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Bradford City youth team cruise into second round
City’s apprentices booked their place in the second round of the FA Youth Cup tonight thanks to a 2-0 win at Scunthorpe United. The victory was all the more impressive for the Bantam youngsters given their defensive problems in the build-up and
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Danny Boshell returns to Guiseley as assistant player-manager
Danny Boshell has returned to Nethermoor and will be in his new role when Guiseley travel to North Ferriby United for tomorrow night’s Skrill North clash. Manager Mark Bower has been looking to appoint an assistant and has turned to the 32
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Alliance duo are Mersey beat-en
With Bolton Woods and Buttershsaw White Star receiving byes into next month's second round, the Bradford Sunday Alliance League's other two entrants from the Premier Division were involved in first-round action in the FA Sunday Cup yesterday
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Car in collision on M62 near Bradford
A car was left in a spin after being in an accident with a lorry on the M62 today. The white Toyota Avensis was being driven eastbound between junctions 25 (Brighouse) and 26 (Chain Bar), near to Hartshead Moor services, when the crash happened
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Winner comes forward to claim Bradford's £10 million Lottery jackpot
The holder of a £10 million winning Lottery ticket that was bought in Bradford came forward to claim the prize today. But the identity of Britain’s newest multi-millionaire remains a mystery tonight. The numbers – 5, 15, 17, 19, 20 and 47 –
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Double joy for gym
Kevin ‘Future’ Mullen and ‘Beautiful’ Ben Holdsworth, both of Bradford’s Fulinkazan Gym, won British titles at Elland Road. Featherweight Holdsworth faced Craig Skelton from Harrogate, with Holdsworth finishing the
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Sidebottom drops in to present prizes
Bingley Congs Cricket Club had a surprise guest at their annual prize presentation at the Fairmount complex in Nab Wood. Yorkshire and former England fast bowler Ryan Sidebottom presented the senior and junior awards.
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TVR stun Tyersal in Bradford & District Saturday Cup
Tyersal suffered a shock defeat in the Bradford & District FA Saturday Senior Cup, despite having led 5-2 at TVR United. The Spen Valley League side found their shooting boots to win 8-6, with Jund Taj, Asif Iqbal and Mohammed Abid scoring
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Preparations pay dividends for Yorkshire Amateur League
The Yorkshire Amateur League continued their have boots, will travel policy in the FA National Inter-League Competition. In what was their ninth successive away match in the tournament, they followed up their 1-0 victory over the Northampton Combination
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Business briefs
Car sales ‘strong’ Vertu Motors, which has 99 sales and aftersales outlets in the UK, including the Bradford, Guiseley and Leeds Farnell Land Rover business, which it bought for £31million in June, said “very strong momentum” in the new car market
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Law firm Gordons' apprentice scheme is honoured
Bradford and Leeds law firm Gordons has scooped two more gongs for its innovative apprentice scheme and a major property deal. The firm’s apprenticeship scheme, which was the first of its kind when launched in 2011 to offer bright school-leavers
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PEC contactors are highlighting energy efficiency
Soaring energy bills have opened up a new business opportunity for a Bradford contracting firm. Following the latest price hikes by British Gas and other energy suppliers for both business and domestic customers, contracting, manufacturing and
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Is luck finally changing for St Bede's?
