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Digital trial bid to help small firms
Corporate communications specialist Link Telecom, of Keighley, has been chosen by worldwide industry giant Samsung to trial a new digital telephone system that allows small businesses to tap into the latest digital technology at little cost. According
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Happy Vagana hits back at Aussie link
Joe Vagana has slammed fresh reports Down Under that he is keen to win a release from Bradford Bulls to return to the National Rugby League with Canterbury Bulldogs. The latest story in the Sydney Morning Herald says the New Zealand prop will try to win
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Taste of Wimbledon fails to give Haigh right inspiration
Not even a first visit to Wimbledon last week could inspire Paul Haigh to victory yesterday in the Yorkshire Champion-ships at Chapel Allerton Lawn Tennis and Squash Club in Leeds. The 35-year-old Rawdon member was beaten 6-3, 6-2 by Sheffield's Chris
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White and Fellows set seal on season
Yorkshire's exhilarating win over Surrey at Headingley yesterday left them in with a real chance of achieving double glory this season. The six wicket triumph, brought about by a stunning unbroken partnership of 160 between Gary Fellows and Craig White
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The game is on, thanks to the assistants
The classic combination of a senior who knows the ropes and two young assistants are helping to put rugby union on the map in Bradford. Robin Kay, a 58-year-old part-time lecturer, and Bees players Ben Greaves and Andy Woodhead are spreading the gospel
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Everton join Matt chase
Everton have joined Bolton and Fulham in a three-way chase for Bradford City goalkeeper Matt Clarke. Goodison boss Walter Smith has switched his attentions back to transfer-listed Clarke after being priced out of the market for Wigan's Northern Ireland
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A plan of action is needed
The warts-and-all details of Lord Ouseley's Bradford District Race Review are now starting to sink in. There is unlikely to be a single person in the Bradford district who has been spared the details of this report, which paints a picture of a divided
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Internet drug grower jailed
A Cross Roads man who learned via the Internet how to grow cannabis has been jailed for 56 days. Hartley Wood had logged on to a web site for a step-by-step guide to cultivating the drug, Bradford Crown Court was told on Wednesday. He then grew 19 plants
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Detective takes long walk out of force
As he relaxes in the lounge of his 19th century converted farmhouse, deep in the Yorkshire Dales, it is difficult to imagine that Tony Hennigan was once a hard-nosed cop on the streets of Keighley. The town's former CID chief moved to the idyllic countryside
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Janet is honoured
An Oakworth woman has been honoured for her community work. Janet Armstrong was presented with a crystal vase by Jean Brockbank, president of Soroptomist International of Keighley, at the organisation's annual dinner. The Soroptomists, a professional
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Joy as village comes second in contest
Oxenhope has wowed judges and has been voted one of the best villages in a Yorkshire competition. It has taken second place in the South and West Yorkshire Village of the Year competition and shortly will be receiving a certificate. Oxenhope and neighbouring
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Garden party has £18,000 silver lining
Fundraisers at Manorlands are celebrating the sterling success of the hospice's silver jubilee garden party. More than £18,000 was raised from the charity event at the Sue Ryder Care home on Sunday, £1,000 up on last year's garden party. Crowds thronged
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On This Day
In 1853, St. Patrick's Catholic Church was opened in Bradford. In 1874, the St James's wholesale market was opened in Bradford. In 1897, Victoria Park, Oakenshaw was opened. From the Telegraph & Argus of July 13th, 1976... From next month, most shops
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Consumer helpline is rewarded
A local consumer helpline has won a prestigious government award for the quality of its service. The West Yorkshire Trading Standards helpline became one of the first to be awarded the new Quality Mark, given to organisations who achieve high standards
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Shock as church hall is torched
Members of a Keighley church and several community groups have been devastated by a fire which swept through their meeting place. The facilities of groups and both the Anglican and Methodist congregations were destroyed in the fire at the Keighley Shared
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Race review - Police praised as streets stay quiet
The streets of Keighley remained calm over the weekend as neighbouring Bradford experienced some of the worst riots in its history. Police officers were out in force as an operation was put in place at Keighley Railway Station to stop any members of right
