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Stories for 26 January 2004

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Campaign group on brink

A group which has spent a decade fighting for improvements to Bingley is in danger of folding if more members do not step forward.  more...

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'Stop the chicken run'

The Government was today urged to take long-term action against cheap imports of poultry meat which, it is claimed, could decimate the district's food manufacturers.  more...

Testing time for girls on binge

A Bradford firm which sells pioneering drug testing kits for businesses and concerned parents is to hit the TV screen again.  more...

Prescott can't convince Assembly

John Prescott must have feared the worst when he walked into the spotlight in front of 200 Yorkshire business people ready to be quizzed on his ideas for a Yorkshire Parliament.  more...

City firm stands up for Microsoft

When you get to know it a bit better, Bradford's business community is full of surprises.  more...

Football firm targets South

A Bradford-based five-a-side football company has expanded its operations by snapping up its first centre in the South of England.  more...

Real sisters in law!

A woman solicitor has teamed up with her sister-in-law to open a new practice in the heart of a Bradford regeneration area.  more...

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Letters to the Editor

SIR - I have written to Elections Minister and Shipley MP Chris Leslie saying I am appalled that the Government intends to impose an all-postal ballot in Bradford.   more...

Kerb crawlers will be banned

Kerb crawlers in Bradford's red-light areas face being banned from the city as a result of a ground-breaking partnership.   more...

Body found on rail line

An investigation was launched today after a body was found on a railway line.  more...

£4.3m community HQ launch

Work will start this year on a £4.3 million neighbourhood and medical centre in West Bowling, Bradford.  more...

Sports dream to become reality

A ten-year dream of a sports and recreation development in the heart of Bradford Moor and Barkerend is expected to become a reality soon for families in one of the district's most deprived areas.  more...

Experts hunt for a cure, naturally

Researchers at Bradford University are looking to boost ways the body can fight off heart disease - without needing drugs.  more...

Save our footpath petition

Hundreds of people are expected to back a petition to safeguard the use of an unofficial footpath.  more...

It'll be murder on the Nile!

Cycling has not always been a pleasant pastime for theatre nurses Irene Fowler and Jeanette Bray.  more...

Shunned centre to close

Lack of funding and community support mean a Bradford community centre will close at the end of next month.  more...

On this day

In 1885, General Gordon died at the siege of Khartoum.  more...

Right to target kerb crawlers

It is not surprising that police are concerned at the results of their four-hour blitz against kerb-crawlers in Listerhills Road, Sunbridge Road and Thornton Road. Four behavioural contracts issued, 15 other drivers stopped and warned and a further ten registration numbers taken for the owners to be contacted by letter might seem to have been a "good result" for the vice squad. However, it is a bad result for that part of Bradford in that it suggests there is a massive problem.  more...

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Nine wins to beat drop!

Another home defeat by the odd goal has plunged City further into the relegation mire - but the management team of Bryan Robson and Colin Todd say they can still save the club from the drop.  more...

Four-midable Johnson!

Paul Johnson put his hand up for a starting berth at right centre against Penrith in the World Club Challenge with an excellent four-try debut in the 56-18 defeat of Castleford at Odsal yesterday.  more...

Stalybridge Celtic 2 Bradford Park Avenue 0

Avenue's wretched start to the new year continued as two second-half strikes gave the Cheshire club a victory and left Avenue with a five-match losing streak.  more...

Leek Town 3 Farsley Celtic 2

An exit from the UniBond Chairman's Cup by the odd strike in a five-goal thriller equated to a bad day at the office for Farsley Celtic manager Lee Sinnott.  more...

Thackley 2 Arnold Town 0

Teenager Declan Corby marked his debut with a superb individual goal and he also set up the other as Thackley snapped out of their recent slumber with a fine 2-0 win over Arnold Town.  more...

Bracknell 13 Wharfedale 3

Wharfedale's erratic recent form hit a downturn at Bracknell, and the ten-point defeat fairly reflected the two teams' relative performances in what was a lack-lustre National League Two contest.   more...

Old Otliensians 11 Baildon 16

Baildon kept themselves in the hunt for the second promotion place in Yorkshire Division Four with this derby victory.  more...

Morley 10 Bees 18

Bees skipper Barry Clark summed up what all his club's followers must have been thinking after this latest North Division One victory.  more...

West Bowling 16 Thornhill Trojans 6

West Bowling won a rough, tough encounter against Premier Division top-six play-off rivals Thornhill Trojans at Bankfoot Oval.  more...

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£14,000 raised in soldier's memory

War widow Samantha Roberts will collect a cheque in her husband's memory tomorrow after a massive fundraising drive for the Royal British Legion.  more...

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'I keep expecting Ian to come back'

The widow of a police traffic officer who was shot and killed while on duty on Boxing Day said she kept expecting him to come home.  more...

Hunt for man after teenager's ordeal

Detectives are trying to trace a man in connection with an attempted abduction of a 14-year-old girl.  more...