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Sports stars sign up for Dutch dash
Some of the top names in the world of sport have teamed up with a local football club to help raise funds to send young soccer players on an annual exchange trip to Holland. Thirty-two 13 and 14-year-olds from Bradford-based Wyke Wanderers FC will take
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No wage delay for Avenue players
Bradford Park Avenue chairman Frank Thornton today promised to continue paying the players despite the club's growing financial crisis. With no home game since Boxing Day, the UniBond League club are facing a cashflow problem and no serious income is
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Lee has 'no money' for Jamie bid
Jamie Lawrence is still in Nicky Law's plans despite talk of a possible switch to Walsall. The City midfielder (pictured) believes he could soon be on the move. But the club are hoping that nothing comes of the transfer hints as Lawrence's tough tackling
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On This Day
In 1905, fashion designer Christian Dior was born. In 1911, the first Monte Carlo rally took place. In 1976, British and French Concorde airliners made their inaugural flights. From the Telegraph & Argus of January 21st, 1978... Bolton Wanderers assistant
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Business club is forced to close
A business club which opened in Bradford more than 60 years ago has been forced to shut. The Bradford Business and Professional Women's Club, which opened in 1939, was closed down at a ceremony in City Hall yesterday. Dilys Snowden, the Club's last president
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Exam relief for pupils as grades are improved
Nearly 100 students at Heckmondwike Grammar School have had exam results upgraded - in many cases to an A - after a successful appeal. When only a handful of the 148-strong year group got an A grade in English literature at GCSE level last summer, the
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Phones cut off after cable damaged
Up to 200 homes have been affected after water damaged British Telecom cables in Crossflatts. The leak, affecting a main service cable in Keighley Road, has left householders in the village near Bingley unable to use their phones or access the internet
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Call to help tell story of Brontes
The author who bought the "forgotten" birthplace of the Bronte children in Bradford is appealing for volunteers to help the public who enjoy it. Four years ago Barbara Whitehead moved to the house in Market Street, Thornton, where Charlotte, Branwell,
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Closure threat to anti-violence unit
Staying Put - Bradford's domestic violence unit - is facing a cash crisis. The group's Home Office £380,000-a-year funding runs out at the end of March and unless they get more, the scheme will close. Set up in 2001 as a pilot - then extended by a year
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Royal recognition for Blair's painter
A Saltaire artist who has painted several famous portraits - including Prime Minister Tony Blair and Prince Charles - is to be honoured at a ceremony. Darren Baker has won a place in the Yorkshire round of a prestigious awards scheme organised by The
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Red goddesses set to tackle city fires
Red goddesses were ready to fight blazes in Bradford as the latest firefighters' strike got underway today. But the county's fire chief said he thought the dispute was damaging and could be protracted. Talks aimed at preventing the 24-hour strike, which
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'My fight for the wartime sweethearts'
During the war, a young Mary Ashley from Thornton served her country as a nurse helping wounded soldiers back to health. Her sweetheart John Smith lost most of his hearing on the Normandy beaches with German grenades going off all around them. After the
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Businessman's vow over brasserie bid
The businessman behind proposals to convert a former Edwardian tramshed in Bradford into a brasserie has vowed to work closely with residents. David Heap has applied to change half the Grade II listed building, pictured, at Saltaire roundabout into a
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'Bat attack' school is safe, say pupils
Students at a school which was the scene of a violent attack today spoke up to defend it. A 15-year-old boy was beaten unconscious outside the gates of Belle Vue Boys' School in Heaton by a group of older teenagers - including one with a baseball bat
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Councillors in the Glass House
Radical plans to transform Bradford's City Hall could rip out its historic Council chamber and replace it with a winter gardens complex open to the public. A new chamber created out of Yorkshire Stone and glass could also be built in Centenary Square
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Albion misfire in penalty shoot-out
Interest in the FA Sunday Cup is over for another season for Bradford Sunday Alliance League clubs after Albion Sports lost out in a penalty shoot-out to Northamptonshire visitors St Margaret's in Sunday's fourth round match at Apperley Bridge. Albion
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Sinfield makes big impact on Cougars
The sight of Cougar chairman Neil Spencer on the pitch after the game muddying his suit shaking hands with the triumphant team was a measure of the importance of Sunday's victory. The only potential negative on a day of massive positives for Keighley
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Break has been great for Bulls' chances
Bradford Bulls are ready to repeat their former glories after their intense nine-day warm-weather training camp in Portugal. The World Club champions, who returned from the Algarve at the weekend, are delighted with their nine-day stint in Vilamoura.
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Project deserves to stay put
When women become victims of domestic violence, too often they suffer twice over by having to leave home and flee to a refuge - usually taking any children with them. Not only do the women have to move away from neighbours and friends and virtually go
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'Tight-knit' villagers urged to help police
Police today called on Saltaire residents to crack down on crime after a dramatic rise in offences. Detective Inspector Trevor Gasson, of Keighley CID, urged villagers to form neighbourhood watch schemes, share information about suspicious incidents and
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Schools shake-up plans welcomed
New plans to overhaul learning for teenagers were today welcomed in Bradford. The shake-up would mean that pupils aged between 14 and 19 could take their GCSE exams either earlier or later, depending on their abilities. They could also study for a type
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Council's final ruling on old folk's homes
Bradford Council was today finally ruling on which Bradford old people's homes stay open - and which will close. The move comes after Bradford Council sought the views of those affected of proposed closure of a number of pensioner homes in what it said
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I delivered drugs for gym duo, court told
A 29-year-old father-of-one told a jury how he agreed to work as a drugs courier for two men after he was treated to a free holiday. Gary Padgett started to deliver ecstasy tablets, amphetamines, cannabis and sometimes cocaine in carrier bags after he
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - It is with disgust that I am writing to you after reading about 82-year-old Margaret Harrison's plight, being unable to get a shower installed by the Council. The Council claims "it has no money" to pay for this and at least a dozen other disabled
