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  • Bradford Bulls re-sign Jon Magrin

    BULLS have announced that Jon Magrin is returning to the club next season. Magrin, 23, who can play as a prop or a loose-forward, last wore the Bradford shirt in 2017 before signing for Sheffield Eagles. But with his return to Odsal confirmed

  • Pizza Express to open first branch in Bradford city centre

    HIGH street restaurant Pizza Express has revealed it will be opening its first Bradford branch in the city centre. The chain will take on a unit under The Light cinema, on Broadway. The company has submitted plans to Bradford Council to install

  • Littletown look for a magnificent seven

    THIS weekend sees the start of the Bradford & District FA Saturday Senior Cup, running alongside the County Amateur League Premier Division games. Littletown will be looking to maintain the top spot by extending their unbeaten start to seven

  • New campaign aims to keep people out of hospital this winter

    A NEW Bradford Breathing Better campaign directed at helping people across the district to improve the health of their lungs and respiratory system, is aiming to keep people out of hospital this winter. Ahead of the colder weather, health professionals

  • Bar plan for empty Darley Street unit

    A CITY centre street blighted by empty shops will be home to a bar and music venue if new plans are approved. The opening of The Broadway Shopping Centre almost three years ago led to a number of shops closing on Darley Street, once Bradford’s

  • Sleeping like a newborn baby

    TELEGRAPH & Argus Camera Club member Amanda Hatherley took this wonderful portrait of a baby. Amanda used her Nikon D750 and a 50mm prime lens with a fast maximum aperture of F1.8 to blur the background. Nik Bennett took our second picture

  • Appeal to witnesses over boy's collision with car

    POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an 11-year-old was in collision with a car on Harewood Street in Bradford at about 5.25pm on Sunday. The child suffered a serious but not life-threatening leg injury. The driver of the vehicle stopped

  • Broadway Aab store to close

    AAB in the Broadway Centre is to shut on Sunday, September 30, at the end of its lease. The women’s fashion outlet has put a notice in its window saying it is closing. In a statement it said: “As more of our customers choose to shop online and

  • Kenna cues up for world test in Yorkshire

    REBECCA Kenna will battle some of the world's elite in her own county this weekend. The Keighley-born player, ranked world number four, will take part in the LITEtask UK Women’s Snooker Championship at the Northern Snooker Centre, Kirkstall Lane

  • Signs go up at new CeX city centre store

    A NEW city centre shop is starting to take shape ahead of it opening in a formerly unused unit. Bosses at the new CeX store, which buys and sells second hand goods for cash or store credit, expect to pay out around £800,000 in its first year.

  • Boutique hotel in place to make most of Lakes features

    THE Lake District has many wonderful features and picturesque views and, like it says on the tin, the lakes themselves are up there among the highlights. Windermere boasts fantastic scenery from the shore to the hills behind, its fantastic pleasure

  • Rugby league clubs vote to ditch Super 8s

    Rugby league clubs have voted to ditch the Super 8s and revert to a conventional 'one-up, one-down' system of promotion and relegation from 2019. An extraordinary general meeting of the RFL Council in Manchester voted by a clear majority to change

  • Bradford Council Parks win Bloom honours

    PARKS in Bradford have come up smelling of roses in this year’s Yorkshire in Bloom awards competition. The highly-acclaimed Lister Park in Manningham (pictured) has been given a Gold Award, Keighley’s Cliffe Castle Park, Platinum, Roberts Park in

  • Baby snake found dumped in wheelie bin

    A RESIDENT was given a shock when they went to take some rubbish to their bin earlier this week and found a snake dumped in their wheelie bin. The snake was found in the bottom of the bin in Pembroke Street, West Bowling, and the RSPCA was called

  • Hit musical heading for Bradford

    HIT show Ghost the Musical is coming to Bradford. Tickets are on sale for the show, coming to the Alhambra from April 30 to May 4, which is based on the much-loved 1990 movie starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and an Oscar-winning Whoopi Goldberg

