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Baildon's magical revival continues
Baildon 16, Old Modernians 5: Something magical has happened to Baildon since the turn of the year. Having struggled for the first half of the season, notching only three wins in 13 matches, they have now won three on the bounce in Yorkshire Division
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Sevens heaven for Bull Gilmour
Lee Gilmour jetted off Down Under yesterday knowing this time he would be pulling on an international jersey for definite. The Bulls centre is part of the ten-man England squad taking part in the revived World Sevens in Sydney next weekend against NRL
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Winning hearts and minds is vital
Bradford Council should be growing concerned over moves urging voters to back the setting-up of separate agencies to run some of the local affairs which currently come under the authority's umbrella. Clearly there is a lack of confidence in the current
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On This Day
In 1926, John Logie Baird unveiled his new invention "television" in London. In 1943, the US Airforce bombed Germany for the first time in the Second World War. In 1967, three US Astronauts died in a launch pad fire at the Kennedy Space Centre. From the
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Mock trial looks at green pitfalls
The scales of justice are set to swing into motion to show businesses in Bradford why they need to go green. The City Hall courtroom, which hasn't been used for 30 years since the current magistrates' building opened in The Tyrls in 1972, is to be the
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£4m boost for pioneer drugs firm
A Bradford drug company is to invest £4 million on new manufacturing equipment. The firm is also changing its name from BPD - Bradford Particle Design - to Nektar Therapeutics UK Ltd. The investment in new commercial operating equipment will increase
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Boy, 14, broke court order
A teenager who breached an anti-social behaviour order and stole a car has been sentenced to four months in a young offender institution. Magistrates in Dewsbury imposed the order on the 14-year-old Mirfield boy last November. The order - which was intended
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Sex fiend told: You face life in prison
A sex attacker who preyed on young women in isolated spots across Bradford was today warned he could be jailed for life. Nicholas Daniel Wright pleaded guilty to three charges of attempted rape when he appeared before the city's Crown Court today. The
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Action stations in new £3m HQ
Firefighters who battled to save their station will leave with a heavy heart when it closes its doors for the last time next month. Pudsey Fire Station will shut after 30 years as part of sweeping changes announced by West Yorkshire Fire Authority to
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Man left for dead after assault
A middle-aged man was beaten up and left for dead on a busy Bradford road last night. Police were trying to discover why the 48-year-old man was attacked at the junction of Leeds Road and Killinghall Road in Laisterdyke at 7.45pm. But the nature of the
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - Recently in his "Three of the best" selection of favourite walks from 2002, Mike Priestley referred to Chellow Dene as one of them. We recently moved on to Rudding Avenue with direct access from North Parade over the quarry, down to the reservoir
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Ashton comes of age for Cougars
Keighley Cougars 33, Thornhill Trojans 10: A professional first-half display ensured the Cougars did enough to earn themselves a place in tonight's TXU Energi Challenge fourth-round draw. To their credit, amateur outfit Thornhill put in a heroic display
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McGrath plans to go back for the future
New Yorkshire captain Anthony McGrath is already mapping out his plans for the new season and he will officially inform the players of what he has in mind when they report back for duty on March 3. High on his list of priorities will be an insistence
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Law wants new blood
Nicky Law wants to safeguard City's survival fight by bringing in two more players for the rest of the campaign. The Bantams gave their safety hopes a huge shot in the arm with Saturday's 2-1 win at fellow strugglers Grimsby. City moved above Walsall
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Filtronic fights way back into the black
Saltaire hi-tech giant Filtronic today revealed half-year results showing a rise in pre-tax profits and a fall in debts. The firm, which makes electronic systems for the defence industry among others, has seen group sales fall from the £146 million it
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Classic move for firm
The Classic Car Group has acquired a rival rental firm in a move to boost business. The Otley firm, set up by Diane and Graham Smith in 1989, rents out head-turning cars. The company, which announced last year that it had taken on a Practical Car &
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Youngsters ready for the job market
A group of youngsters has completed the first stage in a project which aims to get ethnic minorities jobs. The YouthBuild Finance and Business scheme, backed by Baildon-based social housing firm B&N, aims to help 16 to 21 year olds gain employment
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Appeal to launch new town council
A campaign to give power to the people of Bingley has started. Councillors in the town are urging voters to back a petition to create a separate council, which needs 1,250 signatures. They feel the needs of Bingley are overlooked by Bradford Council and
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Filtronic fights way back into the black
Saltaire hi-tech giant Filtronic today revealed half-year results showing a rise in pre-tax profits and a fall in debts. The firm, which makes electronic systems for the defence industry among others, has seen group sales fall from the £146 million it
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Response to appeal 'disappoints' police
Detectives investigating the ten-year-old disappearance of a Bradford father today said they were "bitterly disappointed" with the lack of public support they had received. Officers had appealed for information about the whereabouts of Graham Whitton
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Schools starting to work together
Innovative steps in Bradford to get secondary schools working together in groups have won Government praise. The district's 28 high schools have traditionally had to compete for students and cash and there has been little incentive to share good practice
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Sack your own son, butcher is ordered
School bosses have ordered a butcher to sack his own son from his part-time job with the family business. Thomas Charnock, 16, pictured, has worked at his dad Allan's business for two years. But Education Bradford now says Mr Charnock is breaching Bradford
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Support flooding in for theatre rescue
The team behind a rescue plan to save the Priestley Centre for the Arts has been "overwhelmed" with support. The Little Germany theatre ceased trading last Monday after its final performance last weekend. Former board member Thomas Sandford has launched
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Revellers say G'day to home nation
Australians and would-be Aussies joined in a celebration of all things Antipodean at the Walkabout Pub in Bradford. Australia Day, which commemorates the landing of the first fleet that colonised the country in 1788, was remembered in traditional fashion
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Firefighters snatch couple from blaze
Firefighters saved the lives of an elderly couple who were trapped in their burning home. Neighbours raised the alarm after hearing cries for help from Arthur Marlow, 84, and his wife Sadie, who were in an upstairs bedroom of their terrace home in Vine
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Charter plans for leisure services
Bradford Council is accepting the customer knows best in a plan to improve sport and leisure services following an Audit Commission report. Customer satisfaction surveys are expected to be carried out and published and a users charter is planned. There
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Never again!
They came to remember and pay their respects, the candles shining brightly for those murdered in the horror of the Holocaust. Survivors of the slaughter joined faith and community leaders at Bradford's third Holocaust Memorial event yesterday. They lit
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Lost girl, 15, raped twice
A 15-year-old girl was snatched at knifepoint from a Bradford street before being brutally beaten and raped by two attackers. After the two-hour horror ordeal the battered and bruised youngster, who had also suffered a fractured jaw, was dumped back on
