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Fielden keen to make his mark
Stuart Fielden is aiming to match his return to fitness with a return to form. The Bulls prop returned from a knee injury against Leeds three weeks ago but has yet to rediscover the awesome form which has seen him become one of the most respected players
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Welcome news for everyone
The plan to build a new £1 million medical centre on the Rawdon Road car park site in Haworth, due to be considered by the Keighley Area Planning Panel on Thursday, is good news for the village. First and foremost it will provide Haworth with modern facilities
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On This Day
In 1908, physicist Ernest Rutherford was born. In 1937, Joe Louis beat Tommy Farr for the heavyweight boxing title. In 1960, a partial blockade of West Berlin was imposed by East Germany. From the Telegraph & Argus of August 30th, 1978... Anyone placing
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Comic strip for hospital charity
Thirteen brave women from a Bradford firm have bared all to become the city's Calendar Girls - and they say it was a "real laugh". The Emerald Gems calendar has been produced by Bradford publisher Emerald to raise money for ward 48 at Leeds General Infirmary
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MP backs bill to stop deadly weed
New legislation to tackle the unchecked growth and spread of the deadly plant ragwort has taken a step closer the statute books. Spen MP Mike Wood was in the House of Commons to support the Equine Welfare (Ragwort Control) Bill as it cleared its final
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School bosses lower the target for education firm
School chiefs have published new, lower targets for the company now running education in the district. Education Bradford, which is part of the Serco corporation, earned only £8,450 of a possible £870,000 performance-related bonus in its first year. It
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Odeon stripped of premiere tickets
Tickets have sold out for the national premiere of Calendar Girls, the film about 11 Women's Institute members who stripped for a calendar in memory of a friend who died of leukaemia. All 1,800 seats have been snapped up for the glitzy occasion at the
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Couple locked up after street attack
Two nightclubbers have been locked up for a street attack that left a man with three fractures to his cheekbone. Carl Wright and Deborah Rouse repeatedly kicked Francis Bell's his head and body as he lay unconscious outside Flares nightclub in Bradford
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Manhunt for murder suspect
Police were today stepping up their hunt for a Bradford man suspected of murdering a woman and then shooting her brother. A month after the double attack in east London, detectives have yet to trace their chief suspect but stressed they are following
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Champion of 'Alcatraz' dies after illness
A "tenants' champion" who led the campaign for a £1.5 million overhaul of flats dubbed Alcatraz has died of cancer aged 72. Margaret Adams, pictured, received an OBE in 1986 for her work with fellow residents at York House, Thorpe Edge, where she lived
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Ripper Sutcliffe has diabetes
Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe is suffering from diabetes, his family has revealed. But the mass murderer from Bradford has denied claims that he has lost five stones and can barely walk. Sutcliffe, 56, has told relatives that a national-newspaper story
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Housing bosses 'bulldozing' people out of their homes
Housing bosses were today accused of "bulldozing people out of their homes" in the prelude to the multi million pound redevelopment of the run-down Ravenscliffe estate. Home owner Michael Hennelly joined neighbour Mabel Smith in saying he will refuse
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Today, Bradford, I'm gonna be...
Hundreds of young wannabes turned out to mimic their favourite stars at auditions for TV's Stars in Their Eyes yesterday. Children from across the North lined up outside St George's Hall in Bradford to audition for the next series of the junior version
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - During my lifetime there has been remarkable progress in technology etc. There has also been a decline in the ability to "think things through" among those in charge locally and nationally. The abolition of any form of physical punishment for children
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Congs out to clinch Black Sheep treble
Pudsey Congs are seeking a third successive Black Sheep Yorkshire Champions' Trophy title tomorrow at Adel CC (12.30). They face Yorkshire League opposition in Harrogate, and hope to follow up their victories over Hanging Heaton at Liversedge in 2001
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Pattison crucial to Bury's hopes
With only Queensbury 100 per cent after the first two rounds of league games, the Alliance Premier Division could prove the toughest yet to win. Working on results from the opening fixtures, the first match form went out of the window last week when Calverley
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Mitchell injury keeps him out of game
Keighley will be without 21-year-old stand off Adam Mitchell for their tough trip to Swinton tomorrow. Mitchell broke his collarbone towards the end of the first half in the Cougars' home defeat against Sheffield last weekend. They are boosted though
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Martyn picks his Tykes debut
Yorkshire are to let their new Australian star batsman Damien Martyn decide for himself whether he wants to play in bottom-of-the-table Phoenix's clash with leaders Surrey Lions at Headingley tomorrow. Martyn arrived in London yesterday and was being
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Bulls seek redemption
Paul Deacon is adamant the Bulls will bounce back against London tomorrow and admitted: "We weren't at the races against Wigan." The 24-year-old scrum half is determined for the Bulls to recapture their winning streak of the previous eight matches. He
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Law wants new Bantams contract
Nicky Law has expressed his desire to sign a new contract at City and today declared: "I have a job to do here - and it is far from finished." The Bantams boss shrugged off speculation linking him with the vacant managerial position at West Ham and is
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Diabetes checks for shoppers
Bingley people who shop in Bradford supermarkets may be targeted by Health workers to try to prevent them developing diabetes. Dieticians working with Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will also be trying to identify some of the estimated 4,000 people
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German boost for Pace
Saltaire-based Pace Micro Technology has received a major boost after scooping two contracts to supply Germany's biggest digital television operator. Pace has secured the deals to supply Premiere, which is also Germany's only national pay television broadcaster
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Six hurt in crash at junction
Six people needed hospital treatment after a road accident early today. A Toyota Avensis taxi and a Rover car collided at about 12.45am at the junction of Haworth Avenue and Swainhouse Road in Five Lane Ends, Bradford. Six people were taken to Bradford
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Medical centre for clamp row car park
A car park at the centre of complaints about car clampers is set to be the site of a new £1 million medical centre. Rawdon Road car park in Haworth, owned by Ted Evans, has been earmarked by Airedale Primary Care Trust to replace the village's present
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Woman injured as bag snatch fails
An elderly woman was attacked as she carried a takeaway meal home. The 67-year-old suffered head injuries in the attack in Clayton, just before noon yesterday. She had been to a fish and chip shop just before she was hit from behind outside an off-licence
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Police 'ring of steel' targets criminals
A police blitz on criminals in Bradford saw five suspects locked up in its first three hours. The arrest tally reached 12 as around 100 officers targeted crime hotspots in the two-day Ring of Steel operation. Police were joined by agencies such as the
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Mum tells of sportsman's sudden death
A heartbroken mother today spoke about the sudden death of her son, an all-round sportsman who died after a football match aged 31. Barbara Lowe, who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis, talked about her son Gareth Passell, who died of heart failure shortly
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Broken ankle may force snooker star Joe to retire
Former world snooker champion Joe Johnson has undergone surgery after a fall and may now be forced to retire. The Bradford star is recovering in hospital after breaking his right ankle in three places. He had an operation to fit pins to help the fracture
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Seven hospital deaths probed
Up to seven new deaths are being investigated as part of a major probe at Airedale General Hospital. It came after a senior nurse was arrested on suspicion of killing a 96-year-old patient at the site in Steeton near Keighley. Today it was revealed that
