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Injured Dolan heading back to Bradford City

MIDFIELDER Matty Dolan is heading back to City with a hamstring injury. Dolan's loan at hometown club Hartlepool is set to be cut short after he picked up the problem ahead of their 1-1 draw with Oxford this afternoon. It is the second time

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Leeds United get the luck of the draw against Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest 1 Leeds United 1 STUART Pearce insists Matty Fryatt should have had a hat-trick and Nottingham Forest should have had three points after the striker had two goals disallowed for dubious offside decisions. The Reds were held

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Parkinson: Bradford City were second best in second half

PHIL Parkinson admitted City weren’t good enough in the second half to hang on against Scunthorpe this afternoon. Hakeeb Adelakun equalised in the third minute of stoppages at Valley Parade to cancel out Rory McArdle’s fine first-half finish.

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FT: City 1 Scunthorpe 1

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Score is harsh on Silsden

HAVING equalised, Silsden went on to lose 5-1 at Pickering Town in the Northern Under-19 Alliance League.Trailing early on to a goal from a corner, Silsden had a goal disallowed for offside before half-time but levelled through Jack Wrigglesworth, who

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Cooke discovers recipe for success as Doncaster bid to defy the odds again

PAUL Cooke earned notoriety in 2007 when he quit Hull FC and defected to Hull Kingston Rovers, the club he had supported since childhood.It was a move that inflamed the bitter rivalry which splits the city in two, but these days the talented playmaker

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A legend returns as Gary Jones admits: "I never thought I'd have the chance to play at Valley Parade again"

IT PROMISES to be an emotional reunion when Gary Jones steps on the Valley Parade turf again next Sunday.The fist-pumping midfield warrior who led City through a season of dreams is guaranteed the reception fit for a returning hero. His legendary status

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Silent might: Rory McArdle dreams of sneaking into top six at Christmas

RORY McArdle believes City can continue to sneak into the League One play-off mix by stealth.The Bantams sit just behind the pack in tenth but they are only a point off sixth-placed Rochdale.A win over Scunthorpe at Valley Parade this afternoon could

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VIDEO: Primary school pupils perform a different take on a Christmas carol

WE'VE all been there - driving through an unfamiliar place on an important journey when the sat nav runs out of power. Now, children at Barkerend Primary School have imagined what that situation must be like for Santa Claus on his most important

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Bradford Bulls supremo Marc Green stunned by supporter loyalty

BULLS chairman Marc Green has been “blown away” by the number of supporters who have bought season-ticket memberships for next season. As the Bulls gear up for their first campaign outside of the top flight for over 40 years, around 2,300 packages

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VIDEO: Primary school children perform self-written Christmas carol with a funny twist

WE'VE all been there - driving through an unfamiliar place on an important journey when the sat nav runs out of power. Now, children at Barkerend Primary School have imagined what that situation must be like for Santa Claus on his most important

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Bradford burglary gang jailed for total of 35 years

A JUDGE has jailed two Bradford men for ten years each after police smashed a burglary ring where cars valued at nearly £200,000 were stolen in a few weeks. Sentencing Rizwan Zeb and John Robert Trotter at Leeds Crown Court yesterday, Judge Geoffrey

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Crack team formed to tackle human trafficking

NEW funding is enabling a crack team to be developed to spot human trafficking and rescue victims, many of them in Bradford.It has been revealed that concerted efforts by authorities to tackle human trafficking has seen a 100 per cent increase in rescued

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Staff from Bradford printing company to spend night on the streets in support of homeless people

STAFF from a Bradford printing company are forgoing their usual Christmas do to spend a night on the streets in support of a homelessness charity.A group of five hardy employees from ABS UK Ltd, based on the Euroway Trading Estate, just off the M606 motorway

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Primary school pupils develop 'safe haven' scheme in Queensbury

PUPILS of a Queensbury school and businesses in the village have joined forces to provide safe havens for people in need.Pupils in Year Five at Russell Hall Primary School have created posters that are being put up in the windows of shops and businesses

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Blackmailer jailed for sex video extortion plot

A BLACKMAILER has been jailed for filming himself having sex with his then girlfriend and then demanding £5,000 from her not to distribute it on the internet.Sameer Khan preyed on the fact that his young victim was expecting a payout after her mother

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Public transport chief criticises bus fares increase

A DECISION by Bradford's biggest bus operator to increase fares at a time of falling fuel prices oil has been criticised by West Yorkshire's public transport chief. First, which operates services across the Bradford district and the rest of the county

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Seven in ten people in Bradford now survive at least a year after cancer diagnosis

AROUND seven in ten people across the Bradford district are now surviving for at least a year after being told they have cancer, new figures have revealed. According to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics, an average of 69 per cent

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Search goes on for new Bradford Council chief executive as all applicants rejected as 'not good enough'

FRUSTRATED councillors are going back to the drawing board after failing to find a new chief executive for Bradford Council. No-one interviewed for the post has been deemed good enough to take on the authority's top job. Now questions are being

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Child rapist, 75, set to die in jail after judge hands down 20 year sentence

A "DISGUSTING and violent" serial child rapist looks set to die in prison after he was jailed for 20 years. Malcolm Carney, 75, leaned on his wooden walking stick in the dock as Bradford's top judge told him: "One wonders if you will ever enjoy

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Judge condemns 'pernicious effect' of Facebook as brutal murderer of love rival is jailed for life

A MORRISONS worker has been jailed for life for murdering his love rival in a "bestial" attack after learning on Facebook that his girlfriend had cheated on him. The judge sentencing Robert Lyn to at least 26 years behind bars at Bradford Crown