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Here's to you, Mr Robinson!
Keighley renewed their Bradford League Specialist Ducting Supplies Second Division promotion claims with a vital last-over win over Aire Valley rivals Bradford & Bingley on the day Brighouse batsman Richard Robinson hit the highest score of the season
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Gomersal refuse to throw in the towel
The battle against relegation from the Bradford League First Division intensified with bottom club Gomersal winning only their second match of the season and Idle and Yeadon both earning valuable four-point draws. There was a tense finish at Idle where
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Foster's lead role in Cougars victory
Keighley Cougars 35, Workington Town 6: The Cougars got back on track with a gritty if sometimes patchy performance against struggling Workington. The Cumbrians have been struck by a stomach virus all week and were no match for a Keighley side whose sheer
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Family pride at Batty call-up
Bradford-born Gareth Batty, the 25-year-old off-spinner Yorkshire let go, will achieve his life-long ambition of playing for England if selected for the third Test against South Africa at Trent Bridge on Thursday. And if he makes it into the side it will
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Match report: Survival of the fittest
Bradford City 2, Norwich City 2: John Roe should put in for a credit in the Michael Branch late, late show. Branch grabbed the limelight for the stoppage-time equaliser which kicked off City's new era in thrilling fashion. But the seeds of that goal went
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On This Day
In 1874, American Harry S. Parmelee patented the sprinkler head. In 1932, US president Herbert Hoover delcared that it was time to end the prohibition laws. In 1969, the Jackson Five (as the newest Motown act) appeared at a Beverley Hills club concert
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Unions law is hailed a success
Legislation which imposes an obligation on firms to recognise trade unions has been a success, a group representing some of the region's biggest employers has admitted. The EEF, which represents 400 manufacturing and engineering firms in Yorkshire, said
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Here's to the Bantams
Bradford City fan Jules Dolan has brewed a special ale to mark his beloved club's centenary year. The lifelong Bantams fanatic, who runs the small Abbey Bells Brewery in the North Yorkshire town of Selby, has concocted the brew known as 1911 Celebration
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Sums add up for the professor
Somewhere in the stack of papers piled high on Professor David Rhodes' desk, there's a black A4 book full of scribblings. "This is what I do in my spare time," he says excitedly, pointing at page after page of outrageously complex equations. "Some people
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Not-for-profit firm has turnover boost
A booming Bradford recruitment firm is building a bright future for itself - and for disadvantaged people in the district. Ethical Care Recruitment is this year expecting to turnover £750,000 - only 18 months after it was launched from an office in Cheapside
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Courageous Tracy's £2,000 feat
A woman who climbed Ben Nevis after surviving a life-threatening brain haemorrhage has raised £2,000 for charity. Tracy Marsh was told she would never walk again after suffering a subarachnoid brain haemorrhage - a leakage of blood into the subarachnoid
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Rail station delayed - due to lack of trains
Plans for the long-awaited Apperley Bridge railway station have been put on hold while rail chiefs consider the cost of the extra trains it will need. The station was given priority by Railtrack and the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority (PTA
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£90,000 to teach road crossing code
Volunteers are to be trained to teach children road safety after Bradford Council won a Government grant. The £90,000 will be used to fund a three-year campaign which will help prevent accidents among youngsters in Shipley schools. The cash is part of
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Police plea as 999 calls soar
West Yorkshire Police today urged people only to dial 999 in a genuine emergency as the number of calls soar. The force has revealed that it receives an average of one 999 call a minute - but police chiefs say many do not necessitate an immediate response
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Firm leads world in terror protection
Somewhere deep in America, scientists are developing a sophisticated defence system to protect their country from a repeat of September 11. Never before has the world's biggest superpower felt so at risk to an act of terrorism. And, for one cutting-edge
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Ballet high!
