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All Saints Primary star pupils get reward for perfect attendance
A fleet of bicycles have been awarded to a star pupil in each year group at a Bradford primary school. Eight children at All Saints’ Church of England Primary School, in Little Horton Green, were awarded a set of wheels after their names were picked
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Wins for Farsley, Thackley and Guiseley
FARSLEY maintained their positive pre-season start with a 2-1 victory over Ossett Town at Throstle Nest. The new club took the lead when Gareth Grant rounded the visiting keeper and stroked home. Town equalised through Dave Boardman in the second half
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Heagney doubles up as Bradford Park Avenue hit form
Liversedge 0, Bradford Park Avenue 6 Bradford Park Avenue finally found their scoring boots as they cantered to a comfortable 6-0 victory in tonight’s derby friendly at Liversedge. The game was over as a contest by half-time as Avenue rattled in four
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Alcoholics jailed for Great Horton home burglary
A drunken burglar, who became an alcoholic after seeing his uncle stabbed to death by his cousin, has been jailed for nine months. Daniel Ellerton, 23, pleaded guilty to a joint burglary at the house of a woman his co-defendant, Peter Charlwood
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Man on window ledge rescued from Keighley blaze
Firefighters rescued a terrified man from his blazing home as he clung to a widow ledge. Neighbours heard him screaming for help as he sat on the first-floor sill of his end-terrace home, dressed in just a towel. The man was tonight
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Eviction bailiffs found Fagley woman dead on bed
Bailiffs evicting a mentally-ill woman from her home found her dead, an inquest has heard. On the day social landlord Incommunities went to remove 52-year-old Beryl Hanson she had already suffocated herself. Miss Hanson had previously gone to court
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Hall takes charge for Manorlands game
Dave Hall of Cullingworth will captain the Mewies Solicitors Craven & District League side in the revived Manorlands Plate match. The event used to be played annually against the Bradford Central League but has not taken place for several years. Then
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Anger as bollards policy ‘too strict’
Wheelchair-bound Sid Addy says new city centre bollards are robbing him of his regular pint. The 70-year-old from Allerton, who has Parkinson’s disease, has been drinking in Ivegate since his teens and has still been turning up three times
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Cats in crisis as numbers soar
An animal charity has warned of a crisis of dumped cats as re-homing centres across Bradford district are becoming packed to capacity. A rising number of cats and kittens have been dumped and rescued in the past few weeks, with some sealed
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Firth on title hunt
Defending champion Carol Firth is returning from Spain to play in the Bradford Ladies Championships, which start at Northcliffe tomorrow. Firth, a Bingley St Ives member at the time, moved abroad after winning the trophy for a fourth occasion
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Bradford City old boys Boulding and Bateson join Accrington
City could face two more of their former players this season after Accrington signed Rory Boulding and Jon Bateson. Both have signed one-year deals with the Lancashire club after being released by Peter Taylor. Meanwhile, Michael Boulding is still on
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New MP votes against Government academies bid
A Bradford MP has voted against his government less than three months after being elected. Bradford East MP David Ward took a stand over the Academies Bill which was rushed through Parliament before the Commons broke up for summer last night
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Thornton have Evening League title in their grasp
The weather decimated the Bradford Evening League programme for the second successive week, with no games started. Tomorrow night sees the final round of fixtures. In Division One, the champions will either be Thornton or Haworth Road. Thornton
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Best of season for Corcoran
Paul Corcoran achieved a season’s best of 22min 54sec competing for VC Bradford:Pennine Cycles:Stella Azzurra in the Kildwick ten-mile time trial. Club secretary Corcoran’s team-mate Nige Moore clocked 23:59, with the winning time 21:56. Meanwhile,
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Every game a cup final for Yorkshire
Andrew Gale wants his Yorkshire players on top of their game for the seven remaining Clydesdale Bank 40 matches. The Tykes are in pole position to secure the top spot needed in Group B to advance to the semi-finals after five wins on the spin. They
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Bradford Police boys proud as punch at victories
Bradford Police Amateurs closed a successful season with two wins on the road in Manchester. Joe O’Callaghan, in his first contest, lost the opening round to Irlam’s Charlie Rooney but he got stronger as the bout went on to win on points. And Hamed
