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Minister keen to focus on Bradford
Bradford and Leeds should work closer together to become the new Newcastle-Gateshead, a minister has urged. Yorkshire minister Caroline Flint made the admission after the Telegraph & Argus questioned her over concerns Leeds was taking centre stage in
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City to get £1m playground boost
More safe places for children to play in are set to be built across the district after the Government announced funding of £225 million to construct 3,500 playgrounds nationwide. A Council spokesman said Bradford would receive more than £1 million to
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Boy, 7, dies in road horror
Police are appealing for information after a seven-year-old boy died following a collision with a van today. The incident happened at 4pm today in Girlington Road, Girlington, Bradford, at the junction with Duck-worth Lane. The boy, who was on foot,
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Police increase pressure on Smith
The chairman of the West Yorkshire Police Federation has added his voice to the calls for the resignation of the Home Secretary over the ongoing police pay dispute. His comments come as the Police Federation voted to ballot for strike action over pay
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Schools shake-up approved
Governors at a Bradford secondary school have voted to close its doors for good as part of plans to reorganise Catholic education across the district. In summer 2006, the Diocese of Leeds, which runs Catholic schools in the region, outlined plans to
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All the fun of the fair
Twenty five youngsters from a Bradford primary school enjoyed all the fun of the fair yesterday as they were the first to sample the city's new festive attraction. As organisers of a Victorian Fair in Centenary Square were putting the finishing touches
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Council admits wreath error
Skipton Town Council has admitted its error over the early removal of wreaths from the town's cenotaph. The council sparked anger this week when it took away the wreaths laid on Remembrance Day at the High Street memorial. Many people thought this was
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Body found on rail line
West Yorkshire Transport Police are investigating a fatality on a railway line in Yeadon. The incident is not being treated as suspicious but no further details are available at present.
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Cash ploughed into social housing
Bradford's social housing will receive a much-needed cash injection as part of a national drive to provide more affordable homes. The Government has announced it will give Yorkshire and Humber £315 million to help solve the growing crisis and support
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Trophy offers Celts respite
Farsley Celtic travel to Gateshead on Saturday without the pressure of a relegation battle hanging over them because they, along with the rest of the Blue Square Premier clubs, join the FA Trophy this week. The most prestigious and high-ranking competition
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Kittrick all set after false starts
The opening week of new Guiseley manager Steve Kittrick's tenure was dogged by foul weather and he goes into Saturday's FA Trophy home tie with Kidderminster Harriers still seeking to oversee his first game. The UniBond Premier Division matches at Ashton
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Woman cleared of dangerous driving
A motorist involved in a horrific late-night crash has been found not guilty of causing the death of a 26-year-old passenger by dangerous driving. Customer service clerk Elena Claughton, 28, was alleged to have been speeding along Bradford Road, Frizinghall
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We were cuddling says rape accused
A man accused of raping a teenage girl has insisted they were kissing, cuddling and "pleasuring" each other. Darren Fellows told the jury at Bradford Crown Court that he did not have intercourse with the 16-year-old, who cannot be identified for legal
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Teenager punched by robber
A teenager suffered cuts and bruises when he was hit during a street robbery. The 19-year-old man was sitting on a wall with a friend, near Great Horton Road, Bradford, after a night out at 2.55am today when they were grabbed from behind by three Afro-Caribbean
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Benefits cheat escapes jail term
A 49-year-old woman today escaped an immediate prison sentence despite illegally claiming more than £12,000 in benefits while she was working. During a hearing at Bradford Crown Court today it emerged that Denise Proctor had two previous convictions
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Doctor mugged by gang near hospital
Police are liaising with hospital security staff after a doctor was mugged as he left work. The 31-year-old man was walking along a ginnel near Bradford Royal Infirmary when he was approached by a group of five or six men who grabbed him and went through
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Porter hoping to hit the right pitch
Following last weekend's wash-out at home, Bradford Park Avenue will be hoping the temperature up north does not drop too much as they head to Newcastle Blue Star on Saturday. Wayne Porter, one of two assistant managers at Avenue, said: "I hope the game
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Silsden left in Christian hands
Silsden go into their game at Formby in Vodkat League Division One with manager Paul Schofield absent due to a prior engagement. Schofield explained: "The club will be in good hands. My number two Jimmy Christian will be helped - or hindered, depending
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Boyle: It's time to up our game
