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  • Grice hoping to chop down Woods

    Sunday Alliance League: The all-Alliance outstanding second-round county cup tie between Bolton Woods and the Shoulder of Mutton has been rescheduled for tomorrow with an away date at Queen's Athletic awaiting the winners. Former cup holders Woods look

  • Merson tips Myhill for top

    Rookie goalkeeper Boaz Myhill is tipped to become an instant hit with City. The American-born England under-20 stopper was making his debut against Sheffield United this afternoon at the start of a three-month loan from Aston Villa. Myhill, 20, is yet

  • City felled by bunch of five

    City 0, Sheff Utd 5: Stuart McCall made a winning return to the Bradford & Bingley Stadium this afternoon as Sheffield United crushed City 5-0. The Bantams were second best throughout in their fifth straight defeat. Goals from Steve Kabba, City old

  • The only realistic option

    This year's Bradford Festival, the first to be organised by national company UZ operating as the Bradford International Festival Company (who had only eight months to do the job) was widely regarded as something of a disappointment. It had a lower profile

  • On This Day

    In 1869, Danish tape recorder inventor Valdemar Poulson was born. In 1887, horror movie actor Boris Karloff was born. In 1923, radio broadcasting began in Australia. From the Telegraph & Argus of November 23rd, 1977... Vandalism and people urinating

  • Women work harder

    Bradford's businesswomen work three times harder in the home than their male counterparts, according to a new survey. Women under 45 spend 15 hours a week on housework and 90 per cent of them feel the key to business success is juggling work and home

  • Chemical firm unveils new £4m extension

    AH Marks and Company Ltd has officially opened its new £4 million extension. The Wyke chemical company has invested the money at the site to produce agrochemical LCPA. Ian McClelland, managing director at the firm, said: "The conversion of major markets

  • Society digs deep for an underground home

    A project which has been financed by The Ecology Building Society is to star in a TV programme. The Keighley-based mutual building society was approached by a couple who wanted to build a house in a disused quarry in Cumbria. The house, which is Cumbria's

  • Chief bows out after 42 years

    A director of a wool company is to retire after 42 years in the trade. Graham Moulson, who has works for wool merchant and topmaker H Dawson Sons and Co (Wool) Ltd, is retiring in December after 37 years with the Bradford business. He started in the wool

  • Tragedy of suicide husband

    Business pressures led to a devoted Bingley father stabbing himself through the heart, an inquest heard. Andrew Wetherell was found on the floor at his Bingley home three months ago with a kitchen knife stuck in his chest. Mr Wetherell, 41, and his wife

  • Soccer team weep over waterlogged pitch

    A new amateur football team has cancelled more games than it has played this season because of waterlogged pitches. Fleece Cullingworth 2002 has played only four games out of ten and the club is struggling to find a home ground that is not left waterlogged

  • Half the cars in police check were 'suspicious'

    Half of the drivers who went past a police van equipped with the latest technology were identified as potential criminals during an operation in Bradford. Within half-an-hour, West Yorkshire police force's Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system

  • Community event for 'no-go area'

    A Keighley park recently labelled a no-go area will be transformed when 46-piece combo Hot Aire swings into town next month to raise winter temperatures. The concert, which has been arranged by the Lund Park Community Group, is on Saturday, December 7

  • Sally is city's 'peace ambassador'

    Bradford has become the first British city to appoint a "peace ambassador" whose remit is to bring communities together in harmony. Bradford Vision, made up of representatives of the district's leading organisations, has appointed former regeneration

  • Lauren's care home plea to Tony Blair

    Ten-year-old Lauren Armstrong has written to Tony Blair to try to save her great-granny's care home from the axe. The youngster sent a letter to the Prime Minister telling him not to let Bradford Council close threatened Broadstones at Holme Wood. And

  • Little Caitlin is winning fight against cancer

    The parents of an 18-month-old baby told today how she bravely survived a rare form of cancer which resulted in her losing both kidneys. And Jonathan Meares and Lynsey Muff are now holding an auction to raise funds for the children's cancer and leukaemia

  • Oh what a beautiful yawning!

