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Police play down race protest fears
Police today played down the threat of race-related protests sparked by this weekend's high-profile football match between Bradford City and Leeds United. Chief Inspector Ray Shepherd reassured residents living near city's Valley Parade ground that rumours
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'Access only' call from rat-run street residents
Residents who claim their street is used as a rat-run are calling for an 'access only' order to be imposed. More than 30 people living in Druids View, Crossflatts, have signed a petition demanding the measure. The petition will be considered at the next
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Road dispute could shut down new kindergarten
A kindergarten due to open soon could be shut down by council officials following a neighbour dispute. Katie's Kindergarten, off Moorside, Cleckheaton, is due to open in under three weeks. But arguments over an unmade private access road leading to the
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£300 a day for council's old boss
Former Bradford Council boss Richard Penn has been lined up for a £300-a-day job with the Welsh Assembly. Mr Penn, who quit his £110,000 a year job at Bradford Council after six months off with stress, has been recommended as the first-ever independent
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Are you watching, Rodney Marsh?
Welcome to Issue One of our brand new Bantams fanzine page - written entirely by City fans for City fans. We hope you'll enjoy the news, views and sheer fun every Thursday in your T&A. Our contributors - all Valley Parade season ticket holders - aim
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Bulls v Halifax: Withers hoping to make it
Bradford Bulls coach Matthew Elliott is hoping that Australian star Michael Withers will be fit to face the Blue Sox on Sunday. Withers suffered badly bruised ribs in last Friday's impressive 32-10 win over St Helens in the Super League opener at Knowsley
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Bulls v Halifax: Blue Sox confound sceptics
Stephen Holgate's decision to sign a two-year deal has given Halifax a timely boost ahead of the derby cup showdown with the Bulls. The 28-year-old second-rower's future looked to be in the balance despite impressing against both Hull KR and Castleford
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Bulls v Halifax: Fielden returns home
Stuart Fielden showed against Halifax last season just what a special talent he has by racing through the Odsal mud to score a spectacular 40-yard try. It was a sublime piece of finishing from the talented prop forward which lit up the Bulls' hard-fought
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Mills gets his Maine chance
Manchester City have signed Bradford City striker Lee Mills on loan until the end of the season. The 29-year-old centre-forward, who scored 24 league goals during the Bantams' promotion-winning season last term but is currently out of favour at Valley
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Clarke set for return
Goalkeeper Matt Clarke looks set to face Leeds United in Sunday's Premiership derby at Valley Parade after the surprise collapse of the deal to sign Sheffield United's Aidan Davison. Clarke is in line for a dramatic recall after missing the last four
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Travellers need to be reassured
At first sight, the idea of bus travellers between Bradford and Dewsbury breaking their journey at Oakenshaw seems wholly unacceptable. Yet the bus operators and Metro have been placed in a very difficult position by the proposal to close the bridge over
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Film Review: Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Such has been the popularity of those male strippers from Sheffield that now, every new British comedy vies to be the next Full Monty. Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?, as premiered in Bradford last weekend, is no exception. Like Monty, it was shot
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The pianist who's master of two sets of keys
Bradford's globe-trotting concert pianist John Briggs is now whizzing round the world on his personal computer. He's been receiving manuscript copies of Italian songs by e-mail, prior to recording them in Genoa this month for his 15th CD. Jim Greenhalf
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Rock: Don't rain on our parade!
South African superstars Ladysmith Black Mambazo are hoping for favourable weather when they visit Bradford next week. The band still have vivid - if chilly - memories of playing in front of the Queen as part of the prestigious Millennium Dome opening
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Nick Oldham: Rights and Wrongs
Dancers in Bradford are being urged to avoid offers of auditions which they have to pay for. The warning comes after unemployed Simon Tomlinson answered a newspaper advertisement recruiting dancers for performances in pubs and clubs around west Yorkshire
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Hockney helps fund to £1.6m
Bradford's most famous artist has helped his old school raise an astonishing £1.6 million in just five months. David Hockney has made a 'generous donation' to Bradford Grammar School's Hoc Age appeal to raise £2.5 million. Headmaster Stephen Davidson
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Queuing up to be someone who's Special
The number of people wanting to become Special constables in West Yorkshire is spiralling, according to new figures out today. And Bradford's Central police division is playing its part in the success story by boosting the number of ethnic minority volunteers
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Schools to point parents to help groups
Parents seeking help with a variety of problems will soon have access to a Bradford-wide directory of groups. Children's charity the NSPCC is funding the Parentaid scheme, which will offer primary school teachers points of contact for groups which can
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Don't fall into the debt trap
Agencies helping families out of a desperate debt spiral are busier than ever before. Some Bradford families on low incomes have built up six figure debts. And the blame is being laid on companies offering larger and larger amounts of credit, reports
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Fiji riddle of letter to Titus
A letter sent from the Pacific Island of Fiji to Titus Salt more than a century ago is expected to fetch up to £1,000 when its goes under the hammer next month. The letter, which has been put on the market by a mystery seller, is expected to create a
