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  • Angelo Clarke raises huge total at Bradford charity gala

    A man who had two transplants after being diagnosed with bone marrow cancer has raised more than £100,000 to help other sufferers. Angelo Clarke holds an annual gala in aid of Myeloma UK and raised £17,000 from this year’s event, held recently at Bradford

  • City 1 Plymouth 1

    City 1 Plymouth 1 James Hanson struck a brilliant late equaliser for City after Craig Sutherland's 59th-minute strike looked to have condemned them to a disastrous defeat. Pilgrims striker Sutherland diverted home a low shot from skipper

  • CITY TEAM NEWS

    CITY: McLaughlin, Ramsden, Flynn, Oliver, Hanson, Hannah, Ravenhill, Reid, Seip, Davies, Fagan Subs: Duke, Compton, Mitchell, Wells, Moore

  • Safety warning over fake goods

    Christmas shoppers in Bradford could be putting themselves in danger by splashing out on fake goods over the festive period, police have warned. Counterfeit hair straighteners, designer clothes, watches and CDs are among items which are often found on

  • Purge as shoplifting soars by 35 per cent

    Convicted thieves will be banned from all Bradford city centre shops, police have warned as it is revealed that shoplifting offences have shot up by 35 per cent. There were 583 shoplifting cases in the first nine months of this year, compared to 429

  • Wife benefited by £2.7m from crime

    The wife of a Bradford drugs baron has been found to have benefited by £2.7 million from her criminal involvement. A Proceeds of Crime hearing at Leeds Crown Court yesterday found Balkees Begum, 40, had benefited, under the Criminal Justice

  • Anarchist club’s plea for help to stay open

    Bradford’s famous anarchist club is facing imminent closure unless it meets fire regulations soon. The One in 12 Club has only weeks left and needs all the free help it can get if it is to stay open, warn the volunteers who run it. Joiners and electricians

  • Yorkshire Cricket Board collecting data on services

    The Towergate Halifax League, which includes 13 clubs from the Bradford area, is one of only three leagues in Yorkshire to take part in a Yorkshire Cricket Board affiliation pilot. Andrew Watson, of the YCB, addressed the league’s December meeting at

  • Purge on shoplifters as crime soars by 35%

    Convicted thieves will be banned from all Bradford city centre shops, police have warned as it is revealed that shoplifting offences have shot up by 35 per cent. There were 583 shoplifting cases in the first nine months of this year, compared to 429

  • Children suffer burns in house fire accident

    A toddler is in hospital with serious burns after an incident at her house in Bradford. The girl, who is almost two years old, is believed to have suffered burns to her upper body in what is understood to have been a tragic accident at the family home

  • Cold snap brings chaos to district

    Rush hour commuters faced hazardous conditions and gridlocked roads yesterday prompting complaints over the effectiveness of Bradford Council’s gritting operation. A car ended up in a ditch after it came off Egypt Road, Thornton, at 8.30am. After the

  • Jail for ‘depraved’ sex pest teenager

    A teenager has been locked up for six years for the depraved sexual abuse of a young girl. Mohsin Rafique’s victim was left physically and psychologically damaged by a two-year ordeal that began when she was ten years old, Bradford Crown Court heard.

  • Burial ruling ends family’s ‘torment’

    A Bradford family has won a battle to get their father’s remains removed from a garden of rest stuck between two busy car parks because it was too noisy. Leslie Coultous, who died aged 55 in 1977, was laid to rest at St Margaret’s Church, Thornbury,

  • Bradford City: Lavery deal's not done, says Lawn

    Caolan Lavery’s move to City is still up in the air. The Northern Ireland under-21 international striker has been training at the club since his academy scholarship ran out at Ipswich. He had hoped to put pen to paper this week and Lavery

  • Tribute to Pompey legend and D-day hero

    My old man’s favourite footballer passed away on Thursday night, aged 89. The name Len Phillips may not mean much to anyone outside Portsmouth but he was the last remaining survivor of their team that won back-to-back league titles in 1949 and 1950.

  • Superbug cases causes fall in Bradford health trust rating

    A spike in ‘superbug’ cases and a breach of cancer waiting times has seen a worsening in the risk rating of the foundation trust which governs Bradford’s hospitals. The upgrading of the governance risk rating against Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS