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Kelvin has no need to be Bleau
Former Bradford City reserve team player Kelvin Bleau has won England recognition. After coming through a series of trials, the 18-year-old will represent the English College Football Association in the new year in Rome. Competition was fierce for the
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Bradford under-16s struggle at Ben Rhydding
Bradford’s under-16 team, who fielded a couple of 13-year-olds and three girls, found it tough going at Ben Rhydding, where they faced threee of the league’s stronger teams. Championship contenders York beat them 6-0 but only a questionable umpiring
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Prince Henry's pair are picked
Chris Walker and Dominic Barrow, both of Prince Henry’s Grammar School, Otley and Leeds Carnegie, are in the England Under-18 rugby union squad to face Australia Schools at Sale on Sunday (2pm).
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Clayton certainly knows the score
After 15 years as secretary to the Airedale & Wharfedale Cricket League, Howard Clayton has returned to his first love – scoring. In his 16th annual report to the league, Clayton wrote: “As has been increasingly clear over the last several
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Taurus players are still banned
Taurus Sports, who did not attend the annual meeting of the Bradford & District Evening Cricket League, have not have a happy time of things. Firstly, the Calverley-based Division One club were deem-ed to have resigned from the league for owing £312
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Bradford League 2010 Division Two fixtures
SATURDAY, APRIL 17 (1pm) Bowling Old Lane v Windhill, Great Horton v Manningham Mills, Idle v Morley, Keighley v Hartshead Moor, Lightcliffe v Hanging Heaton, Spen Victoria v Brighouse. SATURDAY, APRIL 24 (1pm) Brighouse v Great
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Relegated duo's away starts
The two clubs that were relegated from the JCT600 Bradford League First Division this season both start their 2010 campaign with away matches. Manningham Mills are at Great Horton on Saturday, April 17, while Hanging Heaton start their bid to bounce
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Baildon's title win is explained
JCT600 Bradford League chief executive Bob Shackleton has summed up in his annual report the surprise created by Baildon’s championship win. He writes: “Few people predicted Baildon’s title triumph, which brought an end to the domination of the championship
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Bowers forms are now available
Entry forms are now available for the 2010 Gordon Bowers Competition for under-nines. Interested clubs who have not yet received a form should contact Tom Priestley on 01274-872942. Next year will be the 28th running of the event but only the second
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Brits look real tour de force
ut alors! You can hear them chuntering into the croissants across the Channel. First that upstart American comes over to our race and totally rips it apart for the best part of a decade. Now they are even setting up a proper cycling team in England
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Why Strauss gets my vote
I’m not sure whether to bother with the BBC’s sports personality of the year awards on Sunday night. It’s always been a bit chummy and smug. But sometimes the back-slapping gets too much. And are there are candidates genuinely worthy of the crown?
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A farce fitting of Shack's chapter
I can just imagine what Len Shackleton would have made of the Kettering shenanigans at Elland Road. Park Avenue’s clown prince famously included a chapter in his autobiography entitled “The average director’s knowledge of football.” Of course, the page
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‘Thanks for your gifts of happiness’
Telegraph & Argus readers are donating sackloads of toys to help Little Heroes this Christmas. Gifts to raise a smile for children with cancer are being dropped off daily at the T&A’s head office in Hall Ings, Bradford. And Colin
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Allerton school head condemns arsonists for wrecking minibus
The head teacher of a special school has hit out at “mindless” vandals who broke into the playground and set fire to a minibus. Paul Winter said staff at Chapel Grange School in Rhodesway, Allerton, Bradford, were dismayed when they arrived to find locks
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Assets seized in crackdown on criminal activities
Police have made eight arrests and seized £10,000 in cash during a week of action targeting the ill-gotten spoils of criminals across the district. The Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) week of action started with a raid on two properties in Wrose
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Panto tickets selling well
Bradford theatre bosses are hoping for a bumper Christmas, with panto ticket sales selling like hot cakes. Tonight the curtain rises on this year’s pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, starring Alhambra stalwart Billy Pearce, in his 11th panto
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The show will go on for children
More than 100 children will be taking part in a special performance at St George’s Hall after the early finish to Bradford’s German Market threatened their show. They will be involved in The Tailor of Bradford, an adaptation of Beatrix Potter’s The Tailor
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Pupils’ designs picked for NHS Christmas card
Children from Ley Top Primary School and Allerton Children’s Centre are celebrating after their designs were picked for the official Christmas card of NHS Bradford and Airedale. The children, aged three to 11, were asked to design a card that reflected
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Dino saving planet – and money too!
