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Gillingham 3 City 1
City suffered the first-day blues in League Two as they went down 3-1 in the sweltering heat at Gillingham. Danny Kedwell’s double, including a penalty, set the home side on the way. Nahki Wells offered hopes of a comeback with his own spot-kick
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City team news
Phil Parkinson kept faith with the side that won so well in the Capital One Cup for the League Two opener at Gillingham. New boys Zavon Hines and Carl McHugh, whose signings were rubber-stamped this morning, were both included among the seven substitutes
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Bradford City sign two more
City this morning announced two more captures, including winger Zavon Hines. The 23-year-old winger, who has been training with the club since being released by Burnley, has signed on a one-year deal with a further season's option in City's favour
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Delay over Bradford Odeon site document
A key legal agreement over the redevelopment of the former Odeon site in Bradford city centre, which will give developer Langtree valid planning permission, has still not been completed. It is now nearly two months since the building owner, the
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Festival fun for sporty youngsters
Energetic youngsters are being urged to join in the fun at this year’s Burley -in-Wharfedale Summer Festival with a host of activities designed especially for them. The week-long event gets under way on August 18 with yoga classes for five to
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Hi-tech TV treat’s a hit with crowds
Almost 6,000 tickets were handed out to people keen to try the latest broadcast innovation at Bradford’s National Media Museum during the London 2012 Olympics. The museum was one of three locations in the country to trial the Super Hi-Vision
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Man stole phone from disabled Barnardo' volunteer
A 21-year-old man who robbed a disabled charity worker of her phone as she walked to church has been spared a jail sentence. Craig Thompkins grabbed the cerebral palsy sufferer near Bradford Cathedral on Sunday, April 1, Bradford Crown Court heard
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Chance to operate hospital's £2million Da Vinci 'robodoc'
People in Bradford can try their hand at being a surgeon when the city’s hospital throws open its doors in a major showcase event. Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s annual open day takes place on Wednesday, September 12, and will
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Champion idea for exhibition
Bradford Speedway legend Gary Havelock is loaning out his world champion racing leathers to a new exhibition opening in the city soon. From a week today, August 25, visitors to Bradford Industrial Museum will be able to see the leathers on show
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Cheers to your health
A Beer-goggle penalty shoot-out competition and a non-alcoholic cocktail bar were among the attractions at an event to warn young people about the dangers of drink and drugs. Award winning Shipley health charity HALE held a summer event for young
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Aircraft treat for Wibsey teenager Connor Lancaster
A Bradford teenager who is battling a rare form of bone cancer was flying high after his dream ambition to take to the skies in a vintage aircraft took wings this week. Connor Lancaster, 14, of Wibsey , experienced a flight in a Gipsy Moth, thanks
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Bradford Bulls must concentrate on themselves – Mick Potter
Mick Potter says the Bulls must concentrate only on themselves and not worry about their play-off rivals heading into tomorrow’s clash at Huddersfield. The battle to claim the final play-off spot is shaping up as a three-way fight between Hull
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Rare chance to walk in corridors of power at Bradford City Hall
The doors of Bradford’s City Hall will be thrown open to the public as part of the Lord Mayor’s Diamond Jubilee Heritage Open Day. Visitors will be able to explore the Grade I-listed building, view the civic silver collection, and enjoy a tour
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Property market fall dilemma for dealer
A convicted drug dealer affected by the fall in house prices has applied to moderate a £145,539 confiscation order made against him in June last year. Philip Hullah, 55, of Ravenscliffe Avenue, Ravenscliffe, Bradford, was given six months to find
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Langley wishes former Bradford Bulls team-mate Baloo all the best - apart from tomorrow!
When Nathan Brown was ushered out of Huddersfield last month after a disastrous run of results, Paul Anderson found himself thrust into the spotlight earlier than expected. The former assistant coach, scheduled to take over at the end of the year
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Force vows review on hate reporting
Police chiefs in Bradford have pledged to make sure race hate help literature in police stations is up to date, after criticism from a West Yorkshire civil rights group. JUST West Yorkshire carried out a review in June of West Yorkshire Police
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Bradford opticians have heart for a good cause
Athletic staff at two Bradford opticians went the extra mile for charity by competing against each other in a treadmill marathon. In aid of CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young), the teams at Darley Street and Girlington Specsavers took part in their
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Bateman aims for top eight with Bradford Bulls
John Bateman is raring to go at Huddersfield tomorrow as the Bulls go in search of a victory that would give their play-off hopes another massive boost. The Bradford-born forward landed back in the UK on Tuesday after spending the past three-and-a-half
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Family fun on two wheels
Family fun was the order of the day at a cycling event in the sun. Children and adults took to their bikes at the Burley Recreation Ground, in Iron Row, Burley-in-Wharfedale under the guidance of qualified cycling coach and teacher Chris Armstrong
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‘Mistake’ call on plan ruling
Developers who lost an appeal to build hundreds of homes on green fields in Bingley are to challenge the decision in the High Court , claiming the Secretary of State was “mistaken” in throwing out the plans. Bellway and Redrow, the developers behind
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Join the Starlight walk for Manorlands!
The spotlight shone on City Hall as the “Starlight Star” visited to raise awareness of a night-time charity walk in aid of Manorlands Hospice. The 10km Starlight Hike, on September 8 from 11pm, will start at Haworth Park and will include a visit
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Parkin backing Bradford City in Midland Road deal
Millionaire businessman Steve Parkin is getting involved with City – but has no plans to launch another bid for the club. Parkin has taken up a two-year sponsorship deal for the Midland Road stand at Valley Parade through one of his companies,
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Man’s assault on teenagers ‘funny’
A former soldier who attacked a pair of teenage charity fundraisers dressed as Spider-Man and Captain America because he thought it would be “funny” has been handed a conditional discharge. Bradford Magistrates’ Court yesterday heard Thomas Laird
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‘Drive-by shooting’ on Ravenscliffe housing estate
A family, including young children, escaped injury when a shotgun was fired at a house on a Bradford estate. Two shots are thought to have been fired at the house, in Rowton Thorpe, Ravenscliffe , from a car late on Thursday night. A middle-aged
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Man gets seven years for hammer attack at family bbq
A 28-year-old man who struck a barbecue-goer on the head with a hammer in a gang attack in front of his family has been jailed for seven years. Wajid Hussain, of Hallows Road, Keighley , “brought the boys down” with weapons after a dispute at the
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Cricketer ‘utterly failed by the NHS’
A Bradford cricketer has complained to hospital bosses in Leeds after languishing for a week on their wards waiting for a simple knee operation. Kamran Siddique, 28, of Carr Bottom Avenue, Bankfoot , Bradford, was playing cricket at Morley Cricket
