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Chartered accountants raise £3,780
The Bradford Society of Chartered Accountants has raised more than £3,500 for the Lord Mayor of Bradford, Choudhary Rangzeb's charity appeal. The cheque, for £3,780, was presented at the society's annual meeting at the Bradford Club today. The money
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Newton banned as controversy rages on
Bulls' Terry Newton has copped a three-match ban, despite being absolved of any blame by his alleged victim and the revelation axed referee Ashley Klein made another almighty blunder. The fall-out from the controversial Millennium Magic clash continued
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Ganson and Klein are not the only villains
You can't imagine there's much love lost between Steve Ganson and Ashley Klein at the minute. After all the blundering events and cock-ups of this week, Super League's top two referees have found themselves in a real mess. It appeared Ganson was going
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Shy Mathew finds some star quality!
A shy teenager has found his voice after years of hiding away from the spotlight. Mathew Smith, 17, grew up as the brother of two boys with haemophilia. As his family sometimes struggled with the health of his older brother Daniel, 18, and nine-year-old
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£1m of software is given away for free!
A secondary school in Bradford which is at the forefront of moves to revolutionise the way children learn is to give away £1 million of computer software. Teaching staff at Dixon's City Academy started a multi-media design, development and production
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Have your pet dog microchipped
Dog owners in Kirklees will have the chance to have their dogs microchipped which could help if they lost their prized pet. At an event being organised by Kirklees Environmental Services, residents can have their dog chipped at a reduced rate of £10
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Tesco wins store appeal
Tesco has won an appeal which will allow the supermarket to see more non-food items from its Brighouse store. When the chain was first given planning permission in 2001strict conditions restricted white goods to 15 per cent. In 2004 Calderdale Council
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Broadcast blocked amid political row
A newly-opened Bradford television station has run into a political storm less than 24 hours after it began broadcasting. Aapna Channel has had the plug pulled in a key region of the world after one of its first stories upset the authorities in Azad
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Abbey praised for helping deaf staff
Banking group Abbey has received a community award for its championing of deaf and partially deaf people in the workplace at its northern headquarters in Bradford. The plaudit was awarded by The Royal National Institute for the Deaf to Abbey Customer
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Burgess stands tall for his father
In all the furore over those refereeing decisions, little mention was given to the performance of Sam Burgess on Sunday night. The young prop bravely took to the field in Cardiff just three days after his dad Mark died aged 45 after a long battle with
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Invitation to a clean-up
Litter picking and beck clearing will be among the jobs undertaken in a community clean-up at Burley-in-Wharfedale from 6pm to 9pm on Friday evening and from 10am to 1pm on Saturday. Volunteers will also be asked to clean up graffiti and tidy overgrown
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Concert in memory of Gil Davies
Steeton Male Voice Choir will be giving a concert in St Peter's Church, Addingham on Saturday, June 2, at 7.30pm in memory of Ilkley resident Gil Davies. Mr Davies was a member of Steeton Male Voice Choir for many years, including a term of office as
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'Churchill' set for 1940s weekend
Wartime nostalgia will return to Haworth's Main Street as the village celebrates its annual 1940s Weekend. The hugely popular event, on Saturday and Sunday, May 19 and 20, is organised by the Haworth Traders Association. By 11am on the Saturday, a collection
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Bollywood in the Dales
The glamour and glitz of Bollywood is to come to the Yorkshire Dales. A series of events will be held throughout the national park to mark the eighth International Film Festival, which will take place in venues in Bradford, Leeds, York and Hull. Joining
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New shop
Retail chain PerfectHome is to set up shop in Bradford creating seven new jobs. The firm, which specialises in furniture and electric goods is to open at Westgate on June 30.
