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Labour candidate Naz Shah wins university hustings poll and tells audience Bradford doesn't need a 'one-man messiah'
LABOUR parliamentary candidate Naz Shah was victorious in a hustings involving the Bradford West candidates tonight, according to an exit poll. The event, organised by the University of Bradford Students' Union, was open to students and staff,
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Amateur Readon is back to bolster West Bowling
WEST Bowling welcome back free-scoring centre Adam Reardon for their final Pennine League Premier Division game at home to Upton. Reardon has been released from his professional contract with Keighley Cougars to resume as an amateur with Bowling
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Spinner Middlebrook looks to turn it on for New Farnley
NEW Farnley may have finished fifth in their first season in the JCT600 Bradford League top flight last year but their priority this season may lie elsewhere. Experienced former county cricketer James Middlebrook, who will have a mentoring role
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Blake has big boots to fill for defending champions Otley
OTLEY get the Aire-Wharfe League season underway on Saturday hoping to become the first club in ten years to successfully defend the championship.By chance, they visit Bilton, who were the last club to win back-to-back titles and who are expected to be
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Westwood Park looking to regroup as season starts without them
BRADFORD club Westwood Park have made huge strides in recent years with a new ground at Horton Bank Top on the old Westwood Hospital site, and progress from the Bradford Mutual Sunday School League to the Central Yorkshire League, but that has come
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Another double-header at Shay Lane
OLD warhorse Dean McNicholl was among the try-scorers as Bradford Salem's second team defeated Wharfedale's Development team 34-10 in the first round of the Spray Plant (UK) Ltd Aire-Wharfe Cup at Shay Lane.Centre Alex Wood bagged two tries, with others
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It will be just champion if Salem can set unbeatable record
BRADFORD Salem have had some fine teams down the years – but none of them have gone through a league season unbeaten. That is the tantalising prospect that awaits the SSE Yorkshire Division Two champions if they avoid defeat at ninth-placed Knottingley
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Cleckheaton smiling in defeat after pushing Yorkshire Cup holders in semi-final
Cleckheaton 24 Wharfedale 40 AFTER the awful predictability of their 104-0 thrashing of Morley in their quarter-final, Yorkshire Cup holders Wharfedale were involved in a proper contest at Moorend. Battling Cleckheaton led 17-14 with a 51st-minute
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'Why more women should join the IT crowd'
NICHOLE Tinnion knows what it's like to try and cut it in a traditionally male-dominated profession.Nichole, who now works as an IT technical specialist at Asda House, was the only girl in a class of 32 during her IT apprenticeship at Shipley College
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Kenyan classroom test as Bingley teachers head for African school
THE new generation of teachers are learning new skills in an unfamiliar environment through an innovative scheme run by Bingley Grammar School.The school's International Leadership Programme helps teachers develop their leadership and teaching skills
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Why are rates of suicide among men so high?
SUICIDE is thought to be the biggest cause of death for men under the age of 50 - and men are around four times more likely to kill themselves than women.According to Calm (Campaign Against Living Miserably), a charity dedicated to preventing male suicide
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Finding a way to stock up on electricity for future use
IT'S hard to believe that just over a hundred years ago, in 1900, there'd never been a radio programme or light from a tungsten filament bulb. That really wasn't long ago, just part of my grandparent's experience, but now we have colour television,
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Conference aims make a lot of sense
There is always a very real danger that extremists - in any form, from any creed or culture - will sour the patch for others and lead people into lazy stereotyping and generalisations.That is especially true of British Muslims, the vast majority of who
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Shipley memories project attracts worldwide support
IMAGES of Shipley both past and present have been shared on a website which now has more than 5,000 members from across the world.Shipley Photographs and Memories has proved a popular page on Facebook, with pictures submitted and uploaded by people on
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It only takes a few seconds for a life to be lost, councillor warns young drivers
A COUNCILLOR has urged drivers who race each other at high speed on busy Bradford roads to think about the safety of themselves and other road users. Councillor Mohammed Shafiq said lessons had to be learned after lives were lost in accidents in
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ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: Who comes out on top as voters digest manifesto promises?
