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Otley prop Hill included to face Australia Under-20s
Otley prop Paul Hill has retained his place in the England Under-20 team for their second International Rugby Board Junior World Championship clash against Australia later this morning. His Leeds Carnegie clubmate Jack Walker, from Settle and North
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Gareth Huntley's mum asked to give DNA sample
The mother of missing backpacker Gareth Huntley has been asked to provide a DNA sample by police trying to identify a body found by searchers trying to locate him. Janet Southwell, from Bradford, travelled to Malaysia after Gareth, 34, who was
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Bird rescued
Bradford firefighters used their rescue skills to help a young bird which was at risk before even leaving the nest. The fledgling became caught in a nylon line which had been used in the nest construction, on a drainpipe at the Bradford College Lister
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Blaze tackled
Three fire crews were tackling a blaze tonight which engulfed a derelict building in Shipley. West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service received multiple calls to the incident because of the amount of smoke generated by the fire, which involved a
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Summer workouts will benefit Salem
An old Keighley Cougars link could spearhead Brad-ford Salem’s bid for promotion next season in SSE Yorkshire Division Two. Sam Gardner, who is the new director of rugby at the Heaton club, has linked up with former Lawkholme Lane team-mate Toby
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Burley and Rawdon tails up for crunch clash
Burley and Rawdon have had mixed starts to the season but go into Saturday’s Aire-Wharfe League meeting on the back of good wins. After three straight defeats following their return to the top flight, Rawdon have won two of their last three, beating
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Junior cricket results
JOE LUMB COMPETITION: Wetherby 72 (O Baron 31, R Pearson 5-16, A Abbas 3-25), Doncaster 76-1 (B Shelton 45no); Pontefract 146 (J Clayton 30, J Rogers 29, A Rollin 22, R Gaughan 3-16, J Spofforth 3-46, T Spearman 2-34, J Porter 2-21), York 150-9 (K
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'One-day international umpires got Buttler decision wrong'
Players in the Bradford Mutual Sunday School League have been warned to be careful if they are attempting to repeat Sachithra Senanayake's dismissal of Jos Buttler from Tuesday night's England v Sri Lanka one-day international. Roberts, who is
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Bradford derby in Parish Cup quarter-finals
Holders Jer Lane will host Thornton in a quarter-final of the Foster’s Halifax League’s Parish Cup. The former Bradford Central League pair will meet twice in seven days at Jer. The cup tie is on Sunday, June 15, and the pair meet in the Premier
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Former Eagle Holstead now a Dennyboy
Thackley have named Mark Holstead as their new club secretary. The man who held the same position at Eccleshill United a few years ago takes over from Mick Lodge with immediate effect. Lodge had filled the role, which is much more wide ranging
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Yorkshire keep pace as Test venue by unveiling £50 masterplan
Yorkshire want their home to be one of world cricket’s top venues after announcing a six-phase redevelopment ‘masterplan’ for Headingley over the next 20 years. The White Rose county will start with the installation of four permanent floodlights
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Yorkshire skipper gets six disciplinary points
Andrew Gale has been penalised six points by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for showing dissent at umpire Peter Willey’s incorrect decision to give him out caught behind off his trouser leg in the recent LV= County Championship match against
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Plunkett has Yorkshire to thank for his Test recall
Yorkshire’s Liam Plunkett has described his shock at being recalled to England’s Test squad after a seven-year absence. The last of the 29-year-old Middlesbrough fast bowler’s nine Tests came against the West Indies at Old Trafford in June 2007
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Full-time: Widnes Vikings 56 Keighley Cougars 6
1:40pm 9:43pm Widnes Vikings 56, Keighley Cougars 6 Daley Williams’ try early in the second half gave Cougars’ travelling fans reason for cheer as Paul March’s severely-understrength
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Stage is now set for the T&A Bradford Means Business Awards glittering gala night
It’s here at last. . . the Bradford Means Business Awards 2014. Since launching this year’s awards in January, we’ve been bowled over by the number and quality of nominations we’ve received. This is the fourth consecutive year we’ve run the
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Finalists: Employer of the Year
EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR Sponsored by Gordons LLP The company which, in the opinion of its staff, provides the best working environment, best people development practices, best skills and training programmes and demonstrates genuine care for the
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Finalists: Business or Technical Innovation of the Year
BUSINESS OR TECHNICAL INNOVATION OF THE YEAR Sponsored by the University of Bradford Co2NSCIENCE.COM Co2nscience.com launched in September 2013 (a spin-off from wewow Ltd, which has been trading since 2004). It is dedicated to creating
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Finalists: Retail Leisure Or Hospitality Business of the Year
RETAIL, LEISURE OR HOSPITALITY BUSINESS OF THE YEAR Sponsored by Westfield This was a category that was opened up to readers of the T&A to nominate in. We wanted to know who gives the best customer service in Bradford – nominations could
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The Winner of Winners award
WINNER OF WINNERS Sponsored by Kirkgate Shopping Centre We did not ask business or the public to nominate in this one, as the winner of winners is selected from the top-placed nominations of the other ten awards. Judges were looking for
