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Salford 0 Bulls 7
The Bulls proved stronger in a real arm wrestle at The Willows to record back-to-back wins. Although they didn't provide the same kind of flair as they had to beat Castleford a week previous, Bradford did what was required to claim their first points
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Council to take on student education
Bradford Council takes over the responsibility for education and training of the district’s 16 to 18-year-olds from April. The provision has been delivered to local authorities across the country by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) but
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Violent boyfriend is sent to prison
An obsessed Iranian man who was regularly violent to his girlfriend has been jailed. Rahim Hamidzada, 38, was convicted of two charges of common assault and one of causing actual bodily harm to his girlfriend at her flat in Little Germany, Bradford
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Classes all set for Lister Mills
Students will soon be able to learn English in the “inspirational environment” of one of Bradford’s most historic buildings. Bowling College is set to open a centre for English Speakers of Other Languages at Lister Mills, in Manningham.
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Pharmacy restored to former glory
A historic city centre pharmacy restored to its former glory celebrated its grand re-opening yesterday. Patients, doctors, practice managers and representatives of the local health bodies were invited to Rimmingtons pharmacy, in Bridge Street, Bradford
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Charity's thanks are heart-felt
Hundreds of people across the Bradford district wore red today to raise vital funds to fight heart disease. Staff at Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford College and Keelham Hall Farm Shop in Thornton were among those taking part in fundraising
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Crafty scheme for play activity
Children supported by a recycling scheme have been donated a fresh supply of old office materials to reuse for arts, crafts and play activities. Ken Haycock, of Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society, visited Scrap Magic’s craft and scrap
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Families struggle to afford a home
Two thirds of young parents in Bradford cannot afford to buy a family home in the area. Analysis by a Government housing advisory body revealed just 31.9 per cent of families under 40 were able to afford a three-bedroom house. The study, Housing Affordability
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15p rail fare rise for pensioners
Bradford pensioners and other concessionary card holders will have to pay 15p more for off-peak train travel. Transport authority Metro’s executive committee agreed a new rate of 50p at a meeting today. Metro said the 15p rise was the
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Man attacked over suspicions of affair
Jealous Arfan Ali attacked a man he thought was having an affair with his former girlfriend, Bradford Crown Court heard today. The woman had gone to the flat of Akhbar Malik, in Mornington Villas, Manningham, Bradford, to do some cleaning work, but Ali
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Dentist pocketed £85,000 for work he didn’t do
A Bradford dentist faces jail after admitting pocketing £85,000 for work he did not do. Daljit Singh Jabbal, 56, who had a surgery in Killinghall Road, today pleaded guilty at Bradford Crown Court to a charge of false accounting. The charge alleged
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Alliance League still intent on May 2 deadline
The Bradford Sunday Alliance League, after their complete whiteout last week, have had their schedule shoved further behind. However, the league will still finish on Sunday, May 2 as scheduled. League champions Buttershaw White Star suffered their
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Taylor out to rid City of fear factor
For Peter Taylor, there was always something missing at Wycombe. He enjoyed the challenge and success of leading the Chairboys out of League Two last season. But that extra ingredient was lacking. The impact off the field never
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Track star
For a firm that focuses on practical family cars, Renault is expert when it comes to turning out sweet-handling hot-hatches. Like many European car-makers, the French company has racing heritage going all the way back to its formative years. The stringent
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Through the roof!
If you’re a lottery winner or maybe a premier league footballer then maybe money isn’t too much of a concern. You could, with some justification, start window shopping for a Ferrari, Lamborghini or Porsche. Or, if you have exceptionally good taste, an
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City slicker
Vauxhall deserve real credit for making another Astra which gets the juices flowing. The old model was good. Very good, in fact. So good, that a cynic may have wondered how it could be improved when you consider that these classes of cars are produced
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The star of you Cube!
