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Duce is Baildon ace in the pack
Brave Baildon put in the performance of the season in Bradford League Division One as they plundered six points from fortress Pudsey Congs. The reigning champions might still sit nine points clear at the top but in suffering their first defeat of the
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Bulls four waiting in reserve for big Test
Four Bulls players have today been named in the Great Britain shadow squad for the one-off Test against Australia on Friday, July 12. They are utility back Leon Pryce, scrum half Paul Deacon, hooker James Lowes and loose forward Mike Forshaw. Great Britain
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Bantams back for work
Bradford City's players returned to training today as they tried to put the uncertainty of the last five weeks behind them. While a cloud still hovers over Valley Parade, it was back to business for Nicky Law and the squad - the majority of which are
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On This Day
In 1833, a great meeting was held on Wibsey Slack, Bradford to debate the Ten Hours Factory Bill. In 1867, the Exchange Clock, in Market Street, Bradford, was first set in motion. In 1880, the Bradford Banking Co. was established as a Limited Company.
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New CCTV system to foil shop raiders
A Bradford store group has introduced a new security system to foil violent criminals who target its shops across the region. Yorkshire Co-operatives Ltd has spent £250,000 installing the new Imigix security system at 164 food stores and petrol stations
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Wardens to go on patrol to clean up city
Wardens will soon be patrolling city centre streets to ensure they are clean, friendly and trouble-free. The ten workers about to be recruited by Bradford Council will be told their remit is to be "people's people" and the aim is to provide a safe, clean
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Artists urged to put city's bid in frame
Artists from across Yorkshire are being invited to create work inspired by Bradford's Capital of Culture bid to go on show in the city. Bradford's 2008 bid team has joined the Huddersfield-based Culture Company and Yorkshire Arts to commission photographs
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Go back to school, Council staff told
Staff at Bradford Council have been advised to go back to school by a resident who was shocked to read a major publication littered with spelling errors. The document, a planning blueprint, was sent to 200,000 homes. The Council's publication, Planning
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'Brain-dead' drivers get a hard warning
One of the hardest-hitting road safety campaigns ever mounted in Britain - showing a woman apparently lying brain-dead in her car - was being launched in Bradford today. Aimed mainly at younger drivers, the stark image will be seen on the back of 150
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Richmond's ready to face City supporters
Bradford City chairman Geoffrey Richmond will come face to face with City fans tonight for the first time since the scale of the club's financial crisis emerged. Mr Richmond will sit alongside Gordon Taylor, of the Professional Footballers' Association
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We blew £3,000 on CDs!
Young members of a reading project couldn't believe their luck when they were asked to go shopping for £3,000 of CDs at a Bradford music store. But instead of walking home with their mammoth collection of the latest rock and pop anthems from the HMV store
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Tykes rock bottom as Robbo holds out
Former Yorkshire paceman, Mark Robinson, the man with the worst batting reputation in the country, blocked out a tense final over at Arundel on Saturday to deny his native county their first Championship win of the season. In a dramatic finale to an absorbing
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'We're on course for Grand Final'
Prop Brian McDermott says Bradford Bulls are still on course to win the Grand Final, despite being beaten 34-26 at St Helens on Friday night. "We have only lost three games so far this season, and we lost five matches and still won the Grand Final last
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Sending out a clear message
The image of a car-crash victim lying apparently brain dead in the wreck of her vehicle will no doubt prove shocking to many people. This is the hard-hitting visual which spearheads a campaign to cut deaths on the roads, which is being launched in Bradford
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A Finnish-ing touch on deal
Pace Micro Technology has signed a deal with a company in Finland. Pace, which is based in Saltaire, has signed a deal to provide Finnish firm Sonera with voice over internet protocol (VoIP) technology. The telephone technology allows the human voice
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It's icing on the cake for Harden
Britain is set to get its teeth into eccles cakes thanks to a Bradford business which is aiming to increase its production of the sweet treats from 140,000 to 250,000 a week. Harden Fine Foods has signed a deal with the UK's largest processor and packer
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City rumours link Abbey National with Aussie bank merger
Abbey National was today refusing to comment on rumours that it is set to merge with Yorkshire Bank's parent National Australia Bank. The troubled bank, which has its regional office in the city, recently saw its shares slump after it issued a profit
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Pioneering farm faces a rosy future
A farm where both able-bodied and disabled people work together has ventured into the garden furniture market. Norristhorpe Rural Arts and Crafts in Heckmondwike has launched a range of garden and play furniture. All are made from extruded waste plastic
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Pupils go quackers!
Children at a Bingley school have taken feathered friends under their wing. Youngsters at Lady Lane Park School have been looking after duck and hen eggs in an incubator and have been waiting patiently over recent weeks for them to hatch. Now the Form
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'Give me cash - or I'll harm your baby'
A would-be robber threatened to harm a baby when her father refused to hand over cash while sitting in a Bradford park. The incident happened at Bowling Park, West Bowling, at 11.45am yesterday as the man was with his 16-month-old daughter near Bowling
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Cancer mum in charity cash bid
A mum who beat breast cancer - which struck her down when she was pregnant - is aiming to raise £10,000 for a breast care unit. Corrine Hill, who has undergone a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery, is appealing to golfers to help her reach her
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Here we go Looby Lou for gala fun!
Fun, games and music were top of the bill across the district on Saturday when crowds turned out to enjoy summer galas. In Eldwick, gala queen Grace Bell was crowned following a procession of floats. Among the attractions at Eldwick Recreation Ground
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Dad's fear at 'dangerous' bus scheme
The father of a nine-year-old girl who was seriously injured when she was in collision with a guided bus has criticised the scheme. Stephen Mitchell said he thinks the guided bus way in Manchester Road, Bradford, is dangerous. His daughter, whom he does
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Crack cocaine use 'is soaring'
Crack cocaine is taking over from heroin as the biggest selling hard drug in Bradford, police revealed today. The worrying rise in the use of the highly-addictive drug, pictured, is being fuelled by an upsurge in trafficking by illegal immigrants from
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - My family moved from Thorpe Edge to Ravenscliffe seven years ago and I have always sent my children to Parkland Primary. In fact I recently accepted a place for my youngest child to start his education in September (he is currently in Parkland Nursery
