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Pair get set for prisons debate
Two politicians from Shipley were today preparing to square up to each other before a head-to-head public debate on prison reform. Councillor John Cole threw down the gauntlet to Shipley MP Philip Davies after he said he wanted to see “an increase in
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Farsley are favourites to hand Sedge knockout blow
Liversedge host Farsley AFC tomorrow night in the quarter-finals of the Kool Sport Northern Counties East League Cup. Although the near-neighbours are Premier Division rivals, Farsley will be huge favourites as they head the table with two games to
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Silsden all but guarantee Vodkat safety
Silsden 3, Formby 2 Silsden beat Formby 3-2 tonight at the ASDA Foundation Stadium to all but guarantee their Vodkat North West Counties League Premier Division status for next term. They broke the deadlock early when Kevin Ryan beat two defenders
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Guiseley's destiny in back in their hands
Droylsden 0, Guiseley 3 Guiseley hauled themselves back into the play-off places in the Blue Square Bet North tonight, and they have games in hand on the clubs immediately above and below them. The result at Droylsden, one of their rivals for promotion
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Marti Pellow's show of two halves in Jekyll and Hyde the musical
Jekyll and Hyde The Musical The Alhambra Just as Doctor Jekyll is unable to reconcile the good and evil sides of his personality, I’m unable to make up my mind about this musical. Opening last night at Bradford’s Alhambra as part of a UK-wide
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Six of the best as Avenue back in a play-off spot
Bradford Park Avenue 6, Hucknall Town 0 Avenue spanked visitors Hucknall Town tonight with six of the best but three was the magic number as the points banked took the Bradford club back to fifth in the Evo-Stik Premier Division table. John Deacey
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Cottingley children mess about with Easter
Creative youngsters got to grips with craft and art at an Easter-themed “Messy Church” event in Cottingley. Families were invited to join in the fun at St Michael’s church and Cottingley Cornerstone Centre in Littlelands for the church’s first event
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McGrath return will 'add steel' to Yorkshire
Yorkshire have been handed a fitness boost with the news that Bradford-born Anthony McGrath looks set to return to the side for their next game with Durham. The 35-year-old missed the emphatic weekend win over Worcestershire after failing to fully recover
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Shock as shop suddenly shuts
A Bradford city centre jewellery shop has shut suddenly – to the surprise of traders. The closure of The Wharf (pictured) in Kirkgate, came as “a bolt out of the blue” said Val Summerscales, secretary of Bradford Chamber of Trade. She
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Bradford police seize £1.2m from criminals in a year
Police in Bradford have seized more than £1.2million of ill-gotten gains from criminals in the last year. And they are poised to take back hundreds of thousands of pounds more from villains over the next few months. In total, nearly £6m of criminal
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Vicar fears cuts could leave Bradford church bankrupt
A Bradford vicar fears cuts to Government grants could bankrupt his church, which is undergoing a major refurbishment. St Clement’s Church, in Barkerend Road, which is steeped in Victorian art, is halfway through a three-year, £250,000 project
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Robin Hood's merry men celebrate Amateur Cup triumph
The first cup final of the Bradford Sunday Alliance League went the way of Division 3B leaders Robin Hood, who beat Steel Bangle 2-1 at Manningham Mills. There was a good crowd for the Amateur Cup showpiece and they saw Steel Bangle – in their distinctive
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TVR gain title boost by edging out leaders
Leaders Oakwell crashed to a first PREMIER DIVISION defeat of the season to give their Spen Valley League pursuers hope. TVR United were their 4-3 conquerors as Mohammed Ismaeel, Ashiq Iqbal, Junnaid Taj and Sarfraz Aslam outscored Lee Carter, Gary
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Monday, April 11, 2011
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Naveed Akhtar, aged 21, of Turner Place, Dirkhill; driving while disqualified, driving without insurance, jailed for six weeks, banned from driving for 12 months. Furqaan Ghafar, aged 26, of
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Turner strikes to lift Celtic hopes
The battle for DIVISION ONE promotion spots remains wide open after three of the top four teams lost in the latest round of West Riding County Amateur League fixtures. Emley, who have led the way for most of the season, slipped up for the second successive
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Hannah a Rising Star for Bradford
Hannah Shuttleworth won in all four strokes during the first of this year’s City of Bradford Swimming Club Rising Stars Meets held at Shipley Pool. The Bradford SC youngster completed a clean sweep as the eight-year-old section competed over 25 metres
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Ilkley party in park music weekend scrapped
A popular party-in-the-park music weekend has been scrapped this year as a town’s summer festival is hit by a tightening of local authority budgets. The free family weekend of music and entertainment in the Riverside Gardens, Ilkley, has been one of
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A long way to go for Hawksworth after early woes
Jack Hawksworth salvaged a podium finish after a testing time in the season’s Formula Renault UK Championship curtain-raiser at Brands Hatch. But the bullish Cullingworth driver, who finished third overall in his debut campaign over the winter, insisted
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Quest Taekwondo cash in on fundraising event
