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Injuries 'to blame' for Hull not reaching play-offs
Hull boss Shaun McRae says injuries ruined his side's chances of reaching the play-offs. His squad have been decimated in the final third of the season, ending all hopes of pipping Castleford for third spot. Tomorrow their season ends on much the same
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Keeper Walsh goes back to help Boro
Bradford City goalkeeper Gary Walsh has rejoined his former club Middlebrough on loan and will play in tomorrow's live Sky TV match at Manchester City. Boro moved in for Walsh after their former City keeper Mark Schwarzer broke his thumb and Manchester
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Rested Bulls need a break, blasts Caisley
Chairman Chris Caisley has hit back at criticism of Bradford Bulls' decision to rest ten senior players for tomorrow's visit to Hull in their last match before the play-offs. The RFL have confirmed the club are risking a heavy fine by fielding a weakened
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Be brave, and blow the whistle
It is pleasing to see that the Council is starting to take seriously some of the allegations which have been winging their way around City Hall and more recently to external organisations and individuals. Allegations of cronyism and nepotism, jobs for
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Bollard crashes on girl as she plays
A five-year-old girl was lucky to escape serious injury when a concrete bollard fell on her foot as she played with friends. Nicole Joseph suffered a sprained ankle and bruising in the incident, yards from her home in Kingsdale Drive, Bolton, Bradford
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Desperate drivers follow the tankers
Police today appealed for calm to motorists as petrol supplies began to flow back into Bradford stations. Drivers were also warned to steer clear of Government-designated sites reserved to supply fuel to emergency services and other vital organisations
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We're on the heart beat!
Three years ago, traffic cop Les Moorhouse was patrolling the congested streets and roads in the Toller area of Bradford as a police constable with West Yorkshire Police's road traffic division. His backdrop was factories and terraced streets, with just
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Blind man pursued for licence fee for TV he hasn't got
TV licence chiefs have spent two years targeting a Bradford pensioner - despite him being blind and not owning a television for 13 years. Now they are threatening to pay Keith Hallsworth a visit unless he coughs up for a half price licence. Mr Hallsworth
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Hudson still hoping for a Finals chance
Hudson Smith has added motivation this weekend despite the fact that the Bulls are certain to finish in third spot whatever the outcome of tomorrow's visit to the Boulevard. The speedy Aussie back-rower narrowly missed out on selection for the Challenge
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It's all change with radical new format
The Bradford League will introduce a two-section Division Two and a Division One with an odd number of clubs after an end-of-season upheaval. The league will lose Lidget Green and Yorkshire Bank totally, but will gain Woodlands and Mirfield from the Central
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All-clear for dynamic Dale
Bradford boxer Dale Robinson has been given the go-ahead to start his professional boxing career despite having a small cyst on his brain. The double ABA flyweight champion was finally granted his licence after the British Board of Control stewards studied
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Golf course decision goes to appeal
The developer of a planned £2 million golf course in Birkenshaw is to appeal after Kirklees Council refused permission. And planning consultant Phil Coote hit out at Kirklees Council for refusing the course - on land at Upper Sunny Bank Farm in Whitehall
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Dream trip to help out at Games
A Bradford woman's spirit of adventure has taken her to the other side of the world and into the heart of the Olympic games. Twenty-year-old Gillian Smaldon set off on a round the world trip in February which has so far taken her to exotic places including
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Four strikes to come
Bus crews in Bradford are set to strike four more times in their ongoing row over pay and conditions. The First Bradford drivers are planning to abandon their vehicles for 24 hours on September 25, October 6, 13 and 20. The drivers will be balloted on
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'Police played down terror at phone box'
A father has criticised police response after he was attacked by a hammer-wielding man while making a phone call. Arshat Mahmood, 30, who was calling his wife at home in Horsforth, claims police failed to turn up following the incident at a phone box
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Charity puts pen to paper for the poor
Booming Bradford charity Christians Against Poverty (CAP) has come up with a money-spinning way for firms to support it - without making a cash contribution. The charity, which helps hundreds of people out of debt misery, has teamed up with national stationery
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Con man jailed for smoke alarm fraud
A conman who tricked elderly householders into handing over money for smoke alarms he never fitted has been jailed by a judge for nine months. Julian Hutchinson even told one of his victims that alarms which had been installed by the fire service were
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Chip sounds alert for kidney patients
A Bradford hospital is to be the first in the world to be fitted with a revolutionary water-quality monitor. State-of-the-art technology will give staff at the kidney dialysis unit at St Luke's Hospital advanced warning of changes in water quality. The
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Back to the real hard days
Bradfordians will be able to step back in time 100 years this weekend at the Lord Mayor's Open Day. Harsh sentences will be given out to criminals who appear in authentic re-enactments of cases that took place at the turn of the century in the 100-year-old
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Legal chief probes 'nepotism' claims
Job-selection methods within Bradford Council are under the microscope after allegations of nepotism and cronyism in the authority. The serious claims against senior figures were made in a news-sheet circulated around City Hall last autumn by a group
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See your baby born ..then go to prison
A father-to-be has been sent home to care for his pregnant partner -- on condition he goes back to court to receive a 13-month prison sentence. Judge Roger Scott told 25-year-old Daniel Braithwaite: "Don't let anybody say that judges don't listen and
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - Thank goodness for men like Peter Tomlinson who are prepared to stand up to the widespread discrimination against men that has come to be accepted lately (T&A, September 6). Men already excessively subsidise the female population through tax
