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Vanzie devastated by late knock-out
Furious Bobby Vanzie was today demanding answers from his promoter after his European title fight collapsed at the 11th hour. The Bradford lightweight has been left high and dry once again after Italian opponent Sandro Casamonica pulled out late last
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Digital crisis 'is good for football'
Ian Banks believes the ITV Digital fiasco will bring football to its senses. The Nationwide League are still pursuing their money with owners Carlton and Granada who have put the doomed sports channel up for sale. But City number two Banks, below, reckons
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Volcano is poleaxed
Injury-prone Lesley Vainikolo is set to miss the Salford visit after suffering his third injury of the season - to the same leg. The giant Kiwi winger struck unlucky again after pulling a quad muscle off-loading a pass against St Helens. He was also knocked
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£11,000 haul for hi-tech thieves
Police are hunting raiders who smashed their way into a Birstall financial services building and made off with 22 Tulip Compaq computers worth £11,000. The incident at Alex Lawrie Factors in Bankwood Way, Birstall, took place from 9.05pm and 9.07pm on
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How's that for a timepiece?
A Shipley jeweller has bowled over umpiring legend Dickie Bird by honouring him with a giant new clock at Yorkshire County Cricket Club's Headingley home. The former Test match umpire will unveil the five-and-a-half foot diameter clock, designed and sponsored
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Mother's plea on behalf of rioter, 17
The mother of a teenage rioter pleaded with magistrates not to jail her teenage son. She made the plea through an interpreter after the 17-year-old admitted throwing two missiles at police officers during last summer's disturbances. The youngster, who
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Boyfriend 'told nurse' about drugs injection
A jury has heard how a drug addict's boyfriend told a nurse he had injected her with heroin shortly before she collapsed at their Keighley home. Tracey Bradley, 28, was certified dead at the Airedale General Hospital in March last year after she was admitted
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Firm under fire for Valentine mailing
A Bradford-based firm has had its knuckles rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority for sending out packages containing condoms. The Works, a recruitment agency in Peckover Street, Little Germany, mailed white padded envelopes stamped "Private and
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Mum wins fight to try to identify body
An embattled mum has won a High Court fight to try to prove a body is that of her daughter before the authorities bury it. Felicia Daniel is convinced a corpse found by police in Kent is her daughter Donna who vanished in 1991 aged 19. Since Donna's disappearance
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How's that for a timepiece?
A Shipley jeweller has bowled over umpiring legend Dickie Bird by honouring him with a giant new clock at Yorkshire County Cricket Club's Headingley home. The former Test match umpire will unveil the five-and-a-half foot diameter clock, designed and sponsored
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Put flouride in milk, say dentists
Dental experts are looking at the possibility of adding fluoride to school milk to try to stop children's teeth rotting away. Bradford regeneration project Trident has funded a feasibility study into the controversial move following a damning report on
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Six of the best but stars are crocked
Runcorn 0, Bradford Park Avenue 2: Avenue brushed aside Runcorn with a superb performance, but their sixth victory on the bounce came at a hefty price. In a dramatic win at the giant Autoquest Stadium, Avenue lost two players to injury, giving boss Trevor
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Celebrations start early for champs
West Bowling ensured that the post-match presentation of the National Conference Division One Championship trophy was a happy affair by beating Wigan St Judes 24-18 at Shay Lane. Bowling's wingman Lee Innes slotted over an early penalty when St Judes
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Parental choice is paramount
Tooth decay in young children, particularly from poorer families, is clearly a very serious problem in Bradford. No doubt more needs to be done to tackle the issues involved which if not headed off can cause endless problems for young people in later
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On This Day
In 1904, Samuel Cunliffe Lister, Lord Masham, opened Cartwright Hall, in the park named in his honour. In 1953, Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. In 1990, space shuttle Discovery took off from earth carrying the Hubble space telescope
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City's 'mixed fortunes'
Bradford Chamber of Commerce and Industry says its members are suffering mixed fortunes. The results of the Chamber's latest economic survey, which is published quarterly, revealed a slight upturn for manufacturers. But, the survey found the district's
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'Watch out for hedgehogs'
An animal charity has urged people to take care when lighting bonfires after a hedgehog was rescued from a blaze. Hedgehog Care, based in Wibsey and Bingley, is looking after several animals which have suffered serious injury recently months, including
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Alert as parrot thieves strike again
Police today urged parrot owners to get their birds security chipped to try to stop a wave of thefts. Burglars have turned their attention to stealing the exotic birds - some of which can be sold on for thousands of pounds. The latest victim is 52-year-old
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Memorial fund helps appeal
A memorial fund for a Bradford man who died from cancer has made a significant donation to the Telegraph & Argus Bradford Can...Cancer Research Appeal. More than £500 has been given to the life-saving appeal by the Simon Wooller Memorial Fund, set
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£200,000boost for victims
A rapid repair squad for burglary victims is set to treble in strength thanks to a £200,000 boost. The cash will give Bradford's SPEED team four new workers, allow it to beef up security at hundreds of homes and branch out into other fields of crime fighting
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An Ilkley family are finally setting sail on their yacht for an 18-month voyage to Australia, where
An Ilkley family are finally setting sail on their yacht for an 18-month voyage to Australia, where they will settle. The Campbell-Ross family had planned to start two weeks ago but bad weather held them back. Sue and Rod Campbell-Ross and their three
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'Time to turn the Vision into reality'
Bradford's new "peace-maker" is expected to start work as early as July as the district moves forward to build bridges following the riots. Sharmila Gandhi, pictured, chief executive of Bradford Vision, will have talks with the Home Office Community Cohesion
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - As the managing director of a company employing some 60 local people - a business I started from scratch 15 years ago - I am very disappointed in the comments made by Chief Inspector Ray Shepherd, about retailers' responsibility to improve their
