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  • Just pray that you're never ill

    Some New Year resolutions last. But a resolution to remain cool and collected, to keep smiling through, to refuse to rise to the bait that the world constantly dangles in front of those whose natural tendency is to fume at the follies of humanity (and

  • Hospitals' smoking ban starts

    People who flaunt a smoking ban at Bradford's hospitals are being warned they will be asked to leave hospital grounds unless they stub it out. The total smoking ban in and around Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke's Hospital came into force on January

  • Taylor remains a Bantams fan

    Andrew Taylor is willing City all the way to the play-offs. The young full back is keeping his fingers crossed that Colin Todd's men can make the top six this season - even though it will have to be without him. Taylor returned to Middlesbrough this week

  • Players must hold their nerve - Helm

    Avenue vice-president John Helm is taking some blame for the team's recent poor run. The last time the busy television broadcaster visited Horsfall Stadium was last October when Avenue beat Farsley Celtic 4-3 in a thrilling UniBond Premier Division game

  • Watene to face huge obstacle!

    As well as the challenge of playing only his second Bulls match, Adam Watene has another major confrontation tomorrow - with giant cousin Frank. A largely youthful Bulls side visit Dewsbury Rams and it gives Watene a chance to learn more about his new

  • Faults in funding system

    Regular readers of this newspaper will be well aware that many local groups and organisations appear to be in desperate need of cash. We frequently carry stories about the fears of some voluntary or community group or other that will have to cease the

  • On this day

    In 1450, Glasgow University was founded. In 1915, Windsor Castle was cut off by floods. In 1990, because of an increase in its lean, the Leaning Tower of Pisa was closed. From the Telegraph & Argus of January 7, 1981... An 1860 mill-owner's house

  • Baby died in the arms of his sleeping mum

    A Coroner has repeated his warnings about the dangers of parents co-sleeping with their young babies after a seven-week-old boy died in the arms of his dozing mother. Bradford Coroner Roger Whittaker has previously called for the Government to give better

  • Shopping scheme 'threat to big plan'

    The site earmarked for Shipley's integrated transport exchange could be turned into flats and shops instead. Critics say plans for the former Charlie Brown's car centre, on Otley Road, undermine the aims of the Airedale masterplan, which forms a blueprint

  • Hospitals' smoking ban starts

    People who flaunt a smoking ban at Bradford's hospitals are being warned they will be asked to leave hospital grounds unless they stub it out. The total smoking ban in and around Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke's Hospital came into force on January

  • Former city teacher jailed for fire attacks

    A former Bradford teacher who was said to have "used fire as a personal weapon" has been jailed for her latest arson attack. In May 2003, Bradford Crown Court heard how Amina Ditta had set fire to a temporary classroom at Atlas Primary School in Manningham

  • Our 160-mile trek to visit ill baby

    The parents of a desperately-ill baby are having to make a daily 160-mile round trip to see him because of a shortage of intensive care beds close to home. Three-week-old Cameron Greenwood caught an infection which led to breathing difficulties, and was

  • Letters to the editor

    Bus fare increase so unreasonable SIR - Heading back to work for the first time after Christmas, my bus was ten minutes late - a great start to the New Year! My jaw almost hit the ground when the driver told me my usual fare was 20p more than it had been

  • Charity helps to rebuild

    A Bradford charity is planning to buy sewing machines to help survivors of the South Asian earthquake get back to normality. The Jannat Welfare International Trust, which was set up by the Shipley-based Aagrah restaurant chain, has collected more than

  • Cheers for helping us to the bitter end!

    A commemorative bitter has been produced to mark the planting of 250,000 trees by the Forest of Bradford. William Greenwood Brewing, based at the Cock & Bottle pub on Barkerend Road, Bradford has created the bitter to go on sale from Friday, January

  • 'Fundraising helped me cope with grief'

    A Gomersal woman who raised thousands of pounds for meningitis research is remembering her daughter's sudden death from the disease. Alison MacGrath will plant a cherry tree in memory of her "bubbly and outgoing" 15-year-old old daughter Christina Irwin

  • Depressed dad leapt to his death

    A man with a long history of depression, whose condition was "exacerbated beyond belief" by the death of his son, killed himself by jumping from the top floor of a city centre car park. A Bradford inquest was told that retired health care assistant Bernard

  • David steams along with heritage work

    A former firefighter is searching for vintage film footage to turn into heritage movies of Bradford's era of steam. David Murray has built up a library of rare cinefilm since being invalided out of the service after a horrific accident. David 55, has

  • 'We can't give our grant money away'

    A charity funding body says there are so many other cash sources available to voluntary groups in and around Bradford that it can't give its money away. West Yorkshire's Local Network Fund (LNF) had hoped to hand out £450,000 more in Government cash than

  • £1m fills the gap!

    Bradford theatre company Mind the Gap has been awarded nearly £1 million to launch a landmark arts centre at Listers Mill. The company, which trains actors with disabilities, has announced that it is moving to purpose-built premises in the Silk Warehouse