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Bingley Harriers go on medal spree
Bingley Harriers returned home with a host of medals from the Yorkshire Track & Field Championships held at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield. In the younger age groups Paul Boulton scooped a bronze medal in the 100m final. He also joined Matthew
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Austin deal is just for starters - Cleck
Cleckheaton have signed former England international all-rounder Ian Austin on a three-year deal - and now have plans to take on the big clubs in the Bradford League. The player and the club have had a chance to weigh up one another during the rain-affected
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Menston show table top class
Menston opened up a seven-point lead at the top of Division A after two victories over the weekend. Four players shared the honours as Menston overcame Follifoot and Steeton with Gary Thompson and Ned Taylor providing solid batting performances in both
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Wedding car was icing on the cake
An American couple arrived in style for their wedding in the romantic Italian city of Florence - all thanks to a family firm based in Otley. The Classic Car Company, established only four years ago, has linked-up with similar firms around the globe to
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Northern firms are slow to pay debts
Businesses across the Bradford district are playing their part in dragging their heels when paying bills, a new report claimed today. The Grant Thornton International Business Owners survey revealed that firms in the region are breaking the average number
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Senior role for Mike at United
Mike Austin has been appointed to a senior role with the United Co-operatives group based in Bradford. Reporting to him will be the heads of the Sunwin Motor Group, Sunwin Cash Processing Services, both Bradford-based and Concorde Contract Cleaning, which
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Missing pensioner spotted on golf course
Missing pensioner Peter Butterfield has been spotted wandering on a Bradford golf course. The new sighting of the 72-year-old grandad was made on Sunday at Bradford Golf Club, Hawksworth. He was spotted by a member of the club staff and even chatted to
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MAD for it at town festival
Shipley will be going circus MAD when the town hosts its annual festival, from June 5 to 10. Stilt walkers, entertainers and balloon modellers will be showcased at the six-day Music, Arts and Dance festival, known as MAD for short. An Urban Circus and
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Freed trucker given a right Royal welcome
Trucker David Wilson celebrated his freedom with champagne today and revealed that he is set to go back to work. David, 44, was enjoying his first day back home in Bradford with wife Tracey, 42, after being released from a Greek jail where he had been
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No one will force us apart, says Kim
She is heading for fame and fortune, but Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh is not letting it ruin her love life. Bradford-born Kimberley (pictured) is dating footballer Martin Pemberton and insists nobody will force them apart. And so has she been wooed
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Thieves are warned to keep out of city
Keep out of Bradford - that's the stark warning being sent out to shoplifters. A radio link has been launched to ensure there is no way out for thieves targeting city-centre stores. And traders are being urged to take part in the scheme. It will ensure
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Rehana 'so lucky' despite tragedy
A young woman who was critically injured in a road accident which killed her mother is making an amazing recovery from her injuries and is now convalescing at home with her family. Rehana Kauser, 23, and her mother Matloob Bi, 48, were involved in the
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Applicants line up for £200,000 top post
A shortlist of candidates for the £170,000-plus post of Chief Executive for Bradford Council will be drawn up next month. Applications are understood to have poured in after a high-profile advertisement went out. And a selection panel including Council
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Bats about cricket
It started with a knockabout on the edge of the boundary while their dad was playing for Crossflatts. And now sporty sisters Laura and Anna Spragg, from Skipton, are among the country's young cricket stars of the future. Laura, now 20, is the youngest
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I wish I could mend it like Beckham
Stuart Calvert does not expect David Beckham to share his scaphoid nightmare. The Keighley Cougars forward has had three operations, more than 25 weeks in plaster and two bone grafts since breaking his in June 2001 - playing only 22 minutes of rugby since
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Gill gutted by 'out of blue' sacking
Clayton Rugby League club have dispensed with the services of Paul Gill in a surprise move which has left the colourful long-serving coach fuming. The Villagers have ended a 30-year-old partnership that has seen Gill guide the club to nine Bradford Cup
