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VIDEO: Charlie's first steps on road to stardom?
Charlie Orr has performed his first gig – at the ripe old age of two. The audience at the monthly acoustic night at the Comrades Club in Heckmondwike had gone along to hear headline band Rachel James, from Bolton. But they got more than
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West Yorkshire Police costs rise to £130 per home
Average households in Bradford will pay more than £130 a year for policing after police chiefs approved a hike in the cash they receive from taxpayers. At a meeting today, West Yorkshire Police Authority set a budget of £438.6 million for 2010/11 – an
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Good Samaritan is beaten with brace
A Good Samaritan was beaten over the head with a wheelbrace when he went to help a woman in distress, a court heard. Parvaiz Makin needed 15 stitches after Stuart Penney attacked him late at night near Bradford city centre. Penney, 25, of Enfield Drive
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Appeal over £2m turbine in Bradford dismissed
An appeal over plans for a £2 million 400ft wind turbine at Princes Soft Drinks in Bradford has been turned down. It follows refusal by Bradford Council planners in May because of concerns over the noise it would generate. Now planning inspector Elizabeth
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Bulls players must set minds to task of beating St Helens
Steve McNamara has called on his players to get their heads right before launching into battle with St Helens on Sunday. The Bulls boss is anticipating a high-intensity, high-quality showdown at Odsal and knows mental preparation will be every
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Deacey not getting carried away by front-running Avenue
Bradford Park Avenue stretched their lead at the top of the UniBond League Premier Division last week but manager John Deacey was still underplaying the achievement. He told the Telegraph & Argus today that it is too soon for their No 1 placing to stand
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Inside reasons for Sedge's poor form
The mercurial Paul Walker has finally been tempted away from Clayborn, and the hole he leaves in the squad is virtually irreparable. The former Buxton forward enjoyed his second spell with Liversedge and turned down several offers from UniBond clubs
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Parsley: Keeper Bell deserves his chance
Josh Bell has been handed the daunting task of filling Piotr Skiba’s gloves after being named Farsley Celtic’s No 1. The young stopper has been thrust into the spotlight following Skiba’s return to his native Poland to take up a contract with
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Brighouse Town's run continues despite changes in personnel
Brighouse Town are right in the middle of the promotion hunt following four straight wins in the Kool Sport Northern Counties East League Division One, the last of which was against then-leaders Leeds Carnegie. Town's manager Mark Brier has been delighted
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Jamie's courses full to bursting
Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food centre in Bradford has been hailed a success as cooking classes are full until Easter. The first lessons began last month at the Bradford Council-run centre in John Street and until April there are now ten classes a week
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Exciting to be back in front of our own fans
We were massively disappointed not to get the win at Huddersfield last week because we’d gone into the game full of confidence. Nobody likes losing and I’m the worst loser in the world, so we took it pretty hard at first. We know there
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Brussels pouts
As far as I was concerned, Brussels was somewhere Euro MPs met to discuss the straightening of bananas and the shrink-wrapping of tomatoes. I didn’t have a particular burning desire to go there, but when a friend and I were searching for a city break
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Relax at a canter
A little over four years ago, teacher Ruth Denby decided the time was right for a drastic change in her life. She’d always had a love of horses, was an experienced rider and now, newly-married, she decided to grab the chance to live her dream and set
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Puppy love
T hree framed photographs take pride of place on the wall of Gillian Harrison’s living-room. Each photo is of a dog – Monica, Honey and Pip – but they were more than just pets. These are dogs that Gillian trained to become guide dogs. She shared her
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Kitchen sink drama
Actress Billie Piper is hanging around the hallway of a rundown tenement building, sharing a laugh with a lighting technician. With half her hair in curlers, a padded jacket over a drab Fifties dress and a pair of sheepskin boots that owe more to comfort
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Seeing double
When you’re a millionaire rock star you can afford to raise your hand at auctions of rare Victorian photographs. But as a penniless student, Brian May could only look longingly at the stereoscopic images which had fascinated him since childhood
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Hosts Bradford Grammar find success
A bumper turn-out of 230 young runners enjoyed a series of primary-school cross-country races at Bradford Grammar School on Wednesday. Pupils from Blakehill, Bradford Grammar School, Eldwick, Greengates, Grove House, Lady Lane, St Walburga’s and
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Young kick-starts his Olympic dream
Taekwondo ace Keiran Young has his eyes set on Olympic success. The 15-year-old Hipperholme and Lightcliffe High School student has been selected for the youth Olympics and Junior World Championships in Mexico on March 27. Just two weeks after becoming
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Mary loved being a Tamm Lord
The mention of her name sends Doctor Who fans into a dreamy trance. Bradford-born actress Mary Tamm’s four-decade career spans some of the nation’s most popular TV dramas, and films including Nazi thriller The Odessa File. Last year she
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Titterrell set for Premiership debut with Leeds
Former England hooker Andy Titterrell will make his first appearance in the Guinness Premiership for Leeds Carnegie on Sunday against Leicester Tigers at Headingley Carnegie. Titterrell, who formerly played with Sale and Gloucester in the top flight,
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‘We’ll meet the Asbo deadline’
