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  • Bulls cruise to cup victory

    Warrington 12, Bulls 38: The Bulls punished Warrington indiscipline to help themselves to a comfortable cup win at Wilderspool. All the good work by the Wolves to keep Bradford pegged back to 12-12 at half-time was undone as the Bulls ran in three tries

  • Welcome news for Bradford

    The rescue package for Manningham Mills which has enabled the Council to advertise for tenders to make the structure watertight and sound is very good news indeed for Bradford. The fabric of the building must have suffered greatly from the recent extremes

  • On this day

    In 1842, St. John's Church, Bowling, Bradford, was opened. In 1966, silent film actor Buster Keaton died aged 70. In 1983, the Derby winning horse Shergar was kidnapped. From the Telegraph & Argus of February 8th, 1978... Talks are going on between

  • Sculpture is artistic therapy

    Patients at the mental health unit at Airedale General Hospital have been using art work as therapy to create a 7ft-high sculpture tree. Along with staff from the mental health unit at Airedale General Hospital, near Steeton, they have linked up with

  • Caviar is a load of rubbish - recycled

    A pioneering recycling scheme that employs adults with learning disabilities, has proved just how it can turn cardboard into caviar. The Cardboard to Caviar project, based at Ponderosa Rural Therapeutic Centre in Smithies Lane, Heckmondwike, employs about

  • Soccer club has stars in its eyes

    A Shipley football club is hoping to coach the David Beckhams and Michael Owens of the future after being granted a Football Association award. Bolton Woods Junior Football Club has received the FA's Football Charter Development Standard Award from the

  • Cancer sufferers to receive caring help

    A team has been set up in Bradford to ensure people who are seriously ill with cancer get the best care possible. The GP Facilitation Team, is funded by Macmillan Cancer Relief, and its three members will share their expertise with other health care professionals

  • 'We'll tackle crime blighting your lives'

    The new head of a team of beat bobbies in Bradford has vowed to tackle the crime and anti-social behaviour which blights people's daily lives. Sergeant Paul Hepworth has just taken over as the head of Bradford North Police's community beat officers. And

  • Party time as Mill plan begins at last

    It was party time in Manningham today as Bradford Council placed adverts across Europe seeking contractors to start work at Listers Mill. The Council is preparing for the first £12 million phase of the major redevelopment of the landmark south wing with

  • Two held over Tasawar's death

    Two men were today being questioned about the murder of have-a-go hero Tasawar Hussain after a series of dawn raids by armed police. Two other men and five women were also arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit armed robberies. Eight of the suspects

  • Letters to the editor

    Vital funding that must not be lost SIR - I am writing to express my disgust at Bradford Council's commissioning group's decision to turn down the bid and subsequent appeal for funding for the Beacon Enterprises Training Centre on the Buttershaw Estate

  • Claus strikes again in City draw

    Wimbledon 2, City 2: Claus Jorgensen made it six in six and Ashley Ward grabbed his first goal since August but City had to settle for a draw at a near-deserted Selhurst Park this afternoon. Only 1,178 bothered to turn up to see Wimbledon twice come from

  • Green belt housing plea is refused

    A landowner is calling for a site in Ben Rhydding to be released from the green belt to enable it to be used for housing. Ulrich Rietschel told a public inquiry into Bradford Council's proposed Unitary Development Plan yesterday that 0.36 hectares of

  • Mum's plea for legal changes

    A mum whose teenage daughter was killed by a drink-driver is going to the Home Office to demand tougher sentences for death-crash motor-ists. Christine Sykes's daughter Lindsay died days after her 17th birthday when a car driven by 25-year-old Lee Cawley

  • Sticking with it!

    Pupils from Wilsden Primary School learned how to eat with chopsticks when the school's two reception classes spent the day immersed in Chinese culture to celebrate the Chinese New Year. As well as eating Chinese food, the youngsters tried Chinese writing

  • Girl, 8, killed crossing road unsupervised

    An eight-year-old girl died when she was knocked down by a car as she tried to cross a busy, three-lane road without adult supervision, an inquest was told. Sarah Adams was with her sister and two friends, aged between eight and 11-years-old, when she

  • More students for the city's hospitals

    A shortage of doctors is being addressed in Bradford with a huge rise in the number of medical students being trained in the city's hospitals. A successful bid by health and social care organisations in Bradford, Airedale and Leeds, and the University

  • Disgraced coroner is jailed for theft

    A former Skipton coroner who stole almost £155,000 from the estate of dead clients at his solicitor practice was today jailed for three and a half years. Jeremy Cave, 53, was found guilty of six counts of theft between 1990 and 2000. He took money from

  • Well, hello Boyes, sday city centre traders

    A new store that could bring in as many as 20,000 customers a day was today welcomed as a major boost for part of Bradford city centre. Boyes, a family business which already has 45 successful shops across the north of England, is to take over the North

  • Action stations for city soldiers

    It's a far cry from his day job as a self-employed mechanical technician in Keighley. Dad Mick Natynczyk was today waving goodbye to civilian life and getting ready to team up with the Allied forces poised for war with Iraq. As the 34-year-old - who has