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McCall set for Motherwell job
Former Bantams boss Stuart McCall is tomorrow expected to be unveiled as the new manager of Motherwell. McCall, who has been out of the game since leaving Valley Parade ten months ago, was in the stand at Celtic tonight to see Well slip to a 1-0 defeat
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Broadleys switch to Ilkley
The first three transfers of the winter have taken place in the Aire-Wharfe League. Edward, Roy and Richard Broadley have left Olicanian and nipped past the Lido to join Ilkley. Oliver Mantle has left Hampsthwaite (Nidderdale League) and moved to Knaresborough
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New meeting date
The Central Yorkshire League annual meeting, postponed due to bad weather, has been rearranged for Thursday, January 13 at Ossett Cricket Club (7.30pm). Meanwhile, Don Kirkby will be holding an umpiring course at the same venue, starting on February
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Mahmoods clinch five-a-side title
Mahmoods, Fairbank United’s five-a-side team, won GOALS Bradford’s annual Christmas tournament. In a marathon group format of nine games, Mahmoods hit an impressive 30 goals while conceding only two to top their section. They were even more impressive
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Join in the fun at programme fair
The Rugby League Collectors’ Federation are holding a programme fair at Grattan Stadium on Sunday from 10.30am. On sale will be a large collection of programmes, player biographies, various club histories, novels, magazines, photographs, DVDs and badges
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Bullbuilder fund Academy team bonding trip
The Bulls’ academy squad were treated to a pre-Christmas team outing thanks to the club’s fans. Supporters’ trust Bullbuilder, set up to raise money for youth development, funded a team bonding exercise at the Challenge 4 Change Centre in Manchester.
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Panto time for pupils
Pupils and staff at a Bradford school got into the festive spirit by wearing pantomime outfits. The children at Frizinghall Primary School were also treated to a performance of Cinders And Buttons by theatre company Pyramid Pantomimes. Head teacher
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Sajad Hussain, aged 31, of Springcliffe, Manningham; failure to deliver up a vehicle excise licence upon receipt of a dishonoured cheque, £300 fine, £179.17 vehicle excise back duty, £60 costs
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VIDEO: Youngsters try their hands at sport
Archery and gymnastics were among the sports enjoyed by youngsters for £1 at a junior fun day in Bradford. About 20 coaches and staff at Bradford Council’s Sport and Leisure Service were also offering basketball, table tennis, badminton, arts and crafts
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
25 years ago: Arctic weather conditions hit Bradford with temperatures plunging to minus 6C degrees overnight and snow forecast. 50 years ago: The late journalist and TV presenter Gilbert Harding left his Regency villa in Brighton to his former secretary
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Eldwick: rebuilding front bay window, altering window openings to door openings and constructing rear and side single-storey extension with pitched slate roof over bedrooms,
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Shipley volunteers turn up fundraising heat
Volunteers and fundraisers at Kirkgate Studios and Workshop enjoyed a party to raise money for heating for the building. Studio manager Joy Hart said the building, in Kirkgate, Shipley, was “freezing”. Miss Hart said the studio had put
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Trust takes over management of Skipton Town Hall
The future of Skipton Town Hall is to be placed in the hands of a trust to manage the building. The move is designed to safeguard the museum and gallery and provide a home for the tourist information centre. Formal tenders are now to
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£9m to be spent on better water supply for Bradford district
Yorkshire Water is embarking on a £9 million project to improve the quality of its water supplies by restoring some of the region’s most iconic moorland. A five-year project will see experts restore degraded moorland sites on the moors above Keighley
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Little Olivia Wilkinson faces a new challenge
New Year brings new challenges for everybody, but a two-year-old girl with an incurable heart defect faces more than most. Olivia Wilkinson, of Ilkley, underwent 18 hours of surgery at Leeds General Infirmary hours after she was born. She had to be
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Cycling moves up a gear in Bradford district
Cycling in the UK is booming and no more so than in the Bradford district, say experts. Official figures show that the range and number of people either starting in or returning to the saddle, for a whole variety of reasons, is increasing.