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Race review - Heads says schools are working models
Keighley schools claim their pupils are providing a working model for how multi-cultural communities can flourish, contrary to the outcome of the race report. The Ouseley Report revealed that local schools were fuelling race divisions by creating an apartheid
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Kick start for new firm
Bradford City footballers Wayne Jacobs and Gareth Whalley are trying a different pitch - as partners in a new architecture firm. The Bantams duo have teamed up with architect and keen supporter, David Moore to form Provizion First in Baildon. The new
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Race review - We are all Bradfordians- says report
Keighley must hitch itself more to Bradford if racism, segregation and fear are to be wiped out. People must come together in order to combat growing race, ethnic, religious and social divisions. This is one of the key findings of a shocking new report
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Five-year-old vandals target trains
Vandals as young as five are targeting trains on the Airedale line, the Keighley News can reveal. The youngsters are putting their own lives -- as well as those of rail passengers -- at risk, say British Transport Police. Now new efforts are planned to
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Vision for future of town centre
An assault has been launched on the despair of Keighley people and the town's poor image. Town centre bosses have unveiled a campaign to learn from past mistakes while building on Keighley's strengths. Their ambitious four-year plan sets out how Keighley
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Pride of the Lions
A family of Lions were filled with pride this week when they took on a major role together. Michael and Janet Walton, from Keighley, have become the first husband and wife team to take on the roles of vice-president and president of Keighley Lions Club
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Firm hits crisis as jobs are axed
A world-leading engineering company is set to close by the end of the month as orders for its food process spirals and conveyor systems dry up. Triphase Ltd, based at Crossflatts, made around 30 of its workforce redundant late last week, leaving less
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Page one comment - Let the voice of Keighley be heard
The long-awaited voting forms for the Keighley Town Council referendum were this week dropping through local letter-boxes. Almost 40,000 adults in Keighley and surrounding areas are being asked whether they want their own council. The forms are accompanied
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Obituary - Loss of leading SHAPE volunteer
One of the first volunteers to join a pioneering health project in Keighley has died at the age of 70. Barbara Rothera was a well-known face at SHAPE (Senior Health Awareness Project) where she was a stalwart volunteer for more than a decade. Mrs Rothera
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Sugden - Callaghan
Married on Saturday at St Joseph' RC Church, Keighley, were David Peter Sugden and Sheila Marie Callaghan. David is the eldest son of Peter and Margaret Sugden, of Scarborough, and Sheila is the eldest daughter of Stephen and Kathleen Callaghan, of Upper
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Firth - Swift
Married at All Saints' Church, Bingley, were Andrew Richard Firth and Tracey Anne Marie Swift. Andrew - a local businessman - is the only son of Leslie and Valerie Firth, of Micklethwaite. Tracey is the only daughter of Robert Swift, of Rotherham, and
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Mottram - Fletcher
Married at Chevin Lodge Hotel, Otley, were David Michael Mottram and Victoria Dawn Fletcher. David - an independent financial advisor - is the only son of Michael and Louise Mottram, of Springwells, Oakworth. Victoria - a customer advisor with the Skipton
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Richardson - Cann
Married at Holy Trinity Church, Cowling, were Stephen Robert Richardson and Nicola Michelle Cann. Stephen - a buyer at Aerovac, Riddlesden - is the elder son of Robert and Denise Richardson, of Shepherd's Croft, Ickornshaw. Nicola - a marketing executive
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More readers' views
SIR - I wonder if I'm alone in finding the word 'vigilante' a bit over-romantic as a term for somebody who joins a mob in baying and stone-throwing outside the home of some socially ostracised and therefore helpless individual? We called it something
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Mosaic for country park
A mosaic depicting town and country is making a colourful addition to the gardens at Oakwell Hall Country Park in Birstall. Created by Batley Art and Craft Group, the upright mosaic shows a motorway on one side and the tree of life on the other. The oval
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Cash-hit landlord:'Re-open the Glen'
