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  • Symes assured of a City future

    Michael Symes was today assured: Your future is at Valley Parade. The rookie striker was due to start a month's loan at Darlington but the Football League put a block on the move They felt it would be "inappropriate" after the Bantams had been given special

  • Symes' future is with City, says Todd

    Michael Symes was today assured: Your future is at Valley Parade. The rookie striker was due to start a month's loan at Darlington but the Football League put a block on the move. They felt it would be "inappropriate" after the Bantams had been given

  • Battle to save Dukes will go on

    Campaigners have pledged to carry on fighting to save a threatened regiment, despite top-level warnings it has to go. Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon has told the Defence Select Committee that plans to scrap the Duke of Wellington's Regiment were "highly

  • Nick's Paralympic dream is shattered

    Teenager Nick Killen has been denied his sporting dream because of political red tape. The 18-year-old, who had to have both eyes removed due to a rare form of cancer, had overcome all the odds to qualify for the Paralympic Games in Athens. Nick, of Shipley

  • Cashier jailed for stealing £40,000

    A former senior cashier at a firm of Bradford solicitors has been jailed for 12 months after she stole more £40,000 over three months. Full story appears later

  • New school a 'symbol of hope for the young'

    After a 20-year battle a Bradford community is celebrating the long-awaited opening of a new school. Youngsters at St Philip's CE Primary have started the new school year in a new building in Whitby Terrace, Girlington. And head teacher Judith Bey said

  • Cashier jailed for stealing £40,000

    A former senior cashier at a firm of Bradford solicitors has been jailed for 12 months after she stole more £40,000 over three months. A judge at Bradford Crown Court was told yesterday that 22-year-old Donna Oades used the cash to "cheer herself up''

  • Letters to the editor

    Police reaction was over the top Sir - As someone opposed to fox-hunting, I must say I was horrified by the TV footage of police over-reaction during the Countryside Alliance protest in Parliament Square on Wednesday. Having observed the way the police

  • Old boy Elliott blazes a trail

    Australian left-hander Matthew Elliott ended his Yorkshire career almost exactly two years ago with a National League century against Kent at Headingley. And yesterday, in his next innings on the ground, he again reached three figures - but this time

  • Hot Volcano sets record

    Blockbusting winger Lesley Vainikolo scored a hat-trick to claim the Super League record for tries in a season as the Bulls demolished an under-strength St Helens side 64-24 at Odsal last night to claim second place in Super League. Full story appears

  • Make mine a treble!

    Lesley Vainikolo stole the limelight from Sean Long as reigning champions Bradford crushed a weakened St Helens side at Odsal last night to seal a second-placed finish in Super League. Long produced an impressive performance on his return from a three-month

  • Old boy Elliott blazes a trail

    Australian left-hander Matthew Elliott ended his Yorkshire career almost exactly two years ago with a National League century against Kent at Headingley. And yesterday, in his next innings on the ground, he again reached three figures - but this time

  • Hot Volcano sets record

    Blockbusting winger Lesley Vainikolo scored a hat-trick to claim the Super League record for tries in a season as the Bulls demolished an under-strength St Helens side 64-24 at Odsal last night to claim second place in Super League. Vainikolo had a little

  • Respect due on all sides

    The new freedom of access allowed under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act, which comes into force tomorrow, has been a long time arriving. For decades ramblers have campaigned for the right to roam over upland areas from which they were barred. The

  • On this day

    In 1879, Blackpool's famous illuminations were switched on for the first time. 1971, Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong was born. 1981, France abolished execution by guillotine. From the Telegraph & Argus of September 18, 1979... Soldiers from

  • Fat cats (and dogs) need to cut back on curries and TV

    Too many curries and not enough exercise are causing problems... for dogs. The soaring numbers of obese pets is now so great that a special health clinic has been set up in Bradford next week. Half of dogs and up to a fifth of cats are now judged to be

  • 50 reasons to stop your child playing truant

    Parents in Bradford will get £50 fines if they let their children persistently play truant from school. Education Bradford has revealed it will impose the fixed penalties after new figures revealed the city is 102nd out of the country's 150 education