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City masterplan for traffic
Sweeping changes to remove traffic's stranglehold on Bradford city centre are contained in a regeneration masterplan. The blueprint proposes closing much of the inner city ring road, which isolates important areas of the city and leaves pedestrians
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Wilson double is just the tonic
Eccleshill United 3, Pontefract Collieries 1: United skipper Richard Wilson bagged a brace from his centre half role as Eccleshill cruised through to the quarter-finals of the Northern Counties East President's Cup with a home win. Division One visitors
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Jackson sees red in Guiseley defeat
Bishop Auckland 1, Guiseley 0: Ten-man Guiseley could not spark a comeback at Bishop Auckland after the home side took an early lead and they slipped to another defeat in UniBond Division One. Guiseley were the more creative side but lacked finishing
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School sport: Tracy's a winner!
England Netball captain Tracy Neville was the star of the show at Priesthorpe School's Born To Win Day. Sister of Manchester United and England footballers Phil and Gary, the 73-times capped player gave an insight into what it was like being a member
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Bantams: Summerbee buzzing in new role
Nicky Law believes you can teach an old dog new tricks. The City boss reckoned Nicky Summerbee had his best game for the club at Crewe as he adapts to a more rounded role. Summerbee, a traditional wideman, has been asked to operate more as a wing-back
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Bulls seal new deal for Withers
The Bulls have received a major boost ahead of Saturday's Tetley's Grand Final with Australian utility back Michael Withers agreeing a new three-year deal with the club. Withers, who joined the Bulls in 1999 from the Balmain Tigers, has signed a contract
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Credits to teaching profession
A teacher's lot in 2003 is not a particularly happy one. At least, that is the impression the public are often given: that the classrooms and staff rooms are filled with disgruntlement as teachers struggle to cope with the many organisational and educational
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Soft drinks upset Muslims
Mosques are calling for stricter food labelling laws after learning alcohol contained in some soft drinks is not listed on labels. Varieties of Ribena and Lucozade drinks made by GlaxoSmithKline use alcohol and its derivatives - banned for Muslims - as
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Neighbours aghast at tower mast
A row has broken out between a village church and its neighbours after plans to put a phone mast disguised as a flagpole in its belltower were revealed. Shipley Area Planners will be asked to approve the scheme at St John the Evangelist Church in Baildon
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Doddy's tickled as show is saved
Funnyman Ken Dodd has revealed how tickled he is to get his date back at St George's Hall. His concert was among those postponed when ceiling cracks were discovered in the ornate plasterwork at the historic hall. Dodd has now been rescheduled for February
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Woman 'may sue police' after smash
A woman may take out a private prosecution against West Yorkshire police after her car was wrecked by one of its vans. Public relations officer Amanda Ormian's Citroen AX was parked outside her home in Cleckheaton Road, Oakenshaw, when the unmarked Toyota
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Firm fined £300 for coach defects
A coach company boss admitted at Skipton court that two of her fleet of five vehicles had defects. Susan Hall, of Otley Road, Baildon Bridge, Shipley, was fined a total of £300 after admitting that a 53-seater coach had a defective tachograph and that
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'Friendly' Bulls win national award
Bradford Bulls are guaranteed at least one honour at Saturday's Super League Grand Final - for being a friendly club! They are the first professional Rugby League club in the West Yorkshire to achieve the Sport England Rugby League specific Clubmark award
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Tributes to a 'loveable rogue'
The family of a man who died despite a desperate attempt by neighbours to save him today paid tribute to their "loveable rogue". William Friar was pulled from a fire in the kitchen of his home in Bolton Hall Road, Bolton Woods, by neighbours. Rescuers
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - While I can sympathise with Mrs Baxter's plight on the 623 Shipley to Bradford bus (Letters, October 6) she really should be grateful she can fall back on her trusty car. Having had to depend on public transport for more than 30 years I can say
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Patterson hat-trick seals win
Hall Road Rangers 2, Thackley 3: A second hat-trick of the season for Andy Patterson took the young striker into double figures for this campaign and eased Thackley through to the last eight of the Northern Counties East President's Cup. First Division
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On This Day
In 1846, A US dentist used an anaesthetic for the first time, to remove a tumour from a patient's jaw. In 1928, the first frosted electric light bulb was patented. In 1984, Bishop Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. From the Telegraph
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£20m ad campaign could boost Pace
A £20 million advertising campaign launched today to promote Sky television's latest innovation is expected to generate new business for a Bradford firm. Sky is investing in its biggest promotion for five years to boost take-up of its Sky Plus personal
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Cycling deaths reduced
Road casualties involving cyclists in West Yorkshire have been slashed by more than 40 per cent seven years ahead of schedule. Statistics show the number of fatal and serious casualties involving cyclists dropped from an average of 106 a year between
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Rocket science: boffins study railway pioneer
Boffins at Bradford University are trying to find out whether railway pioneer Robert Stephenson died from a drugs habit. They have joined forces with the National Railway Museum in a quest to unravel the last few months of life of the engineering genius
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Driving ban for former City star
A car driven by former Bradford City footballer David Jackson ploughed into a pedestrian before demolishing several metres of railing, a court heard yesterday. Bradford Crown Court was told that the 63-year-old pedestrian was flung into the air, suffering
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Coroner criticises hospital over tot's death
A coroner today criticised a "systemic failure" at a teaching hospital maternity unit where a two-day-old baby died after his partially sighted mother fell asleep in bed with him. Conor Walker died at Leeds General Infirmary after his mother, Press Association
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Top-class mentors pick up gold stars
Two educational champions have been honoured for their work to inspire Bradford youngsters. Head teacher Dave Jones, of Holybrook Primary School, pictured here with pupils, and Maria Howarth, who manages the learning mentor scheme at Grange Technology
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Mercy dash driver in appeal to No 10
An ambulance driver charged with speeding while delivering an organ for a life-saving transplant has presented a petition with more than 20,000 signatures to 10 Downing Street. Mike Ferguson, of Birkenshaw, is due to appear in court next week after he
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Woman killed at 'danger' junction
An elderly woman was killed in a horrific accident as she crossed a busy Bradford junction yesterday. The woman was hit by a skip lorry laden with stone as she crossed Killinghall Road in Undercliffe. A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said the woman
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My heart cried, claims accused
A mosque leader accused of smacking an eight-year-old boy has told a jury he treated him like a son. Senior mullah and teacher Ayub Ibrahim Khalifa is alleged to have hit the child repeatedly with a bamboo stick and slapped him in the face. It is also
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Letter revived memories of Spitfire hero
The chance finding of a Royal Air Force identity tag in Belgium has unlocked memories of 1941 for a man from Otley. Frank Longstaffe, pictured, 77, of Newall Avenue, was stunned when he got a phone call telling him that his cousin's identity tag had been
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Lake work could start in two years
Work to create the vast urban park and lake which would be the platform for a unique city could begin in the next two years, architects who drew up the new city traffic masterplan said today. They said the futuristic vision, featuring in an exhibition
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City masterplan for traffic
Sweeping changes to remove traffic's stranglehold on Bradford city centre are contained in a regeneration masterplan. The blueprint proposes closing much of the inner city ring road, which isolates important areas of the city and leaves pedestrians continually
