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Moore on top of the world after call-up
He started the season at Keighley Cougars and could finish it with international honours. Bulls prop Richard Moore has been handed a place in the Emerging England squad for his sterling efforts since rejoining the world champions from the capital. The
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Cup specialist Ross secures final berth
Guiseley will have to beat Division B side Hall Park to retain the Aire-Wharfe League's Waddilove Cup next month after the two sides won through to the final. Mark Ross, man of the match in last year's final victory over Rawdon, was instrumental in Guiseley's
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Gray's special praise
Bantams manager Nicky Law today singled out winger Andy Gray for special praise after City's friendly defeat at Chesterfield. Trialist Gray, pictured, grabbed the visitors' goal in a 2-1 reversal at Saltergate. "Andy was our top man, our best player by
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Striker gets fresh chance
Battering ram striker Robert Taylor will get a second chance to impress City in a private game at Huddersfield tomorrow. The experienced hitman played just under an hour in last night's 2-1 defeat at Chesterfield but struggled to make an impact. Nicky
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A welcome spirit of compromise
It is not pleasant to have a large lorry parked in front of your house, blocking your view and casting its shadow. It is even less pleasant if you feel that the presence of the driver in that lorry is an invasion of your privacy. Yet that is the situation
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Is it your AIM?
Firms in the district are losing out by not taking advantage of the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), according to new research. Bradford accountancy business Baker Tilly found firms lag behind those in London as few know the benefits of AIM. Stuart
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'Green' houses may be built on mill site
Homes dug into the ground to make them cosy and warm could be built in place of an old mill which is attracting fly tipping and burnt out cars. A partnership of eight people from the Spen Valley have set up Gomersal Green Homes, which has applied for
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Third of crimes are phone thefts
Owners of mobile phones are being warned to use them with care after police revealed that theft of the devices accounts for a third of crime in Bradford. Officers have recovered hundreds of mobile phones following the Operation Target crackdown on street
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Spiked - lucky models who stood in for Gareth
Armed with bucket loads of hair gel, a children's TV crew did their best to create four Gareth Gates clones in the pop idol's former school. The four lucky 13-year-old boys had their hair styled into the famous two-two-one spike formation for the digital
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Peace talks bid to end lorries battle
Residents are calling for firms in Idle to cut the number of heavy goods vehicles parking outside their homes. Councillor Jeanette Sunderland (Lib Dem, Idle) said residents living near the Parkland Business Centre have to put up with lorries parking outside
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Your old cans can help appeal
A Bradford athlete is throwing his weight behind the Telegraph & Argus Bradford Can... Cancer Research Appeal by appealing to the community to recycle cans. Zaf Shah has organised for an Alcan aluminium can bank to be placed in the car park of the
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Abbey National profits slump
Abbey National today announced a massive drop in profits. The bank, which has its regional head office in Bradford and employs about 1,800 people in the city, revealed its pre-tax profits for the six months to June were £697 million - down 34 per cent
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Gray is City's shining light
Chesterfield 2, Bradford City 1 -At least they are back in business on the pitch. Ninety-four days after signing off last season at Walsall, the Bantams went back to work in the primitive confines of Chesterfield's Saltergate. And for that we must all
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Forshaw boost for Tigers crunch
Mike Forshaw will be free to play in Friday's clash with Castleford despite being found guilty of striking by RFL bosses. But the Tigers will be without two key players for the match at Valley Parade after Dean Sampson and Michael Smith were hit with
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A uniform amount
Initial Garment Manufacturing has signed a deal with timber specialists Arnold Laver Timber World. The Bradford firm will supply the timber company with uniforms for its 1,000 staff members. The deal has seen 900 pieces of the new uniforms supplied already
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£100,000 is sought for new canal boat
A charity is launching a £100,000 fundraising appeal to replace its canal boat used to transport people with disabilities. Skipton and Craven Action for Disability (SCAD) hopes to raise the money within 12 months to replace The Marjorie Charlesworth,
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Parents in protest over schools plan
Anxious parents packed Bradford Council chamber clutching placards in protest against plans to close seven primary schools across the district. Around 50 supporters of the Save Hoyle Court Primary School campaign, including parent Claire Dooley, pictured
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Manhunt after woman attacked
Police were today hunting for a 21-year-old man after a woman was found with serious injuries at a house in Cottingley. Emergency services were called to the house in Airedale Avenue at 12.19am today following reports of a disturbance, which neighbours
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Mob gathered after chase death-crash
Police feared for their safety as youths hurled abuse at them after a 20-year-old man suffered fatal injuries in a road crash, an inquest heard. Mohammed Ullah was driving a Ford Escort car when it swerved and lost control along Little Horton Lane, Bradford
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Parents win again
Parents who feared their children would have to walk more than two miles to school have won another fight for free bus passes. Youngsters who live in Denholme and attend Parkside Secondary School in Cullingworth were originally told they could no longer
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Boys have bicycles stolen at 'gunpoint'
Two schoolboys were threatened with what looked like a gun and forced to hand over their bicycles. Anthony Rutter, 12, and Robbie Moore, 14, pictured, were out riding at Chellow Dean, Daisy Hill, Bradford, with their 14-year-old friend Lee Bruce when
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200 'guests' get workers in a flap
Staff at a Yeadon financial firm are being driven batty after discovering they have some unusual lodgers. When workers at Manor Financial Services started having to duck because of the number of bats flying through their offices they decided that it was
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£3m arts centre plan for wasteland
A stunning arts centre will rise from a waterlogged city-centre car park if Bradford dance group Kala Sangam fulfils its dream. The organisation announced last night it wants to build a £3 million centre of excellence for South Asian arts on the wasteland
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Turn it off! Bulls want TV blackout
Bradford Bulls boss Chris Caisley wants a local TV Super League blackout to force fans to attend their games. The Bulls' chairman said he fears for the future of rugby league due to a growing legion of armchair fans and now wants Sky TV to block its subscribers
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - A couple of weeks ago I was invited to attend an event at the House of Commons to update MPs and members of the House of Lords on Bradford's bid for European Capital of Culture in 2008 (I was born in the city and saw my first opera at the Alhambra
