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Dropping like flies
Nicky Law may be forced to dive into the loan market as he prepared to write off Jason Gavin until the new year. The beleaguered City boss lost Gavin and Paul Heckingbottom to injuries as his side slumped to their fifth home defeat of the season against
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A helping hand for democracy
Democracy in Britain is facing something of a crisis. The electorate demonstrate at poll after poll that they are increasingly disenchanted or apathetic or both. Turnouts on election day are at depressingly low levels, with fewer than half the eligible
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On This Day
In 1792, the foundation stone was laid at the White House in Washington. In 1904, Sigmund Freud published "The Interpretation of Dreams" In 1982, a competitor in the Detroit marathon ran it in a time of 4 hours 7 minutes - backwards! From the Telegraph
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Girls told 'Build on great opportunity'
Girls from three Bradford schools got hands-on experience of life in the construction industry in the latest drive to encourage females to take advantage of new opportunities in the sector. The students from Belle Vue Girls, Bingley Grammar and Beckfoot
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New boss hopes to put karts on track
A new manager drafted in from the Middle East is aiming to put a struggling Bradford go-kart circuit back in the fast lane. Yardstick Enterprises, owners of Pole Position, which slumped into administration earlier this year, is revving up again after
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You can't peat this for a deal!
Two-thousand tonnes of peat - dug up to make way for the Bingley relief road - is being snapped up by green-fingered residents. The jet black sedge peat was removed during the construction of the near-complete £48 million road which stretches from Crossflatts
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Scrum down of the sexes
Punters swapped pints for pushovers to raise more than £1,400 for the Royal British Legion Steve Roberts Challenge. Lads and lasses, pictured, from the Malt Shovel pub in Baildon battled it against each other in a fancy dress rugby match at Baildon Rugby
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Cricketer Claire in prize event
Cricketer Claire Taylor will congratulate inspirational pupils in Bradford on Friday. Claire, who has clocked up the most centuries in women's test cricket, will hand out certificates to young athletes in Centenary Square. The presentation at lunchtime
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Little Leah has the heart for big walk
A four-year-old Bradford girl, born with two holes in her heart, has managed to walk three miles to help research into the condition - less than a year after she had a life-saving operation. Leah Kellett had open heart surgery aged only three months to
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Prize student who overcame tragedy
A teenager from war-torn Burundi whose mother died just a month after the family arrived in Bradford was today tipped for a bright future in medicine. Don Munyaneza was left to single-handedly bring up his family after his mother's death but he has gone
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High-power Bees end Clack's run
Cleckheaton 15, Bees 48 - Cleckheaton may be in their second season in North Division One. But this display by the Bees had some of their experienced spectators shaking their head in amazement. One said: "That's the best display of rugby by any team I've
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Wigan out for revenge - Carney
Brian Carney stressed that Wigan will be motivated by the prospect of revenge when they take on Bradford in the Tetley's Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford next Saturday. The 27-year-old Irishman is one of eight survivors from the Warriors team
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Company chiefs in satellite debate
Bradford's business leaders will have the chance to debate what makes a successful firm when the city takes part in a satellite link-up across the UK. The city is one of just two venues in Yorkshire taking part in the Department of Trade and Industry's
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Travel firm has cut complaints by half
A major travel company has cut customer complaints by 50 per cent - thanks to a change in procedures at its Bradford call centre. Staff working at Thomas Cook's offices in Bradford city centre were nominated for a customer service award after managing
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Axing riot law can kill firms
Small Bradford firms could be forced out of business if the Home Office axes a law to allow them to claim compensation for damage caused during riots, it was claimed today. Bradford Chamber of Commerce said it had written to the Home Office to object
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Liam's having a ball
On the football pitch, Liam Thomas shows the ability and determination of any youngster who dreams of playing professionally when he is older. But the nine-year-old has already overcome bigger obstacles in his life after being born with part of his right
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Phillip's a vision of health after surgery
An accountant owes his sight to an optician who spotted a serious defect during a routine examination. Father-of-two Phillip Holmes was found to have a detached retina in his right eye. Because he already has very poor sight in his left eye, losing vision
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£2m put into drive for healthier future
A £2 million campaign is to start to improve the health of people in parts of Brad-ford. The Manningham Healthy Living Initiative is being run by a partnership of health, regeneration and business groups. Statistics show Manning-ham to be one of the most
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Firm launches UK's first golf channel
British television's first channel dedicated to golf is to be launched by a booming Bradford firm. Golf TV is the latest venture from Trustar Global Media, the Canal Road-based business which already runs two successful television channels. And chief
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Famous TV duo pull in crowds
Two distinguished television news reporters were the latest authors to pass on their wisdom at the Ilkley Literature Festival. On Saturday afternoon former BBC foreign correspondent and Independent MP Martin Bell talked about his new book at the Ilkely
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Warning over three-day road diversion plan
Motorists have been warned that major diversions will be in place when one of Bradford's busiest roundabouts is converted into a traffic- light junction later this month. The £3 million project installing the system at the roundabout at the junction of
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Please find our pal Jimmy's killer
An elderly couple who cared for murder victim Jimmy Adams like an "adopted son" today appealed to people to help police catch his killer. Joanna and Donald Hooper befriended the "gentle giant" because he had nobody else to care for him when they worked
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - What a sad letter from Thomas Lowry, who lives in Meysey Hampton in the Cotswolds but prefers Keighley (Letters, October 8). Does he wear rose-coloured glasses? I know the place where he lives and can visualise every part of the Cotswolds, having
