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  • Guiseley undone by late leveller

    Guiseley 3, Tamworth 3: A controversial injury-time equaliser robbed Guiseley of a second memorable FA Cup win in successive rounds and they now face a replay tomorrow night at Dr Marten's Premier Division outfit Tamworth. The last seconds of an inordinate

  • Bradford made to pay for sloppiness

    Gainsborough Trinity 2, Bradford Park Avenue 2: Stupidity and sloppy mistakes have cost Avenue five points in eight days. That is the stark admission of manager Trevor Storton, furious that his side tossed away a two-goal cushion against a very beatable

  • Guiseley chasing trip to Luton

    Guiseley were seconds away from being in Saturday evening's draw for the FA Cup first round proper in their own right before a contentious equaliser from Tamworth made their appearance an either or. When their name came out away to Nationwide Second Division

  • On This Day

    In 1853, the Listerhills Chapel, Bradford was opened. In 1891, Shipley and Windhill were amalgamated. In 1986, Room At The Top author John Braine died. From the Telegraph & Argus of October 28th, 1977... With the help of a new type of battery, General

  • Lawyer's special building contract

    A Pudsey lawyer has developed a contract which aims to halt disruption and rising costs in the construction industry. The contract, which has already been upheld by the English legal system, takes the employment status of workers into account and allows

  • Record trade after farming link-up

    A Skipton-based company has turned over £1 million in the few months that it has combined its operation with Craven Cattle Marts Farm Services Ltd. Quota business David Hill integrated with CCM, which is also based in Skipton, back in June. Chris Windle

  • Orders 'on the up' in manufacturing

    Bradford's manufacturing industry is on the up, with an increase in orders over the last quarter. But while the Bradford Chamber of Commerce figures show that 40 per cent of manufacturers in the region are operating at full capacity, the service sector

  • Making a Mark on World Rally

    A managing director from Ilkley swapped his databases for dirt tracks for a world rally adventure. Mark Sayer, of engineering quantity surveying firm Myddelton Consultancy, teamed up with old school friend and Keighley businessman Jonathan Langhorne for

  • Dedicated service by church

    A service of remembrance and thanksgiving was held at St John's Church, Cullingworth, on Sunday. The service included the dedication of three new alter rail kneelers which feature a specially commissioned design based on motifs from wrought iron altar

  • Riddle as man dies in car park

    Detectives were today investigating the suspicious death of a man who collapsed outside a club. Graham Heaton, 27, of St Paul's Road, Birkenshaw, died in the car park of Tong Conservative Club, Tong Street, Bradford, at about 7.30pm on Saturday after

  • Ruth's a first class beauty

    Ruth Simpson has the evidence to prove that you can have both beauty and brains. For not only is the Guiseley beauty, pictured, gracing the pages of Cambridge University's glossy calendar and raising money for breast cancer research, but she also has

  • Drug needles find disgusts youths

    Shocked youngsters today said they were "disgusted" after finding a dozen drugs needles while clearing land as part of a community project. Around 30 youngsters from Bolton Woods Community Centre were clearing a plot of land, off Stanley Road, during

  • Disabled woman stranded by thieves

    Thieves have stolen two cars from the same driver - even though she had removed a vital lead from under the bonnets. Every night, Jacqueline Hudson, pictured, of Telscone Drive, Holme Wood, Bradford, religiously removed the HT lead, which connects to

  • Viner proud of his troops after revival

    Bradford Salem 31, Bramley Phoenix 21: Bradford Salem showed the resilience in this derby they will need if they are to remain in the Yorkshire Division Three promotion hunt. Salem, who have now climbed to third, trailed 21-3 midway through the first

  • Ramshaw stars... for both the sides

    A Jason Ramshaw hat-trick capped a memorable day of nostalgia, frolics and exceptional rugby at Cougar Park. In the testimonial match for the legendary Keighley hooker, stars from the past returned to the scene of their former glories to take on the current

  • Aussie rules for Bantams

    Bradford City 2, Norwich 1: To pinch a phrase from new goal-scoring star Paul Reid: Strewth, you beauty! City, the team that had not won in seven, against Norwich, who had not lost in that time. Football logic dictated that it was always going to be a

  • Fielden raring to go in Tests

    Bradford Bulls prop Stuart Fielden can't wait to get stuck into the New Zealand tourists after his Grand Final heartbreak. The Bulls were beaten 19-18 in controversial fashion by St Helens at Old Trafford, and 23-year-old Fielden said: "It not only takes

  • Banks on loan pays dividends!

