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  • Tod's Scottish mission

    Andy Tod is staying in Scotland to clinch a move away from City. Tod, who has one more year on his contract, is training north of the border as he tries to get fixed up. Two Scottish clubs have already expressed an interest. As City's players hit the

  • Three 'n' easy boasts Jamie

    Jamie Peacock wants his pals back to help put the Bulls on course for double glory. The Challenge Cup winners have dropped down a gear in recent weeks but Peacock believes they can get back in business when their injuries clear up. Bradford have had to

  • Campaign is well worth a try

    It's rather a shame that the Government's punchy campaign to encourage teenage boys to wear cycle helmets has failed to win the backing of such a powerful advocate of safe cycling as Mike Healey, who runs a young cyclists' Saturday-morning club at the

  • On This Day

    In 1913, London's first female magistrate, Emily Dawson, was appointed. In 1943, Rolling Stone Mick Jagger was born. In 1984, Bridge on the River Kwai film director Carl Foreman died. From the Telegraph & Argus of June 26th, 1978... Mick Bates, the

  • Opposition grows to regional assembly

    A former Bradford businessman is standing by to lead a campaign against the formation of a regional assembly for Yorkshire. John Watson, who spent two years as chairman of the Bradford Chamber of Commerce, has called a meeting of business organisations

  • Robber punched pregnant woman

    Police are hunting a robber who punched a pregnant petrol station attendant in the stomach. The incident happened at Flush Garage on Wakefield Road, Liversedge, last Sunday at about 3pm. A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said the 19-year-old woman

  • 'If Steve's death helped one Iraqi it was worth it'

    When Samantha Roberts, pictured, heard that six British military policemen had been killed in Iraq, her heart went out to their families. "I thought, for them it's only just beginning," she said. "Someone else is now going through it. There is nothing

  • Park clean again - and in record time

    An army of litter-pickers has cleared away ten tonnes of rubbish left in Peel Park by Mela festival-goers - at a cost of thousands of pounds. Festival organisers took two-and-a-half days to get rid of the sea of litter - managing to complete the huge

  • Students join in new salute to war heroes

    Children are helping to keep alive the tragic story of the Bradford Pals. On Tuesday people will gather in Centenary Square to mark the sacrifice made by hundreds of young soldiers from the district in the Battle of the Somme. The public ceremony is being

  • I feared axe raider would kill me

    An estate agent told today how he feared he would be killed by robbers who swung an axe around his head and then held a gun to his temple. Zaffar Tanweer said he thought "my life was over" when the two robbers burst in with a gun and an axe and demanded

  • GUILTY: Gang jailed over security guard killing

    Seven men were convicted today of conspiring to murder Keighley security guard Qadir Ahmed. After seven hours of deliberation at Leeds Crown Court, a jury unanimously found each of the defendants guilty of the conspiracy charge. Their trial had lasted

  • Care for clients wins an award

    Bradford-based Yorkshire Water has won a prestigious international award for the way it handles its customers, beating off opposition from companies across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The firm clinched the coveted Gartner Customer Relation-ship

  • Stadium in a league of its own

    ODSAL: Businesses are snapping-up the chance to taste the new corporate facilities at Odsal stadium as the ground prepares to host its first representative game for 21 years. The Bradford Bulls stadium has been chosen to host the Rugby League origin game

  • CBI call for new interest rate cut

    The CBI in Yorkshire today called for a cut in interest rates after a survey revealed business confidence in the region is still lagging. Just six per cent of West Yorkshire firms expect the economic situation to improve, according to the research carried

  • Helpers wanted for big village clean-up

    Volunteers are being called upon to take part in a litter pick in Crossflatts. The clean-up has been organised by Crossflatts Village Society with support from Shipley Area Committee and Bradford Council Cleansing Services. The event will take place on

  • Granite city rocked by teachers' refusal

    A bid to entice teachers to leave Bradford and head north to Aberdeen has failed dismally - with not one person expressing any interest. Two education bosses travelled the 330 miles from the granite city to Bradford and set up a special exhibition to

  • Cycling helmet advert 'graphic'

    A cycling coach today claimed a hard-hitting Government safety campaign could put youngsters off cycling. Mike Healey said the uncompromising campaign - which aims to get teenage boys to wear 'uncool' cycle helmets - was just too graphic. The campaign

  • Lots of fancy dress at rescued theatre

    Costumes will take centre stage at Bradford's Priestley Centre for a theatrical clothes auction next month. Garish 1970s cocktail dresses, a delicate, beaded flapper dress and even a purple silk kimono are just some of the vintage and wacky costumes on

  • 'Release land for housing' appeal

    Land allocated as green belt should be released for housing, an inquiry into the proposed replacement Unitary Development Plan for the Bradford district heard. Representatives for Redrow Homes (Yorkshire) Ltd argued the case at the inquiry into the future

  • Hospital food is praised by the inspectors

    Hospital food in Bradford has been given top marks by a team of inspectors. The review of meals on offer at Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke's Hospital found patients were enjoying excellent quality food during their stay in hospital. The accolade

  • They won't drive us out

    A vicar has vowed to fight on in his community despite a third devastating attack on his 142-year-old church in eight months. The Reverend Paul Deo is facing a bill of up to £10,000 after burglars smashed into the church, shattered stained glass windows

  • Riot accused reveals secret girlfriend alibi

    A father-of-six accused of setting fire to the Manningham Ward Labour Club in the Bradford riots has told a jury he was at a secret girlfriend's home at the time. Mohammed Ilyas, a married 48-year-old businessman, kept his relationship with Joanne Clarke

  • Film star to set seal on festival

    Bollywood superstar Anil Kapoor has jetted into the UK to close Bradford's Bite The Mango film festival in style. The 43-year-old actor, known in Bollywood as Mr India, will meet and greet fans at tonight's closing gala and discuss his two-decade movie

  • Dad, 49, had 20 indecent photographs

    A self-employed air conditioning engineer from Baildon admitted 20 charges of possessing indecent photographs of a child after being snared by the police's Operation Ore. Magistrates in Dewsbury heard yesterday how Michael John Manley, 49, had images

  • People to have say on chief executive

    The people of Bradford will get their say on the man who could command a salary of £200,000 for taking on the "ultimate challenge". A panel representing community groups will question the short-listed applicants for the job of chief executive with Bradford

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - Why are some drivers in this city, whatever their colour, creed or race, all too fond of trying to kill themselves or innocent people? The past couple of years in my eyes has seen a steep rise in motorists and cyclists flouting the laws of the land