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Inspectors give West Bowling children's centre top marks
An inner city children’s centre has been hailed as “outstanding” by inspectors from education watchdog Ofsted. Woodroyd Children’s Centre Plus, in West Bowling, Bradford, is the first children’s centre in the city to be inspected. Run by Sure Start West
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Pupils have the X-Factor in writing
Young writers have performed their work before a panel of judges in an X Factor-style contest. Twenty-four finalists from eight Bradford primary schools, aged between seven and 11, attended the X Factor Writing Competition Final at St James’ Church Primary
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Man cleared of brothel boss murder
A 28-year-old man has been cleared of murdering a Thai brothel keeper. A jury at Bradford Crown Court unanimously acquitted Syed Bukhari, of Ringwood Road, Canterbury, Bradford, of murdering Tinakorn Tuekpia at his home in Little Horton
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Morgan on duty for GB in Helsinki
Sian Morgan enjoyed another commendable performance as she represented Great Britain in the European Junior Championships for the second successive year. The 16-year-old Ilkley prospect, a pupil at Bradford Grammar School, travelled to Helsinki in Finland
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Calverley fighting to the bitter end
Calverley and Tong Park Esholt showed they are not going to give up their Aire-Wharfe League Division Two status easily and they have dragged half the division into the dog-fight to avoid relegation. Faced with an Olicanian side still hoping to go up
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Simon David Lee, aged 37, of Pot House Road, Wibsey; driving without insurance, £100 fine, £100 costs, licence endorsed. Ian Paul Schofield, aged 51, of Aspley Crescent, Manningham; breach of
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Bingley firm backs Special Olympics athletes
A pair of Bradford athletes have collected a donation from a Bingley firm to help them realise their Olympic dreams. Golfer Ben Horner and power-lifter Nigel Halliday are two of four representatives of the district chosen to perform for Britain at the
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Pupils paint safety messages
Posters designed by four pupils of Shirley Manor Primary School in Wyke, have been selected to adorn the construction sites operated by national firm ISG. Creations by Lucy Nelson, Sinead Hallam, Olivia Dean and Hannah Gummery are winners of a design
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'Wii are having fun' say sheltered housing residents
Wii sports games and indoor bowls were some of the activities on offer for residents of a sheltered housing scheme. The Incommunities’ tenants at Maple Court, Bingley, took part in the sessions as part of an awareness campaign across the North to celebrate
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Harriers ladies through to final
Running log Bingley Harriers’ ladies team have reached the British Athletics League final for the third time in four years after winning the TEN IN 100 CUP regional semi-final at Blackpool. This competition is a snappy concept featuring six track and
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Addingham: detached dwelling and garage, land east of Street House Farm, The Street. Addingham: construction of conservatory to rear, 22 School Lane. Baildon: three fascia signs
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On-song Carroll boosts Buttershaw St Paul’s survival hopes
Buttershaw St Paul’s kept alive their faint hopes of promotion from the First Division of the Central Yorkshire League when they secured a surprise four-wicket win at second-placed Mirfield Parish Cavaliers. They still have 11 points to
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Rudden to the fore but Bradley are rattled
Bradley’s Division One Craven League championship credentials were severely tested by Oakworth, and they came through with flying colours. Batting first, Bradley struggled to 154, Ricky Linden and Jack Davison taking 3-34 and 3-47 respectively
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Ten-wicket win for Euro Windows
Euro Windows excelled themselves in the West Riding Sunday Council League at the weekend, getting out-of-form Shaadi Cards out for a piffling 79 and then going on to rub salt into the wound by not losing a wicket in their crushing win. Mohammed Mansha
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Celebration time for Cullingworth and Settle
Cullingworth beat Wharfedale in the final of the Upper Airedale Junior Cricket League Under-11 Cup final. Joe Fawcett (20ret) was the rock of the Wharfedale innings, which finished on 53-5. Eight-year-old Joe Hall added 12 in pretty quick time after
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New Farnley all out for just 11
The recent heavy rain had an effect of greening up the pitches, causing some low balls, which led to a number of low scores in the Dales Council League. A 53-year-old record for the league's lowest score was almost lost in one of Sunday’s matches
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St Mary's School gets new £750,000 football pitch
