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VIDEO: Drivers escape death as lorry topples over on M62 at Brighouse
Motorists cheated death when a heavy goods vehicle crashed on to its side and broke in two on a busy motorway near Bradford. Three people were taken to hospital with minor injuries but rescuers said they had had a miracle escape. The
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Wilsden man to raise funds for Bradford Royal Infirmary leukaemia ward
A former Bingley Grammar School pupil is preparing to cycle 1,200 miles on a second-hand, 30-year-old bike to raise money for a Bradford cancer charity. Jonathan Green, who grew up in Wilsden and now lives in Cambridge, will set off from
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Big night of pre-season action
As the build-up to the coming season begins to intensify there is a very busy night of friendly action tomorrow night, with six of the local semi-pro sides taking to the field. Guiseley are making the short journey to Garforth Town for their third run-out
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Knowles signs to give Avenue boost
The supporters of Bradford Park Avenue, who feared a mass exodus once the club announced budget cuts, will be boosted by news that James Knowles has committed himself to Horsfall Stadium. Rumours were rife that most of last season’s first- team squad
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Father-of-two denies murder of Little Horton brothel-keeper Tinakorn Tuekpia
A father of two accused of stabbing a brothel-keeper to death at his home has told a jury he played no part in the crime. Syed Bukhari, 28, of Ringwood Road, Canterbury, Bradford, denies murder and conspiracy to rob. Tinakorn Tuekpia
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Bradford Bulls are backing world record Nintendo DS bid
Video gamers are wanted to help break a world record at the National Media Museum next week. The museum and the Bradford Bulls want Bradfordians to help them break the record for the most people playing a Nintendo DS console in the same place at the
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Leaders Yorkshire prepare for ‘cup finals’ test
Martyn Moxon says Yorkshire must treat their remaining County Championship fixtures like they are “six cup finals”. The Tykes county go into tomorrow’s match against Essex at Chelmsford with a 21-point lead at the top of LV= Division One, although second
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Bradford City midfielder Flynn running out of patience
Michael Flynn would love to swap places with his City team-mates this week. While the Bantams head for Essex tomorrow morning for the first of four friendlies in a hectic southern tour, Flynn has a day of running planned. It will be the same routine
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Undercliffe seek new players
Undercliffe Celtic under-14s are seeking players for the forthcoming Craven, Aire & Wharfe League season. They have also entered the West Riding County FA Junior Trophy. A new goalkeeper is a priority and pre-season training/trials start on Saturday
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Wibsey on lookout for newcomers
Wibsey Rugby Union Football Club are looking for players of all abilities to train with them and either play competitive rugby with the first team or social rugby with their second XV or veterans team. If anyone is interested, they can contact the club
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Davey digs deep to steer Burley into final
Division One leaders Burley will play Division Two front-runners Bilton in the final of the Waddilove Cup at Rawdon on Sunday, August 1. It will be Burley’s 11th appearance in the Aire-Wharfe League’s knockout showdown but their first since winning the
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Leeds players jostling for positions
Leeds manager Simon Grayson tonight wants his players to continue showing the competitive instinct that can help fire them to success in the Championship next season. Grayson takes his squad to Bury for their third pre-season friendly knowing there is
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Shelia's in search of her grandparents' relatives
Sheila Naylor e-mails: I am looking for relatives of Ethel Westman who married Joseph Naylor December 31, 1912 in Bradford. These folks are my grandparents. I can be contacted by e-mail at RADRSKMSTR@aol.com
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Looking for Alice Holbrook Cooper
Carol Cooper e-mails: I wonder if anyone remembers a lady named Alice Holbrook Cooper, who I believe may have lived in the Bradford area, although she died in a Huddersfield nursing home, 'The Nook' in 1997. We recently found that she was
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Calling old friends
Peter Seddon from Australia e-mails: I'm calling old friends in Bradford. I would like to catch up with Maureen Green, who lived at 1 Ball Street, Thornton. We went to school together at Edmund Campion Secondary School in the sixties.
