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Fiesta Metal aims to appeal to young drivers
The best car I ever owned was an XR2. The hot-hatch from Ford was stylish, swift and handled beautifully. OK, this was the 1980s but it was a great car for that era. I preferred it to its big rival, the Peugeot 205 GTI, because it was cheaper and comparatively
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Defensive errors costly for Cougars
Cougars 10, Batley Bulldogs 22 Cougars player-coach Jason Demetriou urged his players to learn from their mistakes after defensive flaws allowed Co-op Championship rivals Batley to emerge victorious. In a rearranged encounter with John
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Avenue go on goal spree
Bradford Park Avenue romped to a 6-1 victory at Tadcaster Albion in a friendly last night. The Horsfall club led 3-1 at the interval with goals from Tom Greaves, Nathan Hotte and Curtis Bernard. Matty James netted soon after the break and a late double
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Albion Sports off again
Albion Sports suffered yet more frustration tonight as their Baris Northern Counties East League home fixture against Dinnington Town was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. It was Albion’s fourth call-off in a row, three of which were league games
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Saltaire News
HANDMADE: Saltaire Handmade is an arts and crafts fair, featuring local work, to be held in the lower rooms of Saltaire United Reformed Church this Saturday from 10am to 3pm. DISCO: Love to Boogie, the family disco, will be launched at Caroline Street
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Thrills as a Arthur Askey movie is re-created in Oakworth
Film crews took over Oakworth Station as filming continues on a remake of a classic comedy thriller. Canny Media Films is remaking the 1941 black-and-white movie The Ghost Train, which starred comedian Arthur Askey. Much of the filming
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Otley Courthouse needs new board members
New board members are being sought to help run Otley Courthouse. The arts and community centre is inviting people from all walks of life to apply, with the only requirements being enthusiasm, commitment and time. Board members, who become trustees,
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Ilkley pupil off to work in African hospital
A teenager with a lifelong ambition to become a midwife is off to Tanzania later this year to work in a busy maternity hospital. Ilkley Grammar School student, Leah Hutchinson, 17, from Skipton, has secured a place with specialist medical student placement
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Bradford Magic Circle prepares for next show
Bradford Magic Circle conjures up its next magical show on Saturday, March 17, at Bingley Arts Centre. The club of magicians has just celebrated the 91st birthday of its oldest surviving member Doug Haigh by putting on a show for him at his home at Willow
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Airedale NHS Foundation Trust needs governors
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is holding an event for people who would be interested in standing for election as governors. The event is being held in the board room at Airedale Hospital on Thursday, February 2, from 6pm to 7pm and on Monday, February
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Heckmondwike club needs volunteers
The organiser of Heckmondwike’s monthly free music shows at the Comrades Club is appealing for volunteers to spread the word about the free shows. Donal O’Driscoll said: “Crown of Lights Acoustic and Band Nights have been running for more than four years
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Volunteers to give Buttershaw centre a makeover
Volunteers will give a Buttershaw community centre a makeover tomorrow. A group of Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College students and volunteers from Bradford-based Yorkshire Water will carry out the work at the Sandale Community Centre as part
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Bradford Probation Service raise £400 for charity
Staff from Bradford Probation Service raised £400 for charity at a show night. They took part in Probation’s Got Talent at the city’s Mingles night club in aid of Mosaic II, a charity that relieves the mental and physical distress and suffering of families
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Fire crews called to Keighley blaze
Firefighters were called to an incident at an industrial site in Keighley last night. Two crews responded to a fire at Teconnex, a specialist clamp maker in Chesham Street, Keighley, at around 3.30am yesterday. Keighley watch commander Steve Moorhouse
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Firefighters rescue Woodside dog
Firefighters rescued a dog after it fell through ice at Park Dam, Woodside, Bradford. A crew from Odsal and a technical rescue officer were called to the scene, at 10.30am yesterday.
