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  • Bradford out to prove they're leagues apart

    The Bradford League representative side are preparing for a hectic three matches in eight days beginning with their centenary match against Yorkshire League rivals at the Scarborough Festival on Tuesday (11am). They then play the South Yorkshire League

  • Crocked Atherton out until Christmas

    It will be nearly Christmas before Peter Atherton is likely to return to City's colours. That is the latest bad news to hit the injury-ravaged defender. Atherton, pictured, is recovering from an operation to repair a damaged tendon in his right ankle

  • Welcome end to an eyesore

    Few people would disagree with Councillor Simon Cooke that the premature closure and demolition of Rawson Market was a big mistake. As the Council's executive member for regeneration says, it was one of the worst things the authority did in the 1990s.

  • Bids closed for £25m health centres

    A bidder has been selected by North Kirklees Primary Care Trust to build state-of-the-art healthcare centres in Cleckheaton and Liversedge. Chiltern Securities Limited will oversee the design, building and operation of the Trust's £25 million capital

  • Spanish doctors to stem the shortage

    Two Spanish GPs will arrive in Bradford next month as part of an international recruitment scheme. The female family doctors - Arantxa De Los Mozos Hernandez and Marta Sanchez Hernandez - have been appointed to work for Bradford City Teaching Primary

  • Jobs scheme gives hope and courage

    A scheme to help disabled people back to work is proving a success in Bradford. The New Deal for Disabled People is part of a Government campaign to help people on disability or health-related benefits return to work. "It takes guts for people to come

  • Inquiry urged after jail GP is struck off

    The head of Bradford's health watchdog has called for a public inquiry into the way patients are treated in prison, following the case of a prison doctor who was struck off for serious professional misconduct. The General Medical Council's Professional

  • Inferno at factory 'was an accident'

    An inferno which devastated a polystyrene factory accidentally started in one of the machines on the shop floor, fire investigators revealed today. An inquiry team which was at the scene an hour into the incident has interviewed staff at Styrene Packaging

  • Council Tax bills could go up 6pc

    Council Tax bills could again soar over the rate of inflation, according to early predictions. Last year's 5.8 per cent increase could shoot up to six per cent, leaving people in band D properties with bills rocketing from £887 to £941 a year. But predictions

  • Was this Council's biggest mistake?

    Closing Bradford's old market was a big mistake, says the man in charge of regenerating the city. "I think everyone would admit it was one of the worst things Bradford Council did in the 1990s," said Bradford Council's deputy leader Councillor Simon Cooke

  • Moorby: We have plenty to work on

    Cougar coach Gary Moorby wants to see last week's "dumb stuff" against Hunslet replaced with "smartness" for the visit of Workington. The Cumbrians head to Keighley as Moorby looks to put his side back on track after they were toppled from top spot in

  • Noble-men repel Rhinos

    Leeds Rhinos 16, Bradford Bulls 18 - Stand offs - who needs 'em? On this evidence, certainly not the Bulls, who moved clear at the top of the Super League table by winning in sensational fashion at Headingley last night, despite playing half the game

  • Bulls hold back Rhinos stampede

    A brilliant defensive display saw the Bulls withstand an intense 15-minute period of Leeds pressure in the closing stages to open up a two-point advantage at the top of Super League with a thrilling 18-16 victory. In front of a Headingley record crowd

  • On This Day

    In 1902, Edward VII was crowned King of England after a delay due to an appendectomy. In 1942, Mahatma Ghandi was arrested during his "Quit India" campaign. In 1678, American Indians sold the area now known as The Bronx, to Jonas Bronk, for 400 beads.

  • Hotels put in receivership

    Two flagship Bronte country hotels have been placed into receivership because of cash flow problems. The Five Flags hotel at Many-wells, near Cullingworth, and The Three Sisters hotel near Haworth are being put on the market but are operating normally

  • Young entertainers put new skills to the test

    A troupe of budding actors has been showing off its skills at a special performance. The 26-strong cast of eleven-year-olds, pictured, spent ten days at the Salt Grammar School performing arts summer school preparing for the grand performance. During

  • I could not be hero, accused told police

    A Bradford security guard accused of robbing his own cash van told police he "could not be a hero" when raiders struck. Amir Hussain denies being part of a hold-up plot which saw more than £300,000 stolen from the Securicor service in Leeds last January

  • Drive to cut biker deaths

    Born-again bikers and newly-qualified riders will be at the centre of a new police road safety campaign. In the last six weeks, three people have died and three others have been seriously injured after motorcycle accidents in the Bradford area. In an

  • Dorothy spends all day on the buses!

    Great grandma Dorothy Wiseman has clocked up thousands of miles during her campaign get a bus service continued. The buses between Idle and Otley were put on a three-month trial run after Bradford bus company First withdrew a previous service because

  • Lung-swap patient wins bronze medal

    A Bradford lung transplant patient has won a bronze medal swimming in the British Transplant Games. Mick Neilan,pictured, won the gong in the 50 metres breaststroke event at the games held at Keele University. The Wibsey grandfather underwent a single

  • Soap giant cleaned us out

    A cosmetics giant has successfully sued a Bradford family firm for importing its goods and selling them at cut price. Husband and wife-run Multibrands International was taken to court by PZ Cussons Ltd for selling Imperial Leather soap manufactured for

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - I was appalled to read of the councillors' decision to block planning permission for the new penthouse developments in the city centre. The city has been crying out for someone to invest here and yet when they arrive open-handed ready to redevelop