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Self-made millionaires in top rich list
Two multi-millionaires who started their careers as lowly apprentices in Bradford have been named among the richest self-made people in Britain. Jack Tordoff, who turned his father's garage business into the multi-million pound car empire JCT600, and
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Caring boss Sean wins a top award
The outgoing chief executive of finance company Cattles has been given a top award for his work in improving the lives of thousands of people across the UK. Sean Mahon was presented with a Cares Leadership Award for his inspirational leadership. Cares
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Grannie-nannie Val joins growing army
Grandmother Val Joyce is up at 4.45am every weekday in time for her cleaning job. She starts early so she can be back at her home in Clayton, Bradford, early enough to look after her three-year-old granddaughter Emily. The 65-year-old is one of a growing
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City taxis could carry adverts
Taxi drivers in the district could soon be helping to pay for extra security measures in their vehicles by displaying adverts. Bradford Council-regulated hackney carriages and private hire cars are currently banned from selling advertising space. But
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Gale force keeps Phoenix in touch
Andrew Gale, promoted to open the innings, showed his gratitude by rapping out easily the highest score of the match as Yorkshire Phoenix beat Durham Dynamos by six wickets in the Twenty20 Cup at Riverside. Not only did the left-hander's 56 help Yorkshire
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Rapist denies second attack
A convicted rapist accused of committing a further rape was expected to start his defence at Bradford Crown Court today. John Farrar was sentenced to eight years in prison when he was convicted of rape in 1998. Now Farrar is on trial charged with another
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Two hurt in collision
Two people were treated for injuries after a two-car collision tonight. Police, firefighters and paramedics were called to Goose Cote Lane, Oakworth, near Keighley, after a blue Vauxhall Astra was in collision with a Red Kia Picanto at 7.57pm. Firefighters
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Runaway lorry smashes shop
A runaway vehicle demolished a bollard and smashed a shop window in Bradford city centre. Shoppers watched as the grey Audi, which had no driver, rolled down Darley Street and collided with the Game Station shop. One eyewitness said the vehicle's owner
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Pupils bid to burst bubble world record
Excitement was bubbling at a Bradford school when its pupils joined more than 40,000 other youngsters across the country in a national bid to make a new world record for the most people blowing bubbles at the same time. With bubble pots and wands at
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Cave rescue groups facing huge losses
Two mountain and cave rescue organisations are losing thousands of pounds after their main fundraiser was forced to withdraw support. The Cave Rescue Organisation and Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Associa-tion are each facing a £7,000 shortfall. The
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Dad of glass-attack victim hits at sentence
A dad who saw his daughter glassed in the face, scarring her for life, has called for longer sentences for violent young criminals. Anthony Carr, 18, was today starting a four-year sentence for smashing a pint glass in Debra Lee's face. The judge at
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Man, 32, accused of attack with glass
A 32-year-old man has gone on trial accused of wounding a teenager with a beer glass in a city centre nightspot. Gulfraz Gulzaris is alleged to have hit Kevin Smith, 19, on the side of the head with a glass last October. Mr Smith was taken to hospital
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Bronte letters bought at auction
A letter written by Charlotte Bronte berating the critics of her second novel, Shirley in 1849, has been sold at Christie's, the London-based auctioneers, for £21,600. And a letter written by her father, the Reverend Patrick Bronte, right, showing concern
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Report praises pupils' progress
Staff at Myrtle Park Primary School, Bingley, are celebrating after it was named as an outstanding school by watchdog Ofsted. The inspection report says Myrtle Park is a school that is not content to rest on its laurels and is continually testing itself
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Taxman to challenge Bates deal
The future of Leeds United has been thrown into doubt after the Inland Revenue confirmed they will be launching a legal challenge to Ken Bates' buy-back deal. Despite the United chairman improving his offer to creditors from a penny in the pound to eight
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Medals galore for Dolphins
Bradford Dolphins swimmers made full use of the winners' podium during the Bradford & District gala at Shipley. There was a gold apiece for Jessica Foulds (50m butterfly) and Jemma Walker (100m freestyle), who also earned a 50m breastroke bronze. Taking
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Armed siege officer up for top award
A police marksman who was shot at during an armed siege is in line for a bravery award. Graeme MacDonald and colleague John Marsland were showered with debris when shot at by a former soldier armed with seven rifles and a revolver. PC MacDonald, who
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Armitstead continues her progress
Otley's Lizzie Armitstead confirmed her status as one of the country's best young prospects in a range of disciplines by turning in a good performance in the National Team Time Trial Championships over a 50-kilometre course in Wales. Armitstead, the
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Not long left to make your views on education known
Parents have just a few days left to have their say on their children's education. An online questionnaire has been launched by Bradford Council's Young People and Education Improvement Committee to gather views on primary education in the district.
