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Saturday, June 2, 2007
In 1897, Mark Twain, at the age of 61, was quoted by the New York Journal as saying "the report of my death was an exaggeration". He was responding to the rumours that he had died. In 1946, Italians voted by referendum to form a republic instead of a
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Murder victim, 22, named by police
A young murder victim, found at a house in Keighley, died from severe head injuries, police have revealed. The man, named last night as Nazeer Ahmed, 22, of Rupert Street, Lawkholme, was found by paramedics at a property on the same street, at about
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Building demolished after arson attack
A former sheltered housing complex was demolished yesterday after an arson attack destroyed the empty building in Shipley. The fire, which was started on Thursday night, was the second arson attack in the area in the space of a few days. The building
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Fury at small fines for no-cover drivers
A grieving mother whose daughter was killed by an uninsured driver is "appalled" that fines for driving without insurance in West Yorkshire are among the lowest in the country. New figures reveal that the average fine handed out by magistrates in West
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Children can count on early learing
A numeracy project is being launched across all Bradford libraries this week. The programme, Count Me In 1,2,3 - which is being supported by Yorkshire Bank - will be introduced to all of Bradford Council's 31 libraries in the summer. The launch event
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Leeds' future in limbo as recount ordered
The battle for control of Leeds is expected to be resolved in court, it was revealed at a stormy creditors' meeting at Elland Road today. Creditors voted by the slimmest of margins to accept Ken Bates' offer to buy back the club but it was so close administrators
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Visionary councillor who created Shipley square 50 years ago
Fifty years ago a dedicated visionary who was influential in re-inventing the heart of Shipley officially unveiled his brainchild on a glorious summer's day. In front of a crowd of onlookers, the chairman of Shipley Urban District Council, Councillor
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Union to hold pay meeting
The GMB union is holding a meeting for Bradford Council refuse staff over pay changes. It will take place at East Ward Labour Club, Otley Road, on Tuesday at 7.30pm. The meeting is to discuss a possible loss of bonuses which has emerged during talks
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Uncle's tribute TT ride for race ace David
To celebrate the centenary of the Isle of Man TT races, which gets underway today, two books have been published which pay tribute to a motorcycling legend from Baildon. The fourth anniversary of the death of David Jefferies was on Tuesday and both TT
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Unclaimed akitas may be destroyed
Two Japanese akitas, seized under the Dangerous Dogs Act after they were found roaming in Bradford city centre, could be destroyed within days. The dogs are being kept in Bradford Council custody after they were tracked and lassoed by dog wardens near
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More positive spin on League's future
Nothing can be firmed up until December's annual meeting but optimism is as high within the Bradford Central League as it has been for months. Prior to this week's senior league meeting at Laisterdyke Cricket Club, there were serious doubts as to whether
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Cup foes renew rivalry
Woodlands entertain rivals Pudsey Congs in the Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup for the fourth successive season on Sunday in the plum tie of the second round. Congs won the first two of those encounters to lift the trophy in the 2004 and 2005 finals
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Vaughan return leaves selection poser
Yorkshire Phoenix face a tricky problem in who to leave out against Durham Dynamos at Headingley Carnegie on Sunday in order to accommodate England captain Michael Vaughan. The comfortable victory over Derbyshire Phantoms on Thursday has renewed York-shire's
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Student took his own life over finals worries
A high-flying student took his own life because he was embarrassed about not doing as well as he had hoped in his university finals, an inquest heard. Talib Hussain, 23, went missing the day before he was due to graduate from Manchester University and
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£45,000 benefit fraud woman spared jail
A mother-of-three who cheated the state out of more than £45,000 in benefits has been spared jail, even though she was on probation for similar offences at the time. Bradford Crown Court heard that between April 1998 and November 2005 Donna Delph claimed
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Putting the Blair decade in perspective
So the time has finally come - the time for Tony Blair to step down as Prime Minister and to let Gordon Brown have a turn. Looking back over the last ten years, there have been some good and bad points to his three terms in office. Starting with the
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Warts and all!
SIR - £25,000 spent on cleaning the railway tracks for the Queen's visit? That could fund 25 after-school clubs for six months! While I have no opinion about the Queen, why beautify everything for a visit? She should see the real state of her nation,
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Banned driver with leg in pot sped through streets
A banned driver who was involved in a high-speed pursuit despite having a plaster cast on one leg has been jailed for eight months. Bradford Crown Court heard that the early hours incident on New Year's Eve was the latest in a catalogue of motoring offences
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Stop their benefits
SIR - There are 1550 Neets' (not in employment, education or training) in Bradford, each costing taxpayers an average of £97,000. That's a staggering £150 million (T&A, May 26). The Government says nearly half of those described as Neets' are not unemployed
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Don’t fix it!
