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Windass issues a cry for help!
Dean Windass has pleaded for help with scoring the goals to hit City's play-off target. Windass insists Colin Todd is right to be turning up the pressure next term by demanding a top-six finish. But the veteran sharp-shooter admits he cannot do it all
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Stop name-calling
SIR - In reply to Robert Reynolds' extremely one-sided and disparaging remarks about the BNP and all those who voted for them (T&A, May 16), I have to point out that his personal opinions were at odds with many of the people I spoke to in the Wibsey ward
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Open to abuse
SIR - The Doorstep Army referred to on your front page (T&A, May 17) is a good idea in principle but is open to abuse by people with a grudge. It is also reminiscent of the Hitler Youth, who were expected and even encouraged to report even their own
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Lights a recipe for traffic congestion
SIR - Who had the bright idea to put traffic lights on the junction of Great Horton Road and Moore Avenue? It doesn't seem long since the double mini-roundabouts were installed, but at least they improved the junction. I am assuming the traffic lights
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Kevin has plenty to shout about
The glories of a market town on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales are to be extolled throughout the realm. The good news about living in Skipton is to be voiced by its first official Town Crier in almost 60 years. And its virtues could not be better
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Smiles as events beat the weather
The sun finally came out and so did all the crowds at Otley's 197th show. Dark clouds and torrential rain eventually gave way to sunshine on Saturday as the one-day agricultural event got underway. Show organiser Janet Raw said showground stewards
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Family pays tribute as dad dies in fight
The family of a devoted dad-of-six has paid tribute to his loving nature and his work in the community after he died in a street fight. Today the brother of 36-year-old Sakunder Hussain spoke of his family's devastation. Mr Hussain was pronounced dead
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Neighbours step in to help Declan
The parents of a sick boy say they have been overwhelmed by the kindness of their local community which has pulled together to send their son to Florida. Ten-year-old Declan Tillotson is undergoing chemotherapy after being diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic
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Hands off John Prescott
SIR - Re the derogatory letter from Malcolm Wood regarding John Prescott (T&A, May 11). Mr Wood asks: "What is the point of John Prescott? There was little point to him before, but now there is even less." I have read Mr Wood's letters previously. He
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Such a callous act
SIR - I write with regard to the evil thugs who caused the death of a family's innocent cat (T&A, May 10). How anyone would want to carry out such a vicious act is totally beyond me. Hopefully these people will be caught and prosecuted. I wonder how
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Freedom to choose
SIR - Permit me to reply to David Lawson, who seems to have misconstrued my comments in order to give credence to his criticisms (T&A, May 11). Nowhere in my letter did I suggest that the indigenous populace of Iraq should take up arms, only that they
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What Britons fear
SIR - May I reply to Dr Mohammed Iqbal's article (T&A, May 9) about the success of the BNP at the recent polls? He mentions my husband's close result, 189 votes behind the Lord Mayor, Councillor Valerie Binney. I only wish the Council and Govern-ment
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Hands off the law
SIR - I have concerns regarding certain individuals who are framing the possible law on assisted suicide. I refer to the archbishops and their ilk. On this subject they should have no input, as their basis to form a balanced argument is badly flawed.
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Up and up again
SIR - I read with interest the article on the Bradford Canal in May's Community Pride council newspaper. In six weeks the cost of this canal has gone up from £35 million to £40 million, so it looks as if my figure of a few weeks ago of it costing around
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Wasted exercise?
