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Beni's house funds wages
City's January wage bill will be covered by the sale of Benito Carbone's house. The club are once again feeling the squeeze because of the lack of cash coming in from home games in January. City had forecast a tough month. Saturday's postponed clash with
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On This Day
In 1759, the 'British Museum' was opened in Montague House, London after £300,000 was raised in a lottery. In 1867, forty people died when ice gave way in Regent's Park, London. In 1971, the Egyptian Aswan High Dam was opened in the River Nile. From the
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System changes mean low rent
Changes in how local authorities work out council house rents will mean lower rent for Kirklees tenants in the coming years. From April this year Government changes require rents to be set on the basis of affordability and property valuation. In Kirklees
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Burglar is found dead at his home
Police are probing the mysterious death of a 34-year-old man who died following a break-in at a house in Skipton. Keith Timms, who died at his home in Gargrave on Saturday, is believed to have had links with a burglary at a house in Skipton the previous
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Kelly's mum calls for a new inquest
A mother who has spent the last three years looking for answers to why and how her daughter died on the streets of London has demanded a new inquest. Jean Pearson's daughter, Kelly, a drug addict, was found dead in Soho in November, 1999. Kelly, aged
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Cheeky barmen bare all for appeal
Customers at pubs throughout the North can help the Telegraph & Argus Bradford Can... Cancer Research Appeal - thanks to 11 cheeky Bradford barmen. The staff at the Ancient Foresters in High Street, Wibsey, stripped off for 12 pictures which appear
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Suspect is one-armed hunchback
Detectives were today seeking a one-armed, limping, hunchbacked midget in connection with a £10,000 jewellery raid in Bradford. A business manager told how she spotted the four-and-a-half-foot suspect, who spoke with an Irish accent, 'casing' her luxury
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Bitter-sweet news in fight for homes
There was joy and despair today for families involved in a battle to keep open four homes for elderly people. Campaigners are almost certain to have won their fight to save Woodward Court, Allerton, and Broadstones, Holme Wood. Council officers will recommend
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'Spend it, don't save it' plea over £2.9m surplus
Bradford Council will sit on a £2.9 million "windfall" until decisions are made on the budget in March. The move to set aside the surplus cash was made despite calls for it to be used as soon as possible for other priorities and crises, including the
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Hockney at the double
Two major exhibitions of new work by Bradford-born artist David Hockney open in London this week. Sketches of the capital will be among the pictures on show in an exhibition at Annely Juda Fine Art. The pictures, done in a notebook during his stay in
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Priest's woman stalker jailed
A obsessed spinster who harassed a Bradford priest was today jailed for two years and ordered never to contact him again. Bradford Crown Court heard how Bernadette Quinn (pictured) had made 36-year-old Father Jonathan Hart's life a "total misery" over
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Birky slay Dragons in extra-time epic
Birkenshaw produced a stunning fightback to take the spoils 36-24 after extra-time of their first-round GMB Union National Cup tie at Eastmoor Dragons. Conference Two side Eastmoor opened the scoring with an unconverted try after two minutes but full
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Cougars eager to kick off with a win
Predictably the Arriva Trains Cup launch was delayed, but that doesn't stop the Cougars being enthusiastic about the new competition. The press conference for the new National Cup started 35 minutes late without explanation but the important business
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New-look Avenue glad for cup action
A host of Avenue players will miss out when the side finally take to the field tonight for their first game of the New Year. With three players cup-tied, one suspended and another released this month, there will be four familiar names missing, andsome
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Harrison has taste for the high life
Karl Harrison today declared he had "no regrets" about leaving the Bulls as he prepares for life in rugby's lower divisions. But the former assistant to Brian Noble admitted that he misses the big stage, especially with Bradford's move back to Odsal.
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Benefits of 'open all hours' plan
Schools occupy spacious premises, often at the very heart of local communities. It seems a great waste for them to be used only during school hours and left to stand unoccupied in the evenings, at weekends and throughout the school holidays. The pilot
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Skills shortage fears
Businesses in the city are suffering because of a lack of skilled trades people, according to Bradford Chamber of Commerce. Mike Cartwright, policy executive officer for Bradford Chamber of Commerce, said: "The loss of skilled trades is a concern to both
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Release at least one site, says developer
A developer has called for land to be released on at least one site in Bingley for a major housing development within the next six years. Michael Courcier, representing Redrow Homes, said at a public inquiry that out of 827 new homes expected to be built
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Child care work gets cash boost
A £76,000 cash injection will help youngsters in Shipley's most deprived areas get a better start in life. Shipley Sure Start bosses are celebrating handouts from the Neighbourhood Renewal Scheme and the European Social Fund. Grants of £42,000 from the
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Bishop joins criticism of Blair's plans
The Bishop of Bradford today joined in the Church of England's strongest criticism yet of Tony Blair's plans for military action in Iraq. The Right Reverend David James has backed a statement from the House of Bishops which has condemned the impending
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Health check? Pop along to the school
Parents will soon be able to attend health checks, take part in sport or report crimes at their child's school. Education chiefs are setting up a pilot scheme in Bradford with the help of £565,000 in Government cash. Ten schools have volunteered to act
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'Sex smear' Tory awaits crunch vote
A Tory Parliamentary candidate could face the axe following what she has branded a "smear campaign" of sex slurs against her. Sue Catling, 45, who fought for the Calder Valley seat in 2001's General Election, has hit back at allegations which she claims
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Youth tells court of 'hammer attack' ordeal
A teenage boy has told a jury how he and his friend were bundled into a car and robbed after being threatened with a claw hammer. The two 16-year-olds had been walking with friends in the Shearbridge Road area last January when three men in a car asked
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - In reply to B Thompson's short-sighted comments (Letters, January 8), the US president may not kill his own people but one thing is clear: the US has killed far more innocent people than Saddam. Even a casual look at post-Second World War history