  • All doctors should be treated equally

    SIR - A recent report by the British Medical Journal which shows disparities between the pay of black and minority ethnic (BME) doctors and their white colleagues is further evidence of the need to tackle discrimination in the NHS. Every doctor

  • Biker killed in rush hour crash with a lorry

    A MAN has been killed after the motorbike he was riding was involved in a crash with a lorry. The man, 40, died at the scene in York Gate, Otley, yesterday following the crash which happened at 8.59am. His black Suzuki motorbike collided with

  • Number of children arrested falls by more than two thirds

    The number of children arrested in West Yorkshire has dropped by more than two thirds over the last seven years. Prison reform charity the Howard League has hailed the seventh consecutive year in which arrests of children have dropped across England

  • BULLS SQUAD: Pickersgill set to return at full back

    BULLS have announced their 19-man squad for the trip to Oldham on Sunday. With Gregg McNally out of the 19-man set-up, Brandon Pickersgill is expected to return to the full-back role. Sam Hallas and Matt Garside are still out with minor injuries

  • Government should focus on helping disadvantaged children

    SIR - The Government should be sitting up and paying attention to the results of a new study tracing the progress of 1.8 million pupils, their social, family and economic backgrounds and the type of schools they attended. The analysis was carried out

  • Plea to cyclists

    SIR - Can I make a plea to all parents whose children ride bicycles. Please make sure their bicycles have front and rear lamps and that they have new batteries in them. Please impress upon them that it is not “cool” to ride around our streets at night

  • Expert reveals all about Bradford Civil War Siege

    WALKING around the streets of Bradford, it is hard to imagine the most brutal period in the district’s history. Between October 1642 and March 1644, Bradford - which was then little more than a large village - saw several bloody encounters between

  • Unwinding with an indulgent spa break

    WHEN it comes to a relaxing spa weekend, Lancaster House Hotel has everything you need to unwind and indulge. Set in picturesque grounds on the outskirts of the city, the hotel offers the perfect surroundings to sample the finer things in life.

  • No old pals' act as Hopkin faces Bowyer

    DAVID Hopkin is set for a touchline reunion with former team-mate Lee Bowyer, admitting: “I’ve not seen him for 18 years.” The pair played together in midfield at Leeds when Bowyer was the world’s most expensive teenager with a £2.8 million price

  • Bowling chasing back-to-back rises

    WEST Bowling make the long trip to Cumbria tomorrow knowing that their future is in their own hands in Kingstone Press National Conference League Division Two. Bowling travel to Askam knowing that they need a win or a draw to secure the final play-off

  • Event will showcase Yorkshire food and drink

    A MAJOR showcase of food and drink businesses celebrating Yorkshire produce is taking place this weekend at Tong Garden Centre. The Big Food Tasting will highlight artisan producers from the county and their products, including breweries, bakers

  • A modern airport is key to prosperity

    MODERN, robust, fit-for-the-job road, rail and air links are vital if our region is to achieve its growth potential in the 21st Century. In a globalised world, where just-in-time delivery methods are vital to maintaining competitiveness and international

  • Coach Posa knows size of Bees job

    ROME wasn’t built in a day, and neither will Bradford & Bingley be under the coaching duo of Antony Posa and Hugh Gumbs. The Bees have lost both of their opening matches in North Two East, and Posa admitted: “It is a bigger job than I expected

  • Angling Lines

    BRADFORD CITY AA THERE has been a lot of rain over the past week and the rivers, which have been high and dirty, only became fly-fishable on Thursday. The forecast is for a lot more heavy rain across all the Dales today and Sunday, which might well

  • Brighouse relying on Martin magic to stay at the top

    BRIGHOUSE Town are riding high in second place in the Evo-Stik East Division and they have a good chance to go top with a home win over Pontefract Collieries tomorrow. Aaron Martin is the league's joint top scorer with five, and he will be looking

  • Washer fire causes smoke damage

    BINGLEY firefighters were last night called out to a washer fire in Hall Royd, Shipley. The fire, at 10pm, caused smoke damage. Fire crews vented the home.

