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Firms join T&A's war against litter
Bradford businesses are waging a war against grime in a bid to smarten up the area. Organisations across the district are lending their support to the Telegraph & Argus litter and recycling campaign - Bin It for Bradford - in an attempt to improve
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Barnett has his options weighed up
Bradford's Jason Barnett has had his World Championship options reduced - even before he competes in tomorrow's ANB (Association of National Bodybuilders) British Championships at Corby, Northamptonshire. There are two main bodybuilding organisations
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Gibb rules out being City's loan arranger
Gordon Gibb has ruled out City taking the loan route to survival. With David Wetherall out of action until the new year, Nicky Law's resources have once again been hit by injuries. Peter Atherton and Danny Cadamarteri have been sidelined all season and
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Swann: Why time is right to join Bulls
Logan Swann, the Bulls' major acquisition for the 2004 season, has revealed just how close he came to joining the club three years ago. "We were very close to signing with Bradford," said Swann. "My father and I sat down in a hotel room with former Bulls
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Best website in the world!
A Bradford-based new media agency has designed the best website in the world. Inphi.net was named joint winner at the prestigious American Design Awards for its innovative website which beat off the challenge from rivals around the globe. It scooped the
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Firm takes on trainee accountant
Robert Taylor has joined the Bradford office of accountancy firm Horwath Clark Whitehill on a three-year training programme to become a chartered accountant. Mr Taylor gained a first in mathematics at Leeds University and won 'the prize for outstanding
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Pals hope to paint their town red!
Two friends from Keighley who found themselves out of work have brushed up their act and are now hoping to spruce up their home town. Martin Challoner and Stephen Noutch used their combined 12 years' experience in painting and decorating and various qualifications
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Finance company plans to move out
Grant Thornton has delivered a major blow to Bradford by announcing it is to close its office in the city and relocate to Leeds. The firm, the last national accountancy business to retain a base in the city, will close its office in Eldon Place on November
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Revival of Filtronic is just supersonic!
Saltaire-based electronics business Filtronic is the second best performing technology firm on the stock market this year. The business has seen its share price rocket more than 350 per cent in the last ten months as confidence has recovered in the technology
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Going global has the right FX
For a moment, it feels like I'm back in a university lecture theatre. I'm sat in one of those chairs with a little side table to rest your notebook on, arranged in a semicircle in a darkened room. But, far from a typical centre of learning, the room is
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Folly Ale is best beer at festival
When real ale drinkers raised their glasses to toast Folly Ale, the best brew at the Keighley Beer Festival, they probably didn't realise that the first barrels were just rolling out of the brewery. The beer secured the title only days after its launch
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Success on cards as art takes flight
A music teacher has proved the sky's the limit after being named an associate of the prestigious Guild of Aviation Artists. John Hunter, who has been head of music at Heckmondwike Grammar School for 15 years, has been drawing planes since an early age
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Miss is in the pink!
When head teacher Jane Bingham had to go into hospital for surgery for breast cancer, her hospital bed was surrounded by get well cards from youngsters at her school. While she underwent a gruelling operation, followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy
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School blaze probe
Police were today investigating a blaze at a Bradford school in the early hours. The full version of this story appears in today's Telegraph & Argus and will be posted on this website this evening (UK time).
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Three boys held over killing
Three 14-year-old boys have been arrested by murder squad detectives investigating the death of a hospital worker. The local boys were arrested in Bradford yesterday following the death of 31-year-old Tarquin Turner on Thursday night and were being questioned
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Clamping down on the cheats
Although the vast majority of people are law-abiding, it is an unfortunate fact of life that there are some who get up to every trick in the book to take advantage of the good nature or gullibility of others. And there are some who think nothing of breaking
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On This Day
In 1647, barometer inventor Evangelista Torricelli was born. In 1839, the first railway timetable was produced in Manchester. In 1854, the Battle of Balaclava began in the Crimean War. From the Telegraph & Argus of October 25th, 1978... The battle
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Helping people find jobs
Firms across the Bradford district are backing a new campaign to boost employment opportunities for disabled people. Bradford-based City Facilities - along with local branches of B&Q, Asda, Safeway and Sainsbury's - have signed up to the Double the
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Bradford 'needs a regional voice'
Bradford's business leaders and opinion formers need to ensure their voice is heard at regional level, a conference in the city was told. Representatives from Bradford Council, Bradford Vision, parish councils, regeneration partnerships and voluntary
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Firm steams ahead with BBC contract
A Bradford company is helping to construct a new multi-million pound headquarters for the BBC in Yorkshire. Low Moor-based Bailey Prefabrication, part of the NG Bailey group which has its headquarters in Ilkley, is leading the mechanical and engineering
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Roar of approval for company's rescue
An enormous roar greeted the news as it filtered through to the 300 or so nervous employees at ISA's headquarters in Little Germany, Bradford. Chief executive Bruce Robinson vividly remembers the reaction as he delivered the announcement they had all
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I'm not dead, insists cancer victim
An investigation has been launched after civil servants stopped the benefits of a cancer patient and wrote to her family telling them she had died. Cecilia Wozny, 75, pictured, discovered the Department of Work and Pensions believed she was dead when
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Police act to stop sneak-in burglars
Shipley police officers will be targeting Saltaire on Wednesday and giving residents anti-crime advice. Detective Inspector Trevor Gasson said the village was chosen because of a ten per cent rise in burglaries in the past few months - particularly ones
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Health project's ten years of pride
A community health project aiming to improve people's environment and lifestyle has celebrated its tenth anniversary. West Bowling Community Health Action Project began in 1993 to tackle health inequalities in the area by focusing on social and economic
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The bell tolls for phone firm fixers
A mobile phone company which wanted to add more masts and dishes to a mill roof in Wibsey has been told to look elsewhere. Planners rejected an application to add three antennae, three dishes and an equipment cabinet to the roof of Park View Mills, on
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Firms join T&A's war against litter
Bradford businesses are waging a war against grime in a bid to smarten up the area. Organisations across the district are lending their support to the Telegraph & Argus litter and recycling campaign - Bin It for Bradford - in an attempt to improve
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Golf club's green light for land sale
A Bradford golf club is seeking new headquarters after agreeing to sell to a developer wanting to build a business park which could lead to thousands of new jobs. West Bowling Golf Club members have decided by an overwhelming majority to sell the scenic
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Yobs may face public shaming
Wharfedale residents who have been ordered to behave by the courts face being named and shamed in a leafleting campaign. Leeds City Council is looking at printing leaflets and posters of offenders who have been the subject of Anti-Social Behav-iour Orders
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Fun and games for after-hours pupils
Hundreds of youngsters have had fun after school as part of a scheme aimed at broadening their horizons and boosting their self-confidence. Eight primary schools in the Manningham area have been celebrating the success of the £90,000 project, which raised
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Bangers seized - fireworks and cars!
Illegal fireworks and unroadworthy cars were seized as trading standards officials blitzed Keighley and Bingley. Enforcement agencies found six unroadworthy cars for sale, as well 60 illegal fireworks. Officers from West Yorkshire Trading Standards, West
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - How nice to read the positive article by Ian Briggs about Gareth Gates (T&A, October 21). Gareth is very talented, works very hard and remains loyal to his family. Although shop sales of his latest album have been low, the figures do not include
