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REVIEW: Derren Brown's unfathomable Miracle

Derren Brown - Miracle  The Alhambra Theatre Last time I reviewed Derren Brown, I hit a snag early on. He opened Enigma, his 2009/10 show, by asking journalists not to write about the what had happened - making it particularly difficult to

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Three is the magic number for Yorkshire bowler Brooks

JACK Brooks’ 250th first-class wicket helped Yorkshire take control of their County Championship clash with Hampshire. The England Lions seamer finished the second day with figures of 3-55 as Hampshire closed on 223-8. And despite his personal

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Mills to mark 150th anniversary

MANNINGHAM Mills, founder members of the Bradford League, are holding a 150th anniversary celebration this summer.It will be held at their Scotchman Road headquarters on Saturday, July 11 (7.30pm), when a hot supper will be provided.Past players and friends

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Cricket coaching masterclass

KEIGHLEY Cricket Club have attracted some big-name coaches for their three-day spring bank holiday junior coaching camp.Former Yorkshire and England player Anthony McGrath will give a batting masterclass, while the bowling equivalent will be held by Yorkshire

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Bradford City hold memorial service at Valley Parade to mark 30th anniversary of fire

FANS, officials and survivors stood in silent reflection at Valley Parade today as Bradford City held their own memorial service to mark the 30th anniversary. Hundreds of people gathered at the ground's fire memorial for the 3pm service to honour the

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Clough the Salem hero as they complete fairy-tale double

Bradford Salem 19, Bridlington 14 (after extra time, 14-14 full time, Salem won on golden point) CHRIS Clough has had a torrid last two months. He was injured and suspended in the same incident after being sent off on March 17 against West

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Rift deepens between George Galloway and Naz Shah over Bradford West election result

A BITTER rift between ousted MP George Galloway and his successful Labour rival Naz Shah has deepened, after the Respect MP reported her to the Director of Public Prosecutions. The Respect leader, who lost the Bradford West seat to Ms Shah by more

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Father-of-six jailed for minimum of 28 years for Bradford stabbing murder

A FATHER-of-six has been jailed for life for stabbing a man to death in the doorway of a Bradford house. Stanislav Misko, 48, was unanimously found guilty today by a jury at Leeds Crown Court of murdering Marek Benak on October 23 last year.

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PICTURES: Bradford unites in remembrance for 30th anniversary of Valley Parade fire

BRADFORD stood as a city united in remembrance as thousands of people filled Centenary Square to pay their respects to those who lost their lives 30 years ago in one of football's worst-ever tragedies. An emotional sea of claret and amber washed

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Campion end campaign on high note

CAMPION brought down the curtain on their West Riding County Amateur League season with a 3-0 home win over Steeton.Both sides adapted well in a Premier Division game played in wet and windy conditions that would have normally have caused a postponement.Omar

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Ealandians taste league defeat at last

TERRY Marflitt Trophy winners Grangefield Old Boys have become the only side to lower the colours of Premier Division champions Ealandians in the Yorkshire Amateur League.The fourth-placed hosts made it three successive wins to end their season but were

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Brooks lands a quick one-two

JACK Brooks took two wickets in as many deliveries to keep Yorkshire on top in their County Championship encounter with Hampshire. A fifty from Michael Carberry threatened to put the visitors in the driving seat as he added 75 for the second wicket

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Seconds hang on to complete Ilkley treble

Old Otliensians 19, Ilkley Seconds 25THIS victory by Ilkley Seconds in the Spray Plant (UK) Ltd Aire-Wharfe Cup final means that all three of their senior teams have won silverware this season.The first team clinched the SSE North One East title, while

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Draw will see Field crowned champions

FIELD need just one point from their last West Yorkshire League match of the season to be crowned Premier Division champions.They put in a fine performance at Hunslet Club to win 2-0, courtesy of a brace from Danny Cunningham, and entertain second-placed

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More cup final woe for Brighouse

BRIGHOUSE Town Reserves have suffered their second cup final heartache in four days.After losing the Halifax & District FA Challenge Cup final 2-1 to Ovenden West Riding in extra time, Town went down 4-2 against Colne Reserves in the Lancashire League

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Young gun takes victory away from Cleck

CLECKHEATON, champions of the JCT600 Bradford League, made an early exit from this season's Black Sheep Yorkshire Champions' Trophy.In a low-scoring encounter at York Senior League winners Woodhouse Grange, the Moorenders fell by one wicket in a match

