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Thornton's selection is just the job for Yeadon!
Craig Thornton produced his best bowling performance in the Secure Trust Bank Brandford League Division One as Yeadon crushed bottom club Brighouse by 105 runs. Brighouse must have been happy at the interval after dismissing Yeadon for 161, skipper David
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Sculthorpe is supreme
St Helens 38 Bradford Bulls 26 The party line will tell you this was "only" a league game and the two-point prize up for grabs was the same as a cakewalk against the Super League's cannon-fodder. True, Bulls will restore business as usual when rock-bottom
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Dan's the man as Hollins lead way
Bradford League newcomers Hollins Hall will make their first appearance in the Team Championship finals at Hawksworth in August after winning yesterday's qualifier at Bingley St Ives. Dan Thomas, a 17-year-old junior who is also a member at Baildon, led
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Bantams dismiss Vaesen rumours
Bradford City are not in the chase for Huddersfield goalkeeper Nico Vaesen. Town's Belgian stopper has been linked with a move away from the McAlpine. Former boss Steve Bruce is favourite to land Vaesen at Crystal Palace. But City's name was also thrown
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Withering response
Michael Withers today delivered a chilling threat to St Helens after Bradford Bulls were again beaten by their bitter rivals. Saints followed up their Twickenham success with a 38-26 victory at Knowsley Road in an epic Super League encounter - to shoot
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Shameful activities must end
There are some so-called "sporting" activities which rightly belong in the past in this country and should be outlawed across the world: those which involve pitting animals against each other in bloody fights to the finish. Leaving aside such controversial
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On This Day
In 1877, E.P.Weston, the American long-distance walker, began a walk of 400 miles in five days at Belle Vue Skating Rink. In 1913, the Chellow Dean reservoirs were discoloured by a leaked dye substance. In 1923, the International Theatre Exhibition was
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Bingley is new Euro HQ
Bingley is about to become the core of a Europe-wide mortgage outsourcing business. That was the message delivered by the chairman of US giant Alltel at its official UK opening in Bingley last week. The firm has spent £1 million upgrading the former Bradford
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'Help us track down bloodsport bosses'
Animal welfare officers are appealing for help in tracking down bloodthirsty sportsmen in Bradford - and offering up to £1,000 reward. RSPCA undercover investigators are searching for new leads and offering rewards for information in a fresh bid to combat
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Residents are angry over 'missing link'
Angry Baildon residents fear lives are at risk after they have been left without a vital emergency link for more than two weeks. And they are furious that they are still being forced to pay for the 24-hour warden service despite the fact that their Careline
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Girlington leave top spot to trio
Bingley Congs, Laisterdyke and Thornton (31 points each) share first place after picking up maximum points on Saturday in the Bradford Central League. At Bingley, Simon Hagerty (5-37) and Andrew Copping (4-35) put out strugglers Crossflatts for 79, Congs
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Waseem's eight are all in vain
Saltaire pace bowler Mohammed Waseem took eight wickets but finished on the losing side at Manningham Mills in the first of the Inter-Divisional matches. Mills, who play in the Verity Sec-tion, were bowled out for 145, Waseem taking eight for 65 in 22.4
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Rover and out for Cougars
Featherstone Rovers 44 Keighley Cougars 0 Keighley Cougars suffered their second shut-out in successive matches as fatigue took its toll against Featherstone at Lionheart Stadium yesterday. The energy-draining efforts of the Trans Pennine Cup Final four
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New effort to make streets safer
Further traffic calming measures could be introduced in a road which has claimed four lives in less than a year. The police, local councillors and Kirklees highways department worked with the residents of Spen Lane in Gomersal to introduce measures following
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Housing scheme protest
A demonstration has been organised by people opposed to the proposed development of housing on land at a Mirfield school. Governors of Castle Hall School and Miller Homes have applied to Kirklees Council for planning permission for the 29-house development
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Wheels of fortune hold key for racer
A Bradford man is aiming to be a world champion racing driver one day. Peter Crotty, who lives in Allerton, is bidding to reach the top after becoming a member of the Stancombe Vehicle Engineering team in this year's Ford Credit Fiesta Zetec-S Championship
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Livestock under the hammer on the net
Hard-up cattle traders are turning to the internet to help revive sales hit by foot and mouth. Buyers from the Wharfedale Farmers' Auction Mart, based in Otley, are having to rely on descriptions given by farmers over the phone because of movement restrictions
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Soldier's return to Falklands
Former Paratrooper David Brown is preparing to return to the Falkland Islands 20 years after he fought there as a soldier. Mr Brown, now 40, from Thornton, Bradford, is one of 300 ex-servicemen who have been hand-picked for a pilgrimage back to the islands
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Steve's cash boost will be used in drugs fight
The Bradford Schools Drug Prevention Initiative has received a cash boost to help it fight its war on drugs. Kirkgate acting centre manager, Steve Seymour, has recently qualified as an assessor for the scheme which encourages schools to adopt a policy
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Holidaymakers lose right to vote
Dozens of angry holidaymakers left Bradford having lost their right to vote because of the huge number of applications for postal votes. The Council's elections unit has faced a tidal wave of 17,500 applications amid rumours - particularly in Bradford
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GUILTY: Dexter's killer gets life
The man who gunned down Dexter Coleman in cold blood was this afternoon jailed for life for his murder. Safdar Khan, 23, of Tile Street, Bradford, was found guilty of murdering Dexter - whose real name was Dester, but was also known as X - outside the
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - Is it right that for whatever reason - financial, organisational, historical or security - one distinctly identifiable group of people can be treated in an entirely different way to all others? The group are Passport to Leisure holders in Bradford