    City's on-loan goalkeeper Steve Banks has put his penalty-saving heroics against Norwich down to a secret formula. Banks was the star in added time on Saturday with a dramatic double save from Iwan Roberts to preserve their first win in eight games. Banks

  • Courage in face of tragedy

    There will be many people who, because of their own experiences, fully appreciate the distress that Bradford West MP Marsha Singh is still feeling a year after losing his wife to breast cancer. Despite the great strides made in the treatment of cancer

  • Workers distrust bosses

    Only 40 per cent of workers trust their management to be honest, according to a new survey. The Britain at Work poll, which was conducted by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, also found that fewer than half of the workers believe their organisation is

  • Valley could be hi-tech mecca

    A £25 million development is set to place Keighley at the heart of the 'digital dale'. Plans have been submitted to Bradford Council to build small, hi-tech units on land bordering the River Aire at Royd Ings and Beechcliffe. Steve Szostak, co-ordinator

  • Deputy head Sara simply a class act

    Sara Brigg was today crowned the country's top primary school teacher. She has won national recognition and £20,000 for Castlefields Infant School, where she is deputy head, after winning the title of Primary Teacher of the Year at the BT Teaching Awards

  • Youths get into peak physique

    No mountain is too high for a group of young people tackling both Britain's and Africa's highest peaks. Eighteen to 20-year-olds from all over Bradford have come together to tackle the challenge which involves carrying out voluntary work both home and

  • Wool trade boss Alfred dies at 89

    One of the biggest names in Bradford's once booming wool trade has died. Alfred Dixon, who started his career in the trade after returning from the Second World War, died aged 89. He passed away after a short illness at the Yorkshire Clinic in Cottingley

  • Picture parade is a blast from past

    Bradford folk will soon be able to tap into the city's heritage at the touch of a computer key. A new computer archive featuring around 800 pictures and documents from the city's past will be launched in the Banqueting Hall at City Hall on Thursday. The

  • MP who lost wife backs cancer plea

    A Bradford MP who lost his wife to breast cancer 12 months ago today joined a campaign to help make women aware of the dangers of the disease. Marsha Singh, pictured, MP for Bradford West, said he was still struggling to come to terms with the death of

  • Fans in queue for Gareth's first album

    It might have been a freezing cold Monday morning but that didn't stop die-hard Gareth Gates fans queuing up from 7am onwards to buy the star's debut album in Bradford city centre today. Fans queued outside HMV on Broadway for a special early opening

  • Excluded pupils get new deal

    More unruly pupils will get the chance for a fresh start under a ground-breaking deal agreed by every Bradford secondary school. Each school has promised to take two children per year that have been excluded by other schools. Until now, schools that were

  • You've been framed!

    Standing still on a freezing cold and wet October night for 40 minutes might make sense if you're a football fan watching your team. But in the name of art? A hundred Bradfordians turned out last night and braved driving rain and icy winds to help make

  • Against the bible: Vicar bans yoga class

    A vicar has stunned a yoga group by banishing them from his church hall after branding the exercise against the teachings of the Bible. Reverend John Walker, of Calverley, claims yoga clashes with the teachings of the Bible and is "inextricably linked

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - Can our councillors explain why it is wrong for the firefighters to ask for a 40 per cent increase in their wages when you consider all the risks they take putting their lives on the line for the public, and yet Margaret Eaton and our councillors