Quest Taekwondo continued their fight for survival in the tough economic climate with a successful fundraiser. The club raised £1,500, which will go towards travel and accomodation costs for their children’s competition team. More than
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Sign up for Bantams soccer courses
Bradford City Football Club’s Community Foundation are running courses during the Easter holidays for boys and girls aged five to 13. The courses are from Monday, April 18 to Thursday, April 21 at Sandylands Sports Centre in Skipton, Titus Salt School
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Mum of tragic hero soldier hears how he saved colleague
A brave mum whose paratrooper son was killed in a bomb blast while helping an injured colleague fought back tears in an emotional meeting with the soldier whose life he saved. Private Martin Bell, of Idle, Bradford, died as he came to the aid
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Bradford surveyors happy to mark magazine's 100th edition
A chartered surveyors which has an office in Bradford is celebrating the publication of the 100th edition of its commercial property magazine. Eddisons published the first edition of Property News back in 1985 and, more than a quarter of a century later
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Monday, April 11, 2011
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Apperley Bridge: proposed parent annexe extension to existing dwelling, 8 Mitchell Close. Apperley Bridge: retrospective application for garage extension to side of dwelling,
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Growing hi-tech firm in healthy state
A software developer is aiming to double its turnover for the fourth consecutive year after releasing its imaging product to clinicians in the health service across Europe. Image Analysis, based at The Waterfront, Salts Mill Road, Saltaire, has this
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Girl power at Ilkley Grammar School
A girls school cricket team is on course for an unprecedented fourth national crown after continuing an outstanding winning streak. Ilkley Grammar School's under-15s have now won 43 games in a row after booking their place in the regional finals of
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Easter football camp
GOALS Bradford will be hosting one of their popular school holiday camps over the Easter break. The course runs from Tuesday, April 19 to Thursday, April 21 (10am-3pm) and each child will be coached by a qualified FA football coach and receive a certificate
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Poultry owner's warning after animals savaged
A breeder of show poultry is warning other owners to be on their guard after dozens of birds were killed in a suspected dog attack. Jan Garth, of Addingham, discovered the bodies of the savaged chickens scattered in gardens in Chapel Street and in her
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‘Salary sacrifice’ demand is on increase, says Zenith
Calverley-based fleet management company Zenith Provecta has seen an increase in demand for its salary sacrifice for cars this year. Commercial director Ian Hughes has said he expects salary exchange to grow this year as an increasingly popular employee
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Airienteers take Yorkshire Championships by storm
Airienteers proved to be Kings of the County as they won 12 titles at the 2011 Yorkshire Orienteering Championships. Over 330 runners descended on Timble Woods, near Otley, with Airienteer’s Ian Nixon clinching the 10.34km Black course in only 61.44
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Man, 33, held in murder probe
A 33-year-old man taken to hospital after a teenage girl was stabbed in a city centre block of flats has been arrested in connection with her murder. The suspect remained in custody last night but he had not been charged, police said. Half a dozen
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‘People must join heart unit battle’
Leading heart surgeons say it is down to ‘people power’ to convince a decision-making panel to retain Yorkshire’s only children’s heart surgery unit. Around 50 people were at a meeting at Bradford’s Cedar Court Hotel on Saturday, organised
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‘Historic pool has to be kept afloat’
Campaigners enjoyed a free swim at Manningham’s historic pool in protest at its threatened closure. The event was organised by national charity the Victorian Society, which campaigns to protect Victorian and Edwardian architecture. The
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'Gangs are blighting our lives'
Gangs of youths have been blighting the lives of residents in a quiet housing estate next door to a new development. The development includes a car park, medical centre, pharmacy and convenience store and was completed in Swan Avenue, Eldwick
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Poignant note of group's new album
A Bradford band has paid tribute to those who lost their lives in the Bradford City fire, with the number 56 depicted on the sleeve of its debut album. The band, called Galores, launched the album at a special event in the city. The cover
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Council needs more women – Lord Mayor
The Lord Mayor of Bradford insists there is a plethora of talented women in the district who should be encouraged into front-line politics. Conservative Worth Valley Councillor Peter Hill is approaching the end of his term as the city’s civic
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Charity to debate Big Society hopes
A Bradford humanitarian charity has invited Prime Minister David Cameron to the city to explain his Big Society proposal. Basic Human Rights (BHR), which was founded by Bingley mother of four Anjum Tahirkheli and has an office in Sunbridge Road, wants
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Bradford boss Jacques Lapergue returns to his murder charge hell
A Bradford businessman has made an emotional return to the African town where he was wrongly accused of murder three years ago. Jacques Lapergue, founder of the Antique Glass Studio in Bierley, was badly beaten up by a mob in Chipata, Zambia, after
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Acting duo will get into character – all of them!
