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‘Our plans to help children in care’
A new programme aimed at lifting the aspirations of children in care is to start in Bradford. Three-quarters of all people in care finish school with no qualifications, according to educational organisation Aimhigher. Fewer than one in every 100 go
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‘Metal thefts put lives in jeopardy'
Criminals have stolen hundreds of gully covers and paving stones from the district’s highways in the last year, leaving gaping holes that endanger the lives of unsuspecting road users. Figures obtained by the Telegraph & Argus under the Freedom of Information
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Avenue at strength for perfect ten bid
Bradford Park Avenue will be looking for a tenth straight victory tomorrow night but they will have to be at their very best when they visit North Ferriby United. Avenue’s run has taken them to the summit of the UniBond Premier Division and they have
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Deaths action plan is debated
A 14-point action plan produced by an independent inquiry into the district’s learning disability services after three unexpected deaths will be discussed by Bradford Council on Wednesday. Members of the social care improvement committee will be asked
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Moxon admits to familiar failing
Yorkshire’s director of professional cricket Martyn Moxon has used the club’s annual report to highlight why he felt his side struggled last summer. The white rose county narrowly escaped relegation in the County Championship, winning just two matches
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Mugger jailed for punching victim
A mugger who punched a man in the face has been jailed for more than two-and-a-half years. David Williams, 29, and his teenage accomplice had each downed 15 cans of beer and a litre of Bacardi Breezer when they struck, Bradford Crown Court heard. Both
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Will Bantams job be Taylor-made?
The general election is expected around May 6 and the jockeying for position has already begun. But for City fans, the only scrap that matters is the one to succeed Stuart McCall in the Valley Parade hot-seat. After four days of interviews
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‘We have to keep building for future’
A building boss has warned the next Government against a ‘slash and burn’ approach to public sector development projects. Danny Wilson, founder and managing director of Shipley-based Stainforth Construction, said public sector contracts had
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Chefs flipping pancake mad
Chefs at a Bradford hotel have been getting ready to go flipping mad tomorrow as they prepare to make hundreds of pancakes. Craig Thorpe, chef de partie at the Great Victoria Hotel, in Bradford city centre, said the crepe suzette had probably been the
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Campaigners say B&B ‘was viable’
Campaigners seeking compensation for around one million former Bradford & Bingley shareholders claim the nationalisation and break-up of the bank was politically motivated. They claim statements to MPs by past and present B&B bosses confirmed it was
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‘Unsung hero’ all set for art display
A Bingley artist, described as an “unsung hero of Northern painting”, is to launch a major exhibition of her work, at the age of 83. Stephanie Dingle will show a retrospective collection of her oil paintings at a Chorley gallery from next week. The
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‘There’s no more fitting memorial’
A former parks and landscape manager for Bradford Council was remembered yesterday as a footpath was officially opened at Judy Woods in his memory. Tinker’s Trail was named and dedicated in memory of Barrie Tinker, who died suddenly in 2008. The trail
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Grieving family's dismay at decision over road crash
A paramedic who was on an emergency call when he was involved in a crash after which a Bradford pensioner died will not face charges, the Crown Prosecution Service has ruled. David Forsyth, 67, was driving through a green light at a blind junction between
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Book on poet is tribute to historian
A Bradford historian has dedicated his latest book, the story of an inspirational Saltaire poet, to a friend who had been captivated by her before his death in 2007. Ann Moss, Saltaire Poet, by Roger Clarke, is a biography and collection of works of
