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Boy, 11, hurt in police dog terror
An eleven-year-old boy said he feared a police dog would rip him apart after it pounced on him and sank its teeth into his shoulder. Awais Ijaz was left in pain and in need of hospital treatment after being attacked by the dog while he played with friends
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Workmen may curb 'blacktop'
New rules are being issued about when flagstones can be replaced with "blacktop" on pavements in the Bradford district. Bradford Council has tightened up its guidelines covering how footway resurfacing should be carried out. A "decision-making framework
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£375,000 damage caused by bin fire
A 12-year-old fire-starter destroyed a supermarket's entire stock and caused £375,000 damage by sparking a blaze with a cigarette lighter he found. Magistrates at Batley and Dewsbury Magistrates' Court, who sentenced the Gomersal boy to a 12-month supervision
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Surfing the Information Cul-de-sac!
Red-faced bosses at Bradford-based communication giant Yorkshire Cable have admitted turning the information superhighway into a cul-de-sac. The company has been forced to pay refunds to thousands of its Internet subscribers, furious at persistent delays
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Poison Fear Over Golf Vandals
Vandals have put their lives at risk by ripping up a golf course's newly-laid turf sprayed with toxic chemicals that can kill. The attack at Bradford West Golf Club saw the vandals strip away grass covered in an insecticide containing 57 per cent lindane
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McCall aims to put City on course
Bradford City skipper Stuart McCall believes his side are behind schedule in their bid for Premiership survival and must start to put that right against champions Manchester United. The Bantams entertain the Premiership leaders on Saturday in front of
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Bulls Fury Over Slur
Bradford Bulls have reacted angrily to claims in a magazine that their fans would not travel to Saturday's Challenge Cup semi-final at Headingley because there are no discount prices. And Total League's managing editor Tony Hannan has further angered
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Planners' academy dilemma
The proposed soccer academy that Bradford City wants to build at Apperley Bridge was bound to provoke objections. For a start, it is on Green Belt land in a pleasant, largely undeveloped part of the lower Aire Valley. It is also adjacent to the main road
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A degree of joy for a dedicated mother
A mother-of-two has dedicated her honours degree to the memory of an uncle who inspired her to sign up with the Open University before he was struck down by cancer. Diane Irwin, 44, of Bolton, Bradford, burnt the midnight oil to gain her degree after
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Best views of countryside? Well, virtually
Teachers in Keighley and Bradford have helped pioneer a new way of experiencing the countryside through virtual reality. Children throughout the country can enjoy exploring the history and geography of the landscape around picturesque Linton, near Skipton
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'We will demolish your wall'
An 85-year-old widower is facing a bill from Bradford City Council for the demolition of a wall put up 18 years ago. And the Council has been accused of "bully boy tactics" and wasting resources over the wall in a cul-de-sac in Idle. Dennis Murgatroyd
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'We're lucky to be alive after arson attack'
A family today said they were lucky to be alive after arsonists sparked a fire at their home by setting light to a shed. Leslie Brian, who lives in Harbour Road, Wibsey, yesterday blamed local youths hanging around a public footpath which runs past his
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Now Leeds fight City academy bid
The fight to stop Bradford City from building a flagship soccer academy on the Green Belt has escalated. Leeds Councillors have decided to oppose a planning application from the Bantams for the £3 million development. The application is expected to be
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The seeds of success
Radio 4 will make history in Bradford when Gardeners' Question Time is broadcast live for the first time. The famous show, which has been going for 51 years, has always previously been pre-recorded. But it will break with tradition when chairman Eric
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Alert over slurry fear in stream
Environment watchdogs have launched an investigation following fears that a beck has been contaminated by cattle slurry. Residents alerted the Environment Agency after they noticed discolouration in Carleton Beck, which runs through the village of Carleton
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'A chronic shortfall of club cash'
A court has heard how a Keighley social club was losing hundreds of pounds a week before discrepancies in its accounts were uncovered. Auditor Robert Greenwood was called to investigate what he described as a "chronic shortage of funds" at St Anne's Catholic
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Little cinema faces a fight for survival
Shipley's revamped cinema is fighting for survival - seven months after it was taken over. And the bosses have sent out a "Use it or lose it" message to residents as developers wait in the wings to demolish the 88-year-old building and replace it with
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Edgar Wallace's biggest mystery
Edgar Wallace was the most prolific mystery writer of his time. A million words a year spilled from his typewriter - novels, plays, film scripts, including The Four Just Men, The Squeaker, The Mind of Mr Reeder and Sanders of the River, seemed to flow
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Nursing home's closure delayed
Moves to close a nursing home have been postponed amid claims residents are being used as "political pawns". Kirklees Council had hoped to canvass the public about proposals to shut Threelands Grange in Birkenshaw. But it has decided not to take any action
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Company comes to old soldier's rescue
Old soldier Joe Taylor, whose case was featured in the Telegraph & Argus, has been given a hand by a Skipton company. Mr Taylor, from Undercliffe, contacted the T&A for help when he learned he faced the prospect of six months without a bath. Since
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Fryers vow to keep serving square meals
Fish and chip fans across Bradford have been promised a good deal by chippies, despite the soaring cost of cod. The cost of a fish supper could hit £5 in some parts of the country because cod is in short supply. But Bradford district fish fryers have
