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Ollie signs up for UniBond campaign
Last season's leading scorer Steve Olek-sewycz has signed a new 12-month contract. It is a coup for new manager Gary Brook because several clubs were chasing the striker. Oleksewycz had been considering his options following Avenue's relegation from the
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Hoggard claims a new-ball treble
A bizarre passage of play in the Roses match at Headingley yesterday saw Matthew Hoggard take three Lancashire wickets in 14 deliveries with three different balls at a cost of just two runs! Hoggard first of all dismissed Mal Loye with the original ball
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'You've got to have faith'
Former boss Matthew Elliott has issued a public call for Bradfordians to get behind the Bulls. Now coach of the Canberra Raiders, Elliott guided the Bulls to 83 wins from 113 matches before handing over the reins to current boss Brian Noble. No stranger
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No way to treat a customer
When people move into sheltered accommodation it is usually in pursuit of security and a bit of peace and quiet. They don't expect to find themselves plunged into a nightmare which causes them distress and anxiety and makes one of them ill with high blood
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Driver is cleared of dropping cigarette
When mortgage advisor James Walker was accused of throwing a cigarette butt from his car window he was surprised - because he did not smoke. Mr Walker, 42, told Bingley Magistrates he had stopped smoking seven months before the alleged incident on June
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Morrisons comes top in availability
Morrisons is the best supermarket at having stock available on the shelves for shoppers, according to the findings of a major new study. And the annual report by The Grocer magazine also contradicted suggestions in the national media that Morrisons is
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Hundreds are hit by hospital 'superbug'
A potentially fatal 'superbug' hit almost 200 patients at Bradford's hospitals. The Clostridium difficile (C.difficle) infection, which causes diarrhoea and can cause serious illness and death in the eld-erly, struck 175 patients at Bradford Royal Infirmary
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Power bill despair for elderly couple
Power company npower has been heavily criticised by the consumer group EnergyWatch after subjecting an elderly Bradford couple to two years of harassment. Since 2003, Jim and Vera Yeatman have received scores of letters threatening them with disconnection
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'No sentence long enough for beast'
The family of a 12-year-old girl who became pregnant after a brutal rape have said "no sentence was long enough" for her attacker. Ibrar Hussain, 27, was jailed for 11 years at Leeds Crown Court yesterday by a judge who described it as an "appallingly
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Gang forced me to hand over savings
A vulnerable householder told today of his terror after he was forced to take £3,000 out his bank by a gang of conmen builders. The men drove Kenneth Sutcliffe, 60, into Bradford city centre to get cash to pay for repairs they claimed his home needed.
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Greenwood gets Cougars chance
New signing Gareth Greenwood will make his Cougars debut from the bench tomorrow against Dewsbury at Cougar Park after joining the club midweek from Halifax. The brother of London Broncos winger Lee, Green-wood is a hooker who can also play in the back
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Letters to the Editor
Facts about the Odeon building SIR - In response to recent letters by the Bradford Odeon Rescue Group I felt it would be useful to clear up a few points surrounding the former Odeon building. The Odeon cinema has remained closed for the last five years
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The truth is Wrack link is just gossip
The transfer rumour mill is in full swing again with City linked to a possible move for Walsall winger Darren Wrack. The 29-year-old former Derby, Grimsby and Shrewsbury player has been the subject of much interest from League One clubs but he missed
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Blind mum fears for her children's lives
A blind mother says she fears for the safety of herself and her children because her rented home is falling down around her. Mum-of-two Caroline Shaw, 31, said her three bedroom home in Thornaby Drive, Clayton has subsidence and Bradford Community Housing
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Jackpot winner is convicted of assault
Bradford's first £1 million lottery jackpot winner has been convicted of assaulting a former girlfriend. Errol Active, who was jailed for three months for a vicious and prolonged assault on Anne Fisher in May 2000, was yesterday found guilty of attacking
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'Let's clear up and take more pride!'
An army of street champions is being recruited to spread respect and community pride in a Bradford neighbourhood. 'Go Girlington' is a new all-out drive to improve the look of the area through education and action. It is one of the biggest campaigns of