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Stories for 3 June 2003

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Row over site for new skate park

Campaigners are battling to keep up to £100,000 for vital play equipment within a Bradford village after an alternative site was deemed peripheral.  more...

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Why you're going to be wild about Harry

Fish and chip restaurant chain Harry Ramsden's is cooking up a major expansion plan.  more...

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Letters to the Editor

SIR - The continuing debate about the BNP has been further confused by the inept opinions of the three party leaders of the Council. Furthermore, I feel most correspondents on the subject have missed the point.  more...

'Crown Charles in Bradford'

Prince Charles should be crowned King in Bradford, a leading academic said today.  more...

Norman, 77, in food protest over jail treatment

Fears are growing for the health of a former Bingley farmer who has stopped eating properly in protest at his treatment in prison.  more...

Imams learn the alien ways of the West

Religious leaders coming to Bradford are being taught about the Western lifestyles of young British Muslims.  more...

`I love you, mum' meant so much

A proud mum recounted how the best day of her life was hearing her teenage daughter say `I love you' after surviving a heart and double-lung transplant.  more...

Geoffrey's number is catch of the day

A cherished number plate that once adorned the gleaming Bentley of former Bradford City Football Club chairman Geoffrey Richmond is up for grabs.  more...

Pubs sceptical over bad-language ban

A visit to JD Wetherspoon pubs in the Bradford area could soon result in customers washing their mouths out with soap and water instead of their cheap ales.   more...

On This Day

In 1539, Florida was claimed for Spain by explorer Hernando de Soto.  more...

Idea worth a right royal welcome

The suggestion from a leading academic that the next King of England should be crowned in Bradford will no doubt have caused the usual sceptical flutter of raised eyebrows. And indeed, on the face of things it does seem as if it might be a joke.  more...

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Combe's all set for City

Alan Combe was today poised to complete his long-awaited move to City.  more...

We were off the boil in the heat - Robbie

Robbie Paul admitted today: "That was our worst game of the season and we let ourselves down".  more...

Yorkshire welcome back White

England all-rounder Craig White will make his first appearance of the season for Yorkshire at Park Avenue tomorrow in the three-day match against Bradford-Leeds Universities' Centre of Excellence.  more...

Hot Tilina triggers Saltaire fightback

Tilina Ambepitiyia stroked a valuable half-century as Division Two leaders Saltaire stepped up their promotion push with a 22-run victory over third-placed Keighley on Sunday.  more...

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`Re-open rail link' plea by travellers

Transport chiefs have been accused of missing a trick in failing to include the reinstatement of the Wharfedale line in a new ten-year plan.  more...

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Lorry driver jailed for falsifying records

A lorry driver has been jailed for nine months after checks on his tachograph equipment revealed he had travelled more than 700 kilometres without any record being kept.  more...