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  • Tong destined for Division One drop

    Tong Park's disastrous run of form continued with defeat at the hands of bottom club Beckwithshaw and they are now just one point above the drop zone from Division A. After winning promotion last season, they made a good start to their top-flight campaign

  • Caisley urges fans to get behind Bulls

    Bulls chairman Chris Caisley is calling on the club's fans to pack Odsal to the rafters for the final two home games of the season. Friday night's victory over the Rhinos means the Bulls' chances of capturing third place - and home advantage for the first

  • Cup jinx is finally ended

    Dean Windass emphatically buried City's cup hoodoo with a hat-trick and then insisted: Making the next round means more than the goals. The Bantams romped to a 5-0 win at League Two side Rochdale in the Carling Cup last night to end a run of nine straight

  • Follow-up scheme is vital

    The police raids on 17 "crack houses" across the Bradford district, in the biggest drugs-busting operation of its type in the country, is an excellent use of the existing anti-social behaviour legislation. Although it tied up more than 100 police officers

  • Council's warning over asbestos firm

    Businesses have been warned to check with Bradford Council before agreeing to have asbestos surveys carried out. The Council has received a string of complaints from bosses of smaller companies about a Manchester firm which is cold calling them to say

  • Roadside advert danger warning

    West Yorkshire has been branded a "hoarding hotspot" by campaigners fighting huge advertising boards at the side of motorways. The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) says mobile advertising hoardings are a dangerous distraction to motorists and

  • Harrods is given food for thought

    Princes Charles has had it sent to Highgrove, Guy Ritchie got a case for his birthday on his wife Madonna's recommendation, and Hugh Grant enjoys a tipple. So it is no surprise for the brewers at Timothy Taylor's in Keighley that "top people's" grocer

  • Court order bid over drug dens

    Police were today seeking court orders to shut 'crack houses' for three months after drugs raids across the district. At least 17 people were arrested in the swoops yesterday at more than 12 addresses linked to drug users, crime and anti-social behaviour

  • No-show patients could be banned

    Patients who miss appointments could be struck off by GPs battling the cost of surgery time-wasters. One Bradford practise has already introduced a 'three strikes and you're out' policy for patients who repeatedly skip appointments. And today a doctor's

  • Minister faces a hostile reception

    Home Office minister Paul Goggins was yesterday accused of excluding key community members from the first of his personal post-London bombings fact-finding tours. Mr Goggins met members of the district's Muslim community to hear how they believe society

  • City in 'terror' warning

    A terrorism think-tank has warned that Bradford could be attacked by bombers in an attempt to inflame relations between Muslims and non-Muslims. A briefing paper by the Centre for Defence Studies at King's College, London, warns that the terrorists behind

  • Rochdale 0 Bradford 5

    There. That wasn't difficult, was it? The crowd at Spotland last night must have wondered what all this fuss over cup ties was about. It may have been a case of tenth time lucky for City but there was no fortune about this stroll in the Dale. From the

  • Spen are smarting as Martin turns on style

    Martin Smith's brilliant 21-4 win over Peter Simpson was the highlight for Clayton A in the Naylor Premier League, as they beat relegation-threatened Spen Victoria A 24-6. Spen also slipped up (19-11) at home to fellow strugglers Armley Cons A, for whom

  • North Ferriby United 5 Bradford Park Avenue 2

    Bradford Park Avenue manager Gary Brook warned his players about former Hull City striker Gary Bradshaw. The best striker in the UniBond Premier League, he said. What an understatement! Bradshaw tore Avenue apart in one of the most humiliating experiences

  • Community hopes for right royal visit

    Officials at one of the city's biggest community centres are planning a right royal opening of their £3.2 million extension. The Grange Interlink Comm-unity Centre, Great Horton, has asked the Duke of York to make a return visit next month to officially

  • Donations stolen from charity shops

    Charity shops are having to pay thousands of pounds to stop vandals ransacking rubbish bins and stealing donated items. The cash is going on security windows and gates to stop damage and theft being caused to the premises in Shipley. Veterinary charity

  • Tenants raise the roof after revamp

    Work on more than 100 sites has been completed during the first stages of a £175 million housing revamp. Bradford Community Housing Trust has so far spent £88 million on more than 8,000 properties since February 2003. The housing trust has now started

  • Pupils' Sats results are new record

    Education bosses are celebrating record-breaking results with the performance of Bradford's 11-year-olds in the national curriculum tests. The district's pupils have improved their performance for the fourth year in a row in Key Stage two tests. Improvements

  • Letters to the Editor

    How town shopping can be rejuvenated SIR - Is Bingley really in relief because the roof of Myrtle Walk is to be torn off and replaced by...er, canopies (Telegraph & Argus, August 16)? Every party involved is keeping their cards close to their chests