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Arriva Yorkshire appeals for artists' help
A bus company that runs services between Bradford and the Spen Valley is appealing for local artists to get busy. Arriva Yorkshire is appealing for creative types to let their imagination run wild and redesign a bus from top to bottom. Budding designers
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Bradford Girls’ Grammar School praised in Westminster
Bradford Girls’ Grammar School has been praised in Westminster for “returning to its roots” and abandoning pupil selection. Lib Dem Peer Baroness Walmsley commended the school on its bid to rejoin the state education system, end fee-paying and widen
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Car raided at Cononley
Thieves stole a stereo CD player and a satellite navigation system from a Volkswagen Golf parked at Aireside, Cononley. The items worth £500 were taken between 8.30pm on Saturday and 8.30am on Sunday. Anyone with information is asked to call PC Andy Ingram
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Ilkley charity raffle raises £100 for sick children
A charity raffle has helped raise £100 to help sick children. Pupils at Westville House School, in Ilkley, organised the raffle with proceeds going to Martin House Hospice, which provides care for children with progressive life-limiting illnesses across
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Leeds-Bradford Airport launches new route to Ireland
Leeds-Bradford Inter-national Airport has unveiled a route to Ireland. Flybe will operate three services a week to Knock on Ireland’s picturesque West Coast from March. The service will expand the airline’s summer schedule from Leeds Bradford airport
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Bradford Theatres launches January sale
Bradford Theatres have launched a January sale, enabling theatre-goers to buy tickets for three shows for £50. The package is available for productions coming to the Alhambra over coming months. The offer is valid for opening nights of shows between
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Neighbourhood Watch plea to tackle metal theft
Neighbourhood Watch is joining forces with BT to try and reduce the epidemic of metal theft. A letter by national Neighbourhood Watch chairman Jim Maddan has been put up by Bradford South’s Neighbourhood Policing Team showing the seriousness of the crime
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Bradford University scientists aim to transform cancer treatment
The way cancer patients receive their treatment could be transformed by the work of scientists at Bradford University. A three-year project, funded by a £184,612 grant from Yorkshire Cancer Research, will test whether a drug that is taken by the mouth
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Skipton fake notes alert
Police are warning people to be on the alert for a fraudster using fake bank notes in Skipton. The person has struck twice at the off-licence in Rowland Street where fraudulent £20 notes were used. A police spokesman said the person had handed over the
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Keighley Model Engineering Society releases details of events
Keighley Model Engineering Society has released dates for its family train ride days this year. Sunday afternoon rides will begin on May 22 at the group’s quarter-mile track next to Marley sports field. They will also be running on June 19, July 17,
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Get help delving into past lives
Help is at hand for people wanting to delve into their ancestry. The district’s libraries service, in conjunction with Bradford College, is running a ten-week course to guide people through the subject in Keighley. Participants will learn how to trace
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Former Bradford Northern player Fisher dies, aged 76
He made just 29 appearances for Bradford Northern during the 1960s but Idwal Fisher made a lasting impression on the club and the city. The popular Welsh forward, who died in Lockerbie aged 76 on January 5, began his career with Swansea RUFC
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Keighley mortgages 'more affordable'
Monthly mortgage payments last year were the most affordable in Keighley since records began in 2005, according to new research. An analysis of one million customers’ accounts by Barclay’s found on average, Keighley people paid out 13.5 per cent of their
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Haworth events are planned
A Groovy Happening is planned every month at the Parkside Social Club in Haworth. The music event organised by volunteers will raise money for Manorlands while supporting musicians. The premiere on Saturday, February 4, will feature the Liam Newton
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Ball raises £7,500
A charity ball in memory of a man who died of an asbestos-related cancer raised £5,800. The event, which featured a meal, a draw and an auction, commemorated Billy Greene, who lived in Cross Hills for 30 years. He later moved to Sutton and was diagnosed
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Police to crack down on anti-social behaviour
Officers have pledged to crackdown on anti-social behaviour in Denholme, Cullingworth, Harden and Wilsden. Officers will clamp down on youths in Cullingworth Court on Friday and Saturday, as well as trouble in the village’s Dell. In Denholme the focus
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Funeral to be held for Millie Stott
The funeral of a former Otley Town Councillor will be held at the Bridge Church. The service for Millie Stott, who served on the council for 14 years, will take place at 11am on Wednesday, January 25. She died peacefully in hospital on Sunday, January
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Deadline looms for £65,000 Haworth church roof fund
The campaign to raise money to repair Haworth Parish Church is still about £10,000 short of its target. But speaking before tomorrow’s English Heritage deadline, John Huxley, chairman of the church’s Future Group and secretary of the Parochial
