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Vive la masterpiece!
Review: Les Misrables, Bradford Alhambra. Cameron Mackintosh, the producer, said he wanted his Bradford audiences to leave the theatre feeling they'd seen the definitive performance of Les Miserables. Success, he said, depended upon the actors possessing
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Rip out humps, demand 1,000
More than 1,000 people have signed a petition asking Bradford Council to rip out a multi-thousand pound road safety scheme. The move follows the death of a four-year-old boy on Reevy Road West, Buttershaw, in March. The residents have told the Council
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Tears of joy as boy flies home today
The mother of a 12-year-old Bradford boy critically ill in a French hospital after a road accident was celebrating after being told her son was being flown home today. Graham Shillabeer, knocked off his bike by a car near Dijon, will be flown with an
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Machete heroine praises campaign
Nursery nurse Lisa Potts who risked her life to protect a group of children from a machete attack has praised a campaign in Bradford schools to step up security. The 23-year-old, who suffered serious knife wounds in the incident in Wolverhampton in July
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The list in full: Closures, changes and reprieves
Abbey Green Nursery School Relocation: Becomes an Early Years Centre located at the Drummond Middle School art block. All Saints' CE First School (Bradford) Saved: Becomes a Church of England Voluntary Controlled primary school located at current site
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Schools: The 'final decisions'
Eight schools look set to escape the axe under final proposals for Bradford Council's controversial shake-up of the district's education system. The report, unveiled by education chiefs today, has set the cost of changing the current three-tier system
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Stationery supplier's shares dive after warning
Shares in Bradford-based ISA International dived today after the office stationery supplier announced profits for the year would be "materially" below current market expectations. The profits warning reduced the stock market value of the company by nearly
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Go-faster Jeffries stars in Isle of Man
Motor Sport: David Jefferies returned for the Isle of Man TT races without a scratch and with four notable placing - including eighths in the Formula One event and the Junior event on a 600cc Honda. "I missed last year after breaking a collarbone, and
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Bulls ready to spread their net
Bradford Bulls are ready to make a raid on the First Division for new talent after an extensive Super League search proved fruitless. Coach Matthew Elliott has declined to reveal potential targets but admits: "We are in the market for reinforcements to
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City land Sky date
Bradford City's home clash with Bolton Wanderers has been put back 22 hours and will now be televised live on Sky. The potentially mouth-watering clash will be an early indication as to City's chances next season as Bolton were only relegated from the
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Save our blushes, plead shy bathers
Men and women who are forced to share the same showers at their community centre are asking big hearted builders to spare their bath-time blushes. Whenever members of the Fagley Community Centre take part in physical activities at the centre in Fagley
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Jim Appleby: Past Times
There might have been a shortage of work and money around in the 1930s, but there was no shortage of diversion if you were a sporting type. In summer there was cricket, and what cricket it was if you were a Yorkshire fan. In that decade, Yorkshire fielded
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'Lorry drivers putting young lives at risk'
A Shipley councillor claims lorry drivers are putting pedestrians' safety at risk by speeding through an estate to avoid a diversion. Councillor Phil Thornton (Lab, Shipley East) fears there could be an accident - particularly with children - if the heavy
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'Kept in dark' over stadium
Plans for proposed £200 million Odsal Superdome ran into fresh controversy today as councillors prepared to discuss its quarterly progress report. Minority group councillors, and resident David Warburton, claimed they were being kept in the dark as a
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Residents set to drink to park tunnel project
Miners will help construct an underground tunnel across a street and park in a multi-million project to improve the water service for the people of Low Moor and Oakenshaw. The £4 million scheme by Yorkshire Water is regarded as a necessity to enhance
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I failed GCSEs - now I'm going to be a lawyer!
Teenager Khuram Ali is setting his sights on a career in law after being nominated for national Student of the Year - just three years after failing his GCSEs. The 19-year-old from Idle thought he had thrown away any chance of going to university when
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New help for doctors in a noisy world
A Bradford firm has been set up to help medical professionals test for the effects of our noisy environment. BTL Medical, based at Bradford Business & Innovation Centre, has a number of products available which will help medics carry out a quick and
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Hoggard on the ball as Tykes strike
Cricket: Matthew Hoggard and Paul Hutchison each claimed an early wicket but Hoggard also soaked up some punishment after Yorkshire had put Durham in to bat in the championship match at Riverside today. With England not releasing Chris Silverwood from
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Exclusive: The agony of missing out
In the first part of our serialisation of extracts from Stuart McCall's forthcoming autobiography, he tells of the agony of missing out on promotion with Bradford City in 1988. The Bantams had a great chance of clinching an automatic spot but lost their
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Find work for young Asians, city is urged
Race watchdogs in Bradford have issued an urgent "wake up" call to major institutions across the city. They want a concerted bid to find jobs for unemployed Asian youngsters to prevent a build-up of "dissent, dismay and alienation" among under-privileged
