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Safety for Guiseley as Avenue hold out
Guiseley 0, Bradford Park Avenue 0 - Last night's big UniBond division one derby between Guiseley and champions Bradford Park Avenue ended goal-less and the one point gleaned by the home side made certain they avoided the drop. Guiseley were looking for
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Shock return for Kiwi star Nikau
Former New Zealand international Tawera Nikau is in line for a shock return to the Warrington team for tonight's Super League clash with the Bulls. The 33-year-old loose forward flew home a fortnight ago following the sudden death of his wife Letitia
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On This Day
In 1803, the Bradford Old Bank opened. In 1921, a restricted tram service came into force in Bradford due to the coal strike. In 1923, work began to widen Emm Lane, Bradford. From the Telegraph & Argus of May 2, 1976... Bradford escapologist Shahid
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Tanks of tranquillity
A husband and wife team are planning to bring some calm to the district's offices and waiting rooms through a fishy new venture. Chris and Sandra Darbey, from Cottingley, have packed in their steady jobs to start up a new firm dedicated to supplying fully
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Traders warned of dud notes
Traders have been warned to look out for counterfeit Scottish £20 notes. Five shops in Cleckheaton have already been duped into accepting them. At the Spenborough Chamber of Trade's meeting yesterday, PC Penny Ayers, Cleckheaton town centre community
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Restaurant owner adds spice to fund
A Bradford restaurateur is cooking up a medley of fundraising events in support of a mini bus appeal. Omar Khan, owner of the award-winning Shah Jehan curry house in Little Horton Lane, is urging punters to guess the new name of his restaurant which is
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Residents' fear for former beauty spot
Shipley residents fear a wildlife haven in a conservation area will become a magnet for vandals and drug-users. The residents of Wharncliffe Road and Norwood Avenue formed the Red Beck Mill Pond Conservation Group last year when the owner of the land,
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Award for city finally gets here
Bradford Council has finally received its top transport award - after a nationwide hunt to find it. London civil servants created havoc in council offices across the country at Easter when they put certificates in the wrong envelopes for councils which
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Police to pull out of forum meetings
Police are pulling out of neighbourhood forum meetings where officers can be quizzed by local residents, it has emerged. And today Bradford South Conservatives attacked the decision saying "the timing was insensitive" due to recent disturbances in the
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World dance show ticket fears
Organisers of a one-off dance event in Bradford fear ticket sales may be affected following the riots in Lidget Green. World renowned Latin American dancers Matthew and Nicole Cutler will perform at the Lidget Green Conservative Club in Legrams Lane on
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Dealer 'made no mention of stolen art'
An antiques dealer has gone on trial accused of handling stolen property, including an oil painting which was later valued at up to £60,000 by Sotheby's. The painting of a sailing ship by artist Montagu Dawson was part of a large haul of pictures, jewellery
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - Could Bradford Council explain why, when there are many able-bodied men in Bradford unemployed, they have to put a woman toilet attendant in the men's toilet at John Street Market? This is the age of equality of the sexes, and a man going in and
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Friendly rivals square up for county clash
Aussie friends and South Australia team-mates Darren Lehmann and Greg Blewett found themselves rivals today in Yorkshire's Benson and Hedges Cup clash with Nottingham-shire at Headingley. Lehmann, in blistering form, recommended Blewett to Yorkshire when
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League rule Caisley offside
Rugby Football League boss Greg McCallum has hit back at Bulls chairman Chris Caisley's criticism of the referee's handling of the Challenge Cup final. Caisley was highly critical of the performance of Russell Smith and was upset with the decision to
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Noble aims to fix it for Bulls
Bulls coach Brian Noble insists his beaten Challenge Cup final squad are strong enough to win the Grand Final at Old Trafford in October. Noble was bitterly disappointed to see his side under-perform against St Helens but is confident they can prove they
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Huge crowd as Houllier praises City
Generous Gerard Houllier praised Bradford City for pushing treble-chasing Liverpool all the way in front of the biggest crowd at Valley Parade for 31 years last night. The Reds won 2-0 with second-half goals from Michael Owen and Gary McAllister but not
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Lowes says sorry for outburst
Bulls hooker James Lowes has apologised to coach Brian Noble for storming down the Twickenham tunnel after being substituted during Saturday's bitter Challenge Cup final disappointment. The influential Bulls forward says he received some harsh words from
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A triumph for all at Remploy
The news that staff at the Remploy factory in East Bowling, which currently employs 43 people, are soon to move into refurbished premises is the latest chapter in what has turned out to be a good-news story for Bradford. Yet it could so easily have gone
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Double celebration for Burley brasserie
A Burley brasserie has been shortlisted for a Catey - the catering industry equivalent of an Oscar. Cutlers Bar and Brasserie in Burley in Wharfedale opened less than two years ago and has been nominated as Newcomer of the Year. Now staff and customers
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Startling statistics revealed in survey
The region's businesses are losing up to £11 billion in turnover due to a lack of resources and a fear of teamwork. More than 130,000 (around half) of Yorkshire's small firms admit that they have been unable to take advantage of new ideas or opportunities
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Job loss talks at Watts
A further 68 jobs look set to go in the district with Keighley rubber factory Watts Indus-trial Polymers Ltd in redundancy talks with its workforce. The company has entered into discussions with employees and trade unions about a 'phasing down' plan which
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Victorian look gets big cash injection
Families in historic Saltaire were today celebrating a cash boost from English Heritage to improve their listed homes. The 800 Victorian stone houses in the famous village were originally provided for workers of Sir Titus Salt's historic textile mill.
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Football fan Brian scores home win
A retired Bradford teacher had real cause to shout 'house' as a winner of a major competition. Brian Otto, 54, of Heaton, was given the keys to a new home in Drighlington worth up to £80,000 in a competition run by Leeds United. A supporter of Bradford
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Bronte expert talks at literature festival
Bronte author Juliet Barker says she feels privileged to be taking part in Bradford's literature festival. Bradford born and bred, the Bronte scholar and former curator of the parsonage in Haworth closely associated with the legendary family of authors
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Streets of fear
The back streets off Thornton Road, where many of Bradford's prostitutes ply their trade, were unusually empty last night. The brutal murder of 19-year-old Rebecca Hall has sent shock waves among the community of women who earn their living in the area
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Remploy relief as factory is given reprieve
Disabled staff at a Bradford factory were celebrating an announcement today that they would move to new premises, with an increased workforce. Official news of the move came as union officials protested about delays and uncertainty at the Remploy factory
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Strangler detained in mental hospital
A mentally-ill man strangled a psychiatric patient because his victim had been friends with someone who abused him as a child, a court heard. Anthony James Kirk - known as Tony - killed George Terence Bowley, on September 19 last year. Mr Bowley was found
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Melanie puts her locks on the block...
Brave fundraiser Melanie Tingle put her head on the block to help raise more than £2,600 for a cancer charity. Melanie, pictured, had her hair shaved off to raise cash for children's cancer charity Candlelighters, in memory of a little boy called Harvey
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Songwriter Simon in S Club heaven!
A Bradford musician's song-writing skills have rocketed pop group S Club 7 to the top of the music charts. The hugely successful teen band were ecstatic on Sunday when Don't Stop Movin' became the group's second single to go straight to number one. But
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Ripper to be heard for first time
The voice of the Yorkshire Ripper is about to be heard on television for the first time. Peter Sutcliffe's Bradford accent will be broadcast in a documentary which examines the bizarre phenomenon of women who have become obsessed with the murderer and
