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'Abduction' inquiries are scaled down
Police have scaled down their inquiries into reports that a screaming woman was dragged into a car in Bradford. The alarm was raised by an anonymous caller who said the woman was bundled into the car at 2.20am on June 27 in Nottingham Street, Thornbury
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District's eighth household recycling centre opened
The eighth household waste recycling centre in the district officially opened its doors yesterday. Bradford Council's executive member for environment and culture, Councillor Anne Hawkesworth, did the honours at the site at Midland Road, Manningham.
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McCall swaps suit for tracksuit
Stuart McCall feels like a proper manager at last. That's not to suggest he hasn't been giving it 100 per cent since accepting the daunting challenge seven weeks ago of lifting City back from the doldrums. McCall has taken to his new role with the
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Teenager hit on head with cosh
A teenager suffered a fractured cheekbone and a gashed head when he was hit with a metal cosh as he sat on his motorcycle. The 17-year-old was attacked in Temple Rhydding Drive, Baildon, at 3.20pm on Sunday. The Shipley youth was taken to Airedale General
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Dog found tied tightly to lamppost
A dog was abandoned after being tied to a lamppost with a rope bound so tight that it was almost strangled. The tan-coloured male mastiff, was rescued by two RSPCA inspectors who freed it from the lamppost in a ginnel, off Parsons Road, Heaton, Bradford
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Sutcliffe sport role 'downgraded'
Gordon Brown has come under fire in the first few days of his premiership for downgrading a ministerial role he handed to a Bradford MP. Bradford South MP Gerry Sutcliffe secured the job of Sports Minister in the recent Government re-shuffle replacing
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Church given £137,000
A crumbling church is to receive a facelift thanks to tens of thousands of pounds of lottery cash. Holy Trinity Church in Queensbury will receive 137,000 from a joint initiative between English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund. The church, which
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McCall nets a brace
Stuart McCall snapped up a brand new strike duo and then promised City fans: This is only the beginning. Experienced frontmen Peter Thorne and Barry Conlon today signed one-year deals and became the first arrivals of the McCall era. "People have been
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Mela called off in washout
Persistent heavy rain has forced Bradford Council to cancel this year's Mela after the venue became heavily waterlogged. The Council's emergency planning team inspected Peel Park, Bradford, over the weekend and announced yesterday that the event had
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Cook gets the Beckham treatment
Injured Bulls star Matt Cook is ahead of schedule for his return - after being treated by the same surgeon as superstar David Beckham. The England second-rower had the pot taken off his broken wrist yesterday and hopes to be back in action within three
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Play areas get £1.4 million lottery cash boost
A children's adventure playground which has been a frequent target of vandals is among Bradford play areas which will benefit from a lottery grant of more than 1.4 million. More than 55,000 children in Bradford look set to benefit from the 1,438,542
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Keeping tabs on new smoking law
On the first full day of the smoking ban yesterday, it was thought a few sneaky smokers would be caught flouting the rules. But it was not so in the five city centre pubs we visited alongside Geoff Twentyman, the Council's environmental health manager
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Conman jailed for student flats scam
A conman who masterminded a large-scale student accommodation fraud in Bradford has been jailed for almost four years. Pradip Chavda tricked investors into ploughing £100,000 into a proposed development in Sunbridge Road for students at the University
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Convicted rapist on trial for sex attack
A convicted rapist has gone on trial accused of raping again. A jury at Bradford Crown Court has been told that John Farrar was sentenced to eight years in prison when he was convicted of rape in 1998. Yesterday Farrar, 38, was back in the dock to face
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Charity’s anger at centre cross
A crucifix mounted on a community centre's wall has become too much to bear, a charity claims. Pensioners activist Audrey Raistrick said the two-year-old organisation she set up to help improve the lives of older people in the city had no other option
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Polly set to land at airport
Record-breaking aviator, Polly Vacher, is due to land at Leeds Bradford Airport this month on the final leg of her Wings Around Britain flight. Polly, who holds the record for the smallest aircraft to be flown solo around the world by a woman, started
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Trilogy are added to gala bill
Up and coming local band, Trilogy, have been added to the bill for the Lightcliffe Gala this weekend. The trio of Jenny Kermode and sisters Vanessa and Abbie Radcliffe will be adding their blend of pop, folk and rock to the mix of dance, stalls, games
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Deluges hit Phoenix preparations
With the monsoons continuing, Yorkshire Phoenix have failed in a desperate attempt to get in some outdoor practice ahead of their Twenty20 Cup match at Riverside tomorrow (6pm) when they will be aiming to complete the double over Durham Dynamos. After
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Tributes are paid to crash victim
Residents today paid tribute to an elderly woman who died following a road accident. People in Mary Street, Saltaire, were shocked to hear of the death on Saturday of 77-year-old Connie Elsworth who had lived there all her life. Miss Elsworth was well
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Happy Hallowe'en!
