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Day Hockney gets his artistic freedom
David Hockney will be painting his home town red, blue, or all the colours of the Grand Canyon. Bradford's most famous son, the world's best-known living artist, will receive the Freedom of the City in a colourful ceremony at City Hall on Wednesday, June
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Joan to call it a day on Council
Craven councillor Joan Ibbotson has announced she will not be standing for re-election after 12 years on the council. Joan, who represents the Aire Valley Ward as an Independent on Craven District Council, was due to fight for her seat in May. But she
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Chris and chips!
Five foot seven inches tall and just ten stone. Chippy owner Christine Ward is a physical phenomenon. Even her husband Colin thinks she's amazing. For the past 28 years, Christine, 54, has polished off at least one portion of fish and chips every working
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Amateurs help fulfil a dream
An amateur operatic society has put on a show-stopping performance to help make a dream come true for a teenage girl with cancer. Rawdon Amateur Operatic Society were so keen to see leukaemia sufferer Marie Thompson fulfil her dream to swim with dolphins
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Stand by guidelines on hospital, urge residents
Residents have called on councillors to stand by a pledge on the future of a neighbouring hospital. Two years ago, Leeds City Council's planning department produced a detailed paper for public comment on the future of High Royds Hospital on the borders
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Hepatitis scare - results expected
Health chiefs in Bradford were expected to get the first results from an emergency screening programme today telling them if any patients contracted a potentially fatal disease from a surgeon. Hundreds of women are to be tested for hepatitis C after a
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School entry shake-up move
Parents could face new heartache over their children's education as Bradford Council looks to impose catchment areas for schools. As parents struggle to come to terms with the current reorganisation, they could face even tighter restrictions over where
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Trade links set to reach Down Under
Advice on how to get bills paid An engineering organisation has come up with ways of helping smaller companies cut delays in their bills being settled. The Engineering Employers' Federation Yorkshire and Humberside is offering firms ways to cut the time
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'Green' mortgages smelling of roses
Britain's leading Green building society - the Ecology, near Keighley - has had a record year. The society, which has its headquarters in Cross Hills, saw new mortgage business touch almost £6 million - nearly 40 per cent over the previous year. "As we
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Gala launch for new-style IiP award
A new-style Investors in People award is to be launched next month which is expected to raise standards in firms across the Bradford district. Some 300 companies from the Bradford district have already been presented with the award and a gala event is
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'Do your bit' for the sake of everyone
Bradford firms are being urged to do more to cut waste at work. They are among businesses in West Yorkshire estimated to waste electricity worth nearly £6 million a year, according to Government research. The Are You Doing Your Bit? Campaign is urging
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Businesses split over joining Euro
Bradford firms are split over the value of membership of the European single currency, according to a survey by the district's Chamber of Commerce. And the results are in line with national research which showed an almost equal number of people in favour
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Are you watching, Rodney Marsh?
Welcome to our 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 to give YOU, the fans
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Desperate day ends hopes of promotion
Bradford Park Avenue 2, Ashton United 3: History does repeat itself. That was proved by this victory for Ashton at Horsfall Stadium which sounded the death knell on Avenue's lingering UniBond Division One promotion hopes. The last time Avenue lost a league
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Markey try vital as Salem hit back
Bradford Salem 16, Yarnbury 15: The weekend just gone was the ninth anniversary of Bradford Sal-em's first victory in the Provincial Insurance Cup at Twickenham. And Salem found the perfect way to celebrate - ending an 11-match losing streak to reach
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Pryce injury fears ease
Leon Pryce's Challenge Cup dream was still alive today after the Bulls star survived a major injury scare during yesterday's 60-2 Super League rout of Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants. Bradford-born Pryce has set his sights on putting one over arch rivals
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Mike Priestley: North of Watford
Tomorrow the pubs and restaurants of Britain will be busy with family parties treating those very important people - mothers. The Mother's Day card racks in the shops will have been emptied. Millions of flowers will have been bought at inflated prices
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Parents' petition on primary school
Parents whose children have been refused a place at a popular primary school have started a petition and campaign against the decision. More than 20 children who wanted to begin their school career at Barkerend Primary School this autumn have been told
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Magic children with a marvellous future
Continuing our series giving local head teachers the chance to write on educational issues, Alan Hall, headteacher at Belle Vue Girls' School, Bradford, looks at the education of Asian girls in Bradford. IN SPITE of all the upheaval surrounding Bradford's
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Neglected sites set for revamp
Neglected, rubbish-strewn bits of spare land are set to be transformed into attractively-landscaped community areas. Bradford Council's executive committee will be asked on Wednesday to contribute £137,500 towards the £847,140 project which is being half
