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City's low earners are high performers
Most of City's players are earning around £750 per week - a pittance by First Division standards. Chief executive Julian Rhodes today revealed that the 16-man squad used in recent weeks cost around £1m a year in wages. Three of those players - likely
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On This Day
In 1881, D .H. Houston patented roll film for use in cameras. In 1963, French singing star Edith Paif died aged 74. In 1968, NASA launched Apollo 7, the first manned flight in its lunar landing programme. From the Telegraph & Argus of October 11th
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City firm hopes for new business
A pioneering Bradford company will see its work showcased to more than 10,000 decision-makers from the global pharmaceutical industry at a major exhibition. The Institute of Pharmaceutical Innovation (IPI), a spin-out company from the University of Bradford
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Chairman asks for improvement ideas
The chairman of a project to help regenerate the Manningham Lane area today urged business leaders to have their say on what needs to be done. Manningham Means Business chairman David Cubitt said he wanted representatives from the 250 or so firms which
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Hall visitors to enjoy harvest fun in hut
A seasonal event entitled Huts and Haystacks is to be held at Oakwell Hall tomorrow. This is the fourth year the hall has celebrated Harvest time with schools and visitors. This year, Huts and Haystacks falls on the second day of the Jewish festival of
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Restaurant strengthens Thais
There will be no half measures at a new Thai restaurant which opens in Shipley tomorrow. The restaurant's owners, husband and wife Sally Niu and Michael Menehan, have imported all the furnishings, including water features, from Thailand. Even the kitchen
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'Train victim was drunk and drugged'
A man who was drunk and had taken illegal drugs was killed by an express train as he tried to make his way home, an inquest heard. James Colquhoun, of Skipton Road, Ilkley, died on Saturday, October 19, last year when he was struck by the train near Cottingley
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The shows go on despite hall's closure
Shows will go on in Bradford - despite the closure of the city's usual concert venue. Theatre staff have been working round the clock to find different venues and dates for shows lined up for this season at St George's Hall. Customers are also being contacted
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Cleaners are taken off 'no-go' streets
Street cleaners have been withdrawn from duty across Bradford district after being abused and attacked by yobs. Some streets have become no-go areas until Council bosses feel it is safe for them to return. Cleaners have been withdrawn on health and safety
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Eric set for second silver wedding day
Reaching a silver wedding anniversary is a major milestone for any married couple - but one Bradford husband is celebrating his second. Eric Ross thought the chances of finding love again were gone when his first wife, Lillian, tragically died of cancer
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Winning's all in the name for Gaynor
Warehouse operative Gaynor Baxter today told millions of TV racing fans how she scooped £57,000 with a £2 bet. And she was keeping her fingers crossed her luck would hold as she tried to pick another winner which would land her a £175,000 jackpot. Gaynor
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Lisa gets a picture show all of her own
When Lisa Vallo started painting in her spare time it was nothing more than a hobby - now her work is being exhibited for the first time and is on sale in two galleries. Lisa, of Baildon, pictured with daughter Issy, took time out from her catering business
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'You'll have to run your own councils'
Thousands of people across the district who have opted for "home rule" through town and parish councils will have to pay the running costs of the organisations from next April. They will be given the chance to have their say on projects they would like
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Budding directors flock to show off talents
Future Steven Spielbergs were being given a chance to show off their movie-making skills and get a sneak preview of scenes from the new Harry Potter film this weekend. Budding film-makers were at the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television
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Home-sick City flop
Bradford City 0, Ipswich Town 1: Another home game, another defeat for the Bantams this afternoon. Ipswich became the fifth side in seven league games to depart West Yorkshire with three points in their pocket. City only threatened an equaliser in the
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Milkman the cream of the crop
Milkmen are well placed to act as the eyes and ears of the community. They are often out and about doing their deliveries when most law-abiding people are in bed asleep so it's easy for them to spot anyone behaving suspiciously. Some milkmen might choose
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Software firm nets new deals
Fast-growing Bradford software firm Atlantic Global has won two major new contracts worth more than £200,000. The deals with Norwich Union Central Services and insurance company Friends Provident are the latest major boost for the Cleckheaton-based business
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Building on experience
Many employers are missing out on a big opportunity, according to managers of a project designed to give young people a start in the construction industry. Bradford YouthBuild's recently-appointed employment and diversity officer, Chris Ward, said some
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Revealed: firm in Royal cover-up!
If most businessmen got a phone call from Kensington Palace demanding a product to be specially made for Prince Charles, it might send them into a state of panic. But it's just another day at the office for Douglas Long, founder and boss of one of Bradford's
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Firms snap up new business park units
A former supermarket site has been transformed into a major new business park with the creation of at least 80 jobs. Developers in charge of the £2 million revamp of the old Asda store in Knowles Lane, Dudley Hill, Bradford, today said they were "absolutely
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Charity's £50,000 facelift for hospital
A haematology unit will undergo a facelift thanks to a Bradford charity's bumper year. The Annette Fox Leukaemia Research Fund has been able to order the refit after £50,000 was given over the last 12 months. The unit, on ward seven of Bradford Royal
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Mum tells of 'blank cheque' to drop case
The mother of a young boy who was allegedly beaten by a mosque leader has told a jury she was offered a blank cheque to drop the case. The woman - who cannot be identified for legal reasons - claimed Ayub Ibrahim Khalifa turned up at her house and asked
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Gold top crimebuster!
Crimebusting milkman Sean Garvey has plenty of bottle when it comes to looking out for prowling villains. The 33-year-old dad, pictured, from Thackley has come up with his own way of tackling crime on his rounds. To keep his customers on guard against
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Dad tells of 'four years of hell'
The father of three-year-old Naazish Khan, who died after being given an overdose of potassium in hospital, has spoken of his hope that an inquest will finally give him the answers to questions he has asked about his daughter's death for four years. The
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'We need more cash for schools'
Bosses of the private company running education in Bradford today admitted they under-estimated the scale of the problems in the district's failing schools. Education Bradford says it needs a fresh approach - and extra Government cash - to rescue the
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - At last a church is to be consigned to the scrapheap (T&A, October 9); alas St Mary Magdalene, Manningham, is the wrong one. Better candidates are available; firstly All Saints, Little Horton, which is drinking greedily of regeneration funds
