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Birkenshaw up against it
In Pennine League Division One, Birkenshaw have a mammoth task when they welcome runaway leaders Slaithwaite Saracens. The visitors have posted a whopping 663 points this season, averaging 47 points a game. Even more worryingly, they have the meanest
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Bowling and Hill hope rain doesn't reign
West Bowling and Dudley Hill try to beat the weather again on Saturday in their third-round Ace Insurance BARLA National Cup encounters. Both are hoping last week’s postponed ties get the go-ahead despite heavy rain forecast for tomorrow. Wests welcome
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Cast of thousands head for Roundhay
Roundhay Park in Leeds will play host to thousands of athletes when it stages the National Cross Country Championships on Saturday. The venue is acknowledged as one of the best in Britain for an event on this scale. The climax of the ten-race programme
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Fastbats share spoils for third time
The race for the Bradford League Division Three table tennis title is still in the balance as Fastbats C and Fastbats D drew against each other for the third time. Craig Knowles of the D team has been a model of consistency and he clocked up another
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Melbourne's Widdop wants to play for Bulls
Melbourne-based Englishman Gareth Widdop’s immediate focus may be the World Club Championship but he holds a long-term ambition to one day represent boyhood idols Bradford Bulls. The 20-year-old full back, who is poised to make his senior debut for Melbourne
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Minister is left all starry-eyed
A junior Government minister was left star-struck after Keighley MP Ann Cryer told her about the town’s space centre. Diana Johnson was so impressed that she travelled north to see the Star Centre for herself. Miss Johnson, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary
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Police centre back in place
A police box burned down by arsonists last summer has been rebuilt to serve the residents of Holme Wood, Bradford. The contact point, in Broadstone Way, Holme Wood, was unveiled today by Bradford South Divisional Commander Chief Superintendent Alison
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Council tax rise will average £14
The average council tax bill will rise by just £14 from April after Bradford Council voted through its budget for the forthcoming financial year tonight. Residents will pay 0.9 per cent more with those in an average band D property paying £1,277.24
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VIDEO: Assurance on fate of husband welcomed by Debbie
A Bradford MS sufferer who has been campaigning for the “right-to-die” has said new guidelines on assisted suicide have given her a life back – but has vowed to continue fighting for a change in the law. Debbie Purdy won her seven-year
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Sheriffe benefiting from the freedom to express himself
Rikki Sheriffe is ready to recreate the kind of eye-catching performances that first earned him a move to the Bulls. Now in his second season at Odsal, the powerful winger believes Bradford fans are gradually beginning to see the best of him
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Boulding: Fans have every right to get on our backs
Michael Boulding admits City have deserved all the stick for their poor home record. The Bantams aim to follow up Tuesday’s superb victory at leaders Rochdale by giving Peter Taylor a winning start at Valley Parade against basement dwellers Darlington
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Angling Lines
BRADFORD SEA AC Our next boat trip is to Hartlepool on Sunday, March 28. Anyone wishing to go, please ring Brian on 07901-717615 to book a place. Places are limited, so book early to avoid disappointment. Our next general meeting is
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Banker jailed over £1m scam
A Bradford bank worker has been jailed for his part in a plot to steal more than £1 million from account holders. Barclays personal banker Chikezie Emeruem, who worked at Bradford city centre branch of the bank, schemed with cashiers Mohamed Iqbal and
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Win was a step in the right direction
It feels good to get a win on the board. We played an awful lot better with the ball against Cas, scored some good tries and things started to click for us. We were better coming out of our own end as well – we completed a lot more,
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Loyal fan pins hopes on Hanson!
A devoted Bradford City fan has raised £5,000 to help his club pay the transfer fee of one of their players. Jeremy White, a long-standing City fan who lives in Thirsk, decided to help the club following a Football League tribunal decision
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Wibsey title credentials put to test
Wibsey’s impressive form in the West Riding County Amateur League Premier Division comes under scrutiny on Saturday when they host reigning champions Bay Athletic. The Westwood Park side head the table by four points from joint-second Albion Sports
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Date set for death-crash trial
A 21-year-old man yesterday denied causing the death of a 13-year-old Bradford girl by dangerous driving. Gibran Hussain, of Box Tree Close, Girlington, Bradford, pleaded not guilty to the charge when he appeared at Bradford Crown Court.