Bradford Council says it will meet next month’s target to convince people it is cracking down on anti-social behaviour. In October Home Secretary Alan Johnson named Bradford as one of 62 areas where more than a quarter of residents perceived anti-social
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West Bowling bidding to avoid Alliance hat-trick
West Bowling fly the flag for the Bradford Sunday Alliance League on Sunday at Brotherton & Byron Park, bidding for a place in the West Riding County FA Sunday Cup semi-finals. The Castleford team have already accounted for Alliance Premier sides Baildon
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Wipeout is a big hit with Melanie
Travelling across the globe to take part in a top TV show was a ‘Total Wipeout’ for fitness instructor Melanie Pollard. The 26-year-old flew to Argentina to be a contestant on the popular Saturday night obstacle course show presented by Richard
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Membership card reminder
Bulls Membership Card Holders are reminded they must bring their membership card with them to gain access to the game against St Helens on Sunday. Special membership card turnstiles will be available around the stadium and will be clearly marked. For
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Search for 'missing' church
Marilyn Kulpinski (nee Squires) e-mails from Bucasia, Queensland, Australia: I'm trying to trace my family history and recently ordered my grandparents marriage certificate from Births, Deaths and Marriages in the UK. William Squires and
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Bank worker faces jail over £1m scam
A Bradford bank worker who fleeced some of Britain’s wealthiest people in a £1 million sting has been told he is facing jail. Customer co-ordinator Chikezie Emeruem, 33, who worked at the Manningham Barclays branch, was part of a con that swindled
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Bulls unchanged for Saints visit
Bulls boss Steve McNamara has named an unchanged 19-man squad for Sunday's clash with St Helens at Odsal (3pm). After coming through the season opener at Huddersfield unscathed, McNamara has an almost full complement to choose from.
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Eaton: We're a win away from the last eight
Cougars head coach Barry Eaton believes victory at home to Workington Town on Sunday should see them qualify for the Northern Rail Cup knock-out stages. After securing two wins from their two games so far, Keighley are in pole position in Pool One, with
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'Fewer people losing homes'
The number of families across Bradford faced with losing their homes is falling slightly quicker than in other parts of West Yorkshire. Mortgage lenders started 230 repossession claims, the first stage in taking back a property, across the
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Sound idea for appeal is launched
A mobile phone shop in Bradford is to recycle old handsets to raise funds for Bradford City’s Burns Unit Appeal. Angel Mobile Phones, in Rooley Avenue, Odsal Top, has pledged to give proceeds from unwanted handsets to the Telegraph & Argus-backed campaign
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£8,000 raised for Haiti cause at Keighley benefit night
About £8,000 was raised at a benefit night in aid of victims of the Haiti earthquake. More than 300 people went to Victoria Hall in Keighley for a meal, raffle, auction and stage entertainment. The event was organised by Keighley men Razaq Hussain and
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Author is a hit at library
A best-selling author and illustrator visited youngsters at Manningham Library as part of the Bounce into Books national festival. Saviour Pirotta has written more than 60 books with novelty titles for toddlers to short novels around myths and traditional
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Parents must sign behaviour pledge
Parents will be expected to sign their children up to behaviour contracts when they apply for a school place under new Government proposals. The changes would see parents asked to agree to the behaviour policy, along with attendance and uniform codes
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Friday, February 12, 2010
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Gizar Demeter, 35, of Lidget Terrace, Lidget Green; driving without insurance, £125 fine, £100 costs, banned for six months; driving without a licence, failure to produce documents, no separate
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Ahead of the field
SIR – “The car in front is a Toyota”. Well, that’s probably no surprise if the accelerator’s stuck down and the brakes don’t work. Graham Hoyle, Kirkbourne Grove, Baildon, Shipley
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Policies didn’t work
SIR – As well as yet again destroying the economy and regulating small businesses out of trade, this government proceeds with still more draconian anti-smoking measures (T&A, February 6). While we all wish to see fewer people smoking, these gimmicks
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What’s the real story?
SIR – Over the past few months, on the news and in the paper, the police have been telling us that crime is going down. Why, then, are the prisons full and David Cameron (pictured) is saying he wants to buy prison ships to help with the overcrowding
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No laughing matter
SIR – While on a bus recently, at the junction of Bowling Back Lane and Sticker Lane, the passengers were offered some unexpected entertainment. Two police BMW patrol cars, fully clad with officers, had apprehended a Hyundai i30 (59 plate no less). To
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Youngsters lifted spirits by raising their voices
SIR – It was a very gloomy, misty Saturday, the Bulls had lost the night before and City lost to Bury. All in all there wasn’t much to be happy about, but then at 7pm, the sun came out for everybody who was lucky enough to be at St George’s Hall for
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Cables stolen from hospital
Security is to be stepped up at Skipton Hospital following the theft of cabling connected to the back-up emergency electrical generator. Thieves took 20 yards of heavy-duty copper wire from the Keighley Road site. A spokesman for North Yorkshire
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A vote-winning topic
SIR – Other small European countries such as Austria, Norway, Switzerland and Czech Republic do not have the intensity of social problems we have. Compare our population of 62 million approximately to Czech (11 million approximately), Norway (4.5), Austria
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Why all the fuss?
