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New crackdown on crime is launched
A multi-agency crackdown on drug dealing and anti-social behaviour has been stepped up. An action plan has been launched by West Yorkshire Police, Bradford Council and partner agencies after residents complained about persistent night-time crime in the
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McCall in hunt for striker and wide-man
Concerned Stuart McCall watched City labour through their final warm-up and admitted: I know we need to buy. The League Two kick-off finally arrives with Macclesfield at the Coral Windows Stadium next weekend. But having seen his troops struggle to
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Daley stars but City fail to shine
Halifax Town 0 City 1 There was more questions than answers after City's final pre-season outing. Stuart McCall's men were made to look very ordinary by a fired-up Halifax outfit who helped confirm to the City boss his squad requires urgent attention
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Rashid gives Bradford youngsters chance to shine
Bradford-born Adil Rashid has lent his support to a scheme aiming to bring cricket to a third of all schools in England and Wales. The junior form of the game - other than at club level - has largely been the preserve of private rather than state schools
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400-up at North Marine Road
Younus's unbeaten 217 was the most notable feature of Yorkshire's recent match against Kent at Scarborough which was also an historic game for quite another reason. Yorkshire statistician Roy Wilkinson, who lives at Addingham, was able to reveal that
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Plan to mark place of anti-war protest
Next month will mark the 90th anniversary of a 3,000 strong anti-war demonstration organised by a radical women's group in Bradford. On September 9, 1917, thousands of women from the Bradford Women's Humanity League took part in a march through the city
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Younus makes lasting impression
Yorkshire lose Younus Khan to the World Twenty20 in South Africa next month and although the Pakistan batsman's early departure is to be regretted he will still leave his mark as a double record-breaker for the county. At the Rose Bowl in early May,
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Death is good news for otter
Conservationists say the body of a dead otter found on the banks of a stream is proof the loveable creature is flourishing in the Aire Valley. The body was discovered by a family who live near Eller Beck, a tributary of the River Aire which lies just
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Thanks a lot
SIR - Further to my letter (T&A, June 30), with regard to my explanation of the word sile' I would like through your letters page, to thank the people who have written to me in appreciation of my explanation which seems to have brought back fond memories
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How unusual
SIR - I find myself in a very unusual position, in that I agree with a Council decision! The Council has somehow stumbled upon a correct decision, with regard to a Bradford sex shop being allowed to have a provocative window display' (T&A, July 27)
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Live and let live
SIR - I read with amazement the article in Wednesday's T&A about the anger from residents in Manningham over a sex shop being allowed to have a window display. As long as the shop isn't showing pornography in its window and is within the laws of this
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‘Run for us’
SIR - Some readers will have places in this year's BUPA Great North Run on September 30. I would like to ask those who have not yet decided which charity they wish to run for to consider running for Diabetes UK. Around 2.2 million people in the UK are
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Human Rights Act can be overridden
SIR - Gordon Brown recently asked the news media to be more responsible in the reporting of crime and punishment. That he is right was demonstrated by A G Goldsbrough's rather hysterical response to your item about tasers. (T&A, July 26). The only reference
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Four arrested over murder
Detectives have made four arrests in connection with the murder of a Bradford businessman. Great-grandad and father-of-four Edward Simpson, 56, known as Teddy, was brutally and viciously assaulted in his detached home in Sticker Lane, Laisterdyke, and
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£60m will benefit children
Bradford South MP Gerry Sutcliffe has welcomed Government funding of £60 million which will be used to help improve the lives of disadvantaged children throughout the district. The grant, which will be channelled to Sure Start Children's Centres over
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Blind man’s anger at speeding claim
A man who is registered blind and has never driven a car in his life has been accused of a speeding offence - and he was not even in the country at the time. Mohammed Ilyas Ayub, 38, received a letter from West Yorkshire police stating he had committed
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Container set ablaze
Firefighters from Idle were called to a fire underneath a steel container in Tunwell Street, off Victoria Road, Eccleshill, today. The crew were called to the incident at 5.55am. A West Yorkshire Fire Service spokesman said the fire was suspected to
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Police probe builder's yard fires
Firefighters from Bradford and Shipley were called to two fires which had been started at a builder's yard in Midland Road, Frizinghall, last night. The crews were called to the incidents at 11.30pm, where a metal container being used as a store room
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Mosque fire treated as arson
A fire which severely damaged a mosque in Lidget Green, Bradford, is being treated as arson. The blaze in the upstairs room at the Jamiyat Tabligh-Ul-Islam mosque in North Side Terrace caused the ceiling to collapse on to the first floor. A West Yorkshire
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'Missing hours' riddle in murder hunt
Detectives were today trying to fill in the missing final 12 hours of a Bradford businessman in a bid to solve his brutal murder. Great-grandad Edward Simpson, 56, known as Teddy, was subjected to a "brutal and vicious" assault in his detached home in
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Getting serious about play
A child's right to play was highlighted this week with Playday events held across the Bradford district organised by the National Children's Bureau. Here we look at the first adventure playground of its kind in Bradford which has been developed to help
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Traders want own CCTV
Traders are fed up with a mini crime wave sweeping through Shipley town centre and say they are prepared to pay hundreds of pounds for their own crime-busting cameras. Thieves have struck at nearly every shop in Westgate in the past few months - even
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Bed firm may leave town
The Silentnight Group, one of Britain's leading bed manufacturers, could be moving out of Skipton, the town where it was formed more than 60 years ago. The firm intends to close its Pocket Spring Bed Company manufacturing site on Snaygill Industrial