As representatives from 190 countries work out how to reduce global warming at the Climate Change conference in Copenhagen, one pensioner is already paving the way to save the planet – and everyone’s bank balance. Dino Reardon powers his small terraced
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Shortlist drawn up for £400m waste contract
A shortlist of four companies for a 25-year £400 million waste contract for Bradford and Calderdale will have been whittled down to one by this time next year. An update on the management contract for dealing with both district’s household waste from
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Pupils lead way in green work
A new report outlining steps Bradford Council could take to reduce its carbon footprint has been produced to coincide with the international climate change summit in Copenhagen. The Council’s Carbon Management document was produced for its environment
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Man found not guilty of nightclub murder
A 33-year-old man was today cleared of murdering a father-of-one who was shot dead at a nightclub. Owen Bell, of Marlborough Road, Salford, was charged with the murder of 30-year-old Damian Gordon after he was shot twice in the back as he left
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Friday, December 11, 2009
25 years ago: Huge debts threatened to close Bradford’s St Luke’s Hospital staff social club. 50 years ago: A report stated road accidents in the West Riding police area rose by 3.5 per cent during the first nine months of the year, compared
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Savory is one to savour
Close season signing Aiden Savory notched his 15th goal of the season in last Saturday’s 3-2 win over Nant-wich Town and is slowly winning over the fans. The 21-year-old striker is the club’s leading marksman in a youthful strikeforce, which also includes
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Silsden find safe hands in Foulger
Martin Foulger has come out of semi-retirement to solve the Cobbydalers’ goalkeeping crisis. Foulger was one of the squad that formed the basis of the club’s rise through the amateur ranks to the non-league pyramid system. He has since taken over
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Brier laments lack of ruthlessness
Manager Mark Brier described himself as the ‘frustrated boss of Brighouse Town ’ this week after a run of results that has seen the club slip out of the top four. The last five-game sequence began with a home draw, went into an away defeat
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Jenkinson still light of action
New Eagles boss Paul Jenkinson was hoping for more action for his squad over the first few weeks of his tenure but fate has conspired against him. Last weekend’s home game against fellow strugglers Glasshoughton Welfare was postponed after one of
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'Why firms will be beating a path to Bradford'
A senior lawyer whose firm recently opened an office in Bradford city centre believes more professionals will beat a path to the city in the next few years. Duncan Gardiner, the Bradford-born partner in charge of the new office of Morrish Solicitors
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Second-hand cars in great demand, says dealer
A Bradford-based car dealership is selling around 1,000 used cars every month after a 23 per cent rise in demand for second-hand vehicles. JCT600, one of the UK’s largest independent motor groups with 44 dealerships selling makes from MINIs to Maseratis
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Friday, December 11, 2009
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Burley-in-Wharfedale: construction of two-storey dwelling house with integral single garage with access off Prospect Road, 14A The Copse. Burley-in-Wharfedale: construction of
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Three held in Canterbury drugs raid
The Bradford District Drugs Team yesterday arrested two women and a man in connection with drugs offences in the city. As part of a pre-planned operation in Sage Street, Canter-bury, Bradford, a 23-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of supplying
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Nativity story takes to Shipley streets
Parishioners will be marking 100 Christmases by taking to the streets in a walking Nativity play. St Peter’s Church in Shipley will be ending its year of centenary celebrations with the performance on Sunday. It will start in St Peter’s Church at 3pm
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Cellar goes from grotty to grotto!
There will be festive cheer for pupils at a South Craven primary school after an appeal to save its nativity and Christmas fair. Sutton-in-Craven Community Primary School asked for help after asbestos was found in the cellar and it had to throw
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'Catch vandals' plea from Yeadon cricket club
People are being asked to turn detective to help catch vandals who are damaging a cricket field. Police, Leeds City Council and club officials are joining forces in a bid to stop the hooligans who have been driving over the cricket field in Yeadon and
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No room at the inn for Nativity chic
Mary takes centre stage in the manger, a cashmere shawl draped around her shoulders. Gathered around her are shepherds in designer pyjamas, angels in meringue-shaped ball-gowns, and the three kings sporting a dazzling array of bling. Welcome to Nativity
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Jungle king to face jury? I smell a rat...
