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Avenue are in safe hands with Turner
An embarrassing goalkeeping gaffe cost Avenue the points last time they took on Hucknall Town. But boss Trevor Storton is confident that there will be no repeat when the Nottinghamshire side return to Horsfall Stadium tonight. Just 213 spectators watched
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Proctor may stick around
Nicky Law is talking to Sunderland boss Peter Reid about extending Michael Proctor's stay at Valley Parade. Law is hopeful of hanging on to Proctor after Reid swooped for strikers Tore Andre Flo and Marcus Stewart. Proctor has been an instant hit with
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Lowes on high over Odsal return
Odsal became a reality today as the Bulls announced the first season ticket prices for the return to their spiritual home. And veteran Jimmy Lowes rushed to add his booming voice to the chorus of Bulls fans singing the praises of the old stadium. "It
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'Ban the rogues!'
Bradford Council has been urged to ban rogue builders. The building workers union UCATT has written to the council asking it not to give building contracts to companies which cannot guarantee that they and their sub-contractors do not break the law. George
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Woman killed in car crash tragedy
A woman pedestrian was killed today in an accident with a car at the junction of Canal Road and the Shipley-Airedale Road, Bradford. The victim, thought to be in her mid-20s, was pronounced dead at the scene following the accident with a silver Peugeot
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Complex is planned at home for elderly
A major new complex is expected to replace an elderly people's home and day care centre. Milton House in Barkerend, Bradford, could be developed and improved if Bradford Council's Executive Committee approves the plans. The scheme would include 40 flats
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£1m bid to cut wait for eye operations
Waiting times for eye surgery could be slashed when a specialist £1 million hospital in Bradford opens its doors. Although the Yorkshire Eye Hospital at Harrogate Road, Apperley Bridge, is an independent venture, privately funded by a team of NHS eye
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Bollywood sends Bradford its love
The glamour, romance and drama of Bollywood films is captured in an exhibition which is coming to Bradford's Cartwright Hall art gallery. The exhibition, called Bollywood in Love, will be on show there from September 21 to November 10, with no admission
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Juliette and her Romeo plates!
Juliette Parsons always knew she had the perfect Romeo. But now the recruitment consultant - known to all as Julie - may be prepared to forsake her true love if David Beckham comes calling. For Julie, pictured, of Bolton, Bradford, boasts the registration
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Massive bust of crime's Mr Bigs
Firearms, counterfeit notes, cloned credit cards and £1 million of drugs have been seized in the county's biggest-ever offensive against organised crime lords. Special arrest squads swooped in Bradford at the end of an 18-month top secret operation targeting
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - The problem with Bradford, like many British cities, is that public transport depends almost entirely on roads, many of which were not designed to accommodate current volumes of traffic. Railways in Bradford are not put to good use. Bradford Interchange
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Rawdon survival hopes boosted
The scramble to escape relegation to Division B has reached fever pitch, with Guiseley, Menston and Rawdon all picking up maximum points from their weekend matches. Rawdon still remain favourites for the drop as they trail Burley and Menston by nine points
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Bulls enjoy calm before the storm
When the Bulls run out at Headingley on Friday, don't be surprised if they are covered in small circular bruises. The world club champions traded their kits for overalls and their odd-shaped balls for those of the paint variety and indulged in a bit of
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Avenue wait on windfall
Bradford Park Avenue are hoping to cash in on former keeper Paddy Kenny. The UniBond side could be in for a giant cash windfall if the 24-year-old makes his loan deal from Bury to Sheffield United a permanent arrangement. Figures ranging from £75,000
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Time to get next festival just right
The Bradford Festival is one of the most important dates in the district's calendar and it is crucial that this event, which goes a long way to uniting many of Bradford's different communities, is the best that it can possibly be. A report today calls
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On This Day
In 1881, Thomas Edison's Electric Light Company opened a "central power station" in New York. In 1965, Nobel prize winner and medical missionary Albert Schweitzer died in Gabon. In 1970, Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova defected from the Kirov Ballet
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Leisure centres to benefit from cash
Sports centres and recreation grounds in the Spen Valley will receive a much-needed upgrade with a cash injection by a charitable trust which now runs Kirklees sports and leisure facilities. Spenborough Baths will have £92,000 spent on it, Whitcliffe
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Neighbours tackle drug den hazards
East Bowling's bobby on the beat is rallying his community to clean up a "hazardous" drugs den. PC Mick Fawbert stepped in after a young boy suffered a puncture wound to his foot on a rusty nail at the abandoned garage and was taken to hospital. The site
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Firms in vow to fight new shops bid
Businesses and traders will fight a second bid by developers to bring shopping on to the £40 million Vicar Lane leisure scheme. Developers of the Leisure Exchange, JJ Gallagher, want to fill the last unit of the scheme - originally planned for health
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No changes after car park death
A coroner has ruled out calling for improvements to a Keighley supermarket car park following the death of a 79-year-old woman. But Charles Peach, the 79-year-old husband of Elsie, who died from chest injuries when trapped under the wheels of a Citroen
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Drugs trial trio go free as case folds
A drugs trial which lasted four months and is believed to have cost the taxpayer about £1million has collapsed in mysterious circumstances. A judge ordered a jury at Bradford Crown Court to find Robert Blackburn and two co-defendants not guilty on charges
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Staff not cleared - but schools reopen
Schools in Bradford reopened today to find that a "significant" number of new members of staff have not been passed fit to work with children. Delays at the new Criminal Records Bureau mean teachers and other staff in Bradford are still waiting to be
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'Make Mela better'
The major international operators who won the contract to produce Bradford Festival have been asked to make "significant improvements", particularly to the Mela. A report out today says the Mela, which is the highlight of the festival, did not meet the
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Car clampers took our M&S vouchers!
Car clampers have been branded a disgrace after taking Marks and Spencer vouchers from two pensioners as payment to release their car. Eighty-year-old Winifred O'Hara and her friend Pauline Brotherton, 61, handed over the two £10 vouchers as part payment
