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Six of the best for Gill guts Yeadon
Pudsey Congs needed just four players as they set out their championship stall early against a hapless Yeadon side. Devastating bowling from Neil Gill, six for 27, and Naveed Rana-ul-Hassan, four for 58, ensured the visitors amassed just 90 on a near
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Celtic crumble after Midwood strike
Belper Town 2, Farsley Celtic 2: Farsley Celtic earned a massive boost in their continued fight to avoid relegation from the UniBond Division One with an away point - but it could have been so much better. Belper Town, themselves needing points to steer
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Avenue's record marksmen on fire
Bishop Auckland 0, Park Avenue 4: Bishop Auckland were left wishing they had closed their Kingsway ground down a game early as Bradford Park Avenue flattened their leaving party. The one-sided victory was Avenue's fourth on the trot, five if the 1-0 win
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End of Guiseley's play-off dream
Guiseley 0, Stocksbridge 2: Guiseley's outside chance of reaching the play-offs in UniBond One slithered away from them along with all three points as Stocksbridge PS eased their own fears of the drop with a comfortable win. Under pressure early on, Guiseley
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Stuart's nervous send-off
Stuart McCall feared his City finale could have ended early - with a red card. McCall made an emotional farewell in yesterday's 2-2 draw at Walsall, his final game in a Bantams shirt. But after receiving a rapturous send-off from the travelling fans,
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Millward's no saint!
Bradford Bulls 54, St Helens 22: Sky TV's big screen may have been smaller than usual at Valley Parade on Saturday night - but it was still big enough for Bradford Bulls' fans. Every time the screen showed a close up of Saints coach Ian Millward, many
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Caisley: Punish Saints sinners
Bradford Bulls chairman Chris Caisley is asking for strong action to be taken against Ian Millward after St Helens fielded a severely weakened team in Saturday's top-of-the-table Tetley's Super League clash at Valley Parade. Caisley accused Millward of
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Firm to champion ageism campaign
A Pudsey-based recruitment firm has been chosen to champion the Government's Age Positive campaign. The Baker Harding Group has joined a band of organisations, which are being led by the Department for Work and Pensions, to tackle the issue of age discrimination
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'Selling your business is not a crime'
Bradford's business leaders are being told that it is not a crime to think about selling up. Ian Wrightson, a senior manager in the district's Deloitte & Touche business services department, said: "There are many business people who will have invested
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Neighbours oppose pub's bid for more hours
A bid by a pub to serve until the early hours on Sundays is being opposed by neighbours. Licensee Anthony Grint has applied to Bingley Magistrates to open The Mallard in Church Street, Ilkley, until 2am on Sundays, except Easter Sunday, before Bank Holiday
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Otley's pride dented by Rugby Lions
Otley 32, Rugby Lions 36: It was only pride which was dented at Cross Green on Saturday. Otley remained in seventh position in the league but it means that they may well need something from their last game, away to Exeter in two week's time, to remain
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Blazes at flats probed by police
Detectives were today investigating suspected arson attacks on two flats in Shipley. Firefighters were called to a ground floor flat at Leeds Road's junction with Woodend Crescent, Windhill, at 1.40am today after a passer-by spotted smoke and raised the
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Dinner lady serves up a dancing treat
Pupils have seen a new, exciting side to their dinner lady Julie Magson. When she found out the children were learning about the ancient Egyptians in class, she offered to help bring it to life - by putting on a belly dancing demonstration. By day Mrs
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Cockney cabbie backs Bradford's bid
A London taxi driver is collecting the autographs of celebrity passengers - supporting Bradford's bid to be European Capital of Culture 2008. Cockney cabbie Gary Cobb is already learning the "Bradford Knowledge" to spread the word about the district's
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Teddy bear statue stolen from grave
A devastated mother today made an emotional plea for the safe return of a teddy statue which was left as a special memorial to her daughter. Mavis Tordoff-Wild bought the stone bear to put on the grave of her daughter Julie Smith who died of breast cancer
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Educational body to move HQ
The private company in charge of Bradford Education today defended its decision to move offices just months after their existing ones had a £300,000 revamp at taxpayer's expense. Education Bradford has taken a ten year lease on a new block, Microvitec
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Lives at risk as pedestrians shun crossings
Pedestrians are risking their lives by clambering over the barriers of Bradford's £12 million state-of-the-art guided bus route. They are ignoring a dozen pedestrian crossings provided along the route. To save time, they hop over the fences and run across
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Bob Cryer's 'peace tree' is saved
A 'peace' tree planted in memory of Ilkley MP Ann Cryer's late husband has been saved. The 30ft high common alder had been set outside the Menwith Hill US base in honour of former Labour MP for Bradford South Bob Cryer who died in a car crash in 1994.