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Gibbs tips Yorkshire youngsters for success
Herschelle Gibbs has backed Yorkshire’s youngsters to flourish, saying they can dominate county cricket within five years. But the 36-year-old is still confident the Tykes can bring silverware back to Headingley this summer. The South
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Burst of Brazil hits Heaton pupil parade
All the noise, colour and chaos of the Rio Carnival came to Belle Vue Girls School in Bradford as up to 1,000 pupils from schools across the community got together to celebrate summer. The young people paraded in blocks of colourful costumes depicting
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Winning grape combinations
Sometimes two is better than one. Where would Rolls be without Royce? Could there be a Laurel without Hardy? And who would McCartney be without Lennon? The same is often true in the world of wine. It’s almost as if some grape varietals were made
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Khan back with a bang
Tasif Khan bounced back from a 14-month absence with a convincing points win at Bolton Arena. The Girlington super-bantamweight won all four rounds on referee John Latham’s scorecard against Middlesbrough’s Francis Croes. Khan, backed by a noisy band
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Marks & Spencer to officially open new Bradford distribution centre
Marks & Spencer is due to officially open its new distribution centre in Bradford tomorrow. The 1.1m sq ft structure, bounded by the M606 motorway and Rooley Lane, is set to become the largest distribution centre in the M&S network.
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Former Bradford City striker Boulding plays for free in bid to impress at Oakwell
Michael Boulding is playing for free in a bid to earn a deal with Barnsley. The former City striker is currently on trial at Oakwell, where he had a two-year spell earlier in his career. And it is not costing the Championship club a
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M62 partially reopens after crash
The M62 motorway has partially reopened following a serious collision that left motorists injured. The incident, which happened near junction 25 at Brighouse, involved a lorry, a Vauxhall Vectra and a Range Rover. The incident led to a full closure
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Ahmed an all-round winner in final
Hassan Ali Ahmed’s unbeaten 86 inspired West Bowling to retain the H Broadbent Trophy as they beat Heaton by 59 runs in the final at Mayfield. Batting first, Bowling lost two early wickets to put their hopes in the Bradford Mutual Sunday
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Charity calls for aid to earthquake-hit Haiti children
The Bingley-based founder of a human rights charity has called on aid agencies and donors to focus on helping Haitian children six months after the massive earthquake. Anjum Khan, 42, visited Haiti to assess the needs of those affected by
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Monday, July 19, 2010
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Allerton: construction of single- storey extension to front with installation of cash machine, J & H Mini Market, 63 Prune Park Lane. Allerton: construction of single- storey
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St James' Church, Silsden, events remember patron saint
A church is holding a weekend of celebrations to commemorate its patron saint, tying in with a town gala. St James’ at Silsden will start its celebrations with a sung evensong on Friday at 7.30pm. On Saturday, there will be a coffee morning in the church
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Get your entries in for Burley Show
Entries are now being accepted for the annual Burley Show next month. Residents of Burley-in-Wharfedale and Burley Woodhead can enter the flower, produce, wine, handicraft, fruit and vegetable classes and anyone can enter the open and junior classes
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Monday, July 19, 2010
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: The following failed to notify change of registered keeper of vehicle (£175 fine, £75 costs unless stated): Umram Mahmood, aged 29, of Naples Street, Girlington; £55 fine, £15 costs; Adrian
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'Small beer? No, we're expanding' says ambitious Pool-in-Wharfedale brewery
The boss of a small brewery has outlined ambitious growth plans that could see his company’s turnover triple in the next four years. The WharfeBank Brewery was launched in a converted paper mill in Pool-in-Wharfedale, near Otley, in April this year.
