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It's time to play like real champs
Yorkshire will have to play like true champions today if they are to beat title-holders Surrey and hold on to their comfortable lead at the top of the CricInfo Division One table. Set to make 356 for victory, they battled away to 50 for one by yesterday's
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Saints press on to make clean sweep of trophies
Buttershaw St Paul's hope to keep alive their hopes of a clean sweep of all four trophies when they meet Girlington the Central League's Waddilove Trophy final at Low Moor tomorrow (1.30). They have already won the Thripple-ton Cup for second teams, and
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Tykes tackle Major rumpus
Yorkshire's general committee are spending this weekend in special meetings at Headingley to decide on a new format for opening the West Stand at Headingley. Their plans have been thrown into confusion now that former Prime Minis-ter John Major has pulled
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Worries must be soothed
It is unfortunate that the plan to revive the lower end of town has run into objections from some of the businesses whose property is being compulsorily purchased and from the owners of the Kirkgate Centre. Bradford needs that development very much. It
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On This Day
In 1858, the foundation stone was laid at Rawdon Baptist College. In 1875, fairy-tale writer Hans Christian Anderssen died aged 70. In 1915, the Bradford 1st "Pals" visited Bradford in full war equipment. From the Telegraph & Argus of August 4th,
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Police hunt gang in supermarket raid
Masked raiders drove a stolen car at a terrified security guard before speeding off from a Bingley supermarket. Police investigating the attempted robbery outside the town's Safeway supermarket today appealed for witnesses. The Securicor guard hit by
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Talks over rat-run fears
Angry residents are to hold talks with Bradford Council about speeding motorists using their streets as shortcuts. Householders in Poplar Avenue and Poplar Grove, Great Horton, fear children could be killed because drivers use the area as a rat-run into
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In tune to beat tumours
A cabaret and song night has raised more than £4,000 to help the fight against cancer. Rock the Tumour featured a host of song and dance numbers and was one of the last fundraisers organised by self-styled Chemo Man-Cancer King Chris Faunthorpe who died
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Student Andrew in major cancer survey
A young medic from Skipton is to investigate whether living in a rural area, far away from a major hospital, might affect the chances of a cancer patient's survival. Andrew Gill, of Stirtonber, Skipton, has been awarded a special grant from The Cancer
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Mark was found hanged in cell, inquest is told
A teenager from Keighley was found hanging in his cell only two weeks after being sentenced for theft. Sixteen-year-old Mark Dade was discovered hanging from a door handle by his shoe laces at the Wetherby Young Offenders' Institution last Friday, an
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Union's fury as jobs axe falls at holiday
Union bosses were today considering legal action against the receivers for Bradford textiles firm W&J Whitehead after the company announced 218 redundancies. Tenon Recovery announced the job losses yesterday morning, the last working day before the
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Names are put to 19 suspects
Detectives say they have received an overwhelming response to the release of a further 20 photographs of Bradford riots suspects. Only hours after the mugshots were published in yesterday's Telegraph & Argus, police said they had already put names
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Trucker remains trapped in Kosovo
A Bradford trucker has failed in his latest attempt to escape from war-torn Kosovo. Mick Rhodes, 40, of Wyke, tried to leave the country on Thursday night after being trapped there for two weeks when neighbouring country Macedonia closed its borders to
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Swim for it sister!
Two Bradford sisters are hoping to make a splash tonight as they try to break a world record - for the second time. While most young people will spend their Saturday night out on the tiles, Dee Llewellyn, 23, and her sister Liane, 19, of Radfield Road
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Tinsleys keep it in the family
Seven members of the Tinsley family covering three generations took part in a match to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Bradford Evening League club John Breare Printers. The match at Windhill, involving past and present teams, was followed by a buffet
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Forshaw ready for a tough battle
Mike Forshaw is wary of his side's Super League trip to Warrington tonight. The 30-year-old Bradford Bulls loose forward remembers only too well that his side had their unbeaten record shattered at Wilderspool last season. "It is going to be a very difficult
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Bradford City 0, Blackburn Rovers 2
Bradford City suffered their first pre-season setback as goals from Blackburn new boys Chicho Grabbi and Gordon Greer earned the Premiership visitors a win at Valley Parade this afternoon. Benito Carbone was in impressive form for the Bantams in his first
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Youngsters create internet business
A group of entrepreneurs from Brighouse have set-up an internet caf. Luke Jackson and friend Robert Knifton, pictured, together with Luke's brother Carl, were struggling to find jobs during the summer holidays. So they decided to set-up their own business
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Reward sparks new help
Detectives investigating the hit-and-run death of a pensioner have received several calls after his son offered a reward in a bid to catch the killer. The Telegraph & Argus reported on Wednesday how Christopher Atherton, 50, had put up a £1,000 reward
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Play's the thing for the battling children
Children in Bingley are leading a battle to stop houses being built on land they want to turn into a playground. Land at the top of Stanley Street has been earmarked as a site for housing in Bradford Council's draft Unitary Development Plan (UDP). But
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Quest for head to run £9.7m regeneration
The hunt is on to find a dynamic leader to take charge of a multi-million pound regeneration for deprived Manningham and Girlington. Bradford Council is advertising for a chief executive to head a programme based on a £9.7m award from the Government's
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Serial child abuser jailed after attack
A paedophile described as a 'serious source of harm' to young boys has been jailed for three years. Bradford Crown Court heard that Gareth Watkinson, 22, had already committed a catalogue of offences at the time he attacked an 11-year-old boy in Bradford
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Musical youth enjoy Foyer Project
Young people have been using music and computers during a summer scheme at the Foyer Project, West Bowling. The group of 30 teenagers aged ten to 16 have jumped at the chance to brush up on their education during the long summer break. They have been
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Bid to block £200m plan
Store wars have broken out in Bradford after the owners of the Kirkgate shopping centre lodged a bid to block a rival £200 million city centre shopping scheme. Prudential Portfolios - part of the giant insurance group - has officially objected to the
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - In view of the continuing spread of foot and mouth disease more than five months after it started, we, the undersigned, call for a new policy of voluntary vaccination of "contiguous herds" instead of the present slaughter programme which has killed