I've just had a press release from Waitrose highlighting their (I'm sure) wonderful range of Hallowe'en-flavoured goods. I know the weather's very autumnal at the moment, but I mean to say.
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Road deaths fall across district
The number of people killed on Bradford roads has fallen - bucking the increasing trend across West Yorkshire. In 2006 there were 23 people killed on Bradford's roads - down from 26 in 2005. However, according to figures released by the Department for
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Cougars break away-day hoodoo
Blackpool Panthers 10 Keighley Cougars 26 At last, Keighley Cougars have won an away match in Co-operative National League Two, albeit at rock-bottom Blackpool Panthers. Their triumph on a sodden pitch at Fylde Rugby Union Football Club was their first
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Khan can recover from final loss
Disappointed Zeeshan Khan has vowed to bounce back from losing in the final of the recent national novice championships. The 15-year-old, who boxes for top-notch Barkerend amateurs Karmand, saw his title dream crushed in the 54kg division at Knottingley
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Otley Road kick off in winning style
Two new teams had mixed fortunes as the Shelley Carroll Trophy Village Cup kicked off despite the inclement weather conditions. All credit must go to the players and management, who all mucked in to get the games played. Otley Road marked their first
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Training starts for new season
Campion, last season's West Riding County FA Challenge Cup winners, will start pre-season training next Tuesday evening at Manningham Mills Sports Association (6.30). Old and new players are welcome to attend and training will be followed by a signing-on
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United await outcome of D-Day
Tomorrow is D-Day for Leeds but it will not be clear whether that stands for debt-free or disaster until would-be challengers to the administration process show their hands. A group of private creditors claim the likelihood of them deciding to appeal
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Couzens takes on dual role
Bradford Park Avenue have appointed Mick Couzens as their new reserves and under-19s manager. The teams play on different nights so they will not clash in their respective Lancashire League and Under-19 Alliance League fixtures. Couzens worked for over
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The rise and rise of Woodlands CC
Woodlands, who were formed in 1894 and moved to their current ground at Albert Terrace in 1952, have come a long way since they were what cricket club secretary Brian Pearson calls "a village side". Having won the Bradford Central League in 1936, 1938
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Yorkshire win nine-over shoot-out
Yorkshire Phoenix employed the new emergency regulation of claiming an extra half hour against Durham Dynamos at Headingley Carnegie on Saturday and it led to them winning their first Twenty20 Cup match of the season by nine wickets with 13 deliveries
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Tykes quintet aim to take on the world
Five of Yorkshire's most outstanding young cricketers are being groomed to help England in their bid to win next year's Under-19s World Cup in Malaysia. The quintet, who have been included in the England and Wales Cricket Board's 25-strong first development
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Full steam ahead for Trueman appeal
The Fred Trueman Statue Appeal was baptised rather than launched on Monday with the unveiling of a Northern Rail train in the great man's name at Leeds City Station. The Appeal, led by Northern Rail in partnership with Yorkshire CCC and Craven District
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Second Division title race 'will go to the wire'
Yeadon captain David Leather believes that the fiercely-contested Bradford League Second Division promotion race will go to the wire. Only eight points separate the top five clubs and, although Yeadon went back to the top of the table by beating Lightcliffe
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Bourke vows to recapture form with Congs
Experienced Castleford batsman Andrew Bourke came to Pudsey Congs with a big reputation. After all, in 2003 he broke the Yorkshire League's record aggregate for a season with 1,421 runs, ousting a certain David Byas (1,394) from the record books. However
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Cup matches rescheduled
Yesterday's Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup and Shield third-round ties were all called off. They have now been re-arranged for Sunday, July 15, and the date for the semi-finals is August 12 - originally earmarked for the Priestley Cup final. That
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League postpone crucial decision
The Bradford Central League have decided to leave any decision on their constitution for 2008 until the winter. "There are too many variables," admited league president Alan Parkinson at their latest committee meeting at Laisterdyke Cricket Club.