Young footballers from across Wharfedale and Aireborough can look forward to honing their skills on a new £750,000 pitch. Council chiefs have approved funding to create a floodlit, fenced artificial pitch at St Mary’s School, Menston, which will allow
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£750,000 car 'outlet' launched
A £750.000 investment at a motor dealership will see the launch of a pilot car supermarket operation. Bradford-based JCT600, one of the UK’s largest independently-owned motor groups, is redeveloping its site at the Rawdon roundabout where it will
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Leaders united in bid to stop EDL protest in Bradford
Bradford Council’s political leaders have spoken out against the proposed English Defence League demonstration. And Council leader Ian Greenwood has explained why he wants the Home Office to ban the event scheduled for August 28. Coun
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Abolition of film council is 'a shock'
Peg Alexander, the director of Bradford City of Film, has described the news that the Government is abolishing the UK Film Council as a “great shock for the film community”. Forthcoming films backed by the UK Film Council (UKFC) include Wuthering Heights
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Bairstow potential lauded by Yorkshire team-mate Rudolph
Jacques Rudolph has backed Yorkshire ace Jonny Bairstow to play for England within three years. South African Rudolph, with a wealth of international experience under his belt, has seen enough of the 20-year-old to suggest that he will be giving
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Man jailed for hitting pregnant girlfriend with baseball bat
A man who repeatedly struck his pregnant girlfriend with a baseball bat has been jailed for four months. Anthony Coombs hit his partner several times around the thigh, Bradford Crown Court was told. Coombs, 25, of Rylestone Gardens,
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Pace buys £300m US broadband firm
Digital technology group Pace, which has unveiled interim profits up by nearly half, has announced a £300 million deal to buy a leading US residential broadband systems provider. The deal to acquire 2Wire is seen as a logical extension to the
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Encounter is twice as nice at the Playhouse
An adaption of classic film Brief Encounter is steaming in to Bradford. Tour de Force Theatre Company, in association with Theatre Of The Dales, presents a double bill of Noel Coward plays Mild Oats and Still Life, which were turned into David Lean’
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Why digital isn’t better, in my book
Tomorrow I’m playing a small role in a Guinness World Record breaking attempt, held here in Bradford. Gamers are invited to the National Media Museum to try and break the record for the largest number of people playing Nintendo DS games in the same place
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Growing up in isolation
Sorting through her late father’s shed, Zaiba Malik came across an old VHS tape with a faded label bearing the words ‘TOTP and Queen (English songs)’. To Zaiba and her siblings ‘TOTP’ was secret code for Top Of The Pops – forbidden viewing
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Get the look that's white-hot
If ever there was a monochromatic fashion duel, black would win hands down. But this season, if the catwalks are anything to go by, white is fighting back to reclaim its style crown. White may be regarded as the least flattering of the two Yin and Yang
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Bradford sect makes a peace pledge
Members of Bradford’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community will head to one of the UK’s largest Islamic conventions to make a pledge of peace this weekend. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association worshippers will publicly pledge to adopt non-violence and reject
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Police probe Wyke 'car-jacking'
Police are investigating reports of an alleged car jacking. Residents said their vehicles were not allowed in or out of the Delph Hill estate at Wyke, Bradford, while police investigated the incident. Police said they were called to the scene in Summer
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We’re paying for ‘gifts’
SIR – Ian Parsons (Letters, July 16) upbraids Shipley’s MP Philip Davies for his ‘Nimbyism’ re school cuts. Laughably, he has the audacity to say that Brown gave us what we wanted. ‘Gave us!’ The present coalition is having to pay for his profligate
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Signs are misleading
SIR – For the benefit of all patients and visitors attending hospitals, I would like to bring the following facts to their attention. I have been officially informed that the BRI, for example, has never tried to recover an unpaid parking ticket because
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We deserve far better
SIR – We are very interested to read Steve Schofield’s letter (T&A, July 22) concerning the property dealings of Heaton Councillor Rizwan Malik. Indeed, the people of Heaton deserve better than to be represented by him. As long standing residents of
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Shifting the blame?
