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Buckley proves simply four-some
Odsal Sedbergh won the Pennine League Division Two championship title in fine style with a sparkling 52-0 success over visitors Silsden Park Rangers. Sedbergh stand-off Gavin Buckley was in majestic form scoring four touchdowns and centre Steve Brown
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Plenty to play-off for, says Moorby
Missing out on the top nine of last season's Northern Ford Premiership could well have been the best thing that has happened to Keighley Cougars since Gary Moorby was appointed coach. When a decision to split the lop-sided NFP into two divisions was announced
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Storton in a rage over Welsh farce
Colwyn Bay 2, Bradford Park Avenue 0: The intriguing dismissals of two Avenue players should not detract from the abysmal display at already-relegated Colwyn Bay last night. Manager Trevor Storton was left furious both with the referee and his players
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Yorkshire won't take the overseas route
Yorkshire have made a bold decision not to rush out and replace the injured Craig White with a second overseas player. Instead, they will let some of their own younger players fight it out to fill the gap caused by the England all-rounder's absence over
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Danny's best yet to come
Nicky Law has challenged Danny Cadamarteri to rekindle the exciting form that made him an instant star for Everton. The Bradford-born striker has been plagued by tendinitis in his knee which has kept him out for a large chunk of the season. Cadamarteri
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Staff shock at sale of printing firm site
Staff at a Bradford print firm were in shock today after bosses announced one of its sites in the city is to close. Polestar Watmoughs, which operates at a number of locations across the region, has put up a 'for sale' sign outside its building in New
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Repair cost doubles for riverbanks
The cost of repairing a stretch of riverbank near a Brighouse tip has more than doubled to £188,000. In the past 12 months a short section of the River Calder bank adjoining a landfill site at Cromwell Bottom, Brookfoot, has eroded. The site was used
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'Stash our drugs or be killed, said pair'
A former McDonald's manager told a jury how he only agreed to store a stash of drugs in his work locker after he was threatened at gunpoint by two men. Arfan Naseer, 21, claimed that after accepting a lift home after work he was driven to a remote beauty
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Blow for old folk's home campaigners
Councillors were accused of "playing politics" by families after a last-ditch bid was launched to get a U-turn over a decision which could mean the transfer of an old people's home to the private sector and the closure of another. At a meeting of Bradford
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Man jailed amid gun-culture fears
A 50-year-old retired petty criminal has been jailed after stashing a pump-action shotgun for a "hit man". Judge Peter Benson said Bradford had a "particular problem" with gun crime, making a prison sentence inevitable, despite Trevor White's age and
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Toddler choked to death on a screw
A woman today told how she vainly tried to save her 18-month-old niece's life as she choked on a brass screw. Rehana Kauser gave little Zaynab Kauser mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and managed to get her breathing again after the toddler swallowed the one-and-a-half
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Leeds' fans claims are a load of Bull, says Duffy
The Bulls today rubbished claims there would be more Leeds fans in Cardiff for the Powergen Challenge Cup final next week. The Rhinos marketing department cheekily sent out a press release stating they "were the first to sell out" of the original 10,000
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Cause that deserves our support
It is far too early yet for the children of Iraq to start savouring the new-found freedoms that should come their way following the vanquishing of the tyrannical regime of Saddam Hussein. Hopefully they will now be able to grow up in a country which is
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On This Day
In 1746, the army of the 'Young Pretender' Charles Edward Stuart was defeated at the battle of Culloden. In 1883, Paul Kruger became the president of the South African republic. In 1917, Lenin returned to Russia after years spent in exile. From the Telegraph
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Charlotte's night is a rousing success
An appeal for specialist equipment for a Bingley teenager who is battling a rare disorder has received a massive boost after £2,500 was raised in a fun night. Charlotte Topliss, 14, suffers from the relatively unknown condition Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
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Cold courage required to clear mines
A Shipley company was today awaiting a call from the coalition forces to help clear bombs and landmines in post-Saddam Hussein Iraq. Experts at MOS Cold Cutting Systems could be called up at a moment's notice to help with the clear-up operation as the
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Cash to make everything in garden lovely
Green-fingered residents on a Bradford estate have been awarded cash to expand their food co-operative and community garden. The schemes, part of Thorpe Edge Community Project, have received a £4,800 grant from the Community Life Fund. The cash is part
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Summer buses to Dales
The Yorkshire Dales will be easier to reach by public transport from Keighley from this Sunday, with the launch of a Spring Dales bus services. These include a Sunday bus from Keighley to Ribblehead, Hawes, Leyburn and Richmond, and a Sunday bus from
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'Such a warm, kind person'
The family of a landlady who ran pubs in Bradford for more than 30 years today paid tribute to her "warmth and kindness". Cecelia Pryce, who owned the West End Bar with her husband Cecil, died after an accident in Cutler Heights Lane on Moth-er's Day.
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T&A out as usual despite dispute
Your Telegraph & Argus will be published as normal throughout the Easter period despite a strike by some members of the National Union of Journalists. The majority of T&A journalists are working normally and production of the newspaper will not
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Hoaxer warned he could face life
A sick telephone hoaxer has been warned he faces life in jail unless he stops making false 999 calls. Emergency workers said David Myers frequently placed lives in danger by calling them out to bogus reports of road accidents around the Bradford district
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£20.6m city centre revamp ready to go
Bulldozers could be on city centre streets before Christmas as Bradford Council races to claim a £6 million grant from Europe by the end of the year. The widespread demolition of about 80 properties - including most of Broadway, Central House, Midland
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - I must take issue with Mrs Copley with the comments in her letter of April 10. She says that people who dislike Bradford so much should "get up and go!". I would suggest that most people who dislike living here have no choice in the matter as they