Yorkshire Amateur League side St Bede's have had a welcome change of fortune after a hectic couple of weeks. After vandalism had made their Canal Road base unusable and the resignation of their first-team manager, who took some players
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East Bowling All Stars finally live up to their name
East Bowling All Stars have notched their first win of the season in the Spen Valley League Premier Division. They made home advantage count in a 7-4 success against fifth-placed Girlington, with Jamie Sugden getting a hat-trick and Andy Phillip
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Institute of Groundsmanship guest speaker
Kate Entwistle, from the Turf Disease Centre at Bramley in Hampshire, is guest speaker at the next Institute of Groundsmanship Yorkshire branch meeting at Cleckheaton Sports Club on Wednesday, November 13 (7.30pm). The IOG’s director’s theme will
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Billiards results
BRADFORD & DISTRICT SUNDAY SCHOOL BILLIARDS LEAGUE – Great Horton 5, Bradford Deaf Centre 2; Princeville A 2, Princeville B 5; Pudsey 3, Eastbrook 4. Breaks: T Kershaw (Princeville A) 48, 30; P Devitt (Eastbrook) 33; S Kershaw (Princeville B) 31
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Leeds United suspend winger Hall
Leeds have suspended Ryan Hall after launching an inquiry into a “disciplinary issue” concerning the player. The 25-year-old winger has spent the last month on loan at Sheffield United, for whom he has made five appearances, with his spell at Bramall
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Bikes are stolen in Cleckheaton
Police are appealing for witnesses after bicycles were stolen in Cleckheaton. The black Lapierre Zesty mountain bike with mudguards, white Giant roadbike and red Botranger mountain bike were stolen earlier this month. Anyone offered any of
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Changes to pub’s licence is approved
Councillors spent two hours discussing changes to a pub’s licence. The chairman of Bradford District Licensing Panel, Councillor John Ruding, said the lengthy discussions were unusual for the minor amendments, but letters of objection and support
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Updated: All lanes of M62 reopen after five hours of disruption
The M62 has been fully re-opened five hours after a lorry carrying a large load of steel coils got into difficulties today. The incident happened shortly before 11am and caused the closure of two lanes of the westbound carriageway between junctions
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Bazaar holds charity fundraiser
Hundreds of people attended an Eid bazaar in Central Hall, Keighley which raised nearly £600 for the Intouch Foundation charity and the Bait-ul-Yatamaa Orphanage, in Pakistan.
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Planting session for over-50s
Hyacinth and crocus bulbs were plunged lovingly into compost at a planting session run for carers and the over-50s in Shipley on Thursday. And wise green fingers brought baskets and bulbs together to make ideal Christmas gifts during the afternoon
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Orangery plans for Cullingworth Conservative Club approved
Plans for a major facelift at Cullingworth Conservative Club have been approved. An existing conservatory will be replaced with a larger, traditionally-built orangery. And a patio area will be extended and improved. The refurbishment package
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Syria crisis: Can we avert a Third World War?
Recent events around Syria have prompted many political and religious figures to make some bold statements and to undertake some high-risk initiatives. Whilst Pope Francis wrote to President Putin opposing US and French military plans against Syria
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Cobbydale Singers' CD for Manorlands
Silsden’s Cobbydale Singers have recorded a CD of their music to sell in aid of Manorlands hospice in Oxenhope. The choir will be selling the CD wherever they perform, including their next concert on November 23 at St Peter's Church in Cross Hills
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Generations join forces to help honey bees
Schoolchildren and retired people were busy bees planting bulbs to help insects thrive. Tenants of Joseph Wright Court, Thackley, worked with pupils at Idle Primary School to plant bee-friendly bulbs and seeds in the grounds of the Anchor housing
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Wesley's surgery appeal gets Lions boost
An appeal to help a little boy get vital surgery has been given a boost with a cheque for £1,000. The family of Wes Knight are trying to raise money to pay for a pioneering operation – Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy – in the USA. Guiseley Lions
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Gasworks closes Dark Road in Oxenhope
Drivers have been warned that Northern Gas Networks is carrying out essential work to replace an old metal gas main in Dark Road, Oxenhope. To ensure the work is carried out safely and efficiently, Dark Road is closed from the junction with Keighley
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Smoke from chimney filled garage in Utley
Firefighters were called after smoke from a blocked chimney forced its way between brick work and filled a neighbouring garage in Ferncliffe Drive, Utley, at around 3pm on Saturday. A spokesman at Keighley fire station said detective work was needed
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Marie Curie Cancer Care's appeal for more volunteers
A cancer charity is appealing for volunteers for a new fundraising group in Bradford. Marie Curie Cancer Care is looking for a chairman, treasurer and secretary for its BD4 committee, which will help organise its Great Daffodil Appeal and Blooming
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Bonfire night celebration to be held at Sutton-in-Craven
A bonfire night celebration and fireworks display will be held in Sutton-in-Craven on Saturday, November 2. The event, organised by the Village Committee, will take place at Croft Hill. Gates open at 6pm.
