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Lampkin leaves the rest 'shell-shocked'
Dougie Lampkin went on the points rampage in Japan with a resounding double victory at Twin Ring Montegi. It really was the Lampkin show and more than 11,000 bike-mad Japanese fans were treated to Dougie at his very best even when the rain pelted down
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City Cadet Girls are crowned English champs
City of Bradford Cadet Girls team are champions of England after winning the Hammersley Cup at Widnes. They beat Slough and Darlington 5-2 each to take the spoils. It was third time lucky for England Academy girl Nicola White, 14, whose six sets unbeaten
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Rushforth on his way back
Keighley Cougars are poised to re-sign their try scoring full back James Rushforth. Rushforth's return is great news for the Cougars as Keighley look to secure their place in the Northern Ford Premiership top eight play-offs. The 22-year-old former Halifax
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World's fastest bowler can't get game for Tykes' seconds
Yorkshire have rejected a request from Australia to give pace ace Brett Lee a game with the Second XI next week as he starts his build up for the Ashes series. Lee, 24, tipped to become the first bowler in the world to hurl down a delivery at 100mph,
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League to probe racism claims
The Rugby League are investigating allegations that Keighley Cougars winger Max Tomlinson was racially abused in last Wednesday's Trans-Pennine Cup final at Cougar Park. It appears that the comments were made after a Leigh player - who the league refuse
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Let's keep Watch more carefully...
On the face of it, the police seem to have done themselves no favours with their handling of the case of a Neighbourhood Watch member who became involved in a row at Allerton. To a casual observer, it seems wrong that someone who was working with the
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On This Day
In 1783, the Montgolfier brothers made their first hot air balloon flight at Annonany, France. In 1870, a Mormon conference was held in Bradford. In 1903, the memorial stone was laid at Bradford Central Baths. From the Telegraph & Argus of June 5th
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Name a gem
Bradford-based academic publisher MCB is setting its sights firmly on the business market with a global brand re-launch. The company is to unveil its new image and name, Emerald, at a meeting of the Special Libraries Association in San Antonio, Texas,
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Victorian day
A fun day of traditional entertainment will take place at Wilton Park, Batley, on Sunday. The Victorian Street Players Unlimited Theatre Company will provide the fun with lakeside music by the Salvation Army Band. Boating and funfair activities and a
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Walking to raise cash for hospice
Shipley Support Group for Manorlands is asking people to raise money for the cancer-care hospice in Oxenhope by walking across Morecambe Bay. Cedric Robinson MBE, the Queen's Guide, will lead a walk across the bay on Bank Holiday Monday, August 27. The
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Life begins at 76 for plucky gran
Life begins at 40, if you believe the old saying - but one Bradford pensioner has proved it can also start again at 70. At an age when many people begin taking things a bit easier, Winnie Potts has tackled exams, learned to swim, taken up walking and
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New book to chart wartime love story
She was a doctor in Bradford. He was a prisoner of war being held in appalling conditions in the Far East. Yet, amazingly, Elizabeth Glassey and her fianc Atholl Duncan managed to keep in touch by letter. Postcards, telegraph messages, the odd parcel
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Stopping the 'silent thief' is a high priority
Osteoporosis has been placed high on Bradford's list of health priorities in a bid to tackle the 'silent thief'. And a one day event to reduce the risks of the bone disease proved so popular, another is to be held in the city. Bradford South and West
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Sound advice about racket from alarms
Bradford people are being given advice on cutting down unnecessary burglar alarm noise, as part of Noise Action Day tomorrow. The National Society for Clean Air and Environment Protection hopes the day will highlight the problems of noise pollution and
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Police in appeal for hit-and-run witness
Detectives are keen to trace a motorcyclist who chased a car after it knocked down an 85-year-old man in Saltaire. The biker is believed to have tried to follow the T-registration Mazda after it sped away carrying Harry Atherton on its bonnet for 50 yards
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Baby is found dumped in city street
Police are urgently seeking a mother whose baby was found abandoned in Bradford city centre today. The eight-month-old, who is now being treated in Bradford Royal Infirmary, was left alone in his pushchair for an estimated four hours before being found
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - Mrs G Bailey's letter about the Bradford Walk (June 1) raises an interesting debate. Sadly she is quite correct in comparing the dwindling number of competitors and supporters with the vastly superior numbers of yesteryear. In the main it is a reflection
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Deacon has his chance to star
Paul Deacon is ready to prove he is no Origin Game stand-in tonight by stealing the show at Headingley. The Bulls scrum-half aims to put one over eight of his Odsal team-mates by inspiring Lancashire to victory over Yorkshire in the Test trial. Yorkshire's
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McCall is target for ambitious Cardiff
Cardiff City have joined the hunt to sign Stuart McCall. The promoted Welsh side want an old hand in midfield to mastermind their first season back in Division Two. And Ninian Park sources say the Bradford City skipper, pictured, would fit the bill. Cardiff
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Disease continues its march
THE foot and mouth outbreak continued its remorseless march in Craven with four more cases. There are now more than 50 confirmed cases in the "Settle cluster" including cases just over the border in Ribble Valley at Bolton-by-Bowland and Paythorne. The
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Going back to school after 20 years!