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Daisy Appeal boost
A donation of £20,000 has taken a charity appeal over the £770,000 mark. The money was given by Bradford company Sovereign Healthcare to the Bradford Cancer Support Daisy Appeal, which needs to raise £1.1million to build a state-of-the-art centre on
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Students name a teddy bear
A Bradford company is launching a competition to name its newly-launched teddy bear. According to Oriss director Vijay Dayalji, the bears are proving hugely popular but the firm has been unable to come up with a name. A former pupil at Dixon's City
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Bulls bolstered by returning duo
Bulls boss Steve McNamara will be bolstered this weekend by the expected return of second-rower Glenn Morrison and winger Marcus St Hilaire. The duo have been out for the last five weeks with a broken thumb and fractured cheekbone respectively but are
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City quartet get the nod to stay
City have offered new deals to four players for next season - but another four must hang on until a new boss is appointed. Craig Bentham, Joe Colbeck, Simon Ainge and Tom Penford have been told they are in the club's plans for League Two. But Steve
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Pakistan not a safe place to travel, says murder victim's brother
The brother of a murdered Bradford businessman has warned travellers to Pakistan they are not safe. Police in Karachi have confirmed the body of Salman Sabir, 28, has been found in a drainage ditch on the outskirts of the capital. A close friend of
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Big day for under-18 Bulls pair
Promising Bulls duo Larne Patrick and Nathan Armitage are in contention for places in the Yorkshire Under-18 side this Sunday. They tackle Lancashire Under-18s in the Origin clash at Helliwell Jones Stadium as a curtain-raiser to Wolves' Carnegie Challenge
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Sayers is proving the new Boycott
Yorkshire opener Joe Sayers settled into another marathon LV Championship innings at Headingley Carnegie today when bottom-of-the-table Worcestershire were the latest team to come up against his massive powers of concentration. Rain ended play shortly
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Waiting game at Elland Road
Leeds may not be able to strengthen their squad until next month, despite Dennis Wise and Gus Poyet already sorting out which players to release. It is hard to imagine the administrators will allow the management duo to sign players until after the formality
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Synth kings are still talking loud and clear
"Nobody was more surprised than us when we became pop stars," muses Andy McClusky, co-founder of synth pop pioneers Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, as he looks back on a career spanning German experimental soundwaves to Atomic Kitten. Twenty five
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A mountain of waste to climb
Bradford Council dealt with about 210,000 tonnes of household waste last year of which about 44,000 tonnes was recycled. Over the past three years, the amount of recycling in Bradford has grown by between two and three per cent per year but, since 2003
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Slim down your waste!
Finding a future use for a thousand nurses' uniforms is one of the many interesting aspects of Emma Hill's work in recycling. Her responsibility as sustainable waste manager for BEAT - Bradford Environmental Action Trust - involves educating businesses
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Breast cancer trio to brave bosom pals catwalk
If the thought of stripping down to next-to-nothing and parading along a catwalk makes your blood run cold, then spare a thought for a brave trio of friends who have all battled breast cancer. Julie Flanagan, 44, Charmaine Hall, 45, and Nina Elphee,
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Hall is full of history
Although Gary Hird had lived in Wyke all his life he never knew of the existence of this charming property tucked away down a private road - built as testimony to a Victorian factory owner's success. "I do remember glancing through a history of Wyke,
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Instrumental virtuoso is a bittersweet delight
Colleen/Triosk Holy Trinity Church, Leeds Subtle and elegiac, the music of Cecile Schott - aka Colleen - demands a quiet setting with excellent acoustics - and in the atmospheric surroundings of Holy Trinity Church it certainly found it. Playing
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Death that inspired a telling of the truth
The death of an estranged brother forces ageing librarian Sipho Makaya, along with his daughter and the niece he has never met, to confront the betrayals, jealousies and animosities of the past. Nothing But the Truth, set in post-apartheid South Africa
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Tales from the other side
There are particular words that Colin Fry does not like. These include difficulty' and proof'. Instead of the first he prefers challenge' or challenging'; the second takes the form of a challenge when sceptics say to him: "If you think there's no such
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Peter’s abuzz about new show
A mediocre production of a good play may still be enjoyable; but a mediocre play remains mediocre no matter how clever the direction and capable the acting. Peter Stansfield, who started out directing plays by Shakespeare, Congreve, Moliere, Ibsen and
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Two homes in one
When it comes to house hunting, most people visit estate agents, drive round the area they are interested in and surf the internet. But it wasn't like that for the Clough family and Lower New Hall Farm. "For us it was different," says Deborah Clough.
