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Wappett happy with Bees result
Bedford Athletic 10 Bradford & Bingley 38 The Bees were delighted to come away with a six-try haul and the bonus point they needed to peg back a point on Macclesfield as they chase the play-off spot. Although pleased with the victory, Bees head coach
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Clayton errors are punished in defeat
Clayton 14 Illingworth 31 Clayton surrendered an early six-point advantage to slide to a costly defeat against Premier Division title-chasing rivals Illingworth at Lidget Green. The hosts showed their intent from the kick-off with a crunching tackle from
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City lack punch as play-offs slip away
Bradford City 1 Hartlepool 2 It's Donny or bust for City. And even another Yorkshire scalp at the Earth Stadium on Thursday night may not be enough to resurrect the fading play-off hopes. If Hartlepool haven't delivered the knock-out blow, they have certainly
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Scoreline is not pleasant reading
Runcorn FC Halton 2 Bradford Park Avenue 1 Avenue slumped back to the foot of the Conference North table with defeat at fourth-bottom Runcorn on Saturday and any tenuous hopes of escaping relegation were surely dashed. Goals in the first and last minutes
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Merits of safety-first message
The road safety message seems at last to be getting across to most drivers and pedestrians. The latest figures showing that fewer people were killed and injured on Bradford's roads last year than in any year since casualty records began in 1974 are very
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Tell a tale and be more successful
What is your earliest memory from childhood of something that you really enjoyed doing? It's not, perhaps, a question senior business people in Bradford often make time to ask themselves. But one man, who is bringing a ground-breaking method of executive
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Business power of Asian women
A pioneering initiative launched a year ago is stimulating the emergence of a new wave of Asian businesswomen in Bradford. The Exploring Enterprise programme, backed by Yorkshire Forward and delivered in partnership with Bradford University, was launched
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'Don't blight our business'
Market traders in Shipley are furious at plans to radically redesign the town centre which they say would destroy their livelihoods. The town's iconic clock tower would be demolished and the outdoor market replaced with a market hall in the Masterplan
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City Hall braced for a late licence rush
Bradford Council fears a flood of last-minute licensing renewals this year after revealing that only 14 of Bradford's 1,800 licensees have so far applied. Under new legislation, applicants have until August to renew their licences and the authority would
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A killer that often goes undiagnosed
Men across the district are learning more about their bodies as part of National Prostate Cancer Awareness Week. Keighley Cougar Academy players Shane Walton and Tobias Williams and Keighley town mayor Alan Rhodes kicked off a week of events in Bradford
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Film with local cast closes 11th festival
Bradford's 11th Film Festival finished on a high note at the weekend with the premier of a British film starring a Bradford actress. Dina Mousawi, from Shipley, joined fellow cast members including Kes star Dai Bradley and Fuman Dar, director Nigel Roffe-Barker
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Public join nurses in cutback protest
Nurses took their campaign against ward closures and job cuts at Bradford's hospitals to the streets. About 30 health-care workers and other staff from Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke's Hospital staged a protest in Ivegate, in Bradford city centre
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Roads 'safer than ever'
The number of people seriously injured on Bradford's roads has fallen to the lowest level since records began, it was revealed today. Latest figures show 265 people were killed or seriously injured on the district's roads last year, the lowest figure
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Letters to the Editor
Don't give up on the small traders SIR - I own the Lighthouse shop which Mrs Neale mentioned in her letter of March 8. I would like to thank her for highlighting the present difficulties for city-centre retailers. The state of the city in general and
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Albion book Anfield date
Albion Sports 1 Seaburn 0 Albion Sports, bidding to be the first Bradford team to win a senior FA competition since Bradford City in 1911, are through to the FA Sunday Cup final. After one of the greatest victories in the club's history against Seaburn
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We can give Barnsley the chop - Gumbs
Baildon 8 Barnsley 36 Yorkshire Division Three leaders Barnsley inflicted a 28-point, six tries to one defeat on Baildon in this Yorkshire Silver Trophy third-round tie. Along with West Leeds and Roundhegians, second-placed Baildon are fighting for the
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Parke breathes new life into play-off bid
Guiseley 2 Leek 1 A battling performance earned Guiseley a justified win in a very tight contest as they gained another three points from Leek Town to keep their outside chance of a play-off spot alive. The visitors were industrious and inventive but
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Fiel-good factor returns to Bulls
Stop the press: Stuart Fielden is happy. Well, almost. Following last weekend's muddled 46-6 victory over Leigh, Fielden stood alone outside The Coliseum, staring angrily into the gloom as the final few fans departed the stadium. His frustration at having
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'Home form a let-down'
City have a mountain to climb to make the play-offs now. Colin Todd admitted that a top-six finish was nearly out of reach after Saturday's costly loss to Hartlepool at Valley Parade. But he also urged fans to look at the "bigger picture" after the turmoil
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Shares Week
Last week's headlines were dominated by Morrisons after the group issued only the second profit warning in its history on Thursday. The company now expects pre-tax profit figures for the year to January 2005, which are due to be announced on Wednesday
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Staff get right to be kept informed
Employment Relations Minister Gerry Sutcliffe today revealed details of legislation to give employees the right to quiz bosses about the state of their business. The Bradford South MP said Information and Consultation regulations, coming into force next
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Uncertain future for city's historical pub
Campaigners who want to see one of Bradford's best-known pubs serving pints again are calling on the district's small breweries to pump new life into it. Despite a pub operator contacting the owners of the Grade II-listed Cock & Bottle pub in Barkerend
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Residents victorious in turf war
Residents who have fought off plans to put a housing trust head office on a grassy area near their homes are planning a street party to celebrate their victory. People living in Greengates who battled to save the green space at Rookwith Parade are overjoyed
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Cougars earn top marks at Skolars
London Skolars 16 Keighley Cougars 41 The Cougars strolled to their third win in four matches on the back of an excellent first-half performance against the Skolars in London on Saturday. A Matt Foster double inside the first seven minutes and further
