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Aussies in hunt for titles at Ilkley
Wednesday may have been Yorkshire Day but tomorrow could well be Australia Day in the finals of the $15,000 Men's Futures and $10,000 Ladies' tournaments at Ilkley. Second seed Adam Feeney has made it through to the men's final and fourth seed Jessica
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Ceiling collapses after fire at mosque
The ceiling of a mosque in Lidget Green caved in after it caught fire. Fairweather Green firefighters were called to the blaze at 1.10pm today. On arrival they found smoke coming out of the first floor windows and the roof at the front of the building
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Rodley bid for another title
Rodley will be hoping to pick up yet another trophy when they play hosts Pudsey Congs on Sunday in the Pool Paper Mills Cup final (1.30). The visitors' have won the league for the past three years, did the double in 2005 and are currently leading the
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Woodies 'better' than in '05 loss
Woodlands are quivering with anticipation over their Black Sheep Yorkshire Champions' Trophy semi-final at Barnsley on Sunday. Barnsley have slipped to second in the Oxbridge ECB Yorkshire League behind York but it is a clash that JCT600 Bradford League
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Film-makers move home
An amateur film makers' club is to leave its home of 42 years due to an "astronomical increase" in rent. At an extraordinary general meeting members of Mercury Movie Makers heard how the club was unable to bear the increases in rent for the former school
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Bank staff clean up family area
Barclays staff from Bradford undertook a cleaning and decorating project in the intensive care unit family area at Bradford Royal Infirmary. Staff spend a Saturday making the family room more comfortable for visitors. Five bank staff organised the event
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Music line-up set to be a classic
Some of the world's best orchestras have been lined up for the 142nd Bradford International Orchestral Season and the 20th international Bradford Chamber Season. The Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Julian Lloyd Webber and the Bradford Festival Choral
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Game for a laugh?
Leeds are becoming a laughing stock, according to Supporters Club chief Ray Fell. His damning verdict comes after Football League chairman Lord Mawhinney insisted on administrators KPMG restoring a Company Voluntary Agreement with Leeds creditors. This
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Clamper to face a trial
A car clamper at the centre of proceedings for an anti-social behaviour order has been committed for trial. George McDicken, 38, of Ling Park Approach, Wilsden, is accused of aggressive and intimidating behaviour by Bradford Council. It relates to alleged
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Millionaire businessman's benefit con
A millionaire businessman scrounged more than £32,000 in state benefits while living the high life, a court heard today. Self-styled entrepreneur and inventor John Binns owned "vast swathes" of land, top-of-the-range vehicles, stables and horses while
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Burglars take car
Police are calling for witnesses following a burglary in Cornmill Drive, Norris Thorpe, Liversedge, during the nights of Wednesday and Thursday. A police spokesman said car keys had been stolen by the intruder after they gained entry though an insecure
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Get the coffee pot on, says MP
A Bradford MP has issued a plea to everyone to get involved in the world's biggest coffee morning to raise funds for cancer sufferers. Shipley MP Philip Davies is supporting the Macmillan Cancer event on Friday, September 28, which aims to see thousands
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Kear in confident mood ahead of Bulls clash
It's been a dramatic year for Wakefield and their charismatic boss John Kear. The last time they headed to Grattan Stadium they faced the very real threat of relegation but now they are thinking about play-off glory. Kear recalls: "I took over the reigns
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Ambulance boss in plea to drivers
Emergency service bosses are urging drivers to get out of the way after an ambulance was stuck in a traffic jam in Bradford city centre. The ambulance was stuck in congested traffic outside Morrisons in Westgate on yesterday around 1pm. John Darley,
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Ten years for abuser of young girls
A 66-year-old man who filmed himself performing sex acts on a young girl was jailed for ten years today. Thomas Hastie sat in tears as the Honorary Recorder of Bradford, Judge Stephen Gullick, said he had abused that youngster and another girl for his
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Intrigue surrounds car dealer's death
The atmosphere in Sticker Lane, Bradford, is one of bemusement and intrigue today following the murder of used car dealer Teddy Simpson. At the car lot and stone dealer's yard that belonged to 56-year-old Mr Simpson, white boiler-suited scenes of crime
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Hendo: Teams underestimate Wakey at their peril
Ian Henderson insists he doesn't get excited anymore about tackling his brothers in the heat of Super League battle. But no soon as he says that and, with a mischievous grin, the Bulls hooker admits he will relish dishing out some punishment against
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Gym on move
