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  • Suite success as new building goes on Net

    Hundreds of people are being given a chance to watch the step-by-step progress of a new Information Technology suite being developed at Salt Grammar School. The 26-classroom development at the Baildon school is being built by York-based Yorkon. The company

  • Table Tennis: Young stars enjoy trophy gold rush

    YOUNG table tennis stars have enjoyed a gold rush with a string of medals for members of the Keighley-based Bradford Table Tennis Development Scheme. They have won a total of 80 medals, cups, trophies and awards at international, national, county and

  • New boy ready for Warror battle

    NEW signing Gary Lord makes his home debut for Cougars on Sunday -- with the job of filling Stevie Hall's boots among the team's forwards. Lord was snapped up by coach Karl Harrison as a straight replacement for the Keighley stalwart who flew out to Australia

  • Agony that never ends

    The sister of murdered Bradford newspaper seller Nobby Clark today said her nightmare will go on forever despite his killer's failure to quash his conviction. Connie Corpes, speaking publicly for the first time since his death 30 years ago, told of her

  • Christian Viewpoint

    Lovers of cricket, and indeed most of the sporting world, have been shocked and saddened by recent revelations by several South African cricketers of a willingness to influence matches in exchange for money. It is particularly sad that the fulcrum of

  • BRI may get a shelter for smokers

    Smoking sheds -- similar to bus shelters - for Bradford hospital workers to have a cigarette break, are among ideas under discussion by health chiefs. Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust aims to ensure a smoke-free and safe environment for patients, visitors

  • Residents in uproar over homes appeal

    Angry Wilsden residents are protesting over yet another bid by Allied Textile Companies to build up to 70 houses in the village. Although the seven-acre site on land off Crack Lane, next to Birkshead Mill, was earmarked for housing in the Unitary Development

  • Letters to the Editor

    Pensioners unite for a better deal SIR - I write in amazement to reply to R Davison (June 8) who is obviously a member of the Edwina Currie School of Charm. You know the one: "Stop moaning. If you're cold, get off to bed" - that type of person. I pay

  • Boss to get £7m kitty!

    New manager Chris Hutchings is to be handed a record transfer kitty of £7million to strengthen the Bradford City playing squad. Hutchings received the good news at a meeting with chairman Geoffrey Richmond just hours after he was confirmed as successor

  • Bolton Abbey stalwart dies

    A MAN who was the cornerstone of village life in Bolton Abbey has died peacefully at the age of 87. Arthur Donald Wood, known as Donald, was a remarkable man noted for his kindness, wit and his amazing memory for names, faces and facts. Born into a large

  • Congress privacy must end

    The nature of Bradford Congress remains a mystery to many people. They hear or see its name from time to time but haven't much idea of what it is or does. In fact, for most ordinary Bradfordians the only time the Bradford Congress has impinged on their

  • New blow as fashion store to go

    Regeneration chiefs were seeking urgent talks with fashion chain Etam - after the company confirmed it intended to quit its Darley Street store. The major shop, standing close to the Kirkgate centre premises, is said by the company to be unsuitable for

  • Cougars: New boy faces Warrior challenge

    NEW signing Gary Lord makes his home debut for Cougars on Sunday -- with the job of filling Stevie Hall's boots among the team's forwards. Lord was snapped up by coach Karl Harrison as a straight replacement for the Keighley stalwart who flew out to Australia

  • Gas leak leaves traffic at standstill

    Commuters faced a traffic nightmare last night after a busy junction was partially sealed off because of a major gas leak caused a risk of explosion. Engineers from Transco had been working all week to rectify the leak at the junction of King's Road,

  • 'Congress should be in public'

    Bradford Congress might throw open its doors to the public - for the first time since it was set up six years ago. Tory council leader Councillor Margaret Eaton wants the meetings of the "great and good" removed from the shroud of secrecy which has surrounded