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TheTelegraph & Argusis the dailynewspaperforBradford,West Yorkshire,England. It is published six times each week, from Monday to Saturday inclusive. The newspaper has offices in Newhall Way, Bradford, from where its journalists work. Locally, the paper is known as the T&A. It also breaks news 24/7 on its website.
 T & A | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Newsquest |
| Editor | Nigel Burton |
| Founded | 1868 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Bradford |
| Circulation | 4,311 (as of 2023)[1] |
| ISSN | 0307-3610 |
| Website | thetelegraphandargus |
Overview
editFounded in 1868, the paper was abroadsheetuntil 1989 when it becametabloid.It features a range of news, features, sport, lifestyle articles, classified advertising and special supplements.[2]
The Telegraph & Argus is owned byNewsquest,the second largest publisher of regional newspapers in theUnited Kingdom,which is owned by the American media empireGannett.Perry Austin-Clarke was editor from 1992 to 2017, making him the paper's longest-serving editor.[3]As of 2017, the editor was Nigel Burton.[4]
History
editTheArgus Weeklyoccupied Argus Chambers in the Britannia House building over a century ago. TheYorkshire Evening Argusand theBradford Daily Telegraphnewspapers later combined to form theBradford Telegraph & Argus,which has occupied its present building, the formerMilligan and Forbes Warehousefor some decades. "Bradford" was dropped from the title in the 1930s, when the paper's circulation area spread across much of West Yorkshire. At one time it had branch offices in nine towns across the region, as well as an office in Morecambe, the Lancashire coastal resort to which many Bradfordians went to retire. At its height the paper's daily sale exceeded 130,000. It is now about one tenth of that figure. Thirty-six years ago a new wing with a skin of dark glass was added to house the printing presses, and these machines can be seen through the windows from the street. However, they are no longer to be seen working, since the newspaper further reduced it economic connection with the city in November 2014 by moving its printing operation to Middlesbrough, in Teesside, while making its Bradford press room staff redundant.[5][better source needed]Much of the newspaper's advertising content is now typeset in India. There are plans to sell the building itself now that the presses have been sold off piecemeal.[citation needed]
1936 Abdication Crisis
editOn 1 December 1936, it was reporter Ronald Harker from theTelegraph and Arguswhose report on a speech by BishopAlfred Bluntof Bradford casting oblique doubt on the piety of KingEdward VIII,when referred to thePress Association,sparked the public controversy surrounding theAbdication Crisis.[6]News of Bishop Blunt's doubts also provoked contrary opinions, such as those ofDarlingtonclergyman the Rev.Robert Anderson Jardine,who subsequently conducted the wedding service of theDuke of WindsorandWallis Warfield.[citation needed]
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The oldArgus Weeklybuilding, which is part of Britannia House -
The now-disused T&A press hall, dating from the early 1980s -
Mock-vintage T & A van
Former journalists
edit- David Barnett,journalist and author
- Lucy Ward,journalist and author
- Geoff Mellor(1920-99) Writer and showbusiness historian[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^"Bradford - Telegraph & Argus".Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK).22 February 2024.Retrieved2 March2024.
- ^Telegraph & Argus: Site map.
- ^Telegraph & Argus: Contact page.
- ^Telegraph & Argus:journalists
- ^Information from staff of T & A
- ^Barnett, David (13 May 2009)."You read it here first!".Telegraph and Argus.Retrieved7 April2021.
- ^"We've lost a showbiz legend".Bradford Telegraph and Argus.5 October 1999.Retrieved25 July2024.
External links
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Media related toTelegraph & Argusat Wikimedia Commons- Official website