After 23 years of success in Cleckheaton town centre, PJ's health and fitness club is on the move. From Monday, builders will move in to begin work on a new facility on Cartwright Street, less than five minutes from the present location. The new facility
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Influx of new players at Bees
Bradford & Bingley, relegated after their debut season in National League Two in 2006-07, have signed six new players for the forthcoming National League Three North campaign, while three more are returning to the fold. Perhaps the most significant
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Last service for Christine
The Rev Christine Hey leaves her post as superintendent minister for the Ilkley Methodist Circuit this week. Based in Addingham, she has been the resident minister of Addingham, Ben Rhydding and Beamsley Methodist Churches whilst at the same time overseeing
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Get ahead
The Hair Company in Keighley is opening a new City & Guilds training centre. The salon in Cavendish Street is offering NVQ 1, 2 and 3 training and is looking for budding hair stylists to enlist. The salon will be contacting schools to inform them of
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Witness call after bike accident
Police are calling for witnesses following an accident involving a stolen Harley Davidson-style motorbike. A man driving the Buell motorbike had been performing "wheelies" on Bradford Road, in Cleckheaton, when he crashed it and walked off limping.
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Woodlands chase berth in final
Woodlands are quivering with anticipation over their Black Sheep Yorkshire Champions' Trophy semi-final at Barnsley on Sunday. Barnsley have slipped to second in the Oxbridge ECB Yorkshire League behind York but it is a clash that JCT600 Bradford League
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Cougars aim to double up on Town
Cougars chief Barry Eaton sees no reason why his side can't complete a double over Workington on Sunday. They head to Cumbria on the back of an excellent victory over Swinton and knowing they shocked Workington 32-22 when the sides met in Keighley two
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Hoggard suffers injury setback
Matthew Hoggard is now unlikely to be fit for the Roses match starting at Headingley Carnegie on Thursday after complaining of further stiffness in his back. The England fast bowler will not attempt to bowl again until Tuesday at the earliest and Yorkshire
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Pair were in lorry-raiding gang
Two Bradford men have been given community penalties for their roles in a gang described as "latter-day highwaymen" for their raids on parked lorries. Ghani Akhbar, 28, of Raglan Terrace, Bradford, received a 12-month suspended sentence and Rizwan Hussain
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Boyle happy with pre-season progress
Pre-season results mean nothing, performances mean everything: it is an unwritten rule of the football industry. That is why Thackley boss John Boyle is very satisfied with the way his side's preparation for the new season has gone. There is also the
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United game a big deal for Dolan
With a big friendly against Leeds United looming at Nethermoor on Monday, Guiseley manager Terry Dolan will use the game to start honing the finer points of his plan for the new season. Unlike most of the other leagues, the UniBond Premier Division does
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Injuries give reminder of status
The Celts came through with a superb result at North Ferriby United last weekend, despite the unusual circumstances that forced them to take the field with a stand-in goalkeeper. The two keepers Farsley had in their travelling party both succumbed to
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Warning on doorstep salesmen
Police want householders to be on their guard against door-to-door burglar-alarm salesmen. PC Adrian Foyston, Keighley's crime reduction officer, said the technique, plus neighbourhood leafleting, was often carried out by people with little knowledge
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Squad places still up for grabs
Avenue have had a mixed bag of results in their pre-season schedule but the performances have been consistent and that has pleased manager Benny Phillips. The pressure is squarely on Phillips' shoulders, with expectations unusually high at Horsfall Stadium
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Funding refusal beggars belief
SIR - Put your hands over your ears and you will not be able to listen to the radio nor hear what is being said on TV. Now take a look at the picture of Margaret Senior helping to transform the lives of young deaf children at the Elizabeth Foundation
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Be careful
SIR - The organisers of the Drag-ons' Den, for gay and lesbian entrepreneurs (T&A, August 1) would be prudent to consult their lawyers before holding, or even promoting, their September event. In these days of state-imposed equality, any such selective
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Water waste
SIR - Not long ago a water shortage, now widespread flooding with the only hope of future salvation according to Environment Secretary Hilary Benn MP - higher and higher water charges! Anyone being a householder prior to 1974 will remember water and
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Little point
SIR - Had Councillor King read my letter more carefully, he would have realised that I had suggested his attendance at our scheduled public meeting, not insisted on it (T&A, July 27). However, in my view of his responses regarding Low Moor station, which