WITH all the manifestos published and digested, there was time to examine which policies were a hit with the voters – and whether any party can get that elusive ‘bounce’? The first poll contained some cheer for both the Conservatives and Labour
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Pensioner, 75, jailed for historic sexual abuse of girls aged between 8 and 11 dating back 50 years
A 75-YEAR-OLD man has been jailed for seven years for child sexual abuse in Bradford dating back half a century. White-haired pensioner, Raymond Lofthouse, had left a dark cloud hanging over the two middle-aged women he molested when they were
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Leeds boss Redfearn: We must keep our best young players
LEEDS United head coach Neil Redfearn has admitted it would be "a disaster" to sell any of the club's best young players.Sam Byram, Lewis Cook, Alex Mowatt and Charlie Taylor have emerged as one of the best crops of youngsters in the country
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Right on Cue: Setback not expected to be too damaging
BRADFORD'S No 1 snooker side suffered a small setback in their quest to retain the Yorkshire Inter-District League title with a 4-2 defeat at home to second-placed Sheffield No 1 at Undercliffe Cricket Club. David Birley gave the visitors the start
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More than 1,100 Bradford pupils fail to get first-choice primary school
MORE than 1,100 children across the Bradford district will not be going to their first-choice primary school this September. In addition almost 270 youngsters will be going to a school which was not even in their top five preferences.
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Williams targeting return to Bradford Bulls side as he edges towards full fitness
DANNY Williams aims to force his way back into the team against Hull KR on Sunday, admitting: “It’s not a game I want to miss.” The Bulls winger was sidelined during last weekend’s win over London Broncos with the hamstring injury he aggravated
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Close but no cigar for battling Dragons
BRAVE Bradford Dragons kept National Division One champions Essex Leopards close but not close enough in their play-off quarter-final, losing 82-76 at Brentwood.The Dragons, who finished the regular season in eighth position, travelled looking to upset
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Online estate agent Purplebricks builds web home sales in Yorkshire
AN expanding online estate agency Purplebricks.com has moved into Yorkshire where it says it will challenge traditional high street operators. It will offer home buyers and sellers in the region, including Bradford, a round-the-clock service and
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Ecuadorian citizens' revolutionary to speak in Bradford
A REPRESENTATIVE of Ecuador’s 'citizens’ revolution' will speak at a public meeting in Bradford. Fidel Narváez (pictured) is First Secretary at Ecuador’s UK Embassy, and was previously a leader of the Permanent Assembly of Human Rights in Ecuador
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Group plans friendship walk from Haworth to Top Withens
A WALK to bring people together from different backgrounds will set off from outside Haworth next month.The trek to Top Withens is being organised by Keighley Community Through Unity, which was set up by former soldier Paul Skinner.People interested in
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Merger draws top teams of accountants together
ACCESS to international clients is a key reason for a Cleckheaton accountancy firm's merger with a larger South Yorkshire rival, according to its boss.Clough & Company has merged with Sheffield firm BHP, Yorkshire’s largest independent firm of chartered
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Charities helped by building society
SMALL change from Yorkshire Building Society members is set to make a big difference to 24 charities and community groups across Bradford. Eight branches within the district - Bradford Howard House, Bradford John Street, Pudsey, Shipley, Bingley
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Concert to raise funds for services
A BENEFIT gig arranged by a Haworth resident to help save or restore local public services will take place this Saturday. The event, organised by John Lambert, will feature five bands and will raise funds for Haworth and Worth Valley Fire Station
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Bus depots’ special day
BUS enthusiasts will be treated to a double dose of informative entertainment in Keighley later this month. The vehicles at two depots in the town will be on display on Sunday, April 26. Both the Transdev Keighley & District bus depot in
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UPDATE: Spurned husband jailed for killing estranged wife's lover
A SPURNED husband who killed his estranged wife's "possessive" lover who smashed his door in at night has been jailed for four years. Grzegorz Dzierzak sent a stream of loving text messages to his younger wife, Magdalena, in the hours before Edgarzas
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Council bids to safeguard toilet blocks
TOILETS blocks in Cross Roads are to be registered as a community asset by a parish council. The decision to register the blocks at Cross Roads Park was taken by Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council. If the toilets are granted the
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Action group toasts a year of successes
SALTAIRE traders' and community action group Totally Locally is celebrating its first anniversary with a meeting to plan future events to bring the village closer together. Members and interested parties are invited to the upstairs area of Fanny
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Help design a sculpture