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Bradford & Bingley fighters plan £100,000 appeal
A pressure group representing nearly 1,000 former Bradford & Bingley investors has announced plans to raise a £100,000 fighting fund. The Bradford & Bingley Shareholders Action Group (BBAG) wants to fund a legal battle to overturn the Government-appointed
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Bees award winners honoured
The Yorkshire League Division Eight winners trophy took pride of place during Bingley Bees’ annual presentations night. The club’s summer ball at Bradford & Bingley Sports Club saw men’s captain Benjamin Clough presented with the championship prize following
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Smoke alarm warning after Eccleshill family narrowly escape blaze
Firefighters have warned of the necessity of having working smoke alarms after a family-of-five had to flee a blaze at their Bradford home. The fire at the terraced house in Westminster Road, Eccleshill, could have been less severe if the smoke alarms
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Volunteers give facelift to Ravenscliffe play area
A play area in the heart of Bradford’s Ravenscliffe estate is to get a facelift as part of a summer clean-up. A team of volunteers and Bradford Council staff will clear away rubbish, plant new shrubs and trim back vegetation in the grounds of Ravenscliffe
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Youngsters celebrate 'Magic' anti-crime course
Young people attended a celebration evening after completing a nine-week scheme designed to steer them away from a life of crime. The Manningham and Girlington Influencing Change (Magic) project was founded by reformed drug dealer Arfan Naseer, who said
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Grow your own taste of the Orient
Checking out the price of bags of oriental greens at the supermarket is enough to make most gardeners want to grow their own. You can pay pounds for bags of mixed greens which add flavour to tangy salads and quick stir-fries, but all too often you don
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Bury next up for Leeds United
Leeds United visit Bury tomorrow night for their third pre-season friendly, having arrived back from their Slovakian tour at the weekend. Winger Lloyd Sam, defender Jason Crowe and goalkeeper Alan Martin missed the 1-0 victory over MFK Kosice on Friday
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Hodson a hero for Harden
Harden under-15s captain Callum Hodson was named man of the match after leading his side to victory over Burley in the Grove Hill Trophy final. Wicketkeeper Hodson scored 27 runs and also picked up two stumpings as Harden won the Aire-Wharfe Junior League
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The Levellers to play at Bingley Music Live
Festival favourites The Levellers are the latest high-profile headline act confirmed to play at Bingley Music Live. The folk rockers will join Red Dwarf and Coronation Street star Craig Charles and his Fantasy Funk Band on the bill for the
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Another motoring drawback?
SIR – There is much said regarding the detrimental effect of the motor car – the pollution, global warming and the loss of our flood plains, gobbled up with motorway construction. But I have often wondered how much of the Earth’s atmosphere is driving
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Where is knitting machine?
SIR – Calling all charity shops, especially in the Queensbury area. Last year in Germany, I bought a small knitting mill. Many years ago we had a cotton reel with four nails, which we put wool round and then produced a long strip of knitting. Knowing
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The lost art of hanging around...
“Why don’t you go out and play?” I asked my 14-year-old daughter one night. “Where to?” she replied. Exasperated, I joked that she might like to try the bus stop. She looked puzzled: “Why on earth would I want to go there?” To her, the bus stop is where
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Players all set to rock in Rent
Bradford Youth Players (pictured) are staging the Bradford premiere of rock musical Rent this week. The show, a retelling of Puccini’s opera La Boheme, is set in 1980s New York and follows a year in the lives of a group of young Bohemians – their developing
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A big loss for county
SIR – It might interest Terry Tordoff (T&A, July 10), to know that quangos were established in the USA by the private sector. They declined in the 1970s, but grew again in the 1980s and 1990s. In the UK they are non-departmental bodies that are neither
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Thanks for support
SIR – I would like to pay tribute to Terry Rooney, former MP, for his sterling efforts in health promotion by sponsoring the Lifestyle Choices Seminars at the House of Commons for sixth formers over the last 12 years. Hundreds of young people have benefited
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Make the comparison
SIR – Regarding the articles in the T&A on July 10 and 14 about rises in car insurance premiums in Bradford, one thing that is obvious is that different insurance companies are quoting vastly different prices, based on the same car at the same address
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A healthy change
SIR – Recently Health Secretary Andrew Lansley delivered some devastating news in his white paper on reforms for the health service. Will these turn out to be good or bad? It begs the question, good or bad for who? What is desperately needed instead
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Why tear down area that’s lively once more?
