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Cricketer attacked after match abuse

1:09pm Monday 14th August 2006

Police are investigating an alleged assault on a talented overseas cricketer playing in the Bradford League.

Five years later: CPS was guilty of racial discrimination

Halima Aziz made a joke about Osama bin Laden. Now the Crown Prosecution Service has been judged to have been guilty of racial discrimination

1:07pm Monday 14th August 2006

The Crown Prosecution Service was guilty of race discrimination against one of its own solicitors, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Mother bags a success

Moneezay Mahmood with some of her bags

1:04pm Monday 14th August 2006

An enterprising mother who set up her own business a year ago has succeeded against all the odds.

School project to help raise funds

Managing director Kanwal Iqbal presents the cheque to Islamic Relief fundraiser Waseem Aslam

1:02pm Monday 14th August 2006

A group of students have managed to raise money for charity while learning what it takes to run your own business for a school project.

Insurance industry battles false claims

Mohan Singh found himself at the end of a bogus insurance claim

1:01pm Monday 14th August 2006

A Bradford insurance group is lending its support to a new investigation team set up to tackle gangs who net £4 million a week in fraudulent car accident claims.

Jewel of a park attracts million!

Lister Park which now attracts over one million visitors a year

12:59pm Monday 14th August 2006

The transformation of Lister Park into one of the district's "jewels" now means more than one million visits a year to the beautiful spot.

Woman landed with £574 mobile phone bill

Surjit Kaur

12:58pm Monday 14th August 2006

A pensioner who says she was conned out of hundreds of pounds in a phone deal has been threatened with court action.

'Let East meet West' in Broadway

An artists impression of the new Broadway

12:56pm Monday 14th August 2006

The company behind the Broadway scheme has been urged to combine Western and Eastern influences to create a truly world-class shopping attraction.

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Darra to tackle top role on integration

Darra Singh

2:54pm Monday 17th July 2006

A council chief who grew up in Bradford has been chosen to head a new Commission on Integration and Cohesion.

Disgraced councillor made £12,000 claim

Coun Intkhab Alam

2:52pm Monday 17th July 2006

A disgraced Bradford councillor pocketed expenses of nearly £12,000 - despite being jailed for trying to evade justice after he was involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident.

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Personal debt exceeds Britain's GDP

Personal debt exceeded the UK's GDP for a second year

Updated 1:29am Friday 22nd August 2008

Personal debt in the UK is higher than the income generated by the country as a whole for the second year running, research shows.


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MP Ann Cryer, who led the campaign for a law on forced marriage will quit the Commons at the next election.

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Saltaire is top unique attraction

Saltaire has long been a jewel in the crown of Bradford district but now Sir Titus Salt’s model village has been recognised nationally after it was named in first place in a top ten list of “unique” tourist destinations.

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Beauty queen's green dream

Most beauty queen contestants famously tell the judges they want to travel the world… but Rebecca Geldard wants to save the world.

Agents not always the best option for players, says City joint-chairman Mark Lawn
Lawn likes Bradford End factor

Mark Lawn believes giving City fans the Bradford End has boosted the atmosphere on the other three sides of the ground.

Joe Vagana pictured with Lesley Vainikolo after the Bulls' Challenge Cup triumph in 2003
Vagana announces retirement

The Bulls’ Super League opponents can finally breathe easy – legendary prop Joe Vagana is hanging up his boots.

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Gordon Brown paid tribute to British troops fighting in Afghanistan, praising them as the country's true heroes.

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Pupils achieve record GCSE results

Britain's teenagers notched up record GCSE results, with one in five exams awarded top grades.

Talks are planned to avert bank holiday strikes at airports
Airport strikes called off

Planned strikes by airport workers that would have caused travel misery over the bank holiday period have been called off.


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