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Viduka aims to make new Mark
Mark Viduka has set his sights on a club and country double this month after finding the form which made him a £20million summer target for European giants Real Madrid and AC Milan. Leeds striker Viduka's equaliser in the 3-2 second leg defeat to Troyes
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Wetherall in Saints link
Premiership strugglers Southamp-ton have again been linked with David Wetherall. The City defender was watched by the south-coast side for four successive matches at Valley Parade earlier this season. Since then Saints have changed managers but new boss
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Science's vital role in city
Culture isn't just about music, drama and dance, art and sculpture, poetry and prose. Nor is it simply sport. Culture is all around us. Many things contribute to our cultural environment - not least science and technology, which have such a powerful influence
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Royal guest at curry house
Britain's biggest curry restaurant has been given the Royal seal of approval. The Duke of Kent unveiled a commemorative plaque at the Aakash restaurant in Cleckheaton which was opened in July in a converted chapel. Crowds of cheering children turned out
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Boost for Culture Capital bid
The worlds of art and science will collide in Bradford next week at a major international conference. Two Cultures is a two-day event looking at how science contributes to the life of a city and how it is as much a part of culture as the arts and sports
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Probe pledge after alarm fails
Council officers are investigating after a fire nearly claimed the life of a resident whose smoke alarm failed to work. Steve Adamson was taken to hospital with smoke inhalation after fire engulfed his Manningham ground floor flat. Now angry residents
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Support for teenage rioter
A teenager facing jail for taking part in the Bradford riots is being supported by a leading city councillor. Labour leader Councillor Ian Greenwood was with Shazad Ashraf, 19, when he handed himself into police after his photograph was published in the
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Keighley to get town council
Keighley will get its own town council after a decision to allow it by Secretary of State Stephen Byers. But Oakworth will not be allowed to have its own parish council, said the Minister for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. The campaign was
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Cash boost pledge
Yorkshire Forward has promised major investment to boost Bradford's economy - if business leaders play an active part. Richard Gregory, deputy chairman of the regional development agency, delivered the message at the 2001 Annual Dinner of Bradford Chamber
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Tying links between our nations
Ties to mark the special bond between the United States and Britain are being designed and made in Keighley. And Prime Minister Tony Blair, US President George W Bush and New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani have each accepted one. Mr Blair has thanked the
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Bishop ready to step down
The Bishop of Bradford today announced he is to retire after ten years in the role. The Right Reverend David Smith, has overseen troubled times in the city during which he has tried to engender closer links between the different communities. He said:
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Love rivals fought over lab girl
University researchers turned into jealous love rivals who brawled in a bar for the affections of a French laboratory assistant, a court heard. Cancer researchers David Swaine and Steven Shnyder were good friends until the young French woman joined their
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - On page 9 of the October 29 T&A, a headline proclaimed: "Arriva is warned: February or else." Who does Councillor John Prestage think will pay the fines totalling £11 million? Eventually it will have to be the passengers, who will face increases
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Walsh 'must fight for place'
Jim Jefferies is not expecting a Matt Clarke-style reaction from axed goalkeeper Gary Walsh. The City number one was dropped for last night's 2-2 draw at Crewe, paying the price for the recent deluge of goals being conceded. Walsh has been first choice
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City throw win away
The "Not So Solid Crewe" had only four minutes to go. More than the 21 seconds in the chart topper - and plenty of time for Bradford City's season to hit another bum note. In a moment, the Bantams pressed the over-used self-destruct button and remained
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Clawson to build Bull power
Bradford Bulls' new strength conditioner Martin Clawson isn't worried he's succeeding Carl Jennings - widely regarded as the best in the business. "I am just chuffed to get the job," said Featherstone-based Clawson, whose dad Terry had two spells with
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On this day
In 1870, the photographing of every prisoner in England & Wales became compulsory. In 1920, Double-decked rail-less buses start running in Bradford. In 1975, The Queen officially opened the first undersea pipeline of North Sea oil. From the Telegraph
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Academics do Full Don-ty
They are academics and management experts more used to handing out sound business advice. But with a flash of inspiration and an abandonment of their modesty, they dropped all for charity. And now the male staff of on-line management information publisher
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Red faces over paint blunder
Embarrassed Council chiefs today admitted blundering by painting warning zig-zag lines outside a former school building that has not seen pupils for more than ten years. And the head teacher of the Baildon school - which moved to a new location - said
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Georgina says thanks
On three separate occasions doctors told Georgina Hurst's parents that their daughter might lose her fight for life after she suffered terrible injuries in an horrific car crash. But tomorrow the plucky 28-year-old will hold a party to say a big 'thank
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City plans under fire
Plans for a government-backed private company to kick-start regeneration in Bradford city centre came under attack today. Councillor Dave Green, Labour's spokesman on the economy, said the Council would be 'ticking political boxes to get Brownie points
