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James: My career hangs in balance
Avenue full back Martin James may have played his last game of football. The former Preston North End, Stockport and Rotherham defender is having an injection in a long-term back injury today and will face at least two months out of the game. But the
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Facey deal on the cards
Last-minute negotiations are trying to ensure Nicky Law has enough strikers to get him through Christmas. With Ashley Ward unlikely to recover in time from his ankle and knee injuries, the Bantams are hoping for an 11th-hour deal to keep Delroy Facey,
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'Chipping' the only answer
The sorry saga of the woman driver presented with a £628 bill for veterinary treatment of a stray dog which she ran over has reached a satisfactory outcome, at least for two of the characters involved. The dog has recovered from its broken leg and has
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Parents urged to buy cycle helmets
A quarter of all parents who buy their child a bike for Christmas do not buy them a cycle helmet, according to Kirklees Council's Road Safety Unit. More than half do not buy lights - even though it is a legal requirement for riding in the dark - and 85
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Intriguing pictures to be snapped up
A treasure trove of pictures taken by a mysterious Bradford photographer is to go under the hammer at a Lincolnshire auction house. The images form an extraordinary record of life in England from the early 1900s to the 1920s. DDM Auction Rooms, at Brigg
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'Forgotten victims' finally remembered
A memorial stone has been placed in West Bowling in time for the 120th anniversary of Bradford's "forgotten" tragedy, the Newlands mill disaster. About 40 people watched as the Lord Mayor, Councillor Richard Wightman, and Maurice Lumb, pictured, a relative
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We'll pay £5,000 a year to stop mast, say residents
Residents worried about plans to install a phone mast in a church spire have offered the vicar £5,000 a year not to put it there. The residents claim the vicar of St Barnabas Church in Heaton is failing to listen to his neighbours' concerns by agreeing
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Over-50s club bid at city theatre
Talks are under way to turn part of St George's Hall into an exclusive club for the district's over-50s. Age Concern is working with Bradford Council to see if it is possible to use the first-floor of the theatre as a much-needed members-only social club
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Albion Sports have nothing in reserve
The possibility of a Bradford & District FA Sunday Cup quarter-final between Albion Sports' 1st and 2nd XIs proved a non-starter as the second string went out at the third-round stage, 4-1 to Bolton Woods. Kevin Woodhead's disputed spot-kick put Woods
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Austin to lead Cleckheaton
Just three years after his last appearance for England, Ian Austin has signed for Bradford League side Cleckheaton, the Telegraph & Argus can reveal. The larger than life Lancastrian will be the Division One side's captain next summer as they look
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On This Day
In 1936, singer Tommy Steele was born. In 1967, the Australian prime minister Harold Holt disappeared whilst swimming and was presumed drowned. In 1973, during the miners' strike British industry faced the prospect of a three- day week. From the Telegraph
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Airport blow from British Airways
British Airways today ann-ounced that it is to pull out of Leeds-Bradford Airport, axing all six of its routes. The struggling airline is scrapping its services to Dublin, Aberdeen, Bristol, Southamp-ton, the Isle of Man and Gatwick as part of a package
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Laura's life changed by a dream surprise
Christmas came early for teenager Laura Campbell - who had both legs amputated as a baby - when she was handed a company donation of £11,500 towards the latest cosmetic limbs. In a surprise presentation at The Royal pub in Crossflatts, Bingley, family
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Shotgun robbers in post office raid
Four masked men armed with a sledgehammer and a shotgun terrorised post office staff and stole money. The attackers wearing black balaclavas burst into Bolton Woods Post Office in Livingstone Road, Shipley, at 10.20am yesterday. Keighley detectives today
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Shandies 'may not be safe after all'
Drivers who stick to shandies over the festive season could find themselves over the limit and banned from driving. That's the verdict of trading standards officers after a survey across Yorkshire into the alcoholic strengths of the drink in pubs and
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You've got to hand it to Leighton!
When actress Joan Collins wants a posh manicure she knows who to call. The former star of Dynasty rings up Bradford expert Leighton Denny and has him flown out to wherever she is in the world - every fortnight. The three times winner of the British Nail
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Redundancy row victory for staff
More than 250 employees of a former telecoms firm have won their claim for unfair dismissal after being made redundant. At an employment tribunal in Leeds yesterday, chairman of the tribunal panel David Burton ruled that the employees' complaint was "
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Youngsters set for pantomime stint
Panto would not be the same without them. Youngsters from the Alhambra's traditional Sunbeam dance troupe were going through their paces yesterday preparing for this Friday's panto premiere. The 25 girls, some of whom are pictured, are one of the attractions
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Police back down in row over vet's bill
Police have backed down in a row over whether a driver who ran over a stray dog should pay for its treatment. Dog-lover Tina Wormald, of Wibsey, was horrified to receive a bill for £682 more than three months after she knocked the dog down. Mrs Wormald
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Airport blow from British Airways
British Airways today ann-ounced that it is to pull out of Leeds-Bradford Airport, axing all six of its routes. The struggling airline is scrapping its services to Dublin, Aberdeen, Bristol, Southamp-ton, the Isle of Man and Gatwick as part of a package
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Cafe bosses sold crack for Yardies
Two business partners who ran a Bradford caf secretly headed a major Yardie drugs operation, a court heard. Self-styled community leaders Richard Brown and Michael Benjamin were well-known figures in the Manningham community, managing the Young Lion Caf
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - The Broadway redevelopment is a chance to put right the vandalism inflicted on Bradford in the 1960s - the decade that beauty forgot. A downmarket development in White Rose Centre-style yellow brick will not only be a blot on the city, it will confirm
