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  • Huge fire rips through B&M store

    FIRE has ripped through a B&M store and police are warning residents to keep windows and doors shut as the smoke is being treated as "potentially toxic". Police say the fire broke out in the storage yard of the shop in York's Clifton Moor retail

  • Burglar arrested 30 minutes after victim phoned 999

    FAST-ACTING police arrested a burglar and recovered stolen property just half an hour after it was reported to them. A Shipley police offcer, PC Preston, was praised on the West Yorkshire Police - Shipley Twitter account for their quick-thinking

  • Bradford Dolphin Swimming Club hoping for cash boost

    Bradford Dolphin Swimming Club is bidding to bag a cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative. Tesco teamed up with Groundwork to launch its community funding scheme, which sees grants of £4,000, £2,000 and £1,000 raised from carrier bag

  • Police discover Class A drugs in car search

    A STASH of Class A and Class B drugs were found by police when they searched two vehicles in Bradford. Officers from the Bradford East Neighbourhood Policing Team said they carried out the searches in the BD3 area after residents raised concerns

  • Former Silsden ace urges checks after cancer diagnosis

    A FORMER Silsden striker has urged men to carry out regular checks after being diagnosed with testicular cancer. Nick McNally, 30, revealed he was diagnosed with the condition earlier this month and is now looking to raise awareness to others.

  • Bradford rally driver to ride in tribute to brilliant Barrie

    BRADFORD-based rally driver Andy Harrison will drive Barrie Williams' 1968 Welsh International winning car at the revived Lombard Rally rally in Bath next Friday as a tribute to his long-time friend and mentor, who passed away last month. Harrison

  • Town want to be in contention in ground sale

    A FOOTBALL club says it wants to be considered as buyers for its ground which has gone up for sale. The freehold of Brighouse Town's seven-acre St Giles Road sports ground is to be offered for sale by the liquidators of Blakeborough Sports and Social

  • NOSTALGIA: Bradford football teams from the past

    IN THE first of our new weekly look through the T&A picture archives, here are three football teams from years gone by. Do you remember any of these players or teams? Email your memories to bradford-sport@telegraphandargus.co.uk

  • Site of recently demolished pub to be landscaped

    THE site of a former pub will be landscaped in the coming weeks after demolition work was completed. The Branch Pub on Otley Road, Shipley, was recently purchased by Bradford Council as part of junction improvement plans. Plans to demolish the

  • Winter Wonderland-themed ball for Bradford Neonatal Unit

    TICKETS are on sale for the first ever Bradford Neonatal Ball. The winter wonderland-themed event will raise money for Bradford Hospitals’ Charity’s Neonatal Unit Fund. Neonatal Sister Andrea Firth said: “The ball will be a sparkling tribute

  • Hate crime awareness week launched in Bradford

    EFFORTS to tackle hate crime in the Bradford district will be showcased during National Hate Crime Awareness Week which runs from today until next Saturday. Bradford Council, West Yorkshire Police and Bradford Hate Crime Alliance will work together

  • Jones happy to look to new beginnings

    GREG Abbott started the training session by personally introducing City’s “newest” player to David Hopkin. The man concerned was Alex Jones, a striker out of the reckoning for so long that he had witnessed three managerial changes from the treatment

  • CAR REVIEW: Honda Civic Type R

    SPORTING a look reminiscent of the wildly outrageous vehicles in the action film Mad Max, the Honda Civic Type R is not a car for the shy and retiring. The latest version of this legendary hot hatch has been newly-engineered from the ground up with

  • "Collins can bounce back from Bantams axe"

    JAMES Mason is hoping Michael Collins has not been lost to the game after his bitter City experience. Collins was axed five weeks ago after lasting just six games into the season. The youngest head coach in the country at the time, the 32-year-old