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Rowan hoping to emulate Hodgson
Bradford Grammar School's No 8 Jacob Rowan is on his way to England under-16 honours. The Keighley youngster hopes to follow in the footsteps of current England star Charlie Hodgson, who played for the North of England Schools while he was a pupil at
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Henry back for one night only
Returning hero Henry Paul promises to conjure up some old and new magic for his loyal fans when he pulls on a Bulls shirt for the first time in four years. But the Bradford legend insists his appearance in brother Robbie's testimonial is only a one-off
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Backing proves city potential
It was a remarkably encouraging story we were able to tell just a month ago when the head of Middlesex-based company Summertime Properties, Manoj Raithatha, promised he would return to Bradford with his chequebook to add more luxury apartments to the
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Firm has its sights on the States
A Bradford-based bath manufacturer has launched a new business in America. Clearwater Collection, which specialises in free-standing luxury baths, is adding America to the list of more than 20 countries in which it trades. The move is expected to take
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Tony is new group managing director
Shipley-based Robinson Architects, have appointed a successor to the late Alan Rae. Mr Rae died in November last year at the age of 52. Tony Mobbs assumes responsibility for all five companies: Robinson Architects, Robinson Consulting, Robinson Environmental
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Hi-tech spending is ready to increase
Spending on IT services among Bradford businesses has increased over the past 12 months thanks to a new series of grants. E-Business Unlimited (EBU) grants, are operated by the business advice service Business Link, and can cover up to 50 per cent of
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Alzheimer's drugs verdict is 'terrible'
Revised guidance on key Alzheimer's drugs is "terrible, unethical and unworkable" and could affect the care of patients, a Bradford campaigner said today. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) provoked uproar in March last year
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Care children beat national average
Children in care in Bradford are performing better than the national average in GCSE exams, new figures reveal. In the last academic year 14 per cent of the children in the district achieved five A* to C GCSE grades. This is Bradford's best ever performance
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Heart op offers Lily hope of normal life
Desperately-ill tot Lily Cater could face years of surgery to survive. Top heart surgeons at Birming-ham Children's Hospital have told Lily's parents, Michala and Paul, that she will have to undergo a series of operations as she grows. One-year-old Lily
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Recycling increase but target missed
Bradford Council has increased the amount of waste it recycles for the fifth year running - but it has still failed to meet its Government target. According to latest figures from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Council
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I'll take the lot!
A tycoon has bought an entire apartment complex - before building work has even started. Summertime Properties, headed by Manoj Raithatha, has paid £20 million for the futuristic building in the flagship Victoria Mills complex in Shipley. The purchase
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Albion cup hopes take a battering
Albion Sports' only option this season is now the Premier Division title. Going through a shaky month, they made their third cup exit in successive weeks as Fairweather Green repeated an earlier league victory to beat them 4-2 in the quarter-final of
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Buzzing Campion make it eight wins on bounce
Campion extended their run of successive Mumtaz Premier Division victories to eight with a 2-0 home outcome over relegation strugglers Eastmoor. An opening goal from Adie Howard after 20 minutes failed to lead to the usual rush of goals expected from
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England pair sign up for happy Tykes
England captain Michael Vaughan and Test fast bowler Matthew Hoggard are extending their contracts with Yorkshire and will now remain at Headingley until at least the end of the 2009 season. Like Yorkshire's other senior players, they are on rolling contracts
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Barnsley give up on Windass
Barnsley today indicated they were ready to call off the chase for Dean Windass. The Tykes have NOT made an improved offer despite national press reports saying they were upping their bid from the £100,000 rejected last week. Instead, it is believed that
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'The Prince's Trust gave me a chance'
A charity which has helped to improve the lives of thousands of young people across the district is celebrating its 30th birthday this week. The Prince's Trust lets young people make a difference in their lives by helping them start community or sports
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Villagers pitch in to buy community hall
The residents of a small village have managed to raise an £40,000 to save their community's hall. People living in Norwood Green raised the cash in just six months to buy the village facility. When the former St George's Church Hall was put on the market
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'Blot on landscape' trailer vandalised
A controversial advertising hoarding which was described as a 'blot on the landscape' has been attacked twice by vandals. Damage estimated at £500 was caused to the lorry trailer parked near Dick Hudson's Country Inn, at High Eldwick. Arsonists tried
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Gang of yobs ruin a birthday outing
A mother whose child's birthday was ruined by a gang of teenage yobs has called on Bradford's leisure venues to "get tough" on unruly youngsters. Heidi Robinson, from Bradford, took her nine-year-old son and his two friends out for a birthday treat on
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'We are treated like mediaeval witches'
A British National Party activist told a jury trying him on race hate charges relating to speeches made in West Yorkshire that he blamed "the Labour Party, the establishment and the media" for a series of race problems in Britain rather than "ethnic communities
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Council catches up with the fraudsters
Investigators have uncovered mammoth housing and council tax benefit frauds totalling £1 million in the district over the last year alone. The figure is a 15 per cent hike on the previous year and the missing tax-payers' money is now being recovered by
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Letters to the Editor
Reporter's words meant so much SIR - Having been a policeman for 20 years, now stationed at Wakefield, I volunteered to play a part in PC Sharon Beshenivsky's funeral. After the cortege had passed, one of your reporters, a young lady, told me she wasn't
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Nation’s tears were not crocodile ones
"Whale meat again, " as they're singing on barges up and down the Thames this week. Ah, there he goes, you're thinking, another cheap crack at the suffering of an innocent animal. And only weeks after his pu-erile rant about the outpouring of public sympathy
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Recylcing targets missed
Bradford Council has increased the amount of waste it recycles for the fifth year running but it has still failed to meet its Government target. According to latest figures from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Council
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Investor snaps up 100 flats in £20m deal
A tycoon has bought an entire apartment complex before building work has even started. Summertime Properties, headed by Manoj Raithatha, has paid £20 million for the futuristic building in the flagship Victoria Mills complex in Shipley. The purchase
