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Idle sign Pakistan batsman Ahmed
Newly-promoted Idle have made the biggest signing of the close season in the SDS Bradford League. After their disappointment in coming out second to Mohammed Hafeez's international commitments, they have attracted 34-year-old Pakistani batsman Ijaz Ahmed
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Season looks to be over for Ward
Ashley Ward is unlikely to play again this season. The City striker is still suffering after fracturing a rib against Sheffield Wednesday last month. Ward has been sidelined for four games and, while the club have not yet ruled him out completely, there
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Bulls facing fixture chaos
The Bulls have appealed to the Rugby Football League to save them from a fixture pile-up. Bradford could now face three games in six days after winning through to the Challenge Cup final with victory over Wigan at the weekend. They were due to travel
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Road race that must be won
The £200 million Broadway/Forster Square redevelopment scheme is vital to the regeneration of Bradford. The area has been blighted for far too long, growing ever shabbier and neglected with office and retail premises standing empty or being occupied on
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On This Day
In 1915, the 6th Bradford Service Battalion, West Yorkshires left for the front. In 1986, US airplanes bombed President Gaddafi's palace in Tripoli, Libya. In 1989, 95 people died, crushed against safety barriers, at Hillsborough football ground Sheffield
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£2.5m fitness club will create 50 jobs
A £2.5 million health and finess club in Guiseley will open its doors by the end of 2003, creating 50 jobs. A grade two listed building on Otley Road, formerly a DIY store and builder's merchants, is being transformed into a new Cannons Health and Fitness
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Street nasty based on a real villain
Andy Morgan is Coronation Street's latest baddie - and he's based on a Shipley villain. Actor Steve Huison plays the seedy criminal in a baseball cap who this week terrorises the Nelsons - the family in hiding under a police witness support scheme. Steve
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Pupils go back to school for holidays
Youngsters at a Bradford primary school criticised for poor teaching are reporting for extra lessons over the Easter holiday. Swain House Primary School is one of nine places in Bradford running 'Easter Schools' - revision for SATs tests, due in May.
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Car park travellers face court action
Staff at Bradford's new £3 million immigration appeal court are in a legal battle of their own - to reclaim their car park from travellers. Employees are being forced to abandon their cars and walk to work after travellers moved caravans on to the car
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£150,000 heroin found in restaurant, court told
Police officers found heroin with a street value of almost £150,000 when they searched a staff locker at a McDonald's restaurant in Bradford. The detectives were carrying out a routine inquiry as part of the ongoing riots investigation. And after getting
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£6m road cash race
Bradford Council is in a race against time to claim a vital £6 million grant from Europe for a road scheme which would transform the city. The £20.6 million Connecting the City scheme is tied to the vast Broadway shopping development as it requires two
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First-half showing Rouses Woods
The four-horse race for Premiership honours took another twist as champions East Bowling Unity lost 3-1 at home to Bolton Woods, who still have title aspirations of their own. First-half goals from Andy Howland, Jimmy Spencer and Derek Rouse put Woods
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Windfall welcome news for Avenue
Accrington Stanley's 3-1 victory over Altrincham on Saturday ensured them of a place in the Conference and balanced the books for Bradford Park Avenue. The win handed the Lancashire club the title with four games remaining, but also ensured £2,500 would
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Pain and plenty of gain for Peacock
Jamie Peacock truly is a man of his word. After six weeks out with a broken hand, the Great Britain second-rower made his return on Sunday in the 36-22 Challenge Cup victory over Wigan. In a pre-match interview he said that if he was going to go to all
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Margaret faces her torment
A woman who felt unable to venture out of her home for five years because of a deforming condition fears she may face further isolation unless more funds are raised to find a cure. Margaret Burke, 51, has an uncontrollable muscle-spasm condition called
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Players warm up for private function
Cottingley is blowing its own trumpet about a new brass band. Sovereign Brass has been in existence since January and is now warming up for its first performance, at a private function. The ensemble was set up by musical director Andrew McLauch-lan, who
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Family flies out to see jailed trucker
The family of a jailed Wyke truck driver were flying out to see him in his Greek cell today. Tracey Wilson and her son Daniel, 21, pictured, hope to see David Wilson tomorrow and Thursday before flying back to Bradford on Friday. Mrs Wilson has not seen
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Tyke bacon streaks ahead of its rivals
A butcher has beaten the Dutch at their own game - and is also breaking down political barriers in one of the last bastions of the communist world. Chris Battle, pictured, who owns Jack Scaife butchers in Oakworth, has won two top awards for the quality
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Funding crisis will cost teaching jobs
Teachers are set to lose their jobs in four Bradford primary schools due to a funding crisis, it has emerged. Details of the schools affected by financial crisis have been leaked to the Telegraph & Argus. The list shows 22 schools where there will
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'Find tyrant so we can go home'
Iraqis living in Bradford said today Saddam Hussein must be found to make sure it is safe for them to return. Dana Jalan, pictured, wants to go home to visit his father's grave and tell him: "Saddam has gone forever." He backs the coalition efforts -
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - In recent times I have received e-mails from three Bradfordians, all still living in Bradford. Each one asked, in effect, if I was crazy writing about the things I miss about Bradford. Each one reminded me what a dump it is, how the crime is high