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Five-star display by Yorkshire's top order
Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale called on his side to show more of the county’s famous grit and determination in the build-up to this match. His young side did not disappoint and showed him exactly what they are made of on the opening day against
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Doherty in Bradford City exit
Tommy Doherty tonight left City after it was agreed to pay up his contract a year early. Peter Taylor’s biggest signing of last summer played only 21 times and has not featured since December 28.
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Fire crews tackle blaze at former Bradford petrol station
Firefighters today tackled a blaze at a disused petrol station in Bradford, believed to have been started deliberately. Crews from Bradford and Odsal stations were called to the former Texaco garage in Wakefield Road. A pile of rubbish had caught fire
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Museum to honour Festival of Britain landmark
Friday the 13th might not be the luckiest time to make a date with the past, but next Friday the National Media Museum is doing just that. From 6pm, the NMM is putting on the 1950s style with live jive music, fashion, themed food and two films reflecting
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Keighley pupils get magical mystery tour
A magical mystery tour was in store for youngsters at three Keighley primary schools yesterday. Children at Stanbury Village, Oxenhope C of E and Nessfield primary schools wore magic capes and were told fascinating stores in Holden Park.
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Police crack down on drunken youngsters at Ilkley riverside
Boozed-up youngsters who gather at the district’s tourist hotspots on sizzling summer days are the target of a new police crackdown. Officers are stepping up patrols in an operation designed to reduce anti-social behaviour and illegal drinking. The
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Yorkshire off to a flier as skipper Hickey leads by example
Yorkshire defeated North Midlands by 25 points in their first Senior County Championship match of the season. In the home match at Thornhill C & BC, Yorkshire carded eight winners and won the aggregate by 34 chalks, with Pudsey’s James Hanson
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No hitches at the poll, say Bradford election staff
Voters were today reminded they do not need to have polling cards or letters from Bradford Council with them when they attend to vote. Extra information explaining the Alternative Vote Referendum needed to be given to voters so polling letters
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BD3 under-15s clinch league and cup double
BD3 United under-15s were crowned Craven, Aire & Wharfe League champions after a nail-biting finish to the season. Needing a point to clinch their first title, they beat current champions Idle 3-1 at Myra Shay. United came out all guns
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Hepworth getting back in the swing
Having rediscovered the golfing bug, James Hepworth is aiming to get back in the big time. The Ilkley Golf Club member is on the rise again after a spell in the doldrums and is just one step away from rejoining the European elite. Hepworth lost his
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House is renovated from top to bottom
People got tired of asking when the owner was going to move into this three bedroom Thirties semi while he carried out an extensive renovation project. It wasn’t that he was being lazy or couldn’t make up his mind... it was just a case of wanting to
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Dew beauties as Sedbergh scoop the double
Dewsbury Sedbergh added the Burton Cup to their Bradford Table Tennis League Division One title following a 5-2 success against Dewsbury Tog in a highly entertaining final. John Stones won his opening two singles for Sedbergh, blocking and hitting superbly
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Restored house full of elegance
This imposing four-storey house may have looked dirty and scruffy when the owners first clapped eyes on it in 1984 – the bathroom ceiling was in the bath and someone posing as a buyer had stolen the dining room fireplace – but it didn’t put them off.
