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White returns for a crucial Roses clash
Craig White has been cleared to play for Yorkshire at Old Trafford today but Test colleague Darren Gough has been refused permission to play by England boss Duncan Fletcher. If Yorkshire can achieve the double over Lancashire it would make them overwhelming
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Children's safety the top issue
It is good for children to be encouraged to walk to school. Health experts generally are agreed on that. Present-day youngsters, chauffeured everywhere they need to go, risk a lack of fitness and even obesity. Many of them need more exercise than they
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On This Day
In 1902, the fifteen month long joiners' dispute was finally settled. In 1926, the first British Grand Prix motor race was held at Brooklands with the average speed of the winning car 71.61 mph. In 1957, Oliver Hardy of Laurel and Hardy fame died of a
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It's recession!
Manufacturing has officially slipped into recession after figures revealed output has fallen for the second quarter in succession. Results from the Office for National Statistics show manufacturing output rose 0.3 per cent in June but fell by two per
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Steps up for it!
Chart-toppers Steps are to perform a free concert in Bingley as a present to the Bradford district in the wake of the riots. The fab five - Claire, Fay, Lee, Lisa and 'H' - will be strutting their stuff on the stage in Myrtle Park on Sunday, September
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Councillor raps bid to move postcodes
A campaign by residents to ditch postcode ties with Bradford in favour of Leeds has been criticised by Bradford Council's leader. People living on the Sunnybank estate between Thornbury and Pudsey want to change their Bradford postcodes to Leeds ones
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6,000 have say on planning blueprint
The views of more than 6,000 people have been submitted to Bradford Council over a vital planning blueprint which will determine the district's development over the next decade. And letters and forms were still flooding into Council planning offices as
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400 more jobs face axe at troubled mill
Up to 400 jobs are on the line at a troubled textile firm as union leaders battle to save its last shreds of manufacturing. More than 200 workers have already been axed at the W&J Whitehead wool mill, now in receivership, with the remaining spinners
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Schools boss sorry for spelling blunder
A spelling gaffe has blighted introductory letters sent to all school governors by the private company brought in to drive up Bradford's educational standards. Paul Brett, boss of Education Bradford, took over his new job last Monday when control of the
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T&A gives blanket coverage
A massive blanket being created by a squad of knitters in Idle, Bradford, is to have the Telegraph & Argus initials emblazoned on it. The village is bidding to create a record-breaking blanket to mark the Idle Tide feast in September. And 72-year-old
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Blood clot kills cricketer, 26
The son of one of Bradford's leading politicians has died suddenly from a blood clot aged only 26. Nick Sheard, son of Councillor Anne Hawkesworth, Bradford Council's executive member for the environment and chief whip of the Council's Conservative group
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Dale makes his mark at Elvington
Addingham builder Mark Dale edged nearer winning the 125cc Auto 66 road racing championship on his Coffeecare Honda at Elvington. He grabbed three second places in the championship races to build on his strong scoring record in this year's series. Leeds
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Bradford hopes hit by draw
Bradford captain Andy Riley refused to be downhearted, despite the shock of seeing all his top four players beaten as they were held to an 18-18 draw by Huddersfield-Halifax at Fixby in the Yorkshire League. After edging the morning foursomes 7-5 with
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Yorkshire's official apology
Yorkshire today issued a full and frank apology to former Yorkshire and England cricketer Bob Appleyard for accusing him in a Press release last week of "racial implications" in his criticism of the Sir Leonard Hutton Gates. Appleyard had questioned why
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City bid to field foreign trialists
Jim Jefferies is hoping to include two foreign trialist midfield players in Bradford City's team for tonight's pre-season friendly at Huddersfield Town. One is from France and the other from Holland but their identities are being kept secret. City boss
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Bulls told: Win the lot
Win the next six games and prove your doubters wrong: That's the message from Bulls chairman Chris Caisley after the Super League leaders' depressing defeat at Warrington. And he promised full support for coach Brian Noble if he felt key selection changes
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Warnings 'level out'
The number of profit warnings issued by Yorkshire-based companies levelled out in the second quarter of the year, according to research by business advisers Ernst and Young. A total of six profit warnings were issued by businesses between April and June
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Expansion completed at home
Bradford Bulls head coach Brian Noble has opened the £1.25m expansion of a nursing home creating, 25 full and part time jobs for the district. The opening of the extension at the Ashcroft Nursing Home, Undercliffe, is the culmination of two years' planning
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Music man picks up annual award
The conductor of the Brighouse and Rastrick Band is to be honoured for his services to the brass-band movement. Allan Withington, the band's principal conductor, has been honoured by the Worshipful Company of Musicians of the City of London and will receive
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Don't let town become 'down market Vegas'
Shipley councillors and traders are appealing to residents to save their town centre from becoming a 'down-market Las Vegas'. Plans have been submitted to create a second amusement arcade in the Market Square - less than 12 months after the first one
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I know my facts, insists MP in 'learn English' row
Labour MP Ann Cryer today defended her view that Bangladeshi and Pakistani immigrants should learn English. The Keighley politician said she had been taken aback by the barrage of criticism following her comments, but had been wary of supporting her claims
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A fitting tribute for the City fire dead
A marble memorial to the 56 victims of the Bradford City fire disaster has been completed at the club's Valley Parade ground. It features the names and ages of all those who died in the blaze which swept through a stand on May 11, 1985. The memorial is
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Giant crane is set to raise the roof!
One of Britain's biggest cranes rolled into Bradford last night to put a new roof on to John Street Market. But traders said they were amazed to receive a letter from a Council officer asking them "not to venture into Bradford" in the evenings while the
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Parents furious as school buses axed
Free school buses have been axed in a moortop village, leaving children with a five-mile round trip each day for classes. And their furious parents claim Bradford Council is putting cash before children's safety, as the youngsters will have to cross busy
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Trucker's relief at war-zone escape
A Bradford lorry driver today spoke of his relief after escaping from the edge of war-torn Macedonia. Trucker Mick Rhodes was one of six drivers to cross the border with the help of the British Army and is now in Croatia on his way home. His relieved
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - I feel sorry if Mike Priestley (T&A, July 21) is disappointed at my disagreement with Ann Cryer MP for her assumption that arranged marriages among Asians are responsible for holding back the process of integration and perpetuating poverty.
