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Stories for 21 December 1998

Bradford Business

Growth is right on target

A Bradford firm is going for growth thanks to help from a major enterprise organisation.  more...

Chris Wontner-Smith: Business Sense

Most owners and managers of small businesses have learnt to live with the Data Protection Act since 1984.  more...

Bradford News

So many ways to celebrate

Bradford's unique multi-cultural backdrop means that celebrating the birth of Christ at Christmas is a matter of observation rather than participation to many children. But that fact does not prevent many Bradford schools from celebrating the festive season in style. Here, T&A reporter Joanne Earp takes a look at how different schools across the district celebrate Christmas...  more...

Mobile phones ban at hospital high risk spots

Mobile phones are being banned in key areas of Bradford's hospitals amid new concern over the danger they could pose to essential equipment.  more...

Achievement plan for city's schools

Brighter boys, better numeracy skills and a drop in truancy are part of an education blueprint to boost achievement in Bradford.  more...

You have to keep up the good work

Residents are being urged to play a bigger part in a multi-million pound regeneration scheme to ensure the good work on three Bradford estates continues when Government funding comes to an end.  more...

Vandal attacks threaten closure

A couple who helped turn a once-derelict farm into a top tourist attraction have revealed how vandals have driven them to the verge of quitting.  more...

Youths to enlist in drug fight

Teenagers will be warning other youngsters about the dangers of drugs as part of an initiative to be launched in Manningham, Bradford, next year.  more...

No more bombing, demand protesters

Hundreds of demonstrators called for no more air strikes on Iraq at a peaceful cross-community rally in Bradford.  more...

Puppy will give Torie her life back

An epileptic teenager has been thrown a lifeline by her four-legged best friend.  more...

Star attends Emily service

Heartbeat star Kazia Pelka was the guest at a service in Haworth Parish Church to mark the 150th anniversary of the death of Emily Bronte.  more...

Mike Priestley: North of Watford

There aren't many reasons to be thankful to the European Union, I think. But the ban on certain antibiotics in animal feed is certainly one of them.  more...

Heed the 'asbestos factor'

Asbestos is a frightening material. It has been proved to cause very serious, potentially lethal health problems among some of the people exposed to it. The word itself has become a very emotive one. Mere mention of its presence in a building can cause a panic.  more...

Driver finds two stowaways

Two men were being questioned by immigration officers today after being discovered hidden in the back of a Bradford lorry.  more...

School fears big squeeze

Building 400 new homes near Gilstead will increase the pressure on the already excessive demand for places at Bingley Grammar School, its chairman of governors fears.  more...

Battle to replace vandal-hit lights

A Baildon man has launched a campaign to get vandalised lights on a secluded pathway repaired.  more...

Appeal as aircraft club is grounded

Members of a model aircraft club have had their wings clipped by the new owners of their flying field.  more...

Building up trust on future of site

Residents are being asked to give their views on how the Ilkley College site should be developed.  more...

Car park urged to stop trade 'dying'

A councillor is calling for a new 500-space car park in Otley to stop trade dying in the town centre.  more...

Mystery of flowers on the grave

The sister of a 16-year-old boy murdered by a serial killer wants to thank the mystery person who lays flowers at his Keighley grave.  more...

Huge hunt as stroke victim goes missing

Police today launched a full-scale search for a 27-year-old stroke victim who has been missing overnight.  more...

Theatre Review: Peter Pan, Bradford Alhambra

They had come to see magic, and see it they did.  more...

Bradford Sport

No easing up now

Towering defender Darren Moore believes Bradford City must not get carried away after jumping to their highest position in the First Division for nearly 15 months.  more...

Blake's progress: Robbie's rise in form powers Bantams' hopes

Bradford City 2, Wolverhampton 1; by Richard Sutcliffe at Valley Parade.  more...

Manager's Views

Paul Jewel comments: I thought we played very well and were the better side in all departments.  more...

No foreign ban here - Richmond

Chairman Geoffrey Richmond has refuted claims that Bradford City operate a British-only transfer policy.  more...

Bradley rapped after ref attack

Retired Bradford Bulls captain Graeme Bradley has been severely reprimanded by the Rugby Football League for making derogatory comments about a referee.  more...

Bubbling Bees get in the festive spirit

Rugby Union: Bradford & Bingley 50, Alnwick 12.  more...

Tyersal top spot bid hit for six

West Riding CA: Any ideas that Tyersal had of going into 1999 on top of the Mumtaz Premier Division were soon deflated when visitors Ovenden West Riding swept into a four goal half-time advantage.  more...

  
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