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Thornes in the side

ALL Rounder Cricket Equipment Central Yorkshire League side Wakefield Thornes were the day's only winners in the second round of the Solly Sports Heavy Woollen Cup.Mathew Jordan made 60 not out as Thornes won by eight wickets against Huddersfield League

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Drug addict employed as cannabis farm 'minder', court told

A DRUG addict who was recruited to act as "a minder" for a professionally-run cannabis farm in a Bradford house has been given a suspended prison sentence.Iranian national Aram Salih, 36, had been living in the house in Saplin Street, Girlington

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Police release images of men wanted in connection with assault on train passengers

BRITISH Transport Police have released images of two men wanted in connection with a vicious assault on three passengers on a train heading for Bradford. The victims, including a father and son, were attacked on a train travelling between Skipton

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Prostitute robbed partially blind man in row over payment

A PROSTITUTE robbed a partially blind man in a row over payment for sexual services, Bradford Crown Court heard.Nicole Preston grabbed £20 in the struggle with 62-year-old Bashir Ullah who was injured when he fell to the ground.Mr Ullah, who is blind

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Putting a sock into that daily ritual!

CHATTING to a colleague of a similar age, we found we had something in common. Not where we lived, went to school or holidayed, but something we share with vast swathes of the population. We both find it hard to put on our socks. My colleague

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Smith digs in to delay Yorkshire victory chase

YORKSHIRE were frustrated by Hampshire’s batsmen as they looked to secure victory on the fourth morning of their County Championship clash at Headingley. Will Smith survived a dropped catch by Jack Leaning to reach lunch unbeaten on 51 with the

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Dignified service remembers the Bradford City 56

THOUSANDS have gathered today to remember those who died 30 years ago today in the Bradford City fire tragedy. Dignitaries from Bradford and Lincoln, who the Bantams were playing on that fateful day, represented both cities. Centenary Square

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Why are overflowing dog bins not emptied?

SIR - Please can someone tell me why the dog waste bins are never emptied along the canalside at Skipton. I was out walking two dogs when I came across a dog waste bin that was full to overflowing with bags and other rubbish placed on top.This

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Question of competence

SIR - As one to whom Canal Road congestion is an added deterrent to visiting central Bradford, I must question the competency of those responsible for culverting the beck. Not making themselves aware in advance of the problems associated with the

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Short film festival was a worthwhile success

SIR - I was glad to read that the organisers of the Ratma short film festival in Keighley feel it was worthwhile and a success. Earlier in the month I visited the pop-up cinema, and while I was only there for 45 minutes, I enjoyed a good eight

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Our pavements are not paved with gold

SIR - When will folk not of the area realise Ilkley’s pavements are not paved with gold unless it be compensation gold? Twee gift shops take the place of real traders selling real goods. While large chains move in for a while then move out

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Raising awareness of a debilitating disease

SIR - Coeliac UK is the national charity for people with coeliac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis. We are urging your readers, in Coeliac UK Awareness Week – from May 11 to 17 – to ask “is it coeliac disease?” if they are suffering from any

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Thanks to those who looked after my wife

SIR - On Wednesday, April 22, we were passing through Skipton on our way home. On Swadford Street my wife sat on the small wall outside Bizzie Lizzies and said she felt unwell. She passed out and two ladies came to help me. One helped me to

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Prohibitive premiums for unlucky pet parents

SIR - Recent reports that UK pet insurance premiums are set to top £1.1 billion by 2018 is great news for the industry, but highlights ongoing concerns from pet parents that they are trapped with spiralling insurance costs as their pets age. Some

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'Labour must get back to listening'

JASPER Carrott put his finger on it. During an interview with the Telegraph & Argus on the day of the General Election, the stand-up comic wondered if the pollsters’ forecast of a hung Parliament dominated by Labour and the SNP might turn out to

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UPDATE: Police investigating alleged rape in Bradford park say 'no offences were committed'

DETECTIVES investigating the alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl in a Bradford park have concluded that no offences were committed. The incident was reported to have happened in Bowling Park last Thursday lunchtime. But today, Detective Chief

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Appropriate way to mark sombre day

TODAY is never anything less than hugely difficult for anyone who was at Valley Parade on that truly horrendous day 30 years ago. It is a date which will always be indelibly imprinted on the psyche of any Bradfordian. Today is the day when

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On This Day - May 11, 2015

25 years ago: British Rail announced that the opening of the first phase of the new £3million Forster Square station - scheduled to open in four days - would be delayed by at least a month, citing problems with engineers available to complete track

