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Sad City hit a new low
Bradford City 0 Southampton 1 Bradford City seem set for another tough battle for Premiership survival after slipping to the bottom of the table for the first time. League positions mean little at this early stage of the season and only three points separate
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Leaders sneaking crucial victories
Cleckheaton 20 Pontefract 13 Cleckheaton seem to have the happy knack of winning without playing well in Yorkshire Division One. They made it three victories out of three with what chairman of selectors Tudor Evans described as a "curate's egg of a performance
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Show you can do it!
Bradford City hit rock bottom on Saturday when they slipped to the foot of the Premiership for the first time with their 1-0 defeat by Southampton. But manager Chris Hutchings is urging his men to restore their battered pride in tonight's home Worthington
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Plight of the Dukes sad to see
Bradford used to be proud home to a world-famous speedway club. The Dukes - with world champion rider Gary Havelock among their number - could boast they were Britain's top club. Without doubt, the club has been a victim of the doomed Odsal Superdome
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£750,000 travel deal clinched
Growing Bradford firm RP&F has won a major contract with national travel company JMC. The firm, based in Media House, Staithgate Lane, has won a £750,000 contract with the firm which also has a division in the Aldermanbury call centre building in
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£500,000 training for exporters
A major export development programme has been set up in Bradford by the city's prestigious Management Centre. And the £500,000 programme has been given the aim of boosting overseas trade for firms throughout Yorkshire. The programme, which is headed by
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Car dealer warned over cars on street
The owner of a car sales garage has been warned by police to remove his vehicles from the street or risk being fined. New occupants took over the former Brownhill Garage in Bradford Road, Birkenshaw, two months ago, but following complaints from residents
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Star's benefit cash boosts cancer fund
A rugby international from Bradford has converted interest in his benefit season into cash for a fund set up in memory of a former team-mate who died of cancer at 29. The family of Alex Boag say they are deeply touched that the former Saracens centre
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Students work for better health care
Asian sixth-formers aim to improve provisions for people with disabilities in their community with a unique project involving their school, the local health authority and a voluntary group. Asian Disability Action and Awareness in Bradford, (ADAAB), has
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Motorcyclist dies in smash with van
A man was killed after his motorcycle smashed into the side of a van in Bradford. The accident, which left the Honda motorbike twisted and crumpled, happened on Thornton Road at the junction with Leaventhorpe Lane near Thornton Upper School. The 21-year-old
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'Can you help trace two WWII soldiers?'
A search is being made by the Ministry of Defence for relatives of two soldiers from Bradford and Keighley so their personal items seized by the German during World War Two can be returned. For more than 50 years the dust-covered Army pay books of Private
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Hayward strikes double in sparkling debut show
Trafford 1 Bradford Park Avenue 3 Striker Andy Hayward made an explosive start to his Bradford Park Avenue career with two goals on his debut which helped his new side back into the top ten of UniBond Division One. Avenue had dropped to 11th in the table
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Yvonne aims for second medal
Yvonne McGregor sees no reason why the Great Britain team should not perform well in tomorrow's Olympic women's road race. The 39-year-old Bradford woman, who was confirmed as a competitor late last week for the elite women's road race in the World Championships
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Stay with us, urges Robbie
Bradford Bulls skipper Robbie Paul says the club's Grand Final mission is still as strong as ever despite Friday night's agonising first-hurdle setback at St Helens. The Bulls now face deadly rivals Leeds in a mouth-watering do-or-die clash at Odsal on
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Junk mail shock for family of late Nora
The 'personal' horoscope addressed to Eccleshill grandmother Nora Heywood promised love, luck and money. "Dear Nora, Everything should start to change for the better shortly after you get this letter... in particular a great financial opportunity will
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Firm hopes for £40m contract
A Bradford firm is playing a key role in the future of the district's schools - and is taking on extra staff to carry out the work on time. The expanding Robinson Design Group is hoping to pick up a £40 million contract for its work on the new-look schools
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Silent tribute to president Harry
FOR four decades Harry Crabtree devoted his life to Skipton Rugby Club. He was uppermost in the minds of the team for Saturday's match when a minute's silence was held for Mr Crabtree, who lost a long battle with cancer. More tributes were paid at Monday's
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Louise hoping for luck
Shipley's very own dancing queen is hoping to strike lucky with her 13th Day of Dance. Louise Eaton's 12 previous Day of Dance events have generated tens of thousands of pounds for various charities and she is hoping the next will raise thousands more
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Two held after body is found in car park
A man and a woman were being questioned by detectives today following the discovery of a man's body in Bradford city centre. The pair, both aged in their 20s, were arrested at a address in Bradford only hours after the body was found between the NCP car
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Riddle of body in red boxer shorts
Police have appealed for information after a teenager was found dead near a Bradford car park wearing only boxer shorts and a shirt. The body of Christopher Luke Stotton, 18, was discovered in a secluded area between Bradford Interchange and the NCP car
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Love on a phoneline for the penpal sweethearts
It took bachelor Don Burslam a lifetime to find the right woman with whom to tie the knot. But when the 64-year-old traditionalist got down on bended knee to pop the question, he had a telephone in his hand and his sweetheart was 200 miles away in Cardiff
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People power putting the pride back
It was an accident that ensured that Bradford, of all the great northern cities, was chosen to be one of the first three places in the country to have a Human Neighbourhood Project. "It was one of those cases of not what you know, but WHO you know," said
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Speedway set to hit the end of the track
Bradford's famous speedway club will finally officially close unless it can find a new home. Allan Ham, team manager of Bradford Dukes, is appealing to councils and organisations to come up with possible sites for a track in a bid to relaunch the club
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Herbert faces up to national fame
Meet Herbert Crossley, the new face of a national cancer charity, whose smile is about to appear across the nation. Retired stonemason Herbert, 76, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, has been chosen to front thousands of posters and leaflets in a national
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£10,000 for girl in P.E. fall
A schoolgirl has won thousands of pounds in compensation from Bradford Council after falling in a PE class while two teachers were talking among themselves. Sarah Waters suffered severe nerve damage and dislocated her right elbow when she fell awkwardly
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - The proposed relocation of Project 6 needle exchange drug and alcohol advisory clinic into the prime high street location of Cavendish Street has been objected to in writing by around 300 Keighley citizens. They, along with many other Keighley folk
