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Big freeze hits local soccer programme
It was another frustrating Saturday for many of the local football clubs and supporters as teams from Bradford City down faced blank weekends due to the freezing weather. From Thursday onwards there was genuine hope that most of the fixtures would get
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On This Day
In 1893, the Independent Labour Party was formed in Bradford. In 1926, Paddington Bear creator Michael Bond was born. In 1941, Irish author James Joyce died in Zurich. From the Telegraph & Argus of January 13, 1978... The price commission is to investigate
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Backing for Euro continues to grow
Support for early British entry to the euro has risen, according to a new poll by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC). Two years ago a similar survey found just 22 per cent of businesses wanted to join the euro, today the figure has risen to 35 per
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Computer game aims to promote IT careers
An e-learning business in Shipley is aiming to attract more youngsters into information communication technologies (ICT) through a computer game. BTL, which is based on Ashley Lane, has been commissioned by regeneration agency Yorkshire Forward to develop
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It's all change for YE name
The Yorkshire Electricity brand name has been consigned to the scrap heap. Utility company npower, which acquired the business in April 2001, has decided to brand Yorkshire Electricity and Northern Electric and Gas under its own title. Following the acquisition
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'I'll give cash to combat crime!'
A councillor has become so sick of crime that he is giving his own money to the Crimestoppers reward fund. Councillor Tim Crowther is paying the £100 a month he receives as Spen Valley Area Committee chairman towards the Crimestoppers cash pool. Anyone
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Raiders blast way into post office
Masked raiders used a shotgun to try to blast their way through a Post Office security screen during an attempted robbery today. The four robbers entered the shop in Halifax Road, Cullingworth, shortly before 10am, causing the terrified post mistress
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Soccer players in 'knifeman' terror
Terrified football players locked themselves in their dressing room after being threatened by a man with a "combat-style" knife. They dialled 999 while the angry man bashed on the door of the changing room. And the drama prompted the referee to abandon
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Family heirloom fit for the Queen
As far as family pets go, Jimmy is unusual in every sense of the word. He is more than a 100 years old for a start and is believed to have once belonged to Queen Victoria. And now he is gracing the dining room of a family home in Heaton, Bradford - not
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Rally cry goes out to Muslim parents
Muslim parents have been given a rallying call to get more involved in the running of their children's schools. An educational conference, organised by the Bradford branch of the Islamic Society of Britain, was told that parents should make more of an
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Bigger bid wanted for The Woolpack
TV soap pub The Woolpack in Esholt is still up for sale - despite a mystery buyer making an improved offer. Bradford Council, which owns the former Emmerdale alehouse, has rejected the bid which is believed to be higher than the £385,000 offered at auction
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School chiefs chop butcher's boy Glen
Bradford education bosses were slammed today after ordering a butcher to sack his 15-year-old shop assistant on health and safety grounds. Donald Pickup, who runs a family butchers in Bradford's Oastler Centre, has been given seven days to fire his young
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - My sympathies go to the parents of the little girl who sustained injuries while in the "care" of Airedale General Hospital. I was surprised to hear such an incident had taken place at Airedale Hospital, a place I worked and trained at as a nurse
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Bulls are warming to the task in Algarve
If you're feeling sorry for yourselves because Bradford Bulls are in the Algarve rather than at Apperley Bridge, then perhaps it is time to think again. "It's freezing here in Vilamoura," said Bulls prop Stuart Fielden this weekend from their 'warm-weather
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Gibb's mortgage proposal
Chairman Gordon Gibb has delivered a message of hope to City fans awaiting the outcome of the club's mortgage negotiations. The club are drawing up a new repayment plan for the £6.3m they owe Lombards North Central on the Sunwin Stand mortgage. Gibb is
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Combe willing to wait for City
Alan Combe has told Bradford City: Don't forget about me. The Scottish keeper wants to escape his Dundee United hell, where he has not played a senior game since December 2000. And City are still keen on bringing Combe south after his successful loan
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High price of the war on crime
It is commendably civic-minded of Councillor Tim Crowther to give a £100-a-month boost to the Crimestoppers reward fund in Heckmondwike by forgoing the allowance he receives as Spen Valley Area Committee chairman. Crimestoppers is an excellent initiative
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Empire building on e-sales boom
A business set up in Bradford nearly two decades ago has bucked the national trend on sales by hooking into the dot.com revolution. Electrical retailing giant Empire-direct, which sells cut-price electrical goods over the internet, enjoyed massive demand
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Job-loss fear after Pace profit plunge
Troubled hi-tech giant Pace Micro Technology today plunged into the red as it reported that both its profits and sales had plummeted. The Saltaire firm recorded a loss of £15.9 million for the six months to November 30, down from a profit of £22.2 million
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Call for pedestrian crossing from MP
An MP is calling for a pedestrian crossing to be introduced on a busy Guiseley junction which he claims is "an accident waiting to happen". Paul Truswell said priority should be given by Leeds Council's highways department to install the crossing at the
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Top level check-up for health services
Bradford and Airedale health services were in the spotlight today when independent reviewers from the Commission for Health Improvement arrived in the district. All four of Bradford's Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) will go through a routine assessment - known
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Jobs boost thanks to European cash
A project that aims to get unemployed people into work has scooped £350,462 of European Commission funding. Jobs@ will be a free service to help people gain skills needed for employment encouraging firms to expand or move into the district. Advisors will
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Theatre children forced to take shows on road
Tutors and children attending classes at the closure-threatened Priestley Centre For The Arts are seeking a new home. The Northern Theatre School - which is part of the centre - is appealing for premises to carry on its work. The school still pins its
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Currying favour by supporting appeal
A Bradford-based Asian food company has thrown its weight behind the Telegraph & Argus Bradford Can... Cancer Research Appeal. Mumtaz is backing the £1 million appeal for cancer research in Bradford as it nears its target. Restaurant owner Mumtaz
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Rubble at t'mill - as £2.4m revamp starts
Contractors have moved into an historic mill to convert it into dozens of flats as part of a scheme to turn Little Germany, Bradford, into a thriving urban village. The £2.4 million redevelopment of Treadwell's Mill, pictured, will mean more than 100
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Animals killed in blaze at pet shop
Dozens of animals were killed in a fire which gutted a Bradford pet shop today. Fire crews attending the blaze at Pets For Life on Tong Street found rabbits, mice, gerbils, parrots and parakeets dead. Station officer Glenn Brown, of Odsal Fire Station
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Boy, 12, burned in train line drama
A 12-year-old boy suffered severe burns after being electrocuted at Shipley Railway Station. The boy, who has not been named, was believed to have been playing with two friends on the railway line when he came into contact with the high voltage cable