Looks familiar? The Nissan Cube might already ring a bell, even though it’s only just been launched here. Privately-imported versions of this wacky car have been drifting over here for quite a while and are popular with people who want something a little
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Shifting on sands
The barefoot man with the distinctive wooden staff is a familiar sight to many of the holiday-makers flocking from Yorkshire to Morecambe for spring and summer breaks. For more than 400 years, guides have been leading travellers across the treacherous
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Eaton facing hard selection choices
Keighley Cougars are refreshed and reenergised as they prepare to kick off their Co-operative Championship campaign at Widnes Vikings on Sunday. Although the postponement of last week’s Northern Rail Cup tie at Barrow, due to cold weather,
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Maiden victory lifts Ryall to fourth in standings
Baildon’s Chloe Ryall claimed some major scalps and her first race win last Sunday at Dewsbury Moor in the final race of the West Yorkshire Winter League. Ryall triumphed ahead of Jenny Latham (Leeds Bradford Triathlon) and Karen Pickles of Pudsey Pacers
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City sign strikers at double
Mark McCammon today signed his one-month loan deal with City. And Bantams boss Peter Taylor has added another new face by snapping up Gavin Grant on a non-contract basis. The 26-year-old winger has previously played under Taylor at Wycombe
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Return down the rabbit hole at IMAX
Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland – hailed as the year’s biggest cinematic experience – is coming to Bradford’s IMAX screen. Alice In Wonderland: An IMAX 3D Experience will be screened at the National Media Museum, which is also offering visitors the
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More Terryble behaviour
John Terry portrays himself as THE man. The man who leads from the front; the man who fears nobody. So why is he so scared to front up to Wayne Bridge? They were supposed to be the best of buddies. Now this self-acclaimed leader
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Friday, February 26, 2010
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Neil Robert Dunne, aged 24, of Cavendish Road, Thorpe Edge; failure to produce documents, £150 costs. Rukhsana Rahman, aged 25, of Granton Street, Bradford Moor; assault, community order made
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Roberts joins the band
A guitarist has seen off competition with his musical talents to win a place in a newly-formed band. Ilkley’s Robert Davies won a Leeds competition that saw people with learning disabilities travel from far and wide to secure a place in band The Outsiders
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Council bid to take control of Skipton Town Hall
Ambitious plans to take control of Skipton Town Hall have been revealed by the town council. The council, which is in talks with Craven District Council, plans to retain it as a community facility. If everything goes to plan, the hall will also continue
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Stars come out for Five Days
Four Bradford actors have joined the cast of a new television drama. Bradley Johnson, 12, Jodie McEnery, 20, and Katie Griffiths, 21, appear in Five Days, a gripping mystery set against the tensions of an urban multicultural Yorkshire landscape. Bradley
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Being ill in perfect harmony...
Mrs M and I have been a little unwell over the last two weeks. It seems that having avoided our entire coughing and sneezing family members during the Christmas period, we have caught the tail-end of some bug trying its best to make us miserable just
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New tariff incentive for solar power
Most of us would probably install solar panels on our roofs if it wasn’t so expensive and if we could sell the surplus electricity we produce to the electricity companies through the National Grid at a high enough price to pay off our investment
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Dangerous sport makes for great TV
There’s something delightfully eccentric about the Winter Olympics, with its daredevil, frankly bonkers events. I stumbled across the TV coverage by chance, like an out-of-control freestyle skier hurtling towards some trees. And watching the Keystone
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Info ads go straight for the jugular
Now, I’m all for people being given all the information they need to make informed choices, but does anyone else think that these Government information adverts are getting to be a little too much? One night this week, within the space of a couple of
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Laugh along with telly policemen
PCs Cooper and Walsh like nothing better than sipping tea in quiet country lanes, hiding from crime. But, as fans of Last Of The Summer Wine know, their lot is rarely a happy one as they keep finding themselves in arresting situations. Wilsden’s Ken
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Harmes confident they can deliver
A distribution business with a depot in Bradford has won the biggest-ever home delivery deal in the UK. Hermes, based in Morley, has clinched an eight-year contract with Next to handle delivery of orders from the Next Directory catalogue, which has
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Waleed is building his career
A former joinery apprentice from Bradford has been earmarked as a rising star by his employer and promoted to management trainee. Waleed Azam, 23, a former carpenter, works for housing regeneration specialist Lovell which is carrying out major housing
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Society planning to double mortgage lending
Yorkshire Building Society is planning to double mortgage lending this year and has started recruiting staff to handle the extra business. Its boss says the merger with the Chelsea will make YBS a strong alternative to the banks and also increase
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Banger deal drives up dealership profits
Britain’s biggest car dealership returned to profit last year, helped by the “cash for bangers” scheme and strong recovery in used car margins. Pendragon, the owner of the Stratstone and Evans Halshaw brands, which operates branches in the Bradford area
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Son's anger at care disparity
The son of an elderly woman who faces spending her life’s saving on her future care has accused Bradford council of discrimination. David Archer, of Braithwaite, Keighley, who must find a care home for his mother Rose, 88, says City Hall is penalising
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Brave Rick loses cancer battle
Stetson-wearing Country & Western fan Rick Estep has lost his battle against cancer. The 61-year-old, who had already beaten Hodgkins twice and mouth cancer, turned down chemotherapy five weeks ago when doctors broke the news the disease had returned
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£530m revamp, but we get second-hand trains
Rail passengers in Bradford district may have to travel on 30-year-old “cast-off” trains as part of a £530 million plan to ease congestion on some of the country’s most overcrowded routes. Ambitious plans to transform rail travel have been put forward
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Justice to Kabul - in one Fell swoop
Skipton-born Mike Fell has witnessed first hand the results of his role in helping to rebuild Afghanistan’s judicial system. The former Bradford Grammar School pupil, 26, is managing a Criminal Justice Team for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, at
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Deacey keen to cement links with new City boss
Bradford Park Avenue boss John Deacey was very disappointed to see his counterpart at City lose his job but accepts ‘The King is dead long live the King’ changeover. Someone has to leave the hot seat before it is filled by another incumbent and life
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Kamara Tucks in for Guiseley as Lee leaves
Guiseley have lost a mercurial forward to the full- time game after Lee Tuck was signed up by a pro club in Thailand. Guiseley manager Steve Kittrick said: “He went out there for an extended trial, and it was an ideal time for him because it
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Morgan: Thackley midfield needs strengthening
Under Dave Morgan’s stewardship, Thackley have mounted a serious challenge to the top two in the Kool Sport Northern Counties East League Premier Division. The boss is pleased with the progress on the field and the individual development of the players
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Friday, February 26, 2010
From the T&A... 25 years ago: Bradford markets chiefs were investigating an illegal Sunday market set up in an indoor car park at Forster Square station. 50 years ago: The Joint Airport Committee was to spend £400,000 to make Leeds Bradford Airport
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Comedy all the way
SIR – Can someone tell me what those two white ‘Unidentified Fixed Objects’ are in the latest artist’s impression of the City Park? One is a cube shape and the other is a sort of D-Day anti-invasion pillbox, with a slit for the gunners. Bradford Council
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Watch out, Billy!