SIR - I have received from Bradford Centre Regeneration a questionnaire asking me whether I like the proposed designs for the Odeon site. I am told that this allows me to have my say in the future of this prominent site subsequent to the Odeon being demolished
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Clampdown that's just the ticket
First impressions, rightly or wrongly, are often what stick in people's minds, so they have to be right. Which is why people who are travelling into Bradford should not be given a negative view of the city. One thing that can feed this negative view
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Estate promises hundreds of jobs
A multi-million-pound redevelopment of a 26-acre estate is under way and is poised to create hundreds of jobs over five years. The Kunz family, which owns Castlefields Industrial Estate in Bingley, already has one development completed on the site and
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Investing in future is the key
Things are looking up for United Co-operatives. T&A Reporter Mark Casci spoke to the Bradford-born-and-bred chief executive, Peter Marks, on how the Co-op is holding its own and on his hopes for the future of the city. Reading through a list of the
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Outlook bright for businesses
Business optimism in Bradford is up despite concerns about spiralling energy costs and tighter profit margins. The latest six monthly economic survey by Yorkshire Forward and the Confederation of British Industry survey published today shows the Yorkshire
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Search is on for Olympic stars of the future
Gold Olympian Adrian Moorhouse is urging youngsters to take the plunge in the district's first Olympic games. Bradford Council's Youth Service is calling on 250 young athletes to take part in the three-day event which will be held every year in the run-up
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Monday, May 22
Bradford: A6177, 100m either side of junction with Parry Lane, ongoing signal control. Bradford: Chester Street and Morley Street, minor disruption for two weeks. Bradford: Gain Lane, Leeds/Bradford Road junction, delays and disruption for two weeks
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Monday, May 22, 2006
In 1915 the UK's worst train crash, near Gretna Green in Scotland, resulted in the deaths of 122 people. In 1936 the Marx Brother's film A Night at the Opera had it's opening night in the USA. In 1938 in Italy the volcano Stromboli erupted. 25 Years
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Haris is this year's top tot
Haris Akhtar's winning smile and bonny looks charmed readers of our sisiter paper, The Telegraph & Argus, in this year's Happy Tots competition. The bubbly baby beat almost 1,000 rivals to be voted the district's happiest baby. It was one of the biggest
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Glimpse into lives of Asian women
FROM MY SISTER'S LIPS. Publisher: Bantam; Author: Na'ima Robert; Price: £7.99. Covered from head to toe with only her eyes visible, the sight of a Muslim woman on a western city street rarely fails to provoke a strong reaction. Assuming these women
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'Awful' from start to finish
Steve McNamara didn't hold back with his assessment of the walloped Bulls, admitting: "We were awful." A shockingly inept display saw the Super League champions dumped out of the Powergen Challenge Cup at St Helens on Saturday and the Bulls boss was
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The eyes have it as Butt is Congs hero
Babar Butt may be just on the wrong side of 40 and claim that his eyes are going' but he is still one of the best batsmen in the Bradford League. Coming to the wicket at 38 for two, he guided Pudsey Congs to an eight-wicket victory at 2005 champions
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Race worker settles case against police
The case of a community worker who was suing West Yorkshire Police, claiming racial discrimination, has been settled. Mohammed Amran was suing the force alleging racial discrimination and assault after he was mistakenly arrested. But the two parties
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Faith creates £3m temple for Hindu community
The foundation stones has been laid for a new Hindu temple in Bradford which will be the biggest of its kind in the North of England. ASIAN EYE spoke to the Hindu Cultural Society of Bradford to see how the community's modest beginning has grown into
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Why BNP will never hijack the Greatness of Britain
Dr Mohammed Iqbal, from Allerton, works in a strategic management post for a global pharmaceutical company. He served for six years as a non-executive director of what was Bradford Health Authority and served as a member of the Common Purpose Advisory
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33 school kitchens in hygiene breachers
More than 30 school kitchens across Bradford have been found to be in breach of food hygiene laws Reports obtained by the our sister newspaper the Telegraph & Argus under the Freedom of Information Act reveal slightly more than half of 142 schools inspected
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'Miracle baby' died of natural causes
A high dose of morphine given to a premature "miracle baby" did not cause the child's death, a coroner has ruled. An inquest into the death of seven-day-old Talvin Singh, the sole survivor of twins, was told he had been given a day's dose of the drug
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Rioter gets three year sentence
One of three men hunted by detectives investigating the Bradford riots is behind bars after being jailed for three years. Nadeem Tayab, 23, was sentenced at Bradford Crown Court earlier this month after he handed himself over to police when he learned
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'Noise saga is becoming too much to bear'
Residents fighting a 15-year battle to ease noise and traffic problems have won support from the company at the root of the problem. Residents of Broadway Avenue, Marsh Street and Hastings Avenue in Little Horton, Bradford, are furious about the increased
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Want to have a star for lunch?
