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Bradford City progress in FA Youth Cup after extra-time victory
Two goals from Forrayah Bass helped Bradford City’s Under-18s squeeze through their FA Youth Cup first-round game against Marine after a nail-biting period of extra-time. Thomas Marshall and Bass netted in the 104th and 113th minutes respectively to
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Bradford City: Davies predicament not two bad after all!
Bantams boss Phil Parkinson expects Andrew Davies to be free to play again when City travel to Gillingham on November 26. Davies is banned for the next four games – but would have missed two of those anyway as a quirk of his loan from Stoke. The centre
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White in Yorkshire exit
Craig White has left Yorkshire, opting not to reapply for the role of first-team coach. The 41 year-old former England all-rounder made his playing debut for the county in 1990 and has spent the last two seasons as Martyn Moxon’s right-hand man after
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Copland must be on the ball at O2
Alice Copland admits her chance to get up close and personal with tennis superstars Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray at the ATP World Tour Finals can’t come quickly enough. After fighting off competition from 2,500 children across the country, the 15-year-old
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Three out of top four
Competitors from Bradford-based Yorkshire Race Walking Club took three of the top four spots in the second Northern Winter League 10K event, held at Redcar. Richard Spenceley was first with a personal best of 56min 14sec, Colin Scott second in 57.31
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Bonfire night to raise money for Shelf pavilion fund
Shelf Cricket Club are holding a bonfire and firework display at the Shoulder of Mutton pub in the village on Friday to raise money for their new pavilion. The bonfire will be lit at 6.15pm and the firework display will start at 7.30pm. Food and refreshments
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Thunderbirds win revenge mission
Leaders Bradford Clayton Thunderbirds produce their best display of the season to win 38-16 in a Women’s Rugby League revenge match at Featherstone Rovers. The Thunderbirds scored first and the result then never looked in doubt as they outperformed
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Queensbury go close to taming top dogs
Queensbury were desperately unlucky to finish empty-handed from a 12-4 Pennine League home defeat against PREMIER DIVISION table-toppers Drighlington. Second-bottom ’Bury took the lead with a well-worked try from centre Trevor Stead and set about the
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Dudley Hill reach play-offs despite defeat
Bradford Dudley Hill 10, York Acorn 16 Bradford Dudley Hill slipped to a slender defeat at home to York Acorn but still reached the National Conference League play-offs on points difference and with a game in hand. Man-of-the-match Lewis Evans grabbed
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Kirk hits front in league title race
Running Log Laura Kirk of Skyrac AC defeated a strong ladies field to achieve a superb victory in the second race of the Complete Runner West Yorkshire Cross-Country League. The first lap of the surprisingly firm but windswept Knavesmire course saw
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England name Roberts at centre
Bulls fan Georgina Roberts (Darlington Mowden Park), from Bradford, has been selected at centre in the England women’s team to face France in an uncapped game in Marseille tomorrow night. This is a warm-up fixture for Saturday’s full international against
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Bradford crowned curry capital of Britain
Bradford is the Curry Capital of Britain 2011 after beating four-times winner and current title holder Glasgow into second place. The announcement was made at lunchtime today by competition organisers The Federation of Specialist Restaurants. The district
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Junior RL results
WEST RIDING YOUTH LEAGUE – Under-18s, West Riding Cup: Sheffield HH 90, Keighley 6. Under-14s, West Riding Cup: West Bowling 52, Methley Royals 6. League: Moldgreen 48, Wyke 0; Sheffield HH 48, Hoyland Vikings 12. Under-13s: Siddal 0, Brighouse Rangers
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Groups’ appeal to save music library
Controversial plans to close a music and drama library has sparked fears for the future of amateur theatre groups across Bradford district. The Yorkshire Libraries and Information Council (YLI) music and drama collection service, the only archive of
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Rhodes sets tone in Wibsey Lions goal glut
Three Wibsey Lions sides scored 21 goals between them without conceding as they registered a hat-trick of HUDDERSFIELD LEAGUE victories. The under-14s led the way with a 12-0 win at Gomersal & Cleckheaton to move second in the table. Man of the match
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Keighley revenge attack gang shooting man is jailed indefinitely
A masked gunman who blasted a sawn-off double-barrelled shotgun at a man in a revenge gangland shooting has been jailed indefinitely for the protection of the public. Akeel Rasab, 22, discharged both barrels from the back of a Lexus car at
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Happy 100th for Ilkley resident Muriel Ireson
A retired typist celebrated her 100th birthday in style with family and friends yesterday. Muriel Ireson celebrated the landmark at Homecroft, Victoria Avenue, Ilkley. Bradford-born Muriel was the only child of her parents, Harry and Minnie. She worked
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Third arson attack on sports pavilion
A Bradford Council-owned decomissioned sports ground, which has become a target for arsonists and vandals, could become revived with the help of people in the area. The pavilion at the ground in Scotchman Road, Heaton, suffered the third arson attack
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Keighley training group is to create hub for learning
An award-winning mental health group is expanding its services after landing a top national accolade. Bosses at Confianza, which provides training for people with mental health problems and learning difficulties, say they are setting up a “central learning
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‘Please return Bradford hospitals' wheelchairs’
Bradford Teaching Hospitals has announced a campaign to get people to bring back wheelchairs which are no longer in use. Every year the NHS trust loans out 1,500 wheelchairs to patients but only three-quarters are returned. Now hospital bosses are appealing
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Train breakdown in Guiseley causes major delays
Commuters were facing major disruptions to rail services across the Bradford district after a train broke down at Guiseley station today. Services from Ilkley, through Bradford and Leeds were suspended because of the fault on the 8.05am Ilkley to Leeds
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Car flips onto roof after colliding with speed camera
An elderly man escaped injury when his car flipped onto its roof after smashing into a speed camera during earlier today. The man was driving a Citroen Xantia car along Stanningley Road, Pudsey, when the accident happened at 6.15am.
