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Moving in the right direction
There has been an encouraging speed-up in dealing with persistent young offenders in Bradford and Keighley courts since new measures were introduced. A wait of many months between arrest and sentence is bad enough whatever age the offender, but it is
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Families distraught after attacks on child graves
Families today spoke of their anguish and anger after repeated vandal attacks on children's graves at a Bradford cemetery. Sally Aveyard was left devastated after vandals ripped an angel out of its concrete base and stole the ornament next to her three-and-a-half
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Poison fears over bottle tops
The sweet summer morning sight of birds pecking the top of milk bottles could be causing food poisoning for scores of families. Environmental health officers are warning that drinking milk when the foil caps have been pecked by birds can cause campylobacter
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We thought bikers' park was just junk!
Teenage trial cyclists aim to recreate their bike park after council staff removed ramps and other obstacles, thinking they were rubbish. The youngsters, aged ten to 16, plan to present Bradford Council with a petition asking for permission to carry on
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Wednesday, June 28
SIR - With all due respect to Mr David Hockney, after reading about the cost of the gifts handed over to him at the Freedom of the City ceremony it beggars belief that this sort of cash could be spent in this way. He says he got a grant to go to art school
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It's free drama at Amnesty festival
A programme of music and drama, staged to raise money for Amnesty International, kicks off in Rawdon this weekend. The Rawdon Amnesty Concerts begin on Saturday with a production of Stuart Fortey's play The Kaiser and I by members of the Theatre of the
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Cameras on buses in new safety drive
The first closed circuit television cameras have been fitted to a bus in Keighley to improve security and safety for customers and drivers. The latest £125,000 single decker "kneeling" bus, which lowers to allow easy access, has four cameras. And every
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City pick new coach
New Bradford City first team coach Malcolm Shotton is determined to help the Bantams cement their place among the Premiership elite. The former Oxford United boss will work alongside Chris Hutchings and replace Terry Yorath, who resigned yesterday. As
