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Bantams: McCarthy is on trail of Gray
City today confirmed that Sunderland are chasing Andy Gray. But they have played down reports that a £100,000 offer has already been verbally agreed. Managing director Shaun Harvey said: "We've been made aware through a third party that there is interest
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On This Day
In 1878, Thomas Edison, who once said "genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety nine per cent perspiration" patented the phonograph. In 1942, Japanese airplanes attacked the city of Darwin, Australia. In 1985, Cherry Coke was produced by the Coca-Cola
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Shipley station 'is too scary to use at night'
Shipley railway station has been dubbed the scariest in West Yorkshire's because of its dark shadows and position away from the town centre. Councillor Ann Ozolins (Lib Dem) says the spooky sub- way and shadowy railway platforms are off-putting, and wants
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Key to policing in community
Bradford is set to play a key role in a pioneering scheme aimed at fighting crime and anti-social behaviour from within the community. West Yorkshire Police have created a new unit which will be dedicated to training and supporting non-police officers
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Step forward for slice of grants cake
A share of more than £500,000 of special grants is up for grabs for community projects in Bradford. Areas served by Newsquest's 317 newspapers, which includes the Telegraph & Argus, will see money distributed to charity projects by parent company
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Solving the hospitals' word crisis
A phrase book which helps doctors communicate with patients in a staggering 36 languages has been a huge hit in Bradford. So much so that it is to be given to every hospital in the country. Staff in A&E at Bradford Royal Infirmary have piloted the
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Disabled workers win big contract
A factory which employs disabled people is celebrating a second contract worth millions of pounds to make doors and windows for tenants in homes across the Bradford district. The Industrial Services Group has already pulled out all the stops to manufacture
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Top Hollywood film to launch festival
The UK premiere of Kevin Costner's latest movie will launch this year's Bradford Film Festival next month. It is being hailed as a brilliant coup for the city with the organisers raving about the quality Hollywood blockbuster Open Range as the curtain
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Hope for hundreds of jobs as firm sold
Hundreds of jobs may have been saved after a buyer was found for part of a troubled food manufacturing business which had been in administration. Bronte Foods' hen processing site in Cullingworth - one of the last remaining factories of its site in the
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Fury at plans for Ripper film
The parents of a victim of the Yorkshire Ripper have condemned plans for a Hollywood film about the serial killer's gruesome reign of terror. Beryl Leach, whose daughter Barbara was murdered by Peter Sutcliffe in Bradford in 1979, launched a bitter attack
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Junior club celebrates amazing achievement
Shipley Juniors' standing as one of the leading clubs in the development of young soccer talent has been recognised by the West Riding County FA. The club, which caters for more than 450 young players, has achieved Charter Development status - one of
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Fighting Avenue crash out of cup
Bradford Park Avenue 1 Halifax Town 3 Bradford Park Avenue were knocked out of the West Riding County Cup by their Conference neighbours Halifax Town last night but they took the quarter-final tie to the wire. Even after Halifax made it 3-1 in the 89th
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Smith suited by lead role
Rookie Bulls hooker Aaron Smith admits he was a bundle of nerves after injuries saw him catapulted into the starting line-up for the World Club Challenge match against Penrith. "I don't think words could describe how I felt," said 21-year-old Smith. "
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Film that should not be made
Those who were living in and around Bradford during the Yorkshire Ripper's reign of terror will never forget what a terrible time that was. As the faceless assailant who turned out to be Heaton lorry driver Peter Sutcliffe claimed victim after victim,
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Property firm signs £400m hotel deal
An Ilkley property development and investment business has landed a £400 million deal with a giant American hotel company to roll the Days Inn brand out across the UK. Opus Land has signed a contract with the Cendant Corporation to support the growth
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Girl stole from former rugby boss, jury told
A woman who claims she was sexually abused by a former Rugby League club boss invented the allegations after she stole from him, a jury was told. Former Keighley Cougars chairman Carl Metcalfe told the jury the woman concocted the allegations after he
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Water trip for Princess
A Spen Valley charity which takes disadvantaged or disabled children and adults on waterway trips is to receive a visit from the Princess Royal. Liversedge-based charity The Safe Anchor Trust will welcome Princess Anne on March 15 to Shepley Bridge Marina
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Please help the children
Bradford human shield Uzma Bashir is appealing for donations to help Iraqi children suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. She says many were badly affected by the war and she is working to set up a centre in Al-Dhoura, near Baghdad, which will
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Carer stole £9,000 from a pensioner
A former care home worker has been jailed for six months after a court heard he used an elderly resident's money on a £9,000 spending spree. Anthony Butters left his job at the Brookfield Care Home in Nab Wood Drive, Shipley, in November 2002, but prosecutor
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Building 'not good enough' warning'
A company which wanted to build a major apartment block in historic Little Germany has been slated by Britain's biggest conservation watchdog. English Heritage criticised the building so strongly that Bradford Council's planning department has advised
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The fight to keep Bantams afloat
Bradford City's board of directors have been fighting a near-impossible battle to keep the club afloat for the past 18 months, the Tele-graph & Argus can reveal today. Despite taking huge cost-cutting measures in the wake of the financial crisis in
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Letters to the Editor
Authors we ought to encourage SIR - The article on the new book by John Stolarczyk The Sovereign Statues of Bradford (T&A, February 11) highlighted to me another factor in the debate relating to the Library Services' sale of local publications. Here
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Plans to provide Bingley with semi-pro club
West Yorkshire League side Sandy Lane have ambitious plans to move up from their current standing and join the Pyramid system by gaining entry to the non-league ladder. Like West Riding County Amateur Premier Division high-flyers Silsden they hope to
