VIDEO: Dogs left to rot in filthy hovel by mum and daughter

6:00am Friday 10th July 2009

A Bradford magistrate told a mum and daughter that their filthy home was not “fit for a dog” as they appeared in court on animal cruelty charges.

Ribbons' safety message

9:09am Friday 10th July 2009

Road safety experts will be out and about in the district over the next two weeks in a bid to reduce the number of children injured while travelling as passengers in cars.

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'Take on disability social care role'

9:11am Friday 10th July 2009

Union chiefs are calling on Bradford Council to take back ‘in-house’ the management of learning disability social work following concerns about standards at a care home.

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MP Paul to step down

12:27pm Friday 10th July 2009

Pudsey MP Paul Truswell will stand down at the next election after 12 years in Parliament.

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Our giant leaps in TV viewing

9:04am Friday 10th July 2009

Almost four decades after Neil Armstrong’s words “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” crackled into living-rooms, the first moon landing remains the most iconic TV moment for one in five Yorkshire viewers.

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Five-fold increase in knife offences

10:18pm Thursday 9th July 2009

The number of people convicted for carrying knives in West Yorkshire has risen five-fold in ten years – faster than any other area.

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Superstores spark petrol price war

10:19pm Thursday 9th July 2009

A new petrol pump price war has begun between supermarkets.

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‘Find yourself flu friends’ says NHS

9:30pm Thursday 9th July 2009

Public health bosses at NHS Bradford and Airedale are urging people to find at least one – but ideally two – ‘flu friends’ in the face of rapidly increasing cases of swine flu in the district.

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Bradford second to sign up to Jamie's food revolution

6:13pm Thursday 9th July 2009

Bradford is to get the country’s second Ministry of Food project led by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver.

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Prisoner created makeshift lifeline radio

4:19pm Thursday 9th July 2009

It might have been made from odds and ends scavenged from the Nazi camp where he was held captive, but Captain Ernest Shackleton’s secret radio gave British prisoners of war a vital link to the outside world.

Big-hearted response to scanner appeal!

4:11pm Thursday 9th July 2009

Support is pouring in for the Beating Hearts in Bradford Appeal from big-hearted, generous people across the district.

Posties in constant fear of dog attacks

4:01pm Thursday 9th July 2009

Dogs are among the biggest fears for posties across the district, a survey has found.

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Paul Weller to play Bradford concert

3:49pm Thursday 9th July 2009

Paul Weller is coming to Bradford as part of a UK tour.

Connie set to star in The Sound of Music

11:40am Thursday 9th July 2009

Connie Fisher, who is set to star in The Sound of Music when it comes to Bradford for a month this summer, said throat problems that threatened her career are now behind her.

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Family of ill boy organise football tournament

10:21am Thursday 9th July 2009

The mother of a seriously ill eight-year-old boy has organised a football tournament to raise money for a children’s hospice.

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Search for family of Private Jack

9:04am Thursday 9th July 2009

A man who as a boy swapped a First World War soldier’s “death plaque” for an Army cap badge, wants to give it back to the family.

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Public welcome at new sports centre

9:02am Thursday 9th July 2009

The University of Bradford has invested millions of pounds in a sports centre to help the city’s urban regeneration as well as its residents’ health.

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