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Warning over misuse of grit bins
Warnings will be posted on a dozen new grit bins to help guard against inappropriate use of their contents. Keighley Town Council has funded 12 new grit bins for the town. They were installed on sloping streets not covered by Bradford Council’s gritting
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Bradford City frozen off
City's game at Crewe today has been called off because of a frozen pitch. Referee Kevin Wright ruled the surface to be unplayable after an early-morning inspection. City chief Peter Taylor said: "The referee got it right."
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Film shot at odsal comes to museum
A film partly made on location in Bradford and nominated for eight Golden Globe awards can be seen at the National Media Museum next month. The King’s Speech, starring Colin Firth as a stammering King George VI and Helena Bonham Carter as his wife Queen
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Rapper's aim to put Bradford on the map
by Kathie Griffiths T&A Reporter Hip hop singer Master RS has rapped his way through to the final round of an online global music competition. The 22-year-old now stands the chance of winning an opportunity to perform live on Channel 4. Master RS
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TV guru Sarah Beeny backs water warning
Television property expert Sarah Beeny was knee deep in waste yesterday for a new Yorkshire Water campaign to stop people putting inappropriate objects down toilets and sinks. The water company has said in a single year in Bradford there have been 108
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Don't let plea for blood be in vein!
Blood donors are being urged to come forward amid fears more freezing weather could mean a shortage of blood stocks. Health chiefs have warned stocks of blood group O negative are already running low and are calling for donors to help replenish stocks
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Bradford City's match at Crewe postponed
Bradford City's match at Crewe Alexandra this afternoon has been postponed due to the weather.
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Saturday, December 18, 2010
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Naeem Shah, aged 44, of Hollings Road, Girlington; assault, 12 months’ community order, 100 hours’ unpaid work, £50 costs. Thandi Carol Godfrey, aged 28, of Ullswater Drive, Woodside
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Queensbury quarry homes bid is recommended
Planning officers have recommended a housing development on the site of a disused quarry be approved by councillors, despite objections from residents. An online petition containing more than 160 signatures and 94 letters of objection were sent to Bradford
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VIDEO: Fifty firefighters tackle Wibsey factory blaze
More than 50 firefighters spent five hours battling a blaze, believed to be arson, which tore through a food factory today. Two crews from Odsal and two from Bradford were initially called to Parkam Foods processing plant in Haycliffe Lane,
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Saturday, December 18, 2010
25 years ago: Bradford Council chief officials were excluded from West Yorkshire Co-ordinating Committee meetings to decide the abolition of the county council. 50 years ago: Police were hunting a gang of poultry thieves who carried out the
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Versatile Bradford Bulls players will be an asset
A mix and match approach should keep the Bulls’ rivals guessing next season. Depth and versatility were the key considerations when assembling the new-look squad and even boss Mick Potter admits he is not yet sure of his strongest team. Particularly
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Chilaka hungry to be a Bradford City pro
Chib Chilaka’s time with Avenue could put him on the right track to making the professional grade with City. Peter Taylor can see a big difference in the burly striker from his loan spell with the Bantams’ non-league neighbours – and is tipping
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New Bishop vows to be 'in tune with the people'
expected to be enthroned at the Cathedral in the spring, will arrive at a time of uncertainty about the future shape of the diocese. If recommendations by the Dioceses Commission were to be accepted in full, Bishop Nick Baines would be made
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Life for frenzied killing of war veteran
A drug addict who stabbed a “kindly and quiet” war veteran to death in his home, stealing less than £100 to pay for his next fix was today starting a life sentence in jail. Allan Pedder, 80, was knifed from behind in the carotid artery and
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Safety pledge after car park snatch bid
Car park bosses have pledged to review security at one of their city centre sites to keep its customers safe. The promise came after a lone woman was confronted by a man on the eighth floor of the NCP in Hall Ings. The woman, who did
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Lidget Green disabled sex abuser is spared prison
A paedophile has been sentenced to a community order for abusing a young girl – and allowed to return to his Bradford home in the neighbourhood where his victim still lives. Zabhullah Boota, 51, who has a number of disabilities and an educational
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Bradford panto 'will be the best of them all!'
Mirror, Mirror on the wall, what is the most spectacular panto of them all? It’s the Alhambra pantomime, of course, billed as the biggest in West Yorkshire and packed full of special effects, visual wizardry, bucketloads of laughs and enchanting fairytale
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Dealer jailed for 32 months
A drug dealer has been jailed after admitting selling a variety of drugs on the streets of Bradford. Ashraf Pandor, 33, was arrested in April after officers stopped a car they suspected was used in an earlier drug deal in Allerton Road, Allerton
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Time running out for Leeds United to tie up Becchio
Leeds manager Simon Grayson will be surprised if leading scorer Luciano Becchio agrees a new contract before the transfer window opens next month. Grayson is keen to see the Argentinian striker put pen to paper on a new deal but time is running
