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REVIEW: It must be that Saturday Night Fever beneath the flashing disco lights!

Saturday Night Fever The Alhambra By day Tony Manero is a bored assistant in a downtown paint store - but by night he owns the dance floor. Tony and his pals scrape by in dead-end jobs beneath the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge, but when

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Bradford Park Avenue win would provide quick cure for Saturday's hiccup

BRADFORD Park Avenue lost for the first time in six Vanarama Conference North league games at the weekend and look to bounce back at home to Chorley tomorrow night. John Deacey's men host a Chorley side looking to climb back to the fringe of the

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Girl is taken to hospital after collision with car on village road

A YOUNG girl was taken to hospital after she was involved in a collision with a car in the centre of Cullingworth. The injured girl, understood to be of primary school age, was not thought to be be seriously hurt, according to West Yorkshire Police

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Home tie for Bradford Bulls in Challenge Cup

BRADFORD Bulls were tonight drawn at home to Championship rivals Workington Town in the fourth round of the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup. The draw was made at Odsal by former Bulls stars Jamie Peacock MBE and Leon Pryce, who both played in the victorious

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Calls for Bradford City's cup replay to be shown on Centenary Square's big screen

POLITICIANS and fans have called for Bradford City's quarter-final replay to be shown live on the big screen in Centenary Square. The Bantams travel to Reading on Monday night for another crack at getting to Wembley for a semi-final date with Arsenal

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Business network celebrates a year of pushing forward together for city

DELEGATES attending the first anniversary celebration of an expanding Bradford-based business network heard about the work of a local college which is helping hard-to-reach young people into successful careers.Sheila Philpott, chief executive of Forster

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Equipment is destined for Ukrainian armed forces

The Defence Secretary has announced that the UK will provide a new package of non-lethal equipment to the Ukrainian armed forces. Five high-priority items will be gifted that will provide immediate benefit and help save lives.These items are: 2,000 Mark

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Pair's hypnotic children's tales entrance a younger audience

PATRICIA Jackson grew up listening to Enid Blyton's traditional tales. The author responsible for introducing children to the Famous Five, and other endearing characters throughout her writing career, has inspired the hypnotherapist to create a series

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Open auditions for The X Factor set to be held in Bradford

Hit music show The X Factor will hold open auditions for its next series at Bradford's Kirkgate Centre later this month. A mobile audition van will come to the shopping centre throughout the day on Monday, March 30, allowing budding singers to

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Age is no barrier at this fitness session

Susan Birbeck loves to see the happy looks on the faces of those attending her exercise class. As she puts them through their - very gentle - paces, she sees how they light up. “It is so good to see them enjoying themselves.” Susan, who lives in

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New film Still Alice puts focus on those affected by dementia

RECENTLY released film Still Alice hasn't just scooped Julianne Moore a Best Actress Oscar, it has also put dementia in the spotlight. The movie, about a doctor who discovers she has early-onset Alzheimer's, will no doubt resonate with millions - and

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Running log: Pacy Beresford takes Harewood honours

ON THE back of the Leeds Abbey Dash, Age UK have now established another popular 10K in the area at Harewood House. Sunday's race had 1,845 finishers, with Frank Beresford of Otley AC taking the laurels. His 34min 54sec was remarkable for the

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Tutor is boxing clever to raise money to help the fight against cancer

A TUTOR at Shipley College will go from the classroom to the boxing ring to help raise money for the fight against cancer.Matt Green has taught at Shipley College for seven years, including teaching sports. For the past few weeks he has been swotting

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West Bowling hold sway on blustery day

Queensbury 10, West Bowling 20WEST Bowling grabbed the bragging rights in a Pennine League match played in blustery conditions at Hill Top.The amount of football played was limited, so it turned out to be a physical Premier Division encounter between

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Sedge are 'alwight' after plucky loss at All Blacks

