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Five-star strugglers shock pacesetters
Basement-side Sycamores beat their First Division table-topping rivals Cross Keys 5-1 to take their second win of the season. Sycamores outplayed the leaders in all areas and led 4-0 at half time with Charlie White getting a first-half hat-trick. After
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Calverley fail to build league lead
Calverley Victoria missed their chance to go second in the Sunday Alliance Premier Division after drawing 1-1 at Bradford Moor. Calverley's high-flying position is misleading because they have played many more games than their rivals and could still be
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'I'd love one more year'
Stuart McCall today revealed his dream to play one more year for City. The Bantams skipper would love to carry on when his current contract runs out at the end of June. And he said: "I will do everything I can between now and the end of the season to
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Work on new pool will start soon
PREPARATORY groundwork for Skipton's new swimming pool should begin over the coming weeks. Before construction work can start on the pool and fitness centre £25,000 is being spent on diverting a sewer which runs across the site. The Sports Lottery Fund
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Climbing couple in bid for Arctic record
A team of mountaineers, including two from Bradford, is bidding to become the first to conquer the highest peaks in one of Europe's most inaccessible regions during a single expedition. Tim Sander, of Oxenhope, and Elaine Gilligan, of Saltaire, will brave
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Thwarted dreams? Don't you believe it
Another week, another depressing report about Bradford. The latest harbinger of doom predicting Bradford's demise was released yesterday, revealing that more than half of the city's youth have given up hope of ever amounting to anything. The Thwarted
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Help promote city's name across Britain
Bradford's bid to be European Capital of Culture 2008 is hitting the road. The district's culture campaign is to be promoted on the side of a truck, which will cover the length of Britain from north to south. The quirky promotion is the brainchild of
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Down to the fab four!
The countdown to pop stardom is on for Bradford teenager Gareth Gates, pictured. Pop Idol wannabe Gareth was today beginning rehearsals for next week's performance on the smash ITV1 show knowing he could be just three weeks away from sure-fire chart success
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Mum's battle of the Tweenies
Children's TV favourite The Tweenies has been landed with a hefty bill after failing to buy out a Bradford mum. The hugely popular BBC children's show was in full flow filming a new series with its latest addition, a dog character called Squiggles. But
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - It always surprises and amuses me when people in England say that giving up the pound will take away our independence. What independence? We don't have any. The Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish all have national representation. The people of England
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Joy at the double for in-form Bywell
Spen league Premier Division leaders Bywell had double cause for celebration after Saturday's round of fixtures. Goals from Jeff Pygott, Jaz Lonergan and Neil Hinchcliffe gave the pace-setters a comfortable 3-0 home win over Airedale Celtic. And to add
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Gareth's talent is plain to see
Whatever you might think about TV programmes that seek to manufacture pop stars, be they groups or solo performers, it is impossible to deny that they have captured the public's imagination. The tabloid national newspapers in particular have been quick
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On This Day
In 1915, two Lancashire & Yorkshire goods trains collided in Bradford. In 1916, Sergeant Sam Meekosha of the West Yorkshire Regiment was awarded the Victoria Cross. In 1949, Mao Tse-Tung led his Communist guerillas into Peking. From the Telegraph
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Tour is a virtual success
Bradford e-commerce group bmedia is using a virtual tour of the city for its first marketing push. The organisation's new CD-ROM business card gives users a virtual fly-over of the area, taking them around buildings like the Alhambra Theatre. Started
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Chamber pledges help to traders hit by blaze
Spenborough Chamber of Trade and Kirklees Council have pledged to help find accommodation for traders whose shops were gutted by Friday's fire at Cleckheaton indoor market. Chamber of Trade president Keith Joplin said traders would have a say in how a
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Man, 73, beats off pick-axe attackers
A pensioner who was beaten with a pick-axe handle has told how he stood his ground to fend off his attackers. The 73-year-old man from Bingley, who does not want to be named, put up a fight after the men demanded money he had taken from a cash point.
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Anger as baby sent £20 'blood money'
A young couple are angry that a £20 voucher was sent to them after their baby was left bleeding by a piece of wood in her food. Mohammed Naveed and Harveza Patel received a £20 postal order from food manufacturer Heinz as a gesture of goodwill after their
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David airs his hope for a safe landing
A hot-air charter balloon pilot who has not flown since the outbreak of foot and mouth fears he could still be grounded when his flying season starts. David McCutcheon, pictured, who founded Air-borne Adventures 12 years ago, has lost tens of thousands
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Oven is blamed for blaze
A fire at a Liversedge firm is believed to have been caused by an oven inside the premises. Six fire crews from Cleckheaton, Batley, Dewsbury and Brighouse attended the incident at Maxi Storage in Wakefield Road, Liversedge yesterday, pictured. The roof
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School vows to aid bullying victim girl
A mum called in police after a pupil was so badly bullied at school she needed hospital treatment. Debbie Moore claims she was forced to take her 14-year-old daughter Fay to Bradford Royal Infirmary after she was left with a bleeding lip in an incident
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Tributes pour in to village campaigner
Friends and family were today saying goodbye to a much-loved man who was passionate about his village. Wilsden Village Society chairman Martin Harrison died on January 15 after suddenly contracting pneumonia. The 47-year-old was taken to Bradford Royal
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'Male network' trap for unhappy women
A senior university lecturer today warned that employing more ethnic-minority policemen could spell disaster for women trapped in forced marriages. Marie Macey, a senior lecturer in sociology at Bradford University, has told Home Office Minister John
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Wacky world of medical art
A wacky wheelchair is just one of the weird and wonderful contraptions on display at the Bradford Industrial Museum. Adorn, Equip is an exhibition of 30 pieces of customised disabled equipment which runs until February 3. The travelling exhibition from
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Complaints centre 'will get manager'
A manager is to be appointed to run Bradford's problem-hit Council Contact Centre, councillors were told last night. Bradford Council's corporate scrutiny committee has received a highly critical report. At a committee meeting last night members were
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Frisky farriers strip off
A team of frisky farriers have stripped off for a calendar to raise money for a Heckmondwike riding school which was badly affected by the Foot and Mouth epidemic. The farriers, from J Firth and Sons in Ossett, offered to pose for the calendar to help
