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Thomas Cook to cut 1,000 jobs but insists firm is in good shape
Amid fears that it is set to axe around 1,000 jobs, ailing travel group Thomas Cook has launched a publicity drive in a bid to reassure customers that their holidays are “in safe hands”. The holidays firm, which employs 1,000 staff in the Bradford
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Trains disrupted as body found in tunnel
Major disruption was caused to rail services between Bradford and Leeds tonight after a fatal incident inside a Pudsey tunnel. A body, which had been hit by a train, was found about 50 yards into the Stanningley end of the tunnel near New Pudsey station
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Tattoo tribute to brave Joanne
Grandmother Erica Russell has had her first tattoo at the age of 65 – in memory of her loving daughter. Joanne Cawthorne, who was a young mother-of-two, died earlier this year from an aggressive form of cancer. Since her death her family
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Asbo issued to tenth street-drinker in Bradford
The tenth person to receive an anti-social behaviour order as part of a crackdown on street drinkers has been banned from parts of the city centre. Karl Earling Johnson appeared before Bradford Magistrates Court yesterday where he accepted a full Asbo
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Car overturns on Manningham Lane, Bradford.
A car has rolled onto its roof on a major Bradford road. Emergency services were called at 4.35pm to Manningham Lane, close to Job Centre Plus. No-one is believed to have been seriously injured in the accident, in which another vehicle is believed
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Bradford Dragons seconds show true grit
Bradford Dragons’ second team took centre stage with back-to-back EBL Division Four (North) victories over Stockport Falcons and Burnley Blaze. The senior side were without a weekend game and the seconds certainly grabbed their moment in the spotlight
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Guiseley have big home tie in FA Trophy
Guiseley’s reward for their 7-0 thrashing of Eastwood Town in a Carlsberg FA Trophy tie at the weekend is a home draw against FC United of Manchester in the first round a week this Saturday. Today’s draw handed the Lions home advantage against the club
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Tinsley hat-trick means Undercliffe continue good run
In Division 1A of the Bradford Sunday Alliance League, Undercliffe have had a good run recently and have slowly been climbing the table. They opened up a three-point gap on opponents Hockney Unity All Stars with a 6-0 victory which moved them
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Billiards results
BRADFORD & DISTRICT SUNDAY SCHOOL BILLIARDS LEAGUE – Eastbrook C 0, Bradford Deaf Centre 7; Great Horton 2, Princeville A 5; Princeville B 4, Eastbrook A 3. Break: S Kershaw (Princeville B) 53 (unfinished).
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White Star take advantage of windy weekend
In what was a wet and windy weekend for local football, the Bradford Sunday Alliance League clubs did a fantastic job in getting matches played, with the league only losing three matches from a full programme. With nearest challengers West
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Jer Lane have two double-award winners
Andrew Pinfield and Dave Horsfall both picked up two awards at Jer Lane Cricket Club’s annual dinner at Cleckheaton Golf Club. Pinfield won the first-team batting and player of the season, with Horsfall taking the equivalent second-team awards. Guest
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Nap hand of wins for Tyersal as they climb to fourth
Tyersal extended their run of successive West Riding County Amateur League wins to five and moved up into fourth place in the Premier Division with a 3-0 victory at Marsden. Having lost 3-2 to their hosts in August, Tyersal gained sweet
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Georgina selected to face New Zealand
Bradford’s Georgina Roberts gets a chance to take on New Zealand tomorrow night at Esher (7.00). The Darlington Mowden Park Sharks winger was one of four players left out of Saturday’s 10-0 victory over the world champions at Twikcenham but is among
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Bradford lead Spen Valley League - but it's tight
Bradford have gone to the top of the Spen Valley League Premier Division – on goal difference. They beat visitors Fairbank United with goals from Asir Gulzawr (2), Itfaq Hussain and John Singh. Jardy Boys are level with Bradford on
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Motorist injured as car flips onto its side in Rooley Lane, Bradford