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Division the best way to multiply
At this time of year, just when plants are entering their dormant phase, I always look at the overcrowded clumps of perennials dying down and decide what I need to lift and divide next year. Dividing plants involves digging them up, splitting them
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On your marks, get set, go for City Run
On Sunday, at 9.30pm the Bradford City Run will start and finish in City Park, following a route up around Bradford University. There will be an option to run 5kms, 10kms or a half marathon and chip timing will give runners accurate timings. The
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Brad forced to face swarm of undead
World War Z (Cert 15, 116 mins, Paramount Home Entertainment) Starring Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Sterling Jerins, Abigail Hargrove, Daniella Kertesz, Fana Mokoena, Peter Capaldi, Pierfrancesco Favino, Ruth Negga, Moritz Bleibtreu. *** Gerry
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Retracing lives of the Brontes
In The Footsteps Of The Brontes by Mark Davis and Ann Dinsdale Amberley Publishing, £14.99 A few months ago, I took a call from an irate reader who wanted to sound off about the frequency with which the Bronte sisters featured in the paper.
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Correction
In Wednesday’s spread about Punjabis in Bradford, I should have made it clear that it was Balbir Singh Panesar’s father who went from the Punjab to Africa. Mr Panesar was born in Dares Salaam, Tanzania, in 1951 before he arrived in Bradford in
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The Rolling Stones' early show
Following the article about Paul Berriff’s photographs of rock legends (T&A, October 2), T&A correspondent Iain Morris, of Saltaire, recalls his first Rolling Stones concert. “I first saw The Rolling Stones 50 years ago as a 16-year-old
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Declan Vink gets the public's vote at Keighley singing contest
A teenage singer-songwriter has won an X Factor-style contest staged by Keighley’s Airedale Shopping Centre. Declan Vink was revealed as the winner of the public vote, held after contenders performed outside the centre in August. The 16-year-old
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Family fun for the half-term
They are Doctor Who’s greatest enemy and have had generations of children hiding behind the sofa. Now the Daleks are invading Bradford as part of a Doctor Who October half-term extravaganza. Doctor Who Family Fun, at the National Media Museum
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'Number needing food has trebled'
"Overwhelmed.” One word sums up the state of one organisation struggling to cope with the increasing demand to feed the needy and vulnerable in our community. We’re already aware of the pressure on foodbanks – the latest figures published recently
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Succeeding at last
SIR – “I am more puzzled than usual as to what, precisely, motivates Tory supporters” says your regular correspondent Mr Hindle (Letters, October 10). The answer is “possibly the outpourings of people like you!” I am old enough to have been involved
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Predictable response
SIR – So Godfrey Bloom (Letters, October 12) thinks a slut is a slovenly woman. To quote a woman who should know (Mandy Rice Davies): “He would say that wouldn’t he.” Brian Holmans, Langley Road, Bingley
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A foolish solution
SIR – Coun Slater’s cause is a noble one – let’s do something about expensive lending, about those terrible payday loans. However, her solution is a stupid one and will do more harm than good. Councillor Val Slater wishes to cap interest rates
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Restrict young drivers
SIR – Awkward as they may be, the proposed restrictions on young drivers can’t come soon enough if it means lives will be saved. Although my belief is that the cars of today are too powerful for the inexperienced to handle safely. With almost
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Don’t lecture us
SIR – I have no intention of trying the vegan challenge whatsoever (Letters, October 15). In fact, the more I’m told not to, the more meat I am going to eat. If I want to be a vegan I will decide to do so in my own time. Vegans can be vegans, meat
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Nutrition essential
SIR – Do those modern day Gradgrinds John Hall and Philip Bird really think people would choose to turn to foodbanks for help if they had an alternative. As to Mr Bird’s description of a mother wanting milk for her child’s cornflakes as a ‘silly
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Children must be instructed on inhalers
SIR – Following your story of October 16, as headteacher of a school in Bradford I would like to confirm that a great many children are supplied with inhalers but are never shown how to use them. As an asthma sufferer myself, I find that I have
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Brazilian celebration
SIR – The biggest sigh of relief from England's win over Poland came from Brazil. The cost of England failing would be tens of millions of pounds to them. Gary Lorriman, North Walk, Harden
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Streets appreciation
SIR – Sometimes it is so easy to forget to appreciate the things around us, and I would just like to say thank you to the people who work so hard to keep our streets clean in Bradford 8 and 9 and Preston Street. It is often seen as just a job but
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Another bad idea
SIR – Yet another hair-brained scheme from a desperate Government that has lost the fight against crime through its constant undermining of the police. Bringing in non-trained police officers to higher ranks, as has been suggested, will not work.
