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Woman injured after crash in Whetley Lane, Bradford
A WOMAN was taken to hospital after she crashed her Vauxhall Corsa into the back of a parked Toyota van in Whetley Lane, Bradford. LATEST: CAR FAILED TO STOP AFTER MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH LEFT WOMAN INJURED Fire crews used cutting equipment to
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Frustrating day for Britons at Aegon Ilkley Trophy
YORKSHIRE'S last link in the women's singles was snuffed out tonight in the Aegon Ilkley Trophy.British No 9 Tara Moore, whose grandparents are from Doncaster, was beaten 6-3, 6-4 by Japan's No 3 Misa Eguchi in the first round of the $50,000 ITF Women's
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Bantams boss Parkinson reflects on tough start against League One play-off finalists
PHIL Parkinson is expecting a stern test when City travel to Swindon for their League One opener.The fixtures were published today and the Bantams face a trip to the County Ground on Saturday, August 8 before successive home matches against newly-promoted
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University of Bradford Hockey Club hit by financial crisis
FUNDING cuts have put one of the University of Bradford's oldest, biggest and most successful sports clubs in danger of having to slash their playing options.The University of Bradford Hockey Club were named Club of the Year for the third time last year
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Bantams out to end dismal winless streak against Swindon
STEVE Claridge scored twice in a 3-2 win against Swindon at the County Ground in September 2005. Not much has gone right against the Robins since. The much-travelled striker, who as the saying goes had more clubs than Jack Nicklaus, arrived
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WINNER: Small or Medium Enterprise of the Year - Sports Turf Research Institute
Bingley-based Sports Turf Research Institute, the world's leading sports turf consultancy, won the Small or Medium Enterprise of the Year award. Founded in 1929 in Bingley, the company also has an office in Brisbane, Australia, which opened in
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WINNER: Job Creator of the Year - Eclipse Legal Systems
Darren Gower said Eclipse Legal Systems, which won the Job Creator of the Year award, prides itself on "providing jobs for local people". The 39-year-old marketing director said the firm, which is based in Little Germany, Bradford, has a huge amount
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WINNER: Business Personality of the Year - Mark Bowers
Mark Bowers, chief executive of Redfern Travel, was unable to pick up his award for Business Personality of the Year, but sent a message saying: "At Redfern we’re very proud to be a Bradford-based business employing people from the city, so winning
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New Bradford MP compares himself to Dynamo in maiden speech
NEW Bradford East MP Imran Hussain has used his maiden speech to call for urgent intervention in Bradford's underperforming schools system.The Labour MP, speaking for the first time in Parliament today, said: "The biggest challenge that we face is
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WINNER: Woman in Business Award - Angela Fan (Study Links)
Emotional Angela Fan cried tears of joy moments after picking up the Woman in Business award. Angela runs Bradford-based Study Links alongside her husband Eric Kin Sun Fan. The business is a guardianship organisation which acts for international
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WINNER: Manufacturer of the Year - Spooner Industries
Spooner Industries, of Ilkley, took home the Manufacturer of the Year award. The company develops technologies for processes such as drying, baking, cooling, air pollution abatement and non-contact handling of a diverse range of products. Spooner's
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WINNER: Retail, Leisure or Hospitality Business of the Year - Pennine Cycles
Independent bicycle retailer Pennine Cycles rode off with the Retail, Hospitality or Leisure Business of the Year award. Based on Thornton Road, Bradford, the firm makes its own frames and describes itself as "a proper bike shop". Its mission statement
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Chilaka sees good times ahead for Avenue as he re-signs
BRADFORD Park Avenue striker Chib Chilaka is delighted to have re-signed for the National League North club, and can’t wait for the new season to start.Last term’s top scorer said: “We’re back in training soon and I’m really looking forward to it. It’
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Shipley through to Frilford Heath final
SHIPLEY were among six clubs to make it through to England Golf’s new Club Team Championship final in a qualifier at Fulford.They finished second behind Waterton Park and will go forward to the show piece at Frilford Heath in Oxfordshire on Friday, August
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Good Samaritans come to rescue of fallen man
TWO workers at a housing company have been praised for the way they used newly-acquired first aid skills to help an injured man thought to have fallen from a building. Josh Doyle, 21, from Queensbury, and Sam Johnson, 22, from Odsal, are both environmental
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WINNER: Winner of Winners Award - Sports Turf Research Institute
While he did not quite compare winning the overall Winner of Winners award with seeing Sports Turf Research Institute's hard work in full flourish at the World Cup final and the Olympics, Gordon McKillop was delighted. After being handed the main
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WINNER: Business or Technical Innovation of the Year - Feature Radiators
Bingley-based firm Feature Radiators took home the Business or Technical Innovation of the Year award. The company, based in the Old Post Office on Main Street, is one of the country’s leading retailers of designer, contemporary and traditional radiators
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Man cleared of raping girl, 14, but found guilty of having sex with her
A 24-YEAR-OLD man has been cleared of raping a girl of 14 but found guilty of having sex with her.Farhaad Ali was remanded into custody today for an assessment of the danger he poses to the public.He will be sentenced to a "significant" term
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WINNER: Employer of the Year - Airedale Springs
Brian Cooper was the perfect person to pick up Airedale Springs' award in the Employer of the Year category. The 63-year-old engineer has worked for the family-run Haworth firm, which makes springs, for 48 years. "They have always been really good