Fourth-bottom Thackley make the journey to table-toppers Winterton with manager John Boyle impressing on his players the need to improve rapidly. "We can get a result there but it is all down to how we are on the day," said Boyle. "The consistency is
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Sedge target top spot
Liversedge have home advantage on Saturday when they face Shirebrook Town at Clayborn and will be looking for the points that could take them to the summit of the Northern Counties East Premier Division. As one of a handful of clubs that managed to get
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Man held in hit-and-run probe
A man has been arrested after a pensioner was struck by a car that failed to stop. Police said the 26-year-old man, from Dewsbury, would be questioned today. The 86-year-old man remains in a critical but stable condition following the accident in Roberttown
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Fast-food driver robbed
Delivery drivers have been warned to be on their guard after a fast food courier had his car stolen when he was lured to a bogus call. The driver was asked to deliver a Chinese takeaway meal to a house in Walden Drive, Chellow Grange, Bradford, but when
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Man denies robbing prostitute
A Czech immigrant has denied robbing a prostitute after she locked herself inside his bathroom. Jaroslav Baca, a married father-of-four, told the jury at Bradford Crown Court that, at one stage, he believed Tameena Zephyr might have taken £400 from his
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Gym discounts on offer
Residents are being encouraged to think healthily and take advantage of Bradford Council's festive gym offer. The Sport and Leisure Service is offering a discounted year's membership of £333 at Richard Dunn Sports Centre, Keighley Leisure Centre and
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Scott hit with two-month ban
Bradford & Bingley hooker Peter Scott has been banned for two months. The player was sent off for stamping and match official abuse in a Second XV game against Wharfedale at Wagon Lane in October. Meanwhile, Bees' first team head to Macclesfield on
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There's life after Easterby
Otley are not going to let the loss of Ireland star Guy Easterby rail-road their National Two promotion push. They head to rivals Black-heath on Saturday for their first league game without the veteran player-coach, who has signed a short-term contract
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Angling lines
BRADFORD NO1 AA Beale and Old Hee are closed on Sunday for the Yorkshire Winter League. The 2008 Yearbooks are now in all the local shops. Night fishing is allowed at Kirklees Lagoon and Knotford Lagoon for the 2008 season. The price will be £50 on a
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Girl disturbs burglars
Burglars were disturbed when a girl arrived home from school as they ransacked the house. Laura Chawla, 14, had just got back to the house in Woodhall Lane, Woodhall, Pudsey, with two friends when they saw someone was in the house and the burglar alarm
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Jeremy given forestry role
A new leader has been appointed to head up a forestry advisory committee for Yorkshire. Jeremy Walker, chairman of the Yorkshire Regional Flood Defence Committee, has this month taken up his post as chairman of the Forestry Commission's regional Advisory
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City need a Christmas bonus
Darren Williams will not rule out a play-off push from City this season but admitted: Christmas is critical for us. Saturday's home derby against Rotherham is the first of five games over the holiday period which will have a huge say on whether Stuart
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Nurse struck off after morphine error
A Bradford nurse who mistakenly gave a baby a massive overdose of morphine has been struck off. Eva Serenio, 51, was issued with a conditions of practice order in November 2006 by the Nursing and Midwifery Council after mistakenly giving a premature
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Wise wary of old boy Ricketts
Michael Ricketts, a flop during his two seasons at Leeds, faces his old club at Walsall on Saturday with something to prove. United manager Dennis Wise is convinced that Ricketts will be all out to mend his damaged reputation and warned: "Michael has
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McCall will not be rushed over Topp
Stuart McCall has warned City fans to keep a lid on their expectations over Willy Topp. The Chilean striker is on standby to be included in the squad for Saturday's Yorkshire derby against Rotherham after his £35,000 move was finally cleared by the authorities
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Good move by Szostak
Basil Richards reckons Alex Szostak's French connection could be the making of him. The reserve Bulls back-rower, 21, has left Odsal to sign a one-year deal with French League outfit Villeneuve. Richards has coached Szostak in the Bulls senior academy
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Thieves target three cars
Police are investigating three vehicle break-ins last night. Thieves targeted an MG parked on Albert Road, Cross Hills, and took a briefcase. A satellite navigation system was taken from a Transit van parked on the village's Airedale View and a CD radio
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Nix goal could turn our season
Mark Bower column It's fair to say that Kyle Nix is possibly the chirpiest character in the dressing room. If there is something going on or somebody's stuff has been moved about, you can guarantee that Nixy will always be the number one suspect. You
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Home advantage for local trio
Bradford trio Campion, Tyersal and Wibsey are all at home on Saturday as the West Riding County Amateur League attempts to avoid a repeat of last week's near wash-out. With Halifax and Huddersfield sides playing in local District FA Cup competitions,
