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  • Bonus point eludes brave Otley

    Rotherham 34, Otley 20: Rotherham, unbeaten so far this season in rugby union's National League One and mostly winning by a large margin at home, were given a tough test by Otley. The visitors held them to 15-13 at half-time by virtue of a try from full

  • Walton is Liversedge's unlikely hero

    Hallam 0, Liversedge 3: A hat-trick from Chris Walton, who may not have made the starting line up had Liversedge had a full squad, eased his side to a comfortable victory over Hallam. His goals were spread out in the Northern Counties East Premier Division

  • Henry off mark after ten seconds

    Rossendale United 1, Guiseley 4: Guiseley's amazing away form continued with a big win and a sound performance at Rossendale United as they bounced back in style from Monday's thoroughly hapless 6-2 home defeat to Ossett Town. Neil Parsley's men have

  • Celtic's play-off hopes take nosedive

    Farsley Celtic 0, Witton Albion 1: Another disappointing home defeat has sounded the death knell for Farsley Celtic's hopes of a play-off place in Division One of the UniBond League. Witton Albion are one of eight sides still in with a chance of claiming

  • Fuming Storton slates defenders

    Marine 4, Bradford Park Avenue 2: Scoring two goals away at an average Marine side should have ensured an easy three points for Bradford Park Avenue but for one factor - the abysmal defence. Maybe the strangely inconsistent referee didn't help things,

  • Execution lacking and old heads too

    Keighley Cougars 12, Batley Bulldogs 30: The Cougars reverted to last year's form as they fell to their third defeat on the bounce against 12-man Batley. Division One Bulldogs outfit were simply too strong for a Keighley side lacking experience and ran

  • Millward rallies his troops for Bulls test

    St Helens are promising to lick their wounds and come back strongly for the visit of Bradford in Friday's Super League opener. Ian Millward's side were hammered 38-0 in the World Club Challenge at Bolton on Friday but he is hoping his side will learn

  • Match report: Victims of ref justice

    Bradford City 0, Brighton 1: The bookies in the Bantams Bar had done a roaring trade before the game as everyone lumped on a City win. A fourth straight home victory looked the only choice and the short-priced odds weren't putting off any punters. But

  • On This Day

    In 1883, a London man patented the "Vacant/Engaged" sign for a toilet door. In 1915, Dr Lewis A Williams was appointed Bradford's Assistant Medical Officer of Health. In 1957, Bill Haley and the Comets appeared at the Gaumont theatre/cinema, Bradford.

  • Warning of jams on road to store

    Major roadworks will take place in Brighouse as part of the building of a new Tesco superstore. The £500,000 works, funded by Tesco, start today and will go on until July 5, the store's planned opening date. The roundabout at the junction of Huddersfield

  • First step for brave Danielle

    A schoolgirl who lost her legs to a meningitis infection is getting used to life in a wheelchair - but her mum hopes she will walk again as soon as possible. Lindsay Pollard wants her four-year-old daughter Danielle Skilbeck to walk as a bridesmaid at

  • Trust promise over digital hearing aid

    We will force waiting lists down - that is the promise from health chiefs to patients in Bradford waiting to be fitted with a digital hearing aid. Ever since Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust became one of the first in the country to offer digital hearing

  • Hundreds flock to march against war

    Hundreds of Bradford people joined an estimated one million peace protesters at the Stop the War March in London. Fifteen buses travelled from Bradford to the capital on Saturday with countless other protesters making their own way. And protester Karl

  • Jack and his amazing cash cow

    Jack the Lad comic Billy Pearce has helped Bradford's panto spectacular smash box office records for the third year running. More than 90,000 people saw Billy and former Emmerdale actress Malandra Burrows star in Jack and the Beanstalk which ended its

  • Dalesmen snatch late win

    Wharfedale 25, Newbury 22: This was just the second victory that Wharfedale had managed in 12 matches, and it was crucial to their hopes of survival in rugby union's National League Two. Assuming that fellow relegation candidates Launceston and Newbury

  • Ref ignored my plea to call off match

    Aidan Davison tried to get City's game against Brighton abandoned because a frozen goal-mouth was too dangerous to play on. The City stopper appealed to referee Gary Salisbury to call it off early in the second half. Davison claimed the rock-solid surface

  • Fantastic generosity yet again

    Congratulations! What a marvellous achievement for you, the people of Bradford, to have hit the T&A Bradford Can...Cancer Research Appeal target of £1 million in just 16 months. It was a huge thrill for all concerned at the special fundraising ball

  • Supermarket will be business park

    A site at Dudley Hill, Bradford, is to be transformed into a new business park, it has been revealed. The £1.9 million development in Knowles Lane, which used to be home to Asda, is set to be completed by July. A number of companies are already talking

  • Darren delivers new gift service

    A new company has been launched in Bradford which aims to take the headache out of gift buying. Gifts in the City, which is a new internet and telephone-based firm, offers a variety of gifts including flowers, wine, champagne and chocolates which can

  • Merger brings double benefits

    Law firm Gordons Cranswick has officially merged with Bradford firm Sugden Spencer. Sugden Spencer has moved its entire operation into Gordons Cranswick's Piccadilly office. John Hall, senior partner at Gordons Cranswick believes the move will benefit

  • Wool to work on a new generation

    A wool company has embarked upon a development programme which it hopes will boost sales of the product among the younger generation. The Woolmark Company, which is based in Ilkley, is set to create new textile products from wool which will be aimed at

  • All the signs are positive!

    With expansion plans in the pipeline one city firm is showing real signs of progress. Last week the company, New Vision, celebrated its fifth anniversary. The signs and graphics manufacturing business, which is based on Ventnor Street, began trading in

  • Baby bonnet boom goes worldwide

    A Keighley company is helping to save lives across the globe. Yoko Ltd manufactures a revolutionary bonnet which is designed to make life more comfortable for premature babies. Demand for the bonnet is so high that the firm is now manufacturing 6,000

  • Indian call centres 'threat' to industry

    Thousands of jobs in Bradford are at risk, according to the director of a West Yorkshire-based business. Scott Watson (pictured), director of performance at Halifax-based human resources firm Summit Consulting and Training, believes Indian call centres

  • Families flee as fire rips through mill

    Six families were evacuated from their homes in the middle of the night as a blaze ripped through a spinning mill in Cullingworth. The fire broke out at around 10.30pm on Saturday at Cullingworth Commission Spinners Ltd on the Mannywells Industrial Estate

  • Children's home plan for site of old school

    Bradford Council's social services department is looking at proposals to turn a former school into a children's home. The Nab Wood Middle School site is back on the market after medical company Nektar Therapeutics, formerly Bradford Particle Design, pulled

  • City in talks about UK culture festival

    The director of Bradford's Capital of Culture bid has met leading figures from the 11 other cities which competed for the title to discuss plans for a national festival. Paul Brookes has also met representatives from national agencies including the Arts

  • Guests have a ball as appeal reaches target

    'Thanks a million' was the message to the people of Bradford for their record-breaking fundraising efforts. As the Telegraph & Argus Bradford Can...Cancer Research Appeal reached its target at a celebration ball, everyone who had helped the cause

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - As a member of the Leeds-Bradford Airport consultative committee, I take great exception to MP Paul Truswell's comments about us (T&A, February 7). At every meeting the graphic details of flights, noise, timetable alterations, et al are discussed