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  • Rain stops play

    Today's Unibond League Cup quarter-final tie between Bradford Park Avenue and Blyth Spartans at Horsfall was called off due to a waterlogged pitch. The match will now be played on Wednesday at Horsfall at 7.45pm. Eccleshill's game at Glasshoughton Welfare

  • Axed Henry hits out at new bosses

    Henry Paul today accused Gloucester coaches of holding back his career. The former Bull slammed the regime at the union club and said the standards were too low and were hampering his progress and that of the team. He has held talks with boss Philippe

  • Cougars' French test

    Le gitan blanc, chat maigre and fourgasse are coming to Cougar Park tomorrow to do battle in the Kellogs Nutri-Grain Challenge Cup third round. But it is not a pungent cheese sale, these are the nicknames of the stars from the continent visiting West

  • Breckin says: I want move to City

    City target Ian Breckin is still banking on Nicky Law to take him to Valley Parade. Law pulled out of the race for Chesterfield duo Breckin and Jamie Burt after his old club laughed off a £225,000 offer. But centre-half Breckin is hoping the interest

  • So vital to win war on car-jackers

    The hard-hitting police campaign against car-jackers in Bradford will surely be widely welcomed, especially by drivers of the more upmarket models which are particularly being singled out. The antics of these criminals have been causing a lot of concern

  • On This Day

    In 1901, 50,000 people hear the Proclamation in Bradford of the Accession of King Edward VII In 1920, £20,000 worth of damage was caused by a fire in Springmill Street, Bradford. In 1921, Field Marshal Earl Haigh received the freedom of the city in Bradford

  • Robber drives car at woman

    A woman who chased robbers from a jeweller's shop was nearly knocked down when one of them drove a car at her. Cynthia Sheldon, who works in Morley Jewellers, Heckmondwike, had to jump out of the way to avoid the car. A scruffy man entered the shop in

  • Fears for beauty spot

    Residents and green campaigners fear contractors building Bingley's relief road are blighting a famous beauty spot. AMEC was forced to stop dumping soil on a meadow in the North Bog next to the Five Rise Locks tourist attraction, after they were spotted

  • Multi-million pound boost for communities

    Millions of pounds will be poured into community schemes across the district after marathon meetings of the district's area panels. Bradford West, South, North and Shipley Area Panels had £2.45 million from Government Neighbourhood Renewal Fund to award

  • Come on, Gareth!

    "Good luck Gareth!" That was the message from thousands of Bradfordians today as teen heart-throb Gareth Gates prepared to take another step towards superstar status. The East Bowling youngster tonight takes part in the latest round of smash-hit ITV show

  • Riot duo face sentence

    Two teenagers accused of taking part in last July's disturbances in Bradford are to be sentenced next month. Toby Worby, 18, of Springwood Terrace, Bolton, Bradford, and Christopher Ullah, 19, of Langdale Road, Ravenscliffe, Bradford, have both pleaded

  • £100,000-a-month research 'is a scandal'

    Highly paid consultants are pocketing £100,000 of Bradford Council Tax payer's money every month, it was claimed today. A Labour councillor accused the Tory-run Council of a "scandalous" waste of cash, paying for consultants with little improvements in

  • Police pledge to drive out the car-jackers

    Specially-formed police squads have hit the streets of Bradford to halt a growing spate of car-jackings. Officers pledged to 'take the game' to the criminals as they launched the unprecedented operation across the city. In a bid to snare the gangs behind

  • Family anger at CJD death

    A devastated family today told of their anger after their 26-year-old son died from variant CJD - a disease they say should never have happened. Christopher Hargreaves, pictured, died peacefully from the rare human form of BSE at his home in Leventhorp

  • City will be back, says Robbie

    Robbie Blake waved his goodbyes to Bradford City and then tipped his old team-mates to come good again. Blake, left, who completed his £1m move to Burnley yesterday, is backing City to turn their fortunes round. He said: "It's been a difficult season

  • £200,000 boost for Shipley area

    Millions of pounds will be poured into community schemes across the district after marathon meetings of the district's area panels - including more than £200,000 to boost the lives of people in the Shipley area. An advice and information bus for the area

  • Drinking to success!

    Organisers of the Bradford Beer Festival are putting the district on the map as a capital of pub culture, by introducing a new beer commemorating Saltaire's World Heritage status. And Telegraph & Argus readers are being asked to come up with a name

  • Residents lose fight over flats scheme

    Residents have lost their fight to stop a luxury flats development which they claim will create traffic bedlam. Oakapple Homes will now complete a £2 million scheme at Apperley Bridge which will provide prestige apartments priced between £80,000 and £150,000

  • £1 million boost for city cancer treatment

    Cancer patients in Bradford are set to get the best possible treatment after a £1 million boost from the Government. The cash, which has been provided for a group of cancer treatment teams, will pay for a specialist to work in the city to research cutting

  • Nick's Red letter day!

    Brave Nick Killen is, to coin a footballing phrase, over the moon after meeting his soccer heroes. The teenager, who has achieved his own sporting glory, was treated to a special trip to Anfield - thanks to the Telegraph & Argus - where he was feted

  • Four riot suspects walk in to police

    Four riot suspects - including a 15-year-old boy - handed themselves into police last night after more pictures were published in the Telegraph & Argus. The suspects, aged 15, 17, 22 and 30, were questioned last night and a further four made arrangements

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - May I be allowed to pay a compliment through this newspaper for the service I received in Shipley at the hardware shop in the downstairs market last week. Firstly, I purchased something there that I had been told I wouldn't be able to buy. Secondly