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  • Cameras never lie says City manager

    Colin Todd today waded into football's technology debate and declared: We should have called in the cameras years ago. Tottenham's goal that never was at Old Trafford has reignited the row over whether to introduce electronic wizardry to rule on controversial

  • Wethers flavour of the month

    David Wetherall has been voted League One's player of the month for December. The City skipper won the supporters' award, which is run in conjunction with the Professional Footballers' Association. Wetherall wins a commemorative sterling silver boot stud

  • Boxes are deterrent to cashpoint crime

    Yellow boxes could be painted on the ground around cash-point machines in Bradford to protect customers from robbers. A pilot scheme in Greater Manchester saw a dramatic fall in the number of robberies and is now expected to be introduced across the country

  • Rats abandoned on shelter's doorstep

    Staff at the RSPCA shelter in Bradford received a shock yesterday when they turned up to work to find 60 rats left outside. The animals were found stuffed into two cages on the kerb outside the shelter. It is not known where they came from or who left

  • Anger over talks on extra £1m

    Anger erupted today as it emerged that the company which runs Bradford schools could get an extra £1 million in the next financial year. Private talks are being held between top Bradford Council officers and Education Bradford over the payment which comes

  • Girlfriend 'probably drove car in crash'

    A man who died when the car he was travelling in smashed into a metal barrier was "probably" being driven by his girlfriend, an inquest concluded yesterday. Imran Ahmed died and girlfriend Fadia Younus was so seriously injured she could not remember the

  • What killed new mum Kym?

    New mum Kym Powell smiles lovingly at her daughter Ellie-Mae. But within weeks of this picture being taken, the young mother had died in hospital, her body overwhelmed by infection. Now her grieving family are demanding to know why the healthy 21-year-old

  • Bulls to be left in the dark by RFL

    Bulls fans will never officially be told whether Rhinos pair Keith Senior and Ryan Bailey returned their positive tests for the banned stimulant ephedrine following the Super League Grand Final. Senior and Bailey escaped bans and were fined and reprimanded

  • It's all change at top for Bantams

    Bradford City owner Julian Rhodes today revealed details of the new management structure at Valley Parade. Rhodes, who completed his takeover of the club last month, will become chairman and chief executive of the new-look company, known as Bradford City

  • Proper answers needed

    The tragic death of young mother Kym Powell at the age of 21 is extremely unusual. This normally healthy young woman died in intensive care at the BRI just a few weeks after an emergency caesarean section to deliver her daughter. Her distressed, grieving

  • Three-year ban for City pitch invader

    A Bradford City fan who ran on to the pitch after the referee awarded a last-minute penalty against his heroes has been banned from all football matches for three years. Jason Murphy, 32, of Bradford Road, Idle, was also fined £200 after pleading guilty

  • Museum's planning some capital gains

    Bradford could get a cultural embassy in London which could help bring tourists north to the biggest visitor attraction outside the capital. The city's National Museum for Photography, Film & Television is in talks to export some of its exhibits to

  • The one-stop shop adds up for Gordon

    Just a day after Prime Minister Tony Blair visited the district, Chancellor Gordon Brown arrived as national speculation continued about the men's future roles in the run-up to a general election. Mr Brown was at Field Lane Children's Centre, Brighouse

  • Letters to the Editor

    Give us the truth about Tong Street SIR - Councillor Hawksworth seems to know very little about the roads around the M606. First of all the M606 should have gone straight down and across to the bottom of Wakefield Road and joined the Shipley Airedale