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Adel and Steeton singing in the rain
Despite the rain which tore the cricket programme apart, including the whole of Division C, there were a number of games which made a significant impact on the tables. Adel and Steeton each picked up four points from winning draws while Guiseley could
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We're getting set for a tough battle
Henry Paul's Bully, Bully! It was very, very, very frustrating to lose in such circumstances at Wigan but it is something we just have to live with. We can't do anything about it now we just have to move on and look to Halifax at the Shay. That is an
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Halle's late show helps City draw
Bradford City Reserves 2 Sheff Wed Reserves 2 Gunnar Halle scored a last- minute equaliser to give Bradford City a share of the points in their first home FA Premier Reserve League (North) match of the season against Sheffield Wednesday last night. The
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Ace Robbie eyes recall
Bradford Bulls skipper Robbie Paul is on course to return to action in the final Super League home game of the season against Leeds Rhinos. Coach Matthew Elliott watched the Kiwi star go through his paces in a full training session at Odsal yesterday
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Give the traders a thought
It can hardly have come as a surprise that trade in Bingley's shops was hit by the decision to move Bingley Show out of the town centre to the sports ground off Wagon Lane. The traditional site in Myrtle Park is close to the shopping centre. Many visitors
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Selling secrets - all is revealed
Sales people are being given a chance to earn higher commission. Bradford Chamber of Commerce is holding a one-day course at its headquarters at Phoenix House, Thornbury, on Friday, September 15. The course will help sales staff to plan, structure and
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Global job for fluent talker Bob
A chartered accountant has been given a global role by his professional body. Fluent French-speaking Bob Webb, of Menston, has been named as the first chairman of the international brief by the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He already has extensive
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'Bring the show back into town'
Traders are calling for Bingley Show to be returned to the town centre. Last week, the Telegraph & Argus reported how Bingley Chamber of Trade had launched a survey to assess traders' views after this year's show was staged at the Bradford & Bingley
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Garden centre blaze may be a blessing for us
Bosses at a garden centre ravaged by fire say the blaze may actually have been a help to them in the long term. Plants and buildings at ACW in Canal Road, Frizinghall were burned to cinders in a fire last month. But with the help of loyal customers and
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More and more call for telephone staff
Bradford's successful Call Centre Training Unit is expanding thanks to increas-ed demand for call centre staff. And the unit has shopped locally to install a call centre system in its new training room. The unit, run by Bradford Council, has had a Samsung
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Protest at Jenny's 33 cats
Angry residents in Allerton have launched an attack on a cat sanctuary volunteer, saying they are fed up of years of mess caused by her cats. Thirty-three cats are looked after by Jenny Sampson at her home in Rossmore Drive but now a petition is being
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£2,700 damage trail after a spilled pint
A 21-year-old man went on a £2,700 wrecking spree following a row over spilt beer, a court was told. John Illingworth, of Sandholme Drive, Thorpe Edge, Bradford, was jailed for 10 weeks yesterday after he admitted causing a trail of criminal damage. Prosecutor
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Dinner left my knickers in a twist!
A furious diner today demanded compensation from a smart restaurant -- for ruining her luxury knickers. Lesley Smith claims her £27 cream French-designer undies were damaged when she sat on a wet chair at Clark's restaurant in Bradford. Mrs Smith, 49,
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Row over centre for abusers
Traders are protesting aboutplans to open a centre for drug and alcohol abusers in a major shopping area. Shoppers have also hit out at the proposal to turn the shop in Cavendish Street, Keighley, into a base for Project 6, a pioneering drug and alcohol
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Jail overcrowding hideous says chief
The Chief Inspector of Prisons has condemned conditions at Armley Prison, Leeds, as "hideously overcrowded" which might have contributed to prisoners' deaths in custody. General Sir David Ramsbotham, the prisons' watchdog, was speaking after the release
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'Motorbikers drive us to our wit's end'
Residents are being driven to their wit's end by youths riding motorbikes outside their doors for hours everyday. The residents of Mandale Road, Horton Bank Top, Bradford, say their lives are being made a misery by youths riding the bikes on recreation
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Joy as heart girl Sally is back to school
A six-year-old girl who touched the heart of the nation when she lay dying in a hospital bed, is preparing to start school next week. Sally Slater, pictured, of Kirkby Malham, near Skipton, will join her classroom friends at Kirkby Malham school. Five
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Hello, again!
Four former Bradford police officers met up for the first time in more than 30 years thanks to an appeal in the Telegraph & Argus. Wendy Chadwick, Maureen Dinn and Judith Acton became firm friends when they joined Bradford City Police, as it was known
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - Could I bring your readers' attention to three recent items in the T&A? The first on August 16 was a double-page spread showing splendid dreams of what could be developed on the Provincial House site if Bradford had the ambition of other cities
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Jarvis happy to be back in trials action
Graham Jarvis returned to trials action six days after being given the all-clear following his knee operation. He travelled with John Kendrew to the tiny hamlet of Marsett, scene of the washed-out Wetherby Motor Club's world trial in 1989, to ride in
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City wait for Owls approach
Bradford City have had no approach for Ashley Westwood despite reports that Sheffield Wednesday would like to sign the 22-year-old defender. Westwood is on a month's loan at Hillsborough where he has made a good impression and former City manager Paul
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On This Day
In 1897, the Duke of Devonshire laid the foundation stone of the Bradford Nurses Home. In 1904, huts at the Somali village at the Bradford Exhibiton in Lister Park, caught fire. In 1963, a direct teleprinter line between the White House and the Kremlin
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Store wars as plans rouse mixed feelings
Plans for two new major supermarkets in Cleckheaton have received a mixed welcome from officials. Tesco and Asda have both submitted plans for new developments in the town. And the plans are to come under scrutiny at Kirklees Heavy Woollen Planning Sub
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Maryland trip offers Connor hope of sight
American doctors have given the family of a blind, seriously ill toddler new hope that he may be able to see following a successful visit to a Maryland clinic. Connor Entwistle, aged two, from Woodside, Windhill, Shipley, suffers from a rare genetic disorder
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Pregnant woman is injured in mugging
A pregnant mother was due to undergo emergency scans on her unborn baby today after she was thrown to the ground by a mugger. The 27-year-old victim, who is three-and-a-half months pregnant, had three earrings ripped out during the attack in All Saints
