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Good news on Briggs, Raynor and Elima
Kyle Briggs is in line for a return to first-team action in Saturday’s trip to Salford after making a full recovery from a knee injury. The former Featherstone ace has not featured in Super League since making his debut in the season opener
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Embassy B clinch Division Two title
Embassy B have been the outstanding team this season in a very competitive Bradford Table Tennis League Division Two and they were confirmed as champions following their 8-2 victory at Highdale D. Freddie Yeung has been the best player in
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Brophy lets bat do talking for Yorkshire
When Gerard Brophy sat down with Andrew Gale around Christmas time to discuss his role in the Yorkshire side, he must have been knocked for six. The White Rose captain informed the club’s beneficiary that he would no longer be their first-choice wicketkeeper
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Taylor ready to see the Light
Former Yorkshire batsman Chris Taylor has backed Woodlands and Lightcliffe for JCT600 Bradford League success this summer. Taylor believes the Albert Terrace side are well equipped to better their fifth-place finish in Division One last season and reclaim
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Hollins pairs win Race to Dubai
Hollins Hall are celebrating at the double after two of their teams qualified for the prestigious Matchplay Championship grand finals at the Els Club in Dubai. Father and son Graham and Patrick Young will take part in the men’s pairs event, while Denise
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Emmerdale actress Natalie Anderson to join canalside charity walk
Bradford actress Natalie Anderson is stepping out for a canalside walk to raise funds for a charity helping sufferers of a rare muscle weakness condition. Natalie, who plays Alicia Gallagher in Emmerdale, is doing the Hope Walk, a sponsored
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Get set for new Bradford League season
Woodlands must offset the shock loss of new recruit Grant Soames as they prepare for the start of the new JCT600 Bradford League season, which kicks off this weekend. The ink was barely dry on Soames’ transfer from Yeadon when the left-hand batsman and
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Clough ensures Bees finish on a high
Matthew Clough’s hat-trick earned Bingley Bees a 4-3 victory which condemned Bradford thirds to relegation from Yorkshire Division Six North. With the Bees safely mid-table and Bradford needing a win in order to stay up, it was always going to be a tough
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Bradford potters close in on title
Right On Cue Bradford No 1 took a giant step closer to the YORKSHIRE INTER-DISTRICT LEAGUE Division One snooker title with an excellent 5-1 victory against Sheffield No 1 at Undercliffe Cricket Club. Wayne Cooper took on Joel Walker, one of Yorkshire
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Medals galore for City swimmers
The annual Harrogate Swimming Club Graded Meet saw City of Bradford competitors win a plethora of medals, including gold for the following: A Grade: Josh Walker (3), Luke Strauss (3), Michaela Dalton (2), Eva Chapman (2), James Blaby (2),
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Morgan an underage champion
Russell Morgan is celebrating after becoming Leeds City under-16 snooker champion – aged just 13. Morgan, who practises at Northcote Conservative Club in Eccleshill, won the final at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds – to the delight of mum Jayne
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Woman's body found in Baildon
Officers searching for missing 44-year-old Elizabeth Dowker have discovered the body of a woman in Baildon. A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said the body was found in the Hollins Hill area of Baildon yesterday evening. The spokesman said: "The identity
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Silsden waste site group in pledge on petition
A group representing people opposed to a waste treatment plant on fields has held its first meeting. About 30 members of the action group gathered at the Punch Bowl pub, in Silsden. Spokesman Rosemary Jay, of Low House Farm Court, said a petition objecting
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Swimming club anger at Skipton pool rise in charges
A swimming club says rises in fees at a town’s pool will have a devastating impact on its members. Skipton Swimming Club believes the overall 24 per cent increase to its costs will force members to leave. And it has called on Craven District Council
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
The following planning applications have been submitted to Bradford Council: Wibsey: proposed garage conversion and extension to side and rear, 24A Rooley Lane. Wibsey: two-storey extension to side and conservatory to rear, 122 Mayo Avenue. Wyke: construction
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Bradford Civic Society bid to attract young members
Bradford Civic Society needs to involve local communities to help preserve the city’s rich heritage, its chairman said last night. Alan Hall said the society needed to “engage with people, not only buildings” as he spelled out the future of the society
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MP backs 'super surgery' scheme
An MP has pledged to lobby Bradford Council to persuade it to sell land it owns to enable the expansion of an overcrowded doctors’ surgery. Bradford East MP David Ward said he was supportive of the scheme after visiting Farrow Medical Centre in Otley
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Epileptic man was tasered by police, court told
Police used a taser stun gun while arresting a severely epileptic man, a court heard. Graham Richardson, 36, of Broadgate Drive, Horsforth, was tasered by officers when he was arrested at his home. His arrest came two weeks after an
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Wooden homes are the future
The recent television coverage of the tsunami-battered coast of Japan emphasised the horror and scale of the destruction with whole landscapes flattened. One striking aspect of the scene was the amount of timber and shattered wood covering all those
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Skipton pupils pay tribute to footballers