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Mutual Umpires' Association disband after row with league
The Bradford Mutual Sunday School League Umpires’ Association have disbanded after a row with their league. The umpires’ body, who would have been celebrating their 91st anniversary this year, took great exception to a rule that was passed at the league
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Gomersal in Heavy Woollen Cup final repeat
Holders Shepley and Gomersal will meet in a repeat of last season’s Solly Sports Heavy Woollen Cup final in the first round of the 2012 competition. Last night's draw also handed Wrenthorpe, winners for four successive years from 2007-2010, with a tie
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Thai boxing duo rewarded for dedication
Two Jai Muay Thai Boxing Club members won Celtic Challenge title belts in their respective weight categories last Sunday. Issac James and Chris Taylor, both 17 now have now only one loss between them in 11 fights. Robin Shepherd, head coach at the Eastburn-based
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Bradford MP David Ward warns Commons rival over constant interruptions: "We're going to have words"
A frustrated Bradford MP today said he would "have words" with a Labour MP who kept interrupting him during a Commons debate. Lib Dem David Ward, Bradford East, became visibly exasperated with shadow defence minister Kevan Jones as MPs discussed changes
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Kosmowsky's great run is ended in final
Dewsbury Tog's Steve Kosmowsky has been a consistent performer since entering the veterans over-60s. He is in his second season and has led Yorkshire Veterans' first team with wins in singles and doubles, while on the tournament circuit his
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Jer Lane offering free junior coaching
Towergate Halifax League club Jer Lane are offering free junior coaching, starting this Sunday at Odsal’s Richard Dunn Sports Centre (9am-11am). The sessions, which will run for three further Sundays, are open to anyone between seven and 17. In
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Costly cricket belt buckle
Bonhams are selling what is believed to be the oldest-known cricket artefact outside the British Isles in its sporting memorabilia sale on May 30 in Chester. A belt buckle featuring an Afro-European slave playing cricket in Barbados circa 1780 has attracted
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Players wanted at Baildon
Baildon are seeking players for their second team to their fifth team. Anyone interested should contact cricket secretary Don Butterfield (01274-598501) or attend the club’s Saturday nets at Sir Titus Salt School (10am-noon).
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No ring rust from Bradford No 2
Bradford's No 2 snooker side returned to action after a lengthy break from the Yorkshire Inter-District League with an excellent 4-2 victory over Selby at Manningham Ward. Bradford champion Gareth Green got the team off to a great start, winning
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Seip signs Bradford City deal
Marcel Seip this afternoon signed a new deal with City, keeping him at Valley Parade for the rest of the season. The versatile Dutch defender had been on a three-month contract, which was due to run out on Saturday, and Phil Parkinson was delighted
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Leeds United accept Norwich's bid for Howson
Norwich have had a bid accepted for Leeds United midfielder and captain Jonny Howson. The npower Championship club confirmed they had "reluctantly" accepted an offer for the 23-year-old, whose deal at Elland Road expires in the summer.
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Moses has three reasons to be cheerful
Joe Moses (Paul Milnes-Bradford Olympic RC) has received a triple boost. The Keighley teenager won the final round of the National Trophy Cyclo-Cross Series last Sunday in Shrewsbury to take the overall junior men’s title and has also been chosen in
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Former college building demolition is ‘on hold’
A move to demolish a former Keighley College building has been put on hold and the site has now been put up for sale. Bradford Council is inviting “expressions of interest” for the four-storey building in North Street at the junction with Cavendish Street
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Man arrested after restaurant woker allegedly hit with wok
A man has been arrested after a worker at a Chinese restaurant in Cross Hills was allegedly hit with a wok. Police said the incident occurred at Peking Cuisine on Main Street at midnight on Monday and the victim, a 45-year-old Cross Hills man, sustained
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Road closed after lorry sheds load of animal waste
One of the district’s streets was turned into a putrid mess after a lorry shed its load of animal waste. Traders and pedestrians in Keighley’s South Street got a nasty surprise yesterday afternoon when a lorry spilled a large quantity of waste
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Praise for city’s child protection
A new report by children’s charity Barnardo’s has praised the pioneering work done in Bradford to protect child victims of sexual exploitation. Bradford Council has signed up to continued action to protect vulnerable children and young people
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Firm denies debts scare off holiday makers
Bosses at troubled travel giant Thomas Cook have denied that its debt and financial problems are putting off customers. The company, which employs 1,000 staff in Bradford city centre and at Birkenshaw, said its customers are “not concerned” with the
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Boss warns more shops could go after buy-back
by Chris Holland Business Reporter Retail boss Michael Ziff has warned that more stores could go at the Bradford-based shoe chain Barratts Priceless as the rescued business enters negotiations with property landlords over rents and leases. Speaking
