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£200m scheme is given major boost
Bradford's £200 million Broadway shopping scheme has received a boost with the announcement that investment is on the way with the help of the city's new Urban Regeneration Company. Martin Havenhand, chief executive of Yorkshire Forward, said at Bradford
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Vanzie becomes a weight watcher
Bobby Vanzie faces a series of spot-checks to make sure he doesn't cheat on his weight. Bradford's British lightweight champion is rebuilding his career after the devastating loss to Yuri Romanov in January. Vanzie's two-month medical ban following that
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Cougars are on the Ram-page
Sixteen of the side who destroyed London last week will take to the field at Cougar Park tomorrow. But they can expect a much tougher contest than the 78-18 lesson they handed out to the Skolars when Dewsbury Rams come to visit. Keighley ran 14 tries
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City look for quality at an affordable price
Nicky Law can build a squad to prosper within next season's tight budget restraints. City's wage bill is being halved to just over £2.5m as chairman Gordon Gibb continues to tighten belts post-administration. Twelve first-teamers are out of contract in
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Confusion over letter from fire-hit school
Security guards have been brought in to protect a fire-hit primary school as contractors work to repair and clean out a damaged portable building for Monday. Confusion reigned among families of youngsters taught in the building as they kept them at home
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'War with Iraq may benefit al Qaida
Get ready for war. Professor Paul Rogers, of Bradford University's peace studies department, said Britain and America are likely to go to war in Iraq within days. And Prof Rogers, an expert in war and conflict resolution, said he believed any invasion
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Debbie heads for the Gulf
A Bradford-born nurse is joining Britain's massive military build-up in the Gulf. Grandmother Debbie Evans, 39, will spend at least six months based at a field hospital in Kuwait with her Territorial Army unit. She flew to the region amid fears that the
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'Put councillors on the buses for free'
Bus passes should be given to all Bradford councillors to clear the district's snarled up roads and cut pollution, a councillor has claimed. But Wyke Labour ward Councillor Tony Niland, who made the call, has been told he cannot have one because there
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Bill's dream home is now nightmare
When businessman Bill Reidy ploughed his savings into renovating a derelict 17th Century hall he believed he had created his dream home. Wrought iron electric gates, decorative stonework, stained glass windows, stone statues and even a flagpole now adorn
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£200m scheme is given major boost
Bradford's £200 million Broadway shopping scheme has received a boost with the announcement that investment is on the way with the help of the city's new Urban Regeneration Company. Martin Havenhand, chief executive of Yorkshire Forward, said at Bradford
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Crash driver fights for life
A man suffered serious head injuries after his car crashed into a old trolley post in Bradford today. The 27-year-old driver is believed to have suffered internal head injuries and a fractured left shoulder after his Vauxhall Corsa left the road and collided
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Wife stole a fortune to save marriage
A Bradford career woman was today in prison after swindling more than £230,000 out of her employer in a desperate attempt to save her marriage. Abbey National employee Claire Pearson was jailed yesterday after her two-year "edifice of deceit" came crashing
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - I had to sigh when I read that the Regen Scheme is pouring money into the improvement of Leeds Road. This area could easily be sorted by giving short courses to most of the traders on window dressing, making the best of pavement displays, how to
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Peacock on hand for final
Broken hand victim Jamie Peacock will be ready to strut his stuff in time for the Challenge Cup final - and is desperate for his team-mates to get there. The Bulls second-rower was originally expected to be out for two months after breaking his right
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Steps in the right direction
It is very gratifying to hear Martin Havenhand, chief executive of Yorkshire Forward, putting as much faith in Bradford's regeneration as he did in a speech to Rotarians in the city yesterday. He had positive things to say about the Broadway shopping
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On This Day ...
In 1584, the feared Ivan the Terrible, Tsar of Russia, died. In 1917, following riots in Petrograd, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, abdicated. In 1938, Soviet dictator Stalin ordered the execution of 18 senior government figures, as part of his purge of the
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Lift takes off
A platform lift could be installed at Oxford Grange in Oxford Close. Gomersal Public Hall in Oxford Road could also get disabled access and alterations, if Kirklees planners agree. Kirklees Council's estates, property and markets service has submitted
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Bingley in bloom
Volunteers are being sought to help preparations for Bingley in Bloom. Anyone interested in joining the committee can contact town centre manager David Dinsey on (01274) 438776.
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What a Relief!
It may have been all in a good cause, but fashion and good sense flew out of the window to help the most in need at home and abroad. Normally sensible, respectable business people threw off their work attire for daft t-shirts and silly fashions, others
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Medicine mix-up on hospital ward
An elderly patient was given someone else's medication by mistake shortly before she died, an inquest heard. Sarah Jane Hastie, 84, collapsed only nine hours after the mix-up took place on a psychiatric ward at Airedale General Hospital, Steeton, near
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Fond memories for Hollywood legend
Jean Simmons looked around the splendour of Bradford's Midland Hotel and said: "The memories are coming back. We filmed in a room here, and the ballroom. I'm looking forward to seeing that again. And the station, too." It seemed almost cruel to tell her
