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Patients paid £8m for clinical negligence

Updated 9:37am Thursday 20th November 2008

Almost £8 million has been paid out to patients across the district for clinical negligence in just one year, new figures have revealed.


Schools score outstanding successes

Head teacher Sharon Lambert surrounded by celebrating pupils at Allerton Primary School

Updated 4:40am Thursday 20th November 2008

Bradford primary school has ranked outstanding in every section of its Ofsted report.

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Drive to fill up homes left empty

Coun Adrian Naylor: "Things are moving slowly, but they are still moving."

Updated 4:20am Thursday 20th November 2008

Bradford Council is to run a pilot scheme to help bring more empty homes back into use in an area rife with the problem.

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City centre crime blitz launched

Updated 4:11pm Wednesday 19th November 2008

City centre thieves have been warned by police that they will be arrested in an ongoing Christmas crackdown.

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Neighbourhood programme reaps its just reward

Updated 4.40am Thursday 20th November 2008

Bradford Council’s Streets Ahead programme, which aims to improve the quality of life for residents living in five areas of the district, has just won a regional award.

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Keeping a weather eye out for poachers

Updated 10.30am Wednesday 19th November 2008

Landowners across the district say they are “alert” to a potential increase in poaching in the face of rising food prices and the reality of recession.

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New chief pledges to 'put bobbies back on the beat'

Updated 9.40am Tuesday 18th November 2008

Police in Bradford are set to “go back to basics” under a new chief.

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Plea for gift of sight

An opticians’ surgery is urging people to donate their unwanted glasses this Christmas to help those in the developing world whose lives are blighted by poor eyesight.

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24-hour care 'set to improve'

Health chiefs are promising patients across Bradford and Airedale improved access to healthcare professionals outside normal surgery hours.

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Teacher's tribunal halted

An employment tribunal into the case of a teacher who claimed she felt it was unsafe to return to work after she was accused of assaulting a pupil has been halted for submissions to be made by post.

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Appeal logo changed

Haworth Cat Rescue has changed its logo as it forges ahead with a £2 million campaign to build an eco-friendly re-homing centre in the Aire Valley.

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15 charities to share cash

Proceeds from this year’s Oxenhope Straw Race will be handed out later this month.

Tougher penalties on speeding drivers are set to be announced
Speeding drivers face new penalties

Tougher penalties for speeding and other "excessive behaviour" by motorists are to be proposed by ministers as part of a bid to cut road deaths.

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Paris Hilton and her boyfriend of nine months, Benji Madden, have broken up.

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England falter to modest 240

England failed to build on a promising start from their new-look batting line-up as India's spinners restricted them to a modest total in the third match of the one-day series.

Stuart McCall has failed to find a temporary replacement for the injured Joe Colbeck
'I still haven't found what I'm looking for'

Stuart McCall’s loan search for a new midfielder has so far drawn a blank.

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Burgess: Foreign stars helped make me the player I am

Bulls star Sam Burgess has hit back at Ricky Stuart after the Australia coach blamed England’s World Cup failure on too many overseas players in Super League.



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