SIR – Plans have been submitted to replace property between Barry Street and Sackville Street in Bradford with apartments and office suites. This would involve demolishing the former Duchess of Kent pub on Sackville Street and the building that adjoins
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Monday, July 19, 2010
25 years ago: Repairs to a modernised Bradford estate riddled with defects were to cost more than £1million, said MP Max Madden. 50 years ago: Bradford was accused of “naked aggrandisement”, and of trying to ruin the proposed Rombalds Water
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Working together is the key
The Bradford district can boast some of the most beautiful rural areas in the country. But while pleasing on the eye, such places still have to contend with the problems of modern life more often associated with the urban environment.
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Putting healthy plan into action
Costs to the NHS in tackling obesity are projected to double to £10 billion per year by 2050. It is hoped that this prediction will bear some weight in encouraging the Government to take on Britain’s increasing obesity problem. The Department of Health
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Messages go beyond words
21 Speeches That Shaped The World compiled by Chris Abbott, Rider Books, £14.99 Every good speech has at least one memorable image or phrase that echoes through time. President Roosevelt’s 1933 inauguration speech, a time of economic
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Dudley Hill rugby players raise cash for Help for Heroes
A rugby league club is set to recognise the bravery of its players in the services, including a Commando shot through the head. Liam Brentley, 25, who plays for Bradford’s Dudley Hill club, was seriously injured in a battle while serving with
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Atten-shun please, for the Home Guard
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Home Guard. The organisation was formed during a time of heightened fears of a German invasion, but with many men already serving in the Forces and others who were too old, too young, or already doing work
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Police plan to tackle rural crime in Keighley and Worth Valley
Rural residents have been asked to help catch criminals. Officers from the Worth Valley Neighbourhood Police Team, near Keighley, have been visiting farms and homes to set up a new Farm Watch security scheme. The project is to be organised
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Chantel's following in footsteps of the greats
The Fighting Cock turned out to be the ideal place to meet Bradford musician Chantel McGregor. At the corner of Preston Street and, appropriately, Handel Street, the brown-and-cream interior of this real-ale pub can’t have changed much since the late
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Suited down to the grounds
While most people flock to the nation’s country houses to see the riches inside the historic buildings, we prefer to take in the abundant treasures to be found outside them. We love to get away from the bulk of the crowds and take leisurely
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There could be no other conclusion
The High Court decision that the Yorkshire Ripper must spend the rest of his life behind bars will be welcomed by all right-thinking people. Yesterday, before the ruling was made, we pointed out that some crimes were so dreadful that only a full life
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Youngsters land starring roles
Youngsters from Scalakids School for Performing Arts in Horsforth have landed lead roles in High School Musical, which runs until tonight at Ashville College Theatre in Harrogate. Young performer Jake Mitchell, who has appeared in TV dramas such as Heartbeat
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Zoo takes Vision over the border
Eight members of Bradford’s Paper Zoo theatre company are off to the Edinburgh Fringe next month with a production which the cast admits is a risk. The 55-minute show the company has devised, by name of 2020Vision, was supposed to preview in Bradford
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League on look-out for referees
An influx of new teams for the forthcoming season has led to the Spen Valley League becoming short of referees. The league have accepted several new clubs for the 2010-11 campaign and will not have enough officials to cover the extra games. So Spen
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
From the T&A... 25 years ago: Hundreds of defective and potentially dangerous balconies were discovered on scores of blocks of Bradford Council flats. 50 years ago: Bradford health committee were not complacent about the city’s infant
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Too costly to open?
