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  • Dan uses his head

    A villain one match, a hero the next. Dan Petrescu proved a week is a long time in football by scoring City's last-gasp equaliser at Upton Park. The 32-year-old Romanian international was substituted 20 minutes from the end after a poor performance in

  • My team are back

    The Bulls were only ever one top-notch performance away from re-establishing themselves in the race for Grand Final glory and produced one right on cue to re-ignite hopes of completing their dream double. You had to feel sympathy for the way they were

  • City hope for quick recoveries

    Bradford City hope a two-week break in the Premiership programme will give their injured players a chance to regain their fitness. City added two more injuries to their list of senior players when midfielder Gareth Whalley and full back Gunnar Halle both

  • It's caution to the wind!

    Record-breaking Bradford Bulls stand-off Henry Paul says the side will throw caution to the wind in their bid to complete a memorable Challenge Cup and Super League double. Coach Matthew Elliott hailed the re-emergence of the true Bulls after Saturday's

  • Review: Return of old friends in Lancs street

    THEATRE: Spring and Port Wine Watching Bill Naughton's Spring and Port Wine is like revisiting an old friend. Although the sixties kitchen sink drama set in Lancashire still feels very much of its time, it remains as popular and entertaining as ever in

  • Theatre: Surrey hits the Keighley stage

    A COWBOY promises a farm girl he'll take her to the box social in this scene from Keighley Amateurs' production of Oklahoma!. Richard Aldham and Katrina Wood are pictured preparing for the classic musical about life on the frontier in America's old west

  • Missing money mystery

    A former bar steward at a working men's club has been ordered to do 80 hours community service after £4,000 went missing from its accounts. Alan Gibson, 46, said he did not have a clue where the money had gone when police investigated discrepancies at

  • Barrow brigade's big battle

    Residents in Hirst Wood, Saltaire, have rallied to try to turn a former eyesore into an oasis of calm and beauty. People of all ages are involved in the community project to make a seating area where people can watch the world go by on Hirst Wood Road

  • Spike girl is 'lucky to be alive'

    A girl impaled on a metal spike after falling out of a tree is lucky to be alive, her mother said today. Eight-year-old Laura Jennings, pictured, of Camellia Mount, Lidget Green, Bradford, was trapped with the sawn-off fencing pole caught in her thigh

  • 'Flights had no time to take off'

    Bradford bosses today hit out at British European Airline's decision to scrap its service from Leeds-Bradford International Airport to London. And they said the airline should have given the service more time to take off before making the decision to

  • Old girls' act

    More than 600 women visited Bradford on Saturday to share memories, meet old friends and celebrate a very special occasion. Some were in their 20s, while others were in their late 80s. Some had come from as far away as Australia and the USA, while others

  • My son may never walk again

    A six-year-old boy might not walk again after suffering terrible injuries when he was mown down by a hit-and-run driver. Usman Hamid, of Amberley Street, Bradford, was hit by a red Vauxhall Cavalier as he tried to cross Barkerend Road, Bradford. As the

  • One-way system needs considering

    BEFORE anyone rushes to criticise Mike Doyle's plans for a one way loop round Skipton, let's just pause a while to praise him for coming up with a few ideas of his own to at least throw into the melting pot. The county councillor is fed up waiting for

  • Pollard's optimism still high at Baildon

    Optimism and sport tend to go hand in hand, and that is certainly the case at Baildon. The Jenny Laners' record so far this season in all matches is played five, drawn one, lost four, but try telling Baildon's coach Kenny Pollard that better times aren't

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - re: "Peace deal on way out, says Paisley"(T&A, September 22). Ian Paisley (pictured) claims that the peace process "is finished", along with Ulster Unionist David Trimble. Why? His colleague in the Democratic Unionist Party polled 822 votes

  • Hundreds get the picture

    If you ever wanted proof that Bollywood is driving people crazy - this is it. To mark the Bite the Mango film festival, the Asda superstore in Rooley Lane, Bradford, showed their first-ever Asian drive-in movie. And Bollywood fever reached new heights

  • 'Big Jack' becomes a huge celebrity!

    'Big Jack' Taylor is set to be a massive star in every sense of the word after the Telegraph & Argus exclusively revealed he had not left his house for 25 years. Jack has become an overnight celebrity, courted by top name media types near and far.

  • Armed guard for three gun victims

    Three people, including a Bradford woman, were under armed guard in hospital today after suffering gunshot wounds, police said. Officers were called to a report of a shooting in Chapeltown, Leeds, early yesterday and found the woman suffering injuries

  • Plea for hammer attack witnesses

    A man has been scarred for life after a horrific unprovoked attack by a gang armed with a hammer and a Stanley knife. The 40-year-old had been out for a night in Bradford with his 33-year-old friend, both from Halifax, when the attack took place outside

  • Bulls to go it alone after deal collapse

    Bradford Bulls chiefs today pledged to press ahead with their own development of Odsal Stadium after a week of crises. The move follows the failure of developers Sterling Capitol to sign a contract on Friday for its planned £25 million development of

  • 'School security hit by caretaker row'

    A head teacher fears security at his school is being compromised by a long-running row between the site's former caretaker and Bradford Council. Paul Richardson, head teacher of Sandal Primary School, Baildon, is calling for the dispute between Alwyne