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Windhill News
VOLUNTEERS: Help is needed to help with the Food Co-op on Tuesdays for an hour or so at Christchurch. Contact (01274) 588831. EXERCISE: New exercise and dance sessions have started at the Community Centre on weekdays. Contact (01274) 588831. CHILDREN
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Wibsey News
PARK MEETING: Friends of Wibsey Park (FOWP) held a meeting yesterday to discuss improving Wibsey Park. They also planned Spring and Easter events. For more information call (01274) 40557. CHAIROBICS: The Odsal Friendly Group invite all over 50s to their
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Whitcombe resigns at Bees
Martin Whitcombe has resigned as director of rugby at Bradford & Bingley. The 50-year-old, who took over from Nic Corrigan in October 2010, helped the Bees to finish fourth last season in SSE National League Three North, and they are currently
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Keighley brain illness man marries his bride
A bridegroom struck down by a brain haemorrhage in Greece days before his dream wedding has finally tied the knot. John Duffey, of Keighley, battled back to health after tragedy struck on Christmas Day and walked down the aisle to marry his Russian bride
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Haworth challenged by Bradford City boss Parkinson
Phil Parkinson has thrown down the gauntlet to Andy Haworth. The on-loan Bury winger produced a bright debut against Morecambe and Parkinson is expecting to see more of the same. He said: “Andy can make things happen in and around the box and there
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Flynn: I won’t forget visits and calls from Bradford City mates
Michael Flynn column The support I’ve had from the other players and the staff at the club has meant a lot to me. It’s been a horrible time stuck in hospital with the virus and not being able to do anything. But the team and the management have rallied
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Goal ace Snodgrass set to start for United
Robert Snodgrass could be set to start against Ipswich on Saturday after his role as super sub at Crystal Palace last weekend. Leeds were trailing 1-0 at Selhurst Park before Snodgrass equalised just seven minutes after being brought on for his first
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Waiting is over as derby rivals clash on national stage
The eagerly-awaited ACE Insurance BARLA National Cup tie between West Bowling and Queensbury is set to take centre stage on Saturday after last week’s postponement. Bowling switched the tie from the Bankfoot Oval to Emsleys Rec in an effort
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Wibsey holding late fitness tests
Wibsey will leave it as late as possible to decide whether half-back Elliott Gray and hooker Adam Dutton will be available for their SSE Yorkshire Division Five game at home to Rossington Hornets on Saturday. Coach Dave Grayson said: “Both
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Time is ripe for Otley to triumph
Otley’s director of rugby Tom Rock has been happy with their performances since the new year. But he is conscious that it is time for his second-from-bottom SSE National League Two North side to turn those improved showings into results, starting
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Leeds Rhinos at strength for Burrow Testimonial
Super League champions Leeds Rhinos will field a virtual full-strength team for their final pre-season game against Co-operative Championship winners Featherstone Rovers at Headingley Carnegie tomorrow night in Rob Burrow’s testimonial game (8.00). Burrow
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Pressure is on Avenue to triumph
Bradford Park Avenue will need to get back to winning ways in the Evo-Stik League Premier Division when they host Nantwich Town on Saturday if they want to maintain their promotion push. Avenue are just outside the play-off zone at the moment, while
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Musical tea to be held
A musical afternoon tea will be held at Keighley Catholic Centre, on Spring Gardens Lane, on Tuesday, from 2.30pm to 4pm. Brian Langford will play piano and lead a singalong. Admission is free, and anyone needing a lift should contact Margaret Ward on
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Forwards must perform, warns Kittrick
Guiseley boss Steve Kittrick was presented with his Blue Square Bet North Division manager of the month award for December before last Saturday’s FA Trophy win over Stalybridge Celtic but he will not rest on his laurels. The Lions face yet another big
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Brighouse Town confident of starting revival
Brighouse Town have come through their run of three games against title contenders in the Baris Northern Counties East League Premier Division with just one point but they will be looking for a maximum on Saturday. Town are at home against Selby Town
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Platform to increase its lending
Competition in the buy-to-let mortgage market has been fuelled as the Co-operative Bank’s broker lender promised to up lending in the sector by a third this year. Platform, the intermediary lender of the Co-operative Bank, said it would lend £600 million
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Ramsbottom won't take Silsden lightly
Silsden had a wasted journey last weekend, so they go into Saturday's tough trip to second-placed Ramsbottom United still unbeaten in 2012 in the North West Counties League Premier Division. The Cobbydalers have only played one game so far this year.
