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Jess hat-trick stitches up Vialli men
You could say Eoin Jess had the best of both worlds. The hot Scot bagged the hat-trick which steered City to their first win in October. He also missed the nerve-shredding finish when Watford threatened to gatecrash the party. Jess was blissfully unaware
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Witter's challenge to big two
Junior Witter accused his biggest rivals of running scared after cruising to victory in Manchester. The Bradford light-welterweight eased to the WBU intercontinental belt with a two-round win over outclassed South African Colin Mayisela at the MEN Arena
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Eccleshill just fail to halt high-fliers
Eccleshill United's dismal run of results continued with a home defeat against second-placed Hallam in the Northern Counties East Premier Division - despite the mid-table side matching the high flying visitors for long periods. A torrid opening five minutes
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I nearly walked out on City - Jefferies
Jim Jefferies today revealed he had thought about walking away from Bradford City but roared: "The one thing I will never be is a quitter." Saturday's 4-3 win over Watford eased the pressure on the Bantams' boss by ending a slide of seven defeats in eight
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Net working
A Bradford based management services company is inviting businesses to a free seminar on how to get the most out of the Internet. Clough Management Services (CMS) says the November 22 event is designed to help companies exploit the business opportunities
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£5m bonanza
A long-established Ilkley building firm is celebrating after winning £5 million worth of contracts. Quarmby Construction Company Ltd, which celebrates its 30th anniversary next year, has relied on a mixture of strong bidding skills and its reputation
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Needlework keeps fingers nimble
A stitch in time has saved a Crossflatts pensioner the use of his hands - and worshippers' knees. For the past 17 years Walter Falkingham has spent hours every day cross-stitching colourful kneelers for churches and friends. After retiring from Castlefields
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Blind Nick's World Cup glory call
A battling teenager who lost his sight to cancer is bidding for World Cup glory after being called up for the British Goalball youth squad. Nick Killen, 15, who had to have his eyes removed nine years ago to save him from a rare cancer, is hoping some
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Sikhs try to ease tensions
The formation of an all-inclusive Sikh representative body could help address some of the issues raised in the Lord Ouseley's damning report of race relations in Bradford, according to a Sikh leader. Ramindar Singh, a former deputy chairman of the Commission
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Drive to change fireworks law backed
Police and fire chiefs are backing a campaign calling for a change in firework laws. Award-winning fire-safety campaigner Elizabeth Hellmich, of Heaton, is spearheading attempts to revamp firework laws which date from 1760. Mrs Hellmich, who won a national
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Driver robbed
A Baildon driver was robbed in his car while he waited at traffic lights in Shipley. The 26-year-old was returning home from Bradford in his Audi TT at about 8.30pm on Friday when a green car pulled up behind him at the junction of Otley Road and Valley
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Life Force 'flawed from start'
Cathedral leaders have admitted for the first time that the multi-million pound Life Force Millennium project was doomed from the start. Senior church figures have now launched a bid to turn the faith visitor attraction flop into a volunteer centre. But
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Avenue on march
Bradford Park Avenue hauled themselves back out of the bottom three in the UniBond Premier Division with a second victory of the season at Horsfall Stadium over bogey side Droylsden. Avenue dispatched their Manchester rivals from the FA Cup in the last
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Disallowed Bees try turning point
Halifax coach Kevin McCal-lion feels there were two turning points as the Bees lost their unbeaten home record in North Division One. "The first was the try that was disallowed for the Bees early in the second half," said the former 'fax hooker. Having
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Henry not ready for England yet
England may expect, but New Zealander Henry Paul, who marked his debut for Gloucester with 28 points in the 98-14 demolition of Caerphilly on Saturday, is in no hurry to play for his adopted country. On his first appearance since his cross-code switch
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Building must not be wasted
The Life Force project in St Peter's House, which opened and folded in the space of eight months, was based on a worthy idea - that of increasing understanding between different cultures by explaining their faiths through a series of imaginative exhibits
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On this day
In 1740, biographer James Boswell was born. In 1921, the Yorkshire v Lancashire tennis championship was held at Horton Green, Bradford In 1982, in the "Dingo Baby" case in Austrtalia, mother Lindy Chamberlain was convicted of murdering her baby. From
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Residents' fury after trees are bulldozed
Council officers are investigating after protected trees at a beauty spot were bulldozed. The land at Cragg Hill Road in Thackley, a former railway, had become an area of wildlife and natural beauty over the last 12 years. But people who live nearby have
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Young achievers rewarded
The positive work of Bradford's youth was celebrated at a special awards ceremony in the city centre. Organised by Bradford Council's Youth Service department, the Young People's Achievements Awards were held to honour those young people in Bradford West
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Library plan waits for funding
Plans to transform a village library into a community facility hinge on support from North Yorkshire County Council. South Craven Community Action announced 18 months ago that it was spearheading a project to demolish the existing library at Cross Hills
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Mosque lessons 'hold children back'
The leader of Bradford charity QED today criticised the standard of education supplied in local mosques. Chief executive Dr Mohammed Ali said the practice of sending Muslim youngsters for 'supplementary education' for two hours a night was holding them
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Hamlet in Punjabi 'just like EastEnders'
Teaching children to love Shakespeare is easy, says Alex Fellowes. You tell them that Hamlet is "just like Eastenders" and stage classroom discussions on King Lear in the style of the Jerry Springer Show. These are just two of the ideas recommended by
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Call to pull down Eastbrook 'eyesore'
Members of the Priestley Centre for the Arts are calling for the demolition of Bradford's Eastbrook Hall to make the theatre more accessible to the public. Dwindling ticket sales have resulted in the Little Germany theatre facing voluntary liquidation
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Biker dies in crash
A female motorcyclist was killed after smashing into a lamp post near Keighley. The woman was catapulted from her motorbike as it crashed on the A650 Aire Valley trunk road yesterday afternoon. The force of the collision threw the driver against a second
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Why can't the police give me a chance?
Bradford paratrooper Lee Clegg won a marathon battle to clear his name of murder - but a bid to join West Yorkshire Police has brought the past back to haunt him. More than a decade has passed since two teenage joyriders were shot dead as they sped through
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Threat to labourers' jobs
A construction company has warned that jobs are threatened as an access row holds up work on a multi-million-pound private housing estate. Fairclough Homes obtained planning permission six years ago for 194 homes on the former Waterhouse Denbigh Quarry
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - I write in response to Ian Brown's letter (October 19) in which he states that lack of thought and planning by the emergency services in not using Charlie Browns car park for the incident at Shipley sorting office caused widespread traffic disruption