An elderly man suffered head injuries when the car he was driving flipped onto its side outside a medical centre in Bradford this morning (mon). His silver Vauxhall car smashed into a barrier outside the Rooley Lane Medical Centre, Odsal, at
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Health centre to cut walk-in hours
A pioneering health centre will see its opening hours cut this week. And as the opening times of Bradford’s NHS walk-in service change on Thursday, patients registered with local GPs are being urged to seek urgent care from their own GP practice, rather
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Police bid to foil festive thieves
Police are to join forces with retailers as part of a seasonal drive to foil festive thieves in Bradford. Officers from the Eccleshill Neighbourhood Policing Team will hold a stall at the Forster Square Retail Park on Saturday to help shoppers protect
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World title success for bodybuilders
Two women living less than ten miles apart have been crowned world champion bodybuilders in New York. Anna Millington, from Eldwick, was crowned amateur world champion while Cheryl Myers, from Sutton, claimed the professional title after beating competitors
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Companies help beat youth unemployment
As youth unemployment hits record levels a construction company and Bradford-based housing association has given three young people the chance to build careers working on a major housing redevelopment. The regeneration scheme in Manningham involves the
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Reader Jury
The Wurzels – The Wurzels Christmas Album (CIA) ***** The Wurzels, the West Country’s finest, serve up a festive cracker with their first-ever Christmas album. The famous Scrumpy and Western band have put their distinctive stamp on this collection of
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Tale of revenge in classical Greece
Christian Cameron – Tyrant (Orion, £7.99)*** Twins Satyrus and Melitta were born into a world at war, and from their first moments were forced to fight for survival. Their father was killed shortly after their birth and their mother murdered just a few
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Drivers to train in cycle safety
Bus drivers in Bradford are receiving special training on driving near cyclists as part of a major safety campaign. Travel company First, which operates services in Bradford, Leeds, Huddersfield and Halifax, has teamed up with Yorkshire-based cycle training
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Solving the mystery of George Motley's death
Earlier this autumn we ran the story of a ‘forgotten soldier’, George Motley, from Shipley, on this page. Reader Peter Yates got in touch about his research into George’s death in Ireland in 1921. The son of Thomas and Elizabeth Motley
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The shaping of David Hockney
David Hockney: A Rake’s Progress by Christopher Simon Sykes Century, £24.99 There are plenty of books about David Hockney’s art. One of the most recent, by Marco Livingstone, called David Hockney: My Yorkshire, focuses on the seven years the
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’Tis the season for a song
Thornton Singers are preparing for their first Christmas concert of the season. Called A Christmas Celebration, it takes place at St James’s Church in Thornton next Saturday, December 3. Children from Thornton Primary School are taking part in the
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Young performers in awards spotlight
Talented young performers have been presented with glittering prizes at Stage 84’s annual presentation day. The event, which took place in the Old Bell Chapel in Idle, was attended by the Lord Mayor of Bradford, Naveeda Ikram. Pictured are some of
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Festive decorating the natural way...
As if the rising cost of living isn’t enough, the price of shop-bought Christmas decorations can make even the most enthusiastic fan of the festive season think ‘bah, humbug’. Yet there is a way to put the natural back into Noel, just by taking some
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Wait nearly over for Olympic torch hopefuls
Young sporting talent, serving soldiers and fundraisers who have gone the extra mile for charity are among dozens of people in the district waiting to hear whether they will have the honour of carrying the Olympic flame. Nominations have flooded in for
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All the fun and festivities of the fair...
York has a brand new Winter Wonderland where you discover the magic of Christmas, and jolly elves will guide you through a magical world, packed with festive fun for all the family. Open in Bustardthorpe Field, at York’s Knavesmire (racecourse) until
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Up for a laugh with amateurs?
