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Crusade to beat the campus thief
Two police officers will be going back to college in a bid to cut crime. The pair from Bradford Central Police will be working in partnership with Bradford University and Bradford and Ilkley Community College to enhance safety in the area. They will be
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Special brew for the real ale fans
Beer festival organisers are brewing up a bigger and better event than ever this year with more than 50 different tipples. The Keighley branch of the Campaign for Real Ale expects to sell more than 4,000 pints of beer during the three-day Keighley Beer
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Rape probe: man sacked
Fire chiefs have confirmed that one fire-fighter has been sacked and four others suspended as an investigation into an allegation of rape at Ilkley fire station continues. The disciplinary measures come as West Yorkshire Fire Service conducts an inquiry
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Town wants cure for 'bomb site'
Councillors in Cleckheaton are hoping to collect more than 1,000 signatures to put pressure on Kirklees Council to buy a redundant town centre site. Liberal Democrat councillors Ann Raistrick, Kath Pinnock and Andrew Pinnock have already collected 500
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Plea to beef up the people's voice
Labour councillors were today urged to breathe new life into the district Neighbourhood Forums after a sharp drop in attendance figures. The forums, which feed the views of the public to the council, drew 1,900 people in the period from May to July. The
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Clamp on the illegal child minders
Illegal childminders can expect a crackdown from the authorities, Bradford Council said today. A report on the council's in-house watchdog, the Registration and Inspection Unit, recommends efforts to monitor illegal childminders should continue as they
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Rachel 'lured to her death', court told
Happy teenager Rachel Barraclough spent her last hours excited at the thought of meeting the boyfriend she loved, a jury heard today. But she never kept the date with her lover Carl Hughes, the court was told. Instead she was lured from a bus station
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Human cost of delays
The chairman of the Bradford Community Health NHS Trust, John Watson, is right to be expressing concern at the long delays being endured by children with emotional and psychiatric problems before they see a consultant. We should all share that concern
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Savile's travels for major heart study
Families from Bradford with a history of heart problems are being urged to join a major study investigating the cause of the district's biggest killer. Researchers at the Yorkshire Heart Centre in Leeds are hoping to isolate family genes which make some
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Children 'waiting up to year for aid'
A health chief has spoken of his concern that children with emotional and psychiatric problems face up to a year's wait to see specialists for help in Bradford. Latest figures show there were a total of 502 youngsters - with problems including sexual
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'Follow in footsteps of Duke' call
Landowners have been called on to emulate an aristocrat who throws his land open for the public to walk the Pennine fells. The Duke of Devonshire - one of Britain's biggest landowners who has thousands of acres near Skipton - has been praised by the Ramblers
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Crusade to beat the campus thief
Two police officers will be going back to college in a bid to cut crime on the city's campuses. The pair from Bradford Central Police will be working in partnership with Bradford University and Bradford and Ilkley Community College to enhance safety in
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Elliott slams speculation over Bulls duo
Coach Matthew Elliott has slammed speculation that Bradford Bulls pair Stuart Spruce and James Lowes will be shunned by Great Britain boss Andy Goodway for November's three-match Test series with New Zealand. Goodway will not his reveal his hand officially
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Moore the inspiration in Bingley triumph
Bingley men's athletics team stormed to victory in the Yorkshire six man relay at Wakefield. Matthew Watson took on leg one but was headed at the changeover by Idle-based Ian Fisher of Otley, whose time of 18min 47sec was 16 seconds quicker than the Bingley
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Let's get stuck in
Manager Paul Jewell has warned his Bradford City players that they must dominate the physical battle at the Shay tonight before they can expect to win the match. After their great start to their first season back in the Football League, Halifax would
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Paris push for textile chiefs
Textile firms throughout West Yorkshire are expected to pick up new deals at an international trade fair in Paris. Firms throughout the region are attending the 25th Premiere Vision fashion apparel trade fair from Friday, October 2, to Sunday, October
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Textile firms row with St Michael
A war of words has broken out over the textile industry between a union leader and a chain store boss. Bradford-based union chief Peter Booth has attacked Marks & Spencer boss Peter Salsbury for suggesting that the textile industry was dead. Mr Booth
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Don't shut our school plea
An education chief was today confronted by placard-waving protesters when he visited a closure-threatened school. Bradford Councillor Jim Flood (Lab, Bingley), chairman of the council's education committee, was met by about a dozen campaigners outside
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Cash bonanza to end homes gloom
Thousands of people living in misery in run-down houses across the district were given a lifeline today under a new £800 million government deal. Bradford is one of 17 areas named as Pathfinders Today in the government's initiative for communities. And
