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Storton fumes as Avenue let it slip
An equaliser from the visitors deep into stoppage time robbed Avenue of a winning start to the UniBond Division One campaign at Horsfall Stadium. Despite the home side being well under par, they had kept Chorley at bay and snuffed out any threat to Gavin
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Title race blown wide open after Congs loss
The race for the Division One title has been blasted wide open. Bradford & Bingley joined Pudsey Congs at the top with Baildon just two points adrift in third place after one of the most eventful Saturday's of the season. Defending champions Hanging
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Lambert blasts record sixth ton for season
Spen Victoria's prolific opening batsman Grant Lambert set a new Bradford League record for the most centuries in a season during his side's draw with Manningham Mills yesterday. The powerful Australian made 170 not out - his sixth hundred in Division
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Northcliffe make it double team delight
Northcliffe confirmed their domination of Bradford golf by winning the team championship at West Bradford yesterday. Inspired by a first round 64 from their leading Scratch League player Gareth Evans, the Division One champions finished five shots clear
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Bulls line up deals
Wigan utility man Lee Gilmour and Warrington centre Toa Kohe-Love are hot tips to join Bradford Bulls next season as the Challenge Cup holders look to remain among the game's elite. Bulls coach Matthew Elliott and chairman Chris Caisley are declining
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Investment scheme aimed at Muslims
Bradford's Muslim entrepreneurs are the first in the country to be targeted for a ground-breaking investment scheme. Business leaders met for a seminar on the newly-launched package which allows Muslims to invest money in accordance with the rules of
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New home follows 'marriage' of firms
The "marriage" of two neighbouring accountancy firms has prompted their move into the grand surroundings of a former Cottingley mill. In April this year, Manningham-based Watson Wood merged with neighbouring chartered accountants Buckle's. The two firms
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Phoenix spreads its wings in just a year
A Keighley metalworking firm has outgrown its headquarters just 12 months after being set up. Phoenix Display Fabrications began life in a 1,650 sq ft industrial unit manned by a dedicated workforce of four. Today its directors, Mike Walker and Yam Mohammed
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Fury at quarry noise-cut plan
Bradford's traditional quarrying industry could be decimated by "ludicrous'' Government proposals to cut noise levels, operators have warned. Local firms and trade chiefs believe the plans would spark 3,000 job cuts across Yorkshire - many in the district's
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Students break A-level records
Keighley schools have once again achieved top-class A-level results. Many examples of outstanding individual achievement were unveiled as students learned yesterday if they had made the grade. South Craven School is celebrating record success in the AS
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999 crew said: Show us the way to hospital
A Birstall woman who had to give directions to an ambulance crew taking her husband to hospital is demanding more money be spent on recruiting and training staff. Officials from the West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambul-ance Service (WYMAS) are investigating
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Why John is feeling on top of the world
Daredevil John Sellars has braved blizzards to climb Europe's highest peak, Mont Blanc, for charity. Mr Sellars, 44, of Steeton, scaled the 15,800ft mountain in memory of a friend, John Riley, who died from bowel cancer last year and also as part of his
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Give me a bulb, I'll mend street light!
A Bradford musician has offered to repair a street light himself after the wheels of his wife's car were stolen and replaced with bricks. Alan Murch and his wife Angela, of Low Moor, claim the tyres of their T-reg Fiesta would never have disappeared if
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Nick's one of top five students!
