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  • Sedge suffer shock exit at hands of Hatfield

    Liversedge 2, Hatfield Main 3: First Division Hatfield Main caused an upset at Clayborn when they sent Premier Division Liversedge crashing out of the Northern Counties East League Cup despite playing most of the game with ten men. They took an early

  • 'Robbie's loss is our gain'

    Robbie Paul today admitted it would take a "miracle" for him to be fit for the Test series decider against Great Britain. The Bradford skipper gashed his leg in the final minutes of last week's cliffhanger at Huddersfield and has been rated by New Zealand

  • Drivers have a lot to learn

    The people who are employed to make sure that children are able to cross busy roads safely outside their schools - the so-called "lollipop" men and women - have to be brave nowadays. Their work involves striding into the middle of the road at a suitable

  • Falcon is just a hurry Krishna!

    A fast feathery flier has landed at a rare breeds farm in Heckmondwike. Krishna, a three-year-old Lanner Falcon, arrived at Ponderosa Rare Breeds Farm in Smithies Lane after being trained by a Huddersfield man who could no longer keep her. Krishna, who

  • Action as vandals attack allotments

    Gardeners and police officers are working together to try to catch a gang of vandals who target vegetable patches, greenhouses and huts at allotments in Saltaire. The vandals, believed to be teenagers, have burned down huts, smashed windows and damaged

  • Readers recall awesome airship

    Bradford people have been raiding their archives to unearth photographs of the famous Nazi airship the Hindenburg. They were responding to a request in the Telegraph & Argus on Monday by historian Oliver Denton for information about the airship's

  • Police plea to service station after fuel raids

    Police are clamping down on petrol thieves - some of whom modify their vehicles to take up to 120 litres of fuel. Hartshead Moor Service Station on the M62 has been targeted by fuel cheats who are - according to police - striking every couple of days

  • My terror over crazy dog

    A deaf teenager today told of his terror at being kept prisoner in a car for two hours by a crazed Japanese Akita dog. Police marksmen laid siege to the unroadworthy vehicle fearing the "snarling" dog was about to savage 15-year-old James McClusky, pictured

  • Patrols could head for streets of fear

    Neighbourhood wardens may be drafted on to streets where elderly people say they are afraid to sleep at night. Tenants of flats in Girlington - at the heart of last year's riots - have appealed for their rotten doors and windows to be replaced because

  • Move over Bond... the car's the star!

    It was a case of Drive Another Day when James Bond-mad luxury car lovers dropped in at a Bradford Cinema. Aston Martin owners from across the country were invited to an exclusive screening of the new 007 movie Die Another Day yesterday when Bradford-based

  • Lollipop lady 'forced off the road'

    A school lollipop lady quit her job fearing she would be killed by aggressive drivers who forced her off the road. Just days after Rachel Lawn resigned, a ten-year-old boy suffered leg and back injuries after being involved in an accident outside the

  • Yorkshire Cup woe for Bradford sides

    There was bitter disappointment as the last two local sides crashed out of the quarter-finals of the Tetley's Yorkshire Cup. Queensbury's 16-4 downfall at Cutsyke came as a result of two disallowed tries, a pitch ankle deep in mud and the absence of influential

  • Weakened Farsley knocked out by rivals

    Ossett Town 3, Farsley Celtic 0: After knocking Ossett Town out of the FA Trophy and drawing away in their UniBond League clash, Celtic's near neighbours and great rivals finally got their revenge last night. Town cruised to a 3-0 win over a weakened

  • Avenue facing a difficult challenge

    Avenue take on Spennymoor United for the first time in their history as they look to go all the way in the Challenge Cup. Flying high in the UniBond Premier Division, Avenue turn their silverware search to the league cup tonight at Horsfall Stadium, a

  • I can cut it against Blades - Jorgensen

    Claus Jorgensen today declared himself willing and able to return to the First Division fray for City. The midfielder played his first game back from a knee injury for the reserves on Monday. It was his first outing for two months but the Dane believes

  • On This Day

    In 1889, astronomer Edwin Hubble was born. In 1911, fire destroyed the Valley Road Dyeworks in Bradford. In 1962, the Cuban missile crisis ended with the Soviet Union withdrawing missiles from Cuba and the USA ending its bockade. From the Telegraph &

  • Boost from Italian job

    An Ilkley company has seen a boost to its fortunes following a trip to Italy - and wowed big names such as Armani, Dolce & Gabbana and Max Mara. The Woolmark Company unveiled its new colour and fabric trends to a group of delegates who supply some

  • Waste tip action 'is underway'

    Cullingworth villagers have been promised that action over the restoration of a controversial waste tip is well underway. Residents at Cullingworth Neighbourhood Forum heard last night that Bradford Council environmental officers have gathered scientific

  • Hundreds protest over phone mast

    A Bradford mum said she will be forced to quit her home to safeguard her children's health if a mobile-phone transmitter is given planning permission. Mobile phone company Orange has applied to put up six mobile-phone antennae and four communications

  • Grateful churches toast Lord Ingrow

    Two churches in Keighley are to benefit from the £500,000 estate of Lord Ingrow, the former boss of Timothy Taylor's brewery in the town. The former Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire left £1,000 each to Keighley parish and Ingrow parish churches which

  • Text messages told of fight, court hears

    The girlfriend of a man accused of murder told a jury how he rang her hours after a man was stabbed to death to tell her he had been in a fight. Rashad Zaman called Rehan al-Mausawe on her mobile telephone in the early hours of December 30 last year shortly

  • Council persuaders to 'sell' cash idea

    A charm offensive has been launched to sell the idea of rebuilding Bradford's secondary schools through an ambitious private finance initiative. Council chiefs will submit a bid for a £200 million Private Finance Initiative (PFI) project to the Government

  • Buddy thrills with real showstopper

    The omens weren't promising when Buddy opened last night with more teething problems than Bugs Bunny and Esther Rantzen put together. Just ten minutes into the rock n' roll nostalgia show charting the life of Charles 'Buddy" Holly everything seemed to

  • Nagging wife guilty of knifing husband

    A nagging wife who attacked her husband with a knife after a row over more alterations to their kitchen has been found guilty of wounding him. But Kathleen Stillings, 54, was cleared of the more serious charge of wounding her husband Philip with intent

  • 'Building cost was increased by third'

    A builder claimed he entered a quote for a Council grant to build an extension which was a third higher than necessary because of a deal with the householder. Ashley Deacon, of building contractors JA McConville, was giving evidence at Bradford County

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - I live adjacent to Peel Park and every year the Mela is a nightmare. We have to patrol our own parking spaces and suffer abuse from those who are advised not to park. Parking tickets are all well and good but that does not prevent the culprits from