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Ray's rocket sinks Bradford Park Avenue
Bradford Park Avenue 0, Marine 1 Bradford Park Avenue missed the chance to move into fourth place in the Evo-Stik Premier Division when they lost at home to Marine tonight. John Deacey’s men were feeling confident after three league wins on the spin
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Guiseley bid to turn one into three
Third-placed Guiseley host Nuneaton Town in the Blue Square Bet North tomorrow night, looking to turn draws into wins. The Lions have had three draws on the bounce this month, including their titanic battle against second-placed Stalybridge Celtic last
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Bronte House chasing national title
A local junior rugby side is celebrating after qualifying for the Lexus National Schools Rugby Tournament. Bronte House School’s under-11s rugby team booked their place in the competition by winning a regional qualification event at Warwick School.
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Bradford Dragons pile on points in big win
Bradford Dragons maintained their impressive form in EBL Division One with a 110-77 win over London Leopards in their highest league score of the season. A buzzer-beating double from Vance Silcott saw Dragons move 24-20 ahead at the first break
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Hawksworth's American dream come true
Cullingworth’s Jack Hawksworth will race for Florida-based Team Pelfrey in the United States for the 2012 season ater wowing them in testing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Off the back of finishing a superb fourth in his rookie car racing campaign
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McMahon double can’t save West Bowling
West Bowling bowed out of the national FA SUNDAY CUP at the second-round stage for the second successive season as they were edged out 4-3 by Stockton Rosegate at Horsfall Stadium. The West Riding County Cup champions earned a 2-1 advantage
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Wood and Naylor lift Queensbury off Premier basement
Queensbury moved off the foot of the PREMIER DIVISION table with a 2-0 victory over new basement side Ventus Sports. The day’s only top-flight Bradford Sunday Alliance League fixture saw Queensbury move above their opponents on goal difference after
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Clean sweep for County Amateur League in cup
West Riding County Amateur League teams will occupy all four semi-final places in the BRADFORD & DISTRICT FA SATURDAY SENIOR CUP. Campion, Tyersal and Wibsey all won quarter-finals against opposition from other leagues to secure their passage
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Billiards results
BRADFORD & DISTRICT SUNDAY SCHOOL BILLIARDS LEAGUE – Bradford Deaf Centre 6, Great Horton 1; Eastbrook A 2, Eastbrook C 5; Pudsey 2, Princeville B 5. Breaks: S Kershaw (Princeville B) 51, 44, 31; C Jarvis (Eastbrook C) 36.
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Singh double lifts Bradford to Premier summit
Bradford took advantage of another slip by Spen Valley League pacesetters Jardy Boys as victory at Thornhill United Seniors lifted them level on points at the top of the PREMIER DIVISION table. John Singh scored twice and Itfaq Hussain grabbed the other
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Cup revenge for Oakworth Juniors
Oakworth Juniors gained revenge over Sandy Lane with a 3-1 victory in the Keighley & District FA Sunday Cup. Oakworth were beaten by their fellow Bradford Sunday Alliance League side after extra time in last season’s final. But goals by Scott Nelson
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Moses takes over at the top
The National Cyclo-Cross Series picked up speed at Southampton Sports Centre, with involvement from various local riders. Keighley’s Joe Moses (Paul Milnes RT/Bradford Olympic RC) broke clear at the top of the Junior Men overall rankings as his second
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City 'will be brought to standstill by strikes'
Bradford is set to be brought to a standstill on the last day of the month as tens of thousands of public sector workers strike in a row over pension changes. A number of unions are combining forces on November 30 to stage the biggest walkout in the
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Bingley town centre manger 'vital for business'
Business leaders have warned Bingley faces falling behind other areas unless its town centre manager is replaced. The town has been without a town centre manager since the previous post holder, David Dinsey, retired in May. Bradford
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A familiar thought
SIR – I am prompted to ask whether the Government has been studying The Scriptures. Why would I ask this? I refer to the Gospel according to Matthew and refer to Chapter 25, Verse 29, which reads: “For to every person who has something even more will
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System not adding up
SIR – Here are a few figures to ponder. The Government intends to cut £2 billion from the benefits bill, saying £1 billion is due to benefit fraud. What they don’t say is that £16 billion is saved in unclaimed benefits, and if low-paid workers and
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Call for crackdown on Ilkley A-boards
Businesses should be charged £100 to puts A-boards on pavements outside their shops, a councillor has claimed. Ilkley Parish councillor Paul Kitching says his idea would help reduce the use of pavement signs after complaints about the large numbers in
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Will library reopen?