SIR – A recent letter in these pages asked the question “Why isn’t the Great Northern Trail opened in full from Cullingworth to Queensbury?” The answer comes in several points. Firstly, in respect of people’s privacy, private land etc, and the fact that
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Doubters were wrong
SIR – Those who said no-one in their right mind would invest in Bradford should take a look at the new largest warehouse in the Marks & Spencer network, built on the former site of West Bowling Golf Club. Initial work is expected to see 200 to 300 jobs
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Some fond memories
SIR – I am 84 years old and remember the happy times we had at the Odeon. But in my day it was known as the New Victoria. I think the design of the building is lovely and is part of Bradford and holds lots of memories for people like myself. It will
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Name to be proud of
SIR – I feel I must object to the way you repeatedly fail to include Sir Edward Appleton as one of the recipients of the Freedom of the City of Bradford. I beg to point out that Sir Edward, who was born in Bradford in 1892, attended Hanson Grammar School
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Not a job well done
SIR – With reference to M Ward’s letter, Why are resurfaced roads not the same? (T&A, July 9), exactly the same has happened in the Windhill area on Glenside Road, Glenside Avenue, Glenaire, Glenroyd and Glenholme – they are a disgrace. It must have
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Money sense that is long overdue
SIR – News of the Financial Services Authority restoring some sensible rules to mortgage lending is welcome indeed, albeit about ten years too late for many individuals and once-proud organisations like the former Bradford & Bingley, where staff have
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Bradford's Lib Dems and Greens explain Sir Ken Morrison 'no' vote
More than a dozen councillors voted against Sir Ken Morrison becoming a Freeman of the City because they believe he does not deserve the honour and because of the expense. Liberal Democrat and Green members took the decision at a meeting of
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St Hilaire blames disjointed display on off-the-pitch upheaval at Odsal
Caretaker boss Lee St Hilaire believes the Bulls’ 30-26 defeat against Salford reflected a tumultuous week at the club. Within the space of seven days Bradford parted ways with head coach Steve McNamara, put St Hilaire in charge until the end of the
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Finigan display a ray of light amid gloom for Bradford Bulls
Bulls 26 Salford 30At the end of a week of radical off-field change at Odsal, it was a case of same old story on the pitch. Steve McNamara’s departure has done little to address familiar problems that have plagued the Bulls for months. Clearly
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Campaigners fear for trees in Bradford
Campaigning residents mourning the loss of a green oasis near their homes have accused Bradford Council of sending a “wrong message” out to developers wanting to chop down trees. In 2007 people living in The Drive at Greengates were stunned when 50 trees
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Police probe after biker badly injured in Saltaire accident
A man in his early 20s was in hospital last night after suffering head injuries when he fell from a motorbike near Saltaire roundabout. Police and paramedics rushed to the scene, yards away from the junction, outside the Shell petrol station in Bingley
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Supermarket giant Sainsbury's linked with former B&B site
Sainsbury’s has expressed an interest in opening a store in Bingley amid strong rumours it is set to buy the former Bradford & Bingley headquarters. A spokesman for the supermarket giant said the company was currently looking at a “a number
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Woman's anger as sex attacker is spared jail
A woman who waited two years to see the man who sexually assaulted her put behind bars says she is still a prisoner as the courts let him walk free. The mum-to-be was so outraged at her attacker’s ‘pathetic’ sentence at Bradford Crown Court
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George returns to first love - dog training
Two years ago George Barrett had a serious illness. Then a border collie came into his life and nothing has been the same since. The 60-year-old plunged into a passion he had nurtured since he was 18 years old – he became a full-time dog trainer. He
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Taylor has no fitness fears over Speight
Jake Speight will be straight up to speed when his City career kicks off for good this week. The £25,000 striker is set to link up with Peter Taylor’s side for the Essex tour, which starts at Stambridge United tomorrow night. Speight, freed from jail
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Two-goal Bradford City trialist gives it his best shot
North Ferriby 1 Bradford City 5 City may have rattled in five but goals remain an issue with Peter Taylor. The Bantams boss reckons his squad is looking strong in all departments as the big kick-off looms ever closer. But his one
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Bradford University £40m building effort bearing fruit
The University of Bradford will have spent up to £40 million by September next year on capital projects brought forward as part of a recession-busting scheme to boost the district’s economy. The university announced in May last year that it had brought
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Anger after Bingley girl, 13, is sprayed with CS gas
A teenage girl may have to have skin grafts to her face after being sprayed with CS gas by police, say her family. The 14-year-old traveller’s parents say they have been told by doctors she must return to hospital in a few weeks if the blistered