  • Bantams opposition: Charlton protests against owner go on

    THE fixture computer has got a strange sense of humour. With the current disconnect between many fans and the owners at Valley Parade, City have found themselves up against arguably the two most divided clubs in the country on successive Saturdays

  • David Hockney painting expected to break auction records

    A POOL painting by Bradford artist David Hockney is expected to break the record price for a work by a living artist when it is sold at auction later this year. Portrait Of An Artist (Pool With Two Figures) will be auctioned at Christie's in November

  • Otley and Burley ready to fire on last-day title shoot-out

    TOMORROW’S final round of matches sees glory to be gained in all three divisions with the league championship at stake in Division One. Two defeats in their last three matches have seen long-time favourites Otley’s lead over Burley reduced to just

  • Magic McKenna a threat for Avenue as they host Altrincham

    OLI Johnson and Jake Beesley have starred up front for Bradford (Park Avenue) this season and attacking midfielder Ben McKenna has proved to be the perfect compliment for the pair. The 25-year-old opened the scoring in his side's 5-3 defeat at

  • Poignant play finds joy in the pain of dementia

    “HOW can I go to heaven if I don't know who I am?” says Ernest to his daughter Lynne when his niggling and worsening memory problems are finally diagnosed as Alzheimer’s Disease. But Ernest has a plan: to leave an imprint of who he is, and Lynne

  • On This Day 14th September 2018

    25 Years Ago: A man from Bradford had been shot dead while on holiday in Florida. The 34-year-old had died instantly and his girlfriend, 35, was also injured, when a gang opened fire on their car in the town of Tallahassee. 50 Years Ago: Fantastic

  • From Operation Upper Crust to Bradford’s Churchill Tea Club

    100 Years Ago – 1918 Shipley nurse, Miss Hilda Wood, of the V.A.D, was making a splendid recovery after being shot in the right arm as the result of an attack by enemy aircraft whilst nursing in Boulogne. Prior to going to France, Miss Wood had

  • Ball confident Bantams can still make the cut

    DAVID Ball is hoping to prove a cut above the rest on his home debut tomorrow. The striker’s capture on a season-long loan looks a potential snip after his influential entrance from the bench at Blackpool last week. Now he is aiming to brush

  • Three men accused of conspiracy to murder appear in court

    THREE men accused of conspiracy to murder have appeared before a judge at Bradford Crown Court. Usman Nawaz, Mohammed Yasin and Hasanain Murtaza, all pleaded not guilty to the charges which date back to a five-day period in August 2017. The

  • Foundation stone of derelict Bingley school to be protected

    THE foundation stone of a 130-year-old former school in Bingley will be protected if the building is demolished. In June Bradford Council agreed to sell the derelict Priestthorpe Annexe, on Mornington Road, to a developer, referred to as "party

  • Bignot happy tactics talk paying off for improving Lions

    GUISELEY secured a fine 1-0 win at Alfreton Town on Saturday in the Vanarama National League North, and Marcus Bignot is delighted to see his tactical game plan finally coming together. The Lions signed the talented forward Lewis Walters last week

  • Plans to 'transform' Leeds Bradford Airport are revealed

    "GAME-changing" multi-million pound plans for Leeds Bradford Airport have been revealed in a bid to put Yorkshire on the global map. The ambitious vision for the airport will create a large number of construction jobs, an apprenticeship scheme,

  • O'Brien in as Bantams start new chapter

    DAVID Hopkin insists City are starting a “new chapter” as he urged the club to move on from any internal conflict. Hopkin’s first home game in charge tomorrow against Charlton comes on the back of chairman Edin Rahic’s public apology to fans.

  • Pudsey St Lawrence bid for Premier League final spot

    PUDSEY St Lawrence will be bidding to reach their second Yorkshire Premier League Championship final tomorrow. The newly-crowned All Rounder Cricket Bradford Premier League Champions take on the North Yorkshire South Durham League side Great Ayton