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  • Synthetic solution

    SIR - The proposal to add folic acid to bread is continuing the worrying trend of mass medication as Graham Hoyle (T&A, May 22) correctly points out. Although the government are quick to state the addition of folic acid might' save up to 120 babies per

  • A real threat

    SIR - I am surprised at David Rhodes' jibe at me (T&A, May 22) because I always thought he was an intelligent man, able to take in the written word. The inexplicable' reason for my reference to Esperanto was to say that because people speak a certain

  • Could do better

    SIR - Keith Rayner seems to accept that man-made climate change is happening (T&A, May 22) though his use of inverted commas around facts' is a concern. However, he still insists that the scientists work for the Government, and few do directly. The recent

  • All talk, no action

    SIR - Roy Dennison asks why the M606 was never extended to join the Shipley Airedale Road, as originally proposed (T&A, May 21). The reason is that Bradford has become a city of all talk and no action. The Broadway re-development is at a standstill,

  • Stripping the soul from our heritage

    SIR - Am I alone in deploring the current state of the Connaught Rooms? Despite being sand blasted a few years ago it has suffered a further scouring and the addition of two tacky fibreglass lions flanking the entrance. The lions can be removed but

  • Potential that needs to be tapped

    The number of "Neets" in Bradford might be down on the previous year's figure at 1,500, but there are still far too many of the district's young people "not in education, employment or training" among them one in ten youngsters aged between 16 and 18

  • Hit the road, Daddio. And Mummio.

    It's only when you get into adulthood that you really appreciate the things your parents have done for you... and continue to do. I'm not talking about the obvious - the wiping of bums, the feeding, the buying of brightly-coloured romper suits with pictures

  • Woman killed in hit-and-run is named

    The 79-year-old woman who was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Bradford on Wednesday has been named as Rita Turner, from Idle. She died after being hit by a Vauxhall Astra on Drewton Street, between Westgate and Mannningham Lane at around 2.40pm. The

  • Hunt for missing girl, 13

    Police are concerned for the safety of a 13-year-old girl who has been missing from her Birstall home for six days. Laura Rylah has not been seen since she left her home at 10.30am on May 21 and she did not turn up at school. She is described as white

  • Saturday, May 26, 2007

    In 1940, the evacuation at Dunkirk began. In 1991, Britain's first astronaut, Helen Sharman, returned to Earth. In 2006, deputy PM John Prescott was pictured playing croquet. 25 years ago Taken from the Telegraph & Argus of May 26, 1982... A bid

  • Mike comes up to scratch with £1 million win

    A daily flutter on lottery scratchcards - that has cost warehouse manager Michael Humphreys £10,000 over five years - has finally paid off. The 56-year-old has just become Bradford's newest millionaire - and now he's planning a trip to gambling capital

  • Building projects win 'property Oscars'

    Three of the district's most iconic new structures have been awarded prizes at the annual Yorkshire "property Oscars". Morrisons' new headquarters Hilmore House in Thornbury; the atrium at the University of Bradford; and the historic Myddleton Lodge