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A trio of wine bargains at M&S
Just in time to miss my Christmas deadline, the perfect gift for wine anoraks landed on the office desk. It was a packet of Wine Trumps, a card game based on the popular Top Trumps, but aimed at big kids, like me. Top Trumps, when I was a lad, was
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Three goals in six madcap minutes sent shell-shocked City crashing to defeat against bottom club Barnet at Valley Parade. It was a result that made a mockery of Monday's battling win over Bury. Luke Oliver had given the home side the
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Bradford's Saadet is aiming for Oxford spot
A Belgian teenager is gunning for a place at a top UK university after three years of schooling in Bradford. Sixth-form student Saadet Ozyurt left her parents and younger brother in her home country to take a place at Coral College where she continues
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Inspection finds Keighley mill's walls unstable
An inspection of the charred wreckage of an historic mill, destroyed by a fire on New Year’s Day, has revealed that its walls are unstable in places. Bradford Council officers have found that some stones are in a precarious position high on the walls
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McAvoy adapting to Bradford Bulls way of life
It has been a long road to Super League for Liam McAvoy – well over 100 miles in fact. Offered the chance of a professional contract with the Bulls last year, the 16-year-old prop upped sticks from Whitehaven and transformed his entire life
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City team news
There were two changes for City as they looked to make it three wins on the bounce against basement side Barnet. Shane Duff took over in centre defence for the injured Steve Williams and regained the captain's armband. With Jason Price going back to
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Gas explosion closes White Abbey Road, Bradford
A gas pipe was ruptured, causing a small explosion and knocking out electricity supplies to homes in White Abbey Road, Bradford, today. Fire crews were called to the scene this morning to find flames shooting up to eight feet into the air from the pavement
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New mum dies of 'swine flu' at Bradford hospital
A young mum is believed to have died of suspected swine flu at Bradford Royal Infirmary. The woman, 20, is understood to have given birth in the last few weeks. Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs BRI, would
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Silent movies are big attraction at Bradford's National Media Museum
The trend might be for 3D Imax adventure films but the old style of movie making is making something of a comeback with Bradford families. They have been watching classic black and white films at the National Media Museum, some from before 1929 when
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Saturday, January 8, 2011
The following applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Ilkley: interior alteration to remove existing meeting rooms tea kitchen and replace with three toilets for ambulant disabled and wheelchair disabled, to comply with regulations re public
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Joint action over Green Belt battle
Campaigners fighting proposals for housing developments across Bradford district have welcomed proposals for a joint battle against the Council. Heaton Township Association is urging a re-think on Bradford Council’s planning strategy, which
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Closure of Bradford and Shipley job fund is 'real blow’
The Government’s decision to close a job fund could leave young people struggling to find work. That’s the warning from Bradford Works, a partnership led by employment company Aspire-I, Shipley College and social landlord Incommunities.
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VIDEO: Man badly injured in Bradford road accident
A pedestrian was taken to Bradford Royal Infirmary with what are believed to be serious injuries after a collision with a car today. The accident happened shortly before 8am in West Park Road, Four Lane Ends, Bradford. The male casualty
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Mum's £50,000 bid to help her daughter see
A devoted mother is embarking on a massive fundraising campaign in a last-ditch bid to give her daughter the gift of sight. Eighteen-month-old Lamiyah Ellsworth has been blind since birth but her mum, Larelle Ellsworth, is hoping to raise £50,000
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Family pay tribute to tragic Jodie, 21
The family of a young woman who died two days after Christmas have spoken of their devastation at the sudden and unexpected loss of the bubbly 21-year-old. Jodie Manley, who lived with her mum and step dad, Mandy and Peter Murphy in Allerton
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Ben Smithson's operation hailed a success
A nine-year-old boy with Cerebral Palsy is recovering well from the £45,000 operation which should change his life. Ben Smithson has undergone pioneering surgery at the St Louis Children’s Hospital in Missouri, US, at the end of a remarkable seven
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Crackdown will boost city trading
The by-law that forbids drinking in public places in Bradford city centre has been in place for some time. But the decision to remind people about it in more forceful terms is a new and, it has to be said, welcome one. Stopping public
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Saturday, January 8, 2011
25 years ago: It was revealed that a £24million scheme for new homes in Listerhills, Bradford, collapsed. 50 years ago: One of Bradford’s oldest grocers, the 114-year-old family business of George H Isitt and Sons Ltd, Rawson Place, was to
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Bradford Council admits: ‘We were caught out by the snow’
Schools and libraries across the district, and Leeds-Bradford Airport, were all forced to shut as heavier-than- expected snow fell yesterday. Bradford Council admitted to being caught out by the severity of the weather. It confirmed bin collections
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Yanks locomotive set to hit the rails again
Two famous steam engines are soon to take centre stage on a heritage railway after undergoing major repairs. “Big Jim”, an American S160 class locomotive, and a black F4 Midland Railway engine – one of only two in the country – have been off the rails
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Police get tough on street drinkers in Bradford
City centre street drinkers who fail to hand over their alcohol to police will be hit with fines of up to £500 under a new crackdown. Warning signs have been put up in areas of Bradford city centre as a reminder that anti-social street drinking
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Raynor ready to blow off cobwebs with Bradford Bulls
Pumped-up Bulls recruit Gareth Raynor is on a mission to prove the doubters wrong. The powerful winger looks set to play his first game in eight months in tomorrow’s pre-season clash with Halifax following an enforced absence from rugby league. Handed
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Bradford City boss urges clubs to keep faith
Peter Taylor fears that too many managers are paying the price because chairmen and directors cannot handle the pressure. Headlines have been dominated by a glut of sackings in the past week. The veteran City boss believes that clubs are too quick to
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Howson to be denied Fabregas test
Keen angler Jonny Howson is looking to reel in his biggest catch yet – FA Cup opponents Arsenal. There is no greater admirer of the Gunners than Leeds captain Howson, who leads his team out for today’s televised third-round tie. Leeds-born Howson was
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Great Horton shop worker jailed for unlawful stay
A man who came to the UK on a six-month visitors’ visa was caught illegally working at a Bradford store seven years later, a Court heard. Indian national Hakim Obri, 54, used a fake Portugese passport to get a job at Bombay Stores, in Shearbridge
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Bullroyd addict is jailed for Bradford knifepoint robbery
A drug addict has been jailed for five years for robbing three Bradford University students by holding a knife to the throat of one of them. Matthew Judson pounced from behind as the teenagers approached an underpass shortly after 1pm on their