Fancy treading the boards in a new amateur production of Victoria Wood’s comedy Acorn Antiques? Cleckheaton and Spenbourgh Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society is holding auditions for its production of the fun musical, which will run at Cleckheaton
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City's curry kings get national trophy
The cream of Bradford’s restaurant industry enjoyed a slap-up Indian meal to celebrate the city’s official title of Curry Capital of Great Britain. Bradford took the crown for the first time since 2004, beating four-times winner and title holder
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Shakin' Stevens's Green Door still open
It’s around this time of year that well-worn Christmas hits are dusted down and played endlessly on the radio, in shopping centres and at office parties. One of those familiar festive songs is Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin’ Stevens, and I’m probably
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Get Santa back on track
There’s a problem. A real problem. In a matter of weeks, Father Christmas will be riding high across the sky delivering presents to children throughout the world, only his sledge has broken. Yes, broken, and 21st-century technology ain’t going to fix
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Bulls' training HQ selected as World Cup venue
The Bulls' state-of-the-art training headquarters at Tong High School has been chosen as a training venue during the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. The Rugby Football League has confirmed 18 venues across four countries will host games during
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Will city get an elected mayor?
When Bradford Council’s three main political groups unanimously reject an idea, the sceptical outside City Hall are bound to suspect there must be something in it. Earlier this month, the leadership of Labour, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats all
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Monday, November 28, 2011
25 years ago: A plan to reinstate religion to school assemblies was drawn up by Bradford Council. 50 years ago: A £44,000 campaign to provide a new church and presbytery for the parish of St Brendan’s, Greengates, was launched.
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Concerns over jobs for disabled
Concerns that jobs may be lost at the Council-run company that provides 50 jobs for people with disabilities are the latest manifestation of the financial cuts that are impacting across the board. Local authorities are having to look closely at all the
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Splendid switch-on
SIR – Remember, remember the 19th of November... What a splendid Saturday night when we witnessed the switch-on of Bradford Christmas Lights; the fireworks matched any that I have seen in other districts over the years. There was fire, ice, lights,
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Whistling up cash!
SIR – I would like to thank the T&A for boosting the funds of the Friends of Pudsey Roller as a result of coverage of our talk on the history of Leeds Steam Cranes that recently took place in Farsley’s Liberal Club. A reader, David Gowing, saw this
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Do the right thing
SIR – T&A carried an article about selling compulsory-purchased land at Greengates lights next to the newly-acquired Asda supermarket. If this land is no longer required, then the previous owners of this area should receive any profits from the sale
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Calling old gunners
SIR – In 1956 I was in the Royal Navy’s Devonport Field Gun Crew, whose base was HMS Drake in Devonport and subsequently Devenport Dockyard remained the home for the Devonport Field Gun Association. I’m sure some of your readers will remember the Royal
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Life more than wealth
SIR – Taken in a purely secular and materialistic sense, your correspondent Mr Delaney (Letters, November 21) was quite right to question the ethics of the Bible’s Matthew 25-29. However, I am certain this was not the interpretation intended by the Scriptures
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Public inquiry needed
SIR – At last after decades of denial the disgraceful truth that has at last been publicly acknowledged, following a statement by the Ramadan Foundation from outside Bradford, that Pakistani men have for decades been openly and systematically sexually
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Don’t let cat rescue centre fail ‘residents’
SIR – I am writing on behalf of Allerton Cat Rescue. In recent weeks, largely due to the recession and the lack of liquid funds, we find ourself in dire straits financially. Because of this, we have had to begin turning cats away when brought to us
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Saturday, November 26, 2011
25 years ago: Seven elderly people were evacuated from their homes after a 15ft-high wall at the back of a Bradford street collapsed. 50 years ago: Schoolboys who wore tight trousers and had long hair and sideboards were called “weirdies” by the headmaster
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Home abuse must not be tolerated
That there is even need for an awareness day calling for the Elimination of Violence Against Women shows just how important a new strategy to help survivors of domestic abuse in Bradford really is. Sadly, there are still many men who think it is acceptable
