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Volcano is red hot
The sight of Lesley Vainikolo limping around on the left-wing midway through the first half was not a pretty one. The giant Kiwi winger was clearly in a lot of pain and seemed tentative on his feet - not a good sign ahead of next week's eagerly awaited
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Top-scoring duo take spoils for City
City 2, Watford 1: First-half goals from Claus Jorgensen and Andy Gray powered City to their first home win for over a month this afternoon. Jorgensen's header was cancelled out by a Heidar Helguson lob but Watford, who have never won at Valley Parade
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We can all help keep city clean
One of the biggest sources of complaint from Bradford people about their city is the amount of litter in the streets. It is very easy for the majority of us, as we pass through the worst-affected areas, to criticise the Council and its cleansing staff
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On This Day
In 1891, Fred Jowett addressed a crowd of around 30,000 people in Peckover Street, Bradford. In 1956, Prince Rainier of Monaco married actress Grace Kelly. In 1995, Timothy McVeigh detonated a truck bomb which killed 168 people in Oklahoma City, USA .
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Firms retain hope
Manufacturers in the Bradford district are bullish about the year ahead despite facing tough times and rising tax burdens. A new survey by the district's Chamber of Commerce and Industry said many of its members were facing increasing pressure on performances
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'Don't let your dog run wild'
Spen Valley dog owners are being urged to be more responsible in looking after their pets. More than 600 stray dogs a year - above the national average - are dealt with by the Kirklees Dog Warden Service. Councillor David Payne, Cabinet member for Envir-onment
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Farmer fights barn decision
A Bingley businessman and farmer today vowed to keep his barn despite being ordered to knock it down by a Government inspector. Company director Neil Crosswaite was told to demolish the building in Walsh Lane, Bingley, after planners said he did not have
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Raiders force shop closure
Ramraiders have forced a national firm out of Bradford, creating another empty shop in the city centre. The owners of Supercigs decided to pull out after the John Street premises were raided for the third time in the past four months. About £6,000 of
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I owe my life to an eye test
A Bradford optician saved a man's life when she spotted a brain tumour during a routine eye test. Victor Noicely, 43, had gone for his first check-up for almost 30 years after starting to suffer from severe headaches. He thought they might be being caused
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Letter to the Editor
SIR - Your headline "Anger at useless summer bus trip" (Telegraph & Argus, April 12) is not the whole picture. It is true that many people cannot use Dalesbus services because some Sunday services in Bradford start late. However, the services are
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Town chokes on heavy traffic flow
A damning picture has been painted of Keighley's traffic-choked town centre. Vehicles often take up to ten minutes just to travel several hundred metres, it is claimed. Now calls are being made for a major survey in a bid to find solutions to the gridlock
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Bid to revive dying maypole dancing
It's as English as warm beer and fish and chips...but maypole dancing is becoming a dying art. Now residents on a Bradford estate are rallying round to bring the tradition back to life. But there's just one little problem... The Culture Club, a community
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Family's tribute to joker Andrew
A heartbroken family today paid tribute to the bravery of a 35-year-old man as he vainly fought brain cancer. Andrew Coulston, of Thornbury, Bradford, has died after a year-long battle. But his mother and sister told how he had joked with nurses and kept
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Photo show clicks with record crowd
An exhibition of work from one of the world's most important photographic collections has attracted a record number of visitors to Bradford. A taste of the world-famous Royal Photographic Society material went on display at the city's National Museum
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Group's shame over attack on cleaner
Appalled members of a neighbour renewal group have sent a message of support to a Bradford street cleaner who was hauled from the cab of her sweeper by a gang of thugs. Members of the Thornbury Neighbourhood Renewal Unit said they were shocked and ashamed
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Done to a T!
A couple have spent months transforming a historic car in tribute to their ancestors who drove a similar model more than 80 years ago. Otley couple Robert and Lorraine Midgley have rebuilt a Ford Model T which lay derelict in a shed in Bingley for years
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Boy, four, seriously hurt in hit and run
A four-year-old boy was seriously ill in hospital today after being knocked down in a hit and run on the pavement near his home. The youngster suffered numerous fractures to his skull when he was hit by a Suzuki scooter on Falkland Road, Ravenscliffe,