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Finalists: Woman In Business
WOMAN IN BUSINESS Sponsored by Bradford Chamber of Commerce The businesswoman who has shown truly outstanding leadership at the head of a business, leading to measurable success, while acting as a role model for other women. MEG HEATH
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Finalists: Environmental, Health and Social Care Business of the Year
ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR Sponsored by Yorkshire Water The judges will be seeking to identify the business which has made the greatest contribution to the local economy – or has been the most innovative – in
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Finalists: New Business of the Year
NEW BUSINESS OF THE YEAR Sponsored by Bradford College The business which has been in operation for less than a year which can demonstrate imagination, sound planning, exceptional marketing and great delivery. ARTICULATE SPEECH At the
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Finalists: Job Creator of the Year
JOB CREATOR OF THE YEAR Sponsored by Hays Recruitment A business or individual who has played an outstanding role in boosting employment in the Bradford district through innovation, investment and risk-taking in the face of the tough economic
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Finalists: Manufacturer of the Year
MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR Sponsored by Barrett Steel Limited This category recognises an outstanding company operating in a sector that is the backbone of the Bradford district’s economy. Judges will look for a record of success, innovation
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Finalists: Small or medium business of the year
SMALL OR MEDIUM BUSINESS OF THE YEAR Sponsored by LCF Law The business with a turnover of up to £50 million and/or 250 employees which shows strong financial performance, good staff and customer care, demonstrates a real potential for future
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Finalists: Business Personality of the Year
BUSINESS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR Sponsored by Malik House The person who has demonstrated inspired and inspiring leadership which has made a real contribution to their company and, in doing so, has enhanced the image and reputation of the district
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Organisers' plea: Sign up and be a festival volunteer for Saltaire Festival
The team behind an annual arts celebration that attracts a crowd of 50,000 each year hopes people will sign up to help during Volunteers Week. Saltaire Festival runs over ten days in September and planning is already well under way. But organisers
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Angling lines
LISTERHILLS AA Pilley’s is fishing well for quality fish. The carp record for this lake is now 27lb, caught by Wayne. Another of 23lb was caught by W Funnell. The Tuesday evening match was won by J Harrison with two tench for 7lb 12oz, with E Harrison
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Football fans organise Bradford World Cup in aid of charities
Football fans are bringing a taste of the World Cup to Bradford with a tournament to raise awareness and money for youth charities. Inspiring Others, an organisation set up by four Bradford youngsters, is hosting five-a-side World Cup football
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Bingley’s Five Rise Locks set for weekend family fun day
Bingley’s Five Rise Locks will be the scene of a family fun day on Sunday. It is run by the Canal and River Explorers and people can learn about the five-tier lock’s history and the wildlife there. Children can try the “north bog geo-coaching
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Yorkshire and French dance club celebration for Le Tour
A dance club will hold an early celebration for the Tour de France next week in a bid to avoid the road closures and disruption of the race weekend. Addingham Ceilidh Club will hold an indoor and outdoor evening of traditional French and Yorkshire
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Bradford church musicians hit the main UK charts
Normally it takes a talent-show winner or record industry muscle to shake up the record charts. But a group of amateur musicians from a Bradford church has managed to do just that with a recording of Christian music. The success in breaking
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Cagliari sale falls through for Leeds owner Cellino
Leeds United owner Massimo Cellino has revealed that the sale of his Serie A club Cagliari has fallen through. Cellino had expected an American investment group led by Italian businessman Luca Silvestrone to buy the club last week. The two sides
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One year in the frame for Bradford's Whistling Woods Film School
Four years after UNESCO designated Bradford its first City of Film, the city’s first film school opened in Bradford College. A collaboration between the college and the Whistling Woods International Film School in India, the Bradford Whistling
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Sir Ken in bull**** blast at chief executive of Morrisons over strategy
Top bosses at Bradford-based supermarket Morrisons were subjected to a barrage of criticism from the Morrison family at today’s annual general meeting for their running of the business after the chain suffered losses in 2013. Leading the attack
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UPDATE: Evacuated residents return home after suspect package turns out to be 'totally harmless'
Army bomb squad experts were called in and homes evacuated after a suspect package was found in Otley. Emergency services were alerted shortly before 1 pm today at Newall Mount, with the B6451 closed at Billams Hill, near Prince Henry’s Grammar
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Rain’s a pain for Bradford Evening League
Rain wiped out play in all but one of the latest round of Bradford Evening League fixtures. The Division One match that survived saw Thornton (95-3 – C Ramsden 48) beat Bingley Congs (90-6).
