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Goulding hoping to learn from Hill
Bradford Dudley Hill put in a brilliant display at Widnes St Maries to go into the third round of the National Cup , scoring top quality tries in their 36-8 win. Hill went behind early on when they were caught offside in front of their posts but from
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McAvoy completes Saracens move
The long-awaited deal to take Nathan McAvoy to Saracens has finally been signed. The former Bulls centre can at last complete his code switch but will not start actually start a game for the Zurich Premiership side for four months as he learns to adapt
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Thornton calls for Avenue support
Avenue chairman Frank Thornton is urging the people of Bradford to get behind his team tonight. Their rescheduled home tie with Harrogate Town is free admission and Thornton wants to see the terraces full. "This club cannot go forward without the support
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On This Day
In 1886, Karl Benz patented the first petrol driven carriage. In 1916, Britain began trials with a military 'tank' at Hatfield. In 1947, Buckingham Palace was lit by candles as cold weather power cuts hit Britain. From the Telegraph & Argus of January
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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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Turnover doubles for Micron Hydraulics
Micron Hydraulics Ltd enjoyed a record 2002, it has been revealed. The Euroway Trading Estate based firm, which repairs, services and installs hydraulic systems, saw its turnover double last year from 2001. It has also announced that it has been appointed
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Judge's life-term wish for abuser
A judge has jailed a serial child abuser for six and a half years after telling him he wished he could have given him life. Cleaner Brian Leckey had a string of child-sex offences dating back to 1978, but Judge Alistair McCallum was told he still couldn't
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Search for scar-faced intruder
A homeowner was confronted by a scar-faced intruder who had sneaked into his home in Brunswick Street, Bingley. The man entered the house through an insecure door at about 2.30pm on Monday and was spotted by the occupier. Keighley police say the intruder
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Clubs plan aid for suffering orphans
Rotarians are off to the Ukraine to provide new toilets and showers for orphans. As many as 140 youngsters aged between six and 16 currently share a hole in the ground as a toilet at the orphanage in Uzhgorod. But members of the Birstall Luddites Rotary
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'Blaze could shut us down'
The devastated owner of a textile company which went up in flames fears his business may be over. Mohammed Ashraf Hussain, who runs Startex Commission Weavers in Manningham, said today he had been left stunned by the fire. It gutted the building, pictured
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'Cut red tape - and build more turbines'
A renewable energy expert told a public inquiry that not enough is being done to encourage people to build wind turbines. Barnaby Fryer, of the Yorkshire Renewable Energy Networking group, said planning permission should not be required for small-scale
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Know them? Then text us, say police
Text us if you know these men, police urged today. They made the unusual plea as they issued these e-fits of the two men they believe battered and raped a 15-year-old girl in Bradford after snatching her from the street at knifepoint on Saturday night
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Blair: 'Gun death was a wicked crime'
Prime Minister Tony Blair today said the murder of Tasawar Hussain was "tragic and wicked" and offered his "deep condolences" to his family. Mr Blair made his comments to MPs as the House of Commons debated the issue of gun crime. The Prime Minister was
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Local pitches are a muddy disgrace
England has enough football pitches to cover the Isle of Wight - 45,000. And if you were to put the white lines on those pitches end to end they would to stretch to Australia. Bradford has its fair share of grounds - 1,618 - but it is the state of many
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Storton desperate to beat Harrogate
League football returns to the Horsfall Stadium tonight as Avenue aim for their first home win in the UniBond since November. A sizeable crowd is expected for what will be their first league encounter of 2003, albeit without keeper Lutz Pfannenstiel.
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Molenaar: I'm no cheat
Robert Molenaar today dismissed Grimsby's "cheat" claims, saying: I'm not that kind of player. The City centre half has hit back after criticism from Steve Livingstone who was red-carded in their relegation tussle. Livingstone was sent off for elbowing
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Let's fight crime on all fronts
West Yorkshire's new Chief Constable, Colin Cramphorn, says that the police are happy to do more to tackle gun crime in the county but if they did the public would have to expect fewer resources being put into fighting other areas of crime. He also says
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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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Keybury group increases workforce
Record performance levels have created new jobs at the Keighley-based Keybury Group of security, gas and electrical companies. Business growth saw the workforce expand by more than a quarter last year to 43 staff. Keybury Security Systems is experiencing
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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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Firm ready to help clear away bombs
A Shipley company specialising in bomb disposal has been put on stand-by by the United Nations as the threat of war with Iraq grows. An eight-strong team of experts at MOS Cold Cutting Systems is waiting for the call to fly out to the Gulf to help with
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Beck dug up after chemical spillage
A wildlife habitat in Spen has been excavated after a company on Bradford's Euroway trading estate polluted a local beck. Following the spillage of white polyester resin from a tanker at Jacuzzi UK into Hollowfield Beck at Oakenshaw, the land had to be
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£2m help for home care of the gravely ill
Gravely ill people in Bradford - many of them children - will benefit from more than £2 million of lottery cash. The money from the New Opportunities Fund will be given to nursing teams over the next three years to boost the care they give to terminally
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Wicked mugger jailed for 7 years
A mugger was today starting a seven-year jail sentence after a judge told him he had ruined the life of a pensioner. Winifred Hanson, 86, was attacked and robbed of her handbag as she walked home from an afternoon shopping trip in September last year.
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Priestley protesters want cash
Hundreds of protesters at a meeting to save the Priestley Centre demanded help from the £1.3 million budget set aside for the Capital of Culture bid. There was also fierce criticism of Bradford Council at the meeting, packed with 200 people, for failing
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MP joins calls for firearms collection
Calls were today made for a guns amnesty in the wake of Monday's fatal shooting in the city. Bradford West MP Marsha Singh said the time was right for another weapons hand-in campaign because the public demanded it. "It may well be time for another amnesty
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Hand your guns over
If the people of Bradford want more done about gun crime then they have to expect less done in other areas, Chief Constable Colin Cramphorn warned today. He described the murder of dad Tasawar Hussain as a "tragedy" and agreed a weapons amnesty would
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - Dr Joan Giller in her letter of January 15 claims that Mike Priestley's article on asylum seekers was inaccurate, offensive and inflammatory. I found it exactly the opposite. It was written with honesty, integrity and was highly accurate. Her attempt