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Cup specialists Sharlston no pushovers for Hill
National Conference sides Bradford Dudley Hill and West Bowling welcome back key players for their Ace Insurance National Cup first-round ties tomorrow. Hill have scrum half Tony Williams available and he will be a key member of a strong squad that travels
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Wilsden venture for 'Wine' star Ken
A Bradford actor who has starred in the world's longest-running sitcom for more than 20 years is to make villagers in Wilsden stars of the screen. Filming began yesterday for a comedy entitled "Ouch" (Onley United Community Hall) which is being directed
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Rainbow Chasers at Saltaire
Rainbow Chasers and Last Orders Victoria Hall, Saltaire Ashley Hutchings was a little anxious before Rainbow Chasers went on stage. The former Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and Albion Band founder and bass player announced to the packed audience
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Bad Manners head to Holmfirth
He may have shed a few stones over the years, but Bad Manners frontman Buster Bloodvessel still knows how to get a party started. The fun ska band, who shot to fame in the 1980s with hits such as Lip Up Fatty and Can Can, have long been crowd-pleasers
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Terrorvision reunite for festive bash
'Tis the season to get down to some serious festive rocking with the Terrovision boys. The Bradford rockers are resurrecting their legendary Christmas party concerts with a special one-off gig tomorrow. The show - A Very Merry Rock n' Roll Christmas
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Hooray for Henry as Nick goes it alone
Try to imagine, if you can, Shakespeare's Henry V adapted for a solo performance. Well, after the Reduced Shakespeare Company's staging of the Bard's complete works in less than two hours, anything should be possible. Enter Nick Hennegan's Birmingham-based
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Producer Jon's panto challenge
Every year Jon Conway looks for ways to surprise Bradford's panto audiences. The executive producer of Peter Pan, this year's Alhambra panto - which is now a week into its seven-week run - has added new touches such as a roller-skating Tinkerbell and
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The magic of Narnia grips the emotions
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe West Yorkshire Playhouse In Adrian Mitchell's dramatisation of C S Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the audience is invited to join four brothers and sisters as they go through
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Special city with special memories
Q In a nutshell, what was so special about the Bradford that you grew up in and have written about in Bradford Born and Bred? A From my early days as a child in the 1940s though to being a teenager it the 1950s, although it was sometimes austere,
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Liam Mower stars in Pinocchio
Walking nervously into the dance studio, ten-year-old Liam Mower looked around at the gaggle of little girls in ballet tutus. He had been persuaded to take up ballet by his dance teacher but, as the only boy in the class, he was starting to wonder whether
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Arcade is a gem!
SIR - I would like to nominate the Royal Arcade in Low Street, Keighley, for a blue plaque (T&A, December 3). Two young men worked for years turning a derelict building into a beautiful arcade of shops, flats and a café. I think that the building is
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Historic house is a sad sight
SIR - Further to the new blue plaques to be placed at designated sites (T&A, December 3) I have noted the list of nominations put forward. While most would be worthy candidates, I feel there is one glaring omission - Frederick Delius. Possibly there
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Traffic delays after pile-up
A seven vehicle accident closed the Aire Valley Trunk Road between Keighley and Steeton today. One man was taken to Airedale Hospital after he was cut from his car by Keighley firefighters. The pile-up, on treacherous ice, involved six cars and a road
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Donkeys in charge
SIR - Aren't our policemen wonderful, big, brave and full of the milk of human kindness? Not so long since, a woman rang the police and reported a burglar in her house while she was in bed and was told: "Lock your bedroom door, madam, and someone will
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Such a low blow
SIR - I don't normally put pen to paper for publication, but having learned that pensioners over 80 are having their supplement increased from 25p to 26p per week has made me see red. How can the politicians and civil servants (on good index-linked pensions
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Us and them
SIR - Yet another attack on "The Scots". Dave Murgatroyd's figures (T&A, December 6) suggest that Scotland gets £6-£8 billion more than they produce in revenue including from oil, though "we" have benefited much more from Scottish oil over the years.
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Release bodes well for multi-faith future
SIR - No doubt most of your readers know that Teddy bears were originally named after the American President Theodore Roosevelt who was, rather alarmingly, a big game hunter. But it was such a relief that Mrs Gillian Gibbons, left, was released (T&A
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We miss smokers!
SIR - Smokers are a canny lot. It started off innocently enough, a quick fag on the doorstep of the pub then back to their pint, but now they have started to demand comfortable seats, heaters, wind breaks and something to keep the rain off. I bet in
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What next?
