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  • Bantams make it so easy for Stoke

    City reserves 0 Stoke reserves 3 City's reserves, just like the first team, cannot win at home. The second string are still to break their duck at Valley Parade this season and never looked like doing so yesterday. City were thrashed 4-0 by Stoke in November

  • Last-gasp winner foils brave Avenue

    Barrow 3 Bradford Park Avenue 2 It was a late finish for Avenue but their Conference North clash with Barrow was not subjected to extra-time or penalties like other games last night, just traffic problems on the long journey. The match kicked off over

  • Wethers is under starter's orders

    David Wetherall is the first name on City's team-sheet for the West Yorkshire derby on Saturday. Boss Colin Todd today stressed that the captain is guaranteed a starting spot against Huddersfield after serving a one-game ban - the first match Wetherall

  • Fly-tippers have to be stopped...

    Those who are angered by above-inflation council-tax rises and cuts in services today know one of the reasons for them: the £500,000-a-year cost to Bradford Council of clearing up the mess created by fly-tippers. It is disgraceful that these people -

  • Sunwin House sale agency optimistic

    The agent hunting a buyer for Bradford's last department store today said he was optimistic another retailer would take over the site. The Leeds office of property consultants Knight Frank this week began its marketing campaign for the landmark Sunwin

  • Sisters' tributes to tragic Bethany

    A promising Ilkley student who died when she was hit by a car had dreamed of winning a Nobel Prize, her devastated sisters revealed today. Former Ilkley Grammar School pupil Bethany Gale had won a year-long placement with one of the world's leading pharmaceutical

  • The crunch for drivers with no tax

    Drivers without tax could now have their cars towed away and crushed. The message was starkly illustrated in Shipley yesterday when three vehicles were turned into cubes of twisted metal in minutes. Police looked on at the Crossley Evans Ltd scrapyard

  • Festival to focus on city directors

    A film set at a Baildon bus stop, another shot in a Cottingley shed and a third featuring Skipton's friendly folk will be watched by film fans from across the UK in Bradford next week. Short films made in Bradford by new directors, producers and writers

  • Planning staff back drug unit

    Controversial plans to open a drug rehabilitation unit in Bradford city centre have won support from planning officers. Planning manager David Preece will recommend that Bradford Council's regulatory and appeals committee grant an application for the

  • Tame opening to a sure-fire winner

    It was probably opening-night nerves, but during the first few numbers this show failed to take off - even through the jolly We Open in Venice, which somehow sort of fizzled out despite the presence of a panto-style horse. But then the petite, perky Michelle

  • £500,000-a-year cost of fly-tipping

    Bradford Council spent half a million pounds last year clearing up the mess left by fly-tippers. New figures released today show that since April last year the council has cleared away more than 4,000 tonnes of illegally dumped waste and recorded more

  • Penn looks to be set fair at Wibsey

    After originally leaving the club because he felt he was spending too much time on the touchline, a much happier John Penn is back among the goals at Fairweather Green. The 23-year-old striker has now teamed up with younger brother Jimmy for the first

  • Pryce looks the complete article

    Bulls under-21s 40 Castleford under-21s 16 Karl Pryce underlined his Super League credentials with a fine all-round performance to lead the Bulls under-21 academy to an impressive demolition of Castleford Tigers at Odsal last night. Pryce - who scored

  • Bulls' pen pal revealed

    Bulls skipper Jamie Peacock has thanked the fan that helped inspire his side's improbable comeback victory at Wigan - 69-year-old retired teacher Ruth Catton. A delighted Ruth met Jamie and the rest of the squad after training yesterday when she was presented

  • Helen to hot foot it to help husband

    When health and safety officer Helen Cariss gets set for starter's orders at this year's London Marathon, she'll have husband Chris on her mind - and hot on her trail. Helen, 26, from Eldwick, will be pounding the capital's pavements to raise cash for

  • 'Mini department store' set to open

    A "mini department store" selling favourite high street fashion brands is set to open in Bradford this weekend. Outfit, owned by the giant fashion group Arcadia, is opening its first store in West Yorkshire at the Forster Square retail park, close to

  • Tears for newly-wed killed in car crash

    The father of a man killed when a car he was a passenger in crashed into a telegraph pole today told how his newly-wed son had only just been reunited with his Pakistani bride. Khalid Mehmood said his son's wife, who only arrived in Bradford three months

  • 30 pints a day dad died in 'lock-in'

    A heavy drinker who was bailed by a court to live in a pub died of alcohol poisoning after an all-night binge. Tony Brown died after consuming huge amounts of alcohol during an illegal 'lock-in' at the Southfield Hotel, an inquest heard. At an inquest

  • Letters to the Editor

    Time our views were listened to Sir - The more one reads about the actions of Maud Marshall and Bradford Centre Regeneration, the more concerned one becomes and the more questions are raised. It seems Ms Marshall has her own agenda which she intends to