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Dales Council League umpires meeting
The Dales Council League Umpires’ Association are holding their annual meeting next Thursday at Pudsey Congs Cricket Club (7.45pm). Former cricketers, or indeed anyone from the Bradford-Leeds area who can spare a few hours on a Saturday to umpire, are
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Innovation can aid batsmen
A former Bradford League cricketer has hit the spot with his new innovation. Richard Blackledge, who bowled for Yeadon, Eccleshill and Ben Rhydding, is currently conducting trials on his Hotspot Impact Marker Sheet, which leaves a visual record of every
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Dozen sign up for Keighley Cougars campaign
The Cougars have confirmed that 12 players from their play-off final-winning squad have so far re-signed for next season’s Championship campaign. They are Craig Moss, James Haythornthwaite, Andy Shickell, James Feather, Gavin Duffy, Danny Lawton, Ryan
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Injury and illness take dramatic toll
Bradford City’s women travel to Middlesbrough on Sunday hoping for a dramatic improvement in fortunes. Having struggled to raise a side last time out due to injury and illness, Steve Winterburn’s team lost 3-0 at home to Northern Combination title rivals
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Protesters occupy part of Bradford's Centenary Square
Anti-capitalist campaigners are gathering in Bradford city centre tonight in protest against banks and governments failing to prevent the global financial crisis. They set up camp as part of Occupy Bradford, joining 900 similar movements across
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Leeds boss Grayson not after Leicester vacancy
Leeds boss Simon Grayson has dismissed speculation linking him with the managerial vacancy at Championship rivals Leicester. Grayson enjoyed a successful spell as a player with the East Midlands club between 1992 and 1997 and has been linked as a potential
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New Yorkshire structure can allow Moxon to focus
Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale is hoping the county’s proposed new coaching structure will get the best out of director of professional cricket Martyn Moxon. Interviews will take place for three of four newly-created roles at Headingley on Monday, with
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Groundsman's course at Headingley
The Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG) are holding an intermediate course called An Introduction to the Theory at Headingley Carnegie Stadium on Wednesday, November 23 (9am-4pm). Topics covered will be: Definition of surface, assessment of surface,
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Otley loanees bolster Leeds Carnegie
Leeds Carnegie's head coach Diccon Edwards has made two changes to his side for tomorrow's Championship trip to Bedford. Edwards is able to name an unchanged backline to the side that beat Plymouth Albion at home last Sunday, with the changes coming
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Dutch engineer is found guilty of Jo Yeates murder
Dutch engineer Vincent Tabak has been found guilty of the murder of Bristol landscape architect Jo Yeates. Miss Yeates, 25, was strangled in her Clifton flat after inviting her 33-year-old neighbour in for drinks on 17 December last year, Bristol Crown
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Buttershaw White Star and West Bowling in big clash
There is a huge clash in the Bradford Sunday Alliance League Premier Division this weekend between unbeaten teams. Buttershaw White Star, in pole position, entertain champions and West Riding County Sunday Cup holders West Bowling in the biggest match
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Avenue boss happy for media spotlight to be on players
Lights, camera, action. Park Avenue have been the Bradford club in the spotlight this week. Television crews from local news have visited Horsfall Stadium during the week and put together footage for the broadcast that was featured on regional magazine
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Parsley delighted as Farsley players put their bodies on the line
Farsley keeper Tom Morgan is not as badly injured as first thought but he will be out almost as long, even though the prognosis has changed. The first medical reports suggested that the keeper had broken his shoulder but subsequent scans have revealed
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Run of away games leave Albion Sports feeling the pinch
Albion boss Kulwinder Sandhu was delighted with his team’s performance at Horsfall Stadium in midweek but he is looking forward to tomorrow's ‘home’ game even more. They needed better facilities to make the step onto the league ladder and elected
