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Snow joke as panto dwarf takes a tumble!
It was nearly a case of Snow White and the Six Dwarfs tonight, after one of the little men slipped on the snow and ended up in Bradford Royal Infirmary. But in true panto tradition the show went on, thanks to a plucky Sunbeam who stepped in
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Cullen scares Bull in world championships
Former Bradford postman Joe Cullen gave world number seven Terry Jenkins a scare on his debut at the darts world championships at Alexandra Palace tonight. The 21-year-old took Jenkins to the fifth set, fighting back strongly after conquering
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Oliver targeting play-off zone after Bradford City's Christmas rush
Luke Oliver wants City to seize the moment and move in on the play-offs. They currently sit four points adrift of seventh spot going into the holiday fixtures. Weather permitting, the Bantams are due to play four times in the space of nine days. And
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There's no stopping me now, says Bradford Bulls centre Walker
Chev Walker believes he is finally primed to realise his potential next season. Given a clean bill of health following a string of injury setbacks, including an horrific broken leg, the Bulls centre is enjoying the luxury of a full pre-season. Usually
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Bretherton back where it all began
Peter Bretherton had a fitting first official job as president of the Lawn Tennis Association. The 65-year-old, who has been a member of Heaton Tennis & Squash Club for over 30 years, officially opened his own club’s outdoor floodlit courts. Leeds-based
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Families pay tribute to their lost loved ones
The family of Susan Rushworth tonight urged triple killer Stephen Griffiths to confess what he had done with her body so they can finally lay her to rest. Miss Rushworth, 43, was the first of the three murders to which Griffiths, 40, yesterday
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Shelley Armitage was last seen on CCTV
Shelley Armitage, 31, was last seen on 10pm on Monday, April 26, this year. Wearing a long grey cardigan, white vest top, dark jeans and white sandals, and carrying a bag, she was captured on CCTV cameras in Sunbridge Road in Bradford’s red
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VIDEO: Man, 89, dies as car flips over at Saltaire roundabout
An elderly man has died after the car he was driving flipped onto its roof following a collision at the Saltaire roundabout. The man, who was said to be 89 and from Bingley, was driving a blue Toyota Yaris along Bingley Road at about 11.20am. The Toyota
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Susan Rushworth last seen walking away from bedsit
Susan Rushworth, a mother-of-three and grandmother, vanished in June, 2009. She was the first of Stephen Griffiths’s victims but no trace of her has yet been found. Miss Rushworth, a heroin addict who was 43 at the time of her disappearance, had spent
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‘Suzanne Blamires was a much-loved daughter and sister’
Known on the streets as Amber, Suzanne Blamires, 36, lived only a short distance away from Shelley Armitage in Bradford and the two women knew each other. Described as bright and articulate, Miss Blamires had started to train as a nurse after
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No change to umpires’ fees
The Mewies Solicitors Craven League have voted against an increase in umpires’ fees. The Craven & District Umpires’ Association proposed a fee of £50, an increase of £10, at the league’s annual meeting at Skipton LMS Sports Club. However, the proposal
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Talbot and Stirk enjoy a golden day
City of Bradford Swimming Club’s tradition of fast swimming and festive fun continued when they held their 28th annual open meet at Shipley Pool. The showcase event produced some fine swims from the home team, led by regional and county champion
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Rashid & Co ready to get miles in legs
Adil Rashid is hoping that Yorkshire will benefit from the schedule in place for the England Lions’ forthcoming two-month tour of the West Indies. The leg-spinning all-rounder from Bradford is one of four White Rose stars to have gained a place in the
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It’s hard going but runners beat the weather
The weather tried its best to play havoc with the running fixtures again this weekend but all the main events went ahead. The second race in the PECO cross-country League featured Bradford-Airedale, Eccleshill Road Runners and Saltaire Striders
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Yorkshire duo would both excel for England
Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale is confident neither Tim Bresnan nor Ajmal Shahzad will let England down if they are selected for the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne. With the Ashes series locked at 1-1 after Australia’s crushing win in Perth, England look
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Man, 70, held as fire destroys barn
A pensioner has been arrested on suspicion of arson following a dramatic blaze that ripped through a barn in the early hours of the morning. The intensity of the fire, at Crossflatts, caused the roof of the barn to explode, firing debris at firefighters
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Energy firm ‘sorry’ over sales tactics
An energy firm has apologised after a Bradford woman said a salesman misled her into switching gas and electricity supplier. Amanda White said a man who knocked at her door said he knew she was a British Gas customer and that he worked for
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Victims were familiar figures in area
Stephen Griffiths's victims worked the streets of Bradford's red light district a short distance from his flat. Suzanne Blamires, Shelley Armitage and Susan Rushworth were familiar figures in the network of run-down streets off Sunbridge Road
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Judge allows media to use Twitter direct from courtroom
The judge in the case of triple-killer Stephen Griffiths today allowed reporters to use Twitter from the courtroom. It is thought to be the first time a judge has allowed this in practice since the Lord Chief Justice issued a direction on the
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Family members hear how power tools used to dismember bodies
