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Stories for 21 April 2004

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Festival heralds a new jazz age

Internationally-renowned clarinettist Emma Johnson has welcomed the Bingley Jazz Festival and says it will widen the appeal of jazz to younger people and families.  more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley Business

£4.8m `food park' could employ 300

Work is set to begin on a new £4.8 million food technology park which could create up to 300 jobs in the heart of Bradford.  more...

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Letters to the Editor

Council has a duty of care to City  more...

Student missing after night out

A Bradford head teacher was today desperately pleading for news of her son who disappeared after a terrifying late-night phone call.  more...

Tearaway banned on estate

A teenage tearaway has been banned from the Bradford estate where he lives and can now only get to his home along a "Berlin-style" corridor.   more...

Heroin supplier admits £1m ring

A 28-year-old Bradford man has admitted being involved in a £1million heroin-dealing ring.  more...

Let's have a public holiday, by George

By George! Bradford councillor Michael Walls wants St George's Day to be made an official public holiday, celebrating all things English.  more...

`Council ruined my Shannon's grave'

A grieving mum is demanding that Council cemetery bosses repair her toddler daughter's grave after claiming it was wrecked when work was carried out to move headstones.  more...

Tories declare war on marginal seats

Tories are setting up a war unit to target three marginal General Election seats in Bradford, it was revealed today.   more...

Beck test nudges wetlands nearer

A revolutionary water clean-up scheme which should bring Bradford's masterplan one step closer could soon go on trial in the city.  more...

Childcare provision for just one in five

The Bradford district has only a fifth of the number of childcare places needed to offer care to every child under eight years old, according to new figures.  more...

Why marathon star Tracey quit running

The woman who raced from obscurity to sporting stardom and a place at the Olympics in Sunday's London Marathon once hung up her trainers when she studied in Bradford  more...

New look at plan to move GP

Health bosses are to look again at proposals to relocate a GP surgery after an outcry over the plans.  more...

Something to be savoured

The announcement that the European Regional Development Fund is putting up £1.46 million towards the creation of a food technology park in Ripley Street is one to be applauded. This grant towards a £4.8 million project which has already received funding from Bradford Council and Yorkshire Forward means that work can now start on reclaiming the site, which is currently in a derelict state.  more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley Sport

Harvey: Our fans will not desert us

City are not panicking after their smallest home league crowd for eight years watched the Wimbledon game.  more...

Versatile Reardon just happy to play his part

Stuart Reardon doesn't yet know what position he'll play against Hull on Friday night but one thing is certain - the man-of-the-match from last year's Grand Final will be back in the Bulls starting line-up.  more...

Standing grabs a point for Bantams

Bradford City reserves 1  more...

Weakened 'Bury rest the initiative!

Queensbury's decision to rest four key players before the Jack Senior Bradford Cup final looked to have backfired when visitors Westgate Redoubt raced into an early 16-point lead in their last game of the Premier campaign.   more...

Blistering start from Lister as Nino stars

Lister Park started their Bartle League season with a 22-8 victory over a strong Brackenhill A side, and as expected Nino Esposito starred with a 21-9 win.   more...