KEIGHLEY people are invited to attend two workshops being held to come up with a design for a public sculpture. Haworth-based artist Craig Dyson is asking people to join him at one of the community events this weekend to design an installation
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Hair-raising charity boost
A SPONSORED head shave at a pub in aid of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance proved a runaway success. Lisa Mcmanningwell, the landlady of the Guide Inn, Hainworth, Keighley, had her head shaved alongside her friend Jane Atkinson, barman Samuel Feather
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The Lady on the Lakes to turn paddle power into charity cash
A CHARITY worker is turning to paddle power to raise cash for needy projects in Africa. Sarah Hodgson (pictured) aims to paddle the length of three lakes in a sea kayak, in under 12 hours. She and seven fellow adventurers are taking on Coniston
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Morrisons to axe up to 720 jobs at Bradford head office
SUPERMARKET Morrisons said it will axe up to 720 jobs from its Bradford head office as part of its drive to beef up staff on its shop floors. The chain said its head office currently employs 2,300 staff, adding that the number of roles at its Bradford
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Mosque raises £500 for hospice
A TEAM at a Keighley mosque has presented more than £500 to Manorlands. Ten members of the UKIM Madina Mosque raised the cash through sponsorship in the Keighley BigK 10K run last month. The team was led by Yassa Yaseen, who had a family member
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New garden by school’s Eco group
STUDENTS at Benton Park School in Rawdon are enjoying a new garden area which was designed and built with the help of their school’s Eco group. Mark Ross, chairman of The Friends of Benton Park, said: “This has been a whole community project of
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Inquiry continues after car-jacking
DETECTIVES continue to appeal for information after a woman had her car stolen at gunpoint. The 31-year-old victim had parked her electric blue Volkswagen Golf R32 in Chapel Road, off Cleckheaton Road, Low Moor, Bradford, when she was approached
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Families 'still struggling'
LOW-income households in Bradford have seen no sign of their financial situation improving, despite a recovering economy, according to a national charity. Turn2us claims that 84 per cent of low income homes are still struggling. The survey,
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Cafe plan for central shop
PLANS have been submitted to change a former sandwich shop into a cafe at 26 Kirkgate in Bradford city centre. The scheme would require a new internal layout and staircase to the basement, but would not alter the facade of the Grade II listed building
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Holiday club proves a success
MORE than 50 children took part in a holiday club at Keighley Shared Church. Four days of activities were staged, led by volunteers from about a dozen churches. The X:site event – supported by national charity, Scripture Union – included crafts
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Just the ticket for all tastes
TICKET prices for this Saturday night’s entertainment as part of Saltaire’s World Heritage Weekend have been split to cater for all tastes. Victoria Hall will host Saltaire Past, Present and Future performed by pupils at Titus Salt School and Saltaire
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Clean sweep for community hub
THE interior of Haworth Village Hall and Community Hub is now “sparkling” clean following an intensive clear out by a team of volunteers. Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council member Councillor Ashna Yates told fellow councillors that
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Spot birds on guided walk
WETLAND and woodland birds in their brightest spring plumage will be spotted during a guided walk by Airedale and Bradford RSPB around Otley Sailing Club on Saturday morning. The free walk starts at the entrance to the sailing club, Billam’s Hill,
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Don't keep your own special talent hidden away
ROBERT Swindells developed a love of reading when he discovered his local library, at nine. A passion for reading turned into a passion for writing, and Bradford-born Robert became a multi award-winning writer of children’s fiction. He wrote his
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Funds are given for champion support
FURTHER funding has been granted for a volunteer project promoting pre-school services in Keighley such as childcare and education. Parent Champions has been recruited to tell new mums and dads about services and activities available in the town
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Win a travel pass from rail service
PHOTOS capturing people and places along the route of the Airedale railway line are being sought for a competition. The Leeds-Morecambe Community Rail Partnership is promoting the contest and prizes are being provided by Northern Rail. Pete
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Bikers set to embark on a massive trip
FARSLEY vicar the Reverend Canon Paul Tudge is joining four other vicars from the Diocese of West Yorkshire & the Dales to ride a five day motor biking ‘pilgrimage’ from Yorkshire to the holy island of Iona on the west coast of Scotland. The
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Calling Scout members for anniversary
A SCOUT group celebrating its 100th anniversary is appealing for past members to help it mark the special occasion. Throughout 2015 members of the 5th Bradford South Scout Group will be marking the milestone and is holding two events. The group
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Police witness appeal after four car smash