Schoolchildren from the district will don old-style football shirts when they visit First World War battlefields. The gesture will mark 100 years since Bradford City’s FA Cup win, while commemorating Bradford footballing heroes who lost their lives in
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Jonathan Armitage, aged 31, of Cleckheaton Road, Oakenshaw; drink-driving, harassment, criminal damage, 12 months’ community order, £85 costs, £100 compensation, licence endorsed; application
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Night of country blues with Brendan
Bradford-born musician Brendan Croker returns to the stage at Korks Wine Bar in Otley on Friday. Brendan first sprung to prominence in 1999 with The Notting Hill Billies, a folk band formed with former Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler and friend Steve
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Teacher stored 300 porn images
A married music teacher, who is in a relationship with a former pupil, has been jailed for having indecent images of children. Craig Belshaw, 33, was found to have nearly 300 images, some of them video footage, and mostly of young teenage girls, on two
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Groups sign up to well-being pledge
Putting people and their views at the heart of health and well-being services will be pledged through the signing of a charter this week. The aim is to publicly commit the district’s Health and Wellbeing Partnership and its member organisations to involve
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Fresh veg growing on Holme Wood nursing home
Residents at a Bradford nursing home have their watering cans at the ready. People who live at Bupa’s Knowles Court in Holme Wood are joining residents at other Bupa care homes by taking part in the Community Crops sow and grow week, starting on Monday
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Boy, 17, bungled robbery attempts
A bungling schoolboy robber told his victim: “That’s really harsh,” when the man refused to hand over the £20 he demanded. The 17-year-old drug addict wrapped a football scarf round his face and pointed a knife at two passers-by on a dark Keighley
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Bradford twinning visitors get work experience at hotel
Two German women from Bradford’s twin city of Hamm, are learning some vital skills on work experience at the Midlands Hotel – how to pull the perfect pint of Yorkshire ale. Language students Alannah Jagermann, 17, and her best friend Linda
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Zouk restaurant chain delighted at Asda deal
An expanding Bradford restaurant business is creating new jobs by branching out into ready-made meals production for supermarket giant Asda. The family-owned Zouk Tea Bar and Grill business was given the chance to diversify after an approach from the
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VIDEO: Shop owner's battle over flooding
A Bradford businessman is battling to find out the source of a leak which is flooding the cellar of his shop on a daily basis. Habib Rehman, owner of the Dharkan Boutique in White Abbey Road, said he believes it could be linked to a gas blast
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Police officers to stay on front-ling
The new Neighbourhood Policing Inspector in North Bradford has revealed his front-line officer numbers are being maintained in the face of budget cuts. Inspector Tom Horner, who began his career in Manningham and lives in Bradford, has taken
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Keighley woman died after New Year’s party in Bingley
A new year celebration turned to tragedy when a young woman died after taking a class C drug, magistrates in Bingley heard. Nadeem Islam and his partner were arrested following the death of 29-year-old Miriam Ismail in a house in Burton Street
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Jobs not priority?
SIR – Royal Mail has increased the price of first and second-class stamps by the biggest amount ever. All very well, if this had been done to safeguard the jobs of its employees, but I believe their intention was to make the company more valuable ready
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Nurses’ reunion
SIR – May I, through your newspaper, appeal to readers who trained as nursery nurses at Bradford College from 1969-1971. We gained the qualification of NNEB in June 1971, which makes this year our 40th anniversary. A reunion has been planned for Saturday
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Tribute to mill boss
SIR – What good reading Emma Clayton’s article (T&A, April 2) made about Drummonds Mill. It was a great achievement for Drummonds to produce textiles for all those years. I joined Drummonds in 1978 and I was kept in employment for the last 21 years
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Take advice from top
SIR – The leader of the Labour opposition Ed Miliband, the public sector trade unions puppet, made an infamous misguided speech to the TUC protesters in Hyde Park (T&A, March 28), and among numerous blunders states frontline services in local government
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'We won't let £58m city vision die despite big cash setback'
Bradford’s regeneration hopes have been dealt a major blow after a £35 million bid to create offices and shopping space in the city centre was rejected by the Government. The money was designed to start the £58 million Exchange Court scheme
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Language is misused
SIR – I read with interest the contribution of your correspondent, Maynard Crabtree (Letters, April 7), who, most laudably, drew our attention to the deplorable misuse of English which has now become virtually universal. I, for one, concur completely
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£200,000 dossier on 'fraud claims'
Police in Bradford are set to be presented with a dossier of documents relating to what a law firm believes are crash for cash accidents with claims running to more than £200,000. The information included in the file, which is being compiled
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Notice not enough
SIR – The users of Bingley baths have rightly complained at the lack of consultation or notice given in connection with the reduction of hours that has been implemented. In response, Phil Barker, Bradford’s Council’s assistant director for sport and
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Huge loss of pool will gain so little financially
SIR – A sorry battle is playing out between dedicated local campaigners in Manningham who want to keep their historic local pool, and Bradford Council, which has voted to close it. Sorry because so much will be lost for such little gain. As a historic
