Stories for 12 July 2003

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Public to pay for tip restoration

Council Tax payers will end up footing most of the bill for the restoration of a controversial waste tip in Cullingworth, villagers have been told.  more...

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Letters to the Editor

SIR - It never fails to amaze me! The arrogance of the BBC when an unelected and undemocratic organisation can impose a licence fee on its citizens for the privilege of watching TV.   more...

Crime shock for store that quit Bradford

A top furniture store which quit Bradford after 158 years in the city today said part of its business might return after its new Leeds showroom was ram-raided three times in as many months.  more...

Join our National El-th Service!

From Barcelona to Bradford... Spanish doctors could soon be swapping the bright sunshine of their homeland for Bradford's more temperate climate in a bid to combat a shortage of GPs.   more...

Jail for paedophile who used internet

A man who sexually abused young boys and put pictures of them on the internet has been jailed for 55 months.  more...

On the air and up in the air

It was the biggest show the BBC had mounted in Bradford for some time, and it had to be right... the boss was watching.  more...

Tributes are paid to cancer fighter Tom

Bradford University's state-of-the-art cancer research centres have been officially renamed to honour a pioneer in the field.  more...

£15,000 cash fund is being wound up

An appeal to raise cash for a therapy pool for special-needs youngsters is being wound up.  more...

Life for man who knifed a licensee

A man has been jailed for life after he stabbed a pub landlord in Keighley.  more...

Tykes want their `lost' town back!

Yorkshire Tykes are to invade enemy territory - and seek a town's return to its homeland.  more...

Probe call after homes blocked

Developers wanting to build 185 homes in Bradford have demanded a public inquiry after their £11 million plans were kicked out by Council officers.  more...

Mum's love helps end cancer scare

Mother and daughter Kathleen Sugden and Caroline Steel have always been close.  more...

`Cabs are driving away our business'

Firms in Idle are angry that two cab companies are parking outside their businesses and taking away trade.  more...

That junk food's had its chips!

A quiet revolution is simmering away on a Bradford estate.   more...

On This Day

In 1941, the German air force bombed Moscow.  more...

Let's hope more will follow

It is with no joy whatsoever that anyone would receive the news of former Bradford firm Christopher Pratts misfortune since moving the business to Leeds.  more...

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Noble lavishes praise on Bulls after Shay demolition

The Bulls put their season back on track with a 60-12 demolition of struggling Halifax at the Shay.  more...

Bulls always in command

Halifax 12, Bradford Bulls 60: The Army kindly sponsored the match-ball at Shay Stadium last night. And watching officers could have based a training exercise around the siege the Halifax troops were put under in the first half by the battling Bulls.  more...

Jewell keen to sign Walsh

Gary Walsh is hoping to resurrect his career with Paul Jewell's Wigan.  more...

McCarthy's out to prove fitness

Bradford & Bingley were today giving Richard McCarthy a `fitness test' before their Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup semi-final at Idle tomorrow.  more...

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New show by artist who fled Stalin

A new exhibition of paintings by Shipley artist Laimonis Mierins has opened to the public.  more...

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Time for clock work to start

Long-awaited work to improve Heckmondwike's historic clock tower is to get under way.  more...