A pub landlord is calling for Shipley Glen to be re-opened after his business has been decimated by the foot and mouth crisis. John Dyer said trade at Baildon's Old Glen House had been devastated by the lack of visitors to the glen and Baildon Moor since
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Festival is serving up Brucie fun
Bradford Food Festival organisers are offering a 'Brucie Bonus' to grub-loving families who can help spice up this year's event. The city's second food festival, which is due to take place in September and is supported by the Telegraph & Argus, is
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Freed murderer denies CS gas can spray threat
A convicted murderer who served almost 27 years in prison for killing his lover's husband has denied having a CS gas canister with him when he allegedly stole food from a farm shop. Bradford-born Ernest Wright, 59, was jailed for life at Chelmsford Crown
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Stephen tackles Bahamas burglars
Burglars targeting a new housing development in the Bahamas will be met by the crime-busting ideas of a Bradford policeman. PC Stephen Town spent a week in the islands off the Florida coast advising government chiefs on how they could cut crime by improving
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Green groups' quarry anger
An application to move thousands of tonnes of excavated spoil from Bingley Relief Road to restore a quarry has sparked opposition from environmental groups. Owners of the Hallas Rough Quarry have asked for planning permission to transfer 300,000 cubic
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Young people 'happy to be in Bradford'
A Bradford university professor has offered a different view to that of a city divided by ethnicity and ignorance. Professor Charles Husband, of the Ethnicity and Social Policy Research Unit, said many young people were happy with Bradford. And he adds
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Band set to play on after donations
A Band that saw a priceless collection of sheet music go up in smoke has been inundated with offers of help. The Bradford Metropolitan Concert Band had lost the collection of music that it had built up over 25 years when the Girlington Conservative Club
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'Now we have to make it all work'
The man in charge of steering Bradford Vision has the job of making sure the recommendations of the race review are implemented. Martin Garratt, chief executive of Bradford Vision, has already begun to sow the seeds of change. Bradford Vision has developed
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Two hurt in night of skirmishes
Two people have been injured after attacks on shops and a restaurant in Bingley during a night of skirmishes across the Bradford district. Restaurants in Bingley, Girlington and Wibsey were all attacked during the unrest last night. In Bingley, a woman
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Cricket - Craven league
A gap has opened at the top of the first division. Oakworth now lead Embsay following their victory over Haworth WE and Embsay's defeat at Haworth. The leaders entertained Thornton at Cure Hill and saw them rattle up 181 in their innings. Opener Tim Gates
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Heartbreak in semi shootout
COUGARS finally had too great a mountain to climb but their fans rode an emotional roller-coaster after a never-say-die second half took them within a whisker of making play-off progress. Featherstone knew they'd been in a game for all their Indian sign
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Cricket scoreboard
bradford league Keighley v Bowling OL Bowling Old Lane: J.Iqbal lbw A.Towler 8, I.Younis c Wood b R.Towler 10, A.Misra c R.Towler b D.Towler 24, M.Shafique b R.Towler 15, T.Khan c D.Robinson b R.Towler 0, S.Bashir c and b Reape 4, K.Rehman c and b D.Towler
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Death of '48 vintage Keighlian
ANOTHER link with Keighlians' Yorkshire Cup-winning team of 1948 has been removed with the death on Friday of Geoffrey Clapham. Though he was part of the squad for twin cup and shield success that year he didn't make the line-up for the cup final at Skipton
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Letters to the Editor
Sir - Finally, somebody has had the guts to say what many white (and Asian people) have known for many years but only now in the face of such thuggery by the Asians can it be said without writer Jim Greenhalf and the T&A being branded as racists.
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Fondom protection
A protective rubber sheath for mobile phones -- dubbed the 'Fondom' -- has been introduced by Keighley-based Link Telecom. According to the firm, the tongue-in-cheek name comes with a serious application. Link Telecom's marketing co-ordinator Charlotte
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The Logistics of moving
Expansion needs have prompted Lifemode Logistics to move to a new home in 10,000 sq ft warehouse premises in Keighley's Parkwood Street. Managing director Chris Maddocks, who lives at Oakworth, said: "The relocation from Snaygill will help us to continue
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Bulls set to greet fan in a million!
