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Brier readying Brighouse for stiff test
The two local sides in the Kool Sport Northern Counties East League Division One have scheduled fixtures tomorrow night, with one at home and the other travelling. Eccleshill United were another club thwarted by the weather at the weekend. Their own
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Guiseley wary of minnows Barlick's bite
Guiseley host minnows Barnoldswick Town in the West Riding County Cup semi-finals tomorrow evening, which led to their UniBond League Premier Division derby with Bradford Park Avenue being put back yet again. The Lions have players carrying injuries
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Eagles hoping for green light
The two local sides in the Kool Sport Northern Counties East League Division One have scheduled fixtures tomorrow night, with one at home and the other travelling. Eccleshill United were another club thwarted by the weather at the weekend.
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Quick turnaround is boost for Celts
Farsley Celtic were hit for six at the weekend but they will be looking for a three-point maximum from tomorrow night’s visit of Stafford Rangers in the Blue Square North. Celts manager Neil Parsley had no problem accepting defeat as he felt his side
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Derby trip for Silsden
In the Vodkat North West Counties League Premier Division, Silsden are looking to get back into action with a derby as they make the short journey to Colne tomorrow night. The Cobbydalers had a wasted Saturday as they travelled to Formby only for the
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Gibbs has fond memories of Headingley
Yorkshire have pulled off the exciting capture of South African master blaster Herschelle Gibbs as their Twenty20 specialist. The 35-year-old batsman will arrive in time for the first Friends Provident 20-over clash with Durham on June 10, and will
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Skipton society is warned over court action
A law firm which is representing former Bradford & Bingley shareholders in their quest for compensation is threatening Skipton Building Society with legal action over its plans to raise its standard variable rate (SVR) mortgage for 64,000 borrowers.
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Takeover leads to major investment
A printing company has boosted its investment over the past two years to £5 million by installing equipment which features the first scanning technology of its kind in the UK. Nampak Healthcare, in Leeds Road, Idle, Bradford, prints cartons and patient
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‘Bradford & Bingley site too small for a store’
Tesco has dropped its interest in buying the former headquarters of Bradford & Bingley. A team of architects working on behalf of the retailer looked into acquiring the £4 million site with a view to building a store there. However, Tesco said the site
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Bantams must find a way past Fielding
If things had been different, Frank Fielding might have been in the City net tomorrow night. The England under-21 goalkeeper’s name was always on Stuart McCall’s wish-list but it never happened. So instead the Bantams will face the familiar
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Ground needed for Sunday team
A team in the West Riding Sunday Cricket Council are looking for a new ground. They have only been allocated one game in May and another in July at their usual venue of Woodhall Park Playing Fields at Thornbury, and are therefore seeking another ground
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Bowls referees wanted
The Yorkshire Crown Green Bowling Referees’ Society are seeking new members. They are holding seminars at Hove Edge Bowling Club, which is halfway between Brighouse and Hipperholme, on Wednesday and the following two Wednesdays (March 3 and 10), all
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Yvonne's search for her bridesmaid
Yvonne Dawson e-mails: I would dearly like to get in touch with Susan Turner (nee Emsley), who was a dear friend and my bridesmaid in 1972. We came to New Zealand in 1981 and have since lost contact. I shall be visiting Bradford in the
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Horsforth Civic Society chairman dies
The chairman of Horsforth Civic Society has died at the age of 75. Bob Shallcroft, who had lived in Horsforth for 46 years, was involved in local issues. As well as being the civic society chairman, he was on the committee for Horsforth in Bloom and
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Man in court accused of murdering brother, 9
A Bradford man accused of murdering his nine-year-old brother appeared before a judge today. Daniel Taylor, 20, is charged with the murder of Jackson Taylor, in Rookes Avenue, Wibsey, Bradford, last Thursday. He is also charged with
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Boyhood sex attacker is spared jail
A supermarket worker has today narrowly avoided going to jail for sexually abusing a young girl when he was a boy. Richard Smith, 22, was convicted by a jury at Bradford Crown Court earlier this month of one offence of indecency with a child. He was
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Newton handed two-year ban
Terry Newton had his contract terminated by Wakefield this morning and, this afternoon, was banned from all rugby for two years. The former Great Britain hooker tested positive for a banned substance in November and, after being charged by United Kingdom
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Dragons go down in a blaze of glory
Bradford Dragons’ bid to win their first ever National Shield final ended in disappointment as they lost a thriller to London United Richmond. They were all square at 82-82 in the final quarter of the see-saw clash before seeing their chances
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Taylor makes first signing
City today signed Liverpool left back Robbie Threlfall on a month’s loan. He will go straight into Peter Taylor’s squad for tomorrow’s visit to leaders Rochdale.