ODSAL Sedbergh put in a valiant display at Pennine League promotion-chasers New Earswick All Blacks before going down 32-24 in Championship One Division.Travelling with just 14 players, Sedge showed real grit and determination to take the All Blacks to

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Grounds for a wow factor with space for all the family

Station Road, Baildon £465,000 Dacre, Son & Hartley, Baildon Telephone 01274 532323 “We have lived in Baildon since we got married and always liked Station Road. So when we saw building work going on in the grounds of Netherhall ten years

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Nightmare finish costs Bradford Dragons

BRADFORD Dragons faced a difficult double header against sides fighting for the National Basketball League Division One title. They were on the wrong end of an 82-72 scoreline at Derby Trailblazers but then returned home to beat a young Kent Crusaders

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Bigotry is nothing new in the human condition

SIR - (T&A, Letters, March 2, Fading UKIP). Accusation is made of bigotry by UKIP, maybe/maybe not, bigotry has been and still is within the human race in all areas, no more so than religion so let’s not be too sanctimonious! The article also

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First cousin marriages will risk birth defects

SIR - I have just read the article in today’s T&A in regard to the cost of congenital problems caused by first cousin marriages. I couldn’t agree more. First cousin marriages should be banned. I remember, as a child, there was a first cousin

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A big new chain store will damage our shops

SIR - I share the concerns of many residents about Sainsbury’s apparent interest in opening a store in Saltaire. Several residents have received letters from Sainsbury’s, but tell me they are happy with their choice of shops. I agree. Saltaire’

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Labour will give unions their lost power back

SIR – I am sorry to have to disabuse Christopher Hindle (Letters, March 3) that I am a victim of glib, Tory Buzz phrases: (a) I am not a member of any political party (b) regrettably my financial status falls far short of elevation to the top

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Labour should select a local candidate for city

SIR – What on earth is going on with politics? We now have a situation whereby the Labour Party has seen fit to put forward for the seat in Bradford West a woman from Tower Hamlets, London! I am now aware that she has withdrawn due to “family reasons

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Use public money for the good of the public

SIR - Councillor David Robinson makes a valid point in welcoming the potential return of a £250,000 Bradford Bulls loan, suggesting that the cash be used to support municipal bowling greens (Letters, March 9). Behind this lies an important issue

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Labour won’t help the poorest

SIR - I’m afraid the point was missed in “Poorest students...hit by tuition fees”, (Letters, March 7). The fact is that all students are hit by tuition fees, though under the coalition the poorest get more allowances. It is the repaying of student

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Referees wanted

BRADFORD Referees' Association are seeking officials for the Valley Parade Memorial Tournament, which is to be played at Marley Stadium in Keighley on the Easter weekend of April 4-5.The tournament has been played annually since 1985 in memory of the

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Minister praises integration in Bradford during visit to district today

A GOVERNMENT minister praised the diversity and integration in Bradford during a visit to the city today. Stephen Williams, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, met 50 women who are originally from Pakistan

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Brooks delighted with new Yorkshire deal

JACK Brooks has signed a new contract with Yorkshire, tying him to last season's county champions until December 2017.The 30-year-old seam bowler, who recently returned from England Lions' tour to South Africa, was Yorkshire's leading wicket-taker in

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BBC reveal Bradford City replay coverage

CITY’S FA Cup sixth-round replay at Reading will be shown live on BBC1. The tie at the Madejski Stadium has been confirmed for next Monday with a 7.45pm kick-off. Both sides will receive a £123,750 share of the TV money. The winners will face

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Discover delights on the doorstep as new tourism initiative aims to bring more visitors to Bradford

WHAT have you got planned for this weekend? Will you be wandering through David Hockney's vision of spring, captured in pictures of the Yorkshire Wolds created on his iPad and displayed in Bradford's Cartwright Hall gallery? Maybe you'll be coming face

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E-fit picture issued by police after assault in Bradford takeaway

POLICE have released an e-fit image of a man they would like to speak to following an assault in a Bradford takeaway. Two 18-year-old men were in the takeaway in Albion Road, Idle, when the suspect walked in. When one of the men asked the suspect

