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Blake set for City reunion
Robbie Blake was today expected to complete his £1m switch to Burnley. City's top scorer was meeting with Clarets chairman Barry Kilby to put the seal on a transfer that could rise by a further £250,000 if the club then win promotion. Blake is currently
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Noble set to shuffle his pack in friendly
The result is secondary to the performance for the Bulls in tonight's pre-season rugby league friendly. Coach Brian Noble will be giving 20 different players a run-out in tonight's game at Castleford, the season's curtain-raiser. "It was a very successful
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Town's new owner endures nail-biter
Huddersfield Town 2, Colchester United 1- It was billed as 'A New Start' but it had the same old finish. Just hours after the Terriers were taken over from Bradford businessman Barry Rubery, they recorded another commendable win. But despite running the
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Shutters not really the answer
It's not surprising that Bingley traders are angry about the number of attacks by vandals on shop windows in the town. This kind of hooliganism is both expensive and extremely frustrating. It isn't simply a case of having to replace the broken windows
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Gang haul off pub cash-point
A landlady is having closed-circuit television installed in her pub following a ram raid in which a cash machine was attached to a Range Rover and dragged out of the building. Susan Dawson, 29, was on holiday when the raiders struck at the New Inn Geordie
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Retired headteacher dies, aged 87
A retired headmistress who taught in Bradford schools for 41 years has died. Maisie Swift, formerly Smith, nee Hall, was a resident in Ashville Care Home. She was 87. Mrs Swift was born in Idle and attended Idle Primary School. She gained a scholarship
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Time to get those boots muddy again!
It's been the most frustrating 12 months on record for walkers and ramblers in the Bradford district. For months, public footpaths have been strictly out of bounds as foot and mouth restrictions have forced walkers to stick to roads and public parks.
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Who could do this to sheepdog Rags?
An abandoned Old English Sheepdog, pictured, had to be given a general anaesthetic before vets could shave off its matted and stinking coat. Terry Singh, head of Bradford Council's dog warden service, said the dog, nicknamed Rags, was "the worst case
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New writer has last laugh on city critics
For Elliott Morgan, growing up in Manningham in the 1950s and 60s was a happy time in a friendly, multi-cultural community. His family was one of many white families living in the area alongside Asian neighbours. Manningham was where Elliott met his childhood
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They're suited to a tea
Keighley town crier Michael Walton turned up in full regalia for tea with Bradford's Lord Mayor, Councillor Ghazanfer Khaliq, pictured, and a tour of City Hall. Mr Walton, whose role dates back to the 1860s, has offered to help Coun Khaliq by introducing
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It's a family affair for Pop Idol Gareth
Pop Idol wannabe Gareth Gates is relying on the support of his family - and that's just to sort out his growing bag of fan mail. While Gareth is locked away in a top London hotel preparing for the latest round of the hit ITV show, back in Bradford dad
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - With regards to Andrew Makins' letter (January 15). I agree with him. Where is the money for the elderly going? Not to my home. My husband had to give up work at 58 after been diagnosed with dementia. Nine years later I am still looking after him
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Bury and Ovenden both tighten grip on the top
Centre Mark Gay celebrated his return from injury with a try to keep Queensbury joint top of the Pennine League Premier Division in a 24-4 win over Lindley Swifts. The late withdrawal of prop forward Craig Richards and centre Gareth Hobson failed to dampen
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Bowling fight back after first-minute try
West Bowling faced a desperate struggle against a lively Eccles outfit when they conceded a converted try straight from the kick-off in the National Conference Division One. Wingman Lee Innes pulled back a penalty, but Eccles soon replied when Bowling
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Yorkshire wins make up for misery
It has been a miserable winter so far for Yorkshire's leading cyclocross riders, who failed to figure in the major events around the country. But they nearly put everything right with a convincing series of wins in the InterArea Championship, at the Bradley
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Avenue hope to stretch glory run
Bradford Park Avenue will be hoping to secure their third win on the trot in the UniBond Premier when struggling Bamber Bridge visit Horsfall Stadium tonight. Trevor Storton's men were in confident mood following Saturday's 3-1 home victory over mid-table
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Beni's back!
Benito Carbone slips back into a Bradford City shirt tonight - in the humble surroundings of Billingham Synthonia. The Italian will hit the earth with a bump after three months in the Premiership when he steps out for the reserves against Middlesbrough
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On This Day
In 1943, British troops captured Tripoli from the Germans. In 1963, spy Kim Philby was declared 'missing' by British authorities. In 1989, "Geniuses don't die, I'm going to live forever," said Salvador Dali who died this day aged 78. From the Telegraph
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Minister's mission
The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry will address a meeting of Asian business leaders in Bradford tomorrow. Patricia Hewitt will speak to a 300-strong audience at the Hanover International Hotel on the importance of South Asian communities to
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Weather hits bid for new records
A daredevil stuntman has failed in his attempt to take Bingley's best-known undies where they have never been before - because of high force gales. Curtis Rivers was due to attempt a world record-breaking parachute jump from a hot air balloon in sub-zero
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Eleventh hour bid to rescue centre
Residents of Shelf are being urged to attend a public meeting to discuss the future of a struggling community centre. Wade House Youth and Community Centre is due to close temporarily at the end of the month because it needs £30,000 to bring it up to
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We're beating crime
Although annual crime statistics compiled since Bradford's riots show offending up almost ten per cent, the longer-term picture appears far more promising. In the four years up to March 2001 - three months before violence devastated the city - offending
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Library takes direct route
Bantams player Lewis Emmanuel sliced a cake instead of ball at the opening of a Learndirect computer access point at Bradford Library. The Bradford City defender was one of the first to try out the new facility yesterday which allows library users to
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'Epidemic inquiry must be in public'
Farmers have joined the chorus of criticism mounting against the Government's decision not to hold a public inquiry into the foot and mouth epidemic. The Government has rec-eived two scathing attacks in the past two days over its handling of the ten-month
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Counting down for bus lane
Transport Minister John Spellar will launch Bradford's new guided bus scheme, almost 120 years to the day since public transport was introduced in the city. The guided bus lane system in Manchester Road is a far cry for the horse drawn trams which appeared
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Rugby player left paralysed
A Queensbury rugby player faces up to a year of hospital treatment after being paralysed from the shoulder down during a match. Keith Spinks, 43-year-old prop forward with the Boothtown Terriers Rugby League club, was running with the ball when he was
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Mercy for riot youth who saved mum-to-be and a shop under siege
A student who protected a pet shop owner and a pregnant woman from the baying mob during the heat of the Bradford riots has been given a reduced prison sentence. Mudasar Khan was told that he deserved two years in jail for hurling a piece of rubble towards
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We just can't afford to stay
The bosses of a city centre store today said they might quit because of crippling rates and shoplifters snatching £2,000 of clothes a week. Dave Gibson and Jon Greenwood only set up the Lostboys store last October with their redundancy money from the
