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Caught, but cheeky thieves came back
Cheeky thieves were let off the hook when a householder caught them trying to steal garden benches - but returned later to finish the job. They were spotted by a Rawdon woman as she returned to her home in Highfield Drive with her three children. One
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'We've gone from Wrose to Worse!'
Furious residents have dubbed their street 'Worse View' after a neighbouring school erected two-metre high security fencing within yards of their living room windows. Wrose View residents say the fencing surrounding Low Ash Primary School has ruined their
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Luke gets off to a flyer in first senior season
Luke Pinder is on the fast track to success. The Shipley 16-year-old embarked on his first senior Autograss season on Sunday, having a superb drive in a Scarborough club event. Luke won two of his three races and came second in the third. Having had lots
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Dougie on top of the world again
Dougie Lampkin is the world indoor trials champion for the fourth time. The Silsden rider sealed the title in the huge Bercy Arena in Paris for Radson Montesa. The championship was virtually secure once Dougie qualified for the final run-off. All he had
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Heroic Bowling so close to cup shock
West Bowling came within three minutes of knocking holders Skirlaugh out of the fifth Round of the BARLA National Cup. Bowling were reduced to 11 men after the dismissal of Peter Simpson and the sin-binning of scrum-half Gareth McKinley but battled hard
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Bulls' Euro-backing for jobs project
Bradford Bulls today kicked off a pioneering scheme aimed at giving disadvantaged people in the city a sporting chance of success. It is the first rugby league operation to win a European Regional Development Fund grant. The project will see the Bulls
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'Light up danger road'
A Wharfedale councillor has renewed his campaign to get a dangerous road lit before there is a tragedy. Councillor Graham Kirkland (Lib Dem, Otley and Wharfedale) said the unlit stretch of the A658 between Yeadon Airport Depot and the Dyneley Arms at
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'We are powerless to stop the rot'
Parish councillors in Ilkley have agreed to form a group to examine its future relationship with Bradford Council. At a meeting of the parish council, Liberal Democrat councillor Gary Shipley put forward a motion stating the present situation was 'unacceptable
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Mixed blessings
Bradford Council has taken the brave step of inviting a high-powered team into City Hall to scrutinise operations. The result is a detailed report giving both praise and criticism, as the Council modernises its structures. City Hall reporter Olwen Vasey
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Call for 'bold and brilliant' road signs
A new business chief has called for "bold and brilliant" road signs into Bradford to stress its importance to the outside world. Chamber of Trade President Jim Griffin described the "building brick" signs to Bradford on approach roads as "horrible and
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Since thugs struck, I can't hold my baby
A police officer today described his heartache at not being able to play with his baby daughter after being injured when his police van was rammed by a stolen car. PC Steve Armatage faces surgery and up to a year off front line duties after suffering
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The show will go on at rugby ground
Organisers of Bingley Show have spurned an offer by a businessman to move it back to Myrtle Park this year. International textile boss Mark Holmes has bought the land off Ireland Bridge, next to the Brown Cow pub in Bingley, which is used for access to
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Search on for declining birds
A major survey is being launched to try and halt a catastrophic decline in the population of wading birds in lowlands like the Aire Valley. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the Yorkshire Dales National Park is to investigate the number
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Visitor numbers on the slide at Cliffe
Visitor figures to Keighley's Cliffe Castle museum have plummeted by almost 20,000 in the last year. And membership of the Friends of Cliffe Castle, who raise funds for the museum, has also fallen. Latest figures show that last year 76,000 people attended
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Tourist town is the latest rat hot-spot
High-class Ilkley has been hit by a surge of rats, as concern grows about the vermin's population boom across the district. The tourist town was named by a Council officer as a current rat hot-spot at a meeting of Bradford Council's Environment Scrutiny
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Postman wins damages over dog bite agony
A postman told how he had to wear a cricketer's protective box for four months after a Springer spaniel sunk its teeth into his groin as he delivered the mail. Simon Healey, 35, spoke to the Telegraph & Argus today after learning he has won a county
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Now we're the best of the best!
The Telegraph & Argus is Britain's best community newspaper, according to the judges of one of the country's most prestigious awards. The Community Newspaper of the Year award was presented to Editor Perry Austin-Clarke at a glittering ceremony in
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Fury at new market delay
Struggling tenants in Bradford's markets could have to wait until the end of next year for a new multi-million pound hall to be finished. Bradford Council today admitted that it could take 21 months for the £3 million redevelopment of John Street market
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Henry Paul's Bully Bully
I was very pleased with the performance at Halifax last Sunday. It was enough to get us through to the semi-final and that is what we set out to do. I am apprehensive about the semi-final against Warrington - it will be a tough game but all the squad
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Jorge on target as Bantams hit back
Bradford City Reserves 3, Barnsley Reserves 1; by Richard Sutcliffe. Bradford City battled back from a goal behind to seal their fifth consecutive victory at home in the FA Premier Reserve League last night. The Bantams had gone behind against Barnsley
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Wetherall says City can defy the odds
Defender David Wetherall says Bradford City can prove wrong the bookies who have made them odds-on to be relegated this season. Following Sunday's 2-1 defeat by Leeds United, William Hill have priced City at 1-6 to be relegated with closest rivals Derby
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Our 'jealous rivals!'
Bradford Bulls chairman Chris Caisley believes that envy is causing many of their Super League rivals to try to upset his trail-blazing club. In successive matches the Bulls have seen their mascot Bullman denied admission at St Helens for the Super League
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That first impression is so vital
There is nothing wrong with the call from the new president of the Chamber of Trade for "bold and brilliant" road signs which tell the outside world that Bradford is an important place. Mr Jim Griffin was right to take office with a bullish message about
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Jim Appleby: Past Times
It's hard to find a quiet pub these days, particularly in well-populated areas. Juke boxes, canned music, giant TV screens and karaoke have conspired to render silence a precious and rare commodity. It's not a new phenomenon, though. Almost 100 years
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Davison fired up for survival battle
Aidan Davison is hoping to be Bradford City's lucky charm against relegation for the second time in three years as the Bantams bid to move away from the Premiership drop zone. The 31-year-old Northern Ireland international has finally completed his move
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Don't get fingers burnt in Net deal
Owners of fax machines in West Yorkshire are being targeted with offers of cut price cigarettes. But the sales pitch has a sting in the tail which could leave the customers empty handed, according to Customs and Excise. The faxes from Cigarettes UK offer
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Why we had to have a go
Karate expert Richard Foulds was among a group of people honoured this month by the High Sheriff of West Yorkshire for bravery in helping to bring criminals to justice. But what makes a have-a-go hero? Crime reporter Joanne Earp reports. PUTTING YOUR
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'Whites-only' police trip sparks dispute
A row has broken out over arrangements for an exchange visit involving police officers from Bradford and Pakistan. A delegation from Azad Kashmir visited the city in February, with seven officers from West Yorkshire Police making the return journey the
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Now I can start to live - husband of crash wife
A Cleckheaton man has spoken of his relief at the conclusion of the inquest into the deaths of his wife and another woman who died in a car crash in Sri Lanka nearly five years ago. Andrea Smith, 38, of Cleckheaton, and Michelle Kerr, 32, of Barnsley