SIR – Jim Greenhalf (T&A, July 22) asks whether David Cameron’s proposal to hand ‘power to the people’ can work. Early indications are not encouraging. The only examples of local activity so far suggested involve the running of pubs, post offices and
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Ideas should be linked
SIR – In response to postings by “basilfawlty” from the T&A website saying: ‘’I wish Westfield would think ahead.” Well it could be that maybe they are, as they are going to invest £320 million into a megastore. The return on that kind of investment
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Play worthy of venue
SIR – I visited Bradford last week to attend the performance of the play “As you like it” at the Cathedral, and I must write in appreciation of the super evening’s entertainment. Originally, it had been planned that it would take place in the grounds
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Showing doubters we’re really on the up
SIR – Your cartoon (T&A, July 21) reminded me of those correspondents who scoffed at my admiration of artists’ impressions of buildings, published in the T&A, that have since come to fruition, eg Gatehaus. Critiques of modernity have disdained the go-getters
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
25 years ago: Police set up an anti-vandal patrol shadowing trains on lines around Bradford after a string of serious attacks. They also rode on commuter routes to deal with trouble-makers. 50 years ago: Bradford Civic Society opposed plans by Bradford
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Returns of Kearney and Sykes boost Bradford Bulls
The Bulls are hoping to welcome significant reinforcements at half-back ahead of Sunday’s clash with Catalans Dragons. Forced to field two back-rowers in the halves during last week’s defeat at Hull KR, acting head coach Lee St Hilaire will
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Man in dramatic blaze rescue
Firefighters rescued a man 30ft up from his window ledge at a house fire in Keighley today. The man, believed to be in his 50s, managed to make his own way out on to the ledge from a bedroom after a fire broke out on the landing of his home
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Hi-tech firm flies the flag for district
Although the textile industry still plays a significant role in the district’s economy, its heyday has long since gone. Yet even the poorest of history students must know about Bradford’s glorious industrial past. Sadly, not everyone
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Be aware of the holiday hazards
With the school six-week break underway, holiday-makers are preparing for the big getaway. In the whirl of packing suitcases and sorting out passports, tickets and currency, it’s easy to get caught up in pre-holiday excitement – while losing sight of
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Funerals of three Bradford blaze victims held
The funerals of two children and their mother who died in a suspected arson blaze have taken place in Bradford. Yesterday the bodies of triple tragedy victims Alina Shah, ten, and her brother Aman Shah, eight, and their 32-year-old mother Iram
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You can rely on me, says Bantams striker Evans
Gareth Evans has promised to fill the attacking void left by City’s untimely injuries. Last season’s top scorer James Hanson is touch and go for the opening day of the new campaign at Shrewsbury a week on Saturday. Winger Leon Osborne is another casualty
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Bradford City striker gets 25 years for murder
Former Bradford City footballer Gavin Grant has been jailed for life for shooting a former friend and told he would have to serve at least 25 years. The 26-year-old striker played for City between February and the end of last season, and was
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Naylor poised for Leeds return
Club captain Richard Naylor is set to make his first senior appearance of Leeds United's pre-season programme in Norway tonight against SK Brann, of Bergen. Naylor made his comeback after a hamstring injury by playing 45 minutes for a Leeds United X1
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Ash, Buzzcocks and Hadouken! added to Bingley Music Live line-up
Punk legends The Buzzcocks, indie rockers Ash, and dance band Hadouken! have confirmed they will be appearing at this year’s Bingley Music Live festival. Veteran rockers The Buzzcocks, who formed in 1976, are still performing regularly and released their