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Slap in the face
SIR - Housing Minister Yvette Cooper proposed the three million homes Gordon Brown has pledged to build should be a mixture of private, social and council houses. She wants homes where passers-by "can't tell what kind of housing it is". What a slap
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Gordon's call flagging
SIR - First Gordon Brown orders all public buildings in the UK to fly the union flag, then Scots Nationalist leader Alex Salmond says "no way" not up here, as far as Scotland is concerned the union is dead and buried. Sadly Gordon doesn't hear because
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Dangerous job
SIR - At last a spokesperson from Yorkshire Forward has come out regarding the woodwork on the Odeon canopy. It is commendable that they put the health and safety of the public first. But do they not realise just how dangerous it was to use welding
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Missing ‘gem’
SIR - Your excellent feature on our local buildings at risk was very interesting (T&A, July 28). There is, of course, one glaring omission, either because it is, sadly, not already a listed building, or because you have deemed it to be not worth saving
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Viking origin
SIR - Re the correspondence about the origin of the word "siling", I hadn't heard the word used in relation to rain until I came to live in Yorkshire but had vaguely connected it in my mind with the "sile" and its part in the dairy on the farm in Scotland
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No danger of flood
SIR - In reply to Douglas Hartley (T&A, July 31), with regards to concerns over the drainage systems, an overflow tunnel constructed in the late 1980s to divert flows away from the city centre proved its worth in the recent heavy rains in June. While
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City park will be stunning
SIR - In reply to Douglas Hartley (T&A, July 31), Bradford's City Park will be a stunning public space, featuring a mirror pool centrepiece. The water source will be a borehole which can be carefully controlled and does not pose a risk from flooding.
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Second injury blow for Harris
Jinxed Iestyn Harris is out of the Bulls' clash against Wakefield following a fresh hamstring scare. The stand-off misses Sunday's game after suffering a second successive injury to the same muscle. He had only just returned from a six-week lay-off
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Return of fans' favourite Richards
Dean Richards is back at City. The former Bantams ace, who went on to star with Tottenham, Southampton and Wolves, has returned to work with his hometown's youth team. Centre-half Richards, 33, retired in 2005 but has recently taken his coaching badges
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Car dealer named as murder victim
Police today revealed that a murder victim, whose battered body was found in the grounds of a former nursing home in Bradford, was a successful businessman and great granddad. Edward Simpson, 56, has been subjected to an "absolutely brutal and vicious
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DVD helps mums-to-be
Women's health workers at Bradford Royal Infirmary have developed a DVD for patients due to undergo a planned caesarean section. The DVD is given to women when they attend a pre-assessment clinic a week before surgery and it contains advice on how to
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Forklift driver rescued after flip
A man had to be rescued from his forklift truck by firefighters after the vehicle flipped, trapping him inside. Crews from Cleckheaton were called to ATA Building Supplies, in Bradford Road, Cleckheaton, at 7.25am today, after the driver had flipped
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Should I go to my ex's party?
QDear Kate, my ex-husband's up-coming 40th birthday party falls on the days I am due to have our children. He wants them to be at his party, and has asked me to go too. When we split up it was because he had an affair - I expect she will also be at the
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I've lost all my energy
Q Dear Kate, I don't know what's the matter with me but over the past couple of months I feel like I've changed. I've got no energy, feel like I want to sleep all the time (but then can't), I get snappy with the kids, and I can't be bothered to look
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Family things to do this week
Back by popular demand is the free children's pizza making sessions at the Casa Mia restaurant on Briggate, Leeds, on Wednesday - part of the Leeds Food and Drink Festival. If your children have ever fancied tossing dough into the air and creating their
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Caroline loves having the vintage advantage
Caroline Brown loves to be different. High street fashion is something for everyone which explains why you're more likely to be standing next to a party-goer sporting the same outfit. It's what most women dread when turning up at a do. Yet unless you
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Warning after bin fires
Firefighters have warned people that nuisance skip and rubbish fires are putting lives at risk. The Idle crew attended three rubbish blazes in the early hours of yesterday, prompting white watch manager Nigel Dickinson to issue a warning. He said: "
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Cheers to change in British pub!
