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Deakin's delight at an 'outstanding' season
Steve Deakin dismissed the troubles hanging over Keighley Cougars and declared 'This has been an outstanding year for us'. The Cougars saw their topsy-turvy Northern Ford Premiership campaign finish with a gutsy 28-24 play-off defeat at Featherstone on
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Double triumph is ideal for Rawdon
A double triumph over Collingham put Rawdon into the semi-finals of the Waddilove Cup and took them above their rivals into fifth place in the league. Big hitting dominated both games with Craig Walsh boosting his average massively with an unbeaten 71
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Bankfoot booted out of Shield
The Bradford Cricket League have kicked Bankfoot out of Sunday's Priestley Shield semi-finals. And the Division Two club have hit out at what they say is a 'miscarriage of justice.' The league took the decision because Bankfoot fielded an ineligible player
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Matt 'no' to loan move
Wantaway goalkeeper Matt Clarke has no qualms about being back with Bradford City after rejecting the chance of the Premiership high life with Fulham. The transfer-listed stopper was training with City yesterday after refusing to go on loan to the London
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A wake up call for Bradford
As if our city had not taken enough of a kicking in the last few days, the Bradford District Race Review, to be published tomorrow, will add enormous insult to already serious injury. As our exclusive in-depth coverage reveals today, Bradford is a city
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On This Day
In 1871, the Bradford Gasworks were transferred to Bradford Corporation. In 1921, A tramcar ran away down Church Bank, Bradford, injuring five passengers. From the Telegraph & Argus of July 11th, 1976... Mystery was maintained until the end of a tour
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'Get stronger' - call
Manufacturing across Yorkshire and the Humber has been urged to sharpen up the talents and abilities of top management to provide added company strength in the face of increasing competition. The report, commissioned by Yorkshire Forward and the Engineering
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Dyeing art of water testing
Members of the public are being told not to worry if they spot red dye in the River Calder this week. The dye is being added to the river in Mirfield today as part of a detailed water quality study being carried out by Yorkshire Water. The work is being
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Big delays as road to be rebuilt
Motorists face weeks of disruption when work to prevent one of the district's busiest roads collapsing starts later this month. Bradford Council began a £750,000 reconstruction project on the bumpy A6038 Otley Road at Baildon in 1999 after surveys revealed
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Head-teacher quits problem-hit school
The head-teacher of Brad-ford's controversial Immanuel Community College has quit after just two and a half years in charge. Tim Cloke, head-teacher at the £15 million Church of England secondary school, has resigned in the hope of continuing his career
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£60m plan to improve our water
Yorkshire Water is to pump £60 million into Bradford to improve the district's water supply and environment. Storm overflows, treatment works and miles of mains will be improved in one of the biggest projects of its kind ever undertaken by the firm. The
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Children in fresh disturbances
Police today urged parents to take responsibility for their children after youngsters were involved in sporadic outbreaks of violence in Bradford. Eight juveniles and one adult were arrested in connection with public order offences last night. Although
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'TV report branded us racist' say girls
Two Holme Wood teenagers say they are afraid to leave their homes after being portrayed as racists on a BBC TV news interview. Rachel Burns, 17, and 14-year-old Chennelle Burnside were interviewed by the BBC as part of a report on the riots in the city
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Race gangs weren't here - landlord
A Bradford licensee fears rumours that BNP supporters were drinking in his pub on Saturday could make him a target for reprisals. Kevin Davies, licensee of The Queen Pub, on Bridge Street, said his daughter, 19-year-old Sarah, who works behind the bar
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Sorry for riots, say Asian bosses
Prominent Asian business leaders today took the unprecedented step of making an unreserved apology for the Bradford riots. The businessmen joined forces to place a full-page advertisement in today's Telegraph & Argus to publicly apologise for the
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Bowlers have to make their mark
Yorkshire were expecting Darren Lehmann to pass a late fitness test this morning and declare himself fit for today's Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy fourth round match against Surrey at Heading-ley. The Australian injured his right knee when he took
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Ideas plea for rural recovery
Yorkshire Forward is looking for ideas from the business community to help boost the rural economy through the third stage of its recovery programme. Grants totalling £500,000 are now available from the regional development agency which is looking for
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'Exciting potential' for group
Findel Plc, the home shopping and educational supplies group, is due to tell staff this week about the strategic direction of new acquisition Novara Plc. Chairman Keith Chapman said: "A detailed timetable for the implementation of this strategy has been
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Relief as jobs are saved
Thousands of Bradford finance jobs could have been saved after the government blocked Lloyd's TSB's bid to takeover banking rival Abbey National. Trade Secretary Patricia Hewitt announced yesterday that she accepted the findings of the Competition Commission
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Seeding system is a Wimbledon success
Goran Ivanisevic and Venus Williams may be Wimbledon champions but for head groundsman Eddie Seaward the top seed at the tournament was the new grass developed by a Bingley company. Wimbledon bosses say the grass - backed by a host of players - helped
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Big delays as road to be rebuilt
Motorists face weeks of disruption when work to prevent one of the district's busiest roads collapsing starts later this month. Bradford Council began a £750,000 reconstruction project on the bumpy A6038 Otley Road at Baildon in 1999 after surveys revealed
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Stabbed man 'was at birthday party'
A man may have been stabbed to death during a drinking party to celebrate his birthday, neighbours said today. Lee Ian Ryan, 24, died at a house in Parkway, West Bowling, on Monday evening. Detectives are still hunting the murder suspect, who was seen
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Seeding system is a Wimbledon success
Goran Ivanisevic and Venus Williams may be Wimbledon champions but for head groundsman Eddie Seaward the top seed at the tournament was the new grass developed by a Bingley company. Wimbledon bosses say the grass - backed by a host of players - helped
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Top Aussie teachers set for city schools
Top teachers will be recruited from other countries, particularly Australia, to help boost standards in the Bradford district. And experts from abroad will also be brought in to join a new leadership team. Paul Brett, operation's director of Serco, the
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City 'left bleeding by riots'
Bradford West MP Marsha Singh said the city was left "bleeding" by the riots. Speaking in the House of Commons yesterday, Mr Singh said he was shocked and dismayed by the events of the weekend. During a debate on the trouble, Home Secretary David Blunkett
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Incidents: Nine more appear in court
Nine people were appearing before Bradford magistrates court today charged with offences of violence committed last night. Police reported a number of minor, sporadic incidents but none of the scale of previous nights. Throughout the evening officers
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Estate 'appalled' by BNP's offer of help
The dilapidated Ravenscliffe estate is a "wonderful breeding ground for the far right", according to a community association. Members of the Ravenscliffe and Greengates Association were horrified to receive a friendly letter from the racist British National
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Letters to the Editor
Sir - I have followed with horror the recent reports of the racial disturbances in Bradford, a city with which I am familiar and very fond of as my daughter and her family live there. As I am not a resident, the undercurrents of unease are not evident
