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Rovers return
Karl Pratt returns to the club that turned him into a £100,000 player when the Bulls travel to Featherstone Rovers tomorrow looking to plot a safe passage into the fifth round of the Powergen Challenge Cup. Pratt joined Rovers as a 14-year-old, eventually
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The scams we cannot tolerate
Bradford MP Gerry Sutcliffe has launched a campaign to fight crooks and scamsters who are taking advantage of the latest technology to fleece innocent people. In his role as Consumer Affairs minister, Mr Sutcliffe has to keep up to date with the ever-more
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Rock to the police blues' beat!
Three top West Yorkshire Police officers have drummed up a new meaning for going on the beat. Boys in blue Phil Read, Shaun Berry and Max McLean last night swapped their police uniforms to become the men in black as they performed in their rock band.
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Rugby legend Trevor dies
Bradford rugby league legend Trevor Foster died today at the age of 90. The Welsh-born former Great Britain forward was hugely popular throughout the city and this week had helped launch his biography. Mr Foster made the first of 462 appearances for Bradford
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Vikings swoop to land Barnett
Widnes Vikings have followed up the signing of Gray Viane and Jamie Durbin with the capture of Hull winger Richie Barnett. The 23-year-old Barnett scored 14 tries in 20 appearances for Hull after joining them from Gateshead last season but has made only
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Tierney contract offer in pipeline
Paul Tierney has "got everything going for him", according to Colin Todd. City are expected to make a move to sign the on-loan left back, who is out of contract at Manchester United in the summer. The 22-year-old has been with the Bantams since Christmas
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Fake cancer fraud 'beyond belief'
A married mum-of-one has been convicted of duping well-wishers into providing her with cash and holidays by falsely claiming she was dying of cancer. Karen Hanson, 39, pleaded guilty at Bradford Crown Court to five charges of obtaining a total of £3,550
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'My Stephen was a wonderful son'
A window cleaner plunged to his death from a block of flats after trying to clean a kitchen window, an inquest heard. Stephen Wainwright was working at a flat in Wells Court, Ilkley, when he fell over a balcony, Bradford Coroners Court was told. At a
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Woman who conned a whole village
There were tears in everyone's eyes as Karen Hanson walked into the Upper George in Wibsey where the fundraising was in full flow. Hundreds of people in the village had turned out for the event to raise money to send the cancer-stricken 39-year-old mum
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Bid to bring peace to village streets
Traffic restrictions are needed in Saltaire to address "continued conflict" between residents, businesses, visitors and through traffic, highway officers say. A number of measures are being proposed in the village, a world heritage site, including introducing
