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  • The healing powers of daytime TV

    Being a) male and b) a Northerner, I don't often succumb to illness, but when I do it's never pretty. And last Tuesday, just as I was perusing the printed version of last week's column, I began to get rather unpleasant twinges in the stomach department

  • Bay looking over their shoulders at Campion

    Campion took another step on the way to claiming the championship of the Mumtaz Premier Division with a 2-0 victory at relegation-strugglers Otley Town to cut leaders Bay Athletic's lead to nine points. Following a goalless first half, in which Otley

  • Deacon not underestimating Wigan

    Paul Deacon today warned his Bulls team-mates to prepare for a Wigan backlash. The two sides go head-to-head at Odsal on Friday night with both eager to triumph for hugely different reasons. Having lost against St Helens last weekend, only their first

  • 'It's time to stand up and fight'

    City face tonight's Valley Parade crunch with Blackpool with the warning: There is nowhere to hide. Colin Todd is demanding that his troops clamber straight back off the floor after the 4-1 thumping by Oldham. Saturday's loss - City's sixth at home -

  • Sharing an idea well worth a try

    There has been a mixed reaction to the announcement by Transport Secretary Alistair Darling that a mile-long stretch of the M62 andM606 motorways is to be designated as Britain's first multi-occupancy lane in bid to speed up rush-hour traffic on this

  • Sutcliffe's appeal to reap the rewards

    Bradford MP and competitions minister Gerry Sutcliffe has called on companies to promote a good working environment - and reap the rewards. Mr Sutcliffe urged employers to "put people at the heart of their business" at a meeting of the Yorkshire and Humber

  • 'Three in a sports car' killing denied

    A woman suffered fatal injuries when a two-seater sports car with three people inside smashed into a tree. Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday that accounts manager Rachel Scantlebury, 26, had been on the lap of John Oddy in the passenger seat of Scott

  • Allergy death mum wore 'no penicillin' tag

    A mother died when she was mistakenly given penicillin by a hospital, despite her wearing a bright red wrist band indicating that she was allergic to it, an inquest heard. Teresa Innes, 38, suffered an immediate reaction and was left in a coma for two

  • Remains will be reburied 'properly'

    The remains of a young girl and a man discovered beneath historic Eastbrook Hall will be reburied in a Bradford Methodist grave- yard - unless their families come forward to claim them. Mystery still surrounds the identity of the brown-haired youngster

  • Wrose finally get better of Eastfield

    Wrose Bull won their sixth-round County Trophy second replay 3-2 against stubborn visitors Eastfield after conceding late goals to send the game into extra-time. Bulls heroes in ordinary time were striker Chris Hawker, who followed up his two goals in

  • Benn own goal sums up plight of Avenue

    Avenue's season goes from bad to worse. A depressing defeat at Ashton United last night - the third on the trot for the new management duo of Phil Sharpe and Clive Freeman - has made the club's battle against relegation from the Northern Premier League

  • Concern at rise of minimum pay rates

    About 140,000 workers throughout Yorkshire and Humberside will be guaranteed higher pay from October. The Government announced it had accepted the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission and would increase Minimum Wage rates for all ages. The adult

  • Totty's degree of success at university

    Totty Building Services has successfully completed a project with the University of Salford. The Bradford-based construction company has played a key role in the creation of the UK's first Think Laboratory. The £700,000, 14-week project saw Totty redevelop

  • Group will put the boot into cancer

    Teacher Merle Griffiths and her friends at Lidget Green Primary School are a class act when it comes to raising cash for charity. The 59-year-old, who was diagnosed with breast cancer after a chance visit to a mobile screening unit in 2003, has signed

  • Man is sought over big haul of heroin

    Customs officers investigating an incident which led to the seizure of a large haul of heroin want to trace a drug project co-ordinator with close links to Bradford. HM Revenue and Customs investigators are keen to speak to Mahfooz Ahmed, 29, as part