A DRAMATIC smash involving four vehicles on a country lane near Bingley left three people needing hospital treatment, police have confirmed. The accident, which happened on Cottingley Moor Road at around 3.18pm yesterday, involved a silver Volkswagen
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Quality award for city charity
A BRADFORD charity has received a prestigious accreditation as it prepares to celebrate its fifth year of providing for homeless people in the city. Inn Churches has achieved the Housing Justice Quality Mark (HJQM) for its church and community
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Free course on childcare to be held
A FREE childcare course starts next Tuesday in Lower Grange, Bradford. It is being held at Lower Grange Community Centre, Chaffinch Road, each week for ten weeks, 9.30am-3pm until July. Entitled Level Two Childcare: Preparing to Work with Children
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Record Store Day events are planned
A BRADFORD music shop is taking part in international Record Store Day on Saturday. The Record Cafe in North Parade, owned by Keith Wildman (pictured), sells vinyl records, real ale and ham at its city centre site. Record Store Day started
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Film fans in for a treat
FANS of widescreen film are in for a cinematic treat in Bradford later this year. A festival of large-screen formats celebrating the past, present and future of film through widescreen technologies comes to the Pictureville theatre from October
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Caravan of art has project on pride
AN ART gallery based in a caravan will be sweeping across Bradford this summer. The Caravan Gallery is holding a project called Bradford Pride of Place, and as part of this, it will be hosting a photography contest with a difference. People
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Man gets on his bike in charity effort
A BRADFORD man is getting on his bike to raise funds for cancer charities in memory of his parents. Mark Cunningham will lead a team of up to 12 riders over 150 miles from Bradford to Morecambe and back on Saturday, August 8. All proceeds will
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Sing along in character
CHILDREN aged five and under can sing along to the hits of a popular Disney film hits in Holme Wood, Bradford. Frozen Rhymetime will be held at Holme Wood Library, Broadstone Way, on Monday, April 20, between 10am and 11am. Those who attend
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Honour for engineer technician
A BRADFORD Laboratory Technician has been awarded membership to an influential body of civil engineers. Joanna Wood was given a Technician Membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers, which represents the 80,000 professionals across the world
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Street in support of chapati bakery plan
SCORES of letters have been sent to Bradford Council backing plans to build a bakery on a Girlington street. Mohammed Ommar Safdar has applied to Bradford Council to demolish his garage at 1 Durham Terrace and build a bakery in its place, selling
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Group set to make waves for charity
CANCER patient Phil Kirtlan is set to make a splash at the London 2012 Olympic venue to raise cash for Marie Curie. Mr Kirtlan, 46, will lead a five-strong team at Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society, where he is head of property, in a 5km
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Event will question belief in the ballot
CHRISTIANS will be challenged to think about where to put their election cross at an event staged by a debt counselling charity. Bradford-based Christians Against Poverty (CAP) is teaming up with the organisation Prayer for Bradford to organise
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Tory election leaflets taken and dumped
GENERAL election leaflets for Keighley Parliamentary candidate Kris Hopkins have been stolen and dumped. Dozens of the Conservative’s campaign leaflets were dumped in Picture House cinema’s wheelie bin in the town. The leaflets, with the slogan
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Lib Dems’ vow on northern rail links
THE Liberal Democrats have vowed to “deliver” an ambitious strategy to transform Northern rail links – despite its multi-billion pound price tag. Nick Clegg’s party also promised “devolution on demand” for local authorities, a legal right to force
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Do you know this man? E-fit released after woman had alcohol poured over her in park robbery
POLICE have released an e-fit image of a man accused of stealing cash and a phone from a woman in a Bradford park. The 39-year-old woman was pushed to the ground during the robbery, which occurred in Horton Park at about 11am on Tuesday, February
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'High noon' battle at Hightown
SEMI-finals in both the West Riding Cup and Pilling Cup take place tomorrow (7pm). Morton House A, conquerors of Brighouse Sports A, take on Lower Hopton in the last four of the West Riding Cup at Brighouse, while Bradford League big guns Pudsey
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Boxing veteran Witter happy to be involved in EU debate
JUNIOR Witter has got the boxing fraternity talking again as he prepares to have another say on the title scene. Bradford’s former world champion is in France to fight for the European Union welterweight belt tomorrow night – and hopefully take
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BRADFORD CITY FIRE: Detective who interviewed fan who dropped cigarette butt says book claims are unfounded
A FORMER detective, who investigated the cause of the Valley Parade fire disaster, today attacked claims that it might not have started accidentally. Martin Fletcher, who lost three generations of his family in the 1985 tragedy, claims in a book
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Live daily news blog - Thursday, April 16
