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Weather still playing a Trophy role
Guiseley remain hopeful that tomorrow night's second attempt to play their FA Trophy first-round tie at home to Kidderminster Harriers will go ahead following Saturday's postponement. FARSLEY CELTIC, however, have decided to give their replay with Gateshead
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New gritting web service launched
Road safety watchdogs have welcomed a Council initiative which should help reduce the number of casualties as a result of winter weather. West Yorkshire Casualty Reduction Partnership is backing Bradford Council's new online winter maintenance service
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Bus driver admits causing death
A Bradford bus driver has been warned he could face jail after he admitted causing the death of an 82-year-old man by dangerous driving. Albert Rowley, suffered a compound fracture to his leg when a double decker bus driven by Saeed Abbas, 26, crashed
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Thompson robbed of equaliser
Alan Thompson accepts that, with his career coming towards its end, he needs every goal he can get. The Leeds skipper was talking after his free-kick that earned a draw at Walsall was officially given to Ian Westlake because the ball flew in off the
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League needs more umpires
Umpires are needed for the West Riding Sunday Council next season. Results secretary Grahame Beacher said: "Umpires are retiring (or worse) faster than we can keep up. "I am aware the other leagues in the area are also a bit hard up but, as we play
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T&A Classic tickets still available
Stuck for a Christmas present? Tickets are still available for the 2008 Telegraph & Argus Snooker Classic on Saturday, February 23, which will be a battle between two former world champions. While John Parrott, who won the sport's major prize in 1991
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Top two as you were
Undercliffe B and Polish still occupy the top two places in the Bradford Chess League Division One respectively after the pair drew 3-3. Undercliffe A continue to under perform, losing 4-2 to South Bradford and are now third in the table. The top three
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Lampkin going back to Beta
Dougie Lampkin MBE turns another page in his career when he moves from Repsol Montesa back to Beta on January 1. Lampkin, pictured, virtually destroyed the Spaniards from 1997 to 1999 with three consecutive world titles for the Italian company. He
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Raider who stole car is locked up
A burglar who made off with a woman's sports car after breaking into her home and taking a spare set of keys has been locked up for 16 months. It was the fourth time in a year that Angela Smith's one-bedroom cottage in Green End Road, Wibsey, had been
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Boys accused of assault
Two Shipley boys, aged 12 and 13, will appear in court accused of assault and public order offences following an incident on a train. The alleged offences occurred on Wednesday, November 14, when a 15-year-old Keighley girl was attempting to board the
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Title race is too close to call
As the Bradford Sunday Alliance League season enters the halfway stage, the race for the Premier Division title could not be tighter. The table stayed the same following the big freeze last weekend which saw all but two Division Four games postponed.
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More of Macca's troops report for duty
Steve McNamara today spoke of the Bulls' "feel-good factor". Almost all the squad are now back in training, with just Huddersfield signing Chris Nero and New Zealand pair Shontayne Hape and Tame Tupou yet to join up. Great Britain hooker Terry Newton
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Remploy workers fight closure
Disgruntled workers and union leaders are demanding showdown talks with a Government minister over plans to close a factory employing disabled people. The Government appeared to have dealt a decisive blow to Bradford's Remploy factory when it confirmed
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Two remanded on murder charge
Two brothers have been remanded in custody on suspicion of murder by Bradford magistrates. David Michael Kinsella, 23, and John Stephen Kinsella, 25, both of Holme Top Lane, Little Horton, Bradford, have been charged with the murder of Ross Keenan, 39
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I'm in the race for Christmas No 1
I’m as tense as a Spice Girl; in a lather like Leona Lewis. I can even feel the angst of that Scottish bloke that somehow beat the only bloke who could sing on the X Factor. Yep, the pressure of landing that Christmas number one spot is getting to us
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I'm in the race for Christmas No 1
I’m as tense as a Spice Girl; in a lather like Leona Lewis. I can even feel the angst of that Scottish bloke that somehow beat the only bloke who could sing on the X Factor. Yep, the pressure of landing that Christmas number one spot is getting to us
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I'm in the race for Christmas No 1
I’m as tense as a Spice Girl; in a lather like Leona Lewis. I can even feel the angst of that Scottish bloke that somehow beat the only bloke who could sing on the X Factor. Yep, the pressure of landing that Christmas number one spot is getting to us
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I'm in the race for Christmas No 1
I’m as tense as a Spice Girl; in a lather like Leona Lewis. I can even feel the angst of that Scottish bloke that somehow beat the only bloke who could sing on the X Factor. Yep, the pressure of landing that Christmas number one spot is getting to us
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You're the man, Stu!