  • Residents urged to shop illegal bikers

    People have been urged to shop nuisance bikers in a crackdown which started today. Bradford Council is urging people to report the illegal use of quad bikes and mini motorbikes to the authorities. Information leaflets are being distributed throughout

  • 'Mr Nasty' steps out to the opera

    He's known to millions as television's Mr Nasty, reducing celebrities to tears with his scathing critiques of their dancing skills. But Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood is relishing his latest challenge - choreographing the Opera North

  • Hospitals praised for over-50s' care

    Bradford's hospitals have been named as two of England's top centres for their treatment of people aged 50 and over, according to new research published today. Data from each hospital in England, Wales and Scotland was analysed according to four key factors

  • Peer behind plan for city academy

    A leading peer appointed by Tony Blair is behind the bid to replace a struggling Bradford school with a new city academy, it has been revealed. Lord Amirali Bhatia has been named as the chairman of a group which has agreed to pay £2 million for a new

  • Ripper hoaxer gets eight years

    Ripper Hoaxer John Humble was today sentenced to eight years behind bars. The Recorder of Leeds, Judge Norman Jones QC, told grey-haired Humble he was satisfied one of the features which may have contributed to Sutcliffe remaining at large for so long

  • Letters to the Editor

    Readers have their say on the Telegraph & Argus front page story about people flouting the smoking ban in the grounds of Bradford Royal Infirmary Glad smokers were caught on camera SIR - To comment on your article that nothing is being done to police

  • Totty's degree of success at university

    Totty Building Services has successfully completed a project with the University of Salford. The Bradford-based construction company has played a key role in the creation of the UK's first Think Laboratory. The £700,000, 14-week project saw Totty redevelop

  • Sutcliffe's appeal to reap the rewards

    Bradford MP and competitions minister Gerry Sutcliffe has called on companies to promote a good working environment - and reap the rewards. Mr Sutcliffe urged employers to "put people at the heart of their business" at a meeting of the Yorkshire and

  • Benn own goal sums up plight of Avenue

    Avenue's season goes from bad to worse. A depressing defeat at Ashton United last night - the third on the trot for the new management duo of Phil Sharpe and Clive Freeman - has made the club's battle against relegation from the Northern Premier League

  • Deacon not underestimating Wigan

    Paul Deacon today warned his Bulls team-mates to prepare for a Wigan backlash. The two sides go head-to-head at Odsal on Friday night with both eager to triumph for hugely different reasons. Having lost against St Helens last weekend, only their

  • 'It's time to stand up and fight'

    City face tonight's Valley Parade crunch with Blackpool with the warning: There is nowhere to hide. Colin Todd is demanding that his troops clamber straight back off the floor after the 4-1 thumping by Oldham. Saturday's loss - City's sixth at home

  • Man is sought over big haul of heroin

    Customs officers investigating an incident which led to the seizure of a large haul of heroin want to trace a drug project co-ordinator with close links to Bradford. HM Revenue and Customs investigators are keen to speak to Mahfooz Ahmed, 29, as part

  • Hospitals praised for over-50s' care

    Bradford's hospitals have been named as two of England's top centres for their treatment of people aged 50 and over, according to new research published today. Data from each hospital in England, Wales and Scotland was analysed according to four key

  • Allergy death mum wore `no penicillin' tag

    A mother died when she was mistakenly given penicillin by a hospital, despite her wearing a bright red wrist band indicating that she was allergic to it, an inquest heard. Teresa Innes, 38, suffered an immediate reaction and was left in a coma for

  • Peer behind plan for city academy

    A leading peer appointed by Tony Blair is behind the bid to replace a struggling Bradford school with a new city academy, it has been revealed. Lord Amirali Bhatia has been named as the chairman of a group which has agreed to pay £2 million for a new

  • Ripper hoaxer gets eight years

    Ripper Hoaxer John Humble was today sentenced to eight years behind bars. The Recorder of Leeds, Judge Norman Jones QC, told grey-haired Humble he was satisfied one of the features which may have contributed to Sutcliffe remaining at large for so long