5:17pm That's all for the live blog for today. We'll be back from 9am tomorrow with all the latest. 5:11pm COURT: A 75-year-old man has been jailed for seven years for child
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BRADFORD CITY FIRE: Former High Court judge says new Bradford City Fire claims are nonsense
THE former High Court judge who presided over the inquiry into the 1985 Bradford fire, in which 56 people died, has said new claims around the cause of the blaze are "nonsense". A new book claims the fire at Valley Parade was one of at least nine
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Cup and Trophy bowls draws
THE qualifying rounds of the Yorkshire Cup and Eric Hutchinson Memorial Trophy take place on Saturday, April 25. The draws are:Yorkshire Cup: Outlane BC v Cleckheaton Sports at Wyke, Marsh Utd v Skipton Broughton Road at Akroydon Victoria, Guiseley v
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Mum offers reward for return of 11-year-old son's stolen iPhone
A MUM is offering a reward after her 11-year-old son had his expensive mobile phone stolen while they were shopping. Haris Ali has been left distraught after his "pride and joy," which he had only owned for a few weeks, was taken by a sneak thief
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Bradford Bulls chief Ferres: We have adequate cover for Harry
STEVE Ferres says the Bulls will not rush to sign a replacement for Harry Siejka after the scrum half was ruled out for up to ten weeks. Siejka went under the knife yesterday after fracturing his tibia and tearing ankle ligaments during last weekend
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Bradford City takeover talks: Gianni Paladini a man on a mission as he seeks action and adventure with Bantams
POTENTIAL City owner Gianni Paladini is desperate to get back into football because he is “bored”. The 69-year-old Italian is in talks with Mark Lawn and Julian Rhodes about a possible takeover at Valley Parade. The former QPR chairman, who
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Batting sensation Dylan wins prestigious Wisden award
FORMER Woodhouse Grove pupil Dylan Budge has been named Wisden Schools' Cricketer of the Year.Dylan, who only left the school last year, having been there since the age of three, has played senior cricket for Thackley, Horsforth and Olicanian in the Aire-Wharfe
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Former Bradford Bulls star James Donaldson plotting fairytale return to Odsal
JAMES Donaldson just knew his Hull KR team would be pitted against the Bulls in the Challenge Cup fifth round. "I was actually with a few of the Bradford boys on the day the draw was made," said the former Odsal star. "I said 'wait and see
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Women start campaign to expose Thornton pervert who has terrified vulnerable victims
WORRIED women have started an awareness campaign to expose the identity of a flasher who has terrified vulnerable victims at a popular Bradford beauty spot. At least five women have been targeted by the pervert, who follows lone victims and then
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Cancer sufferer's plea to former work colleagues
A RETIRED joiner suffering from an incurable cancer is appealing for former work colleagues to come forward to support a legal battle.Geoffrey Dawson was diagnosed with mesothelioma in January and his solicitors are investigating whether it could have
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Planning applications for Great Horton, Harden, Haworth, Heaton and Idle
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Great Horton: dormer windows to front and rear, 226 St Margarets Road. Great Horton: dormer windows to front, first floor extension to rear and new access at rear to
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On This Day – April 16, 2015
25 years ago: Up to 20,000 sightseers gathered at Leeds-Bradford Airport to watch Concorde perform a low flypast before landing. It was in Yorkshire to take passengers on an Easter Sunday chartered flight over the North Sea. 50 years ago: Alderman
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Fly-tippers are blighting the Bradford district, say residents
AREAS of Bradford continue to be blighted by fly-tippers, angry residents say. Parvez Darr said Frizinghall is being ruined by the amount of rubbish littering its streets - as Bradford Council reveals it costs taxpayers approximately £228,500 a
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Bradford University aims to become self-sufficient with new green plan
THE University of Bradford, already one of the greenest Universities in the UK, is working toward becoming completely self-sufficient. A mixture of green energy production, the refurbishment of old buildings, using green technology in new builds
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Conference will debate stigmatisation felt by Muslim women
THE intense media coverage of Islamic extremism has left many British Muslims feeling stigmatised and stereotyped. In Bradford, the Muslim Women's Council is concerned about the negative impact this is having on the reputation and welfare of ordinary
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VIDEO: More accidents will happen on Cottingley 'danger' road, councillors warn
COUNCILLORS last night warned that more accidents will occur in a country lane where four vehicles were involved in a high speed smash. The air ambulance was called to Cottingley Moor Road, not far from the village primary school which had just
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BRADFORD CITY FIRE: Valley Parade disaster book's claims branded 'sickening' by family of former club chairman
A CONTROVERSIAL new book suggests the Bradford City fire disaster might not have been an accident as then club chairman Stafford Heginbotham was linked to a number of other blazes at his businesses. Martin Fletcher, who survived the fire but lost
