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Yorkshire bid to take top honour
Yorkshire will go a long way towards stealing Surrey's crown if they beat them over the next four days in Headingley's last CricInfo Champion-ship game of the season. Only Sunday's Norwich Union match between the sides and the Test match in mid-August
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Ward's tour de force!
Ashley Ward reckons Bradford City's three games in Northern Ireland will prove the ideal dress rehearsal for going to some of Division One's lesser lights. Ward struck three times in City's wins over Glentoran and Bangor before sitting out Monday's 2-
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Let your wishes be known
Many and varied are the complaints made by the people of Bradford about the services provided by the Council. Often they come to this newspaper in the form of letters to the editor and telephone calls to the Newsdesk. The residents of this city complain
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On This Day
In 1854, the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction railway was opened. In 1865, the Otley and Ilkley railway was opened. In 1912, heavy overnight rain in Bradford flooded mills in Thornton Road. From the Telegraph & Argus of August 1st, 1976... The
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Handy product
A Bradford-based sports company has come up with a product so popular it is struggling to keep up with world-wide demand. Skorpion Sports has developed an innovative indicator glove for cyclists that contains flashing lights designed to increase visibility
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Rat problem
Rabbits and birds in a park have been moved because of a rat infestation. The huts by the bowling green in Myrtle Park have become overrun with rats and Bradford Council staff have moved about ten rabbits and 20 budgies to Cliffe Castle Museum in Keighley
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Gunpoint car-jack incident probed
Police were today investigating claims of an armed car-jacking in Girlington last night. The three Bradford victims in the Seat Ibiza GTi, which was being driven along Young Street at about 9pm, told detectives a group of Asians had ordered the trio to
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Row as £18m contract awarded
A row erupted today after Bradford Council's major highways maintenance award went to a private company - without being put before a public committee. The £18m contract held by Carillion has gone to construction firm ATMOS. About 90 former Council workers
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Legal-aid backing for waste-tip fight
A villager has gained legal aid for a High Court challenge to big business and Government plans for a new landfill tip. Maureen Smith is leading the latest round in Denholme residents' fight to block plans by Integrated Waste Management (IWM) for the
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Sew that's it for Mildred after 56 years
When Mildred Lister, pictured right, started work at Seymour Shirts, one of her first assignments was to convert RAF parachutes and bedspreads into dress shirts. A lot has changed at the shirt makers in Sunbridge Road, Bradford, since the material shortages
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Market bistro will make city history
Traders plan to make city- centre market history - by opening a bistro in the revamped John Street premises. The upmarket scheme in the refurbished premises has a liquor licence and will provide a mixed menu. But John and Anthony Ackroyd will keep a traditional
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Speed trap bid to cut deaths
Speed cameras could be installed across Bradford if the Government accepts a bid to reduce road deaths using the controversial safety traps. Bradford Council is helping put together a business plan which will be laid before ministers next month. If approved
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Please help find my dad's killer
Heartbroken son Christopher Atherton today offered £1,000 reward in a bid to help catch the hit-and-run driver responsible for his war veteran father's death. It was 3pm on Friday June 1 when Mr Atherton's father Harry, 85, crossed the road near his Saltaire
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Neighbours save house fire victim
Neighbours rescued a 59-year-old man from a fire at his home early today. Brothers Philip, 17, and Shaun McCrickard, 20, spotted smoke coming from the house in Dawson Street, Bierley, Bradford, shortly after midnight when they went for a cigarette in
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Jailed riot man set to launch appeal
A 23-year-old man who taunted the police to fight him during the Bradford riots has been jailed for 28 days. Aftab Wahid became the first person to be jailed in connection with the disturbances after magistrates told him that violent clashes in the city
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Right recipe lands prize
Gomersal Park Hotel in Moor Lane hosted the third annual Yorkshire Pudding Championships to mark Yorkshire Day, August 1st. Organised by the Spenborough Chamber of Trade and Commerce, it was split into professional and amateur chefs. Entrants had to bake
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Council swamped by planning letters
Council officers have been swamped with 1,000 individual letters over a planning blueprint earmarking land across the district for use over the next 15 years. The groundswell of public opinion follows a major consultation over proposals for the new Unitary
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Sex attack terror in park
A woman taking her dog for an early morning walk has been subjected to a horrifying sex attack. The 50-year-old was strolling in Wibsey Park, Wibsey, Bradford, at 6.25am yesterday when she was approached from behind and forced into nearby bushes and set
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - Could Arriva get their trains running on time before they start enforcing their farcical "permit to travel" system? On Saturday night, I was approached by a conductor who was reluctant to take my fare because I didn't have a blue "permit to travel
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Top of table clash is a damp squib
The clash of the top two in the First Division turned out to be a damp squib as second placed Embsay failed to live up to expectations and visitors Oakworth won by six wickets to open a seven point gap at the top Embsay reached 45 for one before collapsing
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The minimum of fuss
Batley pattern book manufacturer Meritmill has not let having its building re-roofed interfere with business. With deadlines to meet, the firm, which produces patterns for fabric and curtain manufacturers, needed to ensure work was carried out with minimum
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Family gets a taste of Yorkshire - all week
A Shipley family has celebrated Yorkshire Day by living off the region's delicacies for a week. Lesley and Rick Morton ditched their favourite dishes of pizza, stir-fries and curry and opted for the county's traditional fare - and there wasn't a single
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Cricket star slams Hutton memorial
Bob Appleyard, the Bradford-born former England bowler, has criticised a controversial memorial to Yorkshire cricket legend Sir Leonard Hutton. The memorial features an image of Sir Leonard batting against a backdrop of Asian women in traditional dress
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Suspended sentence for wife ban man
A businessman banned from contacting his former wife for 99 years has been given a suspended prison sentence for harassing her again. Keighley magistrates made Malcolm Bright, of Old Silk Mill, East Morton, the subject of the order preventing him contacting
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Thieves take child fence
Children at a Bradford playscheme have been forced indoors after their new playground fence was stolen. Thieves struck at Bradford Moor Community Centre in Bradford Moor while youngsters and staff were on a day trip to Bridlington. They dismantled and
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Cheese bar none!
Shoppers at a Bradford supermarket tried out a tipple with a twist to celebrate Yorkshire Day. A new cheddar cheese with Tetley's, the famous Yorkshire brew, as its most unusual ingredient was given out at the Morrisons Victoria Shopping Centre in Girlington
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Passengers suffer as train drivers quit
Bradford rail commuters are suffering cancellations to services because so many drivers have quit the city's main train operator, union leaders claim. Train drivers union ASLEF warned drivers are deserting Arriva Trains Northern because they are paying
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Minister brought into cash row
Bradford Council's Labour Group is to make a formal complaint to the Government over the way a £23 million award is to be allocated. The committee agreed funds from the Neighbourhood Renewal Award should be given on the basis of both need and population
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Air your opinion on Council's services
Residents across the district will be asked for frank views on Council services - and how they want their Council Tax to be spent. The Council's Executive Committee agreed to begin a major consultation exercise in October to find out what the public really
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Schools chief backing rethink
Education Secretary Estelle Morris today hailed Bradford's newly-privatised education service for giving a new start to the city after the riots. She welcomed the deal struck by Bradford Council with Serco QAA which on Monday formally took over the local
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Woman in sex attack in park
A woman taking her dog for an early morning walk has been subjected to a terrifying sex attack. The 50-year-old was walking the dog in Wibsey Park, Wibsey, Bradford, at 6.25am on Tuesday when she was attacked from behind and forced into some bushes. Detectives