A dare from an old schoolmate led former Beckfoot School pupil Sarah Holden on a search which will reunite former classmates from around the world. After organising a 10-year get-together in 1991, Sarah, of Tewitt Lane, Eldwick, rose to a challenge from
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Baby is found dumped in street
Police are urgently seeking the mother of an eight-month-old baby abandoned for up to four hours at night in bushes in Bradford. The toddler, who is being treated at Bradford Royal Infirmary, was discovered by a member of the public at 5.30am. His pushchair
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Innocent caught in the crossfire
It started off as something quite innocuous. Two days before Dester Coleman was gunned down in cold blood - with a blast into his back as he turned to flee a raging battle - two women started a row that was to end in murder. The pair had been quarrelling
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Bhavana in line for £1,000 award
A young deaf woman from Bradford has been nominated for a top national education award. Bhavana Mistry is one of six hopefuls short-listed for the BTEC Higher National Award at the Edexcel Achievement in Education awards 2001. If she wins she will get
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Crime fighter: I was cautioned by police
A Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinator claimed today she was cautioned by police for alleged harassment during problems with teenage yobs on a council estate. The middle aged woman - described as a churchgoer and a pillar of society - was a founder member
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Foreign Office probes Commissioner's visit
The Foreign Office today confirmed it was looking into complaints that the Pakistani High Commissioner campaigned on behalf of a Bradford election candidate. Diplomats are not supposed to interfere in elections, under the 1961 Vienna Convention. But a
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Trader quits district - after 35 years
A businessman says he is quitting his home of more than three decades after years of poor investment and the onset of Foot and Mouth. Alan Jolliffe has been a trader in Thornton for 35 years but the sale of his last venture, the Bronte Tea Rooms, marks
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Four stabbed in 'family' street fracas
Four people were taken to hospital with stab wounds after a street fracas in Manningham last night. West Yorkshire Police are investigating a disturbance in Grosvenor Road, believed to be a violent row between two families. Around 50 officers were called
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Foreign Office probes Commissioner's visit
The Foreign Office today confirmed it was looking into complaints that the Pakistani High Commissioner campaigned on behalf of a Bradford election candidate. Diplomats are not supposed to interfere in elections, under the 1961 Vienna Convention. But a
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Day of sorrow for anniversary mum
Sharlene Hatton and her fianc Mark Hyde should have been spending today celebrating the third anniversary of their first meeting - and discussing plans for their forthcoming wedding. Instead heartbroken Sharlene was planning to mark the day by laying
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Yobs have made our house price slump £15,000
When Stephen and Ellen Parr paid almost £30,000 for their house, they were buying not just a home, but an investment as well. They hoped the value of the terraced home would creep up - ensuring their future and that of their five-year-old son Trafford
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Give us vote on a people's mayor
Campaigners today demanded a referendum after an estimated 20,000 residents said they wanted a 'people's mayor'. Thousands of people have told Bradford Council they want either a powerful mayor, similar to London's Ken Livingstone, leading a cabinet,
