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Two injured in Calverley two-car crash
A man and a woman were taken to hospital tonight after two cars were in a collision in Calverley. A male driver of a Jaguar suffered back and neck injuries in the accident in Carr Road at around 7.40pm. A female passenger of a Skoda
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Arsonists blamed for Ravenscliffe flat blaze
Arsonists were blamed for a fire at a derelict property in the Ravenscliffe area of Bradford tonight. Firefighters from Idle station were called to the flat in Ravenscliffe Avenue at around 7.30pm. The outside of the property had been set alight.
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Hurd strikes gold again in Southend
Haworth’s Chloe Hurd headed a City of Leeds clean sweep yesterday in the three-metre springboard final at the British Gas National Diving Cup in Southend. Clubmates Alicia Blagg and Hannah Starling completed the West Yorkshire club’s 1-2-3. Blagg suffered
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Avenue game put on ice as frost bites
The overnight frost on Thursday and Friday was so severe and so widespread that all but one of the area’s eight semi-professional clubs were thwarted at the weekend. Bradford Park Avenue should have been at home to Buxton in the Evo-Stik Premier
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Double blow for Farsley
Farsley’s game at home to Hall Road Rangers in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division fell victim to the freezing weather. Following a pitch inspection at 11.15am on Saturday, the game was given the go-ahead. But a subsequent inspection
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Wilkin goes to Town on Brighouse
Winterton Rangers 3 Brighouse Town 1 Brighouse got off to a perfect start at Winterton but ended with a feeling of deja vu as they slipped to their second successive Saturday defeat in the Kool Sport Premier Division. The previous week they lost their
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Sale name Tasker as commercial director
Former Bradford Bulls chief executive officer Gary Tasker will join Aviva Premiership club Sale Sharks next month as commercial director. He joins the Sharks having also previously worked as director of community and Marketing at the Rugby
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Baildon glad to win tricky contest
Hessle 3, Baildon 8 Baildon got back to winning ways on the east coast yesterday to move back into second place in Yorkshire Division Three. With both teams struggling to find any sort of consistency or control after the numerous postponements caused
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Hood gets top under-20 job
Yarnbury's coach Bob Hood has been named lead coach of the newly-created England Counties under-20 team, who play their first match against Scotland on Friday, May 6 at West Park Leeds RFC. During his time with Yorkshire under-21s and under- 20s from
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Bulls 40 Wakefield 16
The Bulls rounded off a satisfactory pre-season campaign with a win against Wakefield. Dominant for much of the match, they grabbed an early lead and never let go, Patrick Ah Van contributing 16 points himself. Heath L'Estrange got the scoring underway
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Keighley pay price for not kicking at goal
Bridlington 28, Keighley 27 It proved a difficult day at the seaside for a somewhat disjointed Keighley team yesterday in Yorkshire Division One. They found themselves under early pressure, a well- struck penalty from winger Steven Mellonby easing
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Volunteer joins Rotary fight to eradicate polio
A charity volunteer has returned from a vital aid mission to poverty-stricken areas of India where he handed out life-saving medicines designed to eradicate the killer disease polio. Leslie Gore, chairman of Bingley Rotary Club, joined Rotary volunteers
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Luffman calls for collective effort after big Otley setback
Otley 12, Rosslyn Park 16 The bonus point gained yesterday may have again taken Otley out of the National League One relegation places but there was little rejoicing afterwards at Cross Green. After dominating the opening 25 minutes,
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Police urge more Bradford men to report abuse
Police are urging male victims of domestic violence in Bradford to put their macho feelings to one side and report crimes against them. Officers admit there is an under-reporting of such offences, but insist abused men will have their complaints
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Project steers teenagers from a life of crime
Dozens of Bradford teenagers have been steered away from a potential life of crime thanks to a hard-hitting intervention scheme. The Magic project targets 13 to 16-year-olds who are at risk of making the wrong choices in life and being influenced
