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Unlucky Thackley beaten at home
Thackley 0, Brigg Town 1: A single goal separated the two clubs vying for a top-four finish in the Northern Counties East Premier Division at Dennyfield last night and it cost Thackley a deserved return. Brigg Town's winner came courtesy of a looping
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Forrest nets an England call-up
Danny Forrest was on cloud nine today after being picked for England under-19s. City's Keighley-born striker has earned his first international recognition after being included in the squad for next Thursday's friendly against Germany in Spiesen-Elversberg
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On This Day
In 1746, the army of the 'Young Pretender' Chalres 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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New TV box put through its paces
A product made by Saltaire-based hi-tech giant Pace Micro Technology is set to undergo trials in the USA. Time Warner Cable will be the first cable operator to test the Pace DC-550 HD (high definition) digital cable set-top box. Neil Gaydon, president
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36 jobs go at Abbey National
Further jobs are being lost at Abbey National's northern region headquarters in Bradford. The banking giant today said that 36 jobs in the finance insurance department were being transferred to its operations in Milton Keynes or Glasgow. An Abbey National
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Our fears for missing Paul
A family are resigned to never seeing their missing father again. But they "live in hope" said Caron Callaghan, who fears bad news about her cousin Paul Jefferson every time a stranger telephones. Mr Jefferson, a Bradford father-of-three, has not been
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Monday market boost for fund
Shoppers and traders have been thanked for helping to raise £1,200 at a market celebration in Shipley. The Monday market in the heart of the town reached its 20th anniversary after battling two proposed closures. And to mark the occasion stallholders
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Firms' building battle
Applications by companies who want to take part in a £60 million project to build modern healthcare centres in Bradford, have been whittled down to a shortlist of three. Now the contenders for the final contract will have to demonstrate their expertise
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Cash helps to bowl out the vandals
The future of a vandal-hit village cricket club has been secured with a grant from an anti-crime group. Bolton Villas Cricket Club, in Idle, Bradford, was awarded £2,000 by the Bradford North Anti-Crime Partnership after a spate of attacks on its changing
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Three groups share £6,000 charity cash
Homeless organisations in Bradford have been presented with slices of cash raised by restaurants in the district. The money was raised through a campaign run by national charity StreetSmart. Backed by the Telegraph & Argus, it involved diners adding
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Secrecy will beat cheats
Police and Council chiefs today urged postal voters to mark their ballot papers in secret and post them to the elections office themselves in the local council poll on May 1. They warned potential vote-riggers trying to abuse the system that stringent
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No-go zone on streets of shame
Dozens of Bradford streets have been made a "no-go area" by cleansing chiefs after an attack on a woman street cleaner. The woman was pulled from a mechanical street sweeper by eight youths as she was doing her rounds. She was left badly shocked and distressed
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Extra-time misery for gallant Farsley
Harrogate Town 3, Farsley Celtic 1: Farsley Celtic lost their second successive West Riding County Cup final to Harrogate Town and it was their former record goal-scorer Robbie Whellans who put the final nail in thecoffin deep into extra time. After last
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Rana loss is rivals' gain
Baildon's cricket secretary Tony Reed has welcomed the news that Naveed Rana-ul-Hassan could miss a large chunk of the Bradford League's centenary season. The Pakistani's international commitments mean that treble-winners Pudsey Congs might be without
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League clubs in dark over overseas players
Many overseas stars will be arriving within the next 24 hours as clubs prepare for the start of play in the SDS Bradford League's centenary season on Saturday. But some clubs have been left up in the air by the delay in issuing visas at the sole Pakistan
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Wood named Tykes vice-captain
Yorkshire have sprung a surprise move on the eve of the new season by appointing out-of-touch batsman Matthew Wood as first-team vice-captain. The news was announced at the club's opening luncheon at Headingley yesterday by director of cricket Geoff Cope
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Foster's up for the cup
Bradford Northern legend Trevor Foster will lead out the Bulls at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. Foster (pictured) is delirious with excitement at the prospect of walking out on to the pitch for the Powergen Challenge Cup final clash with Leeds. A sell-out
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Chance to get on the right lines
With all the problems that people have associated with local rail services in recent years - unreliability, overcrowding, shabbiness - the idea of opening more lines in a system which seems hard-pressed to cope with the ones that already exist might not
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Brighter future down the line
Disused rail lines should be reopened to bring jobs and help alleviate traffic problems on the district's roads, a new report said today. The influential Countryside Agency argues that disused railway lines could be used to expand the region's rail network
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Save our stalls say city street traders
Traders operating a flower stall and hot dog stand in the heart of Bradford city centre made emotional appeals to councillors not to end their licences. The traders attended a Council licensing meeting to discuss whether trading should be stopped in all
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Armed robber is jailed for 11 years
A man has been jailed for 11 years for his part in an armed robbery at a Bradford bookmakers. Michael Sayers was on the run from the police when he joined a gang who raided Stanley Racing in Gain Lane, Fagley, in March last year. Terrified staff and customers
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36 jobs go at Abbey National
Further jobs are being lost at Abbey National's northern region headquarters in Bradford. The banking giant today said that 36 jobs in the finance insurance department were being transferred to its operations in Milton Keynes or Glasgow. An Abbey National
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - Re the letter "Let's end this unnecessary distinction" about the taxi services, by Tahir Mahmood (T&A, April 2). There are 224 hackney carriage taxis compared to more than 2,000 private hires operating in Bradford. There are already not enough