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Tyersal want to hit the winning trail again
Following two weeks of only half the scheduled fixtures being played, this weekend there will be a reduced number of league games as many of the West Riding County Amateur League sides are involved in their District FA Cup competitions.
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Angling lines
LISTERHILLS AA: In the interest of safety, children should not be allowed to play near frozen waters. Anglers must not attempt to break ice with objects which cannot be retrieved. The first batch of Leeds Amalgamation membership books are now available
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Retired teacher celebrates 100th birthday
A retired teacher who has helped educate generations of Otley schoolchildren celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday. Edna Andrews enjoyed the landmark at her home on Oatlands Drive, with family and friends. She was born in Micklefield, near Leeds,
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Adventures of Robinson Crusoe performed
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe will be on at Victoria Hall in Keighley later this month. From Saturday, January 28 to Saturday, February 4 youngsters and their parents can join Robinson Crusoe and his girlfriend Polly Perkins as they hunt for missing
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We're confident of defeating Driffield - Keighley director of rugby
Keighley will be without lanky second row Bob Clarke for their SSE Yorkshire Division One match at home to Driffield on Saturday. “We know what we need to do,” said Keighley’s director of rugby Graeme Sheffield about the battle between fourth and third
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Chappelow is back to boost Cleckheaton
Cleckheaton welcome back flanker Ed Chappelow for their SSE North One East game at home to Gateshead on Saturday. He was not available for last week’s postponed league match at Durham City. Cleckheaton (home to Gateshead): J Marshall
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Beaumont returns to boost Baildon
Baildon, beaten 19-14 at Billericay in the RFU Junior Vase semi-finals in 2007, resume their bid to get to Twickenham on Saturday. The Jenny Laners, who qualified as Yorkshire’s highest-placed Level Nine club last season, are at Newton Aycliffe. The
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Wharfedale's bench-mark is something to marvel at
Wharfedale have named what must be one of their strongest ever benches for their SSE National League One trip to fourth-placed Ealing Trailfinders on Saturday. Backs James Tincknell and Tom Barrett are joined by forwards Ben Sowrey, Dan Solomi and
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Wharfedale's approval is signed, Sealed and delivered
Wharfedale have become only the ninth club in Yorkshire to receive the Rugby Football Union’s Whole Club Seal of Approval. The Greens’ president John Spencer and Toni Birch, who was the driving force on their committee, were given a plaque at half-time
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Gale and Purtell set for Bradford Bulls debuts
Bulls coach Mick Potter has named a strong squad for Sunday’s pre-season friendly at Dewsbury Rams. New recruits Luke Gale and Adrian Purtell are set for debuts, while Matt Diskin, Tom Burgess, Nick Scruton, Craig Kopczak and Brett Kearney are all added
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Wetherspoon expansion warning
An improved sales performance provided Christmas cheer for pub chain JD Wetherspoon. But its chairman has warned that its expansion may be scaled back in the face of more tax hikes. The chain, which incudes pubs in Bradford, Keighley, Cleckheaton, Bingley
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Matalan reports success
Out-of-town fashion and homeware retailer Matalan, which has Bradford branches at Forster Square retail park and Greengates, has revealed a surge in sales in the run-up to the festive period. The chain said like-for-like sales in the five weeks to December
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Findel sales rise
Findel, the home shopping, education and healthcare supplier, has reported a rise in sales since October of 4.5 per cent. The firm, which owns Kleeneze, Kitbag and Express Gifts and transferred from Burley-in-Wharfedale to Hyde, Manchester, said progress
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Expanded law firm ready for action
Two former partners of a closed West Yorkshire law firm have joined the expanding litigation team at Bradford-based solicitors Schofield Sweeney. Nigel Middlemass and Richard Stockdale, previously partners at Brooke North, which closed recently, joined
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Horsforth beer festival date set
Horsforth Beer and Cider Festival will take place in St Margaret’s Hall on Friday, March 2, and Saturday, March 3. Organisers are now looking for organisations or individuals to sponsor a barrel for £30.