Bradford Bulls will become the first club to welcome the one millionth supporter through their turnstiles since the inception of Super League on Sunday. The Bulls have so far attracted 997,412 spectators at all games in the summer era including the top-five
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U-13s boys and girls teams in double glory
The Under-13s hockey squad from the Girls Grammar School, Bradford have been named the fourth best team in the country after competing in the national finals of the seven-a-side national schools and clubs competition in Staffordshire. Previously, the
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Garry's gunning for old mates
Garry Wainwright would love to pip former club Woodlands for promotion to the Bradford League First Division. However, the Bankfoot captain acknowledges it is going to be a difficult task even though Woodlands are only two points ahead at the top of the
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Slaughter goes on as disease hits more farms
Another new case of foot and mouth disease was confirmed at a farm near Silsden late yesterday. Ministry officials say 236 sheep and 33 cattle have been slaughtered following the discovery of the disease in livestock on land near Smoulden Farm, Low Bradley
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Cellar Project sees the light
Keighley's Cellar Project will be coming out into the light on Monday when it opens a new shop in its refurbished conservatory. The Scott Street organisation's Kitchen Garden Caf has already proved a huge success since opening in June last year. Its home
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Twenty groups share community chest grants
Musicians, majorettes, mountain walkers and Muslim cricketers are among Keighley youngsters benefiting from the latest council cash hand-out. More than 20 groups in Keighley and Ilkley shared out £6,450 in grants from Keighley Area Panel's Community Chest
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Boy, 4, is rescued from 10ft shaft
A young boy's walk with his mother took a turn for the worse when he fell down a hidden shaft and had to be rescued by firefighters. Four-year-old Joseph had been on the walk with his mother, Sarah Steel, in the woodland behind the British Mohair Spinner's
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Villagers' fear over extra quarry work
Congestion, pollution and noise will increase if a Denholme quarry takes excavated material from work on a new road. Owners of the Hallas Rough Quarry, in Denholme Road, have applied to the council for permission to move 300,000 cubic metres of excavated
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Missing man riddle
A man who went missing four months ago from the tent he had been living in has still not been traced. The Keighley police missing person file is still open on 38-year-old Paul Jefferson, a jobless window fitter. And his sister, Caron Callaghan, of Thornton
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Five-generation gap
It was a day of celebration for five generations of a Silsden family who joined together to mark the 100th birthday of a well-known woman. Eva Heaps was joined by daughter Iris, granddaughter Lynne, great-granddaughter Tracey and great-great-granddaughter
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Race review - Magistrate backs water cannon
A Keighley community leader and magistrate has backed calls for the use of water cannon and tear gas to combat future mob violence. Khadim Hussain, who runs the Sangat Centre in Keighley, wants police to have more powers to deal with rioters. Bradford
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Race review - Call to end 'soft appraoch'
One of the first Asian special constables in Keighley has called for a tough crackdown on offenders to stop a repeat of the riots. Mo Manir, 40, says the current judicial system is far too "soft" on those people in both the Asian and white community who
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Race review - Report is foundation to build on
Mohammed Ajaib, chief administrator for Emily Street mosque "From what I've heard Lord Ouseley has painted a good picture of what he saw on the ground. I just hope this report is not looked at then brushed aside. "If the recommendations are implemented
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Victory for residents as plan for former school site is thrown out
Riddlesden residents have won their battle to stop an old village school site being used for housing after councillors voted against it. Councillors at the Keighley Area Planning Panel last week unanimously refused plans to turn the former St Mary's Church
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Decision time for new campus
Parents and teachers will discover this week if their calls for a new village school have been answered. Cullingworth Primary School has asked Bradford Council to develop a new school campus rather than redeveloping the current School Street site. A council
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Drug support group moves into town centre base
A pioneering group which was set up by Keighley families to help others touched by drugs has opened a new chapter in its three-year history. Keighley Families Against Drugs (K-FAD) -- a support group for families run by the parents of users and ex-users
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Surgery plan sparks row