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Bradford University to set tuition fee level
The University of Bradford’s Council will discuss how much they will charge in tuition fees at a meeting on Friday. An announcement is expected soon after the meeting. Other universities in Yorkshire, including Sheffield and Leeds, have recently revealed
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City centre the key strand of the ‘golden thread’ way to revival
The Local Investment Plan identifies a “golden thread” that links housing investment to economic success. The plan, drawn up by Bradford Council in the face of a challenging economic climate, aims to establish priority investments across the district
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How Andrew came back ‘home’ to put some energy into the city
Bradford’s new business personality of the year gazed out of the window and his eyes lit up. “People who knock Bradford just don’t get it. From here I can see the moors, a World Heritage Site, a canal and river and plenty of new development. It’s just
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Progress that reflects well on Bradford award-winning firm
Thousands of people see Ashtree Glass products around the city every day – but don’t realise it. In fact, very few people locally have heard of the firm – not least the judges of the T&A Bradford Means Business awards. The firm’s twin success in winning
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Holme Wood's Liam gives his time to pick up litter
Instead of giving up sweets or chocolate during Lent, Bradford teenager Liam Jagger has been picking up litter around the Holme Wood estate. The 17-year-old, a pupil at Bradford Academy, has collected more than 30 bags of rubbish so far. Liam, of Broadstone
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Bradford fugitive told to hand over £21,000
A Bradford fugitive, who fled before he was convicted of money laundering, has been ordered to hand over £21,000 found in a car he was driving following an illegal transaction of money. Mohammed Khalid, 32, of Harrogate Terrace, Undercliffe
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Let’s see the back of the Energy Vampires
The Property Forum is supporting Jane Vincent’s Positive Bradford campaign with its own B+ messages, and last week saw nearly 200 attendees at the Positive Bradford Planning Day to help promote the city. The Bradford Means Business Awards at the Aagrah
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Sister of Bradford stabbing victim found crying hysterically
A student was crying hysterically with slash marks to her face and masking tape bound round her neck after she found her brother with his throat cut, a murder trial jury was told. Sally Ho, 22, a pharmacy student at Bradford University, ran
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Back to the future – but will new enterprise zones work?
Budget Day is one of those fairly rare occasions when it’s standing room only in the chamber of the House of Commons. It’s a Big Occasion. We’ve had Chancellors of the Exchequer who’ve droned on like Gordon Brown, spraying statistics like a Gatling
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Red tape moan, and a black mark for banks
The recent British Chambers of Commerce conference revealed complaints about skills, transport, finance and a surfeit of red tape. Business Secretary Vince Cable heard that employment legislation, often from the European Union but gold-plated in the
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Awards showed a remarkable spirit about in the city
Unlike bacon and eggs, fish and chips or mint sauce with lamb, the words ‘success’ and ‘Bradford’ are seen by too many people as not belonging on the same menu. Well, I’ve got news for the knockers. Like the words of the Sinatra song, they do go together
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A little extra on Amjad’s menu
The phone rings. It is Amjad (Peter) Bashir, owner of the Zouk Tea Bar and Grill in Leeds Road. It’s always good to talk with him, and this time especially so. The ever-innovative businessman was calling to tell me about his latest venture – revealed
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
25 years ago: More than 300 people helped Bradford’s Centre for the Blind celebrate its 25th anniversary at an open day. 50 years ago: Approval for a public appeal for £9,000 of alterations to Bingley Little Theatre to conform with a proposed
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Wanted: people who can listen
Marilyn Bryan is a magistrate in Keighley who sometimes hears appeals at Crown Court. This role is particularly useful for Mrs Bryan’s other job as a hospital manager for Bradford District Care Trust. The job description is misleading
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Challenge now is to find funds
It is certainly a blow for Bradford that its bid for cash from the Government’s Regional Growth Fund to regenerate the city centre has not made the grade. The £35 million bid to create offices and shopping spaces would have been the catalyst
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Plea for missing Baildon woman
Detectives are attempting to trace a woman who suffers health problems and has been missing from her Baildon home since Sunday. Airedale and North Bradford Police want to speak to anyone who has information about Elizabeth Dowker, 44, of Langley
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Immanuel College pupils given insight in world of work
Accountants went back to school as part of a project to help prepare students for the world of work and beyond. Staff at PricewaterhouseCoopers visited Immanuel College, Thackley, swapping their BlackBerry phones and laptops for paint brushes
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Finigan waiting in the wings for Bradford Bulls recall
Vinny Finigan is ready and waiting to answer the Bulls’ call. Farmed out to Sheffield Eagles on a dual-registration deal last month, the 21-year-old winger wants to prove his worth to boss Mick Potter. Despite an eye-catching start to Super League life
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Hunt refusing to play ball over Bradford City contract
Lewis Hunt won’t kick another ball for City – unless he agrees to drop a wage clause in his contract. The defender was left out completely from the squad that lost to Torquay on Saturday. And while he will be back in training as usual
