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Alistair Brownlee happy with silver after close-run race in Japan
ALISTAIR Brownlee was beaten into second place in a dramatic sprint finish at the fifth World Triathlon Series event of the season in Yokohama on Saturday.Olympic champion Brownlee was in contention right until the end but was eventually edged out by
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Whitcombe returns to Bees as supremo
MARTIN Whitcombe has returned to Bradford & Bingley to oversee rugby operations. The 53-year-old former England B prop replaced Nic Corrigan at Wagon Lane in October, 2010, staying there until January, 2012, when he resigned as director of
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MP 'cannot possibly support' demands for West Yorkshire metro mayor
A TORY MP says he "cannot possibly support" George Osborne's demands for a single 'metro mayor’ for all of West Yorkshire. The idea of an elected mayor moved a step closer yesterday after local leaders bowed to pressure from the Chancellor.
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Pudsey St Lawrence hoping that 'Mouse' doesn't roar in Priestley Cup clash
HANGING Heaton have a home tie against Pudsey St Lawrence tomorrow in the second round (last 16) of the JCT600 Bradford League's Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup.But Saints' cricket chairman Paul Hutchison says: "It has the feel of a quarter-final
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Bulls fan Halafihi aiming to become the chosen one
VILA Halafihi admits he “would love” to stay at the Bulls beyond this season as he seeks to gain more regular game-time at Odsal.The former Leeds Rhinos academy player has featured just twice this season, coming off the bench at Dewsbury and Doncaster
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Dolan won't be short of offers after Bradford City departure
HARTLEPOOL are expected to offer Matty Dolan a route back to regular football following his exit from Valley Parade.The former Middlesbrough midfielder was released by City yesterday after finding opportunities hard to come by. He played only 29 times
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Nominations sought for those with heart, brains or courage
FOLLOW the yellow brick road this summer and you could end up in Bradford. A ruby slipper slide and plenty of Oz magic will take over City Park in time for next month's Bradford Festival. And the wonderful world of Oz will be back again in
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VIDEO: Autumn opening hope for expanded Sunbridge Wells scheme
A £1 MILLION underground development of shops, cafes and bars is due to open in Bradford at the end of September following its expansion. The Tunnel, built underneath Sunbridge Road, Upper Millergate and Ivegate, will include 14 small retail units
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Organiser praises 'magnificent' response to anniversary Burns Unit appeal
THE commitment and good-will of fundraisers will see the Bradford Burns Unit Appeal reach its £300,000 target.That was the view of appeal organiser Alan Carling, who has praised the "magnificent" response which coincided with the 30th anniversary
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Marketing to start of one of city's prime development sites
BRADFORD Council is to begin marketing the former police station site in the city centre to developers shortly as demolition work continues to clear it.Workers began demolishing The Tyrls, on the edge of City Park, earlier this week, with machinery breaking
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'Death cafes' being held to help break taboo of talking about dying
A SERIES of "death cafes," designed to break taboos and get people talking about dying, will be held at the University of Bradford next week. Sessions on how to plan your own funeral, cope with the death of a loved one and faith and death will
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Column: Parkinson can be sure of landslide win with any Valley Parade public vote
THE comments section of the Telegraph & Argus website is not the most reliable barometer of public opinion. Common sense is too often trampled by the wayside in the land where keyboard warriors roam. But one particularly outlandish suggestion
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Shoppers encouraged to love their market
DINOSAURS, cookery demonstrations and rent discounts will help Bradford back a national campaign to highlight the importance of markets.Love Your Local Market is an annual celebration of the UK market industry and this year runs until Wednesday, May 27
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On This Day – May 16, 2015
25 years ago: The Employment Minister, Tim Eggar, shrugged off a row over supposed £200,000 cuts to training cash which Bradford Council said could put 40 jobs at risk, during a visit to the city to announce a £500,000 grant for office space in Little
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'Truly appalling' conditions found at Bradford fruit and veg stall, court hears
THE owner of a Bradford market stall that sold rotting fruit and vegetables has been fined £2,400 following a ten-month-long investigation.Shikh Abdul Waheed, 63, who owns Fruit World at Oastler Shopping Centre, pleaded guilty to eight charges of offering
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Theatre director jailed for four years for sexually abusing under-age drama students
A TALENTED theatre director who exploited his position to sexually abuse two under-age drama students has been jailed for four years.Samuel Collier's award-winning stage career was in ruins after he took advantage of the girls, who looked up to him because
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Community urged to help catch airgun sniper who shot girl, 2
A COUNCILLOR has urged the local community to help catch a sniper who shot a two-year-old girl in the head with an airgun. Little Noorsadia Akhter was left with a pellet embedded in her forehead after the gunman fired into the street from a derelict