Family members sobbed as the prosecutor revealed gruesome details of the murders. At one point a woman yelled out obscenities as the details were revealed. Mr Smith said Griffiths had admitted to killing Ms Blamires in the flat and dismembering
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Griffiths admits eating one of victims
Stephen Griffiths told police officers he had eaten some of one of his victims, it emerged in court. Prosecuting, Robert Smith QC, said Griffiths told police Suzanne Blamires - who he knew as "Amber" - was "gone". He said he told officers
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Chilling CCTV footage sparked murder hunt
The investigation into the murders committed by Stephen Griffiths began when a caretaker reviewed disturbing CCTV footage. Prosecuting, Robert Smith QC, said a caretaker lived at the flat building where Griffiths lived. It was his job
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Festival was music to my ears
You can keep your easy listening festive musak, piped into shopping centres. Nothing makes me feel more Christmassy than a carol service. When you’re a nipper, with a tea-towel or tinsel halo wrapped around your head, you take for granted being
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Classical ballet from Russia with love
The Moscow City Ballet will be brightening up the new year in Bradford, with its production of The Nutcracker. The company, regarded as an enduring example of a genuine, high-quality Russian touring ballet, is making its first visit to Bradford, accompanied
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Rehman departs after being unable to make his position clear
Zesh Rehman played his first City game as an emergency left back. It was not his standard position – he was used to playing in the middle of the back four or occasionally on the right. But with Luke O’Brien ruled out of the trip to Bury late on
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First Bus in pledge to freeze fares
The region’s biggest bus operator has announced it is to keep bus fares frozen. First, the leading bus operator in Bradford, Leeds, Halifax, Huddersfield and York, has decided to freeze the price of fares for the foreseeable future with the
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Ethan Woolner, aged 18, of Downside Crescent, Allerton; failure to comply with requirements of community order, order revoked and dealt with for the original offence of vehicle interference,
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Queensbury quarry home plan approved
Councillors have approved plans for 142 homes on the site of a disused quarry in Queensbury. Members of the area planning panel granted an application by Leeds-based Harron Homes to reclaim Hazelhurst Quarry. The development will be subject to a Section
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Keighley: renewal of planning permission 08/00719/FUL dated 04.04.2008 for: construction of extension to building A at Cavendish Retail Park to provide new retail unit, Focus
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Saltaire Arts Trail moving to new date
Due to its growing popularity, the Saltaire Arts Trail is to move its main event in 2011 from the September festival to a weekend in May. From May 28 to May 30, the Arts Trail will feature the favourites such as the Open Houses exhibitions, craftmakers
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Security in Afghanistan is boosted
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a package of measures to provide a significant boost to the military campaign in Afghanistan during his latest visit to the country. Both UK troops and the Afghan National Security Forces will be the beneficiaries
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£300,000 cut in Dales park budget
Guardians of the Yorkshire Dales are to have their budget slashed. Their spending pot has been reduced to £5.1 million for 2011/12, a drop of £300,000 on this year. But bigger reductions are in line for the future, with the Yorkshire Dales
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Talented students hit the stage
Enterprising youngsters at Skipton Girls’ High School organised a talent show for fellow pupils. Young enterprise team Say it Loud has been looking at issues affecting young people, and decided to hold a talent competition to boost girls’ confidence.
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Tradition takes pride of place at red House Museum
Staff at Red House Museum in Gomersal have been decking the hall with boughs of holly… and other traditional decorations. Every year, the team at the Oxford Road museum spend three days trimming up the stairway and rooms of this 19th century cloth merchant
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Plea for organ donors to give gift of life this Christmas
More than a hundred adults and five children are waiting for life-saving transplant operations in Bradford. And despite an increase in the number of organ donations this year, more people are being urged to sign up to the donor register this
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VIDEO: Carla honoured for risking life in canal rescue
A woman who risked her own life by plunging into freezing water in her pyjamas to rescue a drowning man has revealed how “adrenaline” kept her focused during the dramatic incident. Carla Richardson said she was glad to be in the “right place at the right
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Developer makes Shipley canal land offer
Plans to re-open the Bradford Canal could be boosted by a proposal for nearly 50 homes at the site of a former mill. Gleeson Homes said it would give a strip of land to Bradford Council if its plans at the former Oswin Mill site in Shipley
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Consumers told 'know your rights over festive gifts'
Consumers across the Bradford district are being warned to know their rights if they want to return unwanted or faulty Christmas gifts. West Yorkshire Trading Standards said contrary to popular belief, customers were not automatically entitled to an
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VIDEO: Cathedral's city carol concert beamed around the world
A packed cathedral witnessed the annual city carol service in Bradford last night, which was beamed live to the world on the internet for the first time. The service featured readings and hymns from inside Bradford Cathedral with carols performed
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Where’s the respect?