Mark Lawn remains as convinced as ever that Stuart McCall is the right man to drag City out of the doldrums. The Bantams head towards Christmas ten points adrift of the League Two play-offs in 18th spot. But the joint-chairman's faith in the club's
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Firth strikes late to put Clothiers through
The only Wharfedale FA Sunday Cup quarter-final to get the green light saw FC Clothiers defeat Idle United 2-1 at Queensway. Idle took the lead only for Clothiers secretary Andrew Scratchard to equalise from the spot in the second half after a foul by
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Steeton go joint top
There was just one game played in the West Riding County Amateur League which saw Steeton go joint top of the Reserve Division. They beat Ovenden West Riding 5-2 at home to leapfrog them into second place, level on points with leaders Bay Athletic.
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Smith double shocks champions
The one game to beat the cold snap in the T&A League produced a huge upset in the League Cup. Ventnor Youth, third from bottom in the table, beat current league champions IMS Celtic 2-0 at Thornbury to set up a tie with leaders Fairbank. There were
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Fire chief's warning to Keighley arsonists
Teenage arsonists could cause huge damage to a busy shopping centre, firefighters have warned. Persistent young firebugs have turned the back of Keighley Retail Park into an "arsonists' paradise", it is claimed. Keighley Fire Station crew manager Stuart
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Mobile menace
Just what does it take to get the message through to some people about not being so careless about other people’s safety on the roads? It’s almost a matter of course to see people still using their mobile phones while at the wheel of a car, and often
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Mobile menace
Just what does it take to get the message through to some people about not being so careless about other people’s safety on the roads? It’s almost a matter of course to see people still using their mobile phones while at the wheel of a car, and often
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Mobile menace
Just what does it take to get the message through to some people about not being so careless about other people’s safety on the roads? It’s almost a matter of course to see people still using their mobile phones while at the wheel of a car, and often
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Mobile menace
Just what does it take to get the message through to some people about not being so careless about other people’s safety on the roads? It’s almost a matter of course to see people still using their mobile phones while at the wheel of a car, and often
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Beshenivsky killers fail in appeal bid
Two men jailed for life for murdering Bradford PC Sharon Beshenivsky have failed to win a cut in their 35-year minimum sentences. The Court of Appeal in London today rejected argument on behalf of Muzzaker Shah, 26, and Yusuf Jama, 21, who killed the
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Warming to Christmas in the cold
Okay, I give in. Christmas is here. I’ve been in denial, like every year, since the first trimmings and greetings started appearing on shop fronts and eating places and the like. And since the heralding (a Christmassy word, I believe) of all the festive-laden
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Warming to Christmas in the cold
Okay, I give in. Christmas is here. I’ve been in denial, like every year, since the first trimmings and greetings started appearing on shop fronts and eating places and the like. And since the heralding (a Christmassy word, I believe) of all the festive-laden
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Warming to Christmas in the cold
Okay, I give in. Christmas is here. I’ve been in denial, like every year, since the first trimmings and greetings started appearing on shop fronts and eating places and the like. And since the heralding (a Christmassy word, I believe) of all the festive-laden
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Warming to Christmas in the cold
Okay, I give in. Christmas is here. I’ve been in denial, like every year, since the first trimmings and greetings started appearing on shop fronts and eating places and the like. And since the heralding (a Christmassy word, I believe) of all the festive-laden
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Christmas past comes to Bradford
A Victorian Fair cheered Christmas shoppers in Bradford's Centenary Square - just one of several period events. It featured a carousel, big wheel and other traditional funfair rides as well as games including hook-a-duck and a coconut shy. Food stalls
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League and cup double for Dragons
Bradford Dragons overran visitors Durham Wildcats 85-60 in National League Three on Saturday, then beat them again the following day, 86-71, in the quarter-final of the National Shield. Dragons locked down the visitors in the second quarter on Saturday
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The things I just can’t do without
Separation anxiety.' I don't know about you, but if someone hurled that phrase in my direction I would associate it with relationships - the kind that goes on between two human beings. How wrong can you be. Disturbingly, there's such a thing as gadget
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Millions needed for real quality
SIR - Just what planet is Mrs Sinclair on (T&A, December 10)? In an ideal world, yes, we would all love to have an architecturally elegant building in Bingley, but unless Mrs Sinclair and the rest of her like-minded friends are willing to find the extra
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What planet?
