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• We will wage war on rubbish

  People across Bradford who are fed up of living with rubbish and rats have formed a new group aimed at tackling the problem.

• School makes trophy splash

  Youngsters at Malsis School, Glusburn, have beaten schools across the country for a fundraising trophy.

• Bid for violence helpline

  Child victims of domestic violence could be thrown a helpline if health bosses agree to finance a £47,000 project.

• Counter attack is triumph for town

  Traders in Otley are breathing a sigh of relief after a Government inspector rejected proposals to build a huge shopping complex on the outskirts of Leeds.

• A jobs boom for Harry's

  Harry Ramsden's fish empire plans to wipe out a £1.9 million loss announced today by opening 100 "Harry's huts" - creating 1,000 jobs.

• Dining room with a graphic view

  A disabled man's letter about the inspirational view from his home has won him a piece of work from a Yorkshire artist.

• Students move to block parking fee

  Staff and students at Shipley College are bidding to block plans to introduce pay-and-display parking in Saltaire.

• Homeowners' anger over threat of flooding

  Homes in East Morton are coming close to being washed away, say their owners.

• Fears grow for missing boy, 10

  Fears were growing this afternoon for the safety of a 10-year-old Bradford boy who failed to return home from school last night.

• Wagon train is rolling along

  A boss who believes customer service and teamwork are the key to success has seen his firm grow five-fold in the past ten years.

• Ex-Bingley star leads 'golden' charge

  Athletics: Yorkshire's men returned from Sunday's Inter-Counties Stafford 20 Mile Road Race with a set of gold medals.

• Butler ready for Valley Parade test

  Bradford City's push for the Premiership may have taken many in football by surprise this season - but Sunderland defender Paul Butler is not one of them.

• Vaughan salutes his team

  Yorkshire batsman Michael Vaughan completed his excellent winter's work as captain of the England A team by guiding them to a 46-run victory against the President's XI in Cape Town.

• Elliott tribute to drenched Bulls fans

  Coach Matthew Elliott has paid tribute to the 12,000 Bradford Bulls fans who braved driving rain to keep the club on top of the attendance charts on the opening weekend of the Super League campaign.

• Focus on the opposition: Sunderland

  It has become increasingly clear in recent years that the gap between the Premiership and the Football League has become a yawning chasm.

• Big Match Preview: Richard Sutcliffe talks to Peter Reid

  Like the capacity crowd set to pour into Valley Parade for tonight's top-of-the-table showdown, Sunderland boss Peter Reid is relishing his side's visit to Bradford City.

• No old pals' act

  Paul Jewell will put his close friendship with Sunderland boss Peter Reid aside for 90 minutes tonight as Bradford City look to bounce back into the automatic promotion places.

• Decision to cause distress

  A huge industry has been built up around one small word - "stress" - which is often taken to mean all sorts of things. Recently, though, even those who have owned up to making a good living out of this broad perception of stress have admitted that…

• Theatre: Fingers crossed

  Michael Maloney has mixed memories of Yorkshire. On the plus side, he got to play Hamlet. But while he was on stage, someone stripped the wheels off his car.

• Rock: Three times the entertainment!

  Red Sky Coven are the perfect antidote to the irony-obsessed 1990s.

• Craig readies himself for planet world

  British humour doesn't always travel too well.

• Giving up was a marathon effort!

  Mum Brigid Oates had tried to give up smoking many times over the years but was always tempted to begin again.

• Bringing up baby

  Sunday is Mother's Day. And, over the years, mothering has changed beyond recognition. Today's mothers could not imagine having to bath seven kids in a tin bath in front of an open fire, or scrub clothes clean on a wooden washboard. And the mums who…

• A Bull's best friend is his mum

  When teenager Alan Smith scored his first goal with Leeds United, one of the first things he did was ring his mum. England's youngest player Michael Owen is building a house around the corner from his mother. But how much do mums influence their sons'…

• How Penny is proving she's like any other mother

  On Mother's Day last year, Penny Roberts was pregnant - and alone. Three years after suffering horrendous spinal injuries in a sky-diving accident, she was paralysed from the chest down. Twelve months ago, suffering morning sickness, she had little idea…

• Your Pets, by our vet Simon Thomas

  Flint the Border collie puppy had so many ticks attached to her skin that I lost count.

• Your Health, by Dr Tom Smith

  Do you often lose your keys, or forget where you have put your glasses? Or, meeting someone you have met before, find you are suddenly at a loss for his or her name? Have you gone out to a shop for something, and when you got there, forgotten what it…

• Anila Baig: Don't we just love our mum?

  It is the day we mothers have been looking forward to for months and months. In the galaxy of all-important dates it is easy to get confused, but I am not talking about...

• Mike Priestley: Who's Counting?

  Anyone who still believes the old stereotype of the over-50s as a generation going downhill fast to their dotage should have a look at the findings of a new survey published the other day.

• 'Home rule' fight gets under way

  Campaigners aim to set up a parish council to provide a new voice for Rawdon.

• Experts to value Celtic treasure

  Celtic gold coins - dubbed the Silsden Treasure - have been sent to the British Museum to be valued by experts.

• Angry mums fire their own bullets

  Parents of the Bradford Bulls junior cheerleading squad have started a campaign to reinstate their senior counterparts, the Bullettes.

• Hallelujah! Work starts on building

  Work has started on a 2,000-seat auditorium at a Bradford Church which will be finished in time for a big party on New Year's Eve.

• 'Get a move on' call over Odsal stadium

  People today urged Bradford Council to "get a move on" after would-be developers staged a major exhibition of their multi-million pound dreams for Odsal Stadium.

• Child-sex fireman branded 'a monster'

  A disgraced former fireman convicted of sex offences involving young children was today branded a "monster, who has dragged the reputation of the brigade in to the gutter".

• Anger at £25,000 'stressbuster' job

  Fury erupted today as hard-up Bradford Council prepared to appoint a £25,000-a-year "stressbuster" for its 23,000 workers.

• Pillow killer is given six years

  A man was starting a six year prison sentence today after admitting the manslaughter of Bradford mother of two Janine Dolecki.

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