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  • Mr Indestructible chasing a record

    At a time when Avenue players are falling like flies - up to half a dozen first-teamers have been missing with various ailments - one player seems to be indestructible. Former Leeds United youth player Andy Quinn was today due to play in his 110th consecutive

  • Kruis control as Tykes hit back

    Deon Kruis became the first Yorkshire bowler to take 50 wickets this season as the second half of Durham's batting was swept aside for 26 runs in 41 balls at the Scarborough Cricket Festival yesterday. The collapse began the ball before lunch and it continued

  • Langley is determined to keep his Bulls berth

    Jamie Langley relished being back in the Bulls line-up for the 42-10 victory over Leeds Rhinos at Headingley but the young loose forward knows he has a scrap on his hands to stay in Brian Noble's 17 as the club build towards their play-off push. Langley's

  • I'll feel at home here

    Steve Claridge intends to make his stay at City a long one - at least long enough to learn all the names in the team. Football's journeyman extraordinaire has signed until the end of the season, as revealed in later editions of yesterday's Telegraph &

  • Landlords praised for refusing hours

    Two pub landlords have been hailed as "good neighbours" after rejecting the extended opening hours requested by their bosses. At the Keighley and Shipley Licensing Panel meeting yesterday chairman Councillor Colin Gill said he "welcomed good neighbourly

  • 'Why were we evicted?'

    Police have defended their actions in raiding houses in a crackdown on drug abuse and anti-social behaviour. Two families have hit out at the operation which led to them being evicted from their homes on Tuesday. But detectives who led the operation said

  • Pubs' Bank Holiday late finishes barred

    Pubs have been barred from late-night Bank Holiday boozing by Bradford councillors - so residents can get a good night's sleep before work the next day. Three Bradford pubs have so far been barred from opening late on Bank Holiday Mondays and Bradford's

  • Taminder rising to top of junior tree

    Taminder Gata-Aura is rapidly making a name for himself in the world of squash - and he is only 11. The schoolboy from Wilsden is just back from the England Open Junior tournament in Sheffield where he competed in the under-13 section. Taminder, who starts

  • Congs all out for revenge in final

    Woodlands may have done the double over Pudsey Congs in the Bradford League but they will be taking no heed of that as they bid to win the Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup final for the first time tomorrow. "This is another game," said Woodlands secretary

  • Unmarked cars to patrol blackspots

    Police hidden in unmarked cars are to deploy a special laser device to catch lawbreakers. The covert operation is part of the countywide crackdown by North Yorkshire police to nab speeding motorists, especially bikers, on Bank Holidays. Autovision, a

  • Many Muslims 'live in poverty'

    Key Islamic figures from Bradford will meet the Trade Unions Congress boss as it calls on the Government to end poverty for Muslims from Pakistan and Bangladesh. A new TUC report shows that people of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin are among the most

  • City pupils can talk the talk - wherever

    Students around Bradford have bucked the national trend by celebrating outstanding success in foreign languages at GCSE. The number of pupils sitting French and German exams dropped by 14 per cent across the country after the controversial decision by

  • Bug hit nearly 400 hospital patients

    A bug which can cause a lethal infection affected almost 400 older patients in the district last year, new figures have revealed. The Department of Health statistics show that in 2004 there were 386 cases of Clostridium difficile (C difficile) infection

  • Hunt for gunpoint mobile robbers

    A manhunt has been launched for two gun-toting muggers who are threatening teenagers in a Bradford park. The robbers have struck eight times in Bowling Park since Monday stealing mobile phones from terrified youngsters. In some of the incidents they have