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  • Considers carmenères, but forget the curry

    Mention malbec and most wine drinkers think of Argentina. Over the other side of the Andes there is another fantastic red grape: carmenère. Malbec is synonymous with Argentina but do you immediately associate carmenère with Chile? And do you seek

  • Mirfield woman gets crafty with denim at Gomersal museum

    Visitors to the Red House Museum, Gomersal, took old pairs of jeans along on Saturday. A crafts sessions was hosted by retired teacher and vintage jewellery maker, Roberta Balmforth, of Mirfield, who showed participants how to breath new life into unwanted

  • Saturday, June 11, 2011

    The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Toller: non-material amendment to planning permission, conversion of existing garage and outbuildings to granny flat, 8 Shaftesbury Avenue. Toller: dormer window, 63

  • Rare illness killed tragic child of six in Thornbury

    A six-year-old boy stricken by a rare rheumatic illness died after his immune system tried to fight it but attacked his heart instead. Muhammad Usmaan, who lived with his parents and two siblings at Woodhall Terrace in Thornbury, Bradford,

  • Protestors pledge to fight Thornton Moor turbine plans

    Campaigners have vowed to continue fighting plans for a wind farm near Bradford after receiving pictures of the proposed development. Developer Banks Renewables has circulated a newsletter to residents living near Thornton Moor, where it hopes to build

  • 'Lock it or lose it' warning to Bradford motorists

    A fifth of thefts from motor vehicles over the last year were from those left unlocked by their owners. Police have released the statistics to urge car-owners to lock thieves out of the vehicles as part of a campaign to drive down car crime in Airedale

  • Bradford primary schoolchildren at heart of movie making

    More than 300 Bradford primary schoolchildren who made short films of a world record-breaking challenge will be watching their work at the National Media Museum on Monday. Pictureville Cinema will have a full house for the early afternoon screening of

  • Revenge attack wrecks family's Aussie dream

    A man’s plans for a new life in Australia with his family have gone under after he assaulted a 15-year-old boy with a wine bottle. The victim needed hospital treatment for cuts to his head after Christopher McMillan hit him in a revenge attack

  • Landmark tower cut from Bradford Citygate building project

    Ambitious plans to create Bradford’s tallest building have been scrapped amid revisions to a major development on one of the main gateways to the city. The amended plans for a residential scheme at the bottom of Manchester Road have been submitted

  • Saturday, June 11, 2011

    25 years ago: Bradford was to forge ahead with preparations for the new GCSE exam while renewing pressure on the Education Secretary to delay its implementation for a year. 50 years ago: Making his last presidential address to the Bradford

  • Bradford events celebrate National Carers Week

    The vital contribution carers make to their families and local communities will be celebrated with a week of activities in Bradford. National Carers Week runs from Monday to Sunday, June 19, to highlight the unpaid care carried out by carers for someone

  • Bishop of Bradford issues plea over Sudan plight

    by Kathie Griffiths T&A Reporter The Bishop of Bradford has launched an urgent appeal to help its twin diocese in Northern Sudan, where the cathedral has been burned down and Christian leaders are being persecuted by Government soldiers. The Right

  • Kearney close to new Bradford Bulls deal

    Brett Kearney is on the verge of agreeing a deal to stay at Odsal. A three-year extension should be agreed within the next week, finally ending months of negotiations over the Aussie’s future. The Telegraph & Argus understands a draft

  • Celebrating city’s most dedicated

    When David Cameron talks about the Big Society, then surely he must have in mind the type of people who have been honoured in the Bradford area in the Queen’s Birthday List. People like Jean Walker, a grandmother of four who devotes a large

  • Jackson ready to go back to future at Bradford City

    Peter Jackson has been tipped to bring the spirit of ’84 back to City. Jackson, who was captain of the celebrated side that went on to win promotion to English football’s second tier in 1985, is desperate to replicate the success as manager. That team