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Drighlington in danger of folding
Bradford League Second Division club Drighlington will fold unless there is a last-minute miracle. The club have only 14 players on their books and they need 28 by the March 31 registration deadline. Chairman Donald Gamble said: "I am afraid it is looking
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Wibsey young guns aim for final flourish
Wibsey Juniors' under-18 team travel across the Pennines on Sunday in a bid to become the first Bradford club to win the BARLA National Cup. After narrowly missing out on the Yorkshire Cup in January, the teenagers, backed by coachloads of family and
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Melissa in need of a king's ransom
Melissa King fears that a lack of cash could scupper her hopes of a dream trip. The 20-year-old from Esholt has been chosen to represent Great Britain in the World Kickboxing Championships at Niagara Falls in November. But she is struggling to raise the
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Latest loss plunges Avenue into crisis
Bradford Park Avenue 0 Worcester City 1 A disputed penalty separated the sides at Horsfall Stadium last night and left a depleted Avenue with a near impossible task of avoiding relegation back to the UniBond League. Avenue had sought to redress the balance
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Noble will not gamble on Withers
Lesley Vainikolo should recover from his hamstring strain in time to face Hull FC tomorrow but full back Mick Withers is still out with a knee injury and has not been named in Brian Noble's 20-man squad. Withers has almost recovered from the medial ligament
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Price freeze on season tickets
City have announced there will be no change in season-ticket prices for next season. And fans can snap up a 12 per cent discount if they pay before the end of April. Season-ticket sales at Valley Parade dropped from 7,500 in Division One to just over
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Economy and population are keys to tunnel
A booming economy and an increasing population would justify a traffic-busting tunnel underneath Shipley, the consultants behind the Airedale Masterplan said today. Mike Osborne, of consultant Arup which has drafted the blueprint for the future, said
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Hotel on way to being flats
A landmark hotel in Apperley Bridge is closing to make way for more luxury flats. The owner of Apperley Manor Hotel wants planners to give him the go-ahead to turn the former Victorian mansion in Apperley Lane into 14 flats. Businessman Tom Lindley said
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'We can finally walk in peace'
Dedicated conservationists are celebrating the end of a two-year campaign to stop cars and motorbikes from ruining a historic woodland track. Over the years the steep and rocky track through Calverley woods has been used by motorbikes and 4x4s, putting
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Jail term for drug courier
A former butcher who used his own car to ferry a drug dealer to meet his clients on the streets of Bradford has been jailed for a year. Teyab Bukhari was arrested after two undercover police officers posed as buyers and were sold wraps of heroin and crack
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Living in a loft is bad for my baby
A baby has to sleep in a child's car seat because there is no room for a cot in the loft where her mother lives while she waits for a home. Laura Walsh, 17, fears eight-month-old daughter Ellie's health is suffering because of cold and cramped conditions
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Road victim's father dismisses cameras
The father of a teenage boy who was killed at an accident blackspot has criticised the siting of speed cameras on the route which he says will not combat the problem. Fifteen-year-old Amar Ali died when he was struck by a stolen car in hit-and-run accident
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Schools chief quits for national role
Bradford's top education boss has quit on the day that new results for 14-year-olds showed the district is among the bottom education authorities in the country. Education Bradford's managing director Mark Pattison has resigned to take up a newly-formed
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Travel is no barrier to college ice stars
Two Bradford College students are celebrating winning senior squad places with clubs. Mike Fletcher, 18, has become a regular with Bradford Bulldogs, while 16-year-old Aaron Dad has done likewise with Hull's Kingston Jets. Both Aaron and Mike, who are
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Schools that must do better
The quality of education in Bradford schools might indeed be rising, as an Education Bradford spokesman today claimed in response to publication of last year's key stage three SATs, but they are not rising anything like fast enough. Not only were eight
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Abbey restructure 'no threat to jobs'
Banking giant Abbey National is to restructure its loan processing business in Bradford - but has insisted there are no plans to shed any jobs. The company's new Spanish owner - Banco Santander Central Hispano (SCH) - is to turn its attention to the Bradford
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'Vandalism spoils our way of life'
Vandals who have been repeatedly attacking a pensioner's greenhouse are putting a charity fundraising event in jeopardy. Eric and Sheila Jones, of Providence Row, Baildon, say their greenhouse has been smashed six times in as many weeks by youths gathering
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'Why farms should shun chemicals'
One of the world's leading advocates for sustainable agriculture has been in Skipton to praise chemicals-free farming. Speaking to northern members of the beverage industry, Sabrina Vigilante, the New York-based marketing manager of the Rainforest Alliance
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Nurse shocked by £6,000 phone bill
A Bradford nurse was horrified when he received a telephone bill for more than £6,000 from British Telecom. The demand for £6,169.95 was sent in error to James Poole, of Denholme. "I nearly died when I saw it," said Mr Poole. "BT is lucky they are dealing
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Daniel and Liam's double award joy
A ten-year-old boy with a brain tumour has won a top bravery award - and so has his little brother. Daniel Wilkinson, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour a year ago, was honoured for his courage by a Bradford-based charity at its award ceremony on Tuesday
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Jane chips in with cat-rescue idea
A cat-loving Bradford Council worker has turned the district's street cleaners into pet detectives. Jane Ramsden has arranged for hi-tech microchip scanners to be issued to staff in the cleansing department so owners of any identity-tagged cats they find
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Smiley Miley's trip of a lifetime
A terminally ill two-year-old is to go on a trip of a lifetime, thanks to generous fundraisers. Miles Bradbourne, who has the extremely rare genetic disorder MPS 1 Hurler Syndrome, will be travelling to Sydney, Australia to see his Aunt Chloey this month
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New hope for parents in school entry row
Parents battling new admissions rules at Eldwick Primary School today have new hope of victory. The powerful executive committee at Bradford Council is to be asked if it will stick to the sibling ruling where if a child is already at the school its brothers
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'Why I knew I had to go'
The boss of Bradford's debt-ridden hospitals stepped down after a senior medic planned a vote of no confidence in him, it has emerged. David Jackson, chief executive of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, announced this week he was taking
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Letters to the Editor
Unfair to make us the scapegoat SIR - From personal experience of working as a volunteer at the BRI and also of family members receiving wonderful treatment at this hospital, I know how lucky we are to have such a wonderful hospital. I was therefore extremely