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Anger as attacker is spared prison
A licensee whose husband was left bloodied and scarred by a glassing attack in a Bradford pub says she is angry after the attacker avoided jail. Forty-six-year-old Paul Vickers, of Southfield Lane, Little Horton, Bradford, was given a nine-month
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Razorbacks are ready to cut loose
Aussie rules football has crash-landed in Bradford. The Bradford Razorbacks are a newly-founded club and president William Kirk believes the side has an exciting future. He said: “Aussie rules is a fantastic sport. It one of the fastest growing sports
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Former Avenue ace dies
Former Bradford Park Avenue player Hugh Maxwell has died aged 71. The Scottish inside-forward was brought to Park Avenue from Stirling Albion in March 1962 for a fee in excess of £3,000. During eight months with the club, then in Division Three, Maxwell
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Ice star in GB team
Bradford’s Harry Mattick has been selected to represent Team GB at this year’s World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Harry, who won junior gold at the British Ice Figure Skating Championships at Ice Sheffield in November and bronze at the Nestle
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Kirsten’s Hungary for success
Aspiring ice hockey star Kirsten Deighton is ready to display her skills on the world stage. The Immanuel College pupil has been picked to represent Great Britain’s Under-18s women’s for the upcoming Four Nations tournament. Team GB travel to Hungary
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Two held after drugs raids
Two men have been arrested following two drugs raids at properties in the Canterbury area of Bradford. Officers from the Great Horton and Little Horton Neighbourhood Policing Team, along with officers from the Operations Support Unit, executed
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Ensians earn derby spoils against Baildon
Old Otliensians beat Baildon 27-7 in their Yorkshire Division Three derby. They raced into a 10-0 lead with two well-finished tries in the opening minutes, Duggan taking an inside pass from Clewes to score from 20 metres out and Rushworth scoring the
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West Bowling put on Sunday best to reach last four
West Bowling have reached the semi-finals of the West Riding County Sunday Cup for the second time in three seasons. The Premier Division title challengers beat Castle-ford side Brotherton & Byron Park 2-0. Bowling went in front after 20 minutes when
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Thorpe scoring at Will for Heaton Ka
Heaton Ka’s renaissance in Bradford Sunday Alliance League Division 2A continued with a spirited performance against Peel Park Avenue. Will Thorpe was among the scorers again with two goals in a 5-3 win, other strikes coming from Ed McCann,
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Monday, February 15, 2010
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Thomas Adams, aged 18, of Radwell Drive, Little Horton; driving without insurance, £610 fine, £100 costs; driving without a licence, no separate penalty. Atif Khan, aged 23, of Fagley Road,
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Monday, February 15, 2010
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Baildon: installation of two fascia signs to front of building (one externally illuminated), Towngate Rooms, 13 Northgate. Bingley: construction of conservatory to rear, 160
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Bradford & Bingley are junior league newcomers
Bradford & Bingley have been admitted as new members of the Upper Airedale Junior Cricket League (UAJCL), while Bolton Abbey have been re-admitted after a year’s absence. And, continuing the league’s onward and upward trend, there will provisionally
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Alan Kennedy is Sandy Lane's dinner guest
Former Liverpool and England full back Alan Kennedy is chief guest at Sandy Lane Junior Football Club’s annual dinner at the Dubrovnik Hotel, Oak Avenue, Bradford on Friday, March 5 (8pm). Further details from Dave Smith (01274- 493585)
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Bradford League club require keeper-batsman
A JCT600 Bradford League second team are seeking a wicketkeeper-batsman. Anyone interested should contact 07775-577219.