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Tupou: I owe Les so much
Red-hot Tame Tupou today thanked Lesley Vainikolo for making his transition to Super League and English life so smooth. The capture from Brisbane Broncos notched his fourth try in just three games against Leeds Rhinos on Friday night, crossing for a
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My feelings excatly, councillor
SIR - I was pleased to read the article about the Odeon (T&A, June 23). The comments made by Councillor David Ward echoed my feelings exactly. How a place in such a prominent position has been allowed to deteriorate to such an extent I cannot understand
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Unfair penalty
SIR - I recently visited BD Direct to enquire about my housing benefit, as I felt I was paying too much towards my rent and not getting benefit I was entitled to. I was reliably informed that gross income is taken into consideration when calculating
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Motoring law
SIR - Your correspondent (T&A, June 27) asks what the law is regarding seat belts in motor homes. The law states that seat belts shall be fitted to a motor car (Mech Prop Vehicle N/Ex 3 tons ULW) in the driver's seat and all forward facing seats up
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Salman's far from an easy read
SIR - I am surprised that Peter Wilson, or anyone for that matter, has completely read a Salman Rushdie book. The people I have spoken to who have tried have given it up after a chapter or so because they are so bored with his style of writing. I want
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Join the club
SIR - As a fellow motor home owner, I was also confused regarding the seat belt regulations (T&A, June 27) and found valuable information on Motorhome Facts' web page www.motorhomefacts.com. We asked the Department for Transport for their interpretation
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Angry man
SIR - It's rare I read a religious-based column but I enjoyed Geoff Reid's "Swapping (Tax) Haven for Heaven". He highlighted how the super rich end up paying less tax in percentage terms than the super poor. I then read on Ceefax how Tony Blair had
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Change lives
SIR - I am appealing to readers to join me in supporting Help the Aged in their new campaign Change Lives Now', which campaigns for better and more targeted aid to older people in developing countries and highlights the important and vital role older
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Nothing new
SIR - UKIP's Jason Smith's letter (T&A, June 27) says nothing new, save for trying to twist the simple fact that the Committee of the Regions is indeed a consultative body meeting six times a year and made up of people elected to public office. That
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Achievements?