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Three innovative reds to try
And now for something completely different. Well, a little bit different anyway, as this week I’ve picked three innovative reds you might like to try. The great syrah wines of the northern Rhône often contain a special component; a small percentage
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Visitors have a mashing time!
Dozens of varieties of potatoes were available at a popular show. Hundreds of organic growers and vegetable enthusiasts turned up to peruse the goods at the West Yorkshire Organic Group Potato Day at Shipley College, Saltaire, on Saturday.
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Monday, February 22, 2010
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Oli Costa, aged 34, of Thornhill Drive, Shipley; criminal damage, 12 months conditional discharge, £150 compensation, failure to surrender to custody, no separate penalty. Simon
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'I can't get a penny of £22,000 payout'
A young mum, unlawfully sacked by her employer because she became pregnant, has revealed that she has still not received a penny of the £22,000 compensation awarded to her by a tribunal. Nicola Woollard, who is now expecting her second child
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Two taken to hospital after Tyersal fire
Two people had to be treated for inhaling smoke following a house fire in Tyersal. Bradford firefighters were called to Tyersal Road, in Tyersal, at about 2pm yesterday following reports of a house fire. A West Yorkshire Fire Service spokesman said
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Arms back at top after YCC slip
The Telegraph & Argus League is set for one of the tightest finishes in its long history, with any of the top seven teams having a chance of winning the Premier Division title. Bradford Arms returned to the summit for the first time since
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Shoppers support popular market
Defiant traders have vowed to carry on a popular farmers’ market despite fears over its future. Saltaire Farmers’ Market enjoyed a good turnout on Saturday as shoppers showed their support for the monthly event. Traders have said they have been presented
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Gibbs hoping to be a hit for Yorkshire
South Africa batsman Herschelle Gibbs has signed for Yorkshire and is set to represent the county in this year’s Friends Provident t20 tournament. The 35-year-old has played in 20 Twenty20 matches for South Africa and has also won 245 one-day international
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Luscombes hot on heels of leaders
Robin and Sam Luscombe again applied the pressure on the contenders in the second round of the British Sidecar Championship at snow-blanketed Bishop’s Castle on the Shropshire-Powys border on Sunday. The Cullingworth father and son team
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O’Melia double halts Albion run
Albion Sports will not retain the BRADFORD & DISTRICT FA SATURDAY CUP after losing 2-1 to West Riding County Amateur League neighbours Campion in the quarter-finals. Ben O’Melia opened the scoring for Campion and although Albion pulled
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Delius Arts Centre launches acting classes
Fancy yourself as a thespian? New Playmakers acting classes for the over-60s have been launched at the Delius Arts Centre, based in Bradford’s German Church on Great Horton Road. Playmakers is the brainchild of Bradford theatre enthusiast Brian Lawrence
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Panto season continues
Bingley Amateur Operatic Society is keeping the panto season going with a production of Cinderella, featuring 30 children from around the district, supported by older members in principal roles. With bags of comedy, colourful costumes and popular music
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Mark is set for a musical makeover
Junior members of Ilkley Amateur Operatic Society have been turned into grubby pox-ridden street urchins, thanks to make-up and special effects students at Bradford College. The young performers, aged six to 15, are playing orphans on the streets of
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War story filled with Spike’s sharp wit
Do you want to be in stitches, but not the surgical kind? Then this could be the perfect solution – a show which has both audiences and critics in stitches. Spike Milligan’s celebrated war memoirs – Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall – has taken to
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Raising hopes with raised beds
When some wooden rectangular frames about half a metre high were erected on a spare patch of land at my children’s school this week, I was heartened to discover that the pupils are going to be growing their own veg in raised beds this year.
