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Storton hot-shots will spark fireworks show
Avenue will be going for the kill tonight, boss Trevor Storton has promised. Visitors Accrington Stanley can expect a tough first leg of the UniBond League Cup final at the Horsfall Stadium, as the home side push for goals. Despite fielding a weakened
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Goals and red card in pulsating derby
Eccleshill 4, Liversedge 1 - Eccleshill stormed to victory in the big derby against Liversedge at Plumpton Park last night after the visitors were reduced to ten men early in the second half. Liversedge were the dominant side in the first half and had
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Stop these joyriders in their tracks
It seems that Allerton couple Terence and Barbara Binns and their neighbours have been shifted out of the proverbial frying pan and into the fire by a Council measure aimed at improving the quality of life for them. It was no doubt with the best of intentions
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Companies beware
A Bradford-based solicitor has warned firms on the dangers of monitoring staff in the workplace. Robert McGough, a specialist in technology, media and telecommunications law at Gordons Cranswick, says the legal position is blurred. He says monitoring
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The flycatchers
Yorkshire Water is investing a massive £450,000 in a bid to beat a plague of flies causing misery for the residents of a Bradford village. Swarms of midges have appeared again in Esholt after invading homes and gardens in the village in May and June last
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Council still to act on rubble trouble
A couple driven to distraction by an enormous mound of rubble outside their home said they are still waiting for Bradford Council to clean up its act - and the rubbish. Terence and Barbara Binns claim their home in Saffron Drive, Allerton, has been ruined
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Appeal total hits £150,000 mark
Money continues to roll in for the Telegraph & Argus Bradford Can... Cancer Research appeal as the total today hit the £150,000 mark. And dozens of high profile events planned for the next few weeks look set to push it ever nearer the £1 million target
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Couple's cash battle on daughter's death
The parents of a four-year-old girl, who believe her death was due to a hospital error shortly after her birth, are fighting for compensation. Paul and Kim Broadbent are also seeking an apology from the hospital following the death of their daughter Danikka
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City stops to pay its final respects
Mourners gathered at Bradford Cathedral yesterday to pay tribute to the Queen Mother. At a special service to mark her funeral, the Bishop of Bradford, the Right Reverend David Smith, pictured, expressed his sentiments of admiration for her. The sunny
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Five held as gun is fired in street
Police were today quizzing five men following reports of a gun being fired in a Bradford street. Teams of officers, supported by the force's helicopter and an armed response unit, were scrambled to the Bradford Moor area of the city at around 8.45pm.
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Shots fired in gang war
A gunman opened fire in the middle of a Bradford street during a gang-related ambush. Car windows were blasted out and bodywork damaged, and a house peppered with gunshot in the attack last night. Police believe friction had been 'bubbling under' between
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Bowling on course with Scott hat-trick
Chris Scott scored a superb hat-trick to keep West Bowling A in the Rugby League Pennine League Division One promotion chase. Bowling recorded an excellent 42-20 win over Criggle-stone All Blacks in their final match at Lidget Green. Hooker Shah Basha
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'Just watch Bulls bounce back'
Brian McDermott today revealed his frustration at missing the defeat at London - and promised a big comeback at St Helens. The giant prop, enjoying a testimonial season, said that defeat against the Broncos came "in the best possible fashion" and could
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It's the end for Stuart
Stuart McCall will leave Bradford City at the end of the season. The Bantams legend has been officially told he will not be getting another contract. Lee Sharpe, Gunnar Halle, Gareth Whalley, Gareth Grant and young goalkeeper Jon Worsnop are also being
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On This Day
In 1841, the New York Tribune newspaper was first published. In 1848, a Chartist demonstration took place in Bradford. In 1974, Golda Meir resigned as prime minister of Israel. From the Telegraph & Argus of April 10, 1977... Yorkshire's three golf
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Drug kits for sale
A Baildon-based company is set to sell drug testing kits directly to the public. Modern Health Systems was set up by Les Vasey, pictured, a former Bradford police commander, a year ago. It recently launched its website, ww.modernhealthsystems.com, which
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£500,000 for the future
A Bradford-based business is investing £500,000 and taking on 30 extra staff. Mansfield Pollard Group, which specialises in ventilation, air handling and acoustic control, will be investing more than half a million pounds over the next two years as it
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Legacy of Norah - a lifeboat
A £1.8 million lifeboat funded from the legacy of a woman from Lightcliffe, near Brighouse, was being officially named today. Norah Burr, who died in 1999, named the lifeboat after her 21-year-old son William Gordon Burr who was tragically killed in a
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Police 'too slow' on rural callouts
A village post master who was the victim of an armed raid claims police were too slow to reach his shop. Nigel Horsfall, of Eldwick Post Office, says officers took about 20 minutes to respond to his call for help after he was threatened by two men brandishing
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'Illness has left me with useless body'
Most people would put a loss of balance half-way up the Eiffel Tower down to vertigo. But for Tony Eden, the stumble during a trip to Paris was the first sign of things to come. The 60-year-old suffers from ataxia - a crippling, incurable and untreatable
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Police strengthen Indian forces link
A team of Bradford police officers has returned from a bridge-building mission to India. The delegation hailed its tour as a great success, paving the way for greater co-operation and closer working links between the two forces. The mission was designed
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Appeal is launched to make city safe
A new group has started a campaign to make their community a safer place to live after a rising tide of crime culminated on an attack on a doctor. A doctor who works at The Ridge Medical Practice was pounced on as she made her way to her car at the practice
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Mill workers in bid for compensation
Thousands of Asians who toiled in Bradford's mills during the 1960s and 70s without proper safety provision have launched a bid for compensation. Up to 60 mainly Pakistani former factory and mill workers plan to go to Downing Street to highlight the health
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Sting in the tail facing tax dodgers
Mobile spy-cameras are being used as the latest weapon in the war on road-tax dodgers in Bradford, it was revealed today. The new Stingray cameras are hidden in vans and can be parked up in lay-bys or on motorway bridges and trained on the number plates
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Teenager in love killed by overdose
A teenage runaway died after swallowing up to 20 painkiller tablets, an inquest heard. Salina Khanom, 15, fled from her Birmingham home after her mother told her she did not approve of her relationship with a boy. She was then taken by her boyfriend's
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - In view of Bradford's goal to become European Capital of Culture, may I bring to your attention an incident that happened to my family on Friday, March 29, while pursuing a little culture. We arrived in Bradford around 2pm, parked our car in a designated