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Period comedy that’s not to be sneezed at
It was spending a weekend as the house guest of an actor so full of his own self-importance he could barely see straight that inspired Noel Coward to write his classic comedy of manners. Hay Fever is set in the country home of the eccentric Bliss family
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Ignorance is bliss for Rod
If I had known what I was taking on, I probably wouldn't have done it," says Rod Hepworth, enjoying a coffee in the sunny open plan kitchen, dining room and living area of his five bedroom detached Ilkley home. "My ignorance saved me - ignorance of how
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Banned driver jailed after 100mph chase
A banned driver reached speeds of 100mph in a high-powered car in a desperate bid to avoid police, a court heard today. John Daniels, 34, was jailed for 15 months after a judge heard how he finally lost control of his Subaru Impreza Turbo and smashed
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Rycroft is king of the comeback
Hermits A recovered from their defeat at Yeadon A in the first week of the Bradford Summer League to edge defending champions Unity A 6-4. The performance of Mark Rycroft proved the difference, recovering from two games and 7-4 down in the third to beat
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Baildon master wind to lift title
On a day when the wind blew at Silsden, it was no surprise that the winners of the first big Bradford Union event of the year came from Baildon. Matt Roche and Ian Martin won the Inter-Club Foursomes 36-Hole Medal, retaining the title for their club
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Brand on brink of record
Ikley's Gordon J Brand is aiming for a record-equalling third consecutive victory on the European Seniors Tour when he tees off in Turkey on Friday. The former Ryder Cup player competes in the Gloria Classic in Belek, having won the opening event of
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Lucky 13th for Maggie
The 134-yard par-three 13th hole at Shipley proved to be far from unlucky for member Maggie Fleming, who holed in one with a three wood. Fleming said: "It is an elevated green and unusual for me to get on in one. We saw it going straight for the pin
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Kiran falters after fine start
A bad third round cost Cookridge Hall's Kiran Matharu a top finish in the first event of her first full season on the Ladies European Tour. She was in contention in the Tenerife Open after rounds of 71 and 72 but then slipped back with an 82. She ended
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Bradford retain Shield
Bradford District Rabbits retained the Challenge Shield for the third successive time against Wakefield after drawing 3-3 at Shipley. There were home wins for P Wilkinson and J Kettlewell (4&3), M Smart and T Jandzion (2&1) and J Lee and K Jackson (4&
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China talk
The Bradford group of The Civil Service Retirement Fellowship will gather for a talk on antique china at CVS in Sunbridge Road, Bradford on Tuesday at 2pm. Members, spouses and guests are welcome and tea and biscuits will be served.
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Auction mart to continue
Skipton Auction Mart can continue selling agricultural vehicles for the next three years. The mart had applied to Craven District Council to vary its planning permission, which was granted in 2001 and renewed in 2004.