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On the trail of judy...
Acouple of centuries ago, the 40 hectares of woodland covering areas of South Bradford would have been filled with the sound of packhorses clip-clopping along rugged pathways and wooden wagons creaking beneath the weight of heavy coal-loads. But on
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Four-goal Goulden leads Sporting charge
Danny Goulden bagged four of Sporting Armley’s goals as they thumped Black Bull 6-1 in Group B of the Spen Valley League’s SONDER CENTENARY CUP. Karl Smith and James Cowlan completed the scoring for mid-table Sporting, who led 5-0 at the interval. Black
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'Come and fix broken fences'
Councillors are launching their own ‘war of the roses’ against a social landlord. When social housing provider Incommunities planted dozens of roses in Saltaire to “brighten up” Alexander Square near the almshouses it sparked anger in other areas of
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Husband’s memories of loving wife Giovanna
On this page on February 6, we presented a short piece on Giovanna McFarlane, nee Mastrantuono, who was originally from Italy and who had died in January in Manorlands Hospice. Unfortunately, the information we had been given was lacking in some key
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Were you in one of these Bradford bands?
When it comes to documenting Bradford’s rock ’n’ roll golden years, Derek AJ Lister is an authority. A key figure on Bradford’s music scene as Dal Stevens, resident DJ at the Gaumont and Majestic ballrooms, Derek charted those exciting times in his first
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The wooden roadway!
A letter from Mr D Yates, of Baildon, comes to us on the subject of roads. He writes: “Most roads and streets in the 1940s were cobbled, but what I found unusual was that Market Street in Bradford had a surface made of wooden blocks. “Did any other
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This is Jacko
Michael Jackson’s This Is It (Cert PG, 111 mins, Sony Pictures Home Entertain-ment). Starring Michael Jackson **** Hastily constructed from hundreds of hours of backstage and rehearsals footage, this is a glowing tribute to the King Of Pop as he prepared
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Sugababes' transatlantic touch
Sugababes (pictured) – Sweet 7 (Island) *** It is sometimes hard to believe that the Sugababes have claimed more Top Ten singles than the Spice Girls, yet listening to their latest album, it really isn’t that surprising. Sweet 7, like all their
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Skipton then and now
Development and progression has changed the layout of many of our towns and cities. Photographs are the only reminder of how they looked in bygone times, which is why Ken Ellwood’s fifth book – Skipton Through Time – is so enchanting. Most of us are
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A brother’s courage
SIR – I would like to rectify a statement regarding my brother, David Forsyth, who, while driving through a green light, was hit by a paramedic, thus rendering him paralysed from the neck down. He died a few days later in Pinderfields Hospital last August
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Paying back profits
SIR – The chair of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, Sir Ian Kennedy, has said that gains from rises in the value of second homes “should not be retained” by MPs. Back in May last year, Nick Clegg, the Lib Dem leader, called for MPs
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Bradford project putting lives on track
Natasha Preece and Katie Miller are among many women who have turned their lives around thanks to an innovative project. “I was a nervous wreck with very low self-esteem,” says single mum-of-two Natasha, who turned to alcohol after difficulties
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Rates rise not taxing
SIR – Paul Windle would have us believe that the police have been telling us that crime is going down so they can ask for a large rates increase (T&A, February 12). Yet, despite the hike in West Yorkshire’s police gross expenditure, bands A and B (which
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Time for a change?
