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Stories for 1 April 2003

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Attack victims leave hospital

Two men who were victims of an attack in Crossflatts by a gang armed with baseball bats have been discharged from hospital.  more...

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Group looks forward with real confidence

PM Group Plc has announced strong results and says it can look forward to the future with confidence.  more...

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Letters to the Editor

SIR - As you reported on March 28, it is my intention to submit to the next Council meeting a request that officers look at the feasibility of creating a National School Museum. The museum would not simply look back but would encompass the development of education in schools and, beyond that, look to schools of the future.   more...

It's time to move on, says Council chief

The former football manager head-hunted to bring new vision to the district of Bradford is leaving - for new challenges down south.  more...

City fund heading vital aid campaign

A Bradford charity is spearheading the campaign to get aid to Iraq, where it claims people are already dying because of a lack of food and water.  more...

Dad, 37, dies after playing football

A Bradford father-of-two has died after collapsing as he played five-a-side football watched by his young son.  more...

Bishop David pounds the beat

The Bishop of Bradford swapped his pulpit for the pavement when he joined a police officer on the beat.  more...

Daffodils pose host of legal problems

Columns of golden daffodils on the roadside could be breaking the law, Bradford botanist Les Barnett warned today.  more...

Shopping centre plan for riot site

A company wants to breathe new life into the site of the former BMW garage destroyed in the Bradford riot.  more...

Grieving dad `drove like raving lunatic'

A grieving father drove like a "raving lunatic" through the streets of Bradford only hours after discovering his toddler son had died in Pakistan, a court was told.  more...

Police will get power to stop election fraud

Police are likely to be given increased power to deal with election fraud after troubled polls in the district last year.  more...

On This Day

In 1880, Messrs W. E. Forster and Alfred Illingworth were elected MPs for Bradford.  more...

A step in the right direction

The former Lister Park BMW car showroom on Oak Lane in Manningham has stood as a mute testament to the devastating riots that rocked Bradford two years ago this summer.  more...

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Volcano extends his stay

The Volcano will be erupting in Bradford for at least another two years.  more...

Contract talks on horizon for Jorgensen

City have not yet opened contract talks with Claus Jorgensen amid claims the free-scoring Dane may be looking for a move.  more...

Vote for your City player of the year

It's time to begin the search for the Telegraph & Argus/JCT600 Bradford City player of the year for 2002-2003.  more...

Mutton can't derail the Clayton Orient express

Like the two Senior League Cup semi-finals the previous Sunday, both the Alliance's Intermediate Cup semi-finals saw fortunes change in the second half.   more...

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Restaurant staff robbed by masked gunmen

Two 16-year-old boys were among six people held at gunpoint and tied up in a restaurant robbery.  more...

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Police hunt gang over theft of phone

A group of teenagers was attacked by another group of youngsters outside the Showcase Cinema at Birstall.  more...

  
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