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A defeat really is a pain in the backside
We’ve got an extra incentive waiting on the training ground if we win on Saturday. The gaffer has brought in a bit of fun with a new training game after matches. If the team get beaten, the 11 lads who started have to line up in goal
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Stepdad walks free as murder trial collapses
An unemployed Keighley man accused of murdering his stepson more than 23 years ago walked free from court today after no evidence was offered against him, prosecutors said. Stephen Knox, 53, of Ingrow Lane, was alleged to have pushed two-year-old
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McCammon set for City
City hope to sign Gillingham striker Mark McCammon on a month's loan tomorrow. McCammon, 31, has been out of favour with Priestfield boss Mark Stimson. He turned down an offer from Rotherham in favour of the Bantams. If the deal
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Threlfall plots Staunton’s downfall
City’s current loanee left back from Liverpool is ready to lock horns with another from the past. Robbie Threlfall’s spectacular debut free-kick at Rochdale has already guaranteed more attention than Steve Staunton, who had an unremarkable two-month
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Metthew serves up a winner
A Bradford chef has been chosen to make it through to the final of a pub food competition. Matthew Alsop, sous chef at the Ring O’ Bells pub, in Thornton, is one of three chefs from across the country to make it through to the final of the Great British
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Anger as Skipton play area set alight
A Skipton play area has been closed after vandals set fire to a piece of equipment. Several hundreds of pounds of damage was caused to the Broughton Road play park after it was targeted by fire bugs last week. The park has now been closed
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Jeweller set to shine in marathon
A Baildon jeweller will run the London Marathon to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation (BHF), after his father suffered a heart attack. Jonathan Stoner has decided to take on the challenge to raise money for the organisation he said was largely
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Pupils show their art is in the right place!
Proud pupils made a special visit to Bingley’s new £13m health centre to see their artwork on display. Canalside Healthcare Centre, Kingsway, is now home to the work of the students from Beckfoot School, Bingley, as part of a project led by Artworks
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Silsden family on charity trail
A Silsden family will be in action again next weekend, raising money for a charity that helps people with brain tumours. Daniel Wilkinson, 15, a pupil at South Craven School, was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2004 and, since then, he and his family
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates for not having a television licence: Gbeme Ade, 34, of Wilkinson Terrace, Scholemoor. Arzoo Aftab, 25, of Hollings Road, Girlington. Tawfiz Ahmad, 32, of Princeville Street, Brown Royd. Jordan
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Kath takes step on road to stardom
A young Guiseley singer songwriter will perform at the regional final of a national talent competition next weekend. Kath Edmonds, 25, who performs as Just Kath has seen off competition from hundreds of other hopefuls to get to the next stage of Live
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On the trail of Wild Willi Becket!
Children from St Oswald’s School in Great Horton, have launched their new heritage trail in honour of madcap performer and poet, Wild Willi Becket, who died almost four years ago, aged 59. Wild Willi’s former home in Ramsden Court, Great Horton, was
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Pace’s joy at Europe TV contract
Digital technology firm Pace has won an order to supply high-definition content and personal video recording systems to a Luxembourg satellite television operator with one million customers. The Saltaire-based group will supply the next generation
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‘Recovery will be anaemic and slow’
Bosses at Skipton Building Society – under fire for a hike in its standard variable mortgage rate hitting 64,000 borrowers – have defended the controversial decision as ‘prudent’ despite announcing a rise in annual profits. Group chief executive
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'Other cities are in the same boat'
The mothballing of Bradford’s £320 million shopping development has been replicated in towns and cities up and down the country, according to a Bradford property expert. Andrew Mason, chairman of Bradford Property Forum, said developers in
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TRAILER: Misguided leap of faith
LEAP YEAR (PG, 100 mins) ** Starring Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott, John Lithgow, Kaitlin Olson, Sarah Hadland, Ben Caplan The luck of the Irish runs out for one hopeless romantic in this sappy road movie that clearly signposts every tiny
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TRAILER: It’s a mad mad mad mad world
THE CRAZIES (15, 101 mins)*** Starring Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Joe Anderson, Danielle Panabaker, Brett Rickaby, Christie Lynn Smith, Preston Bailey A cosy Midwestern town, population 1,260 – and rapidly depleting – is the green and