SIR - The proposals for "reform" (what an abused word!) of local government elections will, as I see it, lead to council elections every three or four years instead of every year as at present. I am sure the actual government would prefer not to be held
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Fantastic work
SIR - The Children's Trust is celebrating Volunteers Week (June 1-8) by acknowledging the fantastic and varied work of the 350 individuals who selflessly give up an amazing 50,424 hours a year to help the children and staff at the Trust. At The Children's
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Helping hand
SIR - The Royal Observer Corps has been disbanded and many of the former members live happily with their memories. Today a few of those who served their country have found that despite their best plans times are hard. For these few there is the safety
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Fugitive flees onto roof
A fugitive caused rush-hour chaos when he climbed on to a roof in a bid to escape police today. The man clambered out of a first-floor window after police called at the property in Leeds Road, Barkerend, Bradford, just before 8am. Officers persuaded
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In praise of Profumo
SIR - E Firth (T&A Letters, May 25) sounds a very disillusioned man and not at all pleased with his military service and his treatment while performing the same. I wonder why? I always voted Conservative when a serving soldier because there was so many
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Comical timing's crucial, Tony
SIR - May I thank you for pointing me in the direction (T&A, May 14) of the excellent book All For a Laugh by local author Mick Crossley with his co-writer Barry Band. The detail on so many well-loved laughter-makers who've amused us over the years was
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Victory for Europe
SIR - Last week UKIP was affronted by butter in 250 gram packets and the fact that England is missing from some maps published by the European Union. Such trivialities seem to be the extent of UKIP's opposition to everything European so I wonder what
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Blasted nuisance
SIR - M C Kilburn (T&A Letters, May 26) is right. Sandblasting is damaging, erases all character and cannot be reversed. Too many dignified and aged buildings have been ruined by this indiscriminate obliteration of their warm, aged surface patinas.
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Over the top
SIR - Currently we are being harangued by central and local government about the way we recycle household waste. It is a conditioning process, leading to the further introduction of twin pillars of English bureaucracy: more control, more taxation. Wheelie-bin
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It’s good to talk
SIR - I refer to your recent coverage of the cleaning of Bradford Interchange station for the Queen's visit on May 24. I was amused to see that Network Rail was accusing Bradford Council of not giving it sufficient notice that the Royal train was due
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Justice at last?
SIR - Having read the report about the Chaingate Clamper' in the car park at Haworth, I was highly delighted he has been named and shamed. I have been a victim myself, having to pay the excessive £50 fee just for my wheels just touching the parking bay
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Baby suffocated in his sleep
An inquest has heard how a seven-month-old baby who was immobilised by an almost full-body plaster cast accidentally suffocated in his sleep. Little Mark Betker was born eight weeks premature and as a result had problems with his left leg which was not
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Police in fake ID card warning
Bradford North police are warning under-age drinkers that buying alcohol with a fake ID will no longer be an option. Officers in the Queensbury, Clayton, Thornton and Allerton areas of Bradford have carried out 26 test purchase operations and issued
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Clamping's a deterrent to tourists
SIR - I write with regard to the car clamper facing an ASBO (T&A, May 25). When I was last in a Haworth tourist shop I remarked that I had better extend the period of parking for my car. The store keeper smiled and said: "Yes, if you don't pay we clamp
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Stop idiots in their tracks...
Vandalism is a blight on many communities, but not all vandalism is the same. There are certain instances which go beyond mindless graffiti or damage and into a much darker realm. That is not to excuse the former, for there can be no let-up in our fight
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Boss wants Chattoe to make gang of four
Avenue boss Benny Phillips is hoping Richard Chattoe will not follow Phil Sharpe and Clive Freeman out of Horsfall Stadium. The former management have moved on after seeing out the end of the season at the club following the appointment of full-time
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Farsley ready to over-achieve again
Planning for next year is well underway as the Celts look to their first season in the country's fifth division with tingling anticipation. Promotion to the full Conf-erence came as a surprise to some but everyone at Throstle Nest have become accustomed
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United swap one Watson for another
The Eagles have gone for a pair of familiar faces following Wednesday night's appointment of Mick Watson and Andy Patterson as the new management team. Watson, who is a former Eccleshill player and managed Thackley's reserve team, will be the man in
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Brier relishing move upstairs
Mark Brier has had a meteoric rise at Liversedge and has now been confirmed as the chairman in changes to the club's hierarchy over the close season. Long-serving chairman Bob Gawthorpe made his decision to stand down almost a year ago and has used the
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Staff set to Race for Life
Female staff at a Bradford medical practice are busy making last-minute preparations before pulling on their trainers to run 5km to raise money for cancer research. Lister Park in Manningham is again the venue for Bradford's Race for Life on Sunday
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Take a walk for your health!
