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Keighley's cup is running dry
Halifax 42 Keighley Cougars 12 The Cougars turned in possibly their worst performance so far this season in conceding nine tries and losing 42-12 to an impressive Halifax outfit in their Northern Rail Cup tie yesterday. Cougars coach Gary Moorby was far
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Yarnbury can still escape the drop
Yarnbury 18 Keighley 3 It would have been easy to have given up on Yarnbury's hopes of survival in Yorkshire Division One at the end of January. After all, the Horsforth club had won only three of their first 14 matches in what is undoubtedly the most
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Bantams go to Town
Bradford City 2 Huddersfield Town 0 City would love to play Yorkshire derbies every week. Just like Roy Wood wishing that it could be Christmas every day, Colin Todd's white-rose wizards would relish facing the neighbours each Saturday. "Have we got any
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Bulls on the rampage
Bradford Bulls 48 London Broncos 22 The Bulls' misfiring half-backs finally hit top gear to destroy the Broncos on the pitch at Odsal yesterday afternoon amid accusations the club had tried to do likewise off it after the London franchise emerged from
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Poles apart? Not for Helena
Booming business between Bradford and Poland has prompted a teacher to turn her back on the blackboard in favour of a tour and translation service. Since the enlargement of the European Union last May and the admission of Poland, Bradford has attracted
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Luxury cars that shook the Prince
A Bradford business which allows drivers to get behind the wheel of luxury cars is set to achieve a turnover of £1 million in its first year Prestige & Power was set up six months ago up by a group of friends who believe they have found a niche in
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Minorities get push to dispense justice
An Asian Bradford magistrate today welcomed plans for a national "proactive" campaign to boost the number of ethnic minorities in high-ranking judicial jobs. Under the proposed scheme, black and Asian lawyers could be head-hunted by the Government to
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'Lifeline' bus for elderly conks out
Scores of pensioners could be stranded at home after a church minibus packed up. It has been in use every day for 12 years and is a lifeline for the pensioners it ferries to and from the Home From Home day centre at St Christopher's Church in Holme Wood
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Pair to walk the wall for Matthew
The mother and grandfather of a seriously ill ten-year-old boy are to trek along the Great Wall of China to raise funds to help research into his condition. Lesley Downs, 36, plans to make the trip with her father Malcolm Osborne in October to raise money
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Little trouble but 30 arrests after match
Thirty fans were arrested following Bradford City's derby with Huddersfield Town, but police said there had been no disorder of note. The match on Saturday, which saw City beat Town 2-0, attracted the season's best crowd of 15,417. A West Yorkshire Police
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MPs call on Reid to act over hospitals
Bradford's MPs are demanding an urgent meeting with Health Secretary John Reid over the cash crisis engulfing the city's two hospitals. It comes after health chiefs announced that wards for women and the elderly at Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke's
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Iraq hero's killing probed by Yard
Scotland Yard is to investigate the death of Shipley soldier Sergeant Steve Roberts. Sgt Roberts, 33, was the first British soldier to die in combat in the Iraq war when he was killed in 'friendly fire' trying to quell a riot in March 2003. The investigation
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Letters to the Editor
Why can't we get a Lottery grant? SIR - While the National Lottery has subsidised many worthwhile projects throughout the country, it takes a solicitor to understand the criteria and application forms. There are many essential community projects that
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Exeter proves trip too far for Otley
Exeter 41 Otley 15 Their third long-distance National League One fixture proved a game too far as title favourites Exeter used their heavyweight forwards to good effect and had virtually secured the victory and the bonus point by the break. By then Otley
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Careless Bowling let a big lead slip
West Bowling 14 Sharlston Rovers 16 West Bowling looked home and dry with a ten-point advantage and just four minutes to go, only to see victory clawed from their grasp when Sharlston stormed over for two converted tries in a cracking fourth round GMB
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Battling Farsley settle for a point
Farsley Celtic 0 Prescot Cables 0 A wintry afternoon at Throstle Nest was not warmed up by any fare served up on the pitch as the Celts' automatic promotion hopes took a huge dent in a goalless draw with Prescot Cables. The two clubs look set to be play-off
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Late rally in vain as Avenue crash
Worcester City 2 Bradford Park Avenue 1 A gutsy second-half comeback could not produce the two goals needed to gain a deserved point from this Conference North clash but it was a close-run thing for Avenue. The home side were left hanging on for dear
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City re-ignite play-off bid
Andy Cooke insisted City are right back in the play-off mix on the back of their derby double over Huddersfield. The Bantams head into the final ten games of the season with renewed confidence after Saturday's 2-0 win - their first at Valley Parade since
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Bulls back in business
Two tries apiece to Paul Deacon and Lesley Vainikolo helped the Bulls to a 48-22 victory over the London Broncos in a match billed by a section of the media as 'good against evil' at Odsal yesterday. Curiously, it was Bradford cast as evil after the club
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Ratings may not be all they seem
On the face of it, the prospect of the BRI and St Luke's hospitals losing their three-star top rating and being reduced to one-star status is a serious blow to the standing of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and will be widely taken as
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Shares Week
Belgravium Technologies, the specialist designer of real-time data capture systems, issued a positive set of full year results on February 24. Last year was a good one for the group and it is facing 2005 with confidence. The business is now concentrating
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Election hits bins firm as Bill delayed
Bullish PM Group chief executive Geoff Mountain today insisted that his firm was in good shape, despite seeing shares slump to an 18-month low on a profit warning. Shares in the AIM-listed, Canal Road-based company bombed on the news that pending contracts
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'I'm trying to solve eyesore problem'
A landowner who has been ordered to clear fly-tipping from an eyesore site today said his efforts to clean up the land are being thwarted by residents and council planners. Gordon Wilcox was given 21 days to clear rubbish from land off Rook Lane, near
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Funds lifeline for domestic violence team
A project to combat domestic violence, which faced closure within weeks, could be thrown a lifeline. Bradford Vision, a partnership of the district's major organisations, is set to approve a £200,000 package to keep Staying Put in business for one more
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Job fears over academy bids
Union bosses in Bradford fear teachers' pay and conditions could suffer due to plans to transform some of the district's schools into academies. Bradford Cathedral Community College, in East Bowling, is proposing to become Bradford Academy, one of the
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Our boys can't wait for fish and chips!
Bradford soldiers Lee Garbutt and Aaron Cost have got fish and chips and curry in their sights when they return home from a tour of duty in Iraq. Lance Corporal Cost and Corporal Garbutt, both from Shipley, are more than halfway through their spell, keeping
