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  • Ryan to bolster attack

    Yorkshire left-arm paceman Ryan Sidebottom returns to the side tomorrow in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy third round tie with Minor Counties' outfit Devon at Exmouth. And although Harrogate-born batsman Vic Craven, now with Bradford League club

  • Kirby's heroics lift ailing champions

    Steven Kirby, renowned for his famous bowling exploits at Headingley last season, yesterday performed heroically with the bat to help bring Yorkshire maximum bonus points in their rain-hit draw with Hampshire. The 12 points which Yorkshire took from the

  • Deacon: 'I'm man for the British job'

    Paul Deacon today boldly declared: I'm good enough to kick for Great Britain. The Bulls' saviour against Wigan, the baby-faced scrum-half was delighted with "the best kick of my career". And today he stated his aim to get into the national side. "I think

  • Naks are set to join forces

    Two of the biggest banks have joined forces in Bradford by opening a centre which will handle £2 billion turnover a year. The NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland, part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, are now based together at Jardine House, Commercial

  • College praised by Ofsted team

    Shipley College has been praised by inspectors for the quality of education and training it provides across a number of subjects. A report by Ofsted and the Adult Learning Inspectorate judged the Saltaire-based college's quality of education and training

  • College is praised by Ofsted team

    Shipley College has been praised by inspectors for the quality of education and training it provides across a number of subjects. A report by Ofsted and the Adult Learning Inspectorate judged the Saltaire-based college's quality of education and training

  • Staff at mills face a walk on the wildside

    Landscaping that features a pond and 16 types of shrub, aimed at attracting wildlife, is part of a major regeneration scheme for Midland Mills in Bradford. Owners of the Grade Two-listed building today unveiled plans for the multi-million pound redevelopment

  • Road poll 'is loaded'

    A huge consultation exercise into the future of transport in the Aire Valley has been condemned as biased. Shipley MP Chris Leslie and local groups say the exercise has been loaded against the option of further major road building. Mr Leslie said the

  • Butt half-century paves the way for pacesetters

    Bowling Old Lane continued their impressive start and remain top of the Evening League Division One. Openers Barbar Butt (55 no) and Gurdev Singh (49 no) made the platform in a commanding score of 145 for two. Thornton did not find runs so easy to come

  • Saints get £25,000 fine for weak side

    St Helens are being forced to hand over their Challenge Cup winnings for fielding a weakened side against the Bulls. The cup runners-up were fined £25,000 by the RFL after leaving 12 players out of their visit to Valley Parade on April 20 - though all

  • Don't write us off, says Nicky Law

    Nicky Law today admitted the Bantams may be heading out of Division One - but his sights are on the Premiership not non-league football. The Bradford City manager refused to rule out a promotion push next year, despite the club's uncertain future. Lifting

  • Loaded questions over roads

    Over the past 30 years and more the T&A has devoted endless column inches to the issue of traffic congestion along the Aire Valley corridor. There is no doubt that we will need to utilise many more before the matter is resolved - if, indeed, it ever

  • On this day

    In 1912, the Bradford Playgoers Choral Society visited Paris. In 1924, the Bradford motor lifeboat was dedicated at Scarborough. In 1987, German student Mathias Rust landed a light aircraft in Moscow's Red Square. From the Telegraph & Argus of May

  • Cycle routes go on display

    Exhibitions of suggested courses for the Calder Valley cycle route will be displayed across the region from tomorrow. The proposed routes were worked out after consultations with cyclists, special interest groups and other members of the public earlier

  • Fire guts mill in Bingley

    Firefighters are investigating a blaze which gutted an empty mill in Dobb Kiln Lane, Bingley, this morning. Intruders are suspecting of accidentally starting the outbreak in the building which has been unused for about four years. Assistant Divisional

  • £12m schools rise in Tory-Liberal deal

    Education chiefs today promised to increase spending on Bradford schools by £12 million over the next three years. The move was announced by Councillor David Ward who today took back his job as executive member for education on hung Bradford Council.

  • Test upsets schools in blaze attacks

    Youngsters in primary schools hit by arson attacks had to answer the question "Fire: Friend or Foe?" in a national test. Teachers have reacted angrily to the subject matter of the test which they believe was insensitive. Three Manningham schools have

  • Appeal to care for aged

    A project to deal with bogus callers who prey on the elderly is being set up in Bradford. The scheme, run by Age Concern, will involve research about 'distraction burglaries' or bogus caller crimes. The aim is to find out about the scale of the problem

  • Plan to improve city's killer road

    A stretch of road where five people have been killed in the past two years is to have the speed limit reduced in a bid to cut accidents. The speed limit on the one-and-a-half mile length of road in Thornton Road, Thornton, Bradford, is being lowered from

  • Get fired by culture, says Puttnam

    Bradford's businesses have been asked to commit themselves to the city's bid for Capital of Culture 2008. An event, which took place yesterday at The National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, was held to show businesses the benefits of the

  • New beat bobby is quick off the mark

    A new community bobby got off to a roaring start by recovering a stolen motorbike - within half an hour of beginning the job. PC Michael Fawbert, the new beat officer for Bierley and East Bowling, identified the Suzuki 50cc as belonging to 17-year-old

  • A&E departments given survey tonic

    Patient watchdogs have given the district's Accident and Emergency departments a clean bill of health following the latest round of spot checks. Community Health Councils found that the longest waiting time at Bradford Royal Infirmary's A&E department

  • Letters to the Editor

    Let taxpayers have say in naming road SIR - I am disgusted by Margaret Eaton's unashamedly pro-royalist suggestion of naming the Bingley Relief Road "Queen Elizabeth II Way". In recent years issues such as the relevance, legitimacy and cost to the taxpayer