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Stories for 11 May 2004

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School's joy at Ofsted improvement

The hard work of children, parents and teachers has been hailed for pulling a school out of serious weaknesses.  more...

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Society defends chief exec

The Skipton Building Society today moved to defend chief executive John Goodfellow after he was named in a league of highly-paid building society bosses.  more...

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Letters to the Editor

Sir - We, the Muslims, are constantly being charged with not condemning terrorism enough.  more...

City crisis could force Odsal move

Bradford City Football Club was today believed to be closing in on a temporary move to Odsal Stadium as part of a package of cost-slashing measures to ensure its survival.  more...

Gareth hammers stammer

Bradford's Gareth Gates has won his battle against a possibly career-threatening stammer - and is now in a position to help others who suffer from the problem.  more...

Hundreds flock to skin clinics

A nurse whose life was saved after a colleague spotted a cancerous mole on her leg helped to screen others at a skin cancer screening clinic yesteday.   more...

Alhambra's big freeze

There is a chill in the air at Bradford's Alhambra this week.   more...

Wilsden roadworks rage

Residents in a Bradford village are fuming after being told long-running roadworks were set to continue into the new year - which will mean a total of five years' disruption.  more...

Dad admits killing girl, 2

A father who killed his two-year-old daughter has told a jury the moment will "haunt him for the rest of his life."  more...

Residents urged to act fast over speeding

Residents in a Bradford village are being urged to get out on the streets to help crack down on speeding motorists.  more...

An embarrassing spell

Bradford's education bosses were left red-faced after a printed report outlining plans for schools misspelled the word "Organisation" on its front cover.  more...

Brighton rocks fan's world

Football fanatic Bill Arnold has just finished another season watching his favourite football club play home or away.  more...

On this day

In 1811, Chang and Eng Bunker, the first recorded Siamese twins, were born.  more...

Ganging up on speeders

If a district, suburb or village is troubled by speeding motorists, it could be argued that it is the job of the police to clamp down on it. That is one of the things they get paid for with taxpayers' money. Yet with police resources notoriously stretched, the idea of Community Speed Watch, which involves residents as volunteers entrusted with a speed camera, appears to make a lot of sense.  more...

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City stars sweat on future

Fears were growing today that City's cash crisis will trigger an exodus of players.  more...

Robbie: Ali's a knockout

Leeds Rhinos have captured a potential world-beater in signing Ali Lauiti'iti, Bulls skipper Robbie Paul has warned.  more...

T&A League: Woodlands clinch title

Woodlands clinched the title on the last day of the season after a tense afternoon at Bradford Cathedral College.  more...

Avenue player's contract torn up in cricket row

Centre back James Stansfield has left Bradford Park Avenue by mutual consent after a dispute over the timing of his double hernia operation left the parties at loggerheads.  more...

Bradford League round-up

Cleckheaton, Woodlands and Pudsey St Lawrence all had good weekends to keep the pressure on Division One title favourites Pudsey Congs.  more...

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Soldier's widow 'kept in dark'

An MP representing the widow of Shipley soldier Sergeant Steve Roberts killed in Iraq during an alleged friendly-fire incident has criticised the Ministry of Defence for withholding details of his death.  more...

Shipley fire crew's burning ambition

Firefighters from the district are to pit themselves against the best from fire brigades across the world.  more...

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School's tribute to tragic aid worker

New classrooms are to be built in Africa to mark the memory of a Bradford aid worker who died last month after contracting a mystery stomach bug.  more...