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Home library service shelved for a month due to fire safety issue at Bradford Central Library
A vital service which provides books on loan to elderly, disabled and housebound people has been cancelled for a month because it operates out of part of Bradford’s Central Library, which has been closed down due to safety risks. The home library service
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Hopes of growth, says Yorkshire business experts
Hopes of continued growth for the region’s businesses remain strong, despite confidence levels slumping for the first time since 2009 amid the crisis in the Eurozone, new research shows. According to the latest Business Confidence Monitor from the Institute
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Jailed owner left puppy home alone
A puppy became dehydrated and very thin after a prisoner “did nothing” for her when he began a custodial sentence, a court heard. Tyrone Jackman, 36, was banned from keeping animals for five years after he admitted failing to ensure the needs were met
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When brigade boy became a patient
Remember When? reader Eric Brook has contacted us with fond memories of life in the CLB – the Church Lads Brigade – during the Second World War. He wonders if anyone else remembers the organisation from that time. Eric, who now lives in Anglesey,
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'Ilkley has lost a good friend in Sir Jimmy'
A replacement is being sought for a town’s Christmas lights switch-on after the death of Sir Jimmy Savile. The broadcasting legend, who died at the age of 84 at the weekend, had been due to switch on the lights in Ilkley for the third time. Organisers
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Why we’re stuck with these jams
It doesn’t surprise me that, according to a recent survey, Bradford is the fifth-most traffic-congested city in the UK. I have lived in various parts of the country, including London, and I’ve never had such a stressful commute to and from work as I
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Youths’ kindness
SIR – On Sunday, October 30, my wife was travelling to work up Chat Hill towards Thornton when a car containing two young lads, aged about 19 or 20, appeared behind her and started tooting their horn at her. She thought they were just messing about,
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Chance for cross-rail
SIR – This weekend I thumbed through a copy of the Rough Guide To Britain. The entry on Bradford concludes that apart from the National Media Museum, there is little else ‘appealing to see or visit’ in the city. Isn’t this damning conclusion enough
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We are all capitalists
SIR – In his letter (T&A, October 28), Karl Dallas slates capitalism which is not socialist, whatever that is. Surely, such an astute man as he realises all of us, including him, are all capitalists at heart. We all, individually or collectively,expect
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November 1
25 years ago: Urgent changes in the Sunday trading laws could be pressed for by Bradford Council. 50 years ago: Residents of Bradford Road, Liversedge, who feared they might lose their homes under a county proposal to straighten the Littletown ‘bottleneck
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Restored transport of delight
A steady flow of volunteers in overalls arrive for work – but this dedicated crew don’t come to the carriage works at Oxenhope station expecting a wage packet at the end of the month. For them, working alongside carriages which transported people around
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Too late to worry!
SIR – It is totally disingenuous of the Prime Minister to worry about the City of London being under assault when it was the Conservative party which handed regulation of the City of London to Brussels on a plate, although I understand that they are now
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How system survived
SIR – Karl Dallas (Letters, October 28) says that “I (Murphy) like capitalism”. No: unregulated capitalism is wasteful and cruel, but better than any alternative, particularly socialism. Astonishingly, he gives the Soviet Union as an example (something
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MBE is dedicated to army of volunteers
SIR – I would like to thank the Telegraph & Argus for the kind coverage you gave me regarding my recent MBE award. I would also like to thank all the people who sent e-mails and cards with congratulations. This was a great and unexpected honour and
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Putting lives on the right track
Sarfraz Aslam was going nowhere in life. Claiming benefits and spending his days hanging around with a gang of peers who had no interest in making anything of their lives, he became stuck in a downward spiral of hopelessness. Hearing
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Significant step for city regeneration
News that Bradford is to get more than £17m in Government money to kickstart growth in the city centre represents a significant step in the city’s ongoing regeneration. The package of measures will see incentives for businesses to locate to Bradford
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Father says Bradford cinema security man stood and watched son being beaten up
A teenager was badly beaten by a gang outside a Bradford cinema after trying to act as a peacemaker. Joshua Longford, 16, was left black and blue and with a broken nose after he was punched, kicked and stamped on by a 12-strong mob. The vicious attack
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Rhodes frustrated as Davies sits out Bradford City ban
City were today facing up to four more games without Andrew Davies after a late change of mind over appealing his red card. The club had planned a bid to get referee Oliver Langford’s decision at Swindon overturned. But having taken advice,
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Thousands of jobs on way in £17m boost for city
Thousands of jobs are set to be created in Bradford city centre after a Government cash injection of more than £17 million was awarded to kick-start regeneration plans. The Department for Business Innovation and Skills announced yesterday that
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Old pairs of jeans will insulate Bradford business centre
Old pairs of jeans will help to insulate Bradford’s newest business park, which is being built at Eccleshill. The eco-friendly £4 million Inspire Bradford business park, which also includes Europe's largest straw bale buildings, will incorporate 700
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Bradford Bulls players return to work
Francis Cummins hailed the attitude of his players yesterday after the Bulls hit the ground running on their first day of pre-season training. A youthful group comprising players who have featured in less than 50 Super League games for the club, plus
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Bradford City: Rehman urges players to try hand in Thailand
Zesh Rehman has only one regret over his decision a year ago to swap English football for Thailand. The eloquent former Bantam admits that his new lifestyle pretty much has it all – the temperature, the culture, the money and a decent standard
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Bradford City: Charity's Foundation for success
The Zesh Rehman Foundation is going from strength to strength at home and abroad. After its humble beginnings in a Bradford primary school, his charity continues to branch out across the country and well beyond. More than 20 Bradford schools are involved