SIR – I think S Pattison, like many other correspondents, has had his letters on Billy Pearce and the Alhambra pantomime misread and/or misunderstood by the likes of Ann Lynch (Letters, February 20). The heading for hers was, ‘Billy is a treasure’. Billy
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Never disappointed
SIR – What on earth is Mr G Steff on about (Letters, February 16)? Billy Pearce is the most funny, entertaining person to appear at the Alhambra, a down-to-earth man who brings a lot of laughs to all, young and old. As to being over-exposed, what a load
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We deserve a first-class rail service
A modern, efficient and reasonably-priced rail service offers one of the best congestion-busting ways for people to go about their business. Provided there are enough carriages, and services run when they are supposed to, it can be a great way to travel
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Car park shame
SIR – I was incensed after reading the article (T&A, February 15) headlined “All free parking in city centre could be scrapped”. I thought the idea was to encourage people to come into Bradford, not deter them. Before taking away the free roadside car
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So much to do...
SIR – Suddenly there seem to be an abundance of “golden oldies” on TV praising the joys of working into their seventies. Could it be anything to do with the Government’s plans to lift the retirement age? Speaking as a 66-year-old ex-teacher, these people
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Bump was my fault
SIR – On Friday, February 19, while leaving Sainsbury’s at Keighley there was a slight bump between the driver of a Vauxhall car and mine (a Peugeot 307). Fortunately there was no damage but I thought it was his fault. On returning to my car my wife
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Drawbacks of PR
SIR – The Prime Minister has declared he wants to hold a referendum next year on whether MPs should be elected through an ‘alternative vote’ system, whereby candidates would be ranked by voters. Call me cynical, but I remember when I stood for election
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Brier's delighted at Brighouse's table-topping honour
Brighouse Town go into tomorrow's derby fixture with AFC Emley as leaders of Kool Sport Northern Counties East League Division One following an eighth straight league victory. Manager Mark Brier has taken the club to the top of the tree
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Long may he reign!
SIR – I have followed the controversy about Billy Pearce starring every year in the Alhambra pantomime. I do not go to pantomimes and I have never watched Billy Pearce, but I will say this. When a CD gives me pleasure I listen to it almost every day.
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Cinema festival just gets better
With more than 120 films being screened from all over the world, next month’s 16th Bradford International Film Festival aims to be the biggest and best of its kind in the country outside London. At the festival launch, National Media Museum director
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Rules on retirement outdated nowadays
SIR – It seems no- one can help in my quest to continue working after age 65, in a job I do three days a week, thoroughly enjoy, and am perfectly capable of doing. I work for the Housebound Service, part of the mobile services of Central Library, Bradford
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A legacy of uniting people and faiths
Tomorrow morning, more than 100 members of the Bradford Diocese gather at Skipton for a meeting of the Diocesan Synod. This church parliament is Bishop David James’s penultimate one before his retirement in the summer (his final one will be in Bingley
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McCammon adds extra muscle to City attack
Mark McCammon will muscle his way into City’s plans against basement club Darlington tomorrow. The 31-year-old targetman is set to sign a month’s loan after falling out with Gillingham boss Mark Stimson. McCammon’s arrival will take
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Brains over brawn in Bulls pack
Smarts not size will be key to a dominant Bulls pack. Although they lack the sheer power of previous Bradford sides, Steve McNamara believes his current crop can control games using their heads. After losing a major strike weapon when
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MP angry at victims' 'betrayal'
A Bradford MP has accused the Government of betraying thousands of workers suffering from an asbestos-related disease after ministers decided not to overturn a legal ruling on compensation. Terry Rooney said the fight was not over and backbenchers would
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Grayson: Let's make this a Championship derby
Simon Grayson wants to see derby rivals Leeds United and Huddersfield Town swelling the already large contingent of Yorkshire clubs in the Championship. Leeds manager Grayson visits the Galpharm tomorrow with his team lying second in League