A Bradford ballerina has won the highest accolade for her dancing. Charlotte Ingleson, 22, was awarded the Seal of a Soloist - the highest award attainable in ballet - after impressing judges at the London Royal Academy of Dance. And now a promising career
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Thackley are left feeling the heat
Sleaford 1, Thackley 1: In the gruelling heat of Saturday Thackley played their penultimate pre-season friendly and came away from Sleaford with a creditable 1-1 draw, but with many of players suffering from heat exhaustion. A sensible approach was taken
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Fielden is unscathed after run-in with Rhinos
Great Britain prop Stuart Fielden (pictured) is back to spearhead the Bulls' assault on the Super League title. Fielden's return was the icing on the cake as far as Bulls coach Brian Noble was concerned following Friday night's dramatic victory over old
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Muirhead joy is shattered
Ben Muirhead turned City's opening game on its head and then revealed his personal heartache for close pal Jimmy Davis. Muirhead (pictured) came off the bench to inspire Saturday's two-goal fightback against Norwich, scoring the first before Michael Branch
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Time to dial a new number
The telephone number for emergency services, 999, is very easy to remember. It was deliberately made that way long ago so that people who urgently need to contact the police, fire brigade or ambulance service can do so without having to search around
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Building boom is undeterred by workers shortage
Bradford's building business is continuing to boom despite an on-going shortage of workers, a new survey has revealed. The Federation of Master Builders' latest regional survey showed small and medium firms continued to grow at pace during the second
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Carry on sweating - that's the law!
Bradford workers must stick at their desks however hot it gets in the office this week. That's the warning from law firm John Howe & Co which has stressed there's no maximum temperature laid down in health and safety law. Regardless of the temperature
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Caring companies boost community
Bradford firms are among the most community-minded in the country. The number taking part in the Bradford Cares scheme has more than doubled in 12 months. The rate of participation now dwarfs that in many other similar projects in cities around the country
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Law firms to set up shop in city centre
The decision of two legal firms to open new offices in Bradford city centre was today welcomed by business leaders. Solicitors Kenningham, Underwood, Armstrong and Khan's Solicitors have both relocated to new premises in the city. Today Bradford Chamber
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B&B 'is still rich pickings'
Speculation that the Bradford & Bingley could be a takeover target for an overseas bank continued today after it announced a modest rise in profits. The group - which is heavily dependent on the property market - said it was looking forward to a period
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History comes alive on the field of battle
A clash between the Royalists and the Roundheads during the English Civil War was re-enacted in Birstall at the weekend. Part of the Battle of Adwalton Moor, near Drighlington, was re-run at Oakwell Hall Country Park in Nutter Lane to commemorate the
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Pensioner's £3,000 gift for Laura's legs
A pensioner has given thousands of pounds to a teenager after learning of her difficulties with new artificial legs. Seventeen-year-old Laura Campbell had the state-of-the-art cosmetic limbs fitted after friends and family raised £20,000. Among the donations
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Fly tippers 'putting my children at risk'
Fly tippers are putting the health of children at risk, a Bradford mother claims. And Mrs Cheryl Wall says Jonathan Straight, the owner of the private land which the dumpers use, has done little to respond her pleas for help. Mrs Wall said she and her
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Cricketers' tribute to cancer mums
Two mums who died of cancer will be honoured during a charity cricket match on Sunday. A Pudsey St Lawrence XI and a Bradford League invitation XI will battle it out for the Angela Brown/Rita Laycock Memorial Trophy. The event was set up following the
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£1.7m fund to help cut student debts
Students are being offered help from a record £1.7 million hardship fund to cope with costs of further education. Bradford College has been given its largest-ever sum from the Government to help hard-up students from September. Experts at the college
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Forces hunks have date with calendar
The Rylstone and District Women's Institute had great success doing it naked. But while Ministry of Defence chiefs have ruled that sailors, soldiers and air crew will have to keep their clothes on, they still hope to make a huge impact with a charity
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Man crippled by teen thugs
A man brutally attacked by teenage thugs outside his home has been told by doctors that he will never walk unaided again. Former milkman John Owen was left with horrific leg injuries after his assailants used his own garden gate to beat him to the ground
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - For 25 years until my retirement in 1992 I taught in Frizinghall. My initial assignment was to take small groups of children who were experiencing difficulties with language, reading and writing. They were drawn largely from the families of European