Two actors will play a number of characters in Skipton Players’ production of Alan Ayckbourn’s Intimate Exchanges. The play consists of eight major stories all originating from a single opening scene. As it progresses, the characters make various choices
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Mason tries out banjos for size
Seventeen-year-old Mason Gurney of Wibsey recently visited the Music Rooms in Cleckheaton to view the range of banjos on display. Mason is playing the lead role of Arthur Kipps in Buttershaw St Paul’s junior production of Half a Sixpence, who dreams
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Recalling band’s happy camp days
Our piece about former Butlin’s Redcoats Rocky Mason and Frank McGroarty (Saturday, March 19) and their book Here Come The Redcoats, struck a chord with Roy Bould. From 1963 to 1969, he was a member of the Bradford group The Royalists, playing keyboards
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Mother's fury as 999 call for son is rejected
Ambulance chiefs have apologised to the parents of a seriously-ill Bradford boy after control room staff refused to send paramedics to their 999 call when he began bleeding profusely. Eight-year-old Haris Hussain, who has heart and liver problems
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Enjoy this tale of two witches
The Curious Mystery Of Miss Lydia Larkin And The Widow Marvell by Joolz Denby Ignite Books, £6.99 To an onlooker, they are two ordinary middle-aged ladies sipping tea and reclining on the swing seat in the garden of an ordinary terrace in a
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Monday, April 11, 2011
From the T&A... 25 years ago: Bradford Council was accused of “pricing the city out of the market” with its rate increases. 50 years ago: Nearly 1,000 people attended the opening of a £32,000 social club on Holme Wood estate, Bradford.
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Road safety plans revealed
A raft of road improvements could be introduced in a Bradford village in a bid to boost safety for pedestrians and motorists. Traffic engineers have carried out feasibility studies into a number of potential road safety schemes in Allerton, including
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Tractors an attraction
"Do I have to come?” my youngest daughter Rosie moaned, as I press-ganged her into the car for an outing to a museum. “I don’t like tractors and I’d rather go shopping with my friends.” We were heading to Yorkshire Museum of Farming,
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Welcoming new era of TV habits
A worldwide television audience of three billion is expected to watch Prince William and Kate Middleton marry this month. With the ways in which we watch television evolving, we’ve come a long way since crowds gathered around black and white screens
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Cuts put lives at risk
SIR – Re the powers-that-be with their latest disgraceful efforts to close the children’s heart support centres. It shows that they are a very unscrupulous government. Do they know that their actions risk people’s lives? I hope that they do not ever
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Small gardens need planning
Even the smallest outside space can be made into an oasis of calm, a bolthole where you can unwind after a hard day at work or entertain during the summer evenings. If you have a small garden, you need to plan carefully to ensure it meets your individual
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Postman’s error well meaning
The postman who left a £250 book – signed by Pope John Paul II – in a recycling bin which was emptied before it was retrieved must be mortified. The book dealer is understandably angry, but has at least also been able to see a funny side to the story
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Saturday, April 9, 2011
25 years ago: Bradford Health Authority ended a year-old row by publicly declaring itself an equal opportunities employer. 50 years ago: Iron bars did not deter raiders at a Bradford shop at the weekend.
