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Religious role for former newsman

A former Bradford Telegraph and Argus reporter is to be honoured by the Church in recognition of his religious work. David Markham, (61), who retired from the paper in December, is one of four Honorary Canons who will be installed

Swift response after T&A appeal

An appeal in the Bradford Telegraph and Argus has led to a local charity receiving a welcome cash boost from a major bank. The Bingley Voluntary Action group appeared in the paper to explain how it was being forced to

News in brief

The blanket-knitting record is set to be broken for the Idle Tide feast celebrated near Bradford – and the Telegraph and Argus is set to feature heavily in the celebrations.The blanket being created is emblazoned with the letters T&A as

Riot suspects turn themselves in after paper's photo spread

A man handed himself in to police after seeing his photo on the front page of the Telegraph and Argus as police stepped up a campaign to identify riot suspects. Ten more have given themselves up since then and officers

Reader vote backs school rules over pierced brow

Newspaper readers have overwhelmingly backed a school that sent a boy home after he turned up for lessons with a pierced eyebrow. Only 33 readers out of 761 that phoned the Bradford Telegraph and Argus’ special poll supported the boy’s

Gordon to raise money for cancer care

A Bradford Telegraph and Argus worker is to take to the water to raise money for a cancer charity. Gordon McDonald, a 24-year-old administrator at the Telegraph and Argus, will take part in Marie Curie Cancer Care’s third indoor rowing

Getting to grips with teenage reading standards

Improving reading standards in schools is the aim of a literacy campaign that is targeting Bradford secondary schools. The Telegraph and Argus is giving its full support to the campaign and by joining with the charity Reading Matters for Life

Cartoonist mocks Morecambe

Angry students at a Morecambe secondary school have criticised the Bradford Telegraph & Argus for mocking the town they love. Tourism and Leisure students at Skerton High School paid £325 to put an advert in the paper advertising a holiday

Congratulations! Cliff could be mayor in Bradford…

A quick poll by the Bradford Telegraph and Argus has revealed people there would prefer a celebrity as mayor rather than a local figure. The paper conducted the vox-pop after the local Labour Party started campaigning for a directly-elected mayor

Career in music follows a stint at the T&A

Former Telegraph and Argus man Mick Dale has enjoyed the highs and lows of pop stardom since he quit the paper ten years ago. His first crack at the big time started well with the band Poppy Factory but, after

Bradford paper helps pensioner to get his money

The Telegraph and Argus has been thanked by a Bradford pensioner after it stepped in to unlock his £50,000 savings from an investment account. The 84-year-old said he was persuaded to invest the cash when he was still recovering from

Foursome back together

Four former WPCs have been reunited after more than 30 years after an appeal in the Bradford Telegraph and Argus. They first met as raw recruits in 1965 but lost contact in the late 60s after one of their number

Short cut to sponsorship

Three reporters have become top of the crops to “Baldly Go With Rodney Marsh”. The trio – from the Bradford Telegraph and Argus – had their locks shorn to raise more than £200 for a city burns unit. The trimmer

Shipley news office closes – and reopens 30 yards away

A district office of the Bradford Telegraph and Argus is on the move – to premises just 30 yards away! The Shipley office will make the hop across the road in a move which secures the paper’s news-gathering operation in

News In Brief from around the regions

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News In Brief – from around the regions

WHAT A MOUTHFUL: A pub regular swapped beer for a gigantic chocolate bar in a charity challenge at his local. The Lancashire Evening Post reported that engineer Geoff Evans guzzled nine pounds of Toblerone in nine hours. The stunt, at