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Reviving a musical era

THIS column is always open to the popular music of yesterday (the 1960s) and sometimes the day before yesterday. Over the next five weeks or so Idle & Thackley Conservative Club’s Top 20 Club is rocking back to the 1960s with two shows that

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Bounding along the path of Hardy as our terrier creates 'Wessie'

THOMAS Hardy would no doubt have chuckled had he looked down at his old Dorset pad from the great poets’ corner in the sky. Our pet dog Eddie had taken a leaf from Hardy’s naughty terrier, Wessex, and given two visitors to Max Gate - Hardy’s Dorchester

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Hit the trail for an adventurous trek

IN 1993 I set out with some relatives to walk part of the Pennine Way from Settle to Hawes. Our fluctuating route took us across the boggy sea-green undulations below Fountain’s Fell and up the slopes of some of the highest parts along the route

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Gluten-free meals still full of flavour

FROM your first spoonful of cereal at breakfast, to that lunchtime sandwich and cupcake teatime treat, MUCH of what we eat every day contains wheat, and with it, the protein that forms gluten, writes Kate Whiting. Now imagine you were Italian and

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A touch of history in Chelsea

THE buzz has, until recently, been about the royal baby, but when Chelsea kicks off all eyes will be on Prince Harry, whose charity Sentebale is returning to Chelsea with a garden – writes Hannah Stephenson. The Hope in Vulnerability garden by

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Christian Aid week for justice

THOUSANDS of churches will stand together this Christian Aid week, from May 10-16, to speak out for change. Churches the length and breadth of Britain and Ireland will come together to pray, campaign and raise money to improve the lives of some

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Celebrating words with literary event

NEXT week, Bradford city centre will be turned into a hub of activity centred around the written and spoken word. The first Bradford Literature Festival features hundreds of events, from a free schools programme to a panel-led discussion on freedom

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YouTube star’s book on growing up

All I Know Now: Wonderings And Reflections On Growing Up Gracefully by Carrie Hope Fletcher (Sphere, £12.99) OK, it’s official: YouTubers are taking over the world. Following on from the huge success of her fellow vloggers and bloggers Zoella

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Revellers warned to be vigilant after drink spiking incident

POLICE have issued a warning after a suspected drink spiking incident in the town.A 22-year-old woman was taken ill in the early hours of Saturday, April 25, after a night out with friends in Skipton, taking in three bars and a night club.Sergeant Mark

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Failure to reform hurts Labour

SIR – The people have spoken (and the general election result is around what thirty-odd per cent of them wanted). New Labour will rue not introducing Fair Votes after all those years of Thatcherite rule on less than two-in-five votes. Greedily they

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Take the beating and try to learn from it

SIR – Now that the Labour Party has been resoundingly thrashed by the Conservatives maybe Mr Durkin may tone down his vitriolic outbursts against them. As he is obviously a part of the minority as far as politics is concerned, it just shows that

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Enjoy a day at the races and all for a good cause

SIR – Fancy a day at the races? Enjoy having lots of fun and great times with your friends and family? Then we could have a great big opportunity just for you. We need enthusiastic, fun and chatty people to join us as volunteer MacDay Makers at

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Three people cut free by firefighters after two cars crash in Bradford

THREE people had to be cut free by firefighters after a crash yesterday involving two cars in City Road, Bradford. It happened shortly before 4.30pm. The casualties were all taken to Bradford Royal Infirmary. Fire crews from Bradford and Fairweather

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Are electric car charging points viable?

SIR – Not only has the £1,400 medium speed electric car charging point in the Ian Clough car park Baildon been unused since its installation five months ago,it has taken over not one , but two car parking spaces which have recently been adorned with

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Memories of Victoria and her sister loco

SIR - I am ‘one of the few’ firemen remaining alive who regularly worked on Victoria and her sister loco, Bellerephon. Both Low Moor engines. Victoria was transferred to Low Moor in brand new condition, having had a major overhaul at Crewe Works

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Working together for city's future

NOW the dust has settled on the events of the General Election, it is time for Bradford to look to the future. Our area has somewhat bucked the national trend – becoming more Labour-focused as the country once again has a wholly Conservative government

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On This Day - May 9, 2015

25 years ago: Hundreds of disappointed fans were left out in the cold when Engelbert Humperdinck cancelled a near sell-out show at St George’s Hall in Bradford at the eleventh hour, with the singer struck down by laryngitis and a viral infection.