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Hundreds of Bradford people back organ register
Organisers of a campaign to get more black and Asian people to donate organs say they are delighted with the response to a registration session held in Bradford. More than 250 people pledged to give the gift of life by signing the organ donor
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Boy arrested in connection with robberies
Police have arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with two robberies in Bradford. Detectives appealed for information after a robber struck at two shops in West Bowling in two days. They released CCTV images of a suspect following
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Ben Rhydding ‘Miracle Baby’ given star role in Ilkley show
Ten years ago after he was born weighing less than a bag of sugar, Daniel Burgess is preparing for his first heavyweight role on the stage. The youngster was described as a “miracle baby” when he scaled just 1lb 10oz when he arrived on Boxing Day in
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Bradford Means Business Awards 2012 launched
Following last year's hugely successful Bradford Means Business Awards... we're doing it again in 2012. We want businesses large and small, huge employers and single entrepreneurs, to get involved and be in with a chance of attending our glittering
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
25 years ago: Nine out of ten bedsits in Bradford were below Council standards of hygiene, facilities and safety, it was revealed. 50 years ago: The Medical Officer of Health for Bradford told a special meeting of Bradford Health Committee on the smallpox
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Importance of protecting our children
If a measure of civilization is how we treat our weakest members, then certain sections of our society fall way short of that standard when it comes to protecting our children. Two separate news stories in this paper today highlight issues of exploitation
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David Hockney's appointment for art achievement
David Hockney is the second Bradfordian to be appointed to the Order of Merit in the past 35 years. The first was J B Priestley, in 1977, when the writer and broadcaster was in his 83rd year. Hockney, already a Companion of Honour, will be 75 this July
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Fields are valuable
SIR – Mr Harrison (Letters, January 14) appears to be under the delusion that green fields are mere ornaments. For our food production, they are just as vital to the future of the country as houses. Can we believe that just for this once we should sacrifice
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No excuse for spitting
SIR – As a football fan, it disgusts me to see close-up pictures of players spitting all over the pitch. It seems to be just a football disease, rarely seen in other sports, and never in boxing. Time for the ‘gobbers’ to shut their mouths, and clean
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Accident will happen
SIR – So, Tory councillors in Baildon and Bingley have stopped a scheme to make traffic safer in Shipley. Rat-running traffic often hurtles down our streets, but one of the main councillor objections to cutting speed was there have not been enough accidents
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Bradford man remembers wartime ordeal in Poland
Kazimierz Jezewski was nine when armed Soviet Union soldiers gave his family minutes to abandon their home in Poland. The family, clutching only a few possessions, were marched to the train station and herded with 30 others on to a cattle wagon. Mr
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Potted personal history
Ceramics will be the focus of the new exhibition at Craven Museum and Gallery. Contemporary Ceramics: A Personal Collection, will open tomorrow and feature 20th century studio ceramics loaned by a private collector. While working, the collector – who
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Internet not so green?
SIR – Do the Green councillors opposed to a high-speed rail link with London take into consideration that, according to Radio 4, the internet produces 60 tonnes of CO2 plus a similar amount to cool it down? Philip Bird, Nab Wood Terrace, Shipley
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Pool can still be saved
SIR – Having sold off our Manningham Pool for the price of a terraced house, Bradford is now faced with a purchaser who is not completing the deal. Not surprising, since any buyer would be well aware that if they attempt to redevelop the property for
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The answer is simple
SIR – In reply to Bob Watson’s excellent letter (T&A, January 13) asking “what have we done to deserve such abysmal leadership?”, meaning our Council and regarding its public works, the answer is simple – we voted for ’em. Stewart Hanson, Collier Lane
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Attitudes must change
SIR – In his letter of January 14, Mr Bird boldly suggests that the majority of the British public support Cameron’s ‘protecting the bankers’ from Sarkozy and Merkel’s gambit. Well, although bashing ‘Johnny Foreigner’ is usually a formula for success
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Diamond Jubilee is nothing to celebrate
As a teacher in a Bradford primary school, I was appalled to receive a letter on behalf of the Lord Mayor encouraging children in my care to write poems or make models to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. In school we are quite rightly asked to
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Charting city’s musical heritage through the ages
Do the names Ghost Dance, Muggins Blight, The Thimbleriggers or Ellison’s Hogline mean anything to you? If the answer is yes, chances are you were a hip young thing hanging out at gigs in Bradford sometime between 1967 and 1987. The sounds of Bradford
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Take it from the tap not the bottle...
