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Wayne hits five more despite penalty miss
Wayne Cotton had his shooting boots on for Hudsons against Ventus. He scored all his side's goals in their 5-1 Premier Division win and then missed a penalty for the second successive week. Champions Albion Sports bounced back from their midweek 3-0 defeat
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Bulls boss faces rap
Bulls coach Matthew Elliott could face a reprimand from the Rugby Football League after reacting angrily to his side's dramatic defeat at Wigan on Sunday. Executive director of the RFL Greg McCallum today confirmed he was confronted by Elliott after Kris
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No room here for secrecy
The Council has been faced with a dilemma over its trade refuse collection service in view of the increase in landfill tax it has to pay. Should it pass on that tax to local businesses, further adding to their costs at a time when some of them are struggling
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Engineers meet tank challenge
Bradford engineering firm Renold is on the verge of completing a major contract providing parts for Britain's Challenger Two tank. Renold Hydraulics and Variators, which employs 55 people at its works in Thornbury, has spent the last eight years providing
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Daniel in the frame for award
Student Daniel Worrall has come up with a winning formula to help a Bradford firm sell its digital camera components. And the project has put Daniel, from Addingham, at the top of the tree in the Bradford STEP programme. He spent the summer with Chase
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Why Noel could be new face of BBC
Two budding presenters from Bradford could be plucked from obscurity and thrust onto our TV screens. Ben Knappet, from Bingley, and Noel Salmon, from Eccleshill, have been named as two of 86 finalists who have reached the final stages of the BBC's nationwide
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Growing consultancy opens office in the South
A Shipley business law and health and safety consultancy has netted so much work in the South it is opening an office in Woking. LPMS, which has picked up deals with firms across the UK for some time, has won contracts to advise firms in the flourishing
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Grant aid for new schools schemes
Bradford schools are to forge stronger links with the community, thanks to Government cash. Two projects have won £20,000 of funding through the Partners for Study Support grant scheme, which aims to motivate students through outside activities and to
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Online guide to the 'matchstalk' man
Classic pieces of Lowry art will be available online following the first stages of a computer database being set up by an Ilkley firm. iBase Image Systems is putting together a database for the Lowry gallery in Salford containing thousands of pictures
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Traders hit twice in refuse crackdown
Trade refuse collection charges will shoot up by about twice the rate of inflation - at the height of a blitz on businesses strewing litter on city streets. The Council has made a secret decision to slap on the increases, even though it took two traders
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Free entry brings life force to centre
Organisers of Bradford's Life Force Centre today declared free admission over the Bank Holiday weekend helped bolster visitor numbers. Bosses at the multi-faith Millennium attraction said the offer brought more people through the door - but refused to
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Man told: 'Travel to Leeds for medicine'
A man who had to travel to Leeds to get a prescription for his elderly mother is calling for a 24-hour pharmacy for Bradford. Michael McGann's 89-year-old mother needed an urgent prescription on a Sunday evening at 7pm - but the only suggestion the emergency
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City's bubbly bid goes flat
Bradford City today faced a revolt over plans to sell booze from its new superstore. The Premier League club wants to sell Champagne and other alcohol in the new store -- part of Valley Parade's vast redevelopment. But the bid to sell alcohol has run
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - I realise that First Bus Bradford have come in for an enormous amount of criticism recently and unfortunately it is usually the people who are unhappy with a service who get the most publicity. I would, however, like your readers to be aware of
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Maxwell heads in for Avenue winner
Bradford Park Avenue joined Witton Albion on ten points from four games to share third place in the UniBond Division One with a 1-0 home victory over former Football League rivals Workington at Horsfall Stadium last night. The scoreline - suggesting it
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Yorkshire stars get tour call ups
Yorkshire will have four players on England's Test tours of Pakistan and Sri Lanka this winter which is more than any other county. Their director of coaching, Martyn Moxon, has also been appointed assistant coach to England boss Duncan Fletcher for the
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O'Brien's lengthy absence
Bradford City are likely to be without defender Andy O'Brien for eight weeks after the 21-year-old defender broke a collarbone on the goalless draw against Leicester. Manager Chris Hutchings said: "If he healed any sooner it would be great, but the normal
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On This Day
In 1782, the British warship Royal George sunk at Spithead, with over 900 people feared lost. In 1913, the new Council school was opened at Thornbury, Bradford. In 1921, new bells arrived at Bradford Cathedral. From the Telegraph & Argus of August
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Gifts from the stars for charity night auction
The family of a Cleckheaton girl who died after battling cancer for 14 months has arranged another charity evening for the fund in her name. The event, in aid of the Laura Crane Trust, will take place in Bertie's Banqueting Rooms in Elland in November
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From dead-end job to pride of the army
Soldier Ben Ingham has notched up a top award from the army after ditching his 'dead-end job' digging graves. The 19-year-old from Baildon was declared best at physical training among his reruitment group in the Household Cavalry. The former Beckfoot
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Cancer sufferers net website grant
Cancer sufferers in Bradford could soon be getting help - via a new website. Three Bradford men, including two who are being treated for cancer, are setting up the website for the Cancer Support Centre in Daisy Bank, Heaton, with the help of a Millennium
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Show stoppers
Costumes from Sir Cliff Richard's musical Heathcliff, inspired by Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, are to go on show at the Bronte Parsonage Museum in Haworth. The coat worn by Cliff, who played Heathcliff in the hit West End musical, and dresses worn
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Family left homeless as blaze strikes
Firefighters arrived at a blazing Bradford house to find its occupants trapped in the smoke-filling kitchen. The crews broke through an exterior door before freeing four residents who had suffered the effects of smoke. The blaze, at Lingdale Road, Woodside
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Award tops Laura's new zest for living
Laura Loftus is a bubbly 13-year-old who is so full of life she exhausts her mum. But two years ago, Laura - who will attend Oakbank School, Keighley, from September - could hardly walk without becoming tired out. Then on March 20, 1998, she received
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Fight by 'Lord of the Glen'
Villagers battling to save a beauty spot have recruited a Lord to their ranks. Labour Party senior statesman Denis Healey - Lord Healey of Riddlesden - has spoken out in support of East Morton residents in their fight to stop a landowner barring access