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Craven council invites Dragon's Den-style applications
Community groups can enter the Dragon’s Again to vie for grant money. They are being invited to an event organised by Craven Council to mirror the hit BBC2 Dragons’ Den show. Five “dragons” will give out £1,750 for local projects that benefit young
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Fish and chip plan for car dealership
A former car dealership is to be transformed into a fish restaurant. A change of use application for the former Sunwin Garage off Station Road, Cross Hills, has been granted by Craven District Council planners. The restaurant will include a takeaway
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Holocaust event planned
The Lord Mayor of Bradford has issued a civic invitation to residents of the district to attend a special ceremony to remember the Holocaust and other genocides. Bradford’s Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony will be held at Saltaire’s Victoria Hall on Friday
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Experts drafted in to meet health targets
Hospital bosses in Bradford have called in experts for help and advice after failing to hit two targets. A board of governors meeting of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust yesterday heard how the trust had welcomed external input at the
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Play looks at lives of soldiers' families
A play about the lives of military wives, girlfriends and mothers, is heading to Ilkley Playhouse next month. Jo’s War, by Lucy Bell, charts the lives of soldiers’ sweethearts who have to continue their own lives and careers while their worst fears are
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Striker Smalley joins Bradford City on loan
Oxford striker Deane Smalley today joined City on loan until the end of the season. The 23-year-old trained with his new team-mates for the first time and goes straight into the squad to face Burton on Saturday. Manchester-born Smalley
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Time waster fined by police
Police have warned cheats who waste police time by making false crime reports will be punished. A 31-year-old man from Fairweather Green, Bradford, was given an £80 fixed penalty notice by police after making a false report of a burglary. He claimed
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Skipton couple raise cash for drugs charity
A Skipton couple have raised more than £1,500 for a local drugs charity. Martin and Patricia Emmerson, who run a stall on Skipton Market, organised a charity day in memory of daughter Trisha, who died from pneumonia and septicaemia at the age of 33 on
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Skipton housing plans hit last ditch hitch
Housing plans for the former offices of Craven District Council were withdrawn following last-minute calls for a financial contribution towards Skipton’s education. Lovell Homes’ plans to build 57 homes on the Granville Street site were recommended for
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Otley Methodist Church concert postponed
A concert due to take place at Otley Methodist Church has been postponed until the autumn. The Ascension Singers were due to perform on Saturday, March 24, but the date clashed with an Otley Choral Society performance at All Saints Parish Church. The
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Tributes to former Craven District Council chairman David Crawford
Tributes have been paid to a former chairman of Craven District Council who has died. David Crawford, 80, died on Saturday after apparently falling from a ladder while pruning a tree at his house in Bell Busk. It is understood he was found by a postman
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Burley library scheme rejected
A controversial scheme to put a village library on top of a convenience store was yesterday rejected. The Co-op had proposed to take over the current library building in Grange Road, Burley-in-Wharfedale, on a lease from Bradford Council and put a new
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Call for solution to Otley 'eyesore'
Campaigners have urged a planning inspector to end “seven years of visual blight” by forcing landowners to clean-up an Otley eyesore. The plea was made at the final day of a public inquiry which will decide what will happen to the former Bridge End Auction
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Classes cancelled after leak
Classes were cancelled and customers were turned away after a water leak shut Aireborough Leisure Centre for four days. The centre, in Guiseley, was closed on Saturday and did not re-open until yesterday. Leeds City Council said the leak was first noticed
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Man arrested after bedroom blaze
Police were called to a house on Wells Walk, Ilkley, at 3.50pm on Sunday to reports of a man on a roof. Police found a fire and fire crews discovered a bedroom ablaze. Fire-fighters wearing breathing apparatus tackled the blaze. A person was reported
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Heart surgery unit decision delayed
A decision on whether to end surgery at the children’s heart surgery unit at the Leeds General Infirmary has again been delayed. The delay is due to the Joint Chairs of the Primary Care Trusts being granted additional time to appeal the High Court judge
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Wood group meets
The Outer Turning Circle woodturning group meets on the second and last Wednesday of each month at Wyke Centre, Towngate, Wyke. Newcomers are welcome to attend the next session, which will be on Wednesday, January 25, at 1pm.