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Vice crawl brings a 'red letter'
Kerb-crawlers who trawl Bradford's red-light district looking for prostitutes could find a letter on their doorstep warning them they could be one step away from court. The move is the latest weapon in Toller Lane Police's battle to clamp down on prostitution
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Thieves steal blind man's garden wall
Police are hunting thieves who are stripping Yorkshire stone walls. Among the cases they are investigating is the theft, piece by piece, of a wall outside a blind 90-year-old man's home in Allerton, Bradford. Frank Hall, of Haworth Road, awoke to find
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Why Joolz is stone in love with Bradford
Joolz Denby is the last person you would expect to be a member of the London literati. With her tattoos, multiple piercings and unorthodox dress sense, she looks more like a rock star. But after 20 years of writing and performing poetry on the alternative
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A Vision for the future
2020 Vision, launched today, has been developed after the biggest public consultation exercise in Bradford's history. City Hall reporter Olwen Vasey reports on the launch and examines how the district is set to change over the next two decades. A dramatic
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'Just talking-shop without any teeth'
A fresh wrangle has broken out over moves to give Bingley its own town council. The plan is being pushed forward by the town's Conservative councillors on Bradford Council but it has failed to win the support of Labour MP Chris Leslie. And Philip Smith
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Sharewatch: John Craven
Kelda Group has moved ahead to over £2.70 this week, a significant bounce from a recent low point around £2. The company recently gave a presentation to analysts which confirmed a positive trading outlook. It looks as though the tough OFWAT targets will
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Judith's secrets shared
After 20 years of working in the world of direct marketing Bradford businesswoman Judith Donovan has decided to share her expertise with others. Some people may consider publishing a book about how to carry out direct marketing a foolish move, as Mrs
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Still chasing waste and going strong
A firm which was formed out of a voluntary group is now celebrating ten years of recycling. Bradford Waste Chasers started as a business in 1990 - two years after a group of volunteers set up Bradford Recyclers as a voluntary organisation. Only one person
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Justin's got it all figured
While helping out in a men's retail outfitter, Justin Lestor found a job he felt would really suit - working with figures. His decision to become a chartered accountant seems to be paying off. For he has come out as one of the top students in important
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Cougars hold off scrappy Hornets
Keighley Cougars 26, Rochdale Hornets 14: The Cougars made it four consecutive wins but struggled to overcome a Rochdale side whose most obvious tactic was their physical game. Cougars coach Karl Harrison was not happy about the standard of the officials
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Bulls score perfect ten
Huddersfield-Sheffield 2, Bradford Bulls 60; Nigel Askham reports from the McAlpine Stadium. THE OPPOSITION are now having to use the interchange rules for press conferences such is the current level of humiliation the Bulls are inflicting. Giants boss
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It's no time for self-pity
Newcastle United 2, Bradford City 0; Richard Sutcliffe reports from St James' Park. TIME IS fast running out for Paul Jewell and his brave Bradford City battlers. The Bantams have just seven games left to save their Premiership lives after collecting
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O'Brien angry about no-goal
Andy O'Brien is adamant that his 86th minute 'goal' ruled out for a push should have stood to give Bradford City a crucial point at Newcastle. The Bantams thought they had cancelled out Gary Speed's opener when a long ball was pumped into the six-yard
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Restoring pride in the environment
If the Council's executive committee agrees on Wednesday to contribute £137,500 towards an environmental improvement scheme, it will surely be money well spent. The Bradford Community Environmental Project has for the past three years been working to
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Care is at touch of a button
A firm which was started using every penny of Chris Afful's £280 savings has blossomed into a one-stop service for the elderly and disabled. Over the years the firm has developed a care service for elderly and disabled people which has helped to save
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Consider us, say Totty at awards
Bradford-based Totty Construction is hoping to come away with an honour in the nationally-acclaimed Considerate Constructors Awards. The firm, based in Greengates, is entering the prestigious Yorkshire Herald Building development in York in the awards
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WR Mitchell, OBE: Letter from the Dales
The soprano voices of lambs have joined the contralto calls of Swaledale yows on farms in the Dales. Where there is a hummock, lambs play the time-honoured game of King of the Castle. Lambs make sudden movement, leaping or joining in mad races across
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Life with the lions and Masai Kikuyu
A Bradford student swapped the classroom for jungle survival techniques on an African adventure of a lifetime. Sixth-form student Nadia Ahmed, 18, of Manchester Road, Bradford, was one of five competition winners from around the country who joined the
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Jabs campaign cuts cases of meningitis
Cases involving a certain strain of meningitis have fallen after the introduction of a nationwide vaccination campaign for babies and teenagers. Figures compiled in Leeds for the region reveal there was only one confirmed case of type C meningitis in