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Housing trust is proud of award
A group of housing associations in the North, including Bradford-based Incommunities, scooped two awards at the Northern Housing Consortium silver screen awards. The Airport Group, which includes 15 housing associations, picked up an award for its partnership
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Hospital project is taking shape
A hospital in Pakistan being built with the help of cash from a Telegraph & Argus appeal is expected to start treating patients in six months. More than 87,000 people lost their lives and hospitals were wiped out when a devastating earthquake struck
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Slashing 'cutting' time nets award
Engineers at a cutting tool specialist have developed a process that has slashed the production time for key fighter aircraft components from three days to five minutes. Their work will ensure BAE Systems can achieve its target of delivering an F-35
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Protect the elderly
SIR – Government spending cuts mean that, more than ever, we need to insist that Bradford Council protects the most vulnerable people in our community. While the chancellor says there is an extra £2 billion for the care and support of the elderly and
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Out of this world
SIR – Early morning on December 21, I set off on a longer quest than usual for my T&A. The reason? I wanted to witness a phenomenon of truly astronomical proportions – a total lunar eclipse was taking place on the winter solstice (shortest day). Any
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Question of fairness
SIR – Our so called political leaders seem to be entering a phase of playground politics it is interesting to note that even TV presenters and other political commentators have taken up this chant of “Is it fair?”. They then proceed to ask “Is it fair
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Changes are due
SIR – As supporters of The National Autistic Society living in the area, we wanted to make other local people affected by autism aware that the statutory guidance for the Autism Act 2009 was published on December 17. This is a landmark victory following
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Don’t let cold fool
SIR – Keith Sivyer, (T&A, December 15) shouldn’t let a couple of cold spells in recent winters obscure the fact that the world is still warming at an unprecedented rate. The 12 months up to the end of November were the hottest year worldwide in recorded
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A special service
SIR – WRVS would like to say a big thank you to all the volunteers who have given up their time throughout 2010 to help us support older people across Great Britain. We would especially like to thank those who battled through the snow to deliver hot
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MPs' concern as police cautions hit 7,736 in year
MPs have reacted with alarm after it was revealed police in West Yorkshire have issued almost 8,000 cautions in a year to adults arrested for crimes including sex offences, burglaries and violence. Figures obtained via a Freedom of Information Request
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Leg-op patient is left at wrong unit
Ambulance chiefs have apologised after a young woman was abandoned by a driver at the wrong part of a hospital only weeks after she underwent major surgery on her legs. Sanika Hussain, who has a condition called hypochondroplasia – a form of dwarfism
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Raising age limit would be a step backwards
SIR – Linda Greaves advocates that no one under the age of 21 in the UK should be allowed to buy alcohol, then says she feels sorry for pubs which are closing down due to the financial crisis, (Letters, December 15). Is she not aware that many landlords
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Time to bow out
SIR – Employers are right to be concerned at new rules to prevent them from automatically terminating staff contracts of employment at state pension age if felt necessary, and these ought to be delayed if not cancelled in such uncertain times. Age and
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Savings are slight
SIR – It appears that logical thinking does not come easily to politicians. Central Government are reducing their funding to Bradford Council by £67 million over the next two years. The result is that Bradford Council will have to reduce staff numbers
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School and its pupils need our support
SIR – With regards to Hanson School (T&A, December 16) being in special measures. I have two children at the school and last week received a letter regarding my daughter, praising her for excelling and being an excellent student. She achieved the highest
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Idea is dangerous
SIR – On December 8, the T&A reported that a fugitive rapist had been jailed in his absence for 21 years, and that a barman convicted of murdering his lover was told he must serve at least 15 years behind bars. If the rapist is caught and serves his
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Bradford charity wins £50,000 in ITV contest
Excluded youngsters in Bradford will be helping older people in their communities – thanks to a £50,000 Lottery award. Charity Ummid, which works with more than 100 disadvantaged young people and offenders, won the funds in ITV’s The People’s Millions
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Use basic principles
SIR – Leader of Bradford Council Ian Greenwood is complaining and has warned there will be a “massive” impact on jobs and services following Government funding cuts. I wonder why this should be? Instead of whining and complaining, spreading fear and
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Faith in new era
SIR – It is sad that the Church of England feels the need to reshape the diocese of Bradford. But the good news is that a Bishop of Bradford and Bradford Cathedral will be retained in what I believe will be a new larger diocese of Wakefield, which will
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Together we’ll keep faith alive in Bradford
SIR – On behalf of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Bradford, I would like to extend the warmest congratulations to the Right Reverend Nick Baines, who has been appointed as the new Bishop of Bradford (T&A, December 17). Faith groups play such an important
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Wrong candidates
SIR – One of the great misconceptions harboured by the public over the last 50 years is that somehow Labour politicians can vastly improve their quality of life. In Gordon Brown’s book, he states that he is not a financial expert, nor a great economist
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Festive generosity
SIR – During these times of economic pressure, and with the foul weather we experienced recently, may I take this opportunity to thank the festive and generous giving by members of the public towards the Shipley Rotary Club’s Christmas Tree Appeal.
