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Low-key bout is to Hare's liking
James Hare is happy to play second fiddle in Manchester tonight. Hare's second defence of his WBF welterweight belt has been swept under the carpet as local boy Michael Brodie prepares for a world title crack. He is set for an early kick-off at 8pm and
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Paul recall will be bad news for some
Coach Brian Noble has named the same starting line-up that beat Leeds Rhinos to take the Bulls to the Grand Final, but whether that team will actually take the field is anybody's guess. Noble said: "They played pretty well that first half. The 17 that
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Spirits still high - Law
Nicky Law feels he still has total support in the City dressing room. Law's side have slipped to fourth from bottom with no win in six games before today's crunch clash at Watford. But the Bantams boss is encouraged by recent performances, typified with
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Noble predicts gorilla warfare
This evening's Super League Grand Final will be all about the gorillas, but don't rule out a surprising return for Wigan's Lam, says Bulls coach Brian Noble. Star half-back Adrian Lam has been publicly ruled out of contention for selection by Wigan coach
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'Don't let it happen again' - 999 driver
An ambulance driver charged with speeding as he rushed a liver to a transplant patient has called for a change in the law so it cannot happen again. Speeding charges faced by Mike Ferguson, pictured, after he was clocked doing 104mph on the A1 in Lincolnshire
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Producer swaps soaps for service
A TV producer is having a career change to run a landmark Bingley hotel. The Five Rise Locks Hotel has been bought by Stuart Doughty and his wife Lin for £625,000. Mr Doughty, who now works for the BBC, has been a producer on popular TV soaps like Emmerdale
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Health minister impressed by city's projects
Health Minister Rosie Winterton praised mental health projects in Bradford yesterday as she launched a nationwide plan to improve services for ethnic minorities. She was in the city to mark the start of a three-month consultation period designed to find
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Family of five are rescued from blaze
Five members of a family, including three young children, fled a blazing house seconds before a fireball engulfed the building. The youngsters - including a baby - and their mother escaped the burning property just as the first floor window blew out,
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Partnership plan to boost city's soccer
A new deal which hopes to produce football stars of the future and boost the sports facilities of a Bradford school has been announced. In north Bradford a high school is celebrating a partnership deal with Bradford City which could see its football pitches
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Mosque leader is cleared of assault
A religious leader has been cleared of allegations that he repeatedly beat a boy pupil at a Bradford mosque. A jury at the city's Crown Court took less than two hours to find 39-year-old Ayub Ibrahim Khalifa not guilty of two charges of causing actual
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Bulls boss's wife tells of Final nerves
Barbara Noble will be backing Bradford all the way at Old Trafford tonight - from toilet cubicle number two. The wife of Bulls coach Brian jokes that despite all the club's previous success the big matches are still difficult to deal with. "I am terrible
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There's a fund of fun in film festival
An Oscar nominee, the creator of children's classic Henry's Cat, the men behind the classic music videos by artists such as Radiohead, Coldplay and REM will be heading to Bradford next month. Many of Europe's top animators are to descend on the National
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Tory resigns whip over 'swinger' claims
A Tory councillor has resigned his party's whip over allegations that he belongs to a "swingers" club. Andrew Smith, the chairman of Bradford South Conservative Association, took the decision after anonymous correspondence was sent to Bradford Council
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - May I inquire if Bradford Metropolitan Highways Department intends to keep the residents of Queensbury in isolation for much longer? There are roadworks at Scarlet Heights which reduce traffic to a standstill from around 7.40am on weekdays. An alternative
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Can Bulls put icing on cake?
This has been a big week for Bradford - a week in which the much-awaited blueprint for the future of the city centre was published, presenting the citizens with a bold new vision to inspire and encourage. The imaginative scheme has set people talking
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On This Day
In 1922, Marconi and the General Eelectric Company and other wireless manufacturers formed the British Broadcasting Company. In 1931, prolific inventor Thomas Edison died. In 1969, artificial sweeteners were banned in the USA as they were thought to cause
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Gravestone danger to be laid flat
Hundreds of dangerous headstones in a burial ground are to be laid flat to protect the public. An estimated 80 per cent of the memorials at Waltonwrays cemetery in Skipton have been found to be unsafe. Craven District Council has now launched a safety
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Witness dies in plunge from flats
A key witness in the trial of a ruthless torture gang has plunged to her death from high-rise flats in Bradford. Detectives launched an investigation after Lisa Galloway fell from a window of her sixth storey home at Windsor Court in Swarland Grove last
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City faces £1.6m bill for councillors
Council tax payers could soon face a £1.6 million bill for their councillors following new recommendations by an independent panel. The bill leaped by 72 per cent to £1.3 million last autumn based on the findings of a panel chaired by Rodney Brooke, the
