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  • JOHN KEAR: It was an honour to take part in Rhinos match

    BRADFORD Bulls head coach John Kear admitted it was an honour for his side to play a part in today’s joint fundraiser for Rob Burrow and Jamie Jones-Buchanan. He felt that the way Bradford conducted themselves, using Leeds as an inspiration, could

  • Bus forced to divert 'due to badly parked cars'

    A BUS service in Bradford was forced to divert its route 'due to badly parked cars'. First's 626 service - running from Bradford to Baildon - encountered trouble on Cliffe Lane West, a long residential street. The bus changed routes via Green

  • 'Bradford says no to war with Iran'

    PROTESTORS stood together in City Park this afternoon with one key message for political leaders: 'Bradford says no to war with Iran'. The anti-war movement, Stop the War, went on the march again as people across the district gathered to demonstrate

  • How Helen Mirren spent a week in Bradford

    DAME Helen Mirren has shared the "magic" of Bradford with the world this week as filming begins on The Duke. The award-winning actress has left many Bradfordians starstruck as she toured round the city's sights and feasted in the UK's curry capital

  • CRAWLEY v BANTAMS: Match facts and ratings

    CITY'S eight-match unbeaten run ended with a poor defeat at Crawley on Saturday. T&A chief sports writer SIMON PARKER provides the match facts and player ratings from an afternoon to forget in Sussex. MAN OF THE MATCH Tough to find one

  • WATCH: City centre street sent back to the 1960's for filming

    A CITY centre street has been taken back to the 1960s as filming for The Duke movie gets well underway. Upper Piccadilly Street is now home to a tie shop called Wormells, the estate and business agents L.M Barnes and Hendlemans Milliners - a shop

  • Body found on Canal Road still not identified

    POLICE have yet to identify the body of a man who was found dead yesterday. Emergency services were called out to Canal Road at 5.16am to reports of a male laying in the road. West Yorkshire Police said the unknown man was already dead by the

  • HOUSEPLANTS: The top 10 for clearing the air

    IT TURNS out if we have to leave this planet and go find life on another, me and my trusty houseplants are good to go. Some years ago, NASA conducted a series of experiments to see which plants would help with purifying the air in space stations

  • Retrospective roller shutter plan refused

    RETROSPECTIVE plans to installer roller shutters on a newly built unit in Shipley have been refused. 11 Market Street is a recently completed building next to the town's Costa, made up of a ground floor retail unit and upper floor flats. Roller

  • Celebration of Anne Bronte’s life this Friday

    A BRADFORD venue will be hosting a celebration to mark the 200th Birthday of Anne Bronte on Friday. Anne, author of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, was born in Thornton on January 17 1820. 200 years on, Delius Arts and Cultural Centre on Great Horton

  • Why you shouldn't hang up if you accidentally ring 999

    POLICE have urged people who accidentally call 999 to stay on the line. West Yorkshire’s Contact Management Centre often tweet some of the more unusual phone calls they receive from the general public. But on this occasion they have tweeted

  • Council's woodland plan is praised

    PLANS to create more than 2.4 square miles of new woodland in Leeds have been described as one of the most ambitious in the UK. Leeds City Council decision-makers approved plans to spend £350,000 a year planting new trees around the city in an attempt

  • RATED THIS WEEK: 16 new Bradford food hygiene ratings

    NEW food hygiene ratings for 16 eateries across the Bradford district have been published by the Food Standards Agency this week. Listed below are the latest findings of council inspectors, published between January 4 and 10. Almost 4,000 premises

  • St Blaise wool festival set to return to city

    A FESTIVAL celebrating Bradford’s wool heritage, held last year for the first time in nearly two centuries, was such a success it will return this month. St Blaise Wool Festival was first held in 1825, when Bradford was a world leader in textile