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City pays tribute to 56 in poignant service this morning

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Live daily news blog - Monday, May 11

5:18pm We're signing off for today. Have a lovely evening and join us again tomorrow for more of the district's news and views. If you have a story or picture to share with us, you can email us or call our news team on

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Feather treble is perfect tribute to old Cougars pal

Cougars 52 Coventry Bears 10 IN THE emotional cauldron of a packed Cougar Park, the Cougars certainly did it for Jonesy as they reached the League One summit. Danny Jones' widow Lizzie, cradling their twin children Bobby and Phoebe, came onto

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New film on Bradford City fire a valuable lesson for today's young fans

GABBY Logan views the publicity surrounding the 30th anniversary of the Valley Parade fire as an important historical lesson for the modern generation of fans.The TV broadcaster has her own personal recollections of the game, which she attended as a 12

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Bresnan strikes early for Yorkshire

YORKSHIRE failed to capitalise on their overnight total of 333-7 as they added just 37 runs in the morning session before being bowled out for 370 by Hampshire at Headingley. Tim Bresnan fell for 28 as he picked out Will Smith at gully before Jack

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No worries! Lowes insists Bradford Bulls always had edge over battling Whitehaven

JIMMY Lowes insisted he was "never worried" as the Bulls survived a searching examination to edge past struggling Whitehaven 32-16.The Cumbrian hosts hit back from 16-0 down to level the scores before tries from Danny Addy and Danny Williams

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Bower hails his Guiseley promotion heroes

MARK Bower could hardly contain his pride as Guiseley hit back from 2-0 down to beat Chorley 3-2 in the Vanarama Conference North play-off final at the aptly-named Victory Park.Substitutes Liam Dickinson and Nicky Boshell were among the scorers as former

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Poignant service will remember victims of Bradford City fire disaster

BRADFORD City fan Mark Neale has paid a solemn visit to the fire disaster memorial in Centenary Square where a poignant service takes place today to mark the 30th anniversary of one of football's worst disasters in which 56 lives were lost and a further

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George Galloway starts legal challenge against Bradford West poll result

CONTROVERSIAL former Bradford West MP George Galloway has signalled that he is starting a legal challenge against his defeat in last week's General Election. Mr Galloway won the Bradford West seat for his Respect party in a by-election in 2012

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Yorkshire: Middlebrook 'makes peace' with end of career

JAMES Middlebrook has spent his entire career appealing for decisions. Now he will turn his attention to giving them.The veteran off-spinner was released by Northamptonshire at the end of last season but returned to Yorkshire colours for their recent

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Alex Lees column: Yorkshire don't intend to 'die wondering' in T20

YOU know and we know that we have the squad of players at Yorkshire to do well in Twenty20 cricket.But you can talk about it as much as you like – it's about getting the job done, starting against Derbyshire at Headingley on Friday night.We haven't really

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Bradford Bulls struggle to edge past spirited Cumbrians

Whitehaven 16, Bradford Bulls 32 QUITE simply, this was not the kind of performance that will carry the Bulls to promotion via the Super Eights. It was niggly, error-strewn and downright ugly at times but it was a win nonetheless. Yet when

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Plans submitted to turn city centre office block into flats

PLANS for almost 100 flats opposite the Bradford Broadway shopping centre have been submitted. The proposal is a for a mixture of one and two bedrooms apartments over seven of the eight floors at at Arndale House in Charles Street. The development

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Cabbies face insurance crackdown amid concerns over licensing loophole

A CRACKDOWN has started on a licensing loophole which Council bosses believe could leave some minicab drivers not fully insured.Bradford Council's licensing officials have become growing increasingly concerned at the number of cabbies in Bradford who

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Star of new Channel 4 crime drama gets muddy in memory of aunt

THE Bradford star of Channel 4's new cop drama No Offence is going to get muddy in memory of her brave aunt.Charlie Clark will be spending her 21st birthday, on May 30, joining hundreds of other women raising money for Cancer Research UK.The actress,

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Ballet stars to help BRI's beds for parents appeal

AN APPEAL to buy 60 fold-up beds for parents with poorly youngsters in hospital is to get help from a ballet company.It is hoped the generous opening-night audience at the English Youth Ballet's performance of Giselle, at St George's Hall, on Friday,

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REVEALED: Bradford's pub and club 'trouble spots'

BOSSES of Bradford bars say they are working with the authorities to cut down on drunken anti-social behaviour, after new figures revealed hotspots for offences. Statistics provided by West Yorkshire Police, in response to a Freedom of Information