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Bingley town centre enhanced by work
A £35,000 project to extend Bingley’s market square to include a conservation zone aims to reclaim the area’s “old world charm”. Work has been going on to extend the square across Queen Street up to the shop frontages after Shipley Area Committee allocated
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Frizinghall Primary School praised by Ofsted inspectors
Frizinghall Primary School is performing significantly better than three years ago, says education watchdog Ofsted. There have been big changes at the school in Salisbury Road since it was last inspected in 2007. After a visit last month inspectors
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Allerton Cat Rescue refuge in plea for cash help
A cat refuge in Bradford has issued a desperate appeal for food and donations to help it keep up its good work. Brenda Satterley, who has run Cat Rescue from her Allerton home for 35 years, said there were currently 130 cats in the refuge’s
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Plans for Skipton High Street going on show
Plans for the redevelopment of part of Skipton High Street are to go on show at the town hall. A public exhibition of the plans for 9 High Street and land behind the town hall will take place on Thursday, July 29. The proposals – a scaled
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Ben Wilkinson, aged 24, of Valley View, Baildon; driving while disqualified, 12 months’ community order, 150 hours’ unpaid work, £85 costs, banned from driving for 12 months; driving without
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
The following planning applications have been lodged with Kirklees Council: Batley: non material amendment to permission 2010/90856 for erection of two storey extension, 29 White Lee Road, White Lee. Birkenshaw: erection of conservatory, 48 Threelands
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400-year-old ring dug up in Birstall garden declared treasure trove
A silver ring dug up in a garden has been declared as treasure by a coroner. Now its finder, retired gasman Edwin Booth, is waiting to see if he will get a reward for unearthing the jewellery thought to be more than 400 years old. A Bradford inquest
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What now for Yorkshire Forward's Bradford £10m assets?
The future of nearly £10 million of land in Bradford owned by Yorkshire Forward is still undecided ahead of the regional development agency being scrapped. Between 2003 and 2006, the agency snapped up seven strategic plots in and around the
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St Hilaire aims to enjoy top dog role at Bradford Bulls
Lee St Hilaire is aiming to prove he can hack it as a head coach by leading the Bulls into the play-offs. Assistant to Steve McNamara for four years, St Hilaire has taken charge until the end of the season following the club’s decision to part
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Bradford City striker Speight out of prison
Jake Speight has been released from prison after successfully appealing against his sentence. The City striker will be back in training on Monday after a judge at Sheffield Crown Court yesterday changed the original ruling. His 12-week
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Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe will never be set free
Lawyers fighting to free the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, have not ruled out appealing against a High Court decision to keep him locked up for the rest of his life. High Court judge Mr Justice Mitting yesterday ruled that the Bradford
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Paynter goal gives United victory
Striker Billy Paynter opened his Leeds United account in a 1-0 win over Slovakian side MK Kosice last night. The former Swindon marksman came on in the second half and finished off a cross from the impressive Robert Snodgrass that was flicked on by Bradley
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£32m owed by absent parents in Bradford
Feckless parents are withholding more than £32 million from children in Bradford, new figures reveal. The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission, which is in charge of the Child Support Agency, is pursuing parents for refusing to pay
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Cross Roads Spitfire pilot trainer remembers wartime dead
Seventy years ago this summer above the skies of southern England young men from the Bradford district were fighting for their lives in one of the biggest air battles in history. And many involved in the life or death dogfights of the Battle
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Bradford schoolboy's invention wins place in science contest
A Bradford teenager’s invention to help treat injured dogs has won him a place in the finals of a national science and engineering competition. Aspiring engineer, David Wilcock, 18, has developed a new form of hydrotherapy jacket to be worn by dogs undergoing