Just a few days ago, Gino D’Acampo was crowned King of the Australian jungle and was immediately arrested for eating a rat. It’s a good job that it’s reality TV, otherwise you wouldn’t believe it! For those who haven’t been watching I’m A Celebrity…
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Nativity stars get a chance to truly shine
After two years of nothing but crowd scenes in the school Christmas play, we have this week, I am delighted to announce, hit the heady heights of Parts With Something To Actually Do. No speaking roles yet, I grant you, but the sheer talent on display
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District's MPs claimed £88,500 to run houses
Details of all expense claims put in by the Bradford district’s five MPs have revealed they claimed a combined £88,500 to run their second homes. The Commons authority have released the 2008/9 additional cost allowance – the part of MPs’ expenses
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The facts speak for themselves
The recent increase in comments by those who deny that climate change has anything to do with human activity is to be expected. It’s partly explained by the current international discussions at Copenhagen and, in the UK, the efforts of one broadsheet
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Skiers warned about drinking
Authorities are warning skiers about the dangers of drinking in resorts such as the Alps. The campaign comes in the wake of the death in January of 20-year-old student Rachel Ward, a former pupil of The Girls’ Grammar School, Bradford. Rachel, who was
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We are not alone
SIR – Too often, when some of us decry what is happening to the centre of Bradford, we find ourselves all portrayed as being unwilling to accept change, albeit that we can all accept change if obviously for the better. It was therefore most interesting
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Friday, December 11, 2009
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Adam Karchnak, aged 26, of Falcon Street, Great Horton; driving without insurance, £300 fine, £100 costs, banned from driving for six months; failure to produce insurance, no separate penalty
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A big commitment
SIR – We all know the expression “a dog is for life, not just for Christmas”. But here at PDSA, we find that some people still buy pets as gifts at this time of year. Our advice is simple: don’t! Pets bought as presents can be a recipe for disaster
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Back to square one
SIR – Regarding the plans to build a new Tesco on the site of the former Bingley Auction Mart, Malcolm Chapman (T&A, December 8) seems to have missed the point. I, for one, strongly supported the building of the Bingley Relief Road as I live close to
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Mothers in Africa saved by Bradford students
Four Bradford schoolgirls have raised £37,000 with a charity Christmas gift idea that helps to combat maternal mortality in Africa. The teenagers at St Joseph’s Catholic College, Manningham, came up with an idea for a pack for mothers and babies in developing
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£1.5m seized from criminals by police
Criminals have been stripped of £1.5 million in cash and assets by Airedale and North Bradford Police in the past two years. Detectives are stepping up their use of the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) to seize the ill-gotten gains of villains and pump them
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The last laugh
SIR – One gets tired of reading about wrongdoers in our society and I, for one, am delighted when they are apprehended and sentenced. The thief who laughed when Jem Mallison broke his kneecap trying to mount his bike, then rode off on it (T&A, November
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Get the facts straight
Get the facts straight SIR – David Cameron recently apologised for wrongly accusing Gordon Brown of giving taxpayers’ money to two schools that he alleged had “links with terrorism”. A few days later, he attacked health and safety legislation as a
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The voice of youth
SIR – We are a group of Year Six children from St Clare’s Catholic Primary School, Bradford. We are writing to express our feelings about the big hole in the city centre of Bradford. We are very disappointed that the shopping centre has not been built
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Friendly town has everything we need
SIR – I was absolutely disgusted and very disappointed when I read Malcolm Chapman’s letter in Tuesday’s T&A. A great many people have put their heart and soul into the making of Bingley. It is now all coming together and is a lovely town in which to
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£10,000 reward to trap burkha armed robbery gang
A five-figure reward has been offered by the Post Office to bring to justice an armed gang, disguised in burkhas, who pistol-whipped a terrified sub-postmaster. The 38-year-old needed hospital treatment for a cut head after he was hit with the butt of
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Firebugs destroy minibus at Bradford school