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Topham's new role at Bradford & Bingley
JCT600 Bradford League club Bradford & Bingley Cricket Club have appointed Paul Topham as their new director of cricket for girls and people with disabilities. This is a new venture for the club to actively promote the development of
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Fuller adds to her silver collection
Keighley’s Mary Fuller has picked up another Premier Division runners-up berth. Just a week after helping Draycott & Long Eaton to second place in the Women’s British Table Tennis League in Doncaster, the 17-year-old was part of the Grantham-based
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Altham's try is too late
England Deaf 18, Wales Deaf 25 Peter Altham, of Wharfedale, scored a try and had an assist in another for England Deaf but they still finished up losing 25-18 in their Broadstreet Cup clash against Wales in Coventry. Altham, who had previously
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Hair and make-up artist cuts it in TV dramas
Hair and make-up artist Adele Firth is cutting it in the world of TV drama. Adele, of Bingley, cut Dame Judi Dench’s hair on period drama Cranford, created 1970s hair-dos for Life on Mars and styled the cast of new ITV romantic comedy, Married, Single
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Bradford are the spot-kick kings
Bradford could not be separated either at half-time or full-time against Norfolk in the first round of the Spen Valley Cup. The tie then went to penalties, Bradford winning 7-6. Gurdip Bhambra (2), Andrew Dennis and Gurpal Bhambra scored for Bradford
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Campion's goal blitz books semi-final berth
After the disappointment of losing out to a semi-final spot in the West Riding County FA Challenge Cup last weekend, Campion booked their last-four place in the West Riding County Amateur League Premier Division Cup with a 4-0 victory over Bradford
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MP Philip Davies calls for more investment in Saltaire World Heritage Site
The agency charged with bringing investment into the area has admitted Bradford city centre is its priority – rather than the World Heritage Site of Saltaire. Yorkshire Forward chief executive Tom Riordan made the comments after the Telegraph & Argus
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Bradford Arms win feisty League Cup tie
The delayed Telegraph and Argus League Cup tie finally got off the ground, with Bradford Arms hitting double figures against Bradford All Stars. However, the match was spoiled by three players being dismissed by the referee - two from the hosts and one
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Alliance's Trophy derby date revealed
The all-Bradford Sunday Alliance League West Riding County FA Sunday Trophy semi-final will take place at Woodlesford on Friday, March 19 when Stanningley Albion and Bradford Phoenix lock horns. The following Friday evening, Sandy Lane take on Micklefield
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Ladies at the wicket
Frank Dickinson, of the Eccleshill Local History Group, has sent in a photograph which he hopes Remember When? readers might be able to shed some light on. It is one of a collection of pictures that came to the group from the son of one of the elderly
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Looks like a blast with the Guns
Rock band Guns 4 Hire – yes, they’re a Guns N’ Roses tribute act – will be at Keighley’s Gassienda club next month. Described as an “accurate and authentic” tribute to Axl Rose and co, the band deliver all the hits, including Sweet Child O’ Mine, Welcome
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The Stone Age through a wolf’s eyes
Dorothy Hearst – Promise Of The Wolves (Simon and Schuster, £6.99) ***** The first in a trilogy about how the lives of wolves and humans became intertwined in the Stone Age. Kaala is an intelligent female wolf who belongs to a wolf pack which forbids
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What happened to our plot of land?
The nice thing about Remember When? is that a simple query often raises more questions, and leads us on to paths hitherto untrod. The other week’s piece on the boar that appears on the Bradford coat of arms, in response to a reader’s query, gave us lots
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Reader Jury
Gil Scott-Heron – I’m New Here (XL) **** Thirteen years of waiting for Gil Scott-Heron to get through his troubled times with drugs and the law so that we can finally have the next album! The wait was definitely worth it and perhaps even necessary
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The circle of an artist's life
Full Circle: The Paintings Of Douglas Binder Douglas Binder, £35 Bradford-born artist, teacher and curator Doug Binder, who turns 70 next year, has selected a variety of his works to reveal something of his life and times as a painter. The result
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Monday, February 15, 2010
25 years ago: A shop window was smashed and shoppers terrorised as hundreds of schoolchildren went on the rampage in Bradford city centre, demonstrating against the proposed suspension of their school dinners because of the teachers’ strike.
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Dave Gorman rolls out the cycle quips
s there some sort of masochistic outward bound competition going on between British comedians? In 2006, Little Britain’s David Walliams covered his body in grease, filled his ears with Abba, the Pet Shop Boys and Morrissey, and swam 21 miles across the
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Shoppers need cheap city parking
Nobody likes to pay for parking their car on a public highway but most people would accept there are times and places when it is necessary. This can be to ensure traffic moves freely and stop roads getting snarled up, for example. However, when where
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Belfast is leaving the past behind
It has taken only a decade for Belfast to transform itself. The battered target of terrorists has become a lively, fast-moving metropolis with character and charm lacking in other big British cities. Since the 1997 ceasefire and Good Friday Agreement
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Confused over your clematis?