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Ilkley biker killed in crash named
An Ilkley motorcyclist who died in a motorway crash in Gloucestershire has been named at an inquest into his death this afternoon. Syed Amir Shah, 57, of Parish Ghyll Lane, Ilkley, was riding a yellow BMW motorbike involved in a collision with
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Farsley set up friendly dates
Farsley boss Neil Parsley has fixed the date for his players to return for pre-season training and the club have named the opposition for two of their friendly fixtures. Parsley said: “The players will be back in on the first Thursday of next month
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Support for carers' week
Bradford District Care Trust is supporting National Carers’ week next week. Pamper sessions are on offer for carers at Manningham Health Centre on Monday, from 9.30am to 4.30pm. The Care Trust’s Support Workers will also be manning information
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Young market traders get set for contest
Dozens of young entrepreneurs will become market traders for the day in the finals of a competition run by Bradford Council. Step Up Market Challenge on June 28 is an annual battle to engage young people across the district. Children aged five
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Morrisons chairman to stand down
Morrisons chairman Sir Ian Gibson has announced that he will stand down at next year’s annual general meeting. The news came ahead of today’s AGM at the group's head office on Gain Lane which follows a loss-making year in 2013 as Morrisons sales continued
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Classic rally
Car enthusiasts are in for a treat this weekend when a classic car rally gets under way at Oakwell Hall. Organised by the Yorkshire Rover Club, the free event runs from 10am until 4.30pm on Sunday at the Nutter Lane venue in Birstall.
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Past and present Lord Mayors to attend cocktail event
Bradford’s current and next Lord Mayors will be guests at The Bradford Club’s president’s cocktail party on Friday night. The event, at Piece Hall Yard, Bradford between 5.30pm and 8.30pm, will see outgoing Mayor, Councillor Khadim Hussain and
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Bradford Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh backing CMV Action’s baby illness campaign
Bradford star Kimberley Walsh has become the patron of a charity dedicated to raising awareness of a virus that can affect babies. Cytomegalo virus (CMV) is common and can infect people of all ages but is a major cause of birth defects for babies
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Banned March set for 'front-row seat' in Challenge Cup tie
Keighley player-coach Paul March will sit back and watch his side’s Tetley’s Challenge Cup quarter-final against Widnes tonight in comfort after perching himself on a car wash to see their recent home games. The former Wakefield and Huddersfield
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Pension problems
SIR – With the new ‘flat rate’ state pension due around 2016 promising to make people better off, including the self-employed previously excluded from state second pension provision, etc, is it going to be all things to all OAPs? I have serious
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Crossing donations?
SIR – While picking up two of my grandchildren from Blakehill School in Idle, I noticed that they had started a petition asking for the reinstatement of the school crossing patrol. As these cuts were forced on Bradford Council by the coalition
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No room for houses
SIR – The protesters against the plans for house-building in Idle, Thackley and Greengates should get together. According to the planning department, 270 houses on Cote Farm, 268 on Simpson Green, 70 on land at Idle Moor and another 14 are planned
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Comment was private
SIR – If Prince Charles cannot express an opinion to someone in private without it being made public, what is the way that we should prevent this happening again? Do we ban him from speaking to anyone either in public or in private unless it is
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Parties’ bully tactics
SIR – After 45 years, I still regret not defending a former classmate forced by playground bullies to perform tricks. Nick Clegg was so popular after the leaders’ debates. Bullies attacked his weakness of agreeing to Tory plans to increase Labour
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Campaign for 'living NHS wage'
Two organisations will join forces today in an attempt to focus attention on what they say is pay inequality for some staff at Bradford Teaching Hospitals. The union UNISON and the newly formed Bradford Citizens group are demanding the ‘living
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Teenager hurt as car hits lampost
A 16-year-old boy is being treated for a serious head injury after a car crashed into a lampost yesterday morning. Fire crews from Odsal and Cleckheaton removed the roof of a car to get people out following the accident, which happened on Bradford
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New school head is facing tough challenges
A newly-appointed principal is set to face a number of challenges after job losses were announced at Aireville School in Skipton. Wendy Hamilton, who has been head teacher at Stamford Queen Eleanor School in Lincolnshire since 2009, will join Aireville
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Closing toilets is a waste of money
SIR – Yesterday I signed a petition to keep the public toilets in Shipley from closing down. For years I have seen signs put up directing people to Shipley centre and heard people being encouraged to shop locally rather than go further afield.
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Bag charges are a welcome levy
Most of us are guilty of using them. Popping to the shops on the one occasion you don’t have your environmentally-friendly ‘bag for life’ to hand, you end up with a carrier bag from the store. But from next year, that is going to be at a cost.
