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Jess blow for City
Bradford City face a hectic week of transfers ahead of the Wolves game next Sunday. Eoin Jess is today set to become the first player to leave City since the club's D-Day survival. The 31-year-old Scottish midfielder is now able to complete his stop-start
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Fielded a smash hit
Bradford coach Brian Noble preferred to talk about Stuart Fielden than Barrie McDermott after the Bulls defeated Leeds Rhinos 46-18 in their Super League clash at Valley Parade last night. The pair were again at the heart of the early action as the Grand
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Ciba to invest in city
A two year investment programme has been unveiled by Ciba Specialty Chemicals. Last month the Bradford firm was awarded nearly £50,000 by the Department of Trade and Industry to develop company/employee business partnerships on the site. Bradford South
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A taxing time for excuses!
Taxpayers looking for excuses to file late self-assessments will not receive sympathy from the Inland Revenue, a business adviser has warned. The next date for self-assessment returns is July 31 - a hefty 850,000 tax returns were returned late for the
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Half of Bradford's homes have fallen in value
Half of the district's 180,000 houses have fallen in value, according to shock statistics prepared by Bradford Council. The slump is in stark contrast to the buoyant national picture - and it was revealed today that some people had discovered their homes
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Under cover with the theft busters
Detective Sergeant Ajaz Khan rested on the edge of his desk, briefing the other members of Bradford South's Robbery Team. The undercover squad - in jeans, sweatshirts and baseball caps - had just returned to duty following the previous extended shift.
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Nightmares of man in horrific accident
A 24-year-old driver who killed a relative in a horror smash and injured three women passengers has been jailed for three years. Akhtar Khan ignored desperate pleas from one of the women to slow down just before the Vauxhall Cavalier's owner Mohammed
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Granny stabbed to death in street
Detectives were today investigating the murder of a 62-year-old grandmother who was stabbed to death during an early-morning street brawl. Police were called to a disturbance in the Manningham area and discovered the victim with fatal injuries in her
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Letters to the Editor
What to do if you find a stray dog SIR - Re the letter "Is this any way for the RSPCA to act?" from Mrs Sheila Robinson, of Baildon. While I applaud Mrs Robinson's friend for taking the initiative to improve the lot of an "abandoned" dog, he may not have
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Our duty to be credit card fraud
Although the use of credit cards has been widespread for some time, it is only in the last two or three years that the public have become aware of how easy it is for criminals to abuse a system which largely has been based on trust. A growing number of
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On this day
In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain on his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1916, Sir Roger Casement was hanged for treason for his part in the Easter uprising in Dublin. In 1924, Lord Jim author Joseph Conrad died. From the Telegraph
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Firm's designs on even further success
The Robinson Design Group began life more than 50 years ago in a family home on Thornton Road. Set up in 1947 as J Robinson & Son by Jack Robinson, father of the present chairman, the company carried out engineering, architecture and quantity surveying
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Database boost for partnership
Emerald has formed a new link-up with Bradford's bmedi@ organisation. The Toller Lane firm, which was founded by a group of academics in the city in 1967, specialises in resources for management research. The firm has announced that it is to allow bmedi
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Watch out for the till receipt fiddlers
Shoppers are being told to look after their till receipts from certain Morrisons supermarkets or risk becoming the victim of credit card fraud. The Association for Payment and Clearing Services (APACS) has warned that bank card numbers - which are printed
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It's a washout for soap stars' cricket match
Organisers of a celebrity cricket match to raise money for the Bradford Lord Mayor's Appeal have been left devastated after rain stopped play. Popular characters from Emmerdale and The Bill were due to bat it out at the Bradford and Bingley Sports Club
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'We'll put our shirt on Gareth'
When Gareth Gates strides on stage to screaming crowds in Bradford tomorrow, one man will be more concerned with the cut of the star's cloth than the songs he's singing. Michael Graham is the man behind Gareth's trademark shirts, open at the front and