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Steeton slip despite Boulton efforts
Steeton were involved in the only match played in the Aire-Wharfe League at the weekend but found themselves even further adrift at the bottom of DIVISION ONE. While the sides above them picked up a point from their cancelled games, Steeton drew a blank
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Hospital leads infection campaign
Airedale NHS Trust has launched a campaign educating the public about infectious diseases. Chief executive Adam Cairns said he was dismayed when he realised the public thought the hospital was swamped with cases of MRSA and Clostridium difficile. He
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Guides short of volunteer leaders
Hundreds of girls who want to join Burley-in-Wharfedale Rainbows, Guides, Brownies and Rangers are stuck on huge waiting lists due to a shortage of volunteer leaders. Burley's 15-strong Ranger unit was threatened with closure when its leader became ill
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Get a massage at the fair
People are invited to take a break from the summer showers with a neck or shoulder massage at the Bradford Marie Curie Hospice's Summer Fair. The hospice complementary therapists will be on hand to relieve stresses and strains for visitors at the annual
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Bail renewed in sex assault case
A 47-year-old man has had his conditional bail renewed by a judge at Bradford Crown Court after he admitted two offences of sexual assault on a young boy. Mark Hampton will now have to register as a sex offender with the police after today pleading guilty
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Positive Women's Day a success
More than 150 women gathered at the Midland Hotel for Positive Women's Day. Demand for the training and networking event, organised by Bradford Chamber, Forward Ladies and Bradford Kickstart, was extremely high. All 17 stand spaces sold out immediately
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Hundreds help refugees
Volunteers from Bradford are among hundreds of Yorkshire people who have devoted thousands of hours of unpaid work to help refugees in the region, it has been revealed. More than 800 volunteers give around 150,000 hours of their time in the Yorkshire
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Man attacked with brick
A man was hit on the head with a brick during a late-night street robbery. The 33-year-old victim was walking home, in Old Bank Road, Sunnybank, Mirfield, when a man demanded his wallet. The victim refused and the offender fled empty-handed. The man
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Summer Serenade
The Bradford Metropolitan Concert Band will be presenting A Summer Serenade at the Bingley Arts Centre on Saturday. The concert will start at 7.30pm and tickets, which cost 6.50 or 5 for concessions, are available from Mrs Dixon on (01274) 561588, Windstruments
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Rape trial defence to start
A convicted rapist accused of committing a further rape is expected to start his defence at Bradford Crown Court tomorrow. John Farrar was sentenced to eight years in prison when he was convicted of rape in 1998. Now Farrar is on trial charged with
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Property firm expands - into Morocco
An ambitious Bradford company has founded an oversees division to sell flats and villas in Africa. Squarefoot Apartments, which has enjoyed rapid growth in West Yorkshire, will now be selling properties in Morocco, in north-west Africa. The firm's interest
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Words of warning from League Two veteran
Barry Conlon today warned his new team-mates: League Two is no stroll in the park. City are backing themselves to cope with the hype of being the division's big name and bounce back up at the first attempt. Stuart McCall has already said that anything
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Hape makes Vainikolo pledge
Shontayne Hape has vowed he will join forces with his old partner Lesley Vainikolo again... at Gloucester. Bulls fans needn't worry though. The New Zealand centre only fancies a mess around in the garden, not a switch to rugby union. Hape said he was
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Campaigners fight homes plans
A new campaign group has been formed to co-ordinate opposition to a 60-homes scheme for Otley's former Bridge End Auction Mart. The Riverside Conservation Group (RCG) has been set up by residents living near the flood-plain site and is being supported
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Drugs man thrown out of home
A man has been thrown out of his home after a court heard claims that it was a "base" for using and dealing in hard drugs. Bradford magistrates were today shown several anonymous statements made by people living near Philip Brady's first-floor flat in
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Hockney show hits overdrive
