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Parkinson: Bantams should have killed off Gillingham

A FRUSTRATED Phil Parkinson admitted City paid a heavy price for not taking their chances as they lost 1-0 at Gillingham today. The Bantams bossed the first half but could not turn their control of the game into a goal and were beaten by sub John

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Ed Miliband meets Airedale Hospital staff after launch of 'Call the Midwife' policy pledge

LABOUR leader Ed Miliband was in the district today to deliver his Party's new health manifesto into the arms of maternity staff at Airedale Hospital's maternity unit. Just hours after pledging one-to-one midwife care for women during childbirth

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FT: Gillingham 1 City 0

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Golden boy Brownlee does it again

JONNY Brownlee backed up his win in Auckland a fortnight ago by taking the Gold Coast Triathlon in the ITU World Series on Saturday. The Bingley Harriers Athletics Club member moved amongst the leaders on the swim, remained at the front during

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Etu Uaisele column: I'm ready for lift-off after Dewsbury victory

IT was great to get back out there on Monday and help the team to another good win. To score a try was a bonus and it was just nice to be totally injury-free again. Maybe it was a good thing that I didn’t play in the two games before that so

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Titans aim to make the most of their reprieve

AFC Titans, who lost their semi-final 3-2 to Salts, have been reinstated in the Bradford Sunday Alliance League's GOALS Soccer Amateur Cup.Salts' goalkeeper was cup-tied, so they were dismissed from the competition and Titans were reinstated, and face

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Bradford City women eye win over Forest in top-four bid

COUNTY Cup winners Bradford City can hope for no better than a fourth place finish in the FA Women's Premier League (North) after a disappointing 4-2 defeat at home to an increasingly-successful Blackburn Rovers side.Blackburn arrived at Thackley full

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Bid made to put even more crime victims first

CRIME victims in Bradford could get an even better support service under new proposals.The district has pioneered innovative restorative justice schemes, like Neighbourhood Resolution Panels, which have been used as examples of good practice elsewhere

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Alex Lees column: Captaining Yorkshire to win would be ideal birthday present

ALEX LEES COLUMN: The start of the new season is always an exciting time and we’re all ready to go against Worcestershire at New Road tomorrow.It has been a productive pre-season for us in terms of valuable match practice both at home and abroad, runs

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Bantams target man Hanson has "20-20" vision to take his game to next level

JAMES Hanson believes he has what it takes to become an “excellent” 20-goal a season striker.City’s joint-top scorer has been stuck on 11 for nearly two months since getting a first-half double at Leyton Orient.A hamstring injury in that game forced him

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Flynn: Bantams and Allamby are still perfect fit for the play-offs

MICHAEL Flynn has never been backward at coming forward with an opinion or two. And listening to the Welshman, you are left in no doubt that City can still make it into the play-offs. Flynn is convinced another strong finish like 2013 will

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Boyhood Bulls fan Minchella Ell-bent on Broncos victory

AS a Bradford lad and boyhood Bulls fan who spent a year in the junior ranks at Odsal, Elliot Minchella needs no added motivation tomorrow afternoon.The Leeds Rhinos prospect, 19, joined London Broncos on loan earlier this month in a move that could run

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Petersen aims to make the grade at rugby's seat of learning

DAVE Petersen has vowed to force his way into the Bulls team as he prepares to turn out for League 1 outfit Oxford tomorrow. The former Hull KR man has yet to feature for Jimmy Lowes’ side following his close-season signing from the Mackay Cutters

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28 appear before Bradford and Keighley Magistrates' Court

The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley magistrates: Derek Joinson, aged 57, of Spring Row, Keighley; threatening criminal damage, jailed for 16 weeks, £80 costs. Sheldon Colin Smith, aged 31, of Oakroyd Terrace, Manningham;

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Airedale midwives support cot death campaign

MIDWIVES in the Bradford district have been supporting a new campaign aimed at combating cot deaths.The maternity team at Airedale Hospital has been raising awareness of safe sleep practices with new and expectant parents.Members of the team manned an

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Regeneration manager who ripped off nearly £25,000 from deprived community jailed for 12 months

A GREEDY regeneration manager who ripped off almost £25,000 from the deprived community he was supposed to be helping has been jailed for 12 months.Zubare Khan, who earned £42,000 a year as assistant executive officer with Bradford Trident, defrauded

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On This Day – April 11, 2015

25 years ago: Arsonists went on the rampage through the Lower Grange Estate in Bradford, setting fire to five houses on Charteris Road, Vivien Road, and Merlin Grove, with fire chiefs declaring the incidents a "night of mindless vandalism that put

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Planning applications for Bingley, Bolton, Bradford Moor, Burley-in-Wharfedale and Buttershaw

The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Bingley: internally illuminated fascia and projecting sign to front elevation, 105-107 Main Street. Bingley: change of use from A1 retail to A4 drinking establishment

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More than 1,000 people sign petition objecting to post office relocation

PENSIONERS battling plans to move a post office to a new location at a busy filling station across a main road have vowed to keep fighting any change.More than 1,000 signatures have been collected on a petition that will go to Post Office bosses, who

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Sunseekers enjoyed warm weather in Bradford before today's colder spell

SUNSEEKERS enjoyed the warm weather in Bradford yesterday before temperatures were expected to plunge today. Hundreds of people gathered at district sites including City Park and Lister Park to bask in the warm spring sunshine yesterday.Yorkshire was

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'Missing link' in cyclepath between Bradford and Shipley now completed

A SECTION of cyclepath between Bradford and Shipley dubbed "the missing link" by the Council and branded a "standing joke" by local residents is now open for use. Construction work on the Canal Road Greenway is now almost complete,

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Man accused of sheltering on-the-run wife killer tells jury he is innocent victim

A WIFE murderer fleeing justice was given birthday cake and dropped off near a police station by a man who innocently gave him a bed for the night on the day of the killing, it is alleged. Faisal Chaudhary told a jury yesterday he was the victim

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University masters student angry at having to move flats during his dissertation

A MASTERS student at the University of Bradford says an accommodation issue that will see him have to move flats in the middle of his dissertation has added a “sour taste” to his university experience.Kellen Phillips, 30, lives in the on-campus accommodation