SIR - We now have correspondents from Scotland telling us what we all should have realised for ourselves by now. It really is time that this city of ours be rescued from the vandalism of the bungling and inept triumvirate that is oblivious to all sense
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Right to know
SIR - Family and friends of the late Dr Urmila Gupta have petitioned Bradford Council calling for Green Lane, Manningham, to be renamed after her (T&A, December 6). A spokesman for the Council confirmed the petition had been received and would be considered
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Rooney own goal
SIR - The MP for Bradford North, Terry Rooney, has been complaining that the benefits system is too complicated, slow and difficult to understand (T&A, December 7). This, he says, causes stress and means some people don't get the help they are entitled
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Sheer cowardice of these vandals
SIR - I despair for this country and the way it is heading. The wanton burning to the ground of the guide hut in Guiseley, which was used for many things in the community, is beyond all reason. There have been a number of these types of buildings, cricket
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Unmask MPs
SIR - I received in the post recently information from the non-political Democracy Movement, which mentions a point too often left unsaid. The EU Constitution, sorry, Treaty, is self-amending and, therefore, the ten per cent of the failed Constitution
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School is showing the way
Today's schoolchildren are tomorrow's citizens of an increasingly more intimate global village. As technology and communications advance at a sometimes alarming rate, we must prepare our young people to be well equipped to deal with the demands of this
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Crime thriller falls a bit flat
John Connor has built a bit of a reputation in crime-writing circles for his series of thrillers centring on deeply-troubled Detective Constable Karen Sharpe. The basis for this reputation seems to be the detail he puts in about police procedures. The
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Festive flights of fancy help Christmas cheer
Why do Christmas cards present a picture of a season that none of us have any experience of? Looking at this year's offerings I see that very few depict a nativity scene with the majority showing snug little wintry scenes. The dreams they produce inevitably
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Monday, December 17, 2007
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: City Centre: Demolition of all existing buildings, 20 Paradise Street. City Centre: Enlarging opening to stone boundary wall, with the installation of palisade fencing, re-location
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Beauty of Bolton Abbey
There are many jewels in the crown of the Duke of Devonshire's 30,000-acre Bolton Abbey estate near Skipton. Not least of them is The Devonshire Arms Country House Hotel, recently voted hotel of the year (up to 50 rooms) in the 2007 White Rose Awards
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Secret Santa time
Solemnly, Boris the Landlord handed a tatty old Santa hat around the assembled clientele of the Boilermaker's Arms, the company including The Scribbler, his colleague the fragrant women's editor Thelma Gusset (pronounced "Gussay"), Doris "The Happy Medium
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Driver freed after West Bowling crash
Firefighters helped a motorist from his car after it hit a wall in Ripley Road, West Bowling, Bradford, at 2am today. A fire crew from Bradford found him slumped at the wheel with minor injuries. He was treated by paramedics at the scene.