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Thursday, June 5, 2014
25 years ago: TV presenter Michaela Strachan branded Bradford’s clubbers “aggressive” and “the roughest in the country”, after filming her disco TV show, ‘Hit Man and Her’, at the city’s Palace nightclub. 50 years ago: Bradford detectives were
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Eradicating the evils of slave trade
It is incredible that in a our civilised society in the 21st century, there are still ruthless people exploiting others by keeping them as slaves. But, as we have seen with a number of recent court cases in the Bradford district, it does happen
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Last hope of living in peace
I had hoped we would avoid repeating the mistakes of the last century but we haven’t learned many lessons. The first 50 years were consumed with national identity, the expansion of boundaries, extermination of ethnic groups, the use of force to
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Alfie the dog among the most obese pets in UK in slimming contest - see a collection of the heaviest here
A not-so-miniature pinscher dog more than double its ideal weight is among some of Britain's most obese animals who have been entered into a slimming competition. Alfie, from Bradford, tips the scales at 9.5kg because his owner shows her affection
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Swimming pool indecency sentencing of Girlington man postponed
A 30-year-old man, who admitted indecently exposing himself at a public swimming baths, had his sentencing adjourned yesterday because he had failed to turn up on time for his probation report. Mohammed Rehman, of Penzance Court, Girlington, Bradford
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Order made for Bradford teenage knife robber
A teenager who robbed a man at knifepoint in a flat was given a two-year Youth Rehabilitation Order. James Batt, 18, twice punched Jared Whitehouse in the face, at the home in Leeds Road, Bradford. Prosecutor Richard Gioserano told Bradford
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Loan ranger Pitts proving a big hit at Bradford Bulls
On April 25, Jay Pitts joined the Bulls on loan from Hull FC for the rest of the season. Two days later, he helped his new team to a momentous comeback win over Catalan Dragons in the Challenge Cup. A week later and he was at it again, this
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Cummins is prime contender for Coach of the Year
Francis Cummins has been tipped as a leading contender for the Super League Coach of the Year award – by arguably the best coach in the business. Warrington boss Tony Smith, who gave Cummins his first coaching position during their time together
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1940s weekend promises £1m boost to economy
After attracting more than 100,000 visitors last year, Brighouse’s 1940s weekend is back “bigger and better than ever”, according to organisers. The festival is run and paid for by volunteers of the Brighouse Business Initiative (BBI), who say
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Fantasist jailed for sex attack on girl
A man who used a young girl to put into practice his juvenile sexual fantasies has been jailed for five and a half years. Michael Porrett wrote down sexually explicit fantasies around the same time that he indecently assaulted the girl, Bradford
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Death on Bradford's roads is under ‘scrutiny’
Deaths on the roads, fuel poverty and the training of school governors are just some of the hard-hitting topics to be investigated at City Hall this year. Bradford Council’s five powerful Overview and Scrutiny Committees, which hold its departments
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Bradford knifeman who threatened police officer is spared jail after court told of death of his stepson
A man who threatened a police officer while armed with a knife, the day before the funeral of his four-year-old stepson, was spared a jail sentence. Judge John Potter told 30-year-old Ryan Heffernan that threatening people with a knife would normally
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Man beaten in Keighley street
Distressed members of the public looked on as a man was left with a fractured skull after being attacked in a busy street by a masked armed gang. The victim was set upon by a group of about ten men wearing balaclavas and wielding weapons, including
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Ireland stay key for new Bradford City recruits to settle in
Phil Parkinson insists City’s pre-season week in Ireland is an essential part of his summer rebuild. The Bantams will visit the Emerald Isle for the third year running as part of their preparations for next term. The July training camp includes
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Sisters savaged by Akita dog 'lucky to be alive'
Two young sisters were left “dripping in blood” after they were attacked by a dog that locked its jaws around the head of one of the girls. Molly Watt, four, and six-year-old Evie Rockcliffe had been playing at the home of a friend when the powerful
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Duke's visit is a right royal boost for young homeless
The Duke of Cambridge brought “smiles to the faces” of a group of young people supported by a Bradford homeless charity during a visit to the city yesterday. HRH Prince William was given a warm welcome at Centrepoint, a youth homelessness charity
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1,600 want Bingley toilets to remain open
Bradford Council has received a 1,624-name petition protesting against the closure of Bingley public toilets. The signatures have been gathered through an e-petition, in shops and churches and by groups and individuals in the town over the last
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West Yorkshire Police is criticised by watchdog on handling of public's discrimination complaints
West Yorkshire Police have been criticised by the police watchdog for “poor” handling of discrimination complaints. The force was one of three – along with West Midlands and Greater Manchester – accused of “significant” failings in the way it dealt
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New name for popular Saltaire venue
The Old Tramshed in Saltaire is to be re-named The Hop and have a £200,000 refurbishment in a move which will create five jobs. The investment has been welcomed although minor regret has been expressed over the loss of the venue’s name. Owner