A community walk and information day takes place on Tuesday for anyone who wants to improve their health and relieve stress. From 11am at Shipley Library there will be information available about volunteering and training as a walk leader. The walk will
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‘Now life is heading right way’
A woman who has spent four decades living with a husband whose personality changed after a head injury is now being helped by a Bradford charity. Iris Laycock, 66, had already faced tragedy when her first husband died eight weeks into their marriage
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Fisher will run into strong competition
This year's Otley ten mile road race - sponsored by Yorkshire water - on Wednesday, June 13, will once again incorporate the Yorkshire Championships for men and women. Ian Fisher, 36, will be defending his title but, after a disappointing London Marathon
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Morrison: I'm firing on all cylinders again
Glenn Morrison is up to speed again and ready to spearhead the Bulls' title push. The crack Australian saw his lightning start to life in England curtailed by a broken thumb over Easter. Thoroughbred back-rower Morrison had quickly stamped his mark
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Potter playing mind games
Mick Potter is playing down his side's chances of completing a cherished double over the Bulls. The canny Catalans coach has stripped clear any pressure from his players ahead of tomorrow night's showdown in Perpignan by making the visitors huge favourites
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Rhodes hints at major new investor
Julian Rhodes could have a substantial new investor on board at City as early as next week. The chairman refused to be drawn on speculation but has revealed a major announcement will be made shortly. The Telegraph & Argus understands it does surround
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Fundraising off to a tee
A total of £1,000 was raised by a corporate golf tournament at Shipley's Marriot Hollins Hall Hotel and County Club, hosted by the Forward Ladies organisation. Supported by Yorkshire Forward, Forward Ladies has over 3,000 members drawn from businesswomen
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Christopher has a passion for pressure
La Rue Bingley Road, Saltaire Tel: (01274) 595894 Christopher Smith latched on to the joy of cooking while at school. "I was studying food technology and discovered that I really liked to cook, so I started from there," he recalls. He also loved
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LiVE and kicking off George’s gigs
As anybody in-volved with bands in Bradford will testify, a mini musical revolution is quietly taking place beyond the city's streets where tales of property investment and business regeneration are forever hogging the limelight. A plethora of gigs,
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Charles does C3PO and Han – solo!
I have a confession to make. I'm not proud of it and it's something I rarely reveal. But I feel now's the time to come clean. I have never seen Star Wars. I've got no idea whether C3PO is the little robot or the big gold one, I don't know what a Jedi
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Out of the mouths of men
They are city bankers with designer wives, secretive sons with double lives and Bradford brothers with village ties. They are macho men, metrosexual guys, mummy's boys tied to the apron strings and husbands under the thumb. They are all Asian men and
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Hooray for Bollywood
Bradford is gearing up for an Indian summer. Next week the district plays host to a series of glittering events celebrating the 2007 International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, known as the Bollywood Oscars. Around 30,000 visitors are expected
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Cathy comes home
As a schoolgirl in Wilsden, Kate Ambler's favourite novel was Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. Come next month Kate will be spending three weeks playing Cathy Earnshaw, one of the leads in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, a book she first read in Bolton
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Crime pays for fast-rising literary star
Since the publication of Sophie Hannah's first suspense novel in April last year, Little Face has sold 20,000 copies in hardback and more than 100,000 in paperback in the UK. Publishing rights have been sold to ten other countries up to Press. The Keighley-based
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Clare’s riding a carousel to success
When Michael Parkinson conferred his favour on Clare Teal's new album, Paradisi Carousel, and Terry Wogan played tracks from it on his BBC Radio 2 show, she must have been relieved as well as gratified. For these days being a recording artist carries
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Neighbours sending us barking mad
Q We've lived in the same house for nearly 25 years and have been very happy here, but now because of new neighbours things are getting intolerable. They are a nice enough couple who seem to be hard-working. They have two dogs, spaniels I think, which
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Emily and her crusade for curves
Emily Hacker laughs at the recollection of her first modelling experience on the cover of one of Waddingtons many board games. "Bootsy" she believes it was called. As the six-year-old daughter of an advertising director, Emily and her brothers were often
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Family things to do this week
The wonderful thing about the Chelsea Flower Show is that even if it would be totally impractical to transplant one of the show gardens, there are plenty of little snippets of ideas you can adopt, such as the wonderful border planting scheme in Chris
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Could my sight be restored?
Q I'm 40 and was born with a cataract in my right eye. I'm virtually blind in it. Is there anything in modern surgery that could restore my sight in that eye? A Having seen nothing in the eye since birth, it may be that the retina (the screen in
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A new way of thinking could help beat IBS
Two-and-a-half thousand years ago, Hippocrates wrote that it was more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what disease a person has. Great man that he was, today's doctors wouldn't get far with that as a priority. All sorts
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A friend indeed...
Her face has been splashed across newspapers and flashed across TV screens. Until now Cate Jackson has lived out of the public eye. But her role caring for those whose lives have been devastated by violence has changed all that. Two years ago the crofter's
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Friday, June 1, 2007
The following planning applications have been lodged with Kirklees Council: Batley: change of use from jewellers to estate agent, 9 Cheapside. Batley: demolition of existing garages, change of use and alterations to convert redundant barn to one dwelling
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Friday, June 1, 2007
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Belinda Bernadette Hampson, aged 23, of Firethorn Close, Girlington; failure to surrender to custody, £60 costs; theft, £30 fine, £20 compensation. Fraser Marshall Hannon, aged 23, of Selside
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Surge in missile attacks on trains
Stone-throwing yobs are putting lives at risk with an escalating spate of attacks on trains. Network Rail in West Yorkshire recorded 206 incidents of missile throwing at trains and railway property in 2006. Already in 2007 there have been 107 similar