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McGrath straining at leash to play
Anthony McGrath is making a good recovery from the side strain he suffered on his successful Test debut at Lord's last week and the Yorkshire captain was optimistic first thing this morning that he would be able to lead the Cheltenham and Gloucester champions
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Gray in frame to feature against Germany
Andy Gray was back in training with Scotland today hoping he has done enough to feature in the crunch clash with Germany. The Scots face their Euro 2004 qualifying group leaders at Hampden on June 7 with both sides locked on seven points along with third-placed
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Awesome foursome
Four Bradford Bulls players have made the Super League under-21s representative side - but Phil Veivers wanted more. The assistant coach admits he is "disappointed" that other players in the Senior Academy side at Odsal didn't get the nod for the two-game
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Move that may be for the better
The crossroads at Greengates, carrying traffic between the Aire Valley towns and Leeds and between Bradford and Yeadon and Harrogate, is a notorious bottleneck for motorists and an alarming hazard for pedestrians, for whom there is currently no crossing
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Society marks birthday
The Skipton Building Society is to mark its 150th anniversary by creating a permanent reminder of its achievement. Totem Advertising, based at Broughton Hall Business Park near Skipton, created a new logo for use on publicity material throughout the year
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New deals put drug test firm on a high
A Shipley firm is helping companies to expose workers who are under the influence of drugs while at work. Modern Health Systems Ltd today announced it had secured deals with two multi-national chemical firms to provide its pioneering drug testing kits
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On This Day
In 1738, physcian and execution machine inventor Joseph Guillotin was born. In 1871, the Paris commune collapsed after a two-month siege, which left 33,000 dead. In 1940, the Belgian army surrendered to the invading Germans. From the Telegraph & Argus
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Indian firms look for partners
Bradford firms are being invited to become trade partners with major players in the Indian chemical industry. Six representatives from leading Indian firms which import chemicals worth £180 million per year are visiting West Yorkshire next month in a
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'Help us spruce up city image'
Bradford firms were today urged to do their bit to smarten up the city. A new campaign called Business Backing Bradford has been launched by Bradford Chamber of Commerce to brighten the image of the district. The Chamber has invited firms to take part
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Experts talk on fair trade
A leading figure at the World Trade Organisation will come face-to-face with fair trade campaigners at a major event in Bradford next month. Roderick Abbott, deputy director of the WTO, is among a number of keynote speakers who will debate the merits
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City has vroom for scooter business
Bradford's congested roads have attracted a new business into the historic Wool Exchange. The Scooter People has 14 other branches in the North of England and now has base in the city. Its scooter riding boss Paul Smith said they are targeting congestion-hit
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Council leader John returns to power
Councillor John Ford has been reappointed as leader of Calderdale Council. Councillor John Foran was appointed Deputy Leader. Cabinet members appointed to special areas of responsibility were: Councillor Bill Carpenter (Con), Schools and Children's Services
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Hockney tops the big money league
Bradford's David Hockney is one of the world's best-selling living artists. He is the only Briton named in a table of the ten best selling artists in a review which is about to be published in national arts magazine ArtReview. The artist is placed ninth
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Memorial could be moved
A village cenotaph honouring war heroes may be moved from a "sea of traffic" on a busy road junction to a more peaceful site nearby. People in Greengates are being consulted on the relocation of the memorial as Bradford Council examines proposals to improve
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PCs drag woman, 80, from blast horror
An elderly woman was pulled from her burning home by two police officers today after it was rocked by an explosion. The 80-year-old suffered severe burns to her head and back in the blast at her semi-detached house in Rimswell Holt, Ravenscliffe, Bradford
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - Re the T&A feature (May 16) on the departing Chief Executive of Bradford Council. Unison has received many calls to its offices from members who were deeply offended by the comments of John Pennington, president of the Bradford Chamber of Commerce