    An Addingham milkman will be sacrificing his sleep next week when he steps into the lead role in Oklahoma. Duncan Hall, pictured, will be singing Oh What A Beautiful Mornin' for real at the Alhambra Theatre as cowboy Curly in the Rodgers and Hammerstein

  • Man, 64, on killing charge

    A 64-year-old man has appeared before Bradford magistrates on a manslaughter charge. Kenneth Kennedy is accused of killing 51-year-old Nenia Glasgow, at the home they shared in Upper Addison Street, East Bowling. He is also accused of wounding his son

  • 'Work together for festival'

    A report into problems surrounding this summer's Bradford Festival gives the message that the company and the community should work together. The report follows the first full inquiry set up by the Council into a major issue. The hearing came after a

  • Bogus caller fans flames

    Householders are being warned to be on their guard after a bogus caller tried to offer a Keighley pensioner fire safety advice. The man knocked on the elderly woman's door and offered to help her plan what precautions to take during a fire service strike

  • Troops called out to flats

    Army Green Goddess crews based in Keighley battled a blaze which broke out at a block of flats in Oakworth today. Neighbours dialled 999 shortly after 2am to report the fire in a first floor flat in Clough Lane and they quickly evacuated their homes.

  • Doreen's three-year wait for op

    Health bosses have apologised to a 74-year-old widow who has been waiting three years for a replacement knee operation. Doreen Bedford, pictured, is on painkillers for the acute wear and tear on her joint. She struggles to get about and needs a walking

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - I write to endorse the recent letter regarding the unfairness of prescription charges. I recently paid £6.20 for one anti-sickness pill for my sister who was attending Cookridge Hospital in Leeds. Having written to my local MP about this I now know

  • Witter to take his frustration out on Lauri

    Junior Witter has done absolutely nothing this week. And he intends to reap the rewards from his inactivity tonight by taking a major step towards the WBO light-welterweight world title. Bradford's Witter takes on inter-continental champion Guiseppe Lauri

  • Maybe not the final farewell

    Mike Forshaw is prepared for an emotional farewell to international rugby tonight. The Bulls loose forward will make his 11th appearance for Great Britain in the Test series decider in front of his hometown crowd. And the 32-year-old is happy to admit

  • Rory keen to impress Chesterfield

    Soccer: Rory Prendergast hopes to return to the big time with Second Division Chesterfield. The Park Avenue winger has spent the week on trial at Saltergate, aiming to return to the professional fold. A posse of scouts have attended Avenue games in recent

  • Investment boost for manufacturer

    T&D Packaging has invested £1 million in new technology and staff. The independent steel drum manufacturer, based in Bowling, has already increased its workforce by 20 per cent to 120 people. T&D Packaging, which produces more than 1.2 million

  • Major players in the market

    In 1993 two men decided to set up a marketing business in Little Germany. Today, Dulay Seymour employs seven staff members and has a turnover of half a million pounds. Founded by Billy Dulay and Andrew Seymour, the creative marketing agency was set up

  • New life breathed into retail centre

    A Guiseley property company has helped provide a major jobs boost in a West Midlands town. Ogden Waller Properties re-launched the Trident Shopping Centre in Dudley after helping transform it in a major £1.5 million revamp. The property firm, which has

  • Regeneration goes on line

    The Trident regeneration company, which is working to revitalise the Manchester Road area of Bradford, has launched a new community website called BD5 Online. It has a wealth of local information including 14 specialist listings categories. Local people

  • Jail for driver in 23-mile chase

    A driver who took amphetamine and was then involved in a 23-mile police chase through Cleckheaton and Batley has been jailed for a total of 30 months. A judge yesterday branded 49-year-old Gordon Sander-son a menace and said the public needed protecting

  • Snappers go for honours

    College students are competing to become Yorkshire's top young portrait photographer in a contest organised by a Shipley firm. Award-winning portrait studio Venture in Shipley is launching Venture's Yorkshire Student Portrait Photographer of the Year

  • Speed gun plan for town

    Keighley Town Council could soon splash out almost £3,000 to buy a radar speed gun for local police. Watch Committee members voted unanimously to fund the scheme devised by police fundraiser, Inspector Tony Walker. Under the proposals, which are yet to

  • 'Russian roulette' of aerosol sniffers

    A community group has won an award that for its work in highlighting the dangers of "playing Russian roulette" by sniffing aerosols. The Chantelle Bleau Memorial Fund in James Street, Bradford, was awarded a PC and a year's free connection to the internet

  • New city academy 'will not cream off the best'

    The new City Academy proposed for Bradford will not use interviews to select pupils, school chiefs have pledged. Other schools have nothing to fear from the proposed £20 million secondary school as it will not be allowed to 'cream off' the best pupils

  • Kidney patients unveil £500,000 expansion

    Four Bradford kidney patients officially opened a £500,000 expansion of the renal unit at St Luke's Hospital, Bradford. Edna Hardaker, 82, and Peter Green, 65, both from Thackley, and Nisar Ahmed, 31, and Mohammed Khan, 80, both of Bradford, were special