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Monday, December 17, 2007
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Malkit Notay, aged 52, of Myers Avenue, Bolton; failure to produce insurance, no separate penalty; failure to comply with no entry sign, £60 fine, £15 compensation, £40 costs, licence endorsed
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Bradford Day Shelter lend a helping hand
From peeling potatoes to calling out bingo numbers, a small team of volunteers will be working hard this Christmas to bring some cheer to those who would otherwise be forgotten. And they need your help. There's a desperate shortage of volunteers to help
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Monday, December 17, 2007
In 1903, Oliver Wright made the first successful controlled flight, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. In 1968, 11-year-old Mary Bell was sentenced to life in detention at Newcastle Assizes for killing two small boys. In 2003, former school caretaker Ian
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My years in the grip of the Ripper
Richard McCann's mother died when he was six years old. The loss of a parent at any age can be devastating; but the death of Wilma McCann in Leeds in October, 1975, proved to be of especial significance to Richard and his three sisters. She was the first
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You’re not playing the game, Tessa
Are you overjoyed that the Government is spending at least £9.3bn of taxpayers' money on the 2012 Olympic Games? I certainly am not. Not when it refuses to pay local authorities enough to enable their social services departments to care properly for the
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Brilliant bags
SIR - Plastic bags given by Tesco are now biodegradable, so would they not biodegrade rapidly in the briny? In any case, the fact that some thoughtless people dispose of them negligently should not be a reason for seeking to ban this useful carrier of
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Phones nuisance
SIR - Now that smoking is banned in public places, is it not time that those cheap and nasty gadgets that the vulgar are addicted to - mobile phones - were also banned in such circumstances? Shops, pubs, supermarkets and public transport have all been
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Cameras’ value
SIR - Mr Bird seems to put all his eggs in one basket (T&A Letters, December 10). Speed cameras have cut speeding dramatically, also accidents, especially serious crashes, where overtaking on bends and downhill gradients were common. Now, when one is
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The real question
SIR - Eric Firth is quite right to celebrate the learning achievements of the schoolchildren of Finland, who topped the charts in almost every core subject (T&A, December 10). However, Mr Firth's non-sequitur moan about Margaret Thatcher would have been
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Ban is causing bankruptcies
SIR - As a business owner in Bradford, I feel the need to pen my concerns over the way the government is really starting to dictate to the population. I opened my nightclub in May, 2007. I was already very aware of the smoking ban that was coming into
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It’s as well to stay on your guard
This time of year tends to bring out some of the best characteristics in people, be it generosity or selflessness, for example. One thinks of parents making sure their children have everything possible on Christmas morning or volunteers sacrificing their
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Man hunted after vicious Bradford centre attack
Detectives are hunting a vicious attacker who battered the head of a 21-year-old man near a nightclub in Bradford city centre. A major investigation is under way after the victim suffered serious injuries in the apparently motiveless assault in Barry
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Two charged with Bradford murder
Two men were today appearing at Bradford Magistrates Court charged with murdering a 39-year-old man whose body was found in a city street. Inspector Nick Dyson, at West Yorkshire Police headquarters, said the men charged were local, aged 23 and 25.
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Rhodesway board rejects plans for academy
The governing body at an improving school which could be the district's next city academy has voted against the proposals. In October, Dixons Academy expressed interest in sponsoring Rhodesway School as part of a bid to give the Oaks Lane school academy
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Council plans future of adult services
A plan has been drawn up to set out the work of Bradford Council's services for adults over the next five years. The five year strategy for 2007 to 2012, which is being presented to the Council's executive tomorrow, aims to address the future challenges
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By candlelight
A Candlelit Christmas Concert is being held at First Martyrs Parish Church in Heights Lane, Heaton, Bradford, on Sunday at 3pm. The service will be followed by wine and mince pies.