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Strong pound is blamed for jobs loss at cloth mill
The strong pound abroad has been blamed for the loss of the nightshift at a Wilsden mill. A total of 38 jobs are to be axed at S H Rawnsley's Birkshead Mill - including the nightshift of 20. The decision to cut the jobs follows the collapse of the firm's
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Time to go!
Time could be ticking away for Shipley's clock tower if proposals to erect a replacement landmark for the town get the go-ahead. A new study out today recommends the demolition of the tower, which has been a focal point for Shipley for more than 30 years
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Rush starts to remove children from threatened schools
A panic rush for places in schools that will survive closure under the proposed new education system has begun among parents. They have already started considering the consequences for their children and are beginning to take steps to move them out of
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Teacher exodus feared
A mass exodus of teachers and heads has been forecast in the aftermath of the school closure proposals. The departure is expected over fears that the shake-up of schools will cause years of upheaval and months of uncertainty over jobs in the district.
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Brian's fast track to success
Bradford-born Brian Thomas is looking for business partners to help him build Britain's best snowsport centres. Mr Thomas, managing director of Briton Engineering Developments, of Huddersfield, won a Department of Trade and Industry SMART award for research
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Outsider Bedford bids to upset Davis and the odds
Snooker: Bradford's Simon Bedford is one of three rank outsiders in the betting for the £1,323,000 Embassy World Championships, which start in 16 days at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre.. The 22-year-old Fairweather Green left-hander, who meets Steve Davis
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New road will ease mayhem
A new road is proposed for West Yorkshire's busiest shopping, leisure and business park to cope with the thousands of people who flock there at weekends. Kirklees Council chiefs say traffic congestion at the Centre 27/Spring Ram complex in Birstall next
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Food workshops are a recipe for success
Multi-lingual courses aimed at cutting the number of cases of food poisoning are being run by Bradford Council. The courses are in English, Asian and Chinese languages for restaurateurs, cafe, takeaway and food shop owners. The Council's environmental
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Criminals feel pupil power in action
Two police officers have won national recognition for a pioneering pupil power project. PCs Chris Roger-Thomas and Jonathan Pickles set up Pupil Power to get the crime prevention message across to residents through young people. And they are now celebrating
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Game's up for arcade scheme
Plans by a Bradford businessman to extend his amusement centre in the city centre have been turned down. The council's licensing committee rejected a scheme from Jack Leach to extend his amusement centre in the Old Crown Hotel into an adjoining shop in
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Cash for estates scheme slashed
A massive "people power" regeneration scheme has run into problems due to cuts in cash from Bradford Council. The £108 million project covering Buttershaw, Woodside and Delph Hill estates won a major award from the Government's Single Regeneration Budget
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Fury as the gas pressure rises
Angry Bradford families are flooding customer helplines with complaints about high pressure sales tactics from gas companies - only a week after deregulation. And one couple have won an apology and offer of compensation from a company which signed them
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We can make a real difference
In the second of a three-part series on the former Yugoslavia, Telegraph & Argus reporter Joanne Earp meets four Bradford soldiers who are helping to keep the peace in Bosnia. After another day braving the elements of a typical Bosnian winter the
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Irish fling will start the fun
A three-day Irish fling will mark the start of this year's Bradford festival, organisers revealed today. Visitors to the event - which is one of the largest community festivals in the country - will be able to enjoy an array of Celtic music and dance.
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Gas blast rescuers praised at inquest
A coroner yesterday praised two neighbours who dragged a 92-year-old widow from her blazing home after a gas blast. Steven Farnell and Adrian Thomas pulled Eliza Butterworth from her terraced home in Birkenshaw Lane, Birkenshaw, but she died three weeks
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Closure 'a waste of money'
The proposed closure of a school in Greengates has been branded a waste of money after more than £100,000 was recently spent refurbishing classrooms. Brookfield First School is to close under the plans to convert all Bradford schools into primary and
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Song and tears greet news
Teachers spontaneously broke into song when it was announced their college was to be turned into one of three Church of England upper schools. Bowling Community College will be closed and reopened as a CE voluntary aided secondary school for pupils aged
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School rebels to fight on
Defiant grant-maintained schools in Bradford have united to fight plans for their closure as part of the most radical shake-up of education in 30 years. Four of the district's 15 GM schools - Hilltop CE First, Keelham First, Russell Hall First and Wibsey
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B&B pays £56m for Black Horse
Bradford and Bingley has bought Lloyds TSB's Black Horse estate agency group for £56 million, more than doubling the building society's presence on the high street. The building society will take on all of Lloyds 370 estate agency branches around the
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Bingley split resources between road and fell
Athletics: National cross-country champions Bingley Harriers turn their attentions to the road this Saturday as the Northern 12-Stage Road Relay Championships takes place at South Leeds Stadium. Keighley-based international Steve Green, who led the club
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Elliott not worried by Edwards speculation
Bulls coach Matthew Elliott is refusing to let more speculation over the future of Shaun Edwards cloud his thinking ahead of tomorrow night's Super League launch at Huddersfield. Rumours of a move back to Wigan have been rife, and a national newspaper
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Scales tipped in Jon's favour
Winger Jon Scales could return to the Bradford Bulls line-up for the kick off of Super League III tomorrow after recovering from a broken thumb. Bradford Bulls coach Matthew Elliott, who has yet to publicly reveal his line-up to face Huddersfield Giants
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City get apology over 'sick' chants
West Brom have apologised 'unreservedly' after a section of their fans sang sick songs about the Valley Parade fire during the game against Bradford City last month. Furious Bantams fans condemned the Midlands club over the incidents in the March 7 game
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Library's new wing remains closed
A new £3m wing to Bradford University's library is still gathering dust months after it was closed to students for safety reasons. The beleaguered extension to the J B Priestley library, closed in November, is still sealed off. Students are becoming increasingly
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Company in homes bid is named
The developer lined up to build a new housing estate between Gilstead and Eldwick is Bryant Homes, the Telegraph & Argus can reveal. Plans for 400 houses on fields in Warren Lane have been fiercely opposed by residents, environmentalists and wildlife
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Far trek as 5,000 Sikhs celebrate
Bradford's Sikh communities are staging a march around the city to mark the most important day in their calendar - Vaisakhi. On Easter Monday a procession of about 5,000 men, women and children will start their walk to each of the city's six temples and