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Former chaplain returns
A former chaplain of Bradford Cathedral will return to the city as a guest speaker at The Friends of Bradford Cathedral's annual talk. The Venerable Judith Rose was appointed as Chaplain to the Cathedral Congregation in 1981, before women priests were
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Blossom time
The Bradford Urban Wildlife Group is visiting Milner Field Kitchen Garden, in Primrose Lane, Gilstead, to see the blossom on the fruit trees on Friday, May 18. Meet at the entrance to the main Milner Fields Estate at 2pm. For more information call group
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bactive campaign a record-breaker
Bradford Council's bactive campaign has smashed through the eight million visitors mark in a record-breaking year. For the fourth consecutive year, more than two million people have enjoyed a work-out or taken a dip at Council-owned leisure facilities
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Mature fashions firm on the move
A thriving business that began in a garage 16 years ago has moved into new premises four times bigger than the last. Pauline May - a firm dedicated to the mature fashions sector - has transferred into a new-build 8,500sqft unit, in the Valley Road Worth
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'John Lennon and me'
Julia Baird, sister of pop icon John Lennon, will speak about her brother when she is one of the guests at The Rendezvous Hotel, Snaygill, Skipton, helping to raise cash for Cancer Research. She will be joined on Wednesday, May 23, at 7.30pm, and on Thursday
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Help improve the village
Oxenhope Conservation Initiative wants residents to help improve their local environment. On Saturday the group will be sowing wildflower seed, drystone walling and cutting weeds at Marsh Common, near the village. Volunteers, together with members of
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Caribbean night
The Silsden St James' Scout group is hosting a Caribbean night on Saturday, May 19 at St James's Church Hall. It will include a three-course meal, drinks and entertainment. To reserve a place or a table please contact Dawn Arrowsmith on (01535) 654930
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Corporate finance partner
Hamish Morrison has been appointed corporate finance partner with expanding accountancy firm Horwath Clark Whitehill. He will head the corporate finance function across the firm's three Yorkshire offices. And his brief will be to develop the department's
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Massages in-house
Stressed directors and under-pressure workers could be set to relieve their tension thanks to an innovative new company. Revive, run by Natalie Driver, is offering businesses the chance to ease their stress levels by offering in-house relaxation therapies
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Charity dinner tribute
A charity dinner in memory of a restaurant manager's son pulled in the pounds to help the poor and needy in Pakistan. The dinner, at the Balti House, Albert Street, Keighley, saw around 300 people join together to raise £3,000 for the Ibrahim Trust.
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One-stop phone shop
Keighley-based Link Telecom has created Leeds's first one-stop-shop for phone users. The company has moved its long-established Armley Radiophone Services mobile phone repair shop to its Kirkstall Road centre, making it the only store in the city to offer
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Horse hurt
Firefighters rescued an injured horse when the 13-year-old shire hurt itself when it fell over at Crag Top Farm, on West Lane, Sutton.
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Forum meets
Airedale NHS Trust's patient and public involvement forum meets on Wednesday. Everyone is invited to attend the meeting, in Room 2 of Airedale Hospital's Education Centre, between 6pm and 6.30pm. For further details call (01274) 481590.
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Bungalow plan fails
Applicants have once again been unsuccessful in their attempts to build a home on land adjacent to Bridge End in Glusburn. Craven District councillors considered plans to demolish a single garage and, in its place, build a bungalow. Similar plans were
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Airgun pellets menace
A cat needed surgery to remove an air pellet after it was shot in Cononley. The animal's owners believe it was targeted between Friday night and Saturday morning near its home on Main Street. Police are also investigating a second air pellet incident
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Church vandals
Vandals have struck at St Mary's Church, Carleton, near Skipton. They caused damage estimated at £100 by removing top stones and throwing them into a field. They did the same with a granite grave fender and also cut bark off a tree.