Nick Trepka, of Wilmer Road, Heaton, was celebrating after scoring one of the fifth highest marks for Design & Technology in the country. The former Bradford Grammar School pupil achieved A grades in physics, music technology, and design technology
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Hopes of boost for dialysis services
Bradford's kidney disease service has plans to expand to meet the rising need for dialysis in the city. Kidney specialist Dr Robin Jeffrey said he hoped the dialysis unit at St Luke's Hospital in the city would expand by three machines - there are currently
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Help coming to the 'forgotten triangle'
Grim housing conditions in a deprived part of Bradford - called the 'forgotten triangle' - are to be tackled by a pioneering company. A £28.5 million Government grant for Barkerend has given hope to hundreds. Action will be spearheaded by a new non-profit
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Computer duo cook up a website treat
Two Bradford University students used to living on a diet of fast food and kebabs are on their way to becoming culinary connoisseurs - thanks to Bradford's first Food and Drink Festival. Nick Johns, 20, and Daniel Hedges, 21, who are both students at
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - Many, many years ago I lived in the area of Undercliffe described in the article "Corner of Paradise" (T&A, August 10). The triangle mentioned consisted of part of Beech Grove, where I lived, Pollard Lane and Fernbank Road. All our back gardens
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Heskey's revenge!
What an enigma England striker Emile Heskey is. The £11m player Liverpool signed from Leicester last season was being booed by both home supporters and the 3,000 travelling City fans as he struggled to make any sort of impact. Then, suddenly, all his
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Foxes on the run as Hoggard bites hard
Matthew Hoggard grabbed career-best bowling figures of five for 28 as Yorkshire Phoenix fired out Leicestershire Foxes for only 53 before wrapping up an astonishing eight wicket victory in only 152 minutes yesterday. It was the second worst score ever
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Vanzie to honour his former coach
British champion Bobby Vanzie has vowed to dedicate his next fight to the man who set him on the road to stardom. The holder of the British and Commonwealth lightweight titles made the pledge just hours after hearing of the death of one of Bradford's
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Carbone steps up his fitness regime
Benito Carbone spent part of the weekend doing extra training as he continues to build up his match fitness after only making the substitutes' bench at Bradford City's opening Premiership match at Liverpool on Saturday. Manager Chris Hutchings said: "
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Welcome help for the elderly
In previous generations most communities used to take care of their elderly people. If their families were not around to keep an eye on them and provide them with the sort of human contact that most individuals need, then neighbours would take on that
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Students break A-level records
Keighley schools have once again achieved top-class A-level results. Many examples of outstanding individual achievement were unveiled as students learned yesterday if they had made the grade. South Craven School is celebrating record success in the AS
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On This Day
In 1854, Undercliffe Cemetery, Bradford, was opened. In 1911, Bradford's Exchange station was reopened after the railway strike. In 1991, USSR president Mikhail Gorbachev detained eight people who had tried to depose him. From the Telegraph & Argus
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Gary's at the cutting edge
Life in the 21st century can be a bit of a rush. By the time our day has been split between the boss's demands and family commitments, there are precious few minutes left for ourselves. While this time-is-money lifestyle may have spawned a culture of
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Leave us alone plea to cricket vandals
Leaders of a Bradford League cricket club today made a desperate plea to vandals to leave their club alone after the seventh break-in in six months. Saltaire Cricket Club, based at Roberts Park, is counting the cost of repeated raids on its tea room which
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The big stage is set..
Glastonbury still hogs most of the media limelight. But you would be hard pushed to argue that the Somerset festival boasted the best outdoor line-up this year. The Carling Weekend Leeds Festival, which runs from August 26 until 28 at Temple Newsam Park
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Glorious days of a last great journey
A Bradford funeral home is the last place where you would expect to find characters like Wallace and Gromit. But the duo dropped in to help at an unusual open day at Longfield House Funeral Home in Legrams Lane, Bradford, on Saturday. This Wallace and
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Pair's bravery in blaze saved pensioner's life
The fast reactions and bravery of two men who risked their lives to save a pensioner from his burning house have been praised by fire chiefs. James Robinson and Eric Henderson received a Chief Fire Officer's commendation for their daring rescue in Hall
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Division of power is new school rule
More details on the power structure following the privatisation of the district's education services were revealed today. Bradford Council will keep overall policy control but a board of "key stakeholders" is likely to take decisions on: l opening and
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Fury over lost exams
A group of Bradford College A-level students face losing hard-earned university places because part of their exam papers have been lost. The 33 psychology students were shocked to find the words "No result" for an exam accounting for 40 per cent of their
