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Radford out to down Hull with friendly fire
Lee Radford is relishing the opportunity to get one over on close pal Paul Cooke during tomorrow's crucial clash against his former club. The Hull-born second row was signed from tomorrow's opponents four years ago and said: "I've played with the likes
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Tearaways who must be stopped
The state of near-anarchy which is making life difficult at present for residents in parts of Great Horton is very disturbing. According to police and the ward councillor, child gangs are leaving a trail of destruction, including slashing the tyres of
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On This Day
In 1843, the renowned Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen were opened. In 1947, India gained its independence from Britain and was divided into Pakistan and India. In 1948, the Republic of Korea was proclaimed. From the Telegraph & Argus of August 15th,
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Solvent-spill firm told to clean up act
A giant Bradford chemical company has been ordered to improve its procedures after three-and-a-half tonnes of highly flammable solvent overflowed from a cooling vessel. Ciba Speciality Chemicals has been warned it must establish robust management systems
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Dismay at BNP's by-election win
Political history was made late last night as the extremist British National Party won its first seat on Kirklees Council. The Heckmondwike ward had been a Labour stronghold for the last five years but at 11.10pm, 39-year-old BNP candidate David Exley
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B&B will have a billion star rating
Amateur astronomers Mike and Helen Alexander are leaving Bradford to open a Scottish bed and breakfast - especially for sky-gazing holidays. The Eccleshill couple, pictured, who met at Bradford Astronomical Society, believe their new venture together
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Do you speak the language?
People fluent in various languages are being sought by Bradford's hospitals after the need for interpreters doubled in a year. Requests jumped from 3,165 in the financial year 2001/2002 to 6,036 last year. Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust already
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Family in mourning for 'pure gold' Dale
A grief-stricken father has described as "pure gold" his 21-year-old son who was killed in a car crash. Dale Baxter died at the wheel of a Ford Fiesta, which went out-of-control on the A62 Gelderd Road, Gildersome, last Monday. His 26-year-old male passenger
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Luthfur's film is a healthy success
A Bradford health worker's video for local Bangladeshis is having unexpected success across Britain. Luthfur Rahman, pictured, made the Bangla-language film for communities within the district - but has since discovered it is in demand nationwide. He
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Pals who plotted £300,000 heist
To the outside world, they were just three everyday Bradford lads with shared interests and bright futures. The trio played for the same local football team and regularly enjoyed training together at a city gym. Fahim Azam, was the son of a prominent
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'Respected' trio who raided a security van
Three seemingly-respectable friends who robbed a Securicor cash van of more than £300,000 were today starting a total of nearly 40 years behind bars. The trio hatched the violent robbery after one of them got a part-time job working as a driver for the
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - When Councillor David Ward says that retrospectively lowering targets for Bradford's privatised education service was not a "cave-in" by the Council, he's correct. "Cave-in" doesn't even begin to describe mismanagement so far off the scale as to
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'Apologies for my sorry display'
Paul Evans was surprised he got home in one piece after the Darlington debacle. "I thought I was going to crash the car on the way back," he said. "Because I did everything else wrong that night." The Welsh international was his own fiercest critic after
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Gomersal rise to the relegation challenge
There are seven matches left for Division One sides in this season's Specialist Ducting Supplies Bradford League. But bottom-of-the-table Gomersal will know a lot more about their survival prospects after the next three weekends. Tomorrow they are at
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Batty returns to haunt Yorkshire
Bradford-born Gareth Batty helped Worcestershire defeat Yorkshire in two days at Scarborough yesterday by figuring in an unbroken stand of 90 with captain Ben Smith which brought them victory by five wickets. Batty had been drafted into the match in mid-afternoon
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Bantams keen for Law to commit
City have begun talks to keep manager Nicky Law. Chairman Gordon Gibb said he wanted Law to feel wanted. But Gibb also blasted the "Third Division" tactics which led to the embarrassing Carling Cup exit to Darlington. Law's contract runs out at the end
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Furniture for folk on low incomes
Furniture will be sold at rock-bottom prices at a community furniture scheme in Windhill, Shipley. The sale of donated furniture will run for one week only, from Monday, September 1, until Thursday, September 4. Windhill Community Furn-iture Store in
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Gloria goes on her final journey
A Bradford nurse who died from the same disease that killed her only son and older brother is be buried in the West Indies where she was born. The body of mum-of-four Gloria Bardouille, who lost her fight against colon cancer, will be flown to the tiny
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A familiar voice in the wilderness
When Bradfordian Hasan Jamal visited a small village in Pakistan the last thing he expected to hear was a broad Yorkshire accent. But when he inquired about the familiar tone, he was stunned to discover the stranger had followed his same 4,000-mile journey
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Make it hot for the burglars too!
A police commander has written to nearly 5,000 householders in a crime hotspot, urging them to be more watchful after a surge in burglaries coincided with the recent surge in temperatures. Chief Superintendent Phil Read, of the Bradford North division
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Vandals leave a trail of damage
Police have begun blitzing the streets of Great Horton in Bradford following complaints of child gangs leaving trails of destruction and terrorising residents. Children as young as ten are reported to have been involved in slashing the tyres of dozens
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'Ward staff knew mum had allergy'
Hospital blunder mum Teresa Innes was wearing a wrist-band warning of her penicillin allergy when she was administered the drug, an inquest heard. Teresa, who fell into a two-year coma, had suffered a severe allergic reaction five years earlier which
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Family's tributes to brave Gill, 28
The family of a 28-year-old woman who died of a rare illness today paid tribute to her bravery. Gill Chapman faced the symptoms of the genetic Niemann-Pick disease with courage and dignity, according to close family members. Her mother Brenda Chapman,
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They've got that grade 'A' feeling!
Talented Tasneem Khan is a role model for younger students at her 'failing' school - and the darling of her teachers - after landing a place at Cambridge University. The 18-year-old achieved top grades in all her A-levels and will swap Carlton Bolling
