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Liane channels her energy for 45-mile swim

Liane Llewellyn

9:30pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

Bradford long distance swimmer Liane Llwellyn is attempting to become the first Tyke to complete the two-way English Channel route.

Bulls are all heart for scanner appeal

Consultant cardiologists Paul Smith (left) and Dr Sudantha Bulugahapitiya with Bulls players Sam Burgess (front) and Tame Tupou

6:10pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

Exercise is vital for a healthy heart and few people keep fitter than the players at Bradford Bulls who are throwing their weight behind the Beating Hearts in Bradford Appeal.

Tighten air rifle rules call after cat shot

Gavin Riach with his cat Denny

5:07pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

A cat owner wants stricter rules for possessing air rifles after her cat was shot by an armed thug, narrowly missing her brain.

Judge raps customs officials over drug dealer assets bid

Zafar Iqbal

7:10am Thursday 2nd July 2009

A judge branded Customs officials “incompetent” after he was forced to allow a drugs baron to keep his ill-gotten gains – said to have a total value of £4.4 million.

Expelled boy back – to paint the head

David Ingham with his portraits of Marcelus Forster (right) and Tom Ashworth

10:20pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

by Clive White T&A Reporter For six weeks, artist and retired teacher, David Ingham stared into the face of the man who told him he would do nothing worthwhile in his life.

Dad ‘did not know rape trial accuser’

7:27pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

A father-of-three has told a jury he did not even know a young teenage girl he and his four co-defendants are accused of sexually abusing.

‘Pupils suffering in the heatwave’

7:09pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

Pupils and staff at Bradford’s three newest secondary schools are suffering in the heatwave, according to a teaching union.

‘Brothers involved in car-clone gang’

7:10pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

A Bradford man, alleged to be a central player in a stolen car cloning gang, had no idea his brother was part of the conspiracy, a jury was told.

‘Car theft’ woman wasted police time

5:17pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

A Bradford woman who falsely reported her car as stolen has been fined for wasting police time.

College staff to join jobs protest

3:31pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

Staff at Bradford College are tomorrow due to join a national protest over job cuts.

Yellow bus school run scheme hailed a success

Pupils with a Bradford yellow bus

12:46pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

School-run car journeys at some Bradford primaries have been cut by two-thirds – thanks to the success of the yellow bus scheme, transport chiefs have revealed.

Problem solvers needed

Volunteer Simon Binks

11:27am Thursday 2nd July 2009

Bradford’s neighbourhood mediation service – the largest of its kind in the country – is in need of volunteers to help resolve disputes.

University will be honouring stars

Terry Pratchett

9:26am Thursday 2nd July 2009

An author, an artist, an actor and an ornithologist are among the distinguished figures who are set to receive honorary degrees from the University of Bradford.

'One day you might need this machine'

British Heart Foundation fundraiser Sue Green with her mum Barbara Butterworth

9:34am Thursday 2nd July 2009

Since starting work as a fundraiser and volunteer manager for the British Heart Foundation four years ago, Sue Green has raised more than £1 million to help beat heart disease across West Yorkshire.

Deaths probe home given ‘poor’ rating

Weaver Court

12:50am Thursday 2nd July 2009

A Bradford care home at the centre of an investigation into standards of care has been given a zero star rating after a detailed inspection.

TV star Mollie Sugden dies

Mollie Sugden

9:11pm Wednesday 1st July 2009

Actress Mollie Sugden died in hospital today after a long illness, aged 86.

VIDEO: Force 'taken action over criticisms'

Deputy Chief Constable David Crompton

6:47pm Wednesday 1st July 2009

West Yorkshire Police has said it has taken action to prevent a repeat after forensic samples were stored alongside ice cream in a fridge.

Thugs beat up men with clubs

2:40pm Wednesday 1st July 2009

Police are hunting a gang of stick-wielding thugs who beat up two men.


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A poignant chime of bells today announced a ceremony remembering Bradford’s brave sons who died at the Battle of the Somme 93 years ago.

A teacher, a pub licensee and two former florists are swapping their careers to answer God’s calling.

An academy has been set up at a Bradford secondary school to raise pupils’ aspirations of going to university.

Children’s TV favourite Shaun the Sheep is due to kick off Skipton Sheep Day on Sunday, when the event returns after a year’s absence.




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