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Vanzie unhappy as contest ends early
Bradford's Bobby Vanzie admitted to feeling bitterly disappointed after his successful Commonwealth lightweight title defence. The 26-year-old retained his crown when Trinidad champion Joseph Charles quit during the sixth round of their fight at Manchester
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Spinner's future in doubt
Off-spinner and batsman James Middlebrook could find his future under discussion when Yorkshire hold a final meeting at Headingley today to decide on contracts. The cricket committee have already had their original recommendations accepted but it is believed
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Resources must be well used
At last a major national report has recognised something that Bradford people have known for a long time - that large parts of this district are among the worst deprived in Britain. The Government survey, the Index of Deprivation, reveals the Bradford
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Disposal firm's going a bomb!
A Shipley firm is becoming a world leader in bomb-disposal equipment as it brings in orders worth millions of pounds from around the globe. MOS Cold Cutting, headed by Steve Tempest-Mitchell, has won £4 million of orders for its bomb and shell disposal
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Now video is a thing of the past
Viewers will never have to miss their favourite TV programmes again, thanks to Bradford firm Pace Micro Technology. The Saltaire-based firm is proving itself to be in the forefront of digital technology by being asked to help develop digital set-top boxes
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Curry capital loses out on crown
Bradford's curry kings are missing out in a top competition that originated in the city. Curry chefs in the city believe they should be showing the rest of the nation how it's done in the national finals of the Curry Chef of the Year, which takes place
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Firemen's record bid is a real tall order
A team of Bradford firefighters is determined to scale new levels of endurance - and return a world record back to the city. The ten-strong team is training hard for a 24-hour ladder climb to be staged next month. As well as raising thousands of pounds
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Hard-hit newsagent blasts bootleggers
A Birstall newsagent claims she has lost three-quarters of her trade in tobacco sales as a result of bootlegging. Gillian Jones, of Jones Newsagents in Low Lane, has already lobbied Parliament about the problem and last week met Spen and Batley MP Mike
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Footbal: Kendal and Eastwood tie
Kendal Town 1, Eastwood Town 1. A 90th minute equaliser from Eastwood condemned Kendal to their fourth draw of the season, leaving them fourth bottom from the UniBond First Division table after six games. The game was goalless until the 58th minute when
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£1m electronics deal 'biggest yet'
Fast-growing Eldon Technology has won a £1 million contract with a division of global firm Philips which will help it expand even further. The Bingley-based company, which has a manufacturing unit at Keighley, has won the contract with Dutch firm Philips
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Quality is so crucial
Bradford City 1 Arsenal 1 The fighting spirit that kept Bradford City in the Premiership last season is alive and well. That is the message from this pulsating match that contained all the best the Premiership has to offer. The pace never slackened as
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Second half capitulation ends sad Avenue's run
Vauxhall 2, Park Avenue 0 Bradford Park Avenue's run of three consecutive victories was brought to a tame and agonising end by Vauxhall GM at Rivacre Park. Going into the game Avenue and the newly-promoted Ellesmere Port club were in an exclusive clique
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Battling Wibsey avoid follow-on!
Aireborough ran up a 'cricket' score that would have tested the combined efforts of Duckworth and Lewis in this first round tie. And with no scoreboard it wasn't surprising that mistakes were made in the counting. Sid Matthews, who refereed the contest
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Congs romp to massive win but it's a washout!
Title favourites Pudsey Congs scored an impressive ten-wicket win over Cleckheaton yesterday - and then heard that it would not count. They bowled out their rivals for just 57 with pacemen Azhar Abbas (6-20) and Mark Gill (4-37) sharing the wickets. Stuart
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Lister so close to an all-ten show at Mills
Esholt paceman Ben Lister produced the best bowling performance of the season on the day when Undercliffe were confirmed as the new Division Two champions. Lister claimed the first nine Manningham Mills wickets to fall at a cost of 29 runs as his side
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Julius came, he saw and conquered!
Tipton's Julius Kimtai defied miserable wet conditions to storm to victory in the second Bradford 10k yesterday. He followed up his victory at Cardiff seven days earlier by crossing the finishing line at the Richard Dunn Sports Centre in 29min 06sec.
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Robbie set to boost Bulls
Bradford Bulls coach Matthew Elliott admits it will be a massive boost to have skipper Robbie Paul back for the climax to the Super League season. The Kiwi is still the club's top try scorer this term with 18 tries despite missing the last five games
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Fortress Bradford!
Goalkeeper Matt Clarke believes Bradford City must make home advantage tell this season. With City having taken five points from their first three tough matches at Valley Parade, Clarke believes the Bantams have made a good start to the season. The 26
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Birthday party with chance to show off
Firms in one of Bradford's managed workspaces are to be given a chance to show what they are made of as it celebrates its fifth anniversary. Many of the 41 firms involved in Commerce Court, on Cutler Heights Lane, will be exhibiting at its Business Exhibition
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TEC leaves foundations for future
Thousands of jobs have been created and people trained in the ten years Bradford TEC has been running. Thousands of firms have also been assisted thanks to Bradford & District Training & Enterprise Council which shuts next March. The TEC, which
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'Sir Titus would be pleased!'
The commercial arm of estate agents and valuers Dacre,Son & Hartley is enhancing its reputation as a key player in the region by taking on a number of major projects in the Bradford area. The firm which stems back to the early 19th century and its
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Firm now in great shape to expand
The re-organisation of Bradford firm Flender Power Transmission has left it in good shape to expand. The firm is part of the global firm Flender GmbH, which has carried out a strategic review of its business. The re-organisation of the engineering company
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Crashes leave four dead, three injured
Four people have been killed and three injured in crashes across the district. Three teenagers died and two people were hurt when a Vauxhall Corsa was in collision with an Arriva bus at a stop in Spen Lane, Gomersal. Two passengers on the bus were taken
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and Social Services. "The regional development agency (Yorkshire Forward) will also be interested in
Young bookworms from across the Bradford district are bombarding libraries with demands for the tales of Harry Potter. Eager young readers are snapping up the stories from library shelves almost as quickly as librarians put them on. A spokeswoman from
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Net is closing on attackers, say police
A police chief has warned the net is closing in on troublemakers involved in a spate of violent attacks across Brad-ford this summer. And he urged members of the public to aid the ongoing investigation into a series of shootings, violent disturbances,
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Cinema-queue demo at 'gentle to mental' film
Cinema queues in Bradford could be leafleted about the reality of mental illness in protest at a new Hollywood movie. Groups representing people with mental health problems are distressed and furious about a film in which comic Jim Carrey plays a schizophrenic
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Public flock for a peek behind bars
Scores of people besieged a Bradford police station at the weekend - to sample life behind bars. Officers at Toller Lane station opened its doors to re-establish it as a community centre, and about 300 people were given a peek behind the scenes during
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Head hits out over chaos in the class
A head teacher struggling to open her school on time has hit out at the chaos surrounding Bradford's education reorganisation. Teachers at Fearnville Primary School, Tyersal, turned up at the weekend to move furniture into their 'new' mobile classrooms
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Panic hits the pumps
Panic buying at the pumps hit the district today with drivers desperate to fill up as stations ran dry. A blockade of oil refineries across the country was felt across the whole of the district as a number of stations - particularly Esso and Shell garages
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - Those of us who are struggling to ensure that Lottery cash goes to the most needy communities feel thoroughly undermined by the way money gets thrown at the Dome with far less public accountability than we are required to deliver. However, there
