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  • Young citizens get to say who they are

    Bradford has been chosen to launch the UK’s first national identity week among children and young people – seven years after the city was the subject of race riots. A series of events running throughout the district from Monday will explore

  • Will you dig the Viking project?

    A band of Bradford archaeologists are competing to get their Viking dig on television. The Bradford University-led team has been working on a site on the Shetland island of Unst. It needs public votes to grab £2,000 of cash and a chance to feature

  • Hey, hey, I wanna be a Rockstar

    One thing's for sure, the remainder of Euro 2008 will be a little less entertaining without Slaven Bilic. The Croatia coach wears his heart on his sleeve and it was broken in unbelievably dramatic fashion at the end of more than two hours of

  • Tower restoration set to start

    Rusty old tram rails and crumbling concrete holding up a historic church tower are about to be stripped out and replaced with sturdier stuff. Supporters of Queensbury’s Holy Trinity Church have had their prayers answered and funding for the tower restoration

  • Hundreds line parade route

    The rain held off as the Lord Mayor’s Parade wound its way around Bradford city centre today. Hundreds of people lined the route to watch the extravaganza of colour and music pass by. More then 1,000 schoolchildren from the district took part in the

  • Piggy banks boost

    A sale of approximately 200 piggy banks will be taking place at the aptly-named Blue Boar Pub on Thornton Road, Bradford, next Saturday. The sale and auction from 1pm to 4pm is to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support to help local people affected

  • ‘Don’t pull plug on our pools’

    A committee member of the British Long Distance Swimming Association has attacked the proposal to close four swimming pools in the district – including one where she learned to swim. Dee Llewellyn, of Odsal, said if it had not been for the

  • Bankers mark anniversary

    Bradford commercial bankers have helped mark the 40th anniversary of a company they have supported since its launch in 1968. The Royal Bank of Scotland’s Bradford commercial banking team presented a crystal decanter and glasses to Paul Hodgson, managing

  • Queen's Award 'is a big help'

    A senior Government official made a special visit to a Saltaire-based firm which received a “business oscar” earlier this year. David Moore, secretary to the Prime Minister’s Committee on the Queen’s Awards, paid a visit to Europlus Direct Ltd to find

  • Man found safe

    A missing Mirfield man has been found safe and well. David Hall, 62, of Nab Lane, was discovered in Leeds yesterday. He had been missing from home since Thursday and because of a medical condition leaving him likely to be confused, police had been

  • England's absence a blessing in disguise

    It was the moment when I realised how much fun Euro 2008 has been. Germany and Austria was just getting tasty as both coaches were sent off for squabbling with the fourth official. Nobody knew why Joachim Low and Josef Hickersberger had been ordered

  • Superhero Woods will be major loss

    I got covered in gnat bites last week. The little blighters had me for dinner on a dog walk in the woods and condemned me to days of non-stop scratching at work. But just when I started feeling sorry for myself, I switched on the golf. And there

  • Ice-cool pair aim for success

    A brother-and-sister ice dance pair have been tipped for stardom – after being signed up by one of the country’s premier coaches. Eleven-year-old Jake Fearnley and his sister Jade, ten, have been talent spotted by ice dance legend Doreen Hoppe

  • Biker is injured in collision

    A 73-year-old motorcyclist is in hospital with serious injuries after his silver Honda 250cc Hornet bike was in collision with a car. The incident happened just after 8pm last night in Oakwood Drive at the junction with Birchdale in Bingley

  • Club set to alter licence terms

    A Bradford nightclub which was closed down for a month after the death of a teenager looks set to change the conditions attached to its licence. It was after a rave night at The Mill, in Thornton Road, in July last year that 19-year-old Andrew

  • Man crashes his new car

    A man who had just insured his new car escaped without injury after it collided with a wall on a bend. Firefighters were called to the scene at Netherfield Road in Gusieley just before 7pm yesterday after passers-by reported the crash and the car on

  • Drive and amibition key to success

    Those who lament the passing of manufacturing industry in Bradford should take a look at the Borg Warner turbocharger plant on the Euroway estate. They would be cheered by the story of this precision engineering operation that has grown and

  • Burgess ready for club and country

    Sam Burgess has revealed he will ‘back-up’ for the Bulls – less than 48 hours after England’s Test match in France. The thunderous forward hands struggling Bradford a huge boost by returning against Hull tomorrow, having missed last week’s

  • Moore future in Pearson’s hands

    New Leicester manager Nigel Pearson could hold the key to City’s bid to bring back Darren Moore. The Foxes are believed to be hot favourites in the race for the big defender, who has delayed making a decision on his future until he returns

  • Drugs found growing in church hall

    Bradford’s biggest skunk cannabis factory has been found by police in a former church hall. Officers acting on a tip-off carried out a raid on the building opposite St Matthew’s Church in Carbottom Road, Wibsey, and discovered about 2,000 plants with

  • NHS trust ordered to meet MRSA target

    Health watchdog Monitor has warned hospital trusts – including Bradford – they must start to meet tough MRSA performance targets this year. The independent regulator of foundation trusts said failure to achieve the targets is the responsibility of the

  • Olympic champion's parents say: 'Our pool is pure gold'

    The parents of gold medal Olympian swimmer Adrian Moorhouse have condemned consultants’ proposals to close Bingley Pool. And the champion athlete, who grew up in the town and went to Bradford Grammar School, would be dismayed by the threat, said Clifford

  • Three Bradford teachers are top of the class!

    Three talented Bradford teachers were celebrating today after being named stars of education throughout the north of England. Head teachers Gloria Gott and David Jones and newly-qualified class teacher Caroline Baldwin all scooped major awards at the