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Alhambra's £250,000 face-lift
Bradford's historic Alhambra theatre is undergoing a £250,000 revamp. Scaffolding is going up on the Edwardian concert hall and the exterior revamp is due to be finished by the world premiere of Northern Ballet Theatre's production of Wuthering Heights
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Tossed like a rag doll
A father today told how his six-year-old daughter was thrown into the air "like a rag doll" and had to be rushed to hospital after a motorbike roared through a park and collided with her. Charlotte Austin, pictured here with her dad, was picking daisies
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Ben Rhydding Ladies are given some lessons to learn in play-off match
Ben Rhydding 1, Birmingham University 5: After much preparation and hard work both on and off the pitch Ben Rhydding Ladies hosted Birmingham University in the first round of the National League play-offs. It was to be the steepest learning curve so far
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - Re the report (April 20) about Asian mill workers bidding for compensation. Why just Asians? Did not many English people work in textiles, myself included? I started work at the age of 14 in 1943. Conditions were just as bad for us. In the weaving
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Loss of Stephenson is blow to Cougars
Sheffield Eagles 35, Keighley Cougars 14: Schoolboy errors robbed Keighley Cougars of sweet revenge yesterday as the Sheffield Eagles soared once more. Returning to the scene of January's 60-0 massacre, a young Keighley side put up a much stronger fight
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Moore the merrier for Broncos
London Broncos 46, Halifax Blue Sox 18: Forward Richard Moore - on loan from Bradford Bulls - scored their last two tries as London routed hapless Halifax to record their third successive home win. The Broncos ran in seven tries, including four in a nine-minute
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Lehmann fresh and ready for action
New captain Darren Lehmann is relishing the challenge of helping Yorkshire to hold on to the County Championship title. But he also had some bad news when he flew in from Australia over the weekend and joined up with his county team-mates. Lehmann confirmed
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City finale is top draw
Walsall 2, Bradford City 2: Walsall's player of the year posed with three pantomime dames before kick-off. The City Gent worked up a Mexican wave and the men in white coats had come for Stuart McCall, although maybe not take him away. Yep, it was the
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Now let's go the hole hog
It is hard to find a pavement or stretch of road these days which hasn't been dug up several times by utility companies of one sort or another. The criss-crossing of different shades of bitumen with lumps and bumps that have to be negotiated to get along
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Brown's bittersweet budget
Martin Bell, Head of Local Business in Bradford for Barclays, writes: All the comment surrounding the Chancellor's budget has concentrated on the health service, but Gordon Brown's sixth budget also helps frame the enterprise agenda for the next few years
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Firm plans for weighty future
A Bradford-based business is set to apply for admission to the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) - which it hopes will raise £3 million. PM Group plc, which designs, manufactures and services on board vehicle weighing systems for the bulk haulage and
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On This Day
In 1908, Bradford City gained First Division status. In 1922, the Bingley cricket pavilion was opened. In 1983, Britain introduced £1 coins to replace the £1 note. From the Telegraph & Argus of April 22nd, 1977... Coun Jim McKenna is disgusted by
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From the Chamber
Mike Cartwright, policy executive for Bradford Chamber of Commerce, writes: "Education, education, education" - the mantra of Tony Blair's first administration. "Flagging up the needs of children, students and employers in this way was always going to
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Window of opportunity for Craig
Craig Burton is a happy man - and so he should be. Not content with working for others in the recruitment industry, the 36-year-old branched out ten years ago and set up his own Bradford business called The Works. Born in Menston and educated in Guisley
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New centre offers 22 office suites
Manningham is set to receive a boost to its economy. Bradford Property Exchange Ltd has acquired and refurbished a former chartered accountants office in Manningham Lane - turning it into a new business centre. The 19th Century building, which was originally
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Firms gain royal seal of approval
Three companies in the district have scooped awards from the Queen. The Queen's Awards for Enterprise, which this year honours 131 UK firms, gave a total of 12 awards to businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber. The three firms to pick up the awards were
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Mugger left pensioner with broken bones
Detectives are hunting a mugger who left a 72-year-old woman writhing in agony with a broken wrist and shoulder after he pushed her down a flight of steps. The victim, who has not been named by police, was walking up a set of concrete steps next to the
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Writers home in on Bradford festival
Tourist Information Centre manager Catherine Bowhill made sure she stocked up with plenty of copies of Bradford Book Festival programme when it came hot-off-the-press. The event has attracted best-selling writers including Tony Parsons, Nick Hornby and
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Pam will set the standard!
A former teacher set to become chairman of Bradford Council's standards committee today promised to ensure councillors would be above reproach. But Pam Essler, chairman of governors at Keighley College, said it would be a hard task to follow the Bishop
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Murder suspect may be in Pakistan
Detectives hunting the killers of Keighley security guard Qadir Ahmed believe one of their suspects may have fled Britain and gone to Pakistan. The Telegraph & Argus reported on Friday how Keighley officers had alerted ports and airports about two
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Peter is flying high after flag success
A one-man campaign to get Bradford Council to fly the Union flag on top of City Hall all year round is set for victory. Ex-national serviceman Peter Makin began his battle by sending letters to Council officers. But he upped the stakes when he confronted
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By George! It's a grand parade
The weather just held out for more than 600 Scouts who packed into Centenary Square for their annual St George's Day parade, pictured here. Bradford's Lord Mayor, Councillor Ghazanfer Khaliq, accepted the Scouts' salutes as they marched past him at noon
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Gareth loses top spot to Oasis
Oasis last night knocked Gareth Gates off the top spot in this week's singles chart with their comeback single. The Hindu Times is the group's first release for nearly two years and has gone straight in at number one. Gareth's single, Unchained Melody
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Talks held as strike threatens
A meeting was taking place today to try to stop Bradford coming to a standstill if lower-paid Council workers go ahead with their threat to strike. Thousands of workers in Bradford who earn less than £5 an hour have now rejected a three per cent pay offer
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Police plan to 'clean up' crime areas
Police chiefs today unveiled a new strategy to clean up neglected neighbourhoods in a bid to cut residents' fear of crime. They believe that widespread graffiti, vandalism and loitering youths make many residents feel unsafe in their own communities and
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'Superman' vision for water workers
You may not believe your eyes, but scientists at Yorkshire Water have helped develop a form of x-ray specs that are set to revolutionise the way underground work is done. Once the domain of heroes like Superman, now workers will be able to see pipes and
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Garage raiders' £150,000 getaway
A gang of thieves stole at least 13 four wheel drive vehicles valued at £150,000 from the forecourt of a Bradford garage in the early hours of today. Police said the gang broke into a metal container at Senior Motors in Queens Road, Bolton, at 2am after