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I hope Nita inspired other girls
Soap star Rebecca Sarker believes her TV role as career girl Nita Desai has been an inspiration for Asian girls in Bradford. The actress, a former pupil at Bradford Girls' Grammar, has announced she will be leaving top soap Coronation Street this spring
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Rugby player Jon to tackle mountain trek
Adventurous Shipley teenager Jonathan Scrimshaw will celebrate the end of his exams with a trek across China. The 16-year-old Bingley Grammar School pupil will complete his 11 GCSEs this summer and head off for the K2 2000 journey. Jonathan - a member
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Man jailed for punching taxi driver over 20p
A man who launched an unprovoked attack on a taxi driver, breaking his nose, in a row over 20p, has been jailed for 56 days at Bradford Magistrates' Court. Simon Brook, 32, of Douglas Drive, East Bowling, Bradford, pleaded guilty to causing actual bodily
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Why star gives £30,000 a year to male model
Bradford City star Lee Sharpe has told the High Court he gives £30,000 a year to a former male model because he is a friend. The former England international, who signed for City last summer after a successful loan spell, was giving evidence at the High
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How our school will rise from the ashes
A school partly gutted by fire is set to rise phoenix-like from the flames with four separate building projects due to start this year. The technology wing, sports hall and dining room of Carlton Bolling College were destroyed in an arson attack which
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Call to reject report on sewage system
A councillor has called on Bradford Council to reject an expert's report into the state of the sewage system in the Keighley area. Councillor Sam Micklem has claimed the report does not properly address people's fears that the system could collapse. City
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Superstore 'out of character' say town planners
Multi-million pound plans for a Sainsbury's store in Otley are out of character with the rest of the area and would do little to encourage trade in the town centre, a scathing report by planners has said. The supermarket hopes to build a community store
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Festival gets a five-grand grant boost
Ilkley Literature Festival has been awarded £5,000 in the latest pay-out of arts grants. The news - which come on World Book Day - ties in with the announcement of the dates for its Millennium Festival. Dominic Gregory, director of the Ilkley Literature
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Traders to get walkie-talkies
Shipley shopkeepers are taking to the airwaves in a bid to curb town centre crime. Traders have joined forces to form the fledgling Shipley Retailers Crime Reduction Partnership and are to be issued with walkie-talkie radios, enabling them to stay in
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Gun raider: Follow me and I will kill you all
Detectives were today hunting an armed robber who held up a hairdresser's salon in Wilsden. Michelle Humphreys, 24, and Amanda Jones, 27, partners in The Salon on Main Street, were threatened by a man with a gun as they prepared to close for the day.
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Thackley desperate to halt losing run
Northern Counties East Premier Division rivals Eccleshill United and Thackley square up for their big derby tomorrow, and their fortunes could not have differed more since the reverse fixture. On September 4, Thackley went top after winning at Dennyfield
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Pollard facing vital relegation tussle
Rugby Union: Baildon reach the point of no return tomorrow in their bid to avoid relegation. They are at home to Old Rishworthians in Yorkshire Division Three, and need to finish ahead of their visitors from Halifax to avoid playing in the revamped Yorkshire
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Bulls tick off rivals in dispute
Bradford Bulls fans have been warned not to take ticker-tape to Sunday's Silk Cut Challenge Cup clash at The Shay. Halifax are anxious that the Bradford supporters - who will number around 6,000 at the big match - do not provide their usual ticker-tape
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'Building site walk for bus passengers'
A walk through a building site could become part of a bus journey to and from Bradford. Bosses at bus regulators Metro are considering a plan to run buses to either side of a closed road bridge, with passengers getting off to swap vehicles. The move,
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I've saved £3,800 with my DIY wedding
Bride-to-be Heather Thorne has made her own wedding outfit, bridesmaids' dresses - and dogs' bows - all in the name of Yorkshire thrift. The frugal 47-year-old, of Hindley Walk, Horton Bank Top, Bradford, has converted her dining room into a workshop
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Radio: Police remain defiant
West Yorkshire Police Authority today vowed to stand firm on its decision to snub a multi-million pound radio project - despite a Home Office ultimatum to sign up or face a future cash crisis. Details of the new Public Safety Radio Communications Project
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Considering the Coventry model
Radical plans to change the way Bradford city centre is run have taken a step towards becoming reality. Bradford Council is considering proposals to set up a private company which would tackle issues such as litter, maintenance and combating crime. Officials
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Theatre stages show for deaf
Deaf theatre-goers are celebrating a breakthrough after Bingley Little Theatre agreed to sign a play for them - the first amateur society to do so in the area. It will stage Dead Guilty, a psychological thriller, by Richard Harris, for six evenings starting
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Police seek passenger with Maria
Detectives hunting the killer of Maria Carter have renewed appeals for information about her last return train journey to Bradford. The appeal follows new witness sightings of the 34-year-old, who was found stabbed to death at her London home on January
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Reward for hero who foiled raid
A brave householder who chased and collared a burglar has been given a £200 reward by a judge. John Durkan ran after 29-year-old Jason Whitson when his girlfriend spotted him climbing out of a downstairs window at their home in Copley Street, Little Horton