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Fire service to be held
A fire safety conference for school staff outlining the consequences of failing to comply with legislation takes place next month. It takes place at Future House on February 22 from 8.30am to 12.30pm. The conference is for head teachers, chairmen of
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Buttershaw man faces prison over wounding
A 27-year-old man has been warned to expect a prison sentence for causing serious injury in a row over a debt. Michael Sargeant, of Beacon Road, Buttershaw, Bradford, pleaded guilty to wounding Jason Holdsworth on October 2 last year with intent to cause
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Brain operation Keighley bridegroom to tie the knot today
A bridegroom who suffered a potentially-lethal brain haemorrhage four days before his planned wedding is finally due to tie the knot today. John Duffey, 28, of Whitley Road, Keighley, collapsed on Christmas Day. Doctors carried out life-saving surgery
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Pair arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon
Two men, aged 19 and 26, were arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon and possessing drugs after a disturbance in Bradford city centre. Police were called at 8.15pm on Tuesday to an incident which was monitored on CCTV. A golf club
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Study looks into causes of schizophrenia
A study aims to determine the genetic causes of schizophrenia within families. Researchers will be working with families from the Pakistani community of West Yorkshire, most of whom are the children of settlers from the 1950s. The two-year project,
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Boy, 14, held over hammer robberies
A 14-year-old youth has been arrested in connection with two Bradford robberies by a hammer-wielding suspect – thanks to the Telegraph & Argus. The teenager was detained by police on Tuesday following a phone call from a member of the public
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Bradford College has right ingredients for training of chefs
Britain is busy plugging the skills gap with apprenticeships. For years the lure of more lucrative jobs in technology-related professions diverted many young people away from the traditional hands-on trades, so it’s no surprise the country started to
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Bradford man charged with making hoax bomb report
Detectives investigating a security alert at a primary school have charged a Bradford man with making a hoax bomb report. West Midlands Police said the 33-year-old would appear at Birmingham Magistrates' Court to answer the charge on January 25.
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Experts urge investment to boost Yorkshire economy
The Government has been urged by a Yorkshire business specialist to borrow more to invest in key infrastructure projects and to bring forward the timetable for a high-speed rail connection between the region and London. Ian Beaumont, head of accountants
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Norwood Green News
WALK: The next walk arranged by the Calderdale Heritage Project is on Sunday leaving the Post Office on Commercial Street, Halifax, at 2pm when Anne Kirker will be exploring the interesting heritage hostelries of Halifax ending at the Ring of Bells.
