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Affordable red wines perfect for the Sunday roast
My wine rack looks a whole lot more impressive now, thanks to generous friends. The new star of the show is a 1995 Château Lynch-Bages. Something of a cult claret, the Château is in Bordeaux’s Pauillac appellation. The same area is also home to
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Bradford charity calls for more Haiti help
A Bradford charity is seeking more volunteers. Basic Human Rights has been able to build a school for youngsters in Haiti living in earthquake-victim camps. But they need to fill it now with furniture, books and other learning materials. Chief executive
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Woman, 94, badly hurt during break-in at Bradford home
A 94-year-old woman suffered head injuries when intruders broke into her Bradford home last night. Officers were called to the house in Shakespeare Close, Barkerend, shortly after 10.30pm. A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said the woman was taken to
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Bradford City v Burton Albion match postponed
Bradford City's League Two match at home to Burton Albion today has been postponed because of a frozen pitch at Valley Parade.
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Car destroyed in fire
Flames destroyed a Mitsubishi Shogun close to the Ital restaurant in Bolton Road, Bradford, today. Firefighters from Idle station were called out shortly after 6am. The fire is believed to have been started on purpose.
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Bradford homebirth project scoops top award
A Bradford consultant midwife and her team have won one of the UK’s top midwifery prizes for a home birth education service promoting normal birth. Consultant midwife Alison Brown and Deborah Hughes, a community midwife, both of Bradford Teaching Hospitals
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Selfless Hassan in line for award
A wheelchair-bound teenager who is “always thinking about other people” has been nominated for an award. Hassan Nazir, 17, who has congenital muscular dystrophy and is regularly admitted to hospital, speaks out on behalf of his peers and also
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VIDEO: Wyke schoolgirl becomes special police constable for the day
A primary school pupil from Bradford donned a police uniform and went on the beat with an officer. The enthusiastic schoolgirl, Chloe McGuire, 11, said she was both “excited” and “proud” to go on patrol with PCSO Denis Bennett. The unusual patrol was
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Calendar girls go commando!
Saucy calendar girls have ditched their civvies in favour of military gear for a sexy photo shoot – to raise money for wounded war heroes. Friends Leah Newby, 21, Michaela Duffy, 23, Nikki Keats, 25, Danielle Branon, 24 and Jamie-Lea Gilliam
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City chairman cheats death in Bentley crash
Bradford City chairman Mark Lawn admitted he was lucky to escape unscathed from a terrifying motorway accident. Mr Lawn and reserve goalkeeper Lloyd Saxton were travelling to Aldershot when his car was struck by debris on the M25. The
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Great news for unsung heroes
Bradford’s finest newspaper distributors have been recognised for going the extra mile for their customers As voted by you, the readers, a trio of the Telegraph & Argus’ dedicated army of delivery staff were singled out for praise in our Newspaper Deliverer
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Christopher Wright, aged 30, of Rigton Street, Little Horton; failure to comply with requirements of community order, order revoked and dealt with for the original offences of assault and failure
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Couple found dead in Bradford flat are named
Police have released the identities of a couple found dead in a Bradford bedsit, as they continue to try to piece together their last movements. The Polish couple’s bodies were discovered after officers were called to the flat in Hallfield Road, Manningham
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Idle residential homes case leads to planning change
Bradford Council has changed its planning procedures after proposals to open two private children’s homes were accepted without the approval of the senior director for children’s services. Liberal Democrat group leader Councillor Jeanette Sunderland
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‘Get jabs to beat threat of cancer’
A schoolgirl is encouraging fellow students to get jabs to arm themselves against cervical cancer. Megan Steele has received the full course of three vaccinations which will protect her for years to come. Now the 13-year-old, who attends Parkside School
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Bradford Bulls starlet Bateman a frightening prospect, says Platt
Bulls centre Michael Platt reckons team-mate John Bateman will soon have opponents running scared. The 17-year-old only started full-time training in October but has already made a lasting impression on colleagues and coaches alike.
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Father and two sons jailed over drug dealing
A father and his two sons, who played major roles in a £180,000 drug dealing and money laundering crimewave, have been locked up for a total of 11 years. Abdul Khaliq, and sons Imran and Rizwan, operated a criminal enterprise for four years
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Brothers jailed for 8 years after repeated rapes of girl in 1960s
Two Bradford brothers have each been jailed for eight years for the systematic rape of a young girl almost half a century ago. David Woolham, 60, of Highgate Road, Clayton Heights, and 59-year-old, wheelchair-bound, Peter Woolham, of Prospect Street
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Bantams boss Taylor: I'm a fighter and will never throw in the towel
Peter Taylor will not quit Valley Parade whatever the critics say. The City boss is ready to tough it out as his position comes under increasing pressure from disgruntled fans. Taylor is expecting a hard time from some quarters in this
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Duo plead guilty to attacking Bradford Crossbow Cannibal victim
Two men have been warned to expect prison sentences for violently attacking Bradford prostitute Suzanne Blamires only months before she was viciously murdered by Crossbow Cannibal Stephen Griffiths. The Slovakians pleaded guilty at Bradford
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Drug smuggler jailed for plot to hide heroin in picture frames
A drugs smuggler has been locked up for almost eight years after police foiled a cunning and original plot to hide pure heroin in picture frames imported from Pakistan. Tariq Hussain was caught when drugs squad officers swooped on his car in
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Firearms seized in raids after shooting incident
Three firearms have been recovered by police in raids on homes in Keighley following a shooting ten days ago. The weapons are being examined by detectives who also arrested a 25-year-old man in the operation yesterday in the Devonshire Street area.
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Winston Churchill spirit sees Bradford pub saved
Bosses at an electrical company bidding to buy and bulldoze a thriving Bradford pub to make way for a car park have had a dramatic change of heart. A week after permission was given for Wakefield Road-based Pitts Wilson Electrical to demolish