After some thought, I have come to the conclusion that the ignorance, self-interest and greed of the industrialised world can be best summed up in two words – bottled water. It’s quite difficult to explain how society can be so thoroughly conned, but
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Criminals use children in DVD scams front
Police in Bradford have revealed that criminals are using children to front the sale of counterfeit goods in a bid to avoid prosecution. The use of young teenagers to evade detection in such cases is a problem affecting the whole of the country
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‘Downsize’ plea to aid young families
Bradford Council is getting £1.75 million to encourage the district’s elderly homeowners to move into smaller properties under government-backed plans, making it easier for young families to find more affordable accommodation. The scheme – announced
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Bradford Bulls: Opportunity knocks as casualty list increases
Bulls coach Mick Potter believes the club’s injury absentees can open the door for other players to stake their claim. After his squad was crippled by injury during 2011, Potter has again been hit by a raft of casualties before the campaign has even
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Addingham son faces jail for attacking mother, 86, in cat row
A man has pleaded guilty to assaulting his 86-year-old mother when she brandished scissors at him in a heated row over the family cat. Paul Burns, 48, who shared a home in Addingham, near Ilkley, with his mother, Rose, was yesterday warned
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Bradford City midfielder Flynn tells of hospital torment
Michael Flynn today revealed the agony behind the severe stomach virus that has knocked him out for nearly a month. The City skipper spent Christmas stuck in hospital with chronic gastritis and went back in again last week. He has lost
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Bradford Council leader in call to consult on benefit cuts plan
Council leader Ian Greenwood is calling on fellow councillors to back a consultation on changes to council tax benefits which will affect tens of thousands of people in the district. Government reforms will see councils taking on responsibility for a
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Bradford owner of dog that bit OAP given community order
A 76-year-old woman needed reconstructive surgery after she was badly bitten by a teenager’s dog in Bradford city centre, a court heard. Elizabeth Corner had skin from her thigh grafted to her mauled right arm following the attack outside a bookmaker
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Saltaire son faces murder charge in court
A son has made his first appearance in court charged with murdering his 91-year-old father at the home they shared in Bingley Road, Saltaire. Robert Anthony Cordingley, 56, appeared at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates’ Court yesterday accused of killing
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Police hunt gang who stole £400,000 of metal detectors from lorry in Bradford
Detectives are hunting a gang of thieves who stole a haul of metal detectors valued at hundreds of thousands of pounds from a lorry parked in Bradford. About 300 boxes of detectors, with a total value of £400,000, were taken when the thieves
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We hope to transform cancer treatment, say Bradford experts
The way cancer patients receive their treatment could be transformed by the work of scientists at Bradford University. A three-year project, funded by a £184,612 grant from Yorkshire Cancer Research, will test whether a drug that is taken by the mouth
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"Bronte" tearoom wins late licence
The owners of a tearoom, which is believed to have featured in one of Charlotte Bronte’s famous books, have been granted a late alcohol licence. The Balcony Tearoom, at Moor Lodge, Two Laws Road, can open until midnight on Sundays to Fridays and until
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Bishop of Bradford visits homeless shelter
The Bishop of Bradford has paid a visit to Bradford’s homeless. The Right Reverend Nick Baines visited Inn Churches, the Bradford winter shelter for the homeless which has housed 43 people in the first seven weeks of the latest 13-week season. He spoke
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"Hundreds of new jobs heading for Crossflatts"
Hundreds of jobs could move into the Aire Valley after nationalised lender Bradford & Bingley submitted plans for major expansion at its Crossflatts headquarters. Plans have been submitted to Bradford Council for a three-storey office extension at the