SIR - I feel I must reply to A Shipman (T&A. June 19) and others who believe Tony Blair and his Government has a record to be proud of and describe him as having integrity and sincerity?! Well let me list some of Tony's "achievements"! A prison crisis
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Another way to mee 'disaster' costs
SIR - Elizabeth Henry (T&A, June 28) is unfortunate, but far from alone, in suffering at the hands of insurance companies. But there is another way. If you add up all you spend on optional' insurances, including breakdowns, gap, credit-card, mobile
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All set for best show ever
Wet weather is failing to dampen the enthusiasm of people booking tickets for next week's Great Yorkshire Show. Ticket sales are already up says show organisers who are confident that despite whatever the elements bring the 149th three-day show will
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The harsh realities of freedom of speech
The Jade Goody-Shilpa Shetty race incident, the Australian Big Brother contestant who was not told her father had passed away and now the Dutch donor show in which a terminally ill woman will select a ‘contestant’ to receive one of her kidneys with the
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The harsh realities of freedom of speech
The Jade Goody-Shilpa Shetty race incident, the Australian Big Brother contestant who was not told her father had passed away and now the Dutch donor show in which a terminally ill woman will select a ‘contestant’ to receive one of her kidneys with the
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The harsh realities of freedom of speech
The Jade Goody-Shilpa Shetty race incident, the Australian Big Brother contestant who was not told her father had passed away and now the Dutch donor show in which a terminally ill woman will select a ‘contestant’ to receive one of her kidneys with the
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The harsh realities of freedom of speech
The Jade Goody-Shilpa Shetty race incident, the Australian Big Brother contestant who was not told her father had passed away and now the Dutch donor show in which a terminally ill woman will select a ‘contestant’ to receive one of her kidneys with the
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McCall to unveil new recruits
Stuart McCall is expected to unveil his first two signings as City boss this afternoon. One of the two new players is understood to be well-travelled frontman Barry Conlon. The 28-year-old, who has appeared for ten different clubs, scored 12 goals last
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McCall won't break the bank
Stuart McCall has indicated he will go down the loan route rather than be held to ransom by players wanting too much money. The City boss's initial attempts to bring new signings in have been frustrated by some players wanting more money than he is prepared
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Driver dies after collision
A 40-year-old man has died after the vehicle he was driving collided with a fence before going over a wall and landing on its roof. Witnesses are sought to the incident involving a silver Vauxhall Astra at the exit slip road for Swinnow Lane off the
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Woman dies after stabbing
A woman has died after a stabbing incident at a house in Bradford. Police were called to an address in Ure Crescent, White Abbey, at about 11.20am on Saturday and found the 30-year-old woman nearby with serious injuries. She was taken to Bradford Royal
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The Phantom Egger Of Olde Wibsey Towne
About 20 years ago, when I was at the height of my glorious Goth extremity, someone threw a potato at me from a fast moving car. Not a cooked potato, I may add, but one of the raw, heavy, painful ones. It hit me on the top of my arm and left a big black
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The Phantom Egger Of Olde Wibsey Towne
About 20 years ago, when I was at the height of my glorious Goth extremity, someone threw a potato at me from a fast moving car. Not a cooked potato, I may add, but one of the raw, heavy, painful ones. It hit me on the top of my arm and left a big black
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The Phantom Egger Of Olde Wibsey Towne
About 20 years ago, when I was at the height of my glorious Goth extremity, someone threw a potato at me from a fast moving car. Not a cooked potato, I may add, but one of the raw, heavy, painful ones. It hit me on the top of my arm and left a big black
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The Phantom Egger Of Olde Wibsey Towne
About 20 years ago, when I was at the height of my glorious Goth extremity, someone threw a potato at me from a fast moving car. Not a cooked potato, I may add, but one of the raw, heavy, painful ones. It hit me on the top of my arm and left a big black
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Why did the shoe not quite cross the road
On my way into work this morning I saw single shoes in the middle of the road at no fewer than three different locations. It's something I've noticed before, and I've always wondered how and why these shoes come to be sitting on or around the white line
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Airport security stepped up
Travellers were today warned to expect delays as police stepped up security at Leeds-Bradford Airport and Bradford train stations following the latest terror threat to Britain. Extra police patrols including armed officers have been drafted in at the
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No smoke without a little ire...
It may have been a quarter of a century ago, but I can clearly remember my husband's irritation when he and a couple of mates were having a meal in a vegetarian restaurant and were asked to move to the No Smoking' area. If I remember rightly, he didn't
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Ban must not be ignored
Today is the first full day in a healthier Bradford and Britain but how you feel about the ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces may well be determined by whether or not you are hooked. Non-smokers can breathe a huge sigh of relief, glad, no doubt
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Blurred facts...