SIR – I have just received my quarterly electricity bill from npower, dated February 4, and compared it with my February bill of 2007 (as you do). I found that, in three years, it had only increased £4.19, even though I’d actually used seven units (
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Saltaire Primary School 'satisfactory' say inspectors
An inspection of Saltaire Primary School has found it is performing satisfactorily. Ofsted inspectors attended the school, on Albert Road, in mid-January and awarded it the same grade as its last inspection in November 2006. It is a rapidly improving
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Care home boss wins demolition bid
The owner of a disused care home in Wilsden has welcomed the decision of a Council planning panel to allow its demolition. Members of Shipley Area Planning Panel had been advised to refuse planning permission for the demolition of the old Laurel Bank
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TA soldiers on the march for charity
A group of soldiers in a Bradford Territorial Army squadron will march the Bradford 10k run for Epilepsy Action with 20kg weights on their backs. Captain Ian Bunting, 47, said the charity was important to him because his girlfriend died following an
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Successful Ilkley ball to be repeated
An event which raised more than £10,000 to help sick children is set to return this year. The Ilkley May Ball will be held at the King’s Hall and Winter Garden on Saturday, May 1, in aid of children’s hospice Martin House. The event was started by a
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Magistrate is tagged to test his punishment
When Bradford magistrate John Waldron cast doubt on the benefits of electronic tags, it was suggested he try it out himself. Mr Waldron agreed to let tagging company G4S put him on a curfew at his home for a weekend. “It wasn’t heavy but it did take
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Ingrow railway museum wins prize for quality
A heritage railway museum has been awarded an accolade for its quality. The Ingrow Loco Museum at Ingrow, Keighley, on the Keighley & Worth Valley line, has been “accredited” by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. Simon Bryant, chairman of
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Recession fails to stop savings
More than half of Bradford savers say the recession and low interest rates have not reduced their savings habits. According to Barclays bank 54 per cent of local savers continued to put the same amount of money away last year, with some saving more.
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Have you got skills to win?
Local trainees have been urged to prove they are the best in Britain by entering the UK’s biggest construction skills competition. Last year more than 1,300 trainees took part and seven apprentices from the Yorkshire region won national awards. SkillBuild
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Drivers face new surge in speed cameras
A new wave of speed cameras is set to hit Bradford in a bid to curtail the district’s biggest road menace. Sixteen sites have been identified as being high-speed accident blackspots with six of those being recommended for permanent cameras.
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Friday, February 12, 2010
25 years ago: The smallest foal in Britain, maybe the world, was due to be born in Rawdon. 50 years ago: The Bishop of Bradford said the task of the Church in recreating society, is sometimes crippled from within by self-righteousness and utter blindness
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Former cinema gets street-wise
A young person’s charity is hoping its new venture at one of Bradford’s oldest former cinemas, turned bingo hall, will get them a “full house”. The Plaza cinema in Cross Lane, Great Horton, is being transformed into a learning centre to help teenagers
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New school dean means business
Former international businesswoman Dr Sarah Dixon is determined to enhance the global reputation of Bradford’s renowned business school even further when she takes the reins. Her appointment as the next dean of the Bradford University School
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Cameras are not the only answer
Many, if not a majority, of motorists will be dismayed to learn that Bradford district looks set to get more speed cameras. There is no doubt that these have been misused in the past, leading many people to view them more as another way of pulling in
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YBS cuts interest rate on mortgages
A Bradford-based building society has thrown down the gauntlet to the mortgage industry with another cut in its fixed-rate mortgage interest rates. It is part of a move by Yorkshire Building Society to “significantly increase” its market share
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Game on for the app generation
he opening of the new video games lounge in the revamped foyer of the National Media Museum tomorrow signals the growing importance of games to the Yorkshire economy generally and Bradford in particular. Arcade games such as Pac Man, Frogger and Super
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Halley plans to right a few wrongs
Personal guilt is driving Dave Halley ahead of Sunday’s home opener against St Helens. To a man, the Bulls were left deflated by defeat in last week’s round-one Super League clash at Huddersfield but Halley was also critical of his own performance.
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‘Tough Aussie’ should be fine
Leeds are backing young left back Shane Lowry to pass a test of character after his nightmare experience at Carlisle on Tuesday night. Lowry, 20, was attacked from behind during a pitch invasion by Carlisle fans after his spot-kick was saved in the penalty
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Bantams caretaker boss says victory is only goal
Beating Grimsby should be all that matters to you, Wayne Jacobs today told City. While joint-chairmen Jul-ian Rhodes and Mark Lawn began a second day of managerial interviews, the players are primed for their first game without Stuart McCall