SIR - It seems like big brother's at it again (T&A, December 8). So the council is going to target and prosecute smokers who drop cigarette ends outside the pub. The poor smoker has been brutally beaten into submission and is on his knees. The powers-that-be
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Pity poor smokers
SIR - Well said R Ackroyd (T&A Letters, December 8). What a silly law the no smoking ban is. He rightly asks where are the non-smokers at the times of day he refers to. What about our poor bingo players who indulge, they are also suffering and some
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Time for more women on Council
SIR - It is exactly 100 years since the Qualification of Women Act extended to rate-paying women the right to be elected to all local councils. Bradford had to wait until 1918 for its first female councillor. Mrs Annie Arnold was elected unopposed in
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‘Confetti’ cautions concern
There is a role for the caution in the criminal justice system. It gives notice to minor felons that while they might not be punished this time, their misdemeanour has been noted. The fixed-penalty offence has its place too, as a way of penalising less
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Thursday, December 13, 2007
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Manningham: change of use from unused Yorkshire housing office into drop-in centre, construction of disabled ramp to entrance, 10 Oak Avenue. Manningham: Change of use to gym
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Thursday, December 13, 2007
In 1642, Dutch navigator Abel Tasman discovered New Zealand. In 1878, the first electric street lighting in Britain was put up in London. In 1995, hundreds of youths took to the streets of Brixton, in south London, attacking police, ransacking shops
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School prize day
Pupils and teachers at two schools are celebrating after being announced as category winners in the Telegraph & Argus Cash for Schools competition. St Winefride's Catholic Primary School, in Wibsey, scooped £2,000 by claiming the primary school prize
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In the dock
Lawyers claim that serious offenders in the Bradford area are escaping with cautions or fixed penalty tickets instead of being prosecuted at the crown courts - to meet Government performance targets. The number of cases being taken to Bradford Crown
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Summer date for Hall's completion
Work on restoring and redeveloping historic Eastbrook Hall will not now be complete until July next year, it was revealed today. Work on the building in Leeds Road, Bradford - once renowned as the biggest Methodist Hall in the North of England - stalled
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Council to take on youth service
The young people's support service, Connexions, is to come under Bradford Council's control from April next year. Members of the executive will be asked to support the transfer process at its next meeting at City Hall on Tuesday at 2pm. Connexions is
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Drink-drive warning issued
Road safety chiefs have joined forces with the police to urge anyone hitting the party scene this Christmas to leave their car keys at home. West Yorkshire Casualty Reduction Partnership is anxious to keep the usual seasonal rise in road injuries down
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‘Homes may have to go on green fields’
Bradford's greenfield sites could be used to ease the growing housing crisis, a minister has warned. Regional minister for Yorkshire and the Humber Caroline Flint said local authorities must accept the need for more housing to be built to allow people
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Watchdog praises council
The public spending watchdog, the Audit Commission, has praised Bradford Council's use of resources. The results from the latest assessment have resulted in Bradford Council improving its rating from an overall score of two to three. It means that the
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Plea for gay memories
The West Yorkshire Archive Service is supporting and co-ordinating projects to record and preserve the gay history of the region. A spokesman from the service said: "We are looking for people to share their own history with the project. "Whether you're
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Actors want some more!
Young performers at Haycliffe School and Sports College are bringing one of the world's best-loved musicals to the stage this week. The youngsters' festive show is Oliver!, Lionel Bart's musical adapted from the Charles Dickens story about a young boy
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Sandra gets Cathedral role
Sandra Howard has been appointed to the newly-created role of publicity and projects officer at Bradford Cathedral. Mrs Howard has more than 25 years of marketing experience and has been involved with the Cathedral for nearly three years since the appointment
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Health team wins award
A new surgical technique pioneered in Bradford which can reduce the need for women to have a hysterectomy has won a national award. Bradford is the only place in the country to run the abnormal uterine bleeding service in a primary care setting, meaning
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Is your door lock a target?
Householders are being warned to guard against burglars who have the know-how to break a particular type of lock. The Christmas period traditionally sees an increase in burglaries so West Yorkshire Police neighbourhood policing teams are visiting residents
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Concern at 'plans' move
Cleckheaton residents face a 22-mile round trip to view local plans after Kirklees Council decided to stop keeping paper copies of planning documents at Cleckheaton Town Hall. Councillor Ann Raistrick (Lib Dem, Cleckheaton) has hit out at the move saying