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  • Veteran David wants to try for fifth Paralympics

    After the euphoria of the Sydney Olympics it looked difficult for the Paralympics to better it. But Bradford table tennis player David Hope reckons they did just that. "The volunteers found the Olympic stars were more aloof than us, whereas we are just

  • Dazzling Dale enjoys sweet taste of boxing

    Flyweight Dale Robinson's biggest fight is keeping away from sweets and junk food. For Bradford's boxer with nine lives, his sweet tooth should be a simple opponent. Young gun Robinson has won plenty of admirers in an explosive start to his professional

  • MATCH REPORT - Charlton Athletic 2, Bradford City 0

    Two goals in the first 16 minutes condemned Bradford City to their fifth away defeat in six Premiership matches. Charlton seized the initiative from the start when they went ahead after three minutes through Jonatan Johansson before Graham Stuart added

  • No delay in replacing the Odeon

    A lot of Bradford people have a strong sentimental attachment to the building which most recently housed the Odeon cinema. It's somewhere they enjoyed memorable moments during its long life, which began when it was the New Victoria and continued through

  • On This Day

    In 1903, the Salt statue was unveiled in Saltaire Park, Shipley. In 1979, US Embassy staff in Teheran were seized by revolutionaries. From the Telegraph & argus of November 4th, 1975... Bradford City directors today launched a public appeal for £80,000

  • 'Yes, pull down the unattractive Odeon'

    Calls were made today for the demolition of the historic Odeon cinema, after its new owners said they were considering razing it to the ground. But renowned organist Arnold Loxham said he was devastated by the news that the building could be lost for

  • Victim support co-ordinators lose their case

    Two former co-ordinators of the now-defunct Bradford Victim Support scheme have had their claim for unfair dismissal rejected. However, the employment tribunal in Leeds agreed Peter Milligan and Mira Dey were owed money relating to pensions, holiday entitlement

  • 'Growler' bit police dog to get even

    A drunken teenager who was said to have "growled like an animal'' as he bit into a police dog's neck has been put on probation for two years. Bradford magistrates were told Mark Binns wanted to get even with the Alsatian after it bit him on the arm. Gripping

  • Football ban on five fans

    Five fans have been banned from all football matches for three years, after being arrested for incidents surrounding last Sunday's derby game between Bradford City and Leeds United. The bans were imposed by Bradford magistrates . The banned five were:

  • Flood victim appeal launch

    A disaster appeal for the district's flood victims is set to be started by Bradford Council. The announcement came as Elliot Morley, the Govern-ment's Minister for Flooding and Coastal Defence, surveyed the scenes of devastation in the Stockbridge area

  • Fireball hero praised

    A takeaway restaurant manager was today hailed a hero by firefighters after helping to save five people trapped in their overturned blazing car. The Vauxhall Cavalier careered out-of-control into Yazz's pizza takeaway restaurant in Oak lane, Manningham

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - Re your Comment "Problem of Children and Crime" (T&A, October 30). People think of children as part of the problem of crime because children are part of the problem, subject as they are to the appalling lowering of standards by the media in

  • Sports club closes after flood damage

    One of Bradford's biggest sports clubs has been severely hit by this week's floods. Bradford & Bingley Sports Club at Wagon Lane will be closed until Christmas after suffering thousands of pounds worth of damage when the River Aire burst its banks

  • Weather delays stand opening

    The wild weather of the past week has put back the opening date for Bradford City's new North West corner stand. The section between the Sunwin and Carlsberg stands was due to open at City's next home match against Everton next Saturday. But it will not

  • Events organiser has bulldog spirit

    News that a tool manufacturer is to stop producing its cast iron bulldog mascots sent businessman Brian Hartley barking mad. For Mr Hartley, who organises the annual Bulldog Trophy event for off-road driving enthusiasts from around the country, converts

  • Electric cable fault caused train blaze

    A fire which forced 80 people to be evacuated from a train travelling from Skipton to Leeds was caused by poor workmanship, an investigation has revealed. A Health and Safety Executive inspector discovered insulation on an electric cable on the train

  • JCB rescue heros 'should get award'

    A team of rescuers are being nominated for a bravery award after commandeering a passing JCB to pluck a woman from freezing flood waters before she was swept away. She had been caught in torrents close to the River Aire at Baildon after it burst its banks

  • Priests are at risk, say Church bosses

    A teenager with a history of mental health problems is to be sentenced at Bradford Crown Court after admitting to threatening a Bradford vicar. But the case of Christopher Coombes, who told Reverend Peter Hedge, of Queensbury Parish Church, that he would

  • Park boats came to the rescue

    Boats used on the new boating lake at Bradford's Lister Park were commandeered from their winter storage this week to rescue stranded Keighley residents from their fast-flooding homes. Vessels which were crewed by families enjoying a sunny day in the

  • 'You don't have to suffer in silence'

    A Bradford nurse has designed a special poster to highlight the problem of prostate disease to the district's men. Senior sister Carol Jevons has created the poster which poses the question: "How's your flow?" to encourage men to get a check-up for benign

  • Bus fares to go up as fuel prices soar

    Bus fares will increase on most First Bradford routes tomorrow to cover the soaring cost of fuel. But the timing of the rise was described as "dreadful" because the company is considering protests from thousands of people that they have lost out on services

  • Teenagers hurt in mini-cab accident

    A teenage girl was in hospital today with serious head injuries after she and a friend were involved in an accident with a minicab in Bradford city centre. The accident occurred on a pedestrian crossing outside the Hilton Hotel,in Hall Ings at 1.40pm

  • Coroner investigates missing baby heart

    An inquest has been abruptly halted after the family of a three-month-old girl was rocked by news that her body was sent back to this country with the heart missing. Alanya Taylor Watson died while on holiday with her family in Fuerteventura, in the Canary

  • 'Domed to failure'

    Millennium Dome boss Pierre-Yves Gerbeau has used a Bradford conference as a launch pad for a rocket to the Government over its handling of the ill-fated attraction. He condemned the "amateur" approach of his ministerial paymasters and accused them of