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  • Grant's equaliser caps great fightback by City Reserves

    BRADFORD CITY RES 1 MANCHESTER CITY RES 1 Gareth Grant rescued a point with a late equaliser as Bradford City Reserves emulated the first team with a great comeback at Valley Parade last night. For a long time it looked as if City would go down to their

  • Kidd is the man for Jefferies

    Jim Jefferies has appointed Hearts stalwart Walter Kidd as Bradford City's new reserve team coach. The 42-year-old was part of Jefferies backroom staff at Tynecastle and played alongside him during his 14-year-playing career. Kidd, pictured, played more

  • City to cut cup prices

    Bradford City have reduced admission prices for their FA Cup third round tie against Middlesbrough. The club announced the cut in prices after it was revealed that the match has been switched to Monday, January 8 so that it can be televised live by Sky

  • Parental rights 'wait and see'

    Bradford Chamber of Commerce & Industry has adopted a 'wait-and-see' attitude to proposals for greater parental rights at work. A far-reaching range of improvements for the lot of working parents were included in the Green Paper that was unveiled

  • President surveys scene

    Yorkshire's chartered surveyors are playing a vital role in the region's regeneration, the head of their professional association declared. Jonathan Harris, president of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, spoke during a day-long tour of the

  • Abbey habit

    A firm helping to nurture small enterprise has seen its pre-tax profits leap by 75 per cent in the last year. Mentmore Abbey plc, which runs business centres in Bradford, Cleckheaton and Brighouse, unveiled record figures in its half-yearly preliminary

  • Tesco defeat may mean 100 homes

    A housing company could apply to build more than 100 houses on the Tesco site in Cleckheaton if the superstore's plans are knocked back. In September, Tesco won another stage in its fight to build an 'edge-of-centre' supermarket in Cleckheaton to replace

  • Multi-million pound flats plan for elderly

    A multi-million pound retirement complex is set to be built in Bingley providing sheltered accommodation for over 100 elderly folk. McCarthy And Stone (Developments) Ltd, based in York, wants to build 126 flats on a three acre site near Myrtle Park, Bingley

  • First Special to train police

    A Special Constable from Bradford is the first in the county to become a qualified police trainer. Senior Section Officer Wayne Cowley completed the two-week training course in his own time. The 30-year-old, who is in charge of 21 Special Constables at

  • 800 jobs saved in motor firm buyout

    The jobs of more than 800 workers have been saved from the axe following a management buy-out at Bradford car parts retailer Motor World. Administrative receivers had been called in to the firm two months ago, putting the future of its nationwide workforce

  • Mugger in string of violent attacks

    Police today stepped up patrols after three elderly woman were attacked by a violent mugger. All the robberies took place yesterday afternoon in the Eccleshill area of Bradford and are being linked by police. Inspector David Holdsworth, of Eccleshill

  • Robber snatches woman's pension

    Christmas has been ruined for an 80-year-old widow who was robbed of her pension money while in her car. Eileen Jackson, of Clayton, Bradford, says she has lost her faith in humanity after her attacker stole £210 when he punched through the passenger

  • 'Morrisons snubbed budget wine guide'

    Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons, whose off-licences are rated the best in the country, has refused to be included in a new budget wine guide which features its main supermarket rivals. The Best Wine Buys at Under-a-Fiver 2001 edition, by Ned

  • 'We don't want Bradford to be known as gun city'

    Bradford MPs have met Home Secretary Jack Straw to voice their fears about the growing gun culture on the city's streets. And today they pledged to fight for extra cash from the Government if police need additional resources to tackle the trend that has

  • Teenager inspires cup blow for Albion

    The third round of the West Riding County FA Sunday Cup produced several shocks with holders Albion Sports crashing out 3-2 to fellow Alliance Premier Division side Hudsons. Meanwhile, Alliance Division One side East Ward gave last season's losing finalists

  • Call for caution in merry Cougarland

    Keighley Cougars coach Steve Deakin is anxious that his players do not rest on their laurels after shooting to the top of the Northern Ford Premiership. Their impressive 32-6 win over champions Dewsbury Rams at Cougar Park on Sunday maintained their 100

  • Illy sees his faith in White reap rewards

    Former England boss Ray Illingworth and current assistant coach Martyn Moxon heaped praise on Nasser Hussain and his team for the historic victory in Karachi yesterday which brought England their first series win in Pakistan for 39 years. And the two

  • Stamp out this gun terror

    Gun crime has risen to alarming levels in Bradford this year. Yesterday's shooting of a 32-year-old man outside an Asian restaurant in Lumb Lane is the seventh firearms incident in the city in six months. In all, one man has died and six others have received

  • On This Day

    In 1861, the 'Swedish Nightingale' Jenny Lind sang at St George's Hall. In 1882, violent gales hit Bradford, causing widespread damage. In 1901, Marconi received the first radio signal sent across the Atlantic. From the Telegraph & Argus of December

  • Gun victim 'received death threats'

    Bradford's latest gun victim received death threats in the months leading up to Sunday's shooting, detectives revealed today. Detective Inspector Sheridan Moore, of Toller Lane Police, said the 32-year-old man had been fortunate to escape serious injury

  • City's dirty streets need clean sweep

    Bradford's dirty streets have been highlighted in a major survey in which only just over a quarter of people described them as clean. A panel made up of 2,500 local people told the council there should be more street cleaners and more bins. Now a leading

  • Tate tribute for the Kala Sangam group

    A Bradford-based arts group has been hand-picked to perform in the spectacular Tate Modern art gallery today. Asian arts group Kala Sangam is one of only five groups to be chosen to perform at the celebrated London gallery for the climax of the Millennium

  • Cutting risk of brain cancer

    Mobile phones have swept the nation with everyone from schoolchildren to pensioners chatting away on ever more advanced handsets. But it was only after the rush to get mobile took a grip that fears of radiation from the phones contaminating the brain

  • Hi-tech screening for breast cancer

    A new, hi-tech fleet of mobile screening units is to take to the region's roads tomorrow to save lives. The three purpose-built vehicles, equipped with the latest technology to detect breast cancer, are part of a £500,000 package of improvements from

  • How four-year-old Connor beat the 'Collywobbles'

    Not too many children relish the idea of a visit to the dentist, but for four-year-old Connor Bannister, Bradford City star Stan Collymore was on hand to offer support. The Bantams star has been troubled by his wisdom teeth in recent weeks and had popped

  • 'Let us talk about a festive bus service'

    The city's largest bus operator today urged Bradford Council to discuss a possible salvage plan for New Year's Eve services. The Telegraph & Argus revealed on Saturday how thousands of revellers could be left stranded at Bradford's massive Millennium

  • 'I endured four years of hell in a Japanese war camp'

    Ana Reddish shared a flea-ridden bed with eight other women and watched in terror as young girls were raped by Japanese soldiers. Yet despite the near starvation, the loss of twins prematurely and being forced to stand in the pouring rain after giving