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Stories for 14 March 2001

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Fairy treasures go to mystery bidder

A collection of artefacts connected to the famous Cottingley fairies photographs made double the expected price at auction.  more...

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The smart movers!

Two companies from Shipley and Bradford have picked up a business award for their efforts.  more...

Call centre project hit right tone

Bradford & District Training & Enterprise Council is celebrating a successful marketing collaboration with a call centre.  more...

Green fleet for Society's team

Yorkshire Building Society has teamed up with a Bradford car dealership to produce a more environmentally friendly business fleet. The Society, whose head office is in the city, will be taking on a supply of low carbon dioxide emission vehicles from Vauxhall dealer JCT 600.  more...

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Letters to the Editor

SIR - Once more the ludicrous race relations industry rears its ugly head to throw another piece of nonsense at us.  more...

Florist thief escapes jail

A Bradford florist escaped jail by the skin of his teeth this afternoon after admitting stealing flowers from a cemetery to sell on for other funerals.  more...

Our joy at finding war family alive

Former United Nations peacekeeper Terry Derrick recognised the old house in the Balkans immediately by the hens and pigs running around outside.  more...

Crooks are told: we're watching

Undercover officers are the latest weapon in the battle against burglars on a notorious Bradford estate.  more...

Trio tried to sneak in 75,000 cigarettes

Three Bradford men have been jailed for illegally smuggling thousand of pounds of cigarettes into the country.  more...

Babysitter jailed for sex attacks on girls

A babysitter who forced three young girls to take part in sex acts was today beginning a seven-year jail sentence.  more...

Joanne sacrifices title to save a life

A Wilsden woman has given up the chance of sporting glory to help save the life of a leukaemia victim.  more...

`Real nappies' could save council millions

Up to 13,000 babies could save Bradford millions of pounds in a proposed "real nappy" pilot scheme.  more...

Terrible toll of this pernicious disease

This was the grisly scene as flames licked around the carcasses of slaughtered cattle at the centre of the foot and mouth outbreak.  more...

Farmer in plea to stay off moors

A farmer whose sheep graze on Baildon Moor today blasted the walkers who are putting his livelihood at risk by ignoring pleas to stay away. As thick smoke from burning carcasses continued to rise above Bobby Green Farm in Queensbury, pictured, Brian Gill, who has between 700 and 800 sheep on the moor, says installing a cattle grid and fencing in the Shipley Glen area is the only way to solve the perennial problem of animals roaming off the moor and into residential areas.  more...

Walkers face fines of £5,000

Dog walkers and ramblers were reminded today that they face £5,000 fines if they flout bans keeping them out of the countryside.  more...

Gran climbs radar mast in raid on ship

Peace-campaigning grandmother Sylvia Boyes was among seven women arrested after they boarded a French frigate near the Faslane nuclear submarine base in Scotland.  more...

Teenagers in talks to help curb racism

Young people made their voices heard yesterday when they took part in the latest session of the Bradford District Race Review.  more...

Benefits backlog alert

Benefits staff in Bradford are facing a barrage of abuse from the public and have "in-trays that never empty", it was claimed today.  more...

Victim acted `as if he was going to die'

A pub-goer who was injured in an alleged stabbing was acting as if he was going to die, a jury has been told.  more...

Smoking gets load of lip in the schools

Today's No Smoking Day motto, Kiss It Goodbye, is a particularly apt one for health workers in Bradford. They have been targeting youngsters since Valentine's Day.  more...

Housing plan with Minister

Housing minister Nick Raynsford is considering a 20-year business plan which could spell the end of council housing in Bradford.  more...

On This Day

In 1892, the first Electric Tram experiment was conducted in Cheapside.  more...

The battle to deter smokers

The fight against addictive substances is a wide-ranging one. Much of the emphasis these days is on combating the devastating effects of heroin, which is rightly blamed for destroying young lives, wrecking families and being the root cause of the crime wave as people steal to fund their habit. Alcohol is also a growing worry, with over-indulgence by young people often leading to violence as well as to health problems.  more...

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Let's form a united front

Jim Jefferies today urged the Bradford City fans to form a united front to shoot down Manchester City.  more...

Bulls ticket plans

Tickets for the Bulls' Silk Cut Challenge Cup semi-final with Warrington Wolves at Huddersfield on April 1, will go on sale to season ticket holders next Monday.  more...

Vaikona's sparkle is tonic for coach

Bulls coach Brian Noble admits the form of Tongan winger Tevita Vaikona is one of the most pleasing aspects of his side's impressive start to the campaign.  more...

Match abandoned after mass brawl

Queensbury and Underbank are facing disciplinary action after a brawl forced the abandonment of their Pennine League Premier Division clash at Hilltop.  more...

City appeal for fans to exchange their tickets

Bradford City are appealing to home fans who have bought tickets for part of the Ciba Stand for Saturday's match against Man-chester City to return them to Valley Parade.  more...

Cougars pick up Berry from troubled Dragons

Joe Berry landed back at Cougar Park last night bidding to earn a permanent return to the club where he started his career.  more...

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Bowling bonanza for Amy

The family of a disabled teenager with an incurable genetic disorder today called on big-hearted Telegraph & Argus readers to help raise the money which could prolong her life.   more...

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Elderly woman fights a mugger

An 80-year-old woman, who was dragged down an embankment by a mugger, today told how she fought back against her attacker.  more...

  
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