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Stories for 21 May 2005

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley News

Letters to the Editor

Good old Bradford, I really miss you!  more...

Teenager raped boy,11,in mosque

A teenager has been locked up for three years for robbing and raping an 11-year-old boy in a Bradford mosque.  more...

Pavement display ban stirs petitions

Scores of angry shoppers have signed up to a campaign to stop Bradford Council from banning pavement displays from outside their stores.  more...

Neighbour guilty of three arson attacks

A woman is facing jail after being found guilty of three arson attacks on neighbours' homes.  more...

Shock as vandals target old church

A historic church has been vandalised by yobs just weeks into a £250,000 restoration project.  more...

Extra taxis planned to take to the roads

Dozens of extra taxis may be brought on to the district's streets in order to meet the needs of wheelchair users.  more...

Father-to-be killed on child's moped

The father of a young man who died in an accident as he rode a moped designed for children begged others to take more care.  more...

Eye experts take talents to Africa

A Bradford eye specialist is spearheading an effort to beat blindness on an impoverished Indian Ocean island.  more...

Knifeman in suicide threat is spared jail

A knife-wielding father carrying his baby son who threatened to kill himself and police officers in an hour-long stand-off has been spared jail.  more...

Review of our taxis is justified

The majority of people in Bradford take it for granted that if they want to get around and don't have their own car they can take a taxi. For 46,000 people in the district, though, life isn't as easy as that. Not only do they have to cope with the day-to-day frustrations that can arise out of disability but if they try to hire a taxi there is a strong possibility that, if they use a wheelchair, the vehicle they flag down might not be able to accommodate them.   more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley Sport

'Deal me in' says Noble

Bulls coach Brian Noble has confirmed his desire to stay at the club next year and beyond.  more...

City boss sets new goal for hot-shot Windass

City goal hero Dean Windass has been asked to break his goal-scoring record yet again.  more...

Dawson and Kruis cut loose for Tykes

Yorkshire saved their best until last against Durham at Riverside yesterday when Richard Dawson and Deon Kruis earned a couple of unexpected batting points with a tenth-wicket partnership of 75, the highest of the innings.  more...

Nixon aims parting shot at committee

Jer Lane's chairman Malcolm Nixon is blaming the Bradford Central League's management committee for the number of clubs that have left the league.   more...

Dean pleased with quality applications

Bradford Park Avenue's new chairman Dr John Dean feels it will be very difficult appointing a new team manager simply because of the high quality of the applicants.  more...

Shipley,Bradford,Bingley,Spen Valley News

'Throw light on drug site'

Crime-fearing residents in Shipley are calling for street lighting to be introduced on a shadowy footpath to stop it being used as a drug drop-off point.  more...

  
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