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Street naming ceremony for war hero is delayed
AN OFFICIAL street naming ceremony honouring a Bradford paratrooper who died a hero in Afghanistan looks set to miss the anniversary of his death next month because of building work being behind schedule. Elaine Bell, the mother of Private Martin
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Exhibition will mark poignant anniversaries of speedway in Bradford
A SPEEDWAY exhibition is coming to Bradford in 2015 - in what is a poignant and memorable year for the sport in the city.The year 2015 will mark 30 and 25 years since world speedway finals were held at Bradford's Odsal Stadium.It will also be the 40th
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VIDEO: Appeal made to complete restoration of historic trolleybus
A GROUP is urging people to get on board with a project to raise more than £35,000 to complete the restoration of an historic 1950s Bradford trolleybus. The Bradford 758 double deck vehicle was built in 1950 and first used by the public a year
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Costs questioned over 5,532 police interpreter requests for help in 75 languages
POLICE had requests for interpreters able to translate 75 different languages in West Yorkshire during the last year, force statistics have revealed. They were wanted to help officers communicate with suspects, victims and witnesses during their
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More GP surgeries hold Saturday openings to ease pressure on A&E
INCREASING numbers of GP surgeries in Bradford are moving to Saturday morning openings for the duration of the winter to help patients and take pressure of accident and emergency staff, who are facing increased demand. Many people opt to attend
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December 26: Mission almost complete thanks to local Ebola heroes
Christmas Day passes uneventfully. We are reminded at the morning Command and Control meeting that Ebola does not take a holiday, although in Moyamba apparently it does. The house-to-house searching prior to Christmas identified no cases. Numbers
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December 25: Christmas is cancelled in war-torn Moyamba
It is a red (zone) Christmas for me. The Ebola hospital is quiet but our patients fluctuate wildly in their fight against Ebola, sometimes well enough to get up and walk, but then dipping into semi-consciousness and near moribund states. Ebola is a
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December 24: The Ebola troops wade in to bring order to Bradford
The morning Command and Control meeting is packed with increasingly outrageous stories about what the people of Bradford and Ribbi are up to. It sounds like some sort of Dionysian orgy. Our recon mission to bring order to the lawless streets of
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New book chronicles Heaton Graveyard's past
THE curator of a Bradford graveyard restoration project is close to completing a book detailing the lives of some of its most noteworthy burials. Margaret Gray established the Heaton Graveyard project in 2003, with the aim of returning the derelict graveyard
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Charity cyclist defies crash injuries to complete 2,000 mile ride
A PAIR OF Baildon men who cycled 2,000 mile to Spain in memory of the woman they both loved have raised £20,000 in her memory. And their epic journey was all the more remarkable as cyclist Steve Tindall broke his shoulder in a fall only three days in
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'Make 999 calls only in absolute emergency', Yorkshire ambulance chief warns
YORKSHIRE Ambulance Service today warned people to make 999 calls only in an absolute emergency as crews come under extra pressure due to hazardous weather conditions. The Trust's most urgent 'red' call category was more than 34 per cent higher
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FT: City 1 Notts County 0
4:57pm CITY spoiled the History Makers' reunion to ensure Gary Jones and Garry Thompson went home empty-handed this afternoon. Billy Knott’s goal just before half-time proved enough as Phil Parkinson’s in-form team strengthened
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VIDEO: Christmas tractor run raises cash for Yorkshire Air Ambulance
A CHRISTMAS Bronte Tractor Run took place today to raise funds for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. A convoy of vehicles set off from Colin Appleyard Cars in South Street, Keighley, at 10am to cover a route including narrow sections of road and a blind
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Saturday frustration for NCE League clubs
FRIDAY night's heavy snowfall and overnight sub-zero temperatures brought chaos on Saturday morning, with disrupted sporting fixtures and travel across the area.It was widespread from the Pennine peaks to the east coast and the Toolstation Northern Counties
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Theatre version of The Railway Children reopens next to London railway station
THE SPECTACULAR theatre version of classic novel The Railway Children has returned to London.The story, famously filmed in the 1970s on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, is being staged throughout the Christmas holidays.The audience sit on both sides
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Murdered aid worker's brother reaches out to faiths in Bradford
THE brother of a humanitarian aid worker who was murdered by Islamic State militants has reached out to people of other faiths in Bradford and said evil can be defeated by sharing with other communities. David Haines, 44, of Perth, Scotland, was
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VIDEO: Driver killed in Boxing Day tragedy is named
A MOTORIST who died after being hit by a car in snow on a rural road on Boxing Day was today named locally as 75-year-old Graham Maloney, of Clayton, Bradford. It has now emerged Mr Maloney, who was with his wife at the time, had been driving slowly