Anticipation is growing before the opening of a photographic exhibition of one of David Hockney's most dramatic works of art. Mr Hockney, a freeman of Bradford, has designed and painted a BMW 850 CSi Art Car' and a print of the vehicle is now in storage
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Police called after 'attack'
Police officers and paramedics attended Haworth Road, Bradford, after reports that a man had been attacked in the street. A number of police vehicles, including a dog van, were sent to the scene at 9.30am today. Officers made inquiries at the scene
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Volunteering on the agenda
Events to support voluntary and community groups have been announced for September. Keighley Voluntary Services will host the town's voluntary sector forum on September 26. Groups can share news, discuss joint projects and learn about issues affecting
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Plea for gala help
Cullingworth Gala bosses have made an eleventh-hour plea for help at this Sunday's event. Lesley Welch, for the gala, said several people had pulled out because of cricket commitments. "We would love to hear from any adults who could spare just a few
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Village set for roadworks
Residents of Cross Hills are bracing themselves for the start of more roadworks. On Monday United Utilities will start its 100,000 project to replace 800 metres of underground pipe in Skipton Road. The work, which will take up to ten weeks, will mean
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Totty starts hospital work
Bradford-based ISG Totty Building has started work on a 750,000 project to extend facilities at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport. Totty is working on the scheme with Pennine Care NHS Trust for the hospital in Cheshire. The contractor will build a
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Walk will celebrate faith
Organisers of an annual walk to bring together different faiths and communities hope people won't be discouraged by the recent wet weather. The annual Walk for Friendship is due to take place this Saturday and will call in on the Keighley Shared Church
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Family fun to close festival
A family day at Cliffe Castle will help close the final weekend of Keighley Festival. Entertainment from 1pm to 4pm on Saturday, July 14, will include a Blues Brothers tribute band and an illusion act. There will also be comedy, circus skills, bouncy
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Police in assault plea
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted when he answered a knock at his door in Beacon Road, Bradford. On opening the door, two men attacked him and ran off, leaving him with injuries which required hospital treatment. One of the
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The phantom egger strikes again... and it's still not funny
I sympathise with Joolz Denby who recently fell victim to egg-throwing louts, for I too have suffered at the hands of Bradford's Phantom Eggers. Joolz wrote in a recent blog about someone hurling an egg at her, striking the back of her head. Thankfully
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Queensbury are given a helping hand
Steve Pickersgill and Kevin Gilroy both produced 21-8 cards for Armley Cons as they went down 16-14 at Queensbury B in the Riley League. The hosts were helped by a 21-0 walkover as Armley could only manage nine players. Leaders Brackenhill A beat Drighlington
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Doing it for themselves
SIR - Seeing the Spice Girls getting back together again - it's surely comes down to money and no other reason. At the time the concerts are due to start, four of them will be mums. They should be putting the children top of their agenda and not, as
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Teddy plea
SIR - I am writing in the hope that one of your readers may be able to help. My two-year-old son is extremely upset and badly missing his favourite teddy bear, which was lost either near St Paul's School, Wibsey, or at the Morrisons/Big W complex in
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Poor parking
SIR - Having lived in Bradford all my 37 years and been a council tax payer since its introduction, I feel it's time I complained about a serious issue that happens every day in the Wibsey area where I live. There is a blatant disregard for the parking
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Simply the best
SIR - Regular readers will be aware of Mike Priestley's opinions, particularly with regard to Tony Blair. "Good riddance" he said in a recent article comparing past prime ministers of his time and trying to find good in their deeds. How easy it is
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Vital difference
SIR - Mr L Holdsworth (T&A, June 29) is concerned about building on green belt land. However, only one of the sites he mentions, Chellow Dene, forms part of the South & West Yorkshire Green Belt designation. It is important to make the distinction
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Oil revenue
