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Hands off our Lees, say Bulls
Bradford Bulls today denied claims that Hull were planning a double swoop. The Boulevard club were linked with a move for Lee Gilmour and Lee Radford. Utility player Gilmour could fall down the pecking order of three-quarters following the arrival of
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150 jobs face axe with plant closure
A further 150 textile jobs in Bradford are in jeopardy with the threatened closure of another company. Benson Turner is considering shutting both its dyeing operation in Bowling and its spinning division in Wyke in the new year, according to a trade union
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New lease of life for run-down mill
A run-down Bingley saw mill next to the Leeds Liverpool Canal is to be transformed into luxury flats. Keighley-based owner Britannia Lift Company has applied for planning permission to turn Dowley Gap Mill on Dob Kiln Lane into apartments and build five
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Mentors sign up to improve standards
Student mentors are taking part in a scheme to improve GCSE results of underachieving school pupils. Pupils who are expected to get D or E grades will be picked for the one-to-one attention from students who coach them towards grade C and over. The 40
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'New Odsal will be quieter' promise
Residents could suffer temporary, "severe" noise disruption during the construction of a planned £40 million Odsal Stadium, a study of its impact reveals today. But the study, which will go to councillors next month, says they will get a better deal when
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Youths get their chance
The Lord Mayor of Bradford launched a new multi-cultural magazine for young people in the city. The magazine, called the Youth of Today gives youngsters the chance to speak out about their needs and issues affecting their lives. The 16-page glossy magazine
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Double life term for knife maniac
A paranoid schizophrenic stabbed a prostitute 43 times while on the run over a murder conviction more than two decades earlier. Noel Dooley was described by a judge as an 'explosion waiting to happen' and said the authorities' failure to trace him had
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - I am writing to correct the opening statement of your Comment of October 26. You state, "In an ideal world, the streets of Bradford and other cities would be kept crime-free by an abundance of police officers..." Quite wrong! In an "ideal world"
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Eight-goal defeat jangles the Keys
The Priory had the result of the day in the Grattan League First Division with an away win against leaders Cross Keys. Keys, playing with ten men, went ahead with a goal from Warren Kershaw but The Priory equalised to level the score by half time. After
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Greek striker to have trial
City were today joined in training by Greek striker George Nasiopoulous. Jim Jefferies will cast an eye over the 25-year-old for the next few days before deciding whether to take him on loan until the end of the season. Jefferies said: "I was tipped off
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Race on to snap up Tod
Bradford City will have to move fast to secure Andy Tod or risk losing him to a First Division rival. Tod's three-month loan from Dunfermline is due to run out a week on Saturday. But the Scottish club have told the Bantams they are already preparing
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No excuse for missing court dates
It is absolutely right that courts should clamp down hard on defendants who fail to turn up for hearings, even to the extent of jailing them. This policy should be strictly enforced except in cases where the defendant can prove a very good excuse. The
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On This Day
In 1909, the Wesleyan Reform Church was opened at Little Horton, Bradford. In 1914, lights were lowered in shops, and railway carriage blinds drawn down. In 1916, the Belgian Grenadier Guards' Band played in Bradford. From the Telegraph & Argus of
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'We need one vision'
Bradford Chamber of Commerce & Industry today called on the district's politicians to support proposals to establish an Urban Regeneration Company (URC). The Chamber's president, John Pennington, speaking ahead of today's meeting of the Executive
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Court time-wasters face new jail threat
Courts have been told to jail defendants who fail to turn up for hearings in a bid to crack down on time-wasters. Figures from the West Yorkshire Magistrates' Courts Service show that 16 per cent of defendants do not turn up for their first hearing in
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Healthy lifestyle could be in store
Diabetes experts are setting off on shopping trips in a bid to raise awareness in Airedale and Craven. Specialist dietitians are offering guided tours of supermarkets to encourage healthy eating and highlight danger symptoms. Between two and three per
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Bonfire reveller is shot by armed gang
Surgeons were today battling to save the leg of a man after he was singled out by an armed gang and shot while enjoying a bonfire night party. The attackers forced horrified revellers, including young children, to flee after blasting the 24-year-old in
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Time and time again Dooley plunged the knife into his lifeless victim
As her attacker drew out the blood-smeared lock-knife again, Nichola Hirst knew she was very close to death. Any hope for mercy she clung to disappeared with Noel Dooley's calm tone. "I have got to kill you because you can identify me." Again and again
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Race-hate mob tries to burn church
A vicar today told how he was chased from his blazing church by a gang of masked thugs hurling stones and chanting racist abuse. The Reverend Tony Tooby "thanked God" that St Phillip's Church in Thorn Street, Girlington, did not burn down after the attack