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Green into final after surviving close call
Right On Cue Gareth Green forced his way into a second consecutive BRADFORD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP final with a hard-fought victory over Adam Tipper. Defending champion Green (Lifeline Leisure) edged out his Bradford Moor Conservative Club opponent 4-
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Get best of both worlds with Nissan Juke
At last. At long last. Here is a car which can give the splendid MINI a run for its money. I know; MINI is a hatchback and this is a compact 4x4, so they’re not really competing in the same market, you might think. Actually, you’d be wrong. Both are
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Mazda ups the ante with supermini
Mazda isn’t slow at keeping up with its rivals – for no sooner is the Mazda2 established than a facelifted version is upon us. Generously equipped and neat in appearance, the Mazda2 (no-one ever calls it the 2!) has been freshened up to keep it competitive
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Chevrolet masks its big box roots
Chevrolet has been on something of a revival in recent years. It’s now part of the same GM family as Vauxhall and operates as the company’s cheap and cheerful marque. A bit of a comedown for a brand once synonymous with sporting prowess, it has now taken
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Bowls results
Saturday League Naylor – Brighouse Sports A 203 (21), Clayton A 157 (9); Cross Roads 193 (20), Ladyhill A 163 (10); Pudsey Littlemoor A 204 (28), Shipley Club A 106 (2); Pudsey A 205 (25), Eccleshill A 142 (5); Hollies S S & SC A 143 (4); Crossgates
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Yorkshire openers make impressive progress
Yorkshire made an impressive start to their LV= County Championship clash with Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge. By lunch on day one the Tykes had reached 101 without loss after winning the toss and electing to bat. Adam Lyth posted his
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Harris and Thomas pairings make it a family affair
Two father and son pairings joined forces to win the annual Captain’s Drive-In Quad-Am at Willow Valley. Craig and Lewis Harris and Thomas and Stephen Henry totalled 84 points for a clear victory. They finished eight points ahead of the second-placed
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Two out of two for Bradford juniors
Bradford’s youngsters have made an impressive start to the new Yorkshire Inter-District Union Junior League season with two big wins. They kicked off with a 23-13 victory over Harrogate at Baildon and followed up by defeating East Riding 26-10 at Northcliffe
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Rock of ages lessons for pupils
Tales of roaming dinosaurs, ancient fossils and sparkling crystals entertained children at Bracken Hall, Baildon. Experts at the West Yorkshire Geology Trust, based in Huddersfield, talked young minds through what can be learned from rocks during a school
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Walkers benefit from new Mossdale Beck bridge
Walkers, cyclists and horse riders can now cross Mossdale Beck without getting their feet wet — thanks to a new bridge on Conistone Moor. For years, progress along the bridleway has come to a halt at the beck after it had become impassable due to heavy
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Getting the blues in Middleton Woods, Ilkley
Blue is the colour as a spectacular show of nature returns to Ilkley. Early warm and sunny weather during April has produced the display of bluebells at Middleton Woods. The woods are well known for their annual carpets of bluebells, spreading across
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Two vehicle crash causes M62 jams
Two lanes of the M62 were closed between Brighouse and Chain Bar after a crash between two vehicles today. Police were called to the accident on the eastbound car-riageway at about 9.40am. Tailbacks formed back to junction 24 at Ainley Top. A West Yorkshire
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The Green Party message
Over the last year Bradford Council has seen its funding from central government slashed as the Tory/Lib Dem coalition seek to rip apart our social infrastructure which has been built up over generations. They do so under the guise of deficit reduction
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The Lib-Dem Party message
Our number one priority is to ensure our children get the best start in life, that the Council delivers on its promises to children with spe-cial needs and the extra money from the Government helps children from poorer families. We will make sure that
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The Labour Party message
To succeed we must believe in ourselves. Massive Coalition cuts mean the district can’t rely on the Government to sort out the mess left by years of Conservative mis-management, incompetence and failure. The future lies in our own hands. Wishing, hoping
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The Conservative Party message
Reckless spending by Gordon Brown left the present Government with an appalling economic legacy to deal with. As a nation, we need to rein in our spending. Bradford Council has less to spend than in previous years. We in the Conservative Group believe
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£14,000 extension 'built over sewer'
Trading standards chiefs are investigating a complaint that a “cowboy” builder built a £14,000 conservatory over a public sewer. The conservatory, in Keighley, faces demolition – leaving the householder thousands of pounds out of pocket – if
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A verdict on the coalition?