Different types of clematis can provide you with flowers for most of the year. Yet, they are the climbers which cause the most confusion when it comes to pruning. Because there are three groups of them, you can prune the wrong type at the wrong
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Fun as Nell Bank disabled unit opens
A state-of-the-art residential unit for disabled young people has opened. Bear hunts, habitat trails and face painting were among the attractions at Nell Bank to celebrate the arrival of the first official guests to the £460,000 facility.
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Demolition work to start on Tyrls police station
A demolition crew will start knocking down the former police station in Bradford city centre tomorrow night. The interior of the Tyrls building has been stripped out in recent months, meaning major demolition work on the northern wing of the structure
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A leisure boost for city centre
ccording to Bradford Council’s figures, 14 per cent of city centre shops were vacant in late 2009 – a lower figure than the latest report by the Local Data Company which puts it at 22.5 per cent. The problem of vacant retail and business premises is
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Saturday, February 13, 2010
25 years ago: Greater London Council leader Ken Livingstone was coming to Bradford to throw his weight behind a campaign of defiance against Mrs Thatcher. 50 years ago: Plans meaning the demolition of Bradford’s big Kirkgate Market and surrounding
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Somebody cares
SIR – More than five million people across the UK currently care for a loved one, yet, shockingly, more than two thirds of those do not see themselves as carers, and do not register on the radars of health or care organisations. Many people take on
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Panto’s life and soul
SIR – We love him, O yes we do. I would absolutely like to distance myself from the negative comments regarding Billy Pearce (T&A, February 10). I hope Billy does not listen to this sole dissenter, whatever planet are they living on. Billy Pearce IS
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The main attraction
SIR – With regard to S Parkinson’s letter (February 10) regarding Billy Pearce (pictured) being at the Alhambra once again this year. So what? Over £1 million was made at last year’s pantomime and in this time of recession, what an achievement. If
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At last, some hope for city site
SIR – I am delighted that, after five years, our bold councillors might actually be taking steps to improve the Wastefield bomb site. After the Will Alsop disaster, the Wastefield disaster, the BCR disaster and the potential Odeon disaster, the Council
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Good food for all
SIR – I hope that all politicians will welcome the findings of the Marmat Review into health concerns linked to inequality. This report found that the poorest live, on average, seven years fewer than the wealthier due to inequalities in health and diet
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A healthy way to help
SIR – Have any of your readers been lucky enough to secure a place in the Virgin London Marathon through the public ballot? We at World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) are writing to appeal to those who have secured their own place to consider fundraising
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Younger actors take lead roles
Rehearsals at Keighley’s Glusburn Institute are under way for a half-term production of Dick Whittington. Bradford musician Dev Swan is directing, following his success with a youth production of Oliver! last year. Dick Whittington runs at the Colne
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Double trouble is seriously funny
Comedy becomes a serious business in Icabod Productions’ latest venture. The Bradford theatre company is staging Funny Men, a witty, poignant play by Andrew Crowther about a double booking at the Edinburgh Festival which becomes a double act and overnight
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Murder, mystery and laughs aplenty
Hitchcock meets hilarious in the acclaimed production of classic thriller The 39 Steps, which runs at the Alhambra from Monday to next Saturday. Described as blissfully funny, the show follows the adventures of hero Richard Hannay – complete with
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A warning to others
When a jeweller allowed Rebecca Haigh through his security door he could have no idea he was putting himself and his brother at risk. Haigh was not a customer, but part of a violent and determined gang of robbers. Once the door was unlocked
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Be there or be square!
For a quarter of a century the residents of Albert Square have brought their own brand of misery and mayhem to our small screens. So it seems only fitting that an exhibition marking the 25th anniversary of EastEnders should include a grisly
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Why such a rush?