SIR - I write in reply to "Time for protest", Malcolm Wood's query on why we English are not demanding the social benefits that the Scots get e.g. free university education from "insidious" taxes on middle England, (T&A, June 29). I'd respect his views
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Stop building on flood plains
SIR - Keith Rayner (T&A, June 29) rightly points out that our hard surfaced cities speed water into the rivers, but the main problem is the intensity of the rainfall due to a warming atmosphere. Flood plains and regular flooding of rivers are natural
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What a legacy
SIR - How ironic that one person, many years ago (around 1578) changed the lives, in no way for the better, of millions of people by bringing tobacco to Europe. OK, so he also brought the humble potato, which has again been a problem to we food lovers
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Date to remember
SIR - So, the day has arrived, July 1, and the witch hunt now can move into top gear. From this date the back street mechanic becomes a criminal if he dares to light up a fag as he changes a wheel; just as the greengrocer became a criminal when he
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Is this a repeat?
SIR - I had to smile at the reference in the leader article (T&A, June 27) to smoking "even on the top of Ingleborough". Was it perchance penned by Mike Priestley? The reason I ask is because I vividly remember his referring in one of his walking
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Is this OK?
SIR - Keith Thomson obviously has a far wider knowledge of all mattera appertaining to climate change. That is why I am surprised he implies it was wrong for us to have had phenomenal economic growth between 1950 and 2000 but it is quite in order for
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Pudsey Classic draw
Full draw for the 2007 db Commercial Finance Pudsey Classic bowls tournament: Saturday, July 28: A Land (Frodsham), C Lane (Oldham), A Mailer (Meersbrook), M Bastow (Craven), M Hodson (Oldham), R Howson (Sheffield), P Wakefield (Mexborough), D Griffiths
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Sentence beggars belief
SIR - The fact that a driver whose dangerous driving killed two people can escape with a prison sentence of just two years simply beggars belief (T&A, June 26). Don't forget, he will only serve half this term with time off for good behaviour! It could
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Frustration for Bradford-Airedale
Bradford-Airedale have been forced to move the penultimate round of the North of England Track & Field league meeting, for which they are host club, to Hyndburn. The poor condition of the Horsfall track at Odsal means it is unlicensed for meetings,
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Driving home the message
Figures for the number of people killed and injured on Bradford's roads have a sting in their tail. Fewer people lost their lives on the roads last year than in the previous year and that is to be welcomed. But both a rise in the number of child casualties
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Girl killed in crash is named
A nine-year-old girl who was killed when a car in which she was a passenger careered out of control, has been named as Amnah Quifer. Amnah was visiting relatives in Nelson, Lancashire, from Pakistan, and was travelling with her three cousins. Their
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Woman hurt in crash
A black Mini Cooper collided with a wall in Mill Lane, Baildon, at 8.15am today. The female driver in her early twenties suffered minor injuries to her right arm when the vehicle overturned. She was taken to Airedale hospital. Mill Lane was closed following
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Stun guns are being used ‘once a week’
West Yorkshire police officers have been forced to use controversial US- style stun guns almost once a week since the weapons were introduced. Home Office figures released yesterday show the weapons, which can temporarily incapacitate a target using
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Rashid stars as Mail shock leaders
Royal Mail inflicted the first defeat of the season on Bradford Evening League Division Two leaders Low Moor. After being four for one, they recovered brilliantly, with Mark Gilliver (46), F Rashid (55no) and Dave Maloney (51no) being among the runs
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Crossflatts hot on Thornton's heels
Cricketers were left frustrated in the Craven League as not one ball was bowled in anger. Saturday saw the halfway stage in the season and there are one or two surprises in the five divisions. In the First Division, Thornton - who have recruited well
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Nothing average about all-rounder Brice
Woodlands all-rounder Chris Brice is the surprise leader of the JCT600 Bradford League Division One first-team averages at the halfway point of the season. Left-arm spinner Brice, who is Woodlands' Mr Bat Anywhere' has had not outs in six of his ten
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Your money or your afterlife?
