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Hit the fly-tippers
Fly-tippers are being warned to watch out as Bradford Council launches a crackdown on rubbish. A new enforcement policy will target tippers in a bid to clean up the district. And the Council is set to implement new measures to ensure people who
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Hate mob are shouted down
Bradford City 1, Nottingham Forest 2 - They come to bury Caesar not to praise him. That was Sir Alex Ferguson's Shakespearean take on Man United's Euro clash with Rangers last week. But it could easily have been said regarding Nicky Law's position on
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Caisley: I want one more for a full house
The Bulls will sign at least one more player before the close-season is up, says chairman Chris Caisley. The club is not currently negotiating with anyone but will move to shore up their departure-hit squad, said Caisley, pictured. "We've nothing that
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Lessons to be learned
The scale of the hidden problem facing those seeking to improve educational standards in Bradford has become shockingly apparent with new figures revealed today. It is bad enough that ten per cent of the district's schools have been placed in special
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Best sellers from the best cellars!
A fireside chat over a disappointing bottle of wine prompted a Bradford couple to resolve to ditch their day jobs and set up their own business. Sandra and Richard Jeffray made the decision to launch their own wine merchants - known as Hops, Scotch and
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Birthing pool business makes a splash for mum
It was a case of sink or swim when Ruth Weston suddenly found herself in charge of a business last year. The Allerton mum only intended to organise the hiring of a birthing pool for the delivery of her fourth child when she telephoned Alison Carr. But
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Success of rewards scheme for schools
Businesses in Bradford are being urged to team up with local schools after the success of a scheme to reward high achievers in maths. Cottingley-based accountants MGI Watson Buckle handed out prizes to students from five Bradford schools as part of a
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Real ale lovers invited to event
Real ale and beer lovers are invited to sample more than 20 brews at a beer festival organised by Queensbury, Shelf and District Round Table. The event kicks off at 6pm on Thursday at Northowram Community Centre, Halifax Road in Northowram, and there
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High death rate 'down to poverty'
People living in inner-city Bradford have the lowest life expectancy in the Yorkshire and Humber region, a new report shows. The area covered by Bradford City Teaching Primary Care Trust also has the highest infant mortality rate and the highest proportion
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Double triumph for young artist Darren
A Saltaire artist who is celebrating his gallery's first anniversary is painting his way to further success after clinching two contracts. Darren Baker has landed a three-year commission to paint bottles of body spray and washing-up powder for UK consumer
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Car park sold for triple price
A car park could be turned into a housing development after it was auctioned off for three times the expected price. The Bradford Council-owned 600 square-metre plot of land on Darfield Street, Manningham, was expected to fetch £45,000. But it was finally
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Hit the fly-tippers
Fly-tippers are being warned to watch out as Bradford Council launches a crackdown on rubbish. A new enforcement policy will target tippers in a bid to clean up the district. And the Council is set to implement new measures to ensure people who dump waste
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Tarquin 'killed by flying karate kick'
Mugging victim Tarquin Turner, pictured, was probably killed by a flying karate kick, police revealed today. Detectives said the hospital worker suffered a massive injury to the back of his neck after being attacked in the grounds of Bradford's Undercliffe
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£1 billion jobs bonanza is set to hit the city
Council chiefs are seeking legal agreements with developers to give employment to local people as the district prepares for a bonanza, with at least 5,000 jobs in the pipeline. The developers are also being urged to create another spin-off by buying supplies
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Jade's up for the Cup
A piece of football history returned home yesterday when the FA Cup went on show in Bradford. Hundreds of Bantams fans got to lay their hands on the world famous trophy at the Hundred Years of Claret and Amber exhibition at the city's Industrial Museum
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School failure rate 'is double'
Bradford could have twice as many 'failing' schools as previously thought, it was revealed today. Ten per cent of the district's 208 school are in special measures or deemed to have "serious weaknesses" by Government watchdog Ofsted - a higher proportion
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - Gordon Gibb the Bradford City FC chairman has called for action from businesses in the area with a view to helping the club in what is a difficult period. Surely the more successful businesses who have a base camp in Bradford and who trade extensively
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I will do better in future promises Vaikona
Bees 48, Morley 13 - It wasn't a vintage display by the Bees nor was it one by their debutant Tevita Vaikona against Morley at Wagon Lane on Saturday. But the pleasing thing was that the North Division One leaders still won by 35 points against determined
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Hayward sets up dream cup clash
Runcorn FC Halton 0, Bradford Park Avenue 1 - A superb result at the Halton Stadium in the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup was followed by the news that Avenue had been handed a home tie against Nationwide League Division Two side Bristol City in
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Avenue 'over the moon' at Bristol City draw
Bradford Park Avenue marched into the first round proper of the FA Cup on Saturday and were immediately rewarded with a home tie against Bristol City. Near neighbours Farsley Celtic were also named in the draw but they have to negotiate a tough replay
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Gibb will not drop the axe
Nicky Law will still be in charge against Wimbledon. Speculation has been reaching fever pitch over the future of the City manager. Saturday's last-gasp loss to Nottingham Forest was the sixth at home this season - the worst record in the country - and
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On This Day
In 1728, explorer Captain James Cook was born. In 1885, the extension to the Bradford Infirmary was opened. In 1913, US president Woodrow Wilson said "I want to take this occasion to say that the United States will never again seek one additional foot
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Making finance all plain-sailing
The first husband and wife team to compete in a round-the-world yacht race have turned to a Bradford firm for advice. McDonald Yachting, the team behind Neal and Lisa McDonald's bid for glory in the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-06, have been talking to chartered
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District eateries starved of staff
Bradford restaurants are being forced to turn hungry customers away because of a desperate shortage of catering staff. The lack of qualified chefs and waiting staff has become so acute that one recently opened restaurant has been forced to run at half
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Museum presses 'rescue' old York
Images of York used in guidebooks 150 years ago are being brought back to life with the help of experts at Bradford Industrial Museum. Curators at York Castle Museum have built up a collection of more than 500 printing blocks showing pictures of the city's
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Taking a new Luke at jobs!
A pioneering work experience scheme is making it easier for Bradford youngsters to get a career in the health service. Health bodies in Bradford have teamed up with national charity Youthbuild to offer young people new routes into the NHS. Salma Naz is
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Cricket club's joy over new HQ
Near the boundary rope at Hepworth and Idle Cricket Club, a new building is taking shape. Members of the club, which enjoys more than 100 years of history, have been working tirelessly to erect a new clubhouse to bring top-class facilities to the ground
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Green light at last for 66,000 drivers
It was all change for thousands of motorists in Bradford as the big lights switch-on happened at 6am today. The operation introduced a brand new system for drivers to negotiate, with a long-awaited set of traffic lights replacing the huge Mayo Avenue
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Green light at last
It was all change for thousands of motorists in Bradford as the big lights switch-on happened at 6am today. The operation introduced a brand new system for drivers to negotiate, with a long-awaited set of traffic lights replacing the huge Mayo Avenue