Voters go to the polls tomorrow to judge Bradford councillors for the first time since the Coalition Government gained power last May. It remains to be seen how the public will respond to a year in which local authority budgets have suffered significant
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Sign up for final charity am-am
Horsforth are to hold their 20th and final charity am-am on Friday, July 1, raising funds for the Bexley Wing at St James Hospital (originally Cookridge Hospital). Danny Kitching, the originator of this competition, died in February and the
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Charity in 'help us raise roof for fund' plea
A charity embarking on turning a disused church into a homeless shelter needs to raise enough funds to recruit a project director to drive its plans forward. In all the Emmaus commune-style charity, where residents will be self-supporting,
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Victor helps property staff focus on pictures
Staff at a residential property letting agency covering Ilkley and the Wharfe Valley have zoomed in on a way of adding an extra dimension to clients – with the help of a top international photographer. Employees of Linley & Simpson’s branch on Brook
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Coast-to-coast ride to aid charities
Five property professionals are gearing up for a 130 mile coast-to-coast cycle ride to help young people in Yorkshire. They are hoping to raise at least £2,000 for the Being Bel Trust, in Ilkley, set up to buy care and equipment for Bel Young, who was
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Queensbury Tesco staff to join Race for Life
A group of 18 Bradford supermarket workers will head to Scarborough on Sunday for the seaside town’s Race for Life charity run. The women, who work for Tesco in Queensbury, will be running in aid of Cancer Research UK along with thousands of women taking
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Campaigners fear 5,500 could lose disabled benefits
Up to 5,500 disabled people across Bradford could be stripped of benefits under a little-noticed Government shake-up, campaigners fear. The scrapping of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) – replacing it with ‘personal independence payments’, while carrying
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Band goes battling on
A former Bradford Grammar School student is through to the area final of the biggest live music talent search for original bands and acts in the UK. Tom Gee, named after the band’s 21-year-old founder, have successfully negotiated their way through the
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Care sharing wins award
Patients living with chronic kidney disease are benefiting from improved care – thanks to a new award-winning initiative that shares electronic records. The Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) electronic advice service means GPs can get specialist advice by
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Woman to sue Bradford Council over 'snoopers'
A former school worker suspected of moonlighting while on sick leave is suing for psychiatric injury after she was spied on by Bradford Council. Solicitors representing Shamim Khan, who at the time of the alleged ordeal was a community development
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Exa’s delight at beating bigger rivals to major deal
A small specialist communications firm has seen off national rivals to clinch a £2.5 million IT contract at a ground-breaking student accommodation project in Bradford. Cottingley-based Exa Networks beat big hitters such as Virgin and BT to secure a
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Bradford refs meeting
The Bradford & District Referees’ Association are holding a meeting at the Central Club on Manchester Road tomorrow (7.30pm). It is the last get-together before next month’s annual meeting and subscriptions will be taken.
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Loans firm to create 250 jobs in Bradford city centre
One of Bradford’s major employers is to bring a further jobs boost to the city. Credit firm Provident Financial is set to create up to 250 new jobs at a new call centre based in its Thornton Road head office where about 750 staff are based
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Soprano brings season to a close
Hallelujah, the Halle Orchestra returns to St George’s Hall on Friday, May 13, with a concert programme that includes a piece by Bradford’s own Frederick Delius. Idylle de Printemps is a lyrical tone poem inspired by springtime in Norway. The piece also
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Get the drift of global warming
An interesting way to bring Europe to its knees would be to blast a channel alongside the Panama Canal so the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean water could pass straight into the Pacific. Currently all of it, and the warm air over it, has to swirl back
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Security costs retort
SIR – Last week, you printed a letter from a Bradford republican Sam Gardner (Letters, April 28), with the to-be-expected mean, envious and spiteful comments on William and Kate, who married last Friday. He refers to them as two millionaires and the
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Thanks for the care
SIR – May I through your letters thank very earnestly and gratefully the consultants, doctors, nurses and staff of wards three and 29 at Bradford Royal Infirmary. While in the hospital with a severe chest infection, I received the utmost care and consideration
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Run for someone’s life
