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Avenue face battle with giant killers
Bradford Park Avenue face one of their toughest home games of the season when they host near neighbours Emley in the UniBond Premier at Horsfall Stadium. While Avenue are in the bottom two of the division and were knocked out of the FA Cup at Marine on
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Bulls in talks on world title date
Bradford Bulls expect to be able to announce a date for their eagerly-awaited World Club Challenge against Australian champions Newcastle Knights next week - with the weekend of February 15, 16 or 17 now the favoured option. A date of January 26 had been
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Let's all help the Priestley run and run
Things are already looking better for the Priestley Centre for the Arts, which only a little over a week ago was facing the future with dread. It was very encouraging that the people of Bradford responded so enthusiastically to the T&A-backed appeal
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On This Day
In 1876, the last of the riotous Barkerend Races was held in Bradford. In 1898, Lord Masham was elected an Honorary Freeman of Bradford. In 1902, North Bierley Cemetery Bradford was consecrated. From the Telegraph & Argus of October 17th, 1976...
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District set to defend stance
Bradford Council today pledged a "robust" challenge to the Government's bid to force it to hold a referendum on an elected mayor. Deputy Council leader Councillor Richard Wightman said the authority has taken legal advice and is ready to put up a defence
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Pair facing probe into misconduct
Two Bradford solicitors feathered their own nests by failing to pay clients interest on millions of pounds the pair held for them, a professional hearing was told. Matthew Craig Lamb, 38, and Steven Stead Wells, 49, are accused of not complying with professional
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'Drug' flats could benefit from cash
High-rise council flats plagued by drug users could benefit from the Government's new neighbourhood renewal initiative. A Bradford Council report claims tenants who abuse drugs encourage other users to apply for flats in Delph House and Leylands House
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Dancers to get our £1m fund rock and rolling!
Schools, churches and community groups are all getting behind the Telegraph & Argus Bradford Can...Cancer Research Appeal. The T&A's most ambitious and important campaign to date has captured the imagination of Bradfordians who want to put the
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Stage stars offering support to theatre
Acting couple Timothy West and Prunella Scales have joined the fight to save the struggling Priestley Centre from closing. The couple said they were "distressed" to hear of the Priestley's problems and backed the Telegraph & Argus campaign to try
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - I am writing to bring your attention to the wonderful assistance afforded to "a friend in distress" by the reception and stewarding staff at Bradford City on Saturday, before the Wolves game. Their prompt and caring response brought to a happy conclusion
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Beaten by a knock-out
Crystal Palace 2, Bradford City 0: Now they know how Greece must have felt at Old Trafford or Bayern Munich in that Champions' League final a couple of years back. To those ridiculously unjust results, now add Crystal Palace 2 Bradford City 0. The morning
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Haunted by Matt
Matt Clarke returned to haunt Bradford City with a stunning solo display at Selhurst Park. Matt Clarke returned to haunt Bradford City Matt Clarke returned to haunt Bradford City with a stunning solo display at Selhurst Park last night. He pulled off
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Cutting edge!
Three new university projects worth £2.4m have been launched to give the district's smaller businesses a cutting edge. The University of Bradford is financing the scheme with £760,000 worth of help from the European Regional Development Fund and private
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Rail strike looms in wage row
Train services in Bradford could be crippled by strike action after rail bosses dismissed a union's claim for a 40 per cent pay rise. Talks between Arriva Trains Northern and Transport Salaried Staff Association (TSSA), which represents station workers
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Help for minority pupils is too patchy
Help targeted at boosting the classroom performance of Asian and black pupils was getting better but was still too patchy, schools watchdog Ofsted said today. Inspectors visited Bradford, along with 38 other education authorities, before drawing up the
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Lottery scoop pair plan night on tiles!
A tiler fed up after a deal for his dream house fell through picked himself up by buying a lottery ticket - and netted a fortune. Now Michael Fisher and his mate Peter Kennedy are planning to celebrate with a night on the tiles after their five numbers
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Trucker 'had £2.3m drugs haul on lorry'
Drugs with a street value of about £2.3million were discovered when customs officers searched the back of a Bradford man's lorry, a court has heard. The haul of heroin, Ecstasy, amphetamine and herbal cannabis was found in a trailer full of frozen swede
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Home at last!
Fearless Figo, the pedigree pigeon, broke both legs and almost died of exhaustion in his battle to get home - five years after he left as a chick. The homing pigeon - who took a little longer than usual to get home - dropped out of the sky half-a-mile
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Man is found guilty of shooting couple
A Bradford man was found guilty of blasting a couple with a shotgun outside a city nightclub. A jury took just over two hours to find Khawar Butt, 22, guilty of maliciously wounding with intent Dane Barratt and his 17-year-old girlfriend at the time,
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Pupils sing hearts out for peace
Children at a Bradford school have recorded a CD for world peace. The youngsters at St John's CE Primary School were invited to perform on the charity record, which will be marketed worldwide via the Internet. The Tong Street school's 40-strong choir
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Six treated as anthrax panic hits Yorkshire
A package containing a suspicious substance caused a full-scale alert at Shipley's sorting office today, as a wave of anthrax scares swept across Britain. Police, firefighters and paramedics sealed off the building in Otley Road as more than 60 Post Office
