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  • Avenue miss out on County Cup final

    Farsley Celtic 1, Bradford Park Avenue 0 - Farsley Celtic sent Bradford Park Avenue tumbling out of the West Riding Cup last night. Farsley belied their lowly position to record a surprise but deserved win over neighbours Bradford in the semi-final game

  • City given the Blues

    Bradford City 1, Birmingham City 3 - Beware the Ides of March. And in City's case, that's Rotherham not Rome. Suddenly the weekend trip a couple of stops down the M1 has become a cup final. One point behind from one game more, Rotherham are waiting to

  • Gareth: A talisman for the city

    Once again Gareth Gates is carrying Bradford's hopes before him with his first single due to be issued on Monday. His new version of a song first taken up the British charts by Jimmy (now Sir Jimmy) Young seems certain to race to the top spot again. Gareth

  • A chance to network

    Bradford has fallen in line with Leeds, London and Manchester with the launch of Bradford Young Professional Society. The society, launched at The Old Bank on Market Street, aims to give younger professionals in Bradford the chance to network. The society

  • Youngsters plot playground's future

    CHILDREN from Water Street School, Skipton, have been helping to plan the future for the town's playgrounds. As part of their conservation and environmental work in school the year three children were asked to look at a local problem and see what they

  • Thief's devastating blow to tragic Vickie

    A young woman whose fianc died after a tragic motorbike accident has suffered further devastating blows. Vickie Gregson's boyfriend, Mark Walshaw, died in hospital after the motorcycle on which he was a passenger was in collision with a bus in Spen Lane

  • Lee is worth his weight in gold

    An Otley weightlifter scooped the gold medal in a national competition - just two years after taking up the sport. Lee Lawson, 26, pictured, swept the field in the 75 kilo weight limit at the open competition in Scotland. Lifting an average total weight

  • 'Heartbreak in my lens at orphanage'

    A Bradford photographer told today of the terrible poverty he witnessed at an orphanage in Belarus. Ian Beesley, 47, joined a team of volunteer builders who were refurbishing ramshackle shower cubicles at an orphanage there. Now the award-winning photographer

  • Police for hire plan rejected

    A police for hire scheme to crackdown on violence in the city centre has been rejected by Bradford club owners. Chief Inspector Ray Shepherd put forward the scheme after club bosses asked for help to tackle violence and target drug dealers and illegal

  • Protesters take along their own 'incinerator'

    Protesters built a fake incinerator, pictured, in the middle of Bradford city centre to urge councillors to stick with a decision ruling out building new furnaces for the disposal of household waste. Members of Action for a Sustainable Bradford, an off-shoot

  • City Hall planning computer revolution

    Council officers are drawing up plans to drag Bradford Council into the computer age in a scheme which could cost about £40 million. The project, Bradford-i, will employ state-of-the-art technology to speed up services and make it easier for residents

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - The private sector company SERCO, which has been given £360 million to run educational support services for Bradford schools, also appears to have been awarded weekly if not daily free T&A publicity by using schoolchildren to gain press coverage

  • Nine-man Silsden show true grit

    Silsden Park Rangers ended their match against Morley Borough with just nine players. The side lost 40-10 but put up an amazing performance, having started with only 11 men. Silsden even shocked the home side by scoring first when John Williams kicked

  • Liversedge close to a Cup upset

    Harrogate Town 2, Liversedge 0 - Liversedge failed to make the West Riding County Cup final a local affair when they lost out to UniBond Division One runaway leaders Harrogate Town in the semi-finals. Northern Counties East Premier Division strugglers

  • Bulls' future in safe hands

    If the injuries that have hamstrung leading Bulls players this year continue, the club can always look to the future. The U-19 academy played their opening game of the season in front of a sparse crowd at Odsal and defeated a strong Wigan side 34-28.