SIR – I am writing on behalf of the Meningitis Trust to encourage your readers to help fight meningitis by running the Bupa Great North Run on Sunday, September 18. The event offers a fantastic personal fitness challenge and will also be a great day
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Not what they were
SIR – Since I was on the PGCE course at Manchester Polytechnic 1971/2, teachers have had the tools of their trade taken away from them. Iain Morris, Caroline Street, Saltaire
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Cameron’s no comic
SIR – Of course the Prime Minister had the right to crack a joke, following in the footsteps of film director Michael Winner. It’s just such a shame that David Cameron does not have the expertise of the late Bob Monkhouse, nor of the first-class entertainer
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Oil’s not well with fuel
SIR – Mr Goldsbrough (Letters, April 27) is right – there will always be oil in the ground, or in tar or coal, but the cost of production may be too high. Fifty years ago, the investment of one barrel of oil produced up to 100 more, but now the same
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Soldiers face the axe
SIR – It may be hard to believe, but nevertheless it is true that for the Government to save money, they have ordered the MoD to sack 5,000 soldiers, hundreds of whom are just short of qualifying for a full army pension. Worse still, the wounded from
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Same-sex adoption should be applauded
SIR – Helen Mead’s article ‘Adoption should be open to all’ (T&A, April 26) was most interesting – and I am sure it will have raised the hackles of many on the religious right. I have no problem with same-sex couples raising children and find it bizarre
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Potter will get time he needs to succeed at Bradford Bulls
Bulls chairman Peter Hood has every faith in Mick Potter to steer the club towards the play-offs. Hood admits recent results have become a concern but will not be rushed into a knee-jerk reaction. Bradford have slipped to 11th in Super
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Police need support
SIR – I am becoming sick and tired of ongoing cases of shooting, drug-trafficking etc. Surely this violence is not something we should be experiencing. Where is the deterrent? It is certainly not cutting police services. More officers are having to work
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011
25 years ago: Families in Yorkshire were warned to wash all fresh fruit and vegetables in the wake of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. 50 years ago: A mailbag thief who may be wearing a green raincoat was being sought by detectives, British
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Can city provide a real safe haven?
On the eve of the local elections, as thousands of North Africans hope for entry into Britain, immigration has become an issue again. Political revolutions in Tunisia and Libya have led more than 25,000 people to seek refuge in Italy and France or, failing
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Precautions can deter the cowboys
The problem of so-called cowboy builders is again highlighted in the Telegraph & Argus today. And in difficult financial times, it is easy to understand why householders can be tempted to take the cheap option when looking at work that needs doing
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Bradford Moor money-launderer spared jail
A 30-year-old man who claimed he was threatened at gunpoint to assist in a plot to defraud Bradford & Bingley has been spared an immediate jail sentence. Sheraz Riaz, of Upper Rushton Road, Bradford Moor, was one of three men sentenced at Bradford
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Bradford City players keeping eyes on ball
Peter Jackson insists the City players have not been sidetracked by off-field money worries. Some of the higher earners in his squad have had to wait a week longer for their April wages after being paid by cheque. The pay delay comes just a month after
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Bradford fire crews ‘swamped’ by blazes on moorland
Fires on dry moorland have led to the district’s fire service being inundated with hundreds of calls. And people visiting the moors around Bradford are being urged to be cautious to avoid adding to crews’ workload after one of the driest Aprils
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Anger as Bradford day care service told to quit
A day care service for Bradford’s African and Caribbean elderly has been told to quit its home. An action group has now been set up in a bid to get the decision reversed at Mary Seacole Court in Little Horton. Bradford Council which has funded the Federation
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Will Ellie make it as an Apprentice?
A Bradford-born entrepreneur is fighting it out for a £250,000 prize on the latest series of television programme The Apprentice. Ellie Reed, 33, founder and managing director of A&E Construction (Recruitment), based in Shipley, started her
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Shahzad is man on a mission for Yorkshire
Ajmal Shahzad is confident that he and his fellow bowlers can dig Yorkshire out of their losing streak against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge, starting today. Shahzad has been part of the two 40-over defeats against the Netherlands and Derbyshire but
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Event revived to resurrect bridge hopes
Campaigners still believe a footbridge could be built across the River Wharfe 113 years since it was first mooted. Since 1996, the Burley Bridge Association (BBA) has been campaigning for a safe crossing near the stepping stones at Leather Bank, which