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News is welcome
SIR – May I thank the T&A for printing the occasional letters from Jim Dutt, the chairman of the Pakistani Asian Christian Welfare Association. Mr Dutt is keeping us informed on the situation/plight, of Christians in Pakistan. I am sure that I am not
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A different standard
SIR – It may be that students should not face paying £9,000 per year for university tuition fees, but when I was a student at the Regional College of Art in the Sixties, the university students at Hull University Union liked to talk of themselves as being
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Pointing the finger
SIR – Why is it, that whenever the country faces a financial crisis, the finger of blame is directed towards the public sector? It’s as though the entire public service is ultimately responsible for the mess that we find ourselves in. The Government
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Arsonists blamed as car destroyed in Bradford
Firefighters tackled a blazing car in Ley Top Lane, Allerton, Bradford. Crews from Fairweather Green were alerted at 4.30am today. The Ford Escort was extensively damaged. The fire is thought to have been started deliberately.
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More Bradford people register for elections
The number of people in Bradford registering their details on the district’s electoral roll has increased slightly, but householders in almost 14,000 properties remain disenfranchised. A total of 93.41 per cent of households in the district
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Make sure your voice is heard
It is troubling to learn that householders in almost 14,000 properties across the district are not registered to vote. Of course, there will always be cynics who put forward tired old clichés such as “there’s no point in voting, it never changes
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Taylor offers no case for the defence as Bantams are done four!
Peter Taylor accused City of shooting themselves in the foot after they crashed 4-0 at Cheltenham. Taylor felt three of the goals were down to errors from his own men. And he refused to use rustiness from the team’s lack of recent action as an excuse
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Period drama set for city premiere
A new television adaptation of period drama South Riding, partly filmed in Bradford, is to have a special screening in the city. The three-part drama, starring David Morrissey and North Yorkshire-born Anna Maxwell Martin, was filmed over the
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Hard work clearing snow pays off for Cheltenham as Bantams melt under pressure
Cheltenham 4 Bradford City 0 City finally came out of their December hibernation – and must have wished they hadn’t bothered. Cheltenham had worked their socks off to make sure there was a game at last. Their efforts were rewarded handsomely
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Council foots bill for 35 'pauper' funerals
Bradford Council has organised at least 35 ‘pauper’s funerals’ this year, the authority has revealed. The Council paid out an average of £947 for each of the burials or cremations, held for people whose relatives were unable or unwilling to pay, or who
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Elima: We will show we are top-three side
Olivier Elima sees no reason why the Bulls can’t challenge for silverware in 2011. Signed from Catalans Dragons at the end of last season, the Frenchman only joined up with his new team-mates last month but has been encouraged by initial impressions.
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Bradford MPs back ‘Ugly Mugs’ dossier of attackers
MPs in Bradford have backed calls for a database to be compiled of men who have attacked prostitutes. The Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) has backed the reform after self-proclaimed Crossbow Cannibal Stephen Griffiths, was jailed last week