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No time to waste to plan specialist help

Today we have a much more balanced approach to children with special educational needs.Not too long ago, children with conditions such as dyslexia or autism would generally be left behind in class, and labelled as slow or unwilling learners, at best.But

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Bradford City WILL be live on the BBC

CITY'S FA Cup replay at Reading will be shown live on BBC1. The game at the Madejski Stadium has also been confirmed for next Monday with a 7.45pm kick-off. Each team will receive a £123,750 share of the TV money. The winner will face holders

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Woman pedestrian suffers head injuries in road collision

A 49-year-old woman has been taken to Bradford Royal Infirmary suffering from a head injury after being struck by a car in Heaton this morning. The female pedestrian was involved in a road traffic collision with a Toyota Corolla, driven by a 41

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Stars raid wardrobes for charity

ANIMAL-loving comedians and television stars have called on Bradfordians to back a charity campaign aimed at helping more poorly pets. Veterinary charity PDSA, which has a branch in East Bowling, has seen a nationwide decline in stock, and the

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Kind-hearted Kacie’s charity cut

A KIND-hearted eight-year-old girl from Bradford is donating her hair to a children’s cancer charity after seeing on television the plight of youngsters stricken by the disease. Kacie Midgley announced to her mum Joanne that she wanted to help

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Blaze at car parts factory probed

HEALTH and safety investigators are making initial enquiries into an incident where a worker suffered burns in a fire at a car parts manufacturer in Bradford on Sunday. Crews from Bradford, Odsal and Fairweather Green attended the blaze at Federal

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Companies’ watchdog get-together

REPRESENTATIVES from water companies serving the north of England are to attend a regional water watchdog meeting on Thursday. They will explain improvements customers can expect to see by 2020 and how this will affect their bills, at the meeting

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Toys set for auction bid

A RARE collection of 2,000 Dinky toys and other cars and trains, which has been lovingly built up over 50 years, could fetch £250,000 at an auction. Retired car dealer Raymond Hainsworth, 78, and his wife Pat, who live near Skipton, started collecting

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‘Rise in retail crime is worrying’

POLICE say there has been a “worrying” increase in retail crime in Bradford city centre over the last 12 months and senior officers are now looking for ways that businesses can help reduce offending. Insp Andy Gallant, who is responsible for the

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3,400 sign up for sugar challenge

ALMOST 3,400 families in Bradford have signed up for the Family Sugar Challenge. The national Change4Life Sugar Swap campaign wants even more Bradford families to sign up to the scheme. The Public Health England programme encourages parents

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Muslim war effort event

AN EXHIBITION and talk on Muslim soldiers’ efforts during the First and Second World Wars will be held in Bradford this weekend. Military historian Jahan Mahmood will do a talk on the subject on Sunday. It aims to challenge any questions of

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Cycling event set to include female race

THE first ever Tour de Yorkshire will feature a women’s race, it has been announced. Entries are now being taken for the women’s road race on the York circuit of the Tour de Yorkshire when it visits the city on Saturday, May 2. Hundreds of

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£1k Blair donation ‘not right’ for Imran

LABOUR’S Bradford East parliamentary candidate Imran Hussain has rejected a £1,000 donation from former prime minister Tony Blair to kickstart his campaign for the May elections. A spokesman for Bradford Council’s deputy leader, Cllr Khan, who

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Speaking up for 'climate justice'

BRADFORD residents have spoken out after taking part in a demonstration for energy and climate justice. Members of Global Justice Bradford joined protesters from all over the UK to travel to London for the Time To Act climate march. One of

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Fundraisers to celebrate

CHARITY champions at Mecca Bradford have been invited to a royal event to mark their fundraising success for the Carers Trust. Staff will join The Princess Royal at the Royal Horseguards Hotel in London tomorrow to celebrate the £500,000 the company

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Campus set for big role in the May polls

