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D-day looms for Bantams' trialist
Greek international George Nasiopoulos will know by the end of the week whether Bradford City will take him on. The 27-year-old striker, capped four times by his country, trained with the Bantams for the first time yesterday. Nasiopoulos, who plays for
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Injury blow for Emanuel
Bradford City reserve left back Lewis Emanuel has suffered the heartache of being forced to pull out of the England under-19s squad to play Georgia and Hungary in the UEFA qualification tournament over the next five days. The former Bradford schoolboy
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Vanzie 'Euro champ in waiting'
Bobby Vanzie was today confirmed as "European champion in waiting". The Bradford boxer has been officially nominated for the lightweight title bid. But he will have to wait a little longer to see which Italian he will fight for it. Holder Sandro Zoff
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Decent folk must rise above this
The appalling attack by a gang of around 50 masked Asian youths on St Phillip's Church in Girlington has rightly been roundly condemned by all sections of the Bradford community. This terrifying attack, in which the intruders attempted to set fire to
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Golden oldies still top of the pops
Legendary DJ Dave Lee Travis proved the oldies are still the best when he arrived in Bradford to re-launch a radio station - nearly two years after it was dumped. The DJ, nicknamed the Hairy Cornflake, is one of the star names broadcasting on the Classic
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Face of terror attack suspect
This is the face of a man police want to trace after a 68-year-old woman was forced on a two-hour terror ride in her car across Bradford. Detectives at Bradford South CID are also appealing to anyone who may have had a similar experience, and not reported
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Secret filming in crackdown on cabbies
Cabbies are being secretly filmed by Council officers checking whether they are picking up passengers illegally. The Telegraph & Argus can reveal that known hot spots are being targeted by undercover officers with video cameras. The officers then
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Coroner condemns care home
A coroner has criticised the care given at a Bradford nursing home to a 75-year-old man with Parkinson's disease who later died in hospital. Jack Samuel Portz was admitted last January to Well Springs Nursing Home in Heaton, Bradford, for a short stay
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Mosques say sorry to attack vicar
Muslim leaders have pledged to attend a service at the Bradford church attacked by young Asians and apologise to the congregation. The move by the Council of Mosques comes after a meeting at the home of the Bishop of Bradford, the Right Reverend David
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - It is probably too early to know what caused the tragic accident in which four people, including a two-year-old child, were killed on Thornton Road on October 25. However, I think it is safe to assume that speed was almost certainly a contributory
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Avenue star's triple century
Wayne Benn will lead out Bradford Park Avenue at Horsfall tonight for their UniBond Premier Division clash with Gainsborough Trinity as he makes his 300th appearance for the club. Benn, whose only other club was Bradford City, has been deputising as skipper
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Record crowd sees West win
West Bowling won their Division One top-of-the-table clash against East Leeds in a pulsating end-to-end encounter at Bankfoot CC. The game, which ended 7-6, was a splendid advert for Conference rugby, with both sides proving defence can still be an art
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Queensbury close gap on rivals
Queensbury moved to within two points of Premier Division leaders Ovenden after a cracking 14-8 success against fellow title-contenders Park Amateurs at HillTop. Bury opened the scoring when scrum-half Carl Smith hoisted a 'bomb' on the last tackle and
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Bantams £2 tickets for juniors
Bradford City today slashed junior admission prices to £2 a match for the rest of the season. And existing under-16 season-ticket holders will only have to pay £10 to renew for next year. But there will be no repeat of the adult price promotions that
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On this day
In 1867, physicist Marie Curie was born. In 1921, Benito Mussolini became leader of the National Fascist Party in Italy. In 1980, Actor Steve McQueen died. From the Telegraph & Argus of November 7, 1976... Two Bradford women have busy days ahead raising
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Gloomy outlook on exports
A new survey of West Yorkshire's exporters has revealed a gloomy view. Only 50 per cent of the firms who took part in the regional DHL Quarterly Export Indicator said they expected sales to improve over the next 12 months. Carried out just before the
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Success story
A scheme matching disabled people with work vacancies is celebrating its 20th placement after six weeks of operation. Remploy's Interwork division has secured the jobs for clients thanks to a grant for Bradford from the government's New Deal for Disabled
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Georgian church crumbling
Members of a Bradford church, which is one of the few 18th century churches in Yorkshire, are trying to raise £275,000 to save it from closure. Damage was discovered to St John's Church, a Grade II listed building on Rooley Lane, last November in a church
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Drive to cut teenage pregnancies
A major new campaign has been launched in Bradford to cut the number of teenage pregnancies. Health chiefs, front-line workers, young people and politicians gathered at City Hall in Bradford yesterday for the launch of 'Upfront - Sexual Health 4 Young
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First steps to kickstart city
Councillors have taken the first tentative steps towards setting up a major Government-backed company which could kickstart the long-awaited regeneration of Bradford city centre. The executive committee yesterday authorised chief executive Ian Stewart
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Stars rally to help Priestley
Two actors who started their careers at the Priestley Centre are bringing one-man productions to its stage to help put the theatre on the map. George Layton is staging An Audience With... in which he will read from his books The Fib and The Swap about
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Light work for Idol hands
Bradford's new Pop Idol has been lined up for one of the city's biggest honours - switching on the Christmas lights. Gareth Gates, who got back to his A-level school work this week after sweeping the boards on ITV's Pop Idol show, will be star attraction