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Shipley News
NEW COURSE: A new course begins in Shipley on Friday, January 20, called ‘Post War American Society – A Dream or a Nightmare’, tutored by Sid Brown, is from 10am to noon at the Cellar Project, Farfield Road. Further information about this and other events
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Bradford's big bhaji beats the world record
Bradford College has entered the Guinness Book of Records after creating the biggest bhaji in the world. Catering students at the college created the massive onion bhaji weighing in at 102kg as part of the Positive Bradford Day celebrations last September
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Stage is set for popular season at Bradford theatres
Children’s favourite The Little Princess is the latest victim of the recession. A live stage version of the hit children’s book and TV series was due at the Alhambra in March, but has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales nationwide. When it comes
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
25 years ago: Distressed callers had been ringing the RSPCA with reports of tethered horses shivering in the snow in Bradford. The animals had been seen on land at Dick Lane, Wrose Brow, Bolton Road and Wapping Road. 50 years ago: Tribute to the work
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Passengers expect to feel safe
Passengers using our rail network quite rightly expect to feel safe when they are waiting and may be rightly concerned about the level of crime in stations around the district which the Telegraph & Argus reveals today. And it is reassuring to know that
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Shocking tax returns
SIR – I am appalled to learn that soldiers risking life and limb in Afghanistan are being brought home for short breaks, not for their welfare, but to ensure they are liable to pay income tax. Apparently, if they serve a continuous period of six months
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Save stamps for us
SIR – Before you next go to throw away an envelope which has a postage stamp attached, think that by simply saving that stamp you could be helping a person who has kidney failure. At the British Kidney Patient Association we need your used postage stamps
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Pioneering promises
SIR – Ed Miliband has made much of his break with New Labour’s Blair/Brown past, but in fact he is continuing their discredited policy of going along with the Tory agenda. When Blair was elected, he said he would stick with the Conservative
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It’s time truth was told
SIR – Would democracy be better served if the rule of Parliamentary privilege was outlawed? MPs say things in the House that they can’t say in public fearing prosecution. Early in this administration’s life, in the House the Chancellor said their economic
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Rescue was right
SIR – The USA and Iran might be at loggerheads, but that didn’t stop American forces flying off the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd responding to a distress call from an Iranian fishing boat, the Al Molai, that had been commandeered by suspected Somali
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Memorials must stay
SIR – The deaths of war veterans Frank Buckles and Claude Choules in 2011 brought to an end living memory of the horrors of the First World War trenches. For anyone born in the 20th century, it remains difficult to grasp the enormity of the losses suffered
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Shopping centre will be a boost to the city
SIR – Now the City Park is almost complete and, from what I have seen, looks very nice, can we now hope to hear some news from the Council or Westfield regarding a starting date this year on the Urban Garden site? I think it would be as big a boost
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Bradford Council's £70,000 bill for 600 stolen gutter grates
More than 600 metal gully grates have been stolen in Bradford in the past ten months at a cost of thousands of pounds to Bradford Council. Since April, there have been 610 gully lids stolen across the district, which would have cost the authority £122,000
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Otley and Aireborough News
DREAM ORGANISATION: Disabled adults living in north-west Leeds are invited to join DREAM. The group is open to disabled adults aged 18 and over and meets on Monday afternoons. On Monday members are visiting Aireborough Leisure Centre. Volunteer drivers
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Garage thief stole van for ram raid
A 21-year-old man was caught carrying out a night-time ram raid in a stolen van, Bradford Crown Court heard. Police chased and detained Raymond Coleman when they swooped on premises belonging to TMC Electric Motors in Eastwood Street, West Bowling, Bradford
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Heartbreak quest to find Screwball
Children have been left heartbroken after their favourite pony went missing after a break-in at a Bradford riding school. Seven horses were left to roam the streets when stable doors at Bridgefield Stables, in Wyke Lane, Oakenshaw, were left open by
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Bradford Peacocks staff face jobs threat
Up to 40 Bradford retail workers could be facing at a bleak future following the appointment of administrators at budget clothing chain Peacocks. The Cardiff-based group operated an outlet within the Morrisons supermarket at Five Lane Ends, which created
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Lorry sheds its load of animal waste in Keighley
Council chiefs are investigating after a lorry spilled a large quantity of animal waste across a road. South Street, in Keighley, was turned into a putrid mess after a lorry shed its load on Tuesday afternoon. The incident happened shortly after 4pm
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Secret soap shoot has fans in frenzy
A major action sequence for TV soap Emmerdale was filmed last week on the moors above Silsden – and it could spell the end for one Bradford star. Local internet forums were abuzz with comments from residents who had witnessed or seen the aftermath of
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Inspector urged to end Otley 'blight'
Campaigners have urged a planning inspector to end “seven years of visual blight” by forcing landowners to clean-up an Otley eyesore. The plea was made at the final day of a public inquiry which will decide what will happen to the former Bridge
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Co-op plan for Burley library refused
A controversial scheme to put a village library on top of a convenience store was yesterday rejected. The Co-op had proposed to take over the current library building in Grange Road, Burley-in-Wharfedale, on a lease from Bradford Council and put a new
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Bid to build on Harden parking site refused
Councillors have urged officers to talk to villagers after rejecting plans to develop Council-owned land, which has been used as a car park for more than two decades. Members of Bradford Council’s Shipley area planning panel want officers to meet with
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Plan to demolish Bingley swing bridge rejected
Developers were handed another blow yesterday in their bid to steal a march in one of Bradford’s longest- running planning sagas. Redrow Homes and Bellway Homes have been battling with campaigners over a scheme to build more than 400 homes in Sty Lane
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Silsden News
BEAVERS: The 1st Silsden (St James) Beavers now meet on Fridays at 5.15pm to 6.15pm for boys and girls aged six to eight with spaces now available. Contact 07719 332972.