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Stop smoking course
A "stop smoking" programme begins in Skipton on Thursday, May 31. The free seven-week group clinic will provide smokers with specialist help and a quit plan. It will be held at the Friends' Meeting House, on The Ginnel, between 4pm and 5pm. For more information
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Threat to dairy farms
Two dairy farms in Bradford are forced to shut every year because of Government failure to ensure farmers get a fair price for their milk, the Conservatives have claimed. Government figures show there are now 58 farms in Bradford which have cows - compared
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Free nappies
Bradford Real Nappy Project is offering a free nappy in each newborn or small nappy kit it sells. Parents-to-be or those with a baby under 16lbs can pick up a free nappy at one of BEAT's Nappuccino mornings, dates of which are listed on the BEAT website
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Heritage exhibition
Staff and students at Craven College's Centre for Travel and Tourism Studies are holding a heritage exhibition at Skipton Castle on Monday. The exhibition forms part of the students' assignment for incoming and domestic tourism and is also part of a schools
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Whisky thieves
Police have released this picture of a man and a woman they believe stole five bottles of Jack Daniels worth £80 from Co-op at Cross Hills on December 15. The man is white and in his early 20s while the female is white and stocky, with dark brown, shoulder-length
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Woman hurt
A woman was taken to hospital with slight injuries after her car hit a lamppost on Swadford Street, Skipton. Eileen Proud, 67, of Cross Hills, was treated at Airedale General Hospital following the crash near the junction with Coach Street.
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Shearers' 'bible'
A pocket-sized sheep shearing book is available from the Bradford-based British Wool Marketing Board. Produced in conjunction with the British Isles Shearing Competitions Association (BISCA), Newsclip is billed as the sheep shearers' bible. It is available
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TV thief sought
Police have released this picture of a man they want to question in connection with the theft of a television from the Westgate store on Swadford Street, Skipton. The man is white, about 35 and balding. The £200 Daewoo digital 15-inch flat-screen television
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Coffee and sales
A coffee morning and bring-and-buy sale in aid of Christian Aid will be held at Allerton Congregational Church, in Allerton Road, Allerton, on Saturday, from 10am until noon. Admission, including coffee, is 50p.
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Cruelty charge
A Bradford man charged with cruelty to an animal appeared before Bradford magistrates today and was told his case will be heard on May 30. Craig Finnegan, 22, of Shetcliffe Road, Bierley, remains on unconditional bail.
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Equestrian safe haven
A farmer has turned his land into a safe haven for equestrian pursuits. Rory Kemp has turned Springfield Farm in Horsforth into a cross-country riding course with a variety of jumps and a water complex. The Horsforth Farm Ride provides space for schooling
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Pampering day
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society's call centres have just come to the end of their busiest time of the year. And as a reward for their hard work, staff were treated to a day of pampering. A team from Bradford-based Bodylogix provided massages
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Wibsey have double in their sights
Wibsey will be aiming to complete a notable double when they face Bradford Park Avenue Reserves in tomorrow night's Bradford & District FA Senior Cup final at Valley Parade (7.00). In-form Wibsey have already wrapped up the West Riding County Amateur
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Seventh heaven for Cooper
Wayne Cooper drew first blood against Simon Bedford in the first of their two major finals this season. A 4-1 victory in the Bradford Snooker Championship at Eccleshill Victoria Conservative Club gave Cooper a record-equalling seventh title. The match
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Gardeners hold fair
Wilsden Gardening Association is holding a spring fair at Wilsden Village Hall, in Townfield, on Sunday, May 20 from 2pm. Throughout the day there will be stalls, bedding plants for sale, afternoon tea and entertainment from Wilsden band. Admission is
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Match sparks kitchen blaze
Firefighters from Skipton were called out to a kitchen fire at a house in Skipton this morning. The occupant of the semi-detached property on Regent Drive, which did not have a smoke alarm, had accidentally dropped a match in a drawer. A glass of water
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Take a look at a modern service
SIR - I note that having been rejected, at last, by the electorate, Mr Lewthwaite has turned to the role of jobbing theologian! He cites in support the BNP's in-house Lord Haw-Haw who is neither recognised by any church in the UK nor ordained by any
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I’ll dream on