Whether you find your God in a church, mosque, temple, beer glass or small bag of bananas imported from the Windward Isles, it's all the same to me. Those with a spiritual bent can live by whatever rules and regulations they so wish. Occasionally, though
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Fresh flood alert
Skipton fire crews were called at 5am today to a property being threatened by at Heath Court in Low Bradley. Firefighters diverted water away from the property, cleared a drain and stacked bricks up to stop the water entering the house. West Yorkshire
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Tuesday, July 3, 2007
In 1954, food rationing finally ended in Britain, nearly nine years after the end of the Second World War. In 1967, ITN's News At Ten began. It was the first regular half-hour news programme. In 1969, Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones drowned at the
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Tuesday, July 3, 2007
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Rashid Bashir, 28, of Sycamore Close, Undercliffe; failure to produce MOT certificate, 50 fine. Hamid Reza Dehghan, 27, of Marsland Place, Thornbury; failure to produce insurance, 60 fine; driving
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Haycliffe festival is extra-Special
Bradford Bulls trio Shontayne Hape, Chris Feather and Matt Cook helped Haycliffe Special School celebrate their first anniversary since becoming a sports college. "We are the only special school in Yorkshire to have such a title and there are only 14
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Bradford score Games hat-trick
Bradford won three categories in the ninth annual West Yorkshire Youth Games at Leeds Metropolitan University's Carnegie campus. Competing against the county's four other local authorities, Bradford triumphed at boccia (a form of bowls), the under-13
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Mary proves an able cadet
Oakbank School pupil Mary Fuller has helped the England Cadet team to finish third behind Germany and France in the Six Nations Table Tennis Championships in Copenhagen. The bronze was the 14-year-old Oakbank Table Tennis Club member's first international
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New sports at St Mary's
Menston-based St Mary's School Sports Partnership are to introduce new activities, such as girls' basketball, inter-cricket and girls' rugby next year. The aim is to increase the number of pupils regularly involved in sport by a further five per cent
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Neighbours see mum stabbed to death
A murder probe has started after a married mother was stabbed to death in the garden of her new home. The 30-year-old mum-of-two was found dying outside the semi-detached house where she had only lived for a few weeks. One horrified witness told how
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Police meet leaders over terror threat
Senior police officers are meeting community leaders in Bradford to reassure the public after the latest terrorist threats in Britain. Police have held a series of informal meetings with key community contacts in the district and the Bradford minorities
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Greenway is ‘one of best in country’
A cycle and walk-way which has links to Bradford city centre is now one of the best traffic free routes in the country. Statistics released by Sustrans, the sustainable transport group, reveal 25 percent of people are choosing to cycle or walk the Spen
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Publicans aim to get drinkers off streets
Licensees are pushing for the streets of Wibsey to be turned into an alcohol exclusion zone. Licensees in the area yesterday met ward Councillor David Green (Lab) and Police Licensing Officer Su Dawson after previous meetings had brought up the issue