Arsonists broke into a school car park and torched a minibus early today. Police are investigating the attack, which happened after the firebugs smashed through a lock at Chapel Grange School, Rhodesway, Allerton, Bradford, to set light to
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Scooter ride dies after Bradford crash
A 45-year-old scooter rider has died after a crash with a car in Rooley Lane, Bradford, last night. The man was taken to Bradford Royal Infirmary where he later died. The accident involved a Volkswagen Passat car near the junction with
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150 jobs secured at Santender
Around 150 West Yorkshire bank call centre workers have had an early Christmas present after having their jobs secured. And Bradford will benefit when they transfer from Leeds to one of Santander bank’s ‘super-sites’ in the city where around
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Novice driver died in crash at canal bend
A novice driver is likely to have lost control of her vehicle through inexperience, rather than excessive speed, causing her to crash and drown in the canal at Skipton, an inquest heard. Charlotte Wade, 18, died in the early hours of Sunday
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Nightclub boses' vow over trouble
Bosses of a nightclub say they are working closely with police following recent violent incidents at the venue. Yesterday, the Telegraph & Argus carried images of a man being knocked out cold with a punch outside Tito’s – one of two incidents police
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Derby duel no run of the Mill affair
Valley Parade will be no place for faint hearts tomorrow. Stuart McCall predicts a no-holds-barred Yorkshire derby with Ronnie Moore’s Rotherham. Unlike the Rochdale no-show in the last home game, McCall wants to see his players match the intensity
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Offering a gift of food and shelter
The Bradford Soup Run, started 25 years ago by committed Christian John Tempest, is non-denominational, but there are rules: no drink, no drugs, and no weapons. Admission to the regular Friday night servings of rolls, stew, biscuits, fruit and refreshments
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We need to know the full story
Perhaps we should all be grateful that Bradford Council has only paid out around £800,000 following the collapse of a massive deal which would have led to a private company running Bradford Council’s buildings. After all, Carillion, the company which
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A real cow? Pull the udder one!
It’s panto time in Bradford again – and there’s a diva waiting in the wings ready to upstage Billy Pearce during tomorrow’s opening night. At just 3ft high, MOOnbeam the cow is making her pantomime debut in Jack And The Beanstalk, which starts a two-month
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Epilepsy show to go ahead
A controversial performance by a dance artist, who will attempt to induce an epileptic fit, is due to go ahead today at Bradford Playhouse. Rita Marcalo, who suffers from epilepsy, has stopped taking her medication in preparation for Involuntary
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L’Estrange on pole in hookers race
The Bulls’ biggest troublemakers are ready to get serious in the battle for the starting hooker’s spot. New signing Heath L’Estrange has quickly hit it off with Wayne Godwin since arriving at Odsal last month but the pair are well aware
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Ramsden offers a few home truths
Simon Ramsden has called on his City team-mates to start using the Valley Parade “12th man” as a winning weapon. Despite boasting League Two’s largest crowds again, the Bantams have the worst home record of any side in the top half.
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Mixing it with the stars
Two men involved in film at the National Media Museum are appearing in a multi-million pound feature film themselves. Actor Ben Eagle, a film festival producer, and Tony Earnshaw, artistic director of the Bradford International Film Festival, have been
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A third of Year 6 pupils overweight
The scale of obesity among schoolchildren was today highlighted in a national report. The report by the NHS Information Centre summarises key findings of the Government’s National Child Measurement Programme. This saw children aged four and five (reception
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'Historic town is so reliant on cars'
Skipton is one of the most popular towns in Yorkshire for visitors but the vast majority arrive by car, a new survey has shown. The Yorkshire Forward-funded reg-ional visitor survey revealed that almost 85 per cent of visitors turned up in the town
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Fencing ruled out at death-fall site
A Coroner has decided not to recommend the introduction of safety measures at a Dales beauty spot which claimed the life of sports-mad teenager. Nineteen-year-old Joel Scott, of Moorland Drive, Guiseley, died after falling from Loop Scar – a 30-foot
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£825,000 deal in buildings dispute
by Jo Winrow City Hall Reporter A long-running legal battle over the collapse of a £1.2 billion property deal to run Bradford Council’s buildings has been settled, costing taxpayers nearly £1 million. The Council has paid out £825,000 to building
