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  • Rising to the top

    Bradford Bulls 36 Warrington Wolves 22 A curious mixture of utter dominance and staggering incompetence saw the Bulls overcome Warrington at Odsal yesterday to climb to third in the Super League. For the most part the Bulls were simply awesome, with the

  • Stead's one-man show is class act

    Teenager Ian Nicholson made a defiant 71 for Bankfoot on Saturday, but a man-of-the-match adjudicator wouldn't have given it too much thought before giving the gold award to Alex Stead. The 24-year-old all-rounder not only took his first ever hat-trick

  • Hart-ache for City

    Hartlepool 2 Bradford 1 Goalkeepers inhabit an unforgiving world. Five or six world-class saves will be forgotten in the time it takes to say "oops". One error and everything else goes out of the window. Ross Turnbull was reminded of that harsh lesson

  • East Bierley end 60-year Shield drought

    East Bierley overcame the shock of losing opening batsman Craig Johnstone during the warm-up to win only their second ever Sovereign Health Care Priestley Shield final. The 16-year-old suffered knee ligament damage in fielding practice, saying: "I went

  • Three 'n easy for Vainikolo

    A second-half hat-trick by Lesley Vainikolo carried the Bulls to a 36-22 victory over Warrington at Odsal yesterday. Back-to-back intercept tries from Warrington late in the first half meant the Bulls had to work hard for the two points that lifted them

  • Money can make a real difference

    The village suburbs around Bradford - places like Queensbury, Idle, Wyke, Baildon, Thornton, Oakworth and Eccleshill - have missed out on funding aimed at improving the quality of life for residents. They haven't qualified for the sort of grants which

  • £75,000 boost for 'outer-city'

    People in Wyke are being invited to have a say in how £75,000 is spent on improving the quality of life for its residents. The area has been given the cash as it is one of seven outer-city neighbourhoods in Bradford Council's Urban Village programme.

  • Morale worry at Army plan

    A Bradford councillor has warned that the possible merger of Army regiments in Yorkshire could damage the morale of soldiers due to serve in Iraq. It is feared that the historic Duke of Wellington's Regiment might be amalgamated with The Green Howards

  • £3million plan for land proves big hit

    A derelict plot of land looks set to be transformed into a flagship £3 million cricket ground and running track, subject to Government approval. The Karmand Community Centre has won its battle for planning permission from Bradford Council to develop the

  • Shortage of senior police

    Bradford's public is suffering because of a shortage of police sergeants and inspectors, it was claimed today. The Police Federation, the police officers' union, said there were fewer officers in the district to deal with incidents because PCs were 'acting

  • More tasty slices of Mango at festival

    Previews, premieres, talks and masterclasses are planned as the best of world cinema comes to Bradford. The plans are all part of The National Museum of Photography, Film and Television's tenth Bite The Mango Festival which will take place in September

  • 'We must challenge this poor decision'

    The business community in Bradford today threw its weight behind the campaign to save a city centre post office. They claim the closure of the Exchange Post Office in Bank Street would pile extra pressure on firms and represent a huge loss of prestige

  • Debbie's old club is rowing for gold

    A Bradford rowing club is encouraging youngsters to follow in the wake of one of its former stars, who is competing in the Olympic Games. Debbie Flood, 24, who learned the sport with the Bradford Amateur Rowing Club, is competing in Athens as a member

  • I will walk once more

    A woman paramedic who was paralysed in a road accident today set herself the remarkable challenge of walking a mile for charity. Georgie Hurst, 32, suffered horrific injuries when the car she was in crashed on a moorland road near Keighley six years ago

  • Spirited Keighley pay for naivety

    Keighley Cougars 10 Leigh Centurions 48 The Cougars were always going to struggle in this LHF Healthplan National League One game. Leigh had been on the end of a shock defeat to strugglers Rochdale last week and Keighley caught the backlash. The writing

  • Poool party after keeper howler

    Stop-gap stopper Ross Turnbull will get another chance in City's opening home game against Peterborough tomorrow night. The on-loan Middlesbrough goalkeeper is set to carry on as the club continue to wait for clearance for first-choice pair Donovan Ricketts

  • Women lead their country forward

    Bradford is playing a central role in helping women achieve their potential in the world's second-fastest-growing economy. For the past three months a dozen of India's brightest women professionals have been on a prestigious course at the University of

  • Plea after man killed in smash

    Police today renewed an appeal for witnesses to a road accident which left one man dead and two women seriously injured. The accident happened in the early hours of Saturday when a car smashed into a lamp post. The blue Ford Sierra estate went out of

  • Letters to the Editor

    'Forgotten' village deserves better SIR - I can remember every summer men coming round my village of Thornton with weedkiller, spraying the cobbles. Not any more. When I walked up Bridge Street the other day, what a shock I got. The cobbles have nearly