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Queensbury News
SWIMMING LESSONS: Classes are held at Queensbury Pool. Call (01274) 883978 for details and opening times. GET TOGETHER: QCP Walking Group is hosting a get together at The Omnibus, Queensbury on Wednesday, January 25. Why not come along to the Ominbus
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Bradford Bulls new signing Manuokafoa reveals agony over knee injury
New recruit Manase Manuokafoa has reassured Bulls fans that his rehabilitation is on course after he was cut down by injury during pre-season training. The giant prop, signed from Parramatta on a one-year deal, tore the posterior cruciate ligament
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Police step up patrols at crime-hit railway stations
Police have revealed that more late-night patrols have been put in place at rail stations in Bradford on the day the Telegraph & Argus obtained figures highlighting the most crime-hit rail stations across the district. A total of 370 crimes
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Oakenshaw and Low Moor news
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION: The Low Moor and Wyke branch will be holding the next monthly meeting on Wednesday at 8pm in the Harold Club, Huddersfield Road. New members always welcome to support the work of this association. HOLY TRINITY CHURCH: The Rambling
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Bradford Council forecast overspend is cut to just £800,000
Bradford Council finance chiefs are “confident” of balancing the authority’s budget as the latest figures show a vast improvement with a forecast overspend of just £0.8 million – down from £7.5m in the last quarter. Severe funding cuts mean that £44m
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Bradford jobless situation getting ‘critical’
Nearly six per cent of people in Bradford are out of work as dole queues top 18,500 across the district. New figures from the Office of National Statistics show 18,583 people are claiming Job Seekers Allowance, up 452 from the previous month. Bradford
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Fans can play vital support role against Burton, says Bradford City manager Parkinson
Phil Parkinson is calling for a big effort on and off the pitch as depleted City target their first win of 2012 on Saturday. Parkinson could have another signing on board, thought to be a striker, in time for the Valley Parade clash with Burton
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Jet2.com in legal bid to make rival change its name
Leisure airline and hotels operator Jet2.com has been accused of ‘playing dirty’ by threatening legal action against a rival company which it claims is usurping its brand. In a ‘David and Goliath’ battle, airline Jet2.com and its sister company Jet2
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Bradford Bulls half-back Sammut can't wait for visa clearance
Jarrod Sammut has revealed his frustration at being reduced to the sidelines by red tape. The Australian half-back, 24, cannot be registered to play for Mick Potter’s men as he is yet to be granted a visa due to an administrative delay.
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Keighley store staff keeping beehives sweet
It is a sugar rush with a difference. Supermarket workers in Keighley have donated bags of spoiled sugar in a bid to save the region’s threatened honey bees. Rather than throw away ripped or damaged bags of sugar, workers at the Sainsbury’s store are
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Keighley brain illness groom gets married
A bridegroom who suffered a potentially-lethal brain haemorrhage four days before his planned wedding is finally due to tie the knot today. John Duffey, 28, of Whitley Road, Keighley, collapsed on Christmas Day. Doctors carried out life-saving surgery
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Consultation date for Bradford College plans
A proposed redevelopment of Bradford College will be put under the public spotlight next week. The Telegraph & Argus exclusively revealed earlier this month that a £50 million building project had been given the go ahead. A public consultation meeting