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Old Bradford location is on Antonio's menu at new business
It was a case of back to the future for restaurateur Antonio Massim when he opened his new business at the same spot where his parents ran their restaurant nearly three decades ago. The 31-year-old stunned his Italian parents when he revealed
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Seip takes his make or break spell at Bantams a bit too literally
It was a painful welcome present as League Two quickly left its mark on Marcel Seip. The Dutchman’s first taste of life at the bottom came with a mighty whack in the chops. Seip suffered a broken nose and black eye in a clash with Hereford striker Nathan
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It’s happy 106th birthday for Elsie
A great grandmother who is believed to be the Bradford district’s oldest resident has celebrated a remarkable milestone – her 106th birthday. Elsie Royston, who has lived through two world wars and the reigns of five monarchs, celebrated with a glass
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Gear up for Halloween
Bradford looks all set for a spooktacular Halloween, as local tourist attractions gear up for all things ghoulish. The city has a rich heritage of ghostly myths and this year’s festival of frights should be more than enough to keep everyone on their
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Poll ‘flawed’ says wind farm group
The company behind controversial proposals for a multi-million pound wind farm near Bradford says there is “significant” support for the scheme. Independent market research commissioned by Banks Renewables for its proposed £12.5 million wind farm on
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Bradford City Park Fountains set to be ‘eye-catching’
More than 100 fountains at Bradford’s City Park are to be tested next week ahead of the scheme being opened to the public. Contractors for Bradford Council, which is overseeing the development of the six-acre park in the centre of Bradford
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Friday, October 28, 2011
25 years ago: Rugby league commentator Eddie Waring collapsed and died in High Royds Hospital, Menston. He had been ill in hospital since late 1983. 50 years ago: The driver of a double-decker bus carrying about a dozen passengers was injured in Harden
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Relief, but now is time for answers
At long last, to the relief of long-suffering traders and commuters, Bradford’s White Abbey Road has finally re-opened. The road was closed to traffic more than two weeks ago after a massive water pipe burst caused structural damage and major flooding
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Call to protect services
SIR – Bradford Speakout is calling on local politicians to tackle cuts to support services for vulnerable people in the district. Hundreds of housing-related support services have already been decommissioned or reduced nationwide after the Government
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Chips aren’t a cert
SIR – Since losing my cat several weeks ago, I have noticed there are many cats missing in the Keighley area. After searching lost and found on the internet, I was surprised at the amount of cats missing over the whole of the country. Friends tell me
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Reason for referendum
SIR – It seems David Cameron still has no real idea of how the country is governed. He has now suggested employers should be able to sack incompetent workers with the minimum of red tape. A statement surely of the blindingly obvious. The reason youth
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There’s hope in store
SIR – Everyone picks up a T&A and it’s all doom and gloom. Burst water mains pipe and traffic chaos, old textile mills burning down and now Bradford Council’s £7.5 million overspend. Why is this no surprise? It would seem Bradford Council have failed
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Churches are preaching about energy savings
This year, Bradford Cathedral became the first cathedral in the country to generate its own power by means of solar roof panels. And across the district the greening-up of places of worship is gathering pace, with churches implementing their own green
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Is socialism the way?
SIR – Mr A Michael Murphy demands to know of Max Hey what alternative he can offer to the capitalist system which is collapsing around our ears (Letters, October 25). Well, I can’t speak for Max Hey, but I’d guess it would be the same as mine: socialism
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Where’s the vision?