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Good riddance
SIR – I couldn't be more pleased if I tried. Windfarms being torn down in my beloved Yorkshire. Well done to the Parishioners Against The Chelker Turbines campaign group, not only for successfully fighting to get rid of the four turbines at Chelker
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Need hard to imagine
SIR – Thanks to Keith Thomson for his contribution in the foodbank debate, (Letters, October 16). However, I didn’t ask where the support was for people without food. Where has this supposed “need” for food handouts come from (apart from those who
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‘Village already at breaking point’
SIR – Michael Mallory tells us (T&A, October 14) that Baildon is in need of many more affordable homes so that young people are able to live there. Now while this may indeed be a commendable suggestion, unfortunately it is simply not possible
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Saturday, October 19, 2013
25 years ago: Army bomb disposal experts were called in to deal with an unexploded 28lb missile found in an unoccupied flat at Bradford’s Bell Dean Road complex. 50 years ago: Bradford’s education committee reaffirmed its decision not to take over
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A positive plan needed for museum
We all should appreciate the National Media Museum a little more after the future of this gem in the heart of Bradford was placed under threat of closure in summer. The Telegraph & Argus ran a Stop the Cut campaign to help save the museum from
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Monday, October 21, 2013
25 years ago: A group of villagers in Wilsden, near Bingley, announced plans to run their own bus service after growing tired with “unreliable and unpunctual” local transport. 50 years ago: Bradford’s two football teams both won on the same day
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Battling the loneliness of elderly
Well done to the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt for speaking out on an issue on which the Telegraph & Argus has been campaigning for a long time – the treatment of the elderly members of our society. Through our With Respect campaign, we have
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Why does nobody talk any more?
Human beings are amazing. It has taken millions of years of evolution to mould us into what we are today. But now I believe we are going backwards. And it is all the fault of modern technology. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if, within a couple
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What a waste! Thompson is guilty party as Bantams miss out on away treble
Crawley Town 1 Bradford City 0 The good news was the sight of Nahki Wells working his way freely across the Crawley pitch. Unfortunately, only the early arrivals will have spotted City’s top scorer in action. The Bermudian came along for
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Teenagers on bail following burglary
Three teenagers are on police bail following a burglary in Frizinghall, Bradford. Jewellery was stolen from a property in Aireville Road after a door was kicked in last Monday. This weekend police said three males aged 16,18 and 19, who live
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Churchill's JB Priestley memos revealed by BBC documentary
A television documentary claims to have unearthed new evidence that Bradford writer JB Priestley was sacked by Winston Churchill for his broadcasts to the nation during the Second World War. Inside Out, on BBC1 at 7.30pm today, examines memos between
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Neighbours angry at empty bungalow
Neighbours living next to a run-down bungalow fear a legal battle could be looming if the new owner misses a December deadline to make it habitable. The neglected bungalow in Kings Road, Wrose, was bought by Bradford Council using a Compulsory Purchase
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Marks & Spencer is celebrating 100 years at Keighley
Marks & Spencer is celebrating 100 years in Keighley. Visitors to the Low Street store on Friday will be able to enjoy entertainment and food and wine tasting. There will be an exhibition charting the history of the company and staff members
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Nostalgia could hold Keighley back, says Councillor Keith Dredge
Keighley should focus less on becoming a museum and more on regenerating its businesses, according to councillors. Over the summer, Bradford Council consulted on Keighley Conservation Area to decide which buildings should be protected, and what