Hungry Council workers will be able to take a bite out of the rich and famous with the launch of a cafe run by people with learning disabilities. Ollie's cafe, which will serve the 380 Bradford Council employees working at Olicana House in Little Germany
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Students will fund new school
A school destroyed by the devastating earthquake in Pakistan is set to be rebuilt - and named after Bradford. Students at Bradford College have raised £10,000 to support victims of the massive quake which claimed 73,000 lives and left more than two million
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World Cup fever or just madness?
I'm not looking forward to summer. I thought I would try and struggle through the coming season with my head inside a paper bag, but a trip to my local Asda at the weekend convinced me that you can run but you cannot hide. There it all was, laid out
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Gerry's new role tackles issues close to home
Bradford South MP Gerry Sutcliffe has taken up a new post in the Home Office in the recent reshuffle. Parliamentary Correspondent ANIKA BOURLEY spoke to him about his new front-line role. For a minister thrown into a department in disarray Gerry
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Ray gets animated
Ray Harryhausen seems genuinely surprised - a little put-out, even - when I tell him that the classic sequence he animated in the 1963 classic Jason and the Argonauts, in which the seven skeletons spring from the sown dragon's teeth used to frighten me
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Author's dream is set to be a reality
Many of us are probably guilty of returning library books a little late, but Milton Bisset is in deep trouble for being 20 years late returning a DREAM. That's the premise of Elizabeth Hopkins' short story which has won her a major award and set her
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Saints against sinners
St Helens 42 Bradford Bulls 18 Steve McNamara said he needed all 17 players to be on the top of their game for the Bulls to make it into the Powergen Challenge Cup quarter-finals. He was let down shockingly. If every player is honest with themselves
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Weather is enemy No.1 for Yorkshire
Yorkshire Phoenix's chances of finishing top of the North Conference in the Chelten-ham & Gloucester Trophy and so qualifying for the Lord's final have again been hit by bad weather. Their game with Warwick-shire Bears at Headingley yesterday was the
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Eaton left bewildered by referee
Hunslet Hawks 22 Keighley Cougars 4 Barry Eaton cited a shocking pitch and a dodgy refereeing decision as reasons behind the Cougars' latest defeat. The gutted visitors had kept Hawks pointless until the 65th minute of a drab encounter but then collapsed
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Yorkshire miss out on trip to Twickers
Yorkshire 10 Lancashire 11 Yorkshire coach Bob Hood was puzzled after this Tetley's County Championship defeat prevented his team advancing to next Monday's final at Twickenham. The White Rose had dominated territory and possession against the old
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Cathedral gets to route of problem
Bus company bosses will be consulted in a bid to stop Bradford Cathedral being "cut off" from the city centre. Cathedral representatives are trying to persuade the Council to give the cathedral consideration when the city centre is redesigned in the
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Walkers Stride out for charity
Hundreds of walkers donned waterproofs and wellies to stride out for a cancer charity. Young, old and pets braved heavy rain to complete a 5.5mile walk from Shipley Glen and back in aid of Macmillan Cancer Relief. More than 840 people had signed up
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Slapdown for rogue sellers
A crackdown on roadside car sales could soon see the end of the illegal trade. Using new powers, Bradford Council is to slap fines on the dealers, who often masquerade as private sellers. And the culprits could end up in court. Council officers will
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Fears growing for missing walker
The worried partner of missing walker Stephen Calvert has begged him to get in touch to let her know he is still alive. The 58-year-old dad-of-one left his smart, terraced home on Friday morning to go for a walk and has not been seen since. His disappearance