SIR – I’d like to comment on the welcome publicity you have brought to the issue of Menston Hall and the proposed new-build affordable housing. I think most people here would be pleased to see this admired historic house renewed, but at present some
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Saints’ Valentine’s Day massacre of Bulls
Bulls 6 St Helens 38 When the Bulls’ home opener against St Helens was billed as ‘a Valentine’s Day Massacre’, this was not what the Grattan Stadium marketing team had in mind. Paul Wellens plundered four tries and Saints piled on 38 points
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Build a safer route
SIR – Re Salitaire Roundabout (pictured). Why not build for the future and take all pedestrian’s off the road altogether – no more zebra crossings and a continuous flow of traffic – by putting a glass dome above the roundabout with access to and from
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A game of tactics
SIR – Watching the Six Nations rugby between Scotland and France reminded me of my grandfather who used to play for Galashiels and Scotland before the First World War. After four years fighting in the trenches, he was eventually selected for Scotland
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Too quick to condemn
SIR – As everyone in Bradford knows, the Council is responsible for one of the most breathtaking acts of incompetence in respect of the city centre shambles which continues to be a blight on the landscape. As far as I can tell there is still no plan
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Remind us of nation’s war heroes every day
SIR – Sadly, we have had yet another repatriation of more members of our armed forces who had lost their lives in Afghanistan. I watched the evening news on BBC at 7pm, and for the first 17 minutes there was nothing but John Terry, who is now no longer
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McNamara 'hugely disappointed' by Bulls defeat
Bulls boss Steve McNamara made no excuses after watching his side completely outclassed by St Helens in their home opener. Bradford were thumped 38-6 after a muddled display that completely failed to build on positives signs showed in their season
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Record entries for star-studded event
Bradford Council has received a record number of nominations for its awards scheme to celebrate the achievements of young people. A total of 250 nominations flooded in for the Young Citizen Awards, which honour youngsters who have gone an extra
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Grim viewing for two wannabe City managers
City 0 Grimsby 0 Martin Allen and Russell Slade won’t have learned a lot from Saturday’s spying mission. Two of the candidates for the City job took the chance to watch their potential new charges in action. But the hospitality of the 1911 Club must
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Barry dives back in for new record bid
A Bingley pensioner and former record-breaking channel swimmer is bidding to hit the record books again by becoming the oldest person to swim the English Channel. Barry Watson, of Crossflatts, held the record for 18 years after swimming
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Big blaze at meat factory probed
An investigation is under way into the cause of a major blaze which tore through a multi-million pound meat slicing business in Cleckheaton. Firefighters spent more than four hours battling to save the Forza plant at the West 26 Industrial Estate in
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Flynn: Some players need a rocket up their backsides
Michael Flynn has urged City’s king-makers to appoint a boss who will kick backsides. Martin Allen and Russell Slade were in the Valley Parade crowd at the bore draw with Grimsby. Two more days of interviews are planned as City sift
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All free parking in city centre could be scrapped
Free on-street car parking spaces in Bradford city centre look set to be scrapped. The news was immediately condemned by traders as a further body blow in their fight to attract custom. Only last week a study revealed that the city centre has the
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Dad’s ‘disgust’ over sentence for attackers of Saltaire man
Prosecutors have decided there are no grounds to appeal 15-month custodial sentences given to the attackers of a 22-year-old man who was left in a coma. Glen Dennis suffered head injuries when he was assaulted by four men in Coach Road, Saltaire
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White Rose in the black
Yorkshire have announced a record turnover and pre-tax profit in their latest Annual Report and Accounts. While the White Rose county have generated a turnover of £8.4million, they have also been rewarded with a profit of £699,000 thanks in
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‘Help our landlords to get a good deal’
A leading Bradford licensee is calling on pub companies to release their stranglehold on the trade, claiming some landlords of chain pubs earn below the minimum wage. Bradford Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) chairman Bill Arnold, who has just sold his
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‘More mosquitos to scatter youths in Shipley'
More controversial mosquito devices – used to drive away youths terrorising neighbourhoods – could be put into action in Shipley after they won the Home Secretary’s backing. Police say the device, which produces an annoying, high-pitched whining noise
