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CCTV set to catch bus lane abusers

Cars pictured using Market Street

6:35pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

A blitz on bus lane abusers is set to see CCTV used to catch out motorists ignoring rules which are designed to keep buses running freely.

Youths held after four house blazes in two nights

Sam Hunkins with her son Nathan and his friend Francesca Phillips

12:00pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

Two teenagers have been arrested following a series of arson attacks in Bradford over the last three days.

Arsonists blamed for half of big fires in Bradford

6:50pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

Arson attacks were responsible for more than half of Bradford’s major fires last year.

Keighley museum’s friendly cash plea

6:44pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

Park lovers are wanted to help play a leading role in bidding for lottery cash to spruce up the grounds of a Victorian mansion.

Yacht a great way to see the world!

Nathan Brown who will sail from China to San Francisco with the crew of the Hull and Humber clipper

6:33pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

A teenager from Bradford is set to embark on the journey of a lifetime when he joins a leg of a round-the-world yacht race at the end of the month.

‘Drug dealers face long prison terms’

David Guy

6:42pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

Detectives have warned ‘Mr Big’ drug barons they face long jail sentences after three Brighouse men were imprisoned for a total of 18 years today.

Novel by gran, 73, hits the shelves

Shirley Heaton with a copy of her first novel, a romantic suspense story she wrote when she retired

6:45pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

A grandmother who started writing romantic fiction when she retired has had her first novel published, at the age of 73.

Teenager kept ammunition by bed

5:43pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

A teenage waiter caught in illegal possession of bullets was “a decent young man who made a mistake,” a judge said today.

Return ticket for Railway Children

A scene from The Railway Children

5:38pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

An updated copy of a movie that has won iconic status is to be unveiled to mark the 40th year since it was shot.

Blow for green belt grammar school plans

The existing site in Cowpasture Road, Ilkley

5:05pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

Plans to build a £30 million super-school for Ilkley on a green-field site have suffered a setback.

Man broke 8-week-old baby’s arm

2:32pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

A 20-year-old man is to be sentenced at Bradford Crown Court for breaking a two-month-old baby’s arm.

Hepatitis sufferer died of rare reaction

2:20pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

A stabilised schizophrenic who wanted drug treatment for his hepatitis C knew there were risks from it, an inquest has heard.

Three quizzed over Laisterdyke armed robbery released

The scene of the robbery in Leeds Road

12:36pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

Two men who had been questioned by police in connection with an armed robbery at a Bradford bank have been released.

District's 'shame' of empty homes

One of Bradford’s unused homes

2:39pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

Bradford has been named and shamed on a list of the 20 worst areas where hundreds of social housing properties are lying empty – despite the thousands of people on waiting lists.

Rape-case home steps up security

Police forensic officers examining the grounds of Springfield Nursing Home after the attack last year

2:24pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

Security measures have been stepped up at a Bradford care home for the elderly after an intruder kidnapped a bedridden woman and raped her in the grounds.

Criticism of doctors on the increase

A doctor checks a young patient. Picture posed by models

1:59pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

The number of people complaining about GP services is rising, according to new figures.


Image from PictureGalleryModule_ID:3131190 Christine Hughes is pictured with pupil Nicole Brannan and the artwork Teacher Shirley Layfield helps Annie Hayue and Lucy Milsom dig in a hazel tree The Lions' Jim Shelton

Little Paris Cowens is recovering in hospital after receiving a new liver.

The faces of primary school staff and children have been incorporated into a wallhanging designed by a parent .

These children were kept busy doing their bit to protect the environment by planting hundreds of trees.

A popular fundraising event for good causes could be out for a duck unless new volunteers step forward to take it on.





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