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  • Noble facing a selection headache

    Shontayne Hape and Karl Pratt could both return against Widnes on Sunday as competition for places hots up in the Bulls squad. Both players are hoping to receive medical clearance later in the week. The full version of this story is in this evening's

  • Bantams stars do their bit

    City's players are ready to hold back one-fifth of their wages to help the cash-hit club survive next season. The squad have agreed in principle to take another deferment, believed to be 20 per cent, through the summer and the whole of the next campaign

  • Minister's 'back to work' bid

    A Government minister has visited Bradford to support a scheme aimed at targeting unemployment in the city. The West Yorkshire Employer Coalition was unveiled yesterday to help more than 180,000 people in the county into the job market. Minister for Work

  • Children warned of hoax call dangers

    Bradford's schoolchildren will be warned of the dangers of making hoax 999 calls after research found that millions of malicious calls were made last year to the emergency services. Of the 30 million 999 calls handled by BT nationally, a "staggering"

  • Monster dad murdered his daughter, two

    A father was today beginning a life sentence for the murder of his two-year-old daughter. It took a jury only an hour to convict Mohammed Fiaz Qadar, 33, above, after a two-week trial at Leeds Crown Court. Iqra Bibi died after Qadar repeatedly punched

  • Top dogs Silsden in repeat performance

    For the second consecutive season the Mumtaz Premier Division of the West Riding County Amateur League was dominated by Silsden. Although Brighouse Town, Tyersal and Golcar United - who took the runners-up spot - kept pace with Silsden until the last

  • Welcome news over Odeon site

    The former Odeon/Gaumont/New Victoria building in Bradford is held in high regard by many local people. It holds memories across the generations. The warmth of feeling for the twin-domed landmark can be judged by the outcry which followed proposals by

  • Pupils to influence major redevelopment in Bradford

    Children from a Bradford primary school have been given an important role helping Bradford Council with the re-designing of a major route into the city. The youngsters have taken part in a consultation about a main route in Manningham and their thoughts

  • Rail trail a threat to our homes

    Villagers are fighting to stop a million-pound leisure trail along a disused railway line destroying their privacy and security. The first phase of a six-mile cycling, walking and horse-riding route along the former Bradford-to-Keighley line from Cullingworth

  • New inquest hope for Donna's family

    The family of Bradford teenager Donna Healey might soon be able to finally lay her to rest - 16 years after she was last seen alive. Detectives probing Donna's death are hoping an inquest will be resumed soon, allowing her funeral to take place. Donna

  • Government urged to ease 'bottleneck'

    Government ministers have been urged to tackle congestion by investing millions of pounds widening the M62 in West Yorkshire. Business and transport leaders have teamed up to press Transport Secretary Alistair Darling to give a green light to vital improvements

  • My CV was no lie, says specialist

    A breast cancer surgeon sacked from a Bradford hospital trust for allegedly lying on his CV has denied he had been "deliberately and dishonestly" misleading. Robert Phipps appeared yesterday before the General Medical Council defending himself against

  • Piles of mail found dumped in quarry

    Hundreds of undelivered letters have been found dumped in a Bradford quarry. It is at least the fourth instance of mail discarded in Bradford over the past two months. In the latest incident children found two large bundles of mail in Parker's Quarry,

  • Top team to advise on Odeon's future

    The company spearheading the re-birth of Bradford city centre has appointed a team of top consultants to draw up a detailed report on the use of the Odeon Cinema site. Global consulting engineers Arup will lead the team conducting the study which is expected

  • Pictures point the way for little Zak

    A special school pupil with a complex condition has "come on in leaps and bounds" since using a new form of picture communication. Zakari Simpson, who cannot swallow, has made real progress thanks to the introduction of a new method of communication based

  • Wear your colours with pride!

    People in Bradford were today urged to show their colours and raise vital funds to help keep Bradford City Football Club in business. A huge Claret and Amber Day has been organised for Friday, May 28, when thousands of people across the district will

  • Letters to the Editor

    Time to rally round our football club SIR - The serious situation regarding Bradford City has at last been highlighted in the national press. It is unthinkable that Bradford could lose a second football team or at best scraping the bottom of the barrel