  • Wethers to the rescue

    David Wetherall could jump back into the relegation fray against Rotherham on Saturday. The City centre-half is in line for a shock recall for the Yorkshire basement battle - even though he has only played 40 minutes of football since October. Wetherall

  • On This Day

    In 1881, Tsar Alexander II was killed when a bomb was thrown at him in St. Petersburg In 1894, the first professional striptease dance was performed in a Paris Music Hall. In 1930, the planet Pluto was discovered. From the Telegraph & Argus of March

  • Skipton fall at the final hurdle

    SKIPTON'S hopes of reaching the National Cup final at Twickenham ended in the Sandylands as they became bogged down and were beaten 10-0 by Heath. A crowd of 1,000 turned up for the semi-final but their hopes of cheering their team on to victory floundered

  • Villagers delighted at windfall

    Residents in Cottingley have welcomed a community scheme which will see at least £20,000 being poured into new facilities. The scheme, which targets pockets of deprivation in Bradford, was revealed at last night's neighbourhood forum meeting. The village

  • 'We can keep Glen Tramway on track'

    Campaigners fighting to save the famous Shipley Glen Cable Tramway can now see light at the end of the tunnel, councillors will hear. But people are being urged to ensure the Victorian tourist attraction's fortunes are kept on track by taking a ride or

  • Family 'under siege'

    A cancer sufferer today said she and her two foster daughters were under siege in their Keighley home. Yobs petrol-bombed Pam Sutton's car last night as it stood in her drive in Braithwaite Drive. She claims she is being victimised by a teenage gang who

  • Resolute mum takes on her longest haul

    A Bradford grandmother was today keeping her fingers crossed that her daughter walked into the record books. Allerton grandmother Kathleen Hardacre was looking after seven-year-old triplets Lucy, Rachel and Joseph as their mum Ann Daniels set off to conquer

  • Olympic athlete steps in with auction pledge

    A group of young students will be rolling up their sleeves after taking part in an auction of promises to raise money for cancer research. There to help them was Olympic athlete Chris Maddocks, who will also be giving up his time for the Telegraph &

  • Exploring the Bronte girls' fantasy world

    Life in a draughty vicarage overlooking a desolate stretch of moorland may not sound too inspiring, but the Brontes' home in 19th Century Haworth was a creative hothouse. With his wife and two daughters already dead, Patrick Bronte was protective of his

  • Boss honoured for braving riots mob

    A shopping centre security manager has been honoured for his bravery during the Bradford riots. Mirko Maric closed down the Kirkgate Centre with hundreds of shoppers inside only minutes before a marauding mob tore through the city. He and a security guard

  • 'Stop violence' say shot victim's family

    The family of a teenager murdered in an execution-style 'hit' today appealed for an end to the reign of violence on Keighley's streets. In the six months since Yasser Hussain Nazir was gunned down on the forecourt of a petrol station, three other young

  • Candle warning as blaze kills pet dog

    Bradford Fire Service issued a stark warning today after unattended candles were blamed for starting a fire which swept through a house, killing a dog. As the picture shows, the home in Hawthorn Drive, Rodley Lane, Calverley, was gutted in the fire. Three

  • Triplets' Resolute mum off on her longest haul

    A Bradford mother of trip-lets was today walking into history as part of an all-women trio walking to the North Pole. Bradford-born Ann Dani-els, Caroline Hamilton and Pom Oliver set off on the historic journey last night after they were held up by blizzards

  • Baby, I was totally gone!

    Mum-of-three Mandy Sykes, pictured, has spent countless hours singing along to albums by her rock idol Bryan Adams to help her get through mundane household tasks like washing and cleaning. But she never imagined that she would one day perform a duet

  • We'll rid city of gangsters

    A leading detective today pledged to purge Bradford of its Yardie gangsters after deporting 27 suspects in the past 12 months alone. Detective Chief Super-intendent Andy Brown, who leads a special squad to crack down on the Afro-Caribbean criminals, said