SIR – Re the new fountains in Bradford city centre and how good this will be for Bradford. I just wondered what was happening about the Central Library? It also would be good for Bradford if its citizens were able to use the library again! I think we
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IT gear targeted as schools break-ins soar
Burglaries at schools and other educational establishments across the Bradford district have nearly quadrupled in just 12 months – sparking fears that burglars are wrecking children’s education. In October 2010, there were nine break-ins or attempted
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Public backs £7m Bradford rail station
Rail passengers welcomed plans for a long-awaited £7.2 million railway station during a public display of the proposed scheme. Low Moor station will be the first built in Bradford district since the 1990s. But many attending the consultation asked if
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Office boy did good
SIR – The recent loss of Sir Jimmy Savile was sad for his family and friends but Sir Jimmy will never be forgotten. Not many people will know this. Jimmy worked at a factory in Otley called William Eyres Fabrics as office boy and tea maker long before
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Vision is still lacking
SIR – So, Emmerson Walgrove (Letters, November 16) thinks that the Odeon should be demolished as it’s an eyesore and in disrepair. He also states that Bradford cannot move forward in this regard because of a “small minority” who wish the building to
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A fairer way of living
SIR – It’s good to see that Titus Salt School has received this recognition of “Fairtrade Status” and that it will mean more than just lip-service to an increasingly fashionable bandwagon. It was the bit about integrating Fairtrade into lessons that
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Don’t tip fair surplus
SIR – At this time of the year, our thoughts turn to the rapidly approaching festivities at Christmas time. We, the volunteers here at Oxfam, Duckworth Lane, try to be inventive in raising funds to support the vital work done throughout the world by
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A protest by definition
SIR – A protest is an expression of objection, by words or by actions, to particular events, policies or situations, which Occupy Bradford was doing in Centenary Square. I do feel a little dismayed that Karl Dallas (letters, November 11) is making out
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‘Facts’ are putting me off my food
I’ve been reading about super broccoli, the new vegetable that recently went on sale. Apparently it contains three times the normal amount of glucoraphanin, believed to ward off heart disease. Chocolate also helps to combat heart disease, I learned
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Bradford children's charity hit by burglary
The treasurer of a Bradford children’s charity has spoken of her devastation after burglars broke into her home and stole vital equipment belonging to the charity, along with items of sentimental value. Cinderella Club treasurer Susan Leeming
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City Hall needs a breath of fresh air
SIR – I don’t usually find myself in agreement with David Cameron. In fact, not since Winston Churchill led us in alliance with the Russians and Americans to the defeat of Nazi Germany, I can’t think of a single time when I have agreed with a Tory premier
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Take away discretion
SIR – What a good idea! More mandatory sentences, less discretion for judges. Saves time in court, speeds up justice or injustice, allows more cases to be heard and fewer judges needed. That saves money on salaries so we can cut the defecit more quickly
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Calamity a pleasure!
SIR – Congratulations to Bingley Operatic Society for their superb production of Calamity Jane. The opening night was a terrific sucess with a very enthusiastic audience to play for. The costumes and lighting were stunning. The chorus sang with great
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Not such a grate idea!
SIR – Bradford Council have been replacing metal grates stolen by the community’s low-lives with non-metal ones for quite some time. Now Darren Slingsby suggests the Council removes all metal grates from our streets to foil the criminals (T&A, November
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Care staff deserve benefit of doubt
SIR – I am writing in response to your front page article (T&A, November 11) regarding an incident at Currergate Nursing Home in Steeton. As a relative of a resident at the home, I visit the place four or five times a week. The staff at the home are
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November 21
25 years ago: Wintry weather gave Bradford Council its first serious test of snow clearing. As sleet turned to snow, around 40 vehicles were called out to clear the roads. 50 years ago: A suggestion that the cleared site of the Knoll Mansion and the
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Sex trade warning to cash-strapped students
Police in Bradford have warned cash-strapped university students considering selling sex of the “dangerous implications” of the trade. Blast, which works with sexually-exploited boys and young men in Bradford and Leeds, said male university students
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Majority of youth truly inspirational
It is unfortunate that on the day Bradford’s Young Citizens Awards are launched our front page news is about the increasing number of break-ins blighting the district’s schools. But just as it would be wrong to try and brush rising criminal behaviour
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Couple tell of dramatic moment car ploughed into house
A couple were lucky to escape with their lives after a stolen car crashed through the front of their house as they slept in a room upstairs. Samantha Wells, 45, and her partner Andrew Mann, 49, were woken at 3am on Saturday by the sound of
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November 19
25 years ago: The world famous Box Tree Restaurant in Ilkley was sold. After 25 years the award-winning restaurant, patronised by showbusiness personalities and aristocracy, owners Malcolm Reid and Colin Long have sold out to former Ilkley man Eric Kyte
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'Costs of caring are out of control'
In the face of it, they don’t appear to be struggling. Kelly, 45, doesn’t work, yet she runs a home and a car. She has a justified reason for not working, as she is a full-time carer to her 47-year-old husband, John, who suffers from ME, depression,
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Decision a step in right direction
The National Health Service is one of the crowning glories of this country and, quite rightly, the envy of much of the rest of the world. The NHS has its problems, of course – what organisation so vast, with such responsibility and employing such large
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Parkinson: If that penalty goes in, everything is totally different
City boss Phil Parkinson blamed a 15-minute spell after half-time for the defeat against Rotherham that means the Bantams are still only a point above the drop zone. Chris Mitchell had levelled before the break but Rotherham struck twice in a six-minute
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Family's memorial fundraiser for baby Dylan
Friends of a family whose baby boy was stillborn are holding a fundraising event to help pay for his headstone. Dylan Lloyd MacKenzie was born asleep after a scan on January 4 found he had died about a week earlier. His family have chosen
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No happy ending for Bantams as Flynn misses the point
Bradford City 2 Rotherham 3 Phil Parkinson admitted this defeat will hurt a lot more than most. To get thrown the unlikeliest lifeline – and let it slither through your grasp with the last action of the game – just poked at City’s gaping wound. But
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Bradford City manager Parkinson in a hurry to land Benson
Phil Parkinson will step up his bid to sign Paul Benson this week as City remain stuck in trouble in the League Two dogfight. The dramatic 3-2 home defeat to Rotherham – when Michael Flynn’s penalty was saved at the end of stoppage time – has intensified
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Bradford Bulls: I've learned from the best, says Cummins
Highly-rated Bulls assistant coach Francis Cummins is constantly searching for new ideas – and has looked at other sports to find them. Cummins, who was right-hand man to Tony Smith and then Brian McClennan at Leeds, brought to an end a 17-year stint
