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Bernadette Jarvis
Bernadette Jarvis is your community correspondent for Bankfoot. She can be contacted on 01274 575120

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6:20am Monday 6th February 2012

NATURE: A half-term nature week will be held in Wibsey Park from February 13 to 16 with activities for adults and children. Monday and Tuesday will be an Eco Club for eight to 13-year-olds with free limited places which must be booked on the number below. The main family event on Thursday, February 16, will include restoring the nature trail plus junk modelling. Anyone helping to litter pick will also receive a free lunch. Call (01274) 223236.

‘Gentle giant’ rugby player Leighton Gray Robbins loses cancer battle

SMILES: Leighton Gray

8:30am Thursday 12th January 2012

Former Bradford Northern player Leighton Gray Robbins has died after a brave battle against cancer.

500-mile trek in aid of sick children

Darron Speck, right, and Simon Hardaker

1:48pm Wednesday 9th March 2011

Eco traveller Darron Speck is cycling off-road to Paris to help make seriously-ill children’s dreams come true.

Pupils get creative with writer

Playwright Mike Kenny helps schoolchildren with a story-based project

10:13am Thursday 11th November 2010

Bradford youngsters have been working with a children’s writer on a project focusing on traditional tales.

Ken honoured for 66 years of 'giving'

Ken Tordoff with his wife Ivy

9:55am Thursday 7th October 2010

A dedicated volunteer who has helped communities in Bradford for more than six decades has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award.

Bankfoot woman jailed for housing benefit cheque forgery

7:01pm Monday 27th September 2010

A skilled forger has today been jailed for netting more than £8,000 in a sophisticated housing benefit scam.

Youngsters get a flavour of cookery at Jamie Oliver's Ministry

Youngsters from The Cube Community Centre have been at the Ministry of Food

9:48am Thursday 12th August 2010

A group of young people in a community project in Bradford are busy learning how to cook this week with a little bit of help from Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food.

Drug-user centre plan withdrawn

Bankfoot residents who opposed the plan for Carr Bottom Road

9:57am Thursday 27th May 2010

Campaigners are celebrating the withdrawal of a controversial planning application for a drug therapy centre on their doorsteps.

Cash will get riders on the road

Mahmood Qureshi, right, with Salvartore de Angelo Amante, left, and Dean Carroll

1:06pm Tuesday 13th April 2010

A tetraplegic sports fan has backed a team of cyclists whose fundraising efforts will support disabled athletes.

Day of action planned for Bankfoot

Inspector Darren Brown

12:27pm Tuesday 9th March 2010

Officers in the Bankfoot Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) are holding an action day.

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