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  • Campion cup clash doesn't go to form

    There may be 20 points between them in the Premier Division but Campion's cup-fighting spirit was brought to the fore as they swept aside higher-placed Tyersal 4-2 to book their place in the Premier Division Cup semi-final. Andy Yates with a brace, Mat

  • Title-chasing duo edge closer to Holme Wood

    The clash at Apperley Bridge between the two sides chasing Holme Wood Athletic in the Premier Division finished all square. Roy Stammer put Albion Sports in front halfway through the first half with Fairweather Green's Greg Watts levelling in the 55th

  • You ain't seen nothin' yet - Swann

    Sunday's Odsal bow was a vital first step towards full match fitness for the Bulls' prize off-season signing Logan Swann. After a three-month break from the game, a relieved Swann is happy to have his home debut under his belt. "The first 20 minutes were

  • Report casts city in bad light

    It is good news for Bradford's single mothers that they are to get a share of £5 million in a Government-funded pilot scheme to help them get back to work. On the other hand, though, the fact that only Bradford outside London is to be included in this

  • On This Day

    In 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born. In 1914, the Bradford Army Veterans' Association was formed. In 1956, Elvis Presley recorded Heartbreak Hotel. From the Telegraph & Argus of January 27th, 1979... Area social services officers in Bradford

  • Road-rage victim vows to keep going

    A Bradford teacher whose skull was fractured with a torch in a violent road-rage attack said he has not let the incident ruin his life - despite still suffering health problems years later. Speaking after his attacker, wheel clamper Christopher Rose,

  • Proposals for recycling in the spotlight

    Voluntary organisations in the district could receive up to £30 for every tonne of waste they recycle if plans to introduce recycling credits get the go- ahead. The proposal, discussed at a meeting of Bradford Council's environment scrutiny committee

  • Fitness fans add strength to fund

    Fitness fans are in training to boost funds for the Telegraph & Argus Save Our Play Appeal. The Bradford and District Keep Fit Association is used to helping people shed the pounds but hopes to add weight to the money scales for St Luke's Hospital's

  • Letters to the Editor

    PR is better than we have now SIR - Re the postal-vote dispute going to the Lords (T&A, January 23), MP Chris Leslie says "There are... low turnouts at elections... it is reasonable we should debate it." He has been in politics a long time. What are

  • Points are there for the taking

    Eight wins from 17 games - that's the task City have set to scramble clear of the drop. Two weeks in the jungle with Jordan and a load of creepy-crawlies is a doddle in comparison. But after Crystal Palace became the TENTH visiting team to cash in on

  • Edds and Reid shown the door

    Australian duo Gareth Edds and Paul Reid are the latest fall guys as Bryan Robson continues to trim the City squad. Robson has told both players that their future lies elsewhere. The City boss has cut seven from his squad since taking over - all players

  • Bite-size proposal to educate adults

    Bosses at a Shipley marketing firm today gave their backing to a pilot scheme aimed at enticing adults back into education and training. The workplace initiative, called Bite Size Intros, is to be rolled out across West Yorkshire after a successful pilot

  • Obscure law costs Ruzwana top post

    A former Skipton Girls High School student is expected to make a second bid to become President of the prestigious Oxford Union - after losing out the first time on a technicality. Ruzwana Bashir, 20, beat her only rival Georgina Costa, daughter of a

  • RAF man jailed for assaulting girl, 13

    A Royal Air Force police officer's career is in ruins after a judge jailed him for a year for indecently assaulting a 13-year-old girl. Married father-of-two Damian Marshall started a relationship with the schoolgirl after sending her a text message in

  • Sex trade excuses are 'unbelievable'

    Learning English and exploring the architecture of Bradford at night are just two of the excuses used by kerb crawlers to explain why they were driving around the city's red-light district. Under a new partnership between Bradford Council's anti-social

  • Vince is on a big woodland mission

    A Bradford man who braved two years in the frozen wastes of Antarctica has landed a top job with the Forestry Commission to help everyone see the woods and the trees. Vince Carter has been appointed as the co-ordinator of the Commission's first forest

  • Mums get childcare free week for work

    Lone parents in Bradford are to get a week's free childcare as part of a £5 million Government-funded pilot scheme to help them get back to work. Bradford was chosen to take part because it's number of out-of-work single parents is higher than the national

  • Six more yobs jailed for mayhem in city centre

    Police believe they have broken the hooligan ring that was tarnishing Bradford City fans. Six men were jailed yesterday for their part in violence at the Centenary Tournament in the city last summer. That brings the total who have been convicted for their

  • 'Boyfriend killed baby'

    An amputee murdered his partner's baby son during a catalogue of physical abuse, a court heard. Aaron Giles, 22, who had both his legs amputated below the knee after a road accident, smothered four-month-old Ben Denton at the home he was sharing with