Haworth residents are furious that relocation plans on display in the doctor's surgery hide the fact that double yellow lines are to be painted in parts of the village. Bridgehouse Lane and Ivy Bank Lane will have double yellow lines in future, if plans
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School bus impaled
Two schoolgirls needed hospital treatment after their bus was impaled by scaffolding. A lorry carrying scaffolding collided with a Keighley and District Travel run school bus. The double-decker, which shuttles pupils to Oakbank School's Top Site was parked
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Student gets Diana award
A courageous student from Oakbank School has been awarded the Diana, Princess of Wales, Memorial Award for his outstanding contribution to the school. Fifteen-year-old Steven Green, from Cross Roads, suffers from a rare genetic condition called achondraplasia
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Children of courage
Ten-year-old Riddlesden girl Jordan Pretty swam 100 lengths of the swimming pool at Keighley Leisure Centre as part of a sponsored swim to raise money for Breast Cancer research. Jo, a pupil of St Mary's School, Riddlesden, is giving up her free time
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Sheriff - Hawkins
Married at Streatley in Bedfordshire were David Gregory Sheriff and Zoe Hawkins. David - a shepherd - is the only son of Arnold and Barbara Sheriff, of Raglan Street, Keighley. Zoe -a nanny - is the elder daughter of Trevor and Hilary Hawkins, of Luton
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Obituary - Loss of leading SHAPE volunteer
One of the first volunteers to join a pioneering health project in Keighley has died at the age of 70. Barbara Rothera was a well-known face at SHAPE (Senior Health Awareness Project) where she was a stalwart volunteer for more than a decade. Mrs Rothera
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Charge of murder
A man was due to appear in court charged with murder after a 24-year-old man was found stabbed to death at a house in Bradford. Police and ambulance crews were called to Parkway, West Bowling, at about 8pm on Monday, where they found Lee Ian Ryan in the
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Chantelle fund's first awards to students
A fund set up in memory of a 16-year-old girl who died of substance abuse has awarded Bradford youngsters who have overcome difficulties to achieve success. The Chantelle Bleau Memorial Fund educates young people as well as counselling those affected
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Hospital staff who play a leading role
More than half of all people who go to an Accident and Emergency department for treatment are examined by a diagnostic radiographer. And as the A&E department at Bradford Royal Infirmary has the dubious pleasure of being the third busiest in the country
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A cancer-research dream comes true
Twenty-seven years ago Arnold Moore lost his wife Margot to breast cancer. This tragic event moved him to become involved in supporting the cancer-research work of Prof Robert Turner at the University of Bradford, and to form the charity War on Cancer
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'Racist thugs escaping the law' - report
Racist criminals are escaping punishment by the courts because it is difficult to prove that crimes are "racially aggravated", it has been claimed. Suspects charged by West Yorkshire Police with racist crimes often see their charges reduced to basic offences
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Education is key to our future
Students at a Bradford school are keen to help develop recommendations made in Lord Ouseley's report. Sixth-formers Simone Reid and Kwame Ibegbuna, pictured, from the Yorkshire Martyrs Catholic College in Westgate Hill, felt Bradford sat in on the race
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Queen tells of her sorrow for Bradford
The Queen has given a personal message of support for police officers involved in the Bradford riots. Her message, which also condemns the rioters, was relayed to a meeting of West Yorkshire Police Authority today. The Queen asked West Yorkshire Assistant
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Cricket Aire-Wharfe league
ODDS-ON for relegation earlier in the season, Steeton are putting up a bonny survival fight. They claimed a more than useful win in a tight encounter at Beckwithshaw. Jonathan Smith's five wicket haul included a hattrick in the final over as the home
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Splashing out
Nineteen-year-old Isaac Wood is in training for a charity canoe marathon. Isaac, from Bracken Bank, Keighley, aims to canoe the length of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal and raise money for the Airedale and Wharfedale Autistic Resource Group. The group works
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Danger-man faces 'killer'
THE game's hottest property, Chris Melling must out-man-oeuvre Taipei's 'Cold-faced Killer' in pursuit of his next world pool crown. Melling, 22, from Keighley is seen as the 'real danger man' in the world 9-ball championship which starts tomorrow in
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Grandmother's race message says it all
The long-awaited report into why the community in the Bradford Metropolitan area is fragmented along social, cultural, ethnic and religious lines thankfully pulls no punches. Lord Ouseley promised a warts and all approach, and the Race Review team has