A Bradford University lecturer has delved deep into the story behind a national institution - the English pub. In new book The Local - A History of the English Pub, published today, Paul Jennings examines how the humble alehouse evolved from coaching
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Skips set on fire
Brighouse firefighters were called to a council-owned tip at around 7pm last night after two skips containing wood and paper were set on fire. A spokesman for West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said he suspected the fire had been started deliberately
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Pushing in the right direction
In one way it is good news that Bradford Council is to receive more than £60 million over the next three years to help to improve the situation of disadvantaged children, much of it going to Sure Start provision. This is the largest sum allocated to any
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Awash with wonderful spectacle
Europe has its majestic Alps and England has its charm and character, but the United States has its Rocky Mountains which do not always look real when you are riding by them at the side of the road. Leaving New York and driving west is an experience
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Questions
Q I am 56 and for 24 years have run four or five miles every Monday to Friday. My hill-climbing pulse rate is approximately 150 and my resting rate is 45. I experience no joint problems and I am rarely ill. Should I continue and if so is there an age
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Food Dudes can help
I have an old (some would say very old) school photograph, taken when I was in my first year at secondary school. There are 400 boys and around 30 schoolteachers in it, in five rows, with the younger boys sitting cross-legged on the ground, and the older
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He’s King of the ocean
Turning 18 is a memorable milestone for most young adults, but Steven King will never forget his spectacular occasion. Who else other than a Hollywood A-lister could claim to have Hollywood heart-throbs Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom as guests at their
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Friday, August 3, 2007
The following planning applications have been lodged with Kirklees Council: Birkenshaw: change of use of dwelling to B1 office use, 688 Bradford Road. Birkenshaw: first floor extension, 123 Cross Lane. Birkenshaw: first floor extension, 37 Birksland
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My life was on the line
Fresh from showcasing her collection at Bradford College's end-of-year show, Nichola Laws is now concentrating on her future career in fashion. Ideally, the 23-year-old graduate would love to work in womens or childrenswear. Her CV has been sent to various
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Friday, August 3, 2007
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Richard Lee Arnold, 30, of Brookfield Road, Pollard Park; four counts of theft, £107.09 compensation, £180 costs, jailed for four months suspended for 18 months; breach of community order, additional
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Friday, August 3, 2007
In 1858, Lake Victoria, the source of the Nile, was discovered by the British explorer, John Speke. In 1926, the first British traffic lights were installed at Piccadilly Circus in London. In 1998, a survey revealed that men got more pleasure out of
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Accord strikes a chord
Next time you're out and about, have a look at how many estates you see on the road. I guarantee you'll be surprised, especially if like me you thought they were dead and buried a few years ago when the people-carrier seemed destined to sweep all before
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Murdered 'kidnap victim' left in wood
A man whose body was found in the grounds of a former nursing home in Bradford is believed to have been kidnapped then murdered. The victim is thought to have been snatched from a car sales lot in Sticker Lane, Laisterdyke. His body was dumped in a
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Pair proud to be putting on a show
A mum and daughter who share a little-known blood disorder will be two of the main players in a production to raise money to help other sufferers. Dancer Lauren Scriven, 11, will play the lead role of Gabriella in a half-hour production of songs from
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Exciting times ahead, says retiring doctor
Well-known GP Dr Maggie Eisner was retiring today after serving Shipley for 24 years. Dr Eisner leaves Shipley Medical Practice as other staff prepare to move into a state-of-the-art health centre in Alexandra Road in October. Health workers moved out
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Gita gets a taste of TV
A Bradford woman has been selected to show off her culinary skills in a new BBC Series hosted by celebrity chef James Martin. Gita Mistry, a former Bradford Council employee turned university graduate, of Clayton Heights, is one of 30 amateur cooks selected
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12 warned as bikes seized
Bradford police have seized three motorcycles and two quad bikes in a crackdown on anti-social behaviour. Bradford South Neighbourhood Policing Team targeted off-road motorcyclists in Blackshaw Beck, Pit Hill, Holme Wood, Bellerby Brow, Buttershaw, Leeds