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McEwan could be youngest FA Cup scorer

Liversedge believe they have the youngest scorer in the FA Cup for over a century. The club are checking out the possibility and will make sure the youngster receives the credit if the claim is right. "When Lee McEwan came off the bench to score the fourth

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Sinnott adds to his coaching badges

Farsley Celtic manager Lee Sinnott has achieved a top qualification from the Football Association. The former Bradford City, Huddersfield Town, Watford and Crystal Palace player has received the FA Academy Director's Licence. The qualification means he

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Langley in from the cold

Jamie Langley will get his Grand Final shot after all. The 20-year-old loose forward was an ever-present for the Bulls this year until the final regular-season match, when he was dropped as coach Brian Noble settled on his strongest line-up ahead of the

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Company is fined £10,000 by tribunal

A Bradford transport company was ordered to pay nearly £10,000 to an asylum seeker from Rwanda after an employment tribunal ruled he had suffered racial discrimination. The Leeds Employment Tribunal yesterday heard that 33-year-old Vincent Murenzi worked

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Bob's plea: 'Don't send us to Leeds!'

When Mercury Prize-winning band Franz Ferdinand were discussing dates for their UK tour, bass player Bob Hardy had only one request... "Don't make me play Leeds." Bradford-born Bob is excited about his triumphant homecoming when the band play at St George's

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Waiting times key to ending violence

Soaring levels of abuse across Bradford hospitals have been cut by shorter waiting times, it was revealed today. Violent incidents in Bradford Royal Infirmary's accident and emergency department have been slashed from 37 a month to seven thanks to new

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'Let's hope it's the start of a new era'

A senior police officer has reassured residents of Allerton that they are keen to set up neighbourhood watch schemes on the estate. Police are using new anti-social behaviour laws for the first time in the district which allows them to impose curfews

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Young role models back on the waves

Two Bradford youth workers are to sail the world as mentors after they impressed organisers of an international voyage to mark the fight against terrorism. Nasim Khan, 25, of Marshfields, and Kamran Zulfkkar, 20, of Heaton, return-ed from a 11-night Voyage

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Serious knee injury sidelines Morris

After battling back to fitness following last season's injury-ravaged campaign, 39-year-old Darron Morris has suffered another cruel blow. He picked up a knock on his knee in the FA Vase win at North Shields and has been sidelined since the end of September

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Astute signings are reaping rewards

Guiseley are making light of the fact they have four experienced players missing - and that is due to the astute signings Neil Parsley and his No 2 Clive Freeman have brought in. Any team would miss the skill and scoring prowess of Ryan Senior. Had he

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Quinn chalks up double century

Right back Andy Quinn has always been held in high regard as reliable and dependable but he is pushing for the honour of being the first name pencilled in after completing 200 games for the club over five seasons. The former Leeds United youth passed

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Overseas players to make Bees debuts

Bradford and Bingley are giving debuts to two overseas players in their third-round Powergen Cup tie at Bristol tomorrow. They are prop Fred Biddlecombe and utility forward Bloues Volschenk. Tight-head Biddlecombe, 23, has played in the Junior Currie

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Wethers derails promotion bandwagon

David Wetherall has dismissed premature promotion talk as "utter rubbish". City have confounded the critics with their solid start to the League One campaign. After being written off pre-season as relegation candidates, the Bantams instead find themselves

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Town tops national house price table

House prices in Bingley have risen faster in the past 12 months than anywhere else in England, a new survey revealed today. The average price of a property in the booming town grew 46 per cent to £191,383 in the last year, more than double the national

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Abdul builds future in wake of riots

A trainee construction worker who turned his life around after getting a criminal conviction for his behaviour in the build-up to the Bradford riots has received a nationwide award. Abdul Mussawir Ali was highly commended for his hard work and commitment

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Jail for man who raped schoolgirl

A 32-year-old sex attacker who raped a schoolgirl after dragging her into bushes at a park has been jailed for eight years. Alan Pounder, who had been living at the Salvation Army Hostel in Leeds Road, Bradford, carried out the sickening attack on the

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United looked like 'a bottomless pit'

A Bradford businessman has been part of a Yorkshire consortium plotting an ambitious takeover of Leeds United Football Club. The group of business people planned to revamp the club on a model worked successfully by Spanish giants Real Madrid with around

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Protesters' fury as watchdog backs closure plans

Fury erupted today after it emerged Postwatch had failed to back any of the campaigns to save 17 post offices in the district from closure. The group, which lobbies on behalf of post office customers, says it could not find a case to oppose any of the