THE University of Bradford will be a polling station in the general election and will host pre-election events. One polling station for the Bradford West constituency will be on the university campus and the uni will host public lectures, a mini

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Thieves take machinery

POLICE are investigating the theft of a bale grabbing machine from Copley Springs farm, Hunsworth Lane, East Bierley. The offenders approached the machinery via an unadopted road some time between the evening of March 3 and March 5 and removed

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Helping to improve work skills

FORSTER Community College in Bradford is offering bespoke training to small and medium enterprises to help them improve the skills of their workforce. Funded by the European Social Fund, it addresses emerging training needs not eligible for traditional

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Pupils feel the magic of animals

PUPILS at a Bradford school put on brave faces as they got to hold tarantulas, snakes and some more cute and cuddly animals. The creatures were brought to Sandy Lane Primary School to meet Key Stage 1 children on Friday. The children have been

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Service will help dementia sufferers

A SCAM-BUSTING service is teaching public sector workers how best to help people with dementia. The Safer (Scams And Fraud Education for Residents) project, run by West Yorkshire Trading Standards, routinely comes to the aid of people with dementia

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Babysitter rape case jury retire

A JURY has retired to consider its verdict on a Bradford man accused of multiple sex offences against children. Martin Hostler, 49, is on trial facing 34 offences involving five children in Bradford and Cleckheaton while babysitting for them between

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Two arrests follow thefts

TWO people have been charged over the alleged theft of meat and alcohol to the value of £150 from Morrisons in Westgate, Bradford. Police were called to the store yesterday as a result of observations made by the shop’s security team. The suspects

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Motorist is accused over theft of petrol

A DRIVER was arrested for allegedly using his car to steal petrol and the vehicle was also seized by police after he was stopped for another matter in Bradford. Officers in the Heaton area on Sunday were looking for a car involved in a ‘domestic

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Police probe rail station car damage

BRITISH Transport Police are scouring CCTV footage after 23 cars and a waiting shelter at Shipley Railway Station were damaged. Officers are also speaking to witnesses and taking statements as well as carrying out forensic tests on evidence found

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Clinic fails to get car park permission

BRADFORD Council has refused planning permission for a car park because it could harm trees on the site. Yorkshire Clinic on Bradford Road, Cottingley, Bingley, had applied to extend its car park by 22 spaces, but yesterday that application was

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Harry Ramsden's to open new Shipley shop in a return to the Bradford district

HARRY Ramsden's will return to its Yorkshire roots when it opens a new shop in Shipley next month. The shop, located on Wrose Road, will be a purpose-built unit called a 'Local', which is similar in format to a traditional fish and chip shop.

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Live daily news blog - Tuesday, March 10

5:30pm That's all for today's live news blog. We'll be back tomorrow with all the latest from in and around Bradford. 5:14pm Could you be the next Zayn Malik, Olly Murrs or

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Fixture-jam means we are having a successful season, so bring them on says Bantams midfielder Liddle

LIKE a juggler keeping more and more balls in the air, City are determined to ensure that no part of their season will come crashing down.The short turnaround before the Reading replay has caused a furore but the FA Cup will be shoved to the back of their

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Familiar problems surface for Coventry's new boss Mowbray

PHIL Parkinson has an ally when it comes to adapting his team’s playing approach to deal with a poor pitch.New Coventry boss Tony Mowbray has a similar issue with the Ricoh Arena surface, which they share with stadium owners Wasps.Mowbray, whose first

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Bradford Bulls: Blythe reveals 'horrific' infection ordeal

MATTY Blythe will be sidelined for another four months as he prepares for back surgery following a horror infection which left him unable to walk properly. The 26-year-old Bulls centre had an injection to solve a back injury but it led to him suffering

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Play-off becomes the buzz word for Bantams

PHIL Parkinson reckons the incentive of returning to a play-off spot tonight will keep City firmly grounded amid the FA Cup hype. Victory at Coventry would lift the Bantams back to up sixth and maintain the momentum built up by their on-going cup