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Election clarification
SIR – Your article about the Council elections (T&A, March 26) contained an error which originated in the Council press release. The press release and the article wrongly stated that Labour ran the Council with Liberal Democrat Support. This is not
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Salaries not services
SIR – The proposed closures of libraries and the Manningham Baths are yet another indication of the way the Council would rather cut front-line services than cut the costs its own bureaucracy. It is shameful that chief executive Tony Reeves, who earns
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Discipline is needed
SIR – You are not going to end knife culture in a society where such boys go through their entire life at school with no discipline and feel they can do absolutely anything they want. I would recommend everyone to read all 31 chapters of Proverbs, King
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Praise from a patient
SIR – How about a bit of good news about the NHS? I have just spent four days in hospital. I expected the worst and received the best. The ward I was on was like a three-star hotel. Everything was so clean and well-kept it was even a pleasure to use
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Fast food furore
There is little wonder restaurants are closing in the city centre. Bradford City planning department have allowed ten fast food shops in a small area of Wibsey! This is ridiculous. Wibsey residents have opposed yet more food outlets. But who listens
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Is lost jacket yours?
SIR – While on a visit to Ogden Water reservoir on Friday, March 25, we found a boy’s football jacket which had been left on a bench. After waiting some time for someone to come and claim it, we decided to take it home and advertise it in the T&A; this
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Nuclear ignorance
SIR – The recent disaster in the Deep Horizon oil rig when 11 men died should really underline the fatuousness of Nick Clegg’s pronouncements on nuclear energy. At no time in the past 50 years have there been similar victims in a nuclear power accident
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We can live without lanterns
SIR – I run a small livery yard on the edge of Baildon Moor. On Wednesday, April 6, a Chinese lantern dropped from the sky into the yard, narrowly missing a six-year-old child. It was well alight and bounced and blew around the yard throwing sparks
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Hospice in plea for funds
Managers at a newly-refurbished hospice are urging supporters to continue their fundraising efforts and help it through tough economic times. The Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice, in Oxenhope, last week unveiled the results of a major refurbishment
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Bradford needs to have equal standing
SIR – Your editorial (T&A, March 31) about the enterprise zone should bring home the importance of making sure Bradford is properly represented. For instance, calling the zone ‘Leeds’ instead of a phrase covering all its authorities has given that city
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Daffodils are a delight
SIR – Somewhere in Clayton there are a group of people, young and old, who can rightly feel proud of themselves. They came together last Autumn to work together to give pleasure, not only to the people of Clayton, but to the hundreds who daily pass through
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Respect is needed on the roads
The lowering of the speed limit in Eccleshill from 40 to 30 miles per hour is a decision that has been welcomed by residents. But unfortunately, the decision not to provide signs to warn motorists of the change is leading to some confusion. The parts
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Olbison signs new Bradford Bulls deal
Tom Olbison has celebrated a breakthrough season in Super League by signing a new three-year deal with the Bulls. The 20-year-old back-rower put pen to paper immediately after Friday’s defeat at Hull FC, agreeing to stay at Odsal until the end of 2014
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Rashid and Brophy inspire big Yorkshire victory
Yorkshire have been tipped by many to be LV= County Championship title challengers this season and if their emphatic win over Worcestershire inside three days is anything to go by then you can see why. A terrific performance with both bat
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Bradford City give it away with poor goals
David Syers surveyed City’s heaviest home loss of the season to Torquay and admitted: “We made it too easy for them.” The Bantams dropped back to 17th place and saw the gap to the League Two drop zone trimmed again to six points after Saturday’s 3-0
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Closed road 'like ice rink' after soap spillage
Leaked chemicals made for a slippery situation on an inner-city industrial street. A 50-metre stretch of Bowling Back Lane, Bradford, was likened to an ice rink and “smelled like the back of a chip shop” after a major spillage of liquid soap. The fire
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Heavy home loss adds to feeling of Bradford City unease
City 0, Torquay 3 It should have been a good day to bury bad news. This was an opportunity to push to one side the financial worries that are once again creeping into the thoughts of everyone at City. Enjoy, instead, the positive vibe of back-to-back
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Leeds United sunk after Schmeichel errors
Millwall 3, Leeds United 2 Kasper Schmeichel has been one of Leeds’ most consistent players this season but the Danish goalkeeper had a match to forget at the New Den. The 24-year-old son of Manchester United and Denmark legend Peter was at fault for