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TRAILER: Carnage unfolds in city of love
FROM PARIS WITH LOVE (15, 92 mins) ** Starring John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Kasia Smutniak, Amber Rose Revah, Richard Durden Director Pierre Morel returns to the scene of previous cinematic crimes for this explosive tour of Paris in the
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Classical music goes glam
Classical girl band The Sopranos are heading for Bradford. The glamorous band will be accompanied by a full symphony sound provided by New Zealand’s Wellington Sinfonia and all-girl string quartet The Glamrocks. The Sopranos will be delivering a range
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TRAILER: De niro’s Fine art
EVERYBODY’S FINE (12A, 99 mins) *** Starring Robert De Niro, Sam Rockwell, Kate Beckinsale, Drew Barrymore, Austin Lysy, Damian Young, Lucian Maisel, James Frain, Melissa Leo If Hollywood has taught us anything over the decades, it’s that resentment
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Avenue will have to show defensive Steel
Avenue stretched their lead at the top of the UniBond League Premier Division to five points last weekend and they will be looking for another maximum on Saturday. However, last weekend's victory, which also boosted their goal difference, was almost
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Four more wins should see us safe - Parsley
Having been denied a home fixture because of the weather in midweek, Farsley Celtic have to get back into action with a tough away game as they look for points to ensure Blue Square North survival. The Celts are lower mid-table so do not
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Fixture congestion won't derail Guiseley's double bid - Kittrick
It was a frustrating week for double-chasing Guiseley as they suffered a league defeat last weekend and a cup postponement in midweek but they should be on course for a win on Saturday. The Lions are in the semi-finals of the West Riding
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Thackley hoping there's no Rain check
Thackley are in the middle of a rich vein of form so they should go into Saturday's Kool Sport Northern Counties East League Premier Division top-four clash at Rainworth MW with no fear. The Reds have turned in two seven-star displays in their last
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Brighouse have plenty of derby incentive
Brighouse Town went top of Kool Sport Northern Counties East League Division One with a midweek win. They have a very important game on Saturday as they host AFC Emley. Leaders Town are just three points better off than their neighbours and have played
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Sedge bidding for fourth straight win
Liversedge are showing signs of improvement in the Kool Sport Northern Countiesd East League, and go into their game against Dinnington Town on Saturday on the back of three straight victories. Hosts Sedge are back up to seventh and boast
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Eagles are ready to play football
Eccleshill United got themselves off the bottom of the Kool Spoirt Northern Counties East League First Division with four points from back-to-back fixtures at the start of the month but one defeat and two postponements since have prevented them
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Silsden could be put through the Mills
In the Vodkat North West League Premier Division, Silsden face a very tough away fixture on Saturday at New Mills, who are yet to lose at home. The Stockport outfit have been beaten just twice this season, and only leaders Newcastle Town, who have yet
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Ivy nets an invitation to Number 10
Heart-throb Peter Andre thinks she’s awesome, but what will Gordon Brown make of our Ivy? The 104-year-old, whose massive Twitter fanbase already includes radio presenter Chris Evans and reality TV star Calum Best, has been invited by Mr Brown to 10
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
25 years ago: Planned strike action by teachers over pay could seriously affect schools in Bradford, with some having to close down, it was reported. 50 years ago: Bradford Council’s debt had risen from £16 million to £31 million in 15 years
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Get the full picture on trade ‘clash’
There is no doubt Bradford’s markets are one of its assets, providing great-value goods and fresh produce for those who live, work and shop in the city. They have been praised in Parliament, and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s local Ministry of Food branch
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Spotlight is on the bully bosses
If a tirade of abuse from a demanding boss can be shrugged off by one employee but reduce another to tears, what constitutes bullying in the workplace? Allegations of bullying concerning the Prime Minister and Downing Street staff have raised the issue
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Broadway developer's profits on the rise
The Australian shopping centre group behind Bradford’s mothballed Broadway development has announced its full year results for 2009. The Westfield Group said its operational earnings were up 6.2 per cent on the previous year to Aus $2.064 billion
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Time for a bonus?