SIR – I am disgusted that the statue of Sir Winston Churchill (pictured) was defaced at the height of the student protests in London recently. Those responsible should remember that Sir Winston fought very hard during the dark days of the Second World
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Hope for Horace
SIR – Horace was very young and underweight. Born too long after the summer solstice, when food had been plentiful, he had no hope of putting on the body fat needed for winter survival. Weeks earlier, he should have been snug in bed, fast asleep, yet
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A good effort
SIR – At noon on Sunday, I spotted a small tractor-type vehicle and trailer spreading sand and salt on the pavements of Moore Avenue. Well done, Bradford Council Bill Lowe, Moore Avenue, Bradford
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
25 years ago: Salts Mill in Saltaire held its last Christmas party, ending a 132-year tradition. Just 50 members of staff remained at the once-booming textile mill. 50 years ago: West Yorkshire bus routes from Bradford and Harrogate were
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System is not fairer
SIR – I have been investigating the new voting system that is proposed (AV) and on which we are supposed to get a vote. We are being sold on the idea that no vote will be wasted, and that it is a fairer system, when in fact it is neither. My simple
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Young need help
SIR – Too many young people are feeling the effects of the worst recession in recent history. Those with fewest qualifications are being pushed further back in the queue for work, leaving thousands stranded on the dole. This month, The Prince’s Trust
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Spotlight on danger
SIR – People grumble about cyclists without lights but parents cannot buy bicycles with built-in lights. There would be chaos on the roads if motorists had to rely on fragile plastic lights which break easily and rely on separately fitted batteries which
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Vulnerable should not be trapped by the ice
SIR – The season of slips, trips and falls has put additional pressure on our accident and emergency services, as it does every year. However, their job was made harder by the lack of gritting given to our neighbourhood streets and pathways. I recently
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Events firm to double its turnover
A Bradford company that supplies furniture for major events is on track to double its annual turnover. Event Hire, based in Enterprise Court, Prince Street, off Tong Street, has a projected turnover of just over £2 million for the current
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Rhodes collection to grace Yorkshire museum
Yorkshire County Cricket Club have been handed an early Christmas present in the form of a priceless collection of memorabilia belonging to the late and great Wilfred Rhodes. It has been donated to the club by Rhodes’ granddaughter Mrs Margaret Garton
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Bradford pub the Winston Churchill lives to fight another day
Staff and regulars battling to save Bradford’s Winston Churchill pub have been left to fight another day. Members of Bradford Council’s area planning panel, who met yesterday, decided they needed to visit the premises in Wakefield Road before
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‘Aggressive’ plans to open agencies
Yorkshire Building Society has aggressive plans to expand its high street presence and tackle what its boss claims is ‘indiscriminate’ closures by some if its rivals. The Bradford-based business says it has proved its commitment to providing
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Del Boy’s bar fall top of TV pops for Bradford
Television viewers in Bradford have chosen a classic clip from Only Fools And Horses as their favourite-ever TV moment. A survey conducted to mark the countdown to next year’s digital switchover, found the scene where Del Boy, played by David
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Arsonists set fire to pallets at Wibsey factory
Wooden pallets and materials from a skip are believed to have been used in an arson attack on a Bradford food factory. Detectives investigating the fire at Parkam Chilled Foods in Wibsey believe that was how the blaze started.
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Keeping things neighbourly
With the Christmas and New Year party season upon us, the potential for noise complaints is heightened. But should there be a problem, Bradford’s neighbourhood mediation service – the largest of its type in the country – is on hand to deal with it.
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Arsonists deserve our contempt
The blaze which ripped through a food processing factory in Bradford was as devastating as it was dramatic. At its height, a massive plume of smoke rose from the site and flames shot 100 feet up into the sky. More than 50 firefighters
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Trains misery looms in Christmas bank holiday rail strikes
Workers at Northern Rail, which runs trains in the Bradford district, are to strike on December 27 and 28 in a row over Bank Holiday pay. The Rail Maritime and Transport union said 1,000 of its members at the company will take action after
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Zesh and I parted on good terms, says Bantams boss Taylor
Peter Taylor today insisted that Thailand-bound Zesh Rehman has not left Valley Parade on a sour note. The former club skipper is heading for the Far East to join Thai champions Muangthong United. Rehman’s departure comes just over
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Keighley woman is jailed for stealing from blind
A woman has been jailed after she stole £25 from a blind man’s pocket. Tammy Duignan, 34, entered the home of Donna Chapman on April 8 this year after knocking on the door and asking to borrow some coffee, Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday
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Cuts will ‘hit city hardest’
Bradford will be one of the areas hit hardest by the fall-out from the local authority budget cuts, according to a leading figure in the region’s voluntary and community sector. The city ranks alongside Hull, Doncaster and North East Lincolnshire
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Kilkenny next target for Leeds United deal
Leeds are hoping Neil Kilkenny will follow Luciano Becchio’s example by signing a new contract. Top scorer Becchio agreed a new three-and-a-half-year deal at the weekend but talks with Australian midfield international Kilkenny, 25, have so far stalled
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Bradford Bulls first-timers ready for action at Castleford
The Bulls have included eight debutants in their team to face Castleford on Boxing Day. New signings Patrick Ah Van, Shaun Ainscough and Ian Sibbit will all feature in the Jungle friendly following off-season moves from New Zealand Warriors