SIR - "In My View" by John Pennington (T&A, May 3) was exactly what the majority of "local" Bradford people think. Can you imagine what Bradford city centre would be like with Mr Pennington running the Council - we could just have a chance! "In my dreams
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Moving forward
SIR - Thank you for publishing my vision for our city (In My View, T&A, May 3) but you omitted some constructive suggestions: allocate the airport windfall to refurbish the Odeon - at a time when the Council seeks City of Film accreditation they plan
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Make views known
SIR - The cancellation of Alsop's Lake and replacement with the Mirror Pool means private profit development will encroach further into the leisure zone and the waterlogged parade ground will be flanked by glass and concrete cuboid structures The pool
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Morrisons a fine symbol of Bradford
SIR - I read in The Sunday Times (therefore it must be correct) that Morrisons is ripe for a takeover approach. It seems that all will depend on the reaction of the Morrison family. Last week I spent a brief, but very enjoyable and restful, sojourn
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Dangers of driving too fast
Readers will have their own views about the four-year prison sentence imposed on a Bradford driver who knocked down and killed young mother Leanne Egan on a pedestrian crossing in front of her partner and 13-month-old daughter. Mohammed Tayyub Khan was
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Traffic report
Baildon: Springfield Road, minimal for six weeks. Bradford: Brighouse Lane, minor effect on traffic, temporary traffic control measure shall be applied, for four weeks. Bradford: Closure of A6038 Bradford Road to Ellar Gardens, and diversion of traffic
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Gary Darling, aged 36, of Moorlands Avenue, Bradford Moor; breach of community order, additional ten hours' unpaid work. Joshua Michael Duffy, aged 18, of Ploughmans Croft, Kings Road; driving
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
In 1896, the first horseless carriage show took place at the Imperial Institute in London. In 1949, Great Britain's first self-service launderette opened. In 2000, astronomers claimed to have found eight new planets - the smallest being 95 times the
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'I love you' then rider Anthony was killed
A teenage motorcyclist was killed in a crash within hours of leaving his 19-year-old girlfriend with the words I love you.' Anthony Pearson, 19, had told his girlfriend Jolene Glennon he would see her in a "couple of hours" as he left her home in Halifax
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Chicken Nugget has two mums
A new-born chick named Nugget born at an Esholt farm park has not one but two mums. Hens Henrietta and Harriot could not decide which of them had laid a few eggs at St Leonard's Farm and so took it in turns to sit on them. Their dedication paid off
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New boss at estate agent
Estate agent Dacre, Son & Hartley, has announced the appointment of a new branch manager in Saltaire. Richard Feather joins the firm with over twenty years property experience to his new role, having worked for a number of major companies within the
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Award from Law Society
An Ilkley law firm has received an accreditation from the Law Society. Last Cawthra Feather has been awarded the Society's Practice Management Standard, Lexcel, which looks at all aspects of practice management and helps to ensure practices deliver
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Bulls lodge formal objection to Leeds result
Defiant Bulls will fight the RFL to have their controversial Leeds defeat overturned, with chairman Peter Hood insisting: "There's more to this than meets the eye." The controversy surrounding Sunday's last-gasp loss had seemed to be nearing benign closure
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New office
Spooner Industries could see its new multi-million pound headquarters completed by Christmas following the allocation of the building contract to a Yorkshire firm. The Ilkley-based engineering company, which has been on its leased Railway Road site since
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MP angry at Sharia courts reports
The Government should consider making it a criminal offence to impersonate a court amid fears Sharia law courts could be operating around the country, an MP has said. Shipley MP Philip Davies is demanding answers from ministers after reports that Sharia
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Driver jailed for killing mum
A speeding driver who knocked down and killed a mum in front of her partner and 13-month-old daughter on Christmas Eve has been jailed for four years. Uninsured Mohammed Tayyab Khan was driving his father's high-performance BMW 5 Series car at almost
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Musical youth!
A new national drive to get children interested in careers in the music industry has started at Bingley Grammar School. Twenty students have taken part in the event to plan, organise and stage a battle of the bands contest. The Quickstart Music project
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Missing man shot dead over £10,000
A close associate of missing Bradford businessman Salman Sabir has confessed to shooting him dead and dumping his body in a river, say police. Officers investigating the suspected kidnap of 28-year-old Mr Sabir have revealed that a man, described as