SIR – We now find that we have the highest rates of interest on our credit cards in 12 years. The taxpayer, via the treasury, is lending the banks billions at negligible rates. Surely that sort of entrepreneurship is worth monster bonuses? Godfrey
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T&A donation is key to group success
A transport service for elderly and disabled people has had an ageing vehicle replaced – thanks to the Telegraph & Argus. The Dial-a-Ride service, which is overseen by Keighley Community Transport, was awarded £21,450 by the charitable arm of the T&A
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Touch of humour
Sir – With regards to my past letters and replies concerning who should appear in the Bradford panto, I have an idea. What about these comedians who think that spending £24 million on a city centre park is a good idea – it’s got to be the best joke I
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Spend cash on shops
SIR – The exclusive story in the T&A (‘City second worst in the country for empty shop premises’, February 11) was talking about what Bradfordians already know. Bradford on the whole is a very depressing place to be with more than 20 per cent of its
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Happy to pay more
SIR – I notice that rail fares are soon to rise for the elderly (T&A, February 19). I think it is still a very big saving on normal fares, and don’t know why anybody should complain. I will be joining the ranks of the elderly myself in a couple of weeks
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Rail fare rise is so unfair on the elderly
SIR – I am extremely angry about the huge rise from 35p to 65p in pensioners’ train fares. How can this extra tax on English pensioners be justified? Councillor Greaves’s excuse (T&A, February 19) is “it’s only 5p per year increase since the last increase
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History rewritten?
SIR – Thorpe Edge Community Forum will be celebrating its 25th anniversary next year – I should know because along with a couple of local residents I helped to set up the forum in 1986. Councillor McPhee insinuates (T&A, February 19) that the Liberal
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Wise use of money?
SIR – The West Yorkshire Police Authority has announced a budget increase of 3.2 per cent for 2010/11; a figure more than double our recent rate of inflation and 60 per cent higher than the Bank of England’s target. The chairman of WYPA says that “the
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Innovation needed
SIR – I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of a great number of Bradfordians to wish Maud Marshall goodbye and good riddance and hope that Barra Mac Ruairi, the new chief of Bradford’s regeneration, is somewhat more attentive to the concerns
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‘No more outdoor markets’
Fifty “disillusioned” traders at one of the district’s biggest indoor market centres have signed a petition calling for Bradford Council to stop holding temporary outdoor markets. The vast majority of stallholders in the Oastler Shopping Centre
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Puzzle of scratch card cash ‘claim’
Lottery bosses have re-educated shopkeepers after a Bradford man was wrongly told £770 in scratch card winnings had already been claimed. Christopher Clough, 41, of Greengates, was over the moon when he discovered he had won the sum on a Diamond
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Honesty proves best policy for Bulls
A few home truths provided the motivation to get the Bulls moving forward again. After opening the campaign with two straight defeats, the Bradford pack held crisis talks in a bid to arrest the slide. All their faults were laid out bare
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Taylor: I want Jacobs to stay on
Peter Taylor sees Wayne Jacobs as his long-term No 2 at Valley Parade. The new City boss is hoping to earn a deal at the club beyond the end of the season. And if he does, Taylor will push for Jacobs to continue as his right-hand man. Jacobs is also
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'Greedy' couple jailed for £500,000 drug cash laundering
A couple described by a judge as “partners in life and in crime”, were today starting jail sentences totalling 11 years for laundering hundreds of thousands of pounds in criminal money. Drug dealer Michael Standing, 47, who was jailed for eight
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‘I had doubts over stepdad’s account’
A pathologist told the murder trial jury of a Keighley man accused of killing his stepson 23 years ago the toddlers’ injuries did not fit the explanation given at the time. Stephen Knox 53, now of Ingrow Lane, is accused of pushing two-year-old Mark
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Becchio backed to spark United
Leeds manager Simon Grayson believes Luciano Becchio is back in the form that can shoot his side to automatic promotion from League One. Becchio, recalled to the team against Oldham on Tuesday night, responded with two second-half goals and an excellent
