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Birkenshaw A take the honours in final
Birkenshaw A finally ended Queensbury A's dominance of the Hudson & Foster Bradford Cup with a 21-10 win in Sunday's final at Newlands Sports complex. Birky's veteran centre Dave Burton opened the scoring when he sprinted down the wing to cross in
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Brave Bees take Wakefield to wire
Hopes of Cleckheaton pulling off a Yorkshire Cup second round shock vanished in a ten-minute period either side of half-time. Having conceded two tries in the first seven minutes to Morley's Chris Johnson and Scott Evans, the Yorkshire One outfit bounced
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'Climate levy is badly designed'
The new Climate Change Levy on industry has been 'badly designed' and will endanger the future of manufacturers in the region. That was the verdict delivered by the Director of the Engineering Employers' Federation (EEF) in Yorkshire and Humberside, Ian
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Be patient, hospital hotline families told
Anxious families waiting for news about body parts being held at Bradford Hospitals are being urged to be patient. The plea comes more than two months after a hotline was set up to field calls from people who had lost loved ones. Nearly 400 distressed
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MP steps in to help rape-case mother
An MP is campaigning for a change in the law to exempt a Bradford mother, who was raped by her husband, from paying maintenance to their two children. Paul Truswell, MP for Pudsey, has written to Social Security Secretary Alistair Darling asking for a
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'We're the only two people on the bus!'
Stanley Jennings and his wife Florrie have had no problems finding a seat on a double deck bus running between Idle and Bradford. In fact, they have had a choice of 79 places to sit - as they have often been the only passengers on a service brought in
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Postcards bring rap for catalogue firm
Bradford-based mail order giant Grattan has been forced to change an advertising campaign following a complaint that it misled customers. The Advertising Standards Authority agreed that postcards delivered to 435,000 homes by the company were misleading
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Full of life
Niomi Gillin climbs all over her mum, toddles round the room and hugs her pet boxer-dog Chelsea. Eight months ago, the two year-old, pictured, had hardly enough energy to move, had lost all her dark hair, was fed through a nasal gastric tube and faced
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Midfield maestro returns tonight
Jamie Lawrence makes his comeback in Bradford City Reserves at the start of a hectic ten-day spell. The 30-year-old midfielder has been out of action since he broke his hand against West Ham on February 4. Lawrence hopes a run-out for the Reserves away
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Final first for Henry
Bulls' kingpin Henry Paul has promised a decision on his Odsal future by the end of next month. The classy Kiwi, who has been in scintillating form this season, has been targeted by England Rugby Union chiefs and talks are understood to have already taken
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Reviving the heart of the city
Most Bradford people have known for some time that the city centre is in decline as far as shopping is concerned. There are constant complaints that there are not enough retailers of sufficiently high quality to attract the people who have most money
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Firm in Czech deal
Thermoplastic manufacturer Chem Resist Europe has won a contract with a Czech battery supplier. The Dewsbury firm will provide Akuma, which supplies batteries to car manufacturer Skoda, with acid dilution and storage systems. Managing Director Seamus
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'Vets with a vision'
A national veterinary company has been launched in West Yorkshire. Vets4Pets, the brainchild of Peter Watson, former Managing Director of Vision Express, aims to establish a network of 200 'partnership practices' in a few years. The project, which involves
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Ram-raided bike shop is under guard
A security guard was drafted in to keep watch overnight outside a motorcycle shop which was ram-raided by a 46-seater coach. He was called in after the insurers of Whitehall Motorcycle and Car Centre Ltd at Drighlington were unable to get a builder to
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Edward tackles the big one
Visually-impaired Edward East is to make a marathon effort to raise money for a cancer charity later this month. Edward, 22, who is also epileptic, will tackle the gruelling Flora London Marathon in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care on April 22. He will
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Father of four is third drug victim
Police have named the third Keighley drugs overdose victim in a month as father of four, Graham Midgley. Mr Midgley of Staveley Grove, Ingrow, was dead on arrival at Airedale General Hospital, Steeton, on Thursday evening. Mr Midgley, who leaves a partner
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Takings slump in half of city stores
Takings have slumped at more than half of the stores in Bradford city centre in the past five years, according to a major national survey in shopping across Britain. The city - categorised as a regional centre - is the worst hit place in Yorkshire, apart
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'Put our hidden treasure on map'
In the heart of a Bradford village lies the former home of a world-famous literary family. But if you didn't know it was there, chances are you would miss it. This is not Haworth, but Thornton - birthplace of the famous Bronte sisters, Emily, Charlotte
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Sheep Day has it all, baa sheep
Skipton Sheep Day, a tradition revived last year, will go ahead this summer - without the sheep! Plans to hold a rare-breeds parade and a sheep-shearing display have been cancelled in the wake of the foot and mouth crisis. But the show is to go on, possibly
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Poster support for the battered mums
A support group for women who have suffered domestic violence at the hands of their own children has launched a poster campaign to encourage more battered mums to speak out. A support group was set up after the Telegraph & Argus revealed exclusively
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Police expected to face grilling
Top police officers will face criticism from members of the force's race watchdog at a meeting tonight in Bradford. The Bradford Ethnic Minority Police Liaison committee is due to meet tonight at Toller Lane police station when Superintendent Mark Whyman
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Ukrainian group 'is living in fear'
Bradford's Ukranian community today demanded a meeting with police in the wake of Sunday night's violence. Members of the Ukranian Social Club in Legrams Lane were forced to barricade themselves into the club on Sunday after two of its members were attacked
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Race tension 'is bubbling near surface'
The street violence in Lidget Green was disappointing - but not surprising. That's the view of one of Britain's leading experts on race relations, who is conducting a study into the tense race situation in Bradford. Sir Herman Ouseley, pictured, former
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Far Right probe on street violence
Detectives were today investigating the possibility that far right groups had a hand in the street battles at Lidget Green. Detective Superintendent Phil Sedgwick, who is leading the investigation into the weekend's violence, said it was one of many lines
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Show falls victim to the virus
The biggest agriculture show in the Bradford district has fallen victim to the foot and mouth crisis, it was revealed today. Members of the Airedale Agricultural Society have cancelled Bingley Show in August because of the impact of the disease and restrictions
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - The report (T&A, April 14) headed "Dogs to patrol former schools," was an indication that Bradford Council and the police are taking a very positive step to reduce the acts of vandalism, arson, etc, presently being perpetrated against private