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Lizzie Armitstead out of Women's Tour after winning first stage and crashing at the finish
Lizzie Armitstead is out opf the Aviva Women's Tour after being discharged from hospital following a collisionn with photographers moments after winning the first stage today. The 26-year-old was described as being battered and bruised in the incident
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Police called after bottle of accelerant ignited outside bank
POLICE were called to a town centre after two bottles of accelerant were found near a bank.Officers went to Northgate, in Baildon, at 9.26am to reports of the bottles being left on the pavement near Santander. A police spokesman said: "Police were
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WINNER: Apprentice of the Year - Keeley McIntyre (Incommunities)
Twenty-year-old plasterer Keeley McIntyre, of Shipley, was named Apprentice of the Year. Keeley, who works for Bradford social housing group Incommunities, admitted she fell into the trade almost by accident, adding that she knew nothing about
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Hockney's former school to be razed to make way for new homes
ARTIST David Hockney's former school has been approved for demolition, despite locals coming up with an alternative idea to convert it into flats.A planning committee originally approved the plan to pull down Eccleshill's old Hutton School and build 29
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WINNER: New Business of the Year - Bradford Brewery
Raise a glass to the winner of the New Business of the Year award, Bradford Brewery. Launched in the early part of this year as part of Bradford Council's Growth Zone Initiative, the brewery, bar and pie and mash shop has really taken off. Managing
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Police recover £50,000 worth of suspected heroin and cocaine during two raids
POLICE recovered around £50,000 worth of suspected heroin, crack cocaine and cocaine following two raids in Heckmondwike.Two men were arrested on suspicion of possession of class A drugs with intent to supply after Monday's raids.Officers from the Kirklees
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George Osborne could give schools tougher powers to prevent repeat of Bradford teacher stabbing
GEORGE Osborne said he would explore giving schools tougher powers to prevent a repeat of the stabbing of a Bradford teacher. Standing in at prime minister’s questions, the Chancellor said “hearts go out” to pupils and staff at Dixons Kings Academy
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PM digging hole over European immigration
SIR – David Cameron, would now seem to be in a deep hole of his own making. His mission to abandon European immigration within the EEC would seem to be an “irresistible force versus an immovable object”. Quote: “Reducing free migration is a no
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Worrying message of Orgreave decision
SIR – The Independent Police Complaint Commission’s (IPCC) decision,not to favour an inquiry into what happened at Orgreave during the striking miners’ picket of the coking plant there in 1984 is badly flawed. At the time, the BBC showed scenes
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Land should be used for affordable homes
SIR – You report that Bradford MPs are being urged to back a campaign to free up more land for affordable homes. Perhaps the three new city MP’s could ask Cllr Val Slater why only 20 of the eventual total of 119 houses to be built on Council owned
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Opportunity to help people beyond our borders
SIR – As Naseem Shah takes her seat in Parliament as the elected MP for Bradford West, she has an important opportunity to help people beyond our borders as well as those at home. By signing The ONE Campaign’s ‘Just Say Yes’ pledge she can help
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Share out the Premier League TV windfall
SIR – Next year the TV money for the Premier League will rise to over £5bn with even the bottom club picking up over £60m. The TV money should be spread out. League One TV money is far below this. They don’t know what they’re missing. We have
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Unemployment continues to fall across Bradford district, new figures reveal
UNEMPLOYMENT has continued to fall across the Bradford district, reaching its lowest level in more than seven years, according to the latest statistics. The number of people claiming unemployment benefit fell by almost 600 in figures released today
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Man suspected of performing sex act on himself while teenage girls watched on phone
POLICE have released an image of a man alleged to have performed a sex act on himself while teenage girls were watching on a phone app. A 14-year-old Bradford girl was using the app, which allows people to make group video calls, to talk to her
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E-fit image released of man accused of assaulting woman
AN E-fit of a man accused of assaulting a woman by pulling her hair has been released by police. The 29-year-old woman suffered the assault while she was stood outside a property on Lowood Lane in Birstall on May 22. Between 5.20pm and 5.35pm two
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MISSING FAMILY: Syria concerns increase after contact made with member of missing Bradford family
Police are "extremely concerned" about members of the missing Dawood family after contact was made with one of the missing women. Detectives have received information that the family may already be in Syria. Sisters Khadija Dawood, 30, Sugra
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Warrant issued for Bradford shopkeeper arrest after court no-show
MAGISTRATES have issued a warrant for the arrest of a shopkeeper accused of a string of offences relating to the sale of counterfeit and contraband cigarettes. Hemen Ahmed Hussain failed to appear at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates' Court yesterday
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Asbo court hearing called off as shoplifter broke ankle fleeing from police
A COURT hearing to consider imposing an Anti-social Behaviour Order on a shoplifter had to be cancelled because the defendant had broken his leg running away from the police. Andrew David Harvey, 41, was meant to appear at Bradford and Keighley
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Out-of-control car crashes into side of Bradford hospital's maternity unit
A WOMAN in a Citroen car crashed into the side of the maternity unit at Bradford Royal Infirmary after careering out of control down a steep grassy banking. Fire crews said the driver was leaving the car park when she lost control shortly after
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Can you help this lost dog find his owner?