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New special school for autistic children could be built in Bradford

THE RISING number of children diagnosed with autism in the Bradford district could require the creation of a new special school in the next few years. By 2018 it is predicted there will be another 111 young people in Bradford with communication

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Patterson hungry for action replay as Yorkshire look to resume silver service in 2015

STEVE Patterson believes the confidence engendered by delivering Yorkshire’s first piece of silverware in 12 years will encourage the White Rose players to attack with freedom this summer. While the 31-year-old seamer believes a lot of the pressure

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Pupil's Ebola isolation unit wins national award

A BAILDON school pupil has won a nationwide engineering competition with her design for a piece of medical equipment that could be used in the fight against Ebola. Emily Nar, a year 11 student at Titus Salt School, came out top in her age category

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Car-clocking duo told to pay up £120,000 or face jail

TWO brothers who were caught "clocking" secondhand vehicles must pay £120,000 or face prison, a judge has ruled. Naveed Malik, 37, and his 43-year-old brother Dawood were given six months to pay up by Recorder Gary Cook at Bradford Crown Court

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On This Day – March 10, 2015

25 years ago: Bradford West Labour MP Max Madden said he was prepared to risk the possibility of going to jail rather than pay the Community Charge, or Poll Tax, saying his actions were "in solidarity" with many of his constituents being asked to pay

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Family continues fighting for wife's right to visit Bradford man who was critically injured in attack

THE heartbroken uncle of a Bradford man on a life support machine after an attack by a group of men says he will continue to fight a decision to refuse his wife a visa to visit him. Haq Nawaz Rasool, 38, of Toller Lane, Heaton, was attacked as

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VIDEO: Mountain bikers raise alarm over 'sinister' booby traps set on woodland trail

BOOBY traps set on a woodland trail popular with mountain bikers are to be investigated as hazards by council officials. Mountain biker Matthew Stead, of Idle, raised the alarm after encountering a hastily-built two foot wall made with boulders

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VIDEO: TV antiques dealer speaks of 'terrifying' moment armed raiders hit Bradford shop

TV ANTIQUES dealer Tim Hogarth has spoken of the "terrifying" moment one of his Bradford shops was hit by armed raiders, who made off with thousands of pounds in cash. A Cash For Gold member of staff was left "very shaken up" after being forced

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Artist takes inspiration from his beloved Bradford City for new paintings

AN artist has taken inspiration from his beloved Bradford City for his latest collection of paintings. Andrew Storrie has created a series of watercolour paintings inspired by the exploits of the claret and amber giantkillers for his 'City Gent

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Brave rescuer defies blaze to search for trapped victims as fire takes over family home

A WOMAN bravely put herself at risk by breaking into a blazing Bradford house to search for relatives she believed were trapped upstairs. In fact, the house on Waverley Street, Great Horton, was empty but by the time Hafeeze Raja was driven back

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Rapist who also groomed girl jailed for five years

A MAN who raped a woman on New Year's Eve and groomed a vulnerable underage girl has been jailed for five years. Bradford Crown Court heard that Luke Matthew forced his rape victim to watch the attack in a mirror following a night out with her

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£28,000 boost for groups from Telegraph & Argus charitable foundation

WORTHY Bradford groups have been handed cheques totalling almost £28,000 by the charitable arm of the Telegraph & Argus. Trustees at The Gannett Foundation, which is operated by the US company that owns the newspaper, chose five causes to support

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Brass band returns to high note after overcoming tough times

A BRASS band which was on the brink of folding has been given a new lease of life - and now has the silverware to prove it. Less than a year ago, Wilsden Band faced a bleak future. Membership had dwindled to just eight players, and the band

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Bradford pupils hope to retain title as country's top entrepreneurs

PUPILS from a Bradford secondary school are hoping to retain their title as the country's top entrepreneurs after raising more than £5,000 from just an initial £1 investment. Sixth-form students from Tong High School won the national schools' category