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  • Albion still looking to take first victory

    Keighley Albion 14, Heworth 23: Albion continue to look for their first victory of the season in Division Two after this battling home defeat against fifth-placed York outfit Heworth. Albion started well but Heworth went ahead with Dave Carling penalty

  • Laughing Stock-port!

    Stockport County 1, Bradford City 0: Carlton Palmer has been called many names by opponents during his eventful career. It's safe to say that Franz Beckenbauer is not one of them. But that was the comparison Nicky Law came up with to sum up the ease with

  • Bulls blast Wigan 'let-off'

    Simon Haughton's two-match ban has been branded "outrageous" by Bulls management. The Wigan forward was handed the suspension and a £500 fine after being found guilty of reckless use of the forearm. Haughton was placed on report after raising his elbow

  • Law bites his tongue after City horror show

    Nicky Law refused to hammer his City side after their second loss to whipping boys Stockport because he didn't want to risk shattering their paper-thin confidence. The Bantams were dragged back into the relegation picture by a shocking 1-0 defeat at Edgeley

  • Christine bowled over by selection

    A blind bowler who played for England in the world championships has been chosen to represent Great Britain in the Paralympics in Australia. Christine Woodcock, 61, a member of Spen Valley Flat Green Bowling Club, will fly out to Adelaide on April 12

  • Young thugs make our lives a misery, say frightened pensioners

    The elderly residents of a sheltered housing block claim gangs of schoolchildren have turned their lives into a living hell. Terrified pensioners in Brad-ford Moor say they have been subjected to a sustained campaign of abuse which has included thugs

  • 'Celebrate our son's life'

    The family of a 19-year-old who died of cancer today urged friends to come forward and celebrate his life. Christopher Hewitt died peacefully at his Burley-in-Wharfedale home after a two-year battle against the disease. The former Ilkley Grammar School

  • Police launch crackdown on the bus yobs

    Police are mounting a campaign to stamp out crime and vandalism on buses. The crackdown, part of West Yorkshire police force's Target Initiative, follows a number of incidents involving vandalism, nuisance and rowdy behaviour by yobs on buses in Bradford

  • Clegg is resigned to staying in Army

    Bradford paratrooper Lee Clegg has failed in his bid to overturn a police decision to reject his application for a job. Corporal Clegg launched an offensive against the force last October, hoping public support would persuade the Chief Constable to change

  • Puttnam backing for rookie's theatre film

    A Bradford student is making a film about the role of the Priestley Centre in Bradford's cultural life. And the film-maker has enlisted the help of Lord Puttnam - chairman of Bradford's Capital of Culture Partnership Board - with the project. Ben Armstrong

  • A taste of opera for youngsters

    Pupils from three Bradford schools have been given a crash course in opera singing. Opera North composer Kate Pearson and actress Nicki Unwin visited Tong School to give the 14- and 15-year-old students a few tips in performing the musical art form. The

  • I was stopping dangerous driver, says accused former detective

    A former detective told a court he did not spark a road rage incident but was trying to chase a dangerous driver. Former officer Andrew Kennedy claimed motorist Robert Stell had forced his teenage son's bike into the kerb and then deliberately knocked

  • Threat to blockade school building site

    Furious residents are threatening use their cars to blockade a building site because they are so fed up with heavy lorries rattling past their homes. People living in Undercliffe, Bradford, near the site of the new St Augustine's Primary School say 32

  • Unchained... mean and moody Gareth

    This is the image that is set to spin Bradford back on to Gareth mania. The sight of Gareth Gates looking mean and moody is a taste of things to come as the East Bowling youngster prepares to release his debut single. Record stores across the district

  • Bradford robberies soar by 69 per cent

    Bradford was today rocked by new figures which reveal crime has soared by more than 17 per cent over the last year. The statistics highlight how the district suffered the highest rise anywhere in the county, with robberies also spiralling by an alarming

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - With reference to your article on pot-smoking sixth formers at Bradford Grammar School, I have to say that I find the comments ascribed to the headmaster, Mr Davidson, and the leniency of the action he has taken, incredible. Mr Davidson appears

  • We want to be like Arsenal, fans told

    We want to be like Arsenal, Bulls fans were told last night, and get our new stadium with no hitches. At a positive Fans Forum, chief execuctive Abi Ekoku compared the Bradford Bulls to the North London Premiership side, whose stadium plans were rattled

  • More police the number one priority

    The latest crime figures for Bradford are deeply depressing. The 68 per cent increase in robberies included in an overall crime rise of 17 per cent is particularly shocking, as is the revelation that a mere 17 per cent of crimes were solved in the district

  • On This Day

    In 1888, novelist Louisa M. Alcott died just three hours after her father's burial. In 1911, actor and US President Ronald Reagan was born. In 1932, composer John Philip Sousa died aged 78. From the Telegraph & Argus of March 6th, 1977 Representatives

  • 'What a relief the new road will be'

    Hundreds of people turned out to see an up-to-date display of the Bingley relief road route yesterday. And the consensus was that the £47.9 million project will be the remedy to cure the town's traffic problems. The one-day exhibition featured aerial

  • No links in double body find

    Investigations were continuing today after the bodies of two men were found in Shipley within 150 yards of each other. And in a third incident an elderly woman was taken to hospital after falling near the homes on Kirkgate. Police were alerted after the

  • 'Time to draw line under violent past'

    The head of an organisation which will spend millions of pounds breathing new life into Manningham today gave the message that people wanted to draw a line on the past and forge ahead. Jacek Piergies, known as Jake, who has taken over the £36,000-a-year

  • Lots of Smillies as the paint goes on!

    With all the home improvement shows on television, DIY is fast becoming one of the country's biggest leisure pursuits. And ten house-proud Bradford residents are now learning how to follow in the footsteps of Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Linda Barker and

  • Families support Bulls' bid for new-look Odsal

    Families launched a petition today aimed at getting a world class stadium for Bradford Bulls. Their move follows a decision by Local Government Minister Stephen Byers to recommend a public inquiry into the planned stadium revamp. The £60 million development

  • Driver had taken drug before crash

    A 25-year-old man took a "substantial'' amount of heroin before his van ploughed into a parked vehicle and caught fire, an inquest was told. James Walker was killed when the Seat Terra he was driving smashed into the back of a Mitsubishi Pajero in Station

  • Battling Doris wins five more weeks in home

    A war widow facing eviction by a loan company, because of spiralling debts, has won at least an extra five weeks in her Keighley home. Doris Armstrong's legal team submitted papers to a judge at Bradford County Count yesterday, seeking a legal hearing

  • £480m Pace shares crash

    Shares in Pace Micro Technology crashed as it warned of a collapse in sales of its TV set-top boxes. Around £480 million was wiped off the value of the Saltaire-based company as it also halted shipments to its largest customer, cable company NTL. The