It was 170 years ago this summer, on July 20, 1837, that the first Mormon missionaries to Great Britain, seven of them in total, arrived at Liverpool Docks. The evangelical campaign on which they and those who followed them embarked led over
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Just Settle back and enjoy a trip to treasure
As a child I wanted to be either Agnetha from Abba or Bobby from The Railway Children. With Abba it was the music and white kimonos, and with Bobby it was all about sitting on walls waving at trains. You can't help but fall in love with steam trains
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Mr Darcy strolls into the 21st century
Does anybody still use the phrase "chick-lit" to pigeonhole novels about young-ish women looking for/losing/finding love? It always struck me as a rather derogatory term, a badge for something a bit fluffy and inconsequential and not really to be taken
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The Scribbler
The Scribbler's first thought upon entering the snug of the Boilermaker's Arms was that if only he could get the hang of that mobile phone that Thelma insisted he carry he would be able to call the fire brigade and hopefully save the lives of his friends
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The freedoms that are being stubbed out
Tomorrow, smokers pass into the twilight zone. Banned from enjoying tobacco in public places and spaces, they will be hounded by nosy-parkers and busy-bodies and subject to hefty fines for dropping their stogies in the street. You don't think so? Bradford's
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Why history won’t be kind to The Great Pretender
So he's gone then. At last we're rid of him after his strutting, farewell tour of the world stage. Good riddance. There might now be a little less poison in the political air, though it can by no means be guaranteed. As a legacy he's left a mist of misinformation
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How will changes affect business?
For more than ten years he has been the most powerful figure in UK economics. Now he is the most powerful UK figure full stop. Gordon Brown's decade as Chancellor of the Exchequer made him the longest-serving politician to hold the post continuously
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Bev has got the bottle
One of the country's most famous landladies is fronting a campaign to encourage licensed businesses in Bradford to recycle their glass. Rover's Return landlady and real-life pub owner Beverley Callard is the face of Have You Got the Bottle? - a drive
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Shake-up for Business Link
A radical shake-up of the way business support is offered in Bradford has been unveiled. Regional development agency Yorkshire Forward has announced Yorkshire and Humber Information, Diagnostic and Brokerage (Y&H IDB) as having won the contract to operate
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Why clowning around leaves Dad red-faced
There are many things that are thrust upon an unsuspecting dad over the years. Most of them revolve around the emptying your pockets of money at school events, or driving your children to their friend's houses for sleepovers; only to return half an hour
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Monday., July 2, 2007
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Shipley: variation of condition 10 regarding a Traffic Regulation Order on application number 07/01294/FUL, land at Crimshaw Lane. Silsden: extension to roof above existing garage
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Monday, July 2, 2007
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Daniel James Atkinson, aged 24, of Lavinia Terrace, Clayton; assault by beating, domestic abuse programme for 27 sessions, £100 fine, £60 costs. Diane Elizabeth Hanson, aged 32, of Irwell Street
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It's full throttle for the ride of my life
I have written about my passion for cars before. Recently I wrote about delving under the bonnet, getting to grips with the mechanics of a Vauxhall Vectra. This time I'm in the driving seat - and I'm more than prepared for what I anticipate to be a
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Monday, July 2, 2007
In 1865, William Booth founded what was to become the Salvation Army, in Whitechapel, London. In 1928, in Britain, women over the age of 21 were given the vote. In 2003, newspapers reported that an Iowa woman had found a bag of cannabis inside a packet
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Fire wrecks sick boy's home
The family of a desperately-ill boy are battling more heartbreak after their dream home was ravaged by a freak fire caused by an MP3 music player. The Mullaney family were told by fire officers that the fire at their specially-adapted home was caused
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Fun events beat the weather
A carnival atmosphere overcame the damp conditions as a host of community celebrations took place around the district at the weekend. Wellington-boot clad people gathered at the recreation ground for Eldwick Gala. And their reward for defying the conditions