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Litter-dropping curse
SIR – With regard to litter, Bradford would be a more attractive city if so many of its citizens did not treat it as an open dustbin. And so many of its young people come to Saltaire and do the same thing here in what is a World Heritage Site. Iain Morris
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Call for Spider-Man
SIR – Arachnophobics are concerned with the news that venomous Australian funnel-web spiders have recently been found in parts of southern England and have asked for help to get rid of them. Looks like another job for Spider-Man. David Rhodes, Croscombe
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Council-run care system worked
SIR – The T&A reported that Bradford Council has pledged to investigate any concerns older people may have about their care following the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s report into council-run home care. We need to be realistic; the Council
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It’s ‘no’ to the euro
SIR – The German Chancellor says that Britain should join the euro. If we do we will sink like the rest of Europe. It’s about time the Government started looking after Britain instead of the rest of the world. Keep the pound, dump the euro. Neil Wells
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Greedy capitalists
SIR – Recent T&A readers’ letters reveal quite clearly that the ‘Working Class Tory’ (WCT) is still alive and living in Bradford. I was amused at the recent spate of attempts to denigrate the anti-capitalist occupations and also to blame the current ‘
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Church was spot on
SIR – “H’mm”, I thought to myself as I read the letters page (T&A, November 25), “That church in the cartoon looks just like St Wilfrid’s, Calverley.” Sure enough, a couple of pages further on, there’s the report about it becoming a community cinema
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Some cold comfort hard to find
“If you say you’ve got flu you’ve got a cold, and if you think you’re dying you’ve got flu.” My husband comes out with this whenever I claim to have flu. I should use the term ‘flu-like symptoms’, the one that appears on packs of cold remedies. Because
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Parents face chaos on day of strike action
Thousands of children face being turned away from schools across the Bradford district this week as teaching staff take part in mass strikes in protest at pension reforms and cut backs. Letters have started going out to parents to inform them
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Dominic Halpin hits the high notes at Ilkley’s King’s Hall
He was reputedly hot in Oz, great in the States and more than okay in the UK. Dominic Halpin and his all-purpose swing band the Honey Bs will be buzzing in Ilkley’s King’s Hall on December 8, bringing their repertoire of sweet soul music, swing and
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Angry Hanson a real targetman for Bradford City
Phil Parkinson believes City’s doomed bid to sign Paul Benson has fired up James Hanson. Parkinson’s attempted swoop for Charlton’s out-of-favour hitman broke down on deadline day. But the Bantams boss saw the knock-on effect in Hanson’s “angry” performance
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Ilkley cafe may close amid church groups row
A row has broken out over the future of a community cafe after it was announced its premises are to be taken over by a prayer group. The Oasis cafe, which offers work experience to adults with learning difficulties in Ilkley, has been told its six-month
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Hate e-mails sent to councillor over litter leaflets
Police have now launched an investigation after a councillor who uncovered a stockpile of potentially offensive anti-littering leaflets was sent hate mail. Coun John Robertshaw (Con, Bowling and Barkerend) says he received “vile” emails from around the
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Bradford Bulls recruit Gale hopes to be a force at England level
Luke Gale believes success at Bradford could elevate him from the England Knights side into Steve McNamara’s senior squad. The classy half-back has been handed the No 7 shirt by coach Mick Potter for the 2012 campaign, strongly suggesting he is in pole
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Council set to axe jobs for disabled
A Council-run contract company employing people with disabilities has become the latest victim of cuts. Jobs are expected to be axed at Industrial Services Group, which employs 75 people, including 50 with disabilities, after it was announced part of
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Parkinson’s motorway mission works a treat for Bradford City
Gillingham 0, City 0 The route to Gillingham in deepest Kent is a long one, as any of the 154 loyal travelling City fans will testify. But the 500-or-so-mile round trip does provide plenty of thinking time – and Phil Parkinson used that to his full
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Poison found at Buck Lane development site
A Council-commissioned report has found there is contamination on the site of a planned £25m business park. Campaigners fighting against the business park, which is set to be built on green fields in Buck Lane, Baildon, have obtained a copy of a report
