of food served up in Bradford hospital

  • Bees welcome rest to recharge batteries

    Rugby Union: It's half-term for schools and many rugby union first teams have decided to have a week off as well. Bradford and Bingley, Keighley, Bradford Salem and Ilkley are all putting their feet up tomorrow. Bees coach Colin Hay said: "A few of the

  • Queensbury bidding to halt speedy Warriors

    Amateur Rugby League: Queensbury face their toughest challenge of the season when high-scoring Hunslet Warriors visit Hill Top in the fourth round of the Tetley Bitter Yorkshire Cup. The Warriors are riding high in the White Rose League averaging over

  • Stand up and take a bow, City

    It is good to see the determination being shown at Valley Parade to maintain the momentum of Bradford City with plans for a £5 million investment to expand the capacity of the Sunwin Stand by 6,000. Under the chairmanship of Geoffrey Richmond, City have

  • Nick Oldham: Rights and Wrongs

    Baffled Lynne Lynn is demanding answers from a phone company after being charged for calls she claims she has not made. Since March the 46-year-old says her phone bills from Yorkshire Cable have listed phone numbers she has apparently dialled - many of

  • Book celebrates last of Victoria's boroughs

    A Pudsey-born historian has returned to his home town and compiled a bygone record of its last century. Gerry Tomlinson, who has already published 20 history titles, spent eight years hunting down information, archives and photographs for his latest work

  • Tot gets his very own 'pad'

    An autistic youngster and his family have been given a new lease of life with a bedroom conversion made possible by kind-hearted Keighley people. Damian Clough's bedroom in Westbank Rise has been turned into a padded play area, paid for by funds raised

  • Broke best friend's jaw

    A teenager who smashed his best mate's jaw in a jealous rage has been locked up for nine months. Chef Darren Neeson, 19, lost his temper after finding out that his then girlfriend had dumped him and gone back to her former boyfriend Mark Sherry. Neeson

  • Kept awake by the builders? Use these earplugs!

    A Bradford night worker has been given ear-plugs by health chiefs after complaining she could not sleep because of noise from hospital building work. Susan Holdsworth whose house backs onto Lynfield Mount Hospital, Bradford, said sometimes she has to

  • Now the Scots are supporting our bid

    Bradford's all-out bid to become the culture capital of Europe will be officially launched next month. It follows a stirring message from Glasgow - the unlikely contender which won the title in 1990 - to "go for it" even if the odds seem stacked against

  • Hello, Britain!

    The publishers of the Telegraph & Argus were today unveiling a major new internet service. This is Britain (www.thisisbritain.co.uk) is a national hub linking a series of regional sites across the country, including This is Bradford, run from the