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Bradford & District | Archive | 2004 | February

Stories for 9 February 2004

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`She meant the world to us all'

Tributes were paid today to a woman who lived her short life to the full. more...

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Heading for a boom on Sir Ken's coat-tails

Bradford businesses are preparing for boom time when the long-awaited Morrisons takeover of Safeway gets the green-light from shareholders this week. more...

Gushing oil that soothed a firm

An upturn in the global oil industry is helping to turn around the fortunes of a once-troubled Shipley business. more...

Japanese show the way to be a success

A Shipley company is proving that there's life in British manufacturing yet after unveiling plans for extra investment and a sizeable growth of its workforce. more...

Log in to check on gap year travellers

An internet business founded by a university graduate has helped thousands of gap year students to tell their travel stories to the world. more...

Big brand names back competiton

Budding marketing and design gurus are being urged to put their creative talents to the test for international brand names. more...

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'Vandal pupils out of control'

A rising tide of vandalism on school buses is costing a Bradford bus company more than £100,000 a year, it was revealed today. more...

Sarah's hoping to take the world by Storm

A Bradford teenager is set to take the modelling world by storm after being selected as a finalist in a supermodel competition. more...

Poor parking causes trouble on the buses

Motorists who park their vehicles at bus stops are making it impossible for disabled passengers to climb aboard, a disability organisation claimed today. more...

Double inferno rips through warehouse

Residents living near an industrial estate were warned to keep their windows closed and take extra care yesterday after a serious blaze in a warehouse flared up for the second time. more...

Out of the industrial archives

Items from the archives of Yorkshire's first industrial museum will be put on display to mark its 30th anniv-ersary this year. more...

Row over girl's treatment fees

A Bradford doctor is locked in a battle with education chiefs after they refused to pay for his autistic daughter to attend a specialist centre in Chesh-ire. more...

Saving City is no laughing matter

A stand-up comic turned novelist who has written about the plight of football clubs in the lower divisions today said fan power was the key to keeping Bradford City in business. more...

Road closures are under consideration

Road closures, one-way systems and bus-only routes will be considered in a bid to make Wibsey's roads safer. more...

Bullies to get zero tolerance

A district secondary school where the majority of students have English as a second language has been told it must improve the way it deals with disruptive behaviour and stamp out bullying. more...

Lottery boost for woodland friends

Conservationists are celebrating a £25,000 grant to protect ancient woodland. more...

On This Day

In 1949, movie star Robert Mitchum was sent to prison for two months for smoking marijuana. more...

A lesson to learn on the buses

There is a big difference between high-spirited antics and behaviour which is destructive and dangerous. Too many Bradford children on school buses are overstepping the line, putting themselves and other road users at risk while at the same time saddling the bus company with unacceptably high repair bills. more...