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Jefferies 'a class boss'
Gary Locke today repeated the determination of Bradford City's players to halt their current slide and take the heat off boss Jim Jefferies. The Bantams suffered their fifth league defeat on the trot at Millwall last night, going down 3-1 despite creating
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A timely show of confidence
It is good news indeed for Bradford that Debenhams has announced plans for a three-storey store at the heart of the Broadway shopping development. That announcement should have widespread positive benefits for the city. Bradford once had three department
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Making light work of it
STORE: Britain's largest lighting retailer has opened a £250,000 store in Bradford. Four new jobs have been created at Lumination's 2000 sq ft site in Manningham Lane. Bradford branch manager Diane Hinnells said: "We have had a lot of positive feedback
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On This Day
In 1931, American gangster Al Capone was jailed for 11 years for tax evasion. In 1945, Norwegian traitor Vidkun Quisling was executed in Oslo. In 1956, thousands of Hungarians fought in street battles in Budapest against Soviet domination. From the Telegraph
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Reassuring figures
The number of businesses failing in the region has stabilised over the last month. New statistics from Deloitte & Touche show 16 Yorkshire firms went into receivership in September - the same as in August. The figures were in contrast to the national
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Cards for charitable greetings
A former partner with Bradford law firm Gordons Cranswick has started a new career in the greetings cards business. Polly Browne has teamed up with former tax manager Andrew Smith to form Red Snapper Designs Limited. Using Mr Smith's photographs of scenes
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Be a bright spark for Bonfire Night
Safety campaigners are stepping up efforts to ensure an injury-free Guy Fawkes Night on November 5 with warnings about misusing fireworks. With Bonfire Night less than two weeks away, parents and children are being reminded about the dangers of fireworks
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I owe TV fame to Priestley, says star
Bradford actor Duncan Preston says if it wasn't for the Priestley Centre he would probably be a lorry driver today. Duncan was a teenager, bored with his job, when he discovered the Little Germany theatre back in the mid 1960s. While performing on stage
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City search for murderer's gun
Police have launched a city-wide hunt for the gun used in the cold-blooded murder of a Bradford taxi driver. Detectives said the firearm - possibly a modified replica or adapted gas-powered air-gun - exploded in the killer's hand as he calmly shot Mohammed
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Police defend Clegg's rejection
West Yorkshire Police today defended its decision to turn down a job application by Bradford paratrooper Lee Clegg. The force took legal advice after receiving the application from Corporal Clegg, who is currently an Army physical training instructor.
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Square deal leaves street like Alcatraz
Neighbours who raised more than £200,000 to rejuvenate their street say it now resembles a prison. The residents in historic Hanover Square, Manningham, worked for three years to raise the funds to renovate and repair their 50 terraced homes, resurface
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Are you the lotto £136,000 winner?
Mystery surrounds the Bradford owner of a winning National Lottery ticket who has failed to claim a £136,302 prize. The countdown has started to find the winner of the ticket, which matched five numbers plus the bonus ball. The ticket holder has until
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Cougars land Fearon to fill Wood's place
Keighley Cougars have signed Huddersfield Giants stand-off Danny Fearon to fill the gap left by the departure of Martin Wood. Coach Steve Deakin could hardly contain his delight at signing the talented 21-year-old, who can also play loose forward or second
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Wests' winning run keeps Bowling on
West Bowling continued their remarkable start to the National Conference Division One campaign with a solid 24-15 success against bottom-of-the-table Eastmoor Dragons at Bankfoot CC. Bowling survived an early scare when visiting wingman Reece Dixon was
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Bulls went 'from boys to men' says Carl
Strength conditioner Carl Jennings feels that Bradford Bulls' players were transformed from boys to men during their Grand Final victory. Jennings, who is leaving the club to join former Bulls coach Matthew Elliott at Canberra Raiders next month, said
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Not all doom and gloom!
Millwall 3, Bradford City 1: It took 24 minutes in Millwall's intimidating New Den last night to show that not everything Claret and Amber has to be doom and gloom. True, City may have lost again - that's five in a row, six out of seven in the league,
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'Solid' effort
Bradford division of chemical giant Ciba says it has put in a 'solid' nine-month performance against tough trading conditions. The comments from the Low Moor firm came yesterday as its parent group reported a drop in net sales from £2.52bn to £2.39bn.
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Protests over plan to build near school
More than 100 Mirfield residents have voiced their concerns over proposals to build 300 new homes in the village. Clough House Ltd is proposing to develop the site near the Hopton Junior School on Woodend Road. Councillor Martyn Bolt, who called a public
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Protesters angry at landfill site appeal
Plans to extend the life of a controversial quarry have been greeted with anger by protesters. Wastepoint Ltd is appealing against a decision by Bradford Council not to allow work at Manywells Quarry, Cullingworth, to be extended until next March. The
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Charity buys land for 30 youngsters
Romanian street children are to be given a new start in life, thanks to a Shipley charity. Jubilee Outreach Yorkshire (JOY) has bought a small holding for about 30 city youngsters so they can find jobs and work their own land. The charity, which has shops
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Price war looming as petrol costs cut
Motorists across Bradford could benefit from a petrol pump price-war after Morrisons today slashed the cost of fuel. The Bardford-based supermarket chain has cut the price of a litre of unleaded petrol by around two pence to 69.9p. Unleaded petrol sold
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Elderly couple fight off baseball gang
A courageous elderly couple managed to fight off a gang of armed robbers who brutally attacked them in their Bradford home. John Stratford answered the door of his Thorpe Edge flat last night to find three men, all wielding weapons and with their faces
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Tenants celebrate end of homes fight
A group of campaigning residents are ready to say goodbye to their homes after months of campaigning to save them from demolition. Bradford Council ordered the eight 'Airey houses' off Town Lane, Thackley, to be pulled-down because they suffer from major
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Stand-in boss gets the top schools job
Bradford's new schools chief is Phil Green, the acting director of education. Mr Green, who has deputised in the top job since June, has landed the £90,000-a-year post permanently, fending off fellow candidates on a high-powered shortlist assembled by
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Gran's artistic gift gives patients hope
Joyce Wagstaff was 80 years old when she first picked up a paint brush but it was to open a whole new world to her. She discovered a talent which she never knew she had and even though she died in August after succumbing to cancer, her work lives on.
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What were Paul's last movements?
Coroner's officers are trying to trace the last known movements of a 21-year-old amateur footballer who was found dead outside a Bradford working men's club. The body of father-of-one Paul Wilson was discovered outside the Lilycroft WMC shortly after
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Lorry driver denies supplying heroin
A lorry driver has gone on trial accused of passing on 22 kilos of heroin during an alleged hand-over in a car park. A jury at Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday how plain-clothes officers had been keeping observation on a suspect when he met 40-year-old
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Brave Fiona now at peace
A mum today told how her little girl "opened her eyes, looked at me and then went to sleep" as she finally succumbed to cancer. Fiona Cairns-Connell died aged just nine having successfully overcome the illness once. Today Fiona's mum Alison, of Woodside
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - On a recent afternoon our son was one of only seven children in his primary school class, making it impossible for the school to provide the usual curriculum. This was because about 24 children from the Year 6 class were attending interviews at
