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  • Break-in terror of 'op' woman

    A woman who is on dialysis and is waiting for a kidney transplant says she is afraid to go out - a week after burglars ransacked her Allerton home. Jacqueline Lunn, 42, who had a stroke two weeks ago because of her condition, is terrified the gang will

  • Anger as axe set to fall on schools

    Union leaders have condemned the list of proposed school closures, claiming the new education system will be marred by feelings of anger and betrayal. Syd Matthews, spokesman for the Association of Teachers and Lecturers - Bradford's second largest union

  • Dog owner banned for life from keeping pets

    A man has been banned from keeping animals for life after a court heard that he caused unnecessary suffering to four dogs. John James Wilson, 34, formerly of Bradford but now of Brooklands Close, Seacroft, Leeds, was also ordered to do 140 hours community

  • Wrangle could delay superstore

    A start on the long-awaited £3 million redevelopment of the Sunwin House and Food Fair supermarket in Heckmondwike could be held up by a wrangle over planning conditions. Owners Bradford-based Yorkshire Co-operatives want planning permission from Kirklees

  • Michael Boyd: Business law

    A recent High Court decision upheld the ability of a bank to charge default interest on an overdue debt advanced to a commercial organisation. The court felt in this situation it was important to be consistent with international banking practice. Such

  • Motor sport: Lampkin looking to make early impact

    Dougie Lampkin hits the championship trail this weekend in the first round of the British Solo Series being staged for the first time in Ireland. The Silsden champion aims to take command of the ten round championship right from the outset. Robin Luscombe

  • City: Mac is out for the season

    Bradford City's record signing John McGinlay has been ruled out for the rest of this season with an Achilles tendon injury. It is the latest setback for the 33-year-old striker who joined the Bantams in a £625,000 deal last November. He had hoped the

  • Helen Mead: In my view

    Telling them to go away is a pointless exercise. Once a door-to-door salesman has you in his sights, he does not give up without a fight. I recently left numerous messages for a representative from a cable company who left a card arranging to call one

  • Court chiefs back ban on Saturdays

    Controversial moves to end Saturday sittings for magistrates in Bingley have been backed by court bosses. The proposal, which would mean weekend cases being dealt with in Bradford instead, has been made by David Chandler, Clerk to the Justices. He says

  • £1.7m owed - but rent arrears fall by £250,000

    Bradford Council house rent arrears have dropped by nearly £250,000 in the past year - but the authority is still owed £1.7 million. Bradford South - including Canterbury, Holme Wood and Laisterdyke - is the black spot, with a £425,000 debt. But Bradford

  • 'Hospital bosses have broken promises'

    Hospital bosses have been accused of breaking promises to patients over the controversial closure of a specialist hospital near Bradford. Worried patients have been joined by a top consultant in claiming hospital care will be damaged by plans for new

  • Word perfect for a spell of fundraising

    Eight-year-old Michaela Gautier put herself to the spell test to raise cash for the Bradford Millennium Scanner Appeal. Michaela suffers from epilepsy but when her condition took a turn for the worse she was forced to wait nine months for a MRI scan.

  • The sticky end for gum spitters

    City centre shoppers are being urged to bin it, not spit it - by Bradford Council in a bid to solve a sticky problem. Bradford is one of the first authorities in the north to install special bright red and yellow chewing gum bins in the city centre to

  • Branson thrives on all things new

    Virgin boss Richard Branson last night told 400 Bradford bosses one of his main aims is "having fun turning industries upside down". Mr Branson, who was watched via a satellite television link by a total of 8,000 business people in 52 venues across the

  • Super League is much tougher now, says Edwards

    Bulls' Shaun Edwards may be the most successful individual in rugby league history, but his bulging trophy cabinet has space for one more piece of silverware. The scrum half maestro appeared in no fewer than 39 major finals in a glorious career with Wigan

  • Villagers unite to save the chemist

    More than a thousand Heaton residents have backed a campaign to save their village chemist shop. Supporters claim that the Heaton Pharmacy in Highgate is under threat from another chemists opening at a new health centre in Leylands Lane - less than half