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A blueprint for success
Ten thousand new jobs, millions of pounds of investment and improved transport links are promised in a radical regional plan unveiled today. The Masterplan for Airedale, drafted by the same consultants working on Bradford's own ground-breaking Masterplan
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Windass will not get personal
Dean Windass today insisted that firing City into the play-offs is far more important than personal glory. Windass has hit 21 goals so far, including 20 of the 50 the club have scored in the league. With nine games left, he is only three behind his best-ever
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Bulls avoid big guns
The Powergen Challenge Cup fourth-round draw has been kind to the Bulls, who have avoided Super League opposition and will instead travel to National League One club Featherstone. With the tie coming hard on the heels of an Easter fixture glut that sees
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Jessica is top dog at the age of ten!
Jessica Parkinson is celebrating becoming one of the youngest ever winners at the world famous Crufts dog show after picking up first prize - aged just ten. The schoolgirl, from Eccleshill, Bradford, beat off competition from dog owners more than twice
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Students in space odyssey
Bradford's Children's University is linking with Russia's space centre to help give young people the chance to become cosmonauts. The university was set up last year to boost children's ambitions and education. Now director Mark Curtis, who was seconded
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Pupils told: Don't sniff out danger
Thousands of pupils across the district are taking part in special lessons organised by a Bradford charity to warn them about the dangers of solvent abuse. The Chantelle Bleau Memorial Fund has taken on a team of 50 extra youth workers to help them spread
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Five thousand more want a postal vote
More Bradford people than ever have chosen to vote by post in this year's general election - despite concerns the system is open to abuse. Last year's all-postal vote for the local and European elections led to widespread allegations of ballot-rigging
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Albion won't be crowned just yet
Albion Sports suffered a shock first league defeat of the season at the hands of bogey side Crown in the Premier Division. Albion may have taken their eye off the ball ahead of their FA Sunday Cup semi-final this weekend but that shouldn't detract from
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Penn keeps Wibsey on track for the title
Wibsey held on to their nine-point advantage over Golcar United at the top of the Mumtaz Premier Division after coming from behind to beat Ovenden West Riding 3-2. Damian Melvyn put the championship contenders into an early lead, only for the Huddersfield
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New seaside deal for buoyant Tykes
A new deal has been struck between Yorkshire and Scarborough Cricket Club which ensures that first-class cricket will remain at North Marine Road until at least 2010. And members of the Scarborough club were also told at their annual meeting last night
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Transport the key to masterplan
The masterplan for the regeneration of Airedale is imaginative, ambitious and according to the man behind it "achievable". It is a strategic vision for the Aire Valley which builds on what is already there to transform and improve a part of the district
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City to lead the way for digital firms
Bradford is poised to become a leading centre for digital industries with the opening of a facility to help start-ups. A new incubation unit is being opened at the Innovation Centre in Angel Way, Listerhills, to nurture entrepreneurs and fast-growth businesses
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Homes may be abandoned to the floodwater
Areas of Bradford could be abandoned to floods as the cost of protection spirals, a conference was told yesterday. Delegates heard that by the year 2080 more than 25,000 people could be at risk. The conference at Valley Parade was held to discuss the
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City stroke care is best in the county
Stroke patients in Bradford get the best care in West Yorkshire, a report reveals. But the National Sentinel Audit for Stroke 2004 published yesterday also showed Airedale NHS Trust was below the national average. The audit assessed UK hospitals on 12
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MP in plea for cash to bail out hospitals
A Bradford MP is asking for more cash for the city's debt-ridden hospitals. Two weeks before the end of the financial year, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is facing an £11.3m deficit. MP Marsha Singh has written to West Yorkshire Strategic
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Special school bus wheel-clamp fury
A minibus carrying six special needs children on a school trip was clamped on a car park at a Bradford tourist spot. Furious teachers from Haycliffe Special School in Great Horton had to pay £50 before the party of children with learning difficulties
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Party bosses study 'lewd MP' claims
Labour Party chiefs were today investigating allegations that a Bradford MP made lewd remarks to a female colleague while drunk. Marsha Singh said he was unable to comment about claims made in a national newspaper until the probe was completed, probably
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A blueprint for success
Ten thousand new jobs, millions of pounds of investment and improved transport links are promised in a radical regional plan unveiled today. The Masterplan for Airedale, drafted by the same consultants working on Bradford's own ground-breaking Masterplan
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Letters to the Editor
Programme unfair on the fathers SIR - I have never felt the need to express my views in public until I watched the recent Trevor McDonald programme regarding the Child Support Agency. My marriage ended two years ago and I became a single parent. My children