SIR – The 06.18 Northern Rail service from Crossflatts to Bradford is consistently late by some three minutes and, therefore, Northern Rail will be failing to meet a target. Why don’t they call it the 06.21 so the target can be met and I can have an
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Make a place for them
SIR – Re the debate on the use of the controversial mosquito high-frequency sound device, used to drive gangs of young people away from store fronts etc (T&A, February 15). On the face of it these devices are a godsend, and are a good method of dispersing
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Bridges for pedestrians could be the solution
SIR – Your correspondent A Briggs (T&A, February 15) suggests a glass dome above the roundabout at Saltaire to accommodate pedestrians, but is not far off the mark. I spent three years at the Old Tramshed traffic-watching and know the problems intimately
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Schools are urged to 'get growing'
Youngsters are being challenged to prove their green-fingered skills for a horticultural show later this year. Spearheading the project is gardener Steve Thorpe, who works with pupils throughout the Bradford district where children have set
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Tories out of touch
SIR – The Tories have recently claimed that more than half of all girls in deprived areas fall pregnant before their 18th birthday. The claim is, at best, inept and, at worst, totally bonkers. The Tories are so out of touch with family life in Britain
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Solve the problem, not move it
SIR – More mosquito devices, those electronic gadgets used to move on groups of rowdy youths, are to be deployed in the Windhill, Shipley, area we are told (T&A, February 15). These units emit high-pitched noise tuned to the ears of young people, but
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Monday, February 22, 2010
25 years ago: Health chiefs regained possession of Thornton View Hospital, Clayton, ending an occupation by campaigners against its closure. 50 years ago: Members of Bradford vocal group The Statesmen made their second broadcast on Radio
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Saturday, February 20, 2010
25 years ago: A gas blast ripped through the home of the district’s next Lord Mayor, Councillor Mohammed Ajeeb. A firefighter described the escape of the four people inside the house, including Coun Ajeeb and his wife, as miraculous. 50
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Billy is a real treasure
SIR – I was appalled to read the adverse criticism levelled at Billy Pearce. He is a fantastic performer – energetic, warm, humorous, who has a tremendous rapport with his audience. When I book the panto in January (for December), the first question
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Panto gets predictable
SIR – With regards to my letter about Billy Pearce, I’ve been very interested and amused with the comments and opinions about him – some people even questioning the planet I’m living on (B Robinson, February 13). I was not having a go about Billy (though
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Priorities are wrong
SIR – So there we have it (T&A, February 15). In one breath we have the Government quango Yorkshire Forward stating that “Bradford Council has prioritised Bradford city centre for Yorkshire Forward investment, and thus Yorkshire Forward does not currently
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What a coincidence!
SIR – Harry Goodwin wonders why Labour is making an issue of immigration just before an election (T&A, February 12). And I wonder why the ruling Conservatives on Bradford Council are proposing a Council Tax freeze for the forthcoming year, just before
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Vigilance still needed at all times
Some people have a distorted picture of what Bradford city centre is actually like. For instance, it is certainly true that the mothballed Westfield development and the recession have had a major impact on retailers, with more than 20 per cent of shops
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Information centre long overdue
That one of the district’s major tourist attractions still does not have a proper visitor information centre is bordering on the scandalous. Saltaire is, after all, not just of local, or even national, interest – it is a World Heritage Site, pulling
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The only way is up, says Sykes
The Bulls are ready to kick-start their season. After a stuttering start to the campaign, Bradford broke their duck with victory against Castleford on Friday to lift themselves off the foot of the Super League table. An encouraging performance, as much
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Help plea for staff hit by fire
A community worker has called for greater financial support for migrant workers after a fire closed a Cleckheaton factory. Helena Danielczuk, a community worker for Bradford mental health charity Sharing Voices, said she had been approached by more than
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Hunt for buyers as six district pubs face closing time
Pubs in Shipley and Denholme are among those which have been put up for sale with a combined asking price of £1.5million after their management company went into administration. Administrators working on behalf of West Yorkshire-based management
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So much for the honeymoon period!
Accrington 2 City 0 Peter Taylor admits to being a bad loser, though claims he never shows it. But you can bet he was seething all the way down the M1 on Saturday night. Taylor made a whistle-stop trip back to his Essex home straight after the game
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Taylor to act after admitting: We need new blood
Peter Taylor will have a new coach and possibly a new player on board for tomorrow’s daunting trip to leaders Rochdale. The City boss is ready to start putting plans in place after witnessing the dispiriting defeat at Accrington. He is looking at