SIR – I visited Manchester recently, and the contrast with Bradford could not be more stark. Their light rail metro link is a big success. By 2012, 20 miles more of new track will be laid. There will be links to Rochdale, Oldham, Chorlton and Droylesden
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Misguided advice for the elderly is careless
SIR – In the Great Depression of the 1930s, a spate of media articles advised the unemployed on how to survive on the pittance. The irony was most famously highlighted by Communist MP Willie Gallagher who, when the poor were told how to make soup from
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Bumpee loss was a cause for concern
A shadow has hung over half-term, and it is Bumpee-shaped. I don’t know if you are aware of Bumpees. If you don’t know any primary school-aged children, then you probably don’t. If you do have kids, then you’ll know that Bumpees are one of the current
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Di Canio's antics will not bother me, says Bradford City manager Parkinson
Rotherham recently complained about Paolo Di Canio’s “circus” antics on the Swindon touchline. But Bantams boss Phil Parkinson does not expect a problem on Saturday. He said: “That doesn’t really concern myself or Steve (Parkin). “People
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Two top executives quit Skipton Building Society
Two top executives at Skipton-based financial business HML have left the company abruptly. Chief executive Brian Brodie and chief commercial and finance officer Neil Warman, a recent finalist in the Institute of Directors Yorkshire director of the year
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Tribute paid to Bradford primary school teacher
A well-loved Bradford primary school head teacher has died after a battle with cancer, aged 54. Stewart Duxbury, who worked at Bradford Moor Community Primary School, was described by the chairman of the board of governors, Razwana Mahmood
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Bradford and Airedale hospital death rates are below average
Mortality rates in all the district’s hospitals are lower than average, figures released by the Department of Health have revealed. Bradford Teaching Hospitals, which operates Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke’s Hospital, had five per cent fewer deaths
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Anti-drink driving campaigner Carole Whittingham fears some are escaping bans
A mum whose son was killed by a drink driver have criticised “unfair” sentences, after research revealed more than 60 convicted drink drivers in West Yorkshire avoided driving bans. Of those convicted of drink-driving last year, 65 were not disqualified
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Biker dies in rush hour horror crash
A motorcyclist has died after an horrific accident involving another vehicle on a busy Bradford road. Witnesses said the rider fell from his bike and slid into the path of an oncoming Land Rover. The 41-year-old rider apparently lost control of his
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Enjoy a night with the 'Wildboyz'
Cage fighter Alex Reid, who shot to fame when he married glamour model Katie Price, is starring in a risque new show coming to Bradford. Described as The Full Monty meets Ibiza, Wildboyz is aimed at “getting hearts racing and making ladies
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West Bowling drug dealer facing long jail sentence
A twice-convicted drug dealer is again behind bars facing a long jail sentence after undercover police officers trapped him in a sting operation. Mohammed Kershid, 39, will be sentenced at Bradford Crown Court on November 29, along with three accomplices
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How older people would spend £1m on improving Braford
Hundreds of older people in Bradford have been given their say on what improvements they would like to see in the city centre if they had £1 million to allocate to a project of their choice. More than half of those surveyed said they would allocate the
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Ambulance service opposes traffic calming plans
Plans to introduce traffic calming measures along a busy rural road could delay emergency response times, ambulance bosses claim. The Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) has written to Bradford Council to oppose plans to build eight speed tables
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Kear can be Ell of a signing for Bradford Bulls, says Cummins
Bulls assistant coach Francis Cummins has backed new recruit Elliot Kear to take Odsal by storm next season. The 22-year-old wing penned a three-year deal with Bradford earlier this month after turning down an offer from rivals Widnes. Kear rose to
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Bradford shopkeepers counting cost of upheaval from White Abbey Road burst
Businesses are continuing to count the cost of lost trade and damage to buildings after a major Bradford road finally re-opened this week following a massive water pipe burst. White Abbey Road was closed to traffic for a fortnight after the
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Bradford's Manchester Road to be closed for bridge demolition
Part of a main route into Bradford will be closed for most of the weekend to allow the demolition of a footbridge to take place. The bridge on Manchester Road is being knocked down to make way for a new bridge, suitable for both walkers and cyclists,
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Good news for Yorkshire Bank, but Santander suffers loss
New rules forcing banks to hold more cash to protect against future financial crises have been blamed by Santander UK for a nine per cent fall in the bank’s profits . Santander, which includes the former branch and savings business of Bradford & Bingley
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Curse of the referee! Bradford City to report Lewis
City are reporting referee Rob Lewis to the Football League for swearing at a player. The club will make a formal complaint against him of verbal abuse during Tuesday’s defeat at Macclesfield. Craig Fagan is thought to be the player involved in the