A KEIGHLEY dog rescue group is trying to trace the owner of this pooch, picked up from council kennels on Monday.Aireworth Dogs in Need has nicknamed him Zeus.Jane Hudson, of the group, said: "We believe he belongs to an older person who maybe doesn't
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Man appears in court charged with pregnant wife's murder
A MAN has made his first appearance at court charged with the murder of his pregnant wife. Nadia Khan, a 24-year-old mother-of-two, died at their home in Holker Street, Manningham, on Sunday afternoon. Her unborn child also died in the incident
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Bradford teenager facing jail for Islamic State plot
A radicalised Bradford teenager is facing jail for plotting to go to Syria to fight for Islamic State. On the first day of his trial at the Old Bailey, British-born Syed Choudhury, 19, pleaded guilty to preparing acts of terrorism before his arrest
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Bradford Council must protect the vulnerable
Any cuts which effect particularly vulnerable groups should only ever be considered as a last resort, and Bradford Council must think very carefully before it reduces the amount of children with special needs or disabilities it can transport to school.There
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Leeds United host Burnley for starters - Fixture list for 2015-16
LEEDS United open their Championship campaign with a mouthwatering home clash against relegated Burnley on Saturday, August 8. The Whites will be playing under new boss Uwe Rosler for the first time and a bumper crowd at Elland Road looks guaranteed
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Bradford City kick off at Swindon Town - Fixture list for 2015-16 season
CITY face an immediate test of their promotion credentials after being handed a tough opening-day trip to Swindon Town. Phil Parkinson’s men will head to the County Ground on Saturday, August 8 to face a Swindon outfit who reached the League One
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Live daily news blog - Wednesday, June 17
6:00pm BRADFORD MEANS BUSINESS AWARDS: Read about all the winners and see all our videos and pictures from the ceremony. 3:43pm TODAY'S POLL Music events such
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Aegon Ilkley Open: Beaten Broady takes Stock over improving his strength
ONE of the hardest things in tennis is making the breakthrough from the junior ranks into the seniors.Some world No 1 juniors have disappeared almost without trace in the past and, while former world No 2 junior Liam Broady is not there yet, he is at
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Lawn wary of potential banana skin when Bantams face Minstermen in Capital One Cup
MARK Lawn believes York City will be desperate to cut serial giant-killers Bradford down to size in the Capital One Cup.The Bantams will face their White Rose rivals at Bootham Crescent in the first round of a competition they famously reached the final
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Player power boosts Yorkshire Academy youngsters
IAN Dews has revealed that a major part of the continued success of Yorkshire's Academy is ensuring that as many current and former players as possible are on hand to pass on their knowledge.There has arguably been more focus on the White Rose's much-envied
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In-form Bradford Bulls star braced for another rough Cumbrian ride
ADRIAN Purtell insists the Bulls will not take Workington lightly this weekend after learning some harsh lessons from their previous trip to Cumbria.Jimmy Lowes' men claimed a 32-16 win at Whitehaven last month but only after being given a huge fright
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Motherhood 'hit me like a bus' confesses pop star Kimberley Walsh as she presents breast feeding award
BRADFORD-born pop star Kimberley Walsh has spoken about her struggles to breast feed her son Bobby as she praised the district's health workers for working to increase breastfeeding rates. The former Girls Aloud singer told new mums at a health
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Alarm over Council plans to slash school transport costs
FEWER children with disabilities or special needs would be entitled to free cabs to school, under cost-cutting Council plans. The plans would see more children with extra needs taking public transport to mainstream schools with their peers, or
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'Music tourism' gives region £203 million economic boost
The three-day Bingley Music Live festival and a variety of concerts held at Bradford's St George's Hall were among the events that gave the region a massive boost from music tourism last year. A newly-published report into music tourism and the
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Tragic fiancee continues her fight for answers over soulmate's fatal motorbike crash
A TRAGIC fiancee whose soulmate was killed in a motorbike crash has vowed to fight on in her search for answers about the accident. Brett Hames was flown by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary following the accident, near Laycock
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People invited to have their say on plans to flatten fire station
PEOPLE are being invited to have their say on plans to flatten a fire station and build social housing on the site. Idle and Shipley fire stations are both due to close next year, and will be replaced by a new joint station in Valley Road.
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Bradford nursing home branded inadequate by care inspectors
A BRADFORD nursing home has been branded inadequate by care inspectors, who found a host of major safety concerns. Inspectors discovered "chaotic systems", a shortage of staff and a lack of respect for the dignity of residents at Allerton Park
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Family's loving tribute to stabbed pregnant mum Nadia Khan
THE grieving family of stabbed pregnant mum Nadia Khan have released the first photograph of her. The 24-year-old mother-of-two died, in front of her children, at their home in Holker Street, Manningham, on Sunday afternoon. Her unborn child also