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£287 bill for West Yorkshire Police for calls to speaking clock
Police in Bradford have been told to stop calling the speaking clock after more than 900 calls were made over two years. Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show staff in West Yorkshire Police’s Airedale and Bradford North and
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Future of Bronte school room in Haworth ‘at risk’
A key part of the Brontes’ family legacy in Haworth remains at risk, according to the group working to try and save it. The warning comes from John Collinson, of Bronte Spirit, which is raising cash to renovate the Grade II-listed Old School Room
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Family and friends building on Tracey Askham’s legacy
The family of a Bradford teacher who died from injuries she suffered in an accident in a supermarket car park will fulfil her legacy by opening part of a Gambian school in her memory. Tracey Askham’s three daughters and son will join a group of
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Sports course to be held at Titus Salt School, Shipley
Fisical Sports are running a multi-sports course at Titus Salt School, Shipley, between 10am and 3pm from Monday, October 28, to Thursday, October 31. Courses are for boys and girls of all abilities aged four to 14 years and cost £14 per day (£40
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Kala Sangham dancers to visit Ilkley Art Club
Ilkley Art Club will welcome Indian classical dancers from the Kala Sangam Indian Arts Centre in Bradford on Tuesday. The evening will enable members and guests to learn about the vocabulary and movements of Indian dance. Painters will be able
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Former Oakworth plumber Paul Sunderland launches furniture restoration business
Much-loved old furniture is being given a new lease of life by former plumber Paul Sunderland. He is renovating furniture people have had in their family for generations. He believes items people have an emotional attachment to can still be
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Bradford City boss Parkinson will not rush Wells' comeback
Nahki Wells won’t be rushed back into action despite City firing a second successive blank in his absence. The Bantams were cursing missed chances as they went down 1-0 at Crawley on Saturday. Wells travelled south with the squad but was not
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Danish thriller A Hijacking to be screened at Otley Courthouse
A Danish thriller about the real-life hijacking of a ship by Somali pirates will be shown at Otley Courthouse. Otley Film Society will present A Hijacking at 7.45pm on Thursday and admission costs £4.
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Children help to hand out grants
Cash totalling nearly £15,000 will be winging its way to worthy youth projects across the Bradford East area. A fund set up to give young people more things to do in their spare time has doled out money to nine separate projects. The bids were
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Murder inquiry launched
A murder probe is under way following the death of a man who was shot and had acid sprayed over him in an attack at his Bradford home. Police confirmed on Saturday that Barry Selby had died in hospital overnight. His death means a 22-year-old man
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Dacre, Son & Hartley moves to new base in Otley
An estate agency that has had a presence in Otley for nearly 200 years is preparing to move into a new town centre base. Dacre, Son & Hartley has been operating from Station Road since the 1920s, but has now taken out a lease for number 4,
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Bradford Bulls: Danny buoyed by debut for Scotland
Bulls star Danny Addy spoke of his delight after making a try-scoring debut for Scotland in their World Cup warm-up match against Papua New Guinea on Saturday. Addy started at half-back alongside Huddersfield ace and Man of Steel Danny Brough in
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New blitz on city scourge of 'slave trade' traffickers
A former Bradford police chief and his team of former officers is spearheading the fight to rescue victims of people trafficking and bring their captors to justice. Former Chief Superintendent Allan Doherty is director of operations for the charity
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Controversial homes bid is now with city planners
A controversial application to build 270 homes development on a designated green space site in Bradford has been officially put before planners. Persimmon Homes West Yorkshire has submitted plans to Bradford Council for the site on Cote Farm Estate
