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Craven households face above-inflation water bills rise
Craven households are facing an above-inflation 6.1 per cent rise in average water bills. Ofwat this week announced price rises that will see the typical combined annual bill for water and sewerage in Yorkshire rise from £340 to £361. The bill changes
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Skipton demolition plans raise no objections
Plans to demolish an existing double garage and sun room at 13 Rockwood Drive, Skipton, have raised no objections from the town council. The scheme includes the building of a new double-storey extension with sun room, single garage, bedroom and porch.
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Steeton community hall work to start in months
Work is likely to start within four months on Steeton's new £200,000 community hall. Parish council chairman David Mullen hoped contractors would begin the five-month building project in May. Funders of the project have insisted that work is completed
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Addingham parish council to increase precept
Addingham Parish Council is to increase its precept after losing rental money from Bradford Council. Members agreed to charge the community a total of £27,146 for its services in 2012-13, an increase of almost eight per cent. A Band D householder will
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Six taekwondo members are on a Quest
Six Quest Taekwondo members are travelling to Germany this weekend to compete at the Children’s International Taekwondo Championships in Stuttgart. They are Baildon’s Zak Spencer and Rotherham’s Shane Burgin, both seven, Rebecca Weir, of Baildon, who
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A59 speeding motorist fined
Motorist Jason Cross was ordered to pay £335 by Skipton magistrates for speeding on the A59 at Beamsley Hill. Cross, 37, pleaded guilty by letter to court today. He had been driving his Volvo V70 on September 28 at 78mph on the 50mph stretch, the court
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Benson's title hat-trick brings reward
Bingley Harrier Sarah Benson has won her third successive event. The shot putter took the Welsh Indoor Championship with a throw of 12.85 metres. Her other wins came in UWIC (University of Wales Institute Cardiff) grands prix, with throws of 13.18m
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Addingham football pavilion work approved
The extension and refurbishment of a football pavilion to provide a new home for Addingham Scouts has been approved by Bradford Council. Planning officers acting under delegated powers have given the go-ahead to Addingham Parish Council’s plans for the
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Funeral held for fomer publican
Former publican Morris Jaques has died at the age of 79. Morris was born in Branwith in 1932 and his early working life was spent farming on the outskirts of Harrogate. A change of direction took him and his wife, June, to The Scotts Arms in Sicklinghall
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Water quality plans to go on show
Plans by Yorkshire Water to improve the quality of water supplied to a number of residents of Oughtershaw, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, will be put on public show next week. The company is staging a customer drop-in session at Buckden Village
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Bradford Mutual venues being firmed up
Venues for the forthcoming season are being firmed up in the Bradford Mutual Sunday School League. Heaton A and B will play at Marley, while Hallfield B will be based at Thornton Grammar School. There is also a possibility that Yorkshire
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Whitcombe: Time to let someone else have a go
Martin Whitcombe has explained why his reign as Bradford & Bingley’s director of rugby came to an end last month. The former England B prop said: “It was time to move on and let someone else have a go. I renewed some old friendships at the
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Leeds Area Council Cup set for expansion
The Leeds Area Council League Cup is set to be expanded. The York Senior League, Huddersfield Central League, Halifax League, South Yorkshire League and Dales Council League could well be joined by the Bradford League and the Bradford Mutual Sunday
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Refresher for Dales Council umpires
The Dales Council Umpires’ Association are hosting an umpires’ course at Pudsey Congs Cricket Club on Thursdays (7.15pm) February 9, 16 and 23 and March 1, 8, 15 and 29 at £1.50 per session. The course is ideal as a refresher or as an introduction
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Yorkshire: Afghanistan veteran to inspire Gale's troops
Yorkshire have turned to a former soldier shot in Afghanistan in a bid to give them the mental edge for the new county cricket season. Captain Andrew Gale invited Martin Hewitt, a 31 year-old who has become one of the country’s top disabled
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Super League games set for Monday TV slot
Super League matches will be played on Monday nights this summer, it was announced at today’s season launch at Old Trafford. The switch of Sky Sports’ second weekly televised game from the Saturday slot has been agreed as part of a new five-year
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Open night for Otley club
Otley Badminton Club are holding an open night on Friday. Prospective new members are invited to attend from 7-9pm with no obligation. The club are based at Prince Henry’s Sports Hall in Otley.
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Conways shine at Collis Rigg
The region’s big orienteering fixture of last weekend took place at Collis Rigg, north of Helmsley. The course was a mixture of coniferous woodlands and open spaces linked by an intricate network of paths, tracks and forest roads. Airienteers
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Northern Race Walking finale at Drighlington
Bradford-based Yorkshire Race Walking Club hosts the final Northern Winter League Race fixture at Drighlington on Sunday (11am). The race comprises seven laps of Adwalton Moor for a total distance of 10,000 metres. Changing rooms are at Drighlington
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Sponsorship deal boosts Cowen's Olympic hopes
One of Yorkshire’s Olympic hopefuls is a step closer to her dream of competing at the London 2012 Games after securing a major sponsorship deal. Diver Jenny Cowen, from Cross Roads, near Keighley, is to use the cash – provided by leisure and entertainment
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Former Thackley No 2 Regan decides time was his enemy as he considered two roles
Thackley assistant manager Sean Regan has left Dennyfield and swapped non-league football for the full-time game for a second time. Having been No 2 with the Dennyboys previously, he took the manager’s role at neighbours Liversedge.
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Shipley: construction of side and rear extension, 136 Thackley Old Road. Shipley: construction of two-storey side extension with rear dormer windows, 11 Redburn Drive. Shipley
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Bees men miss golden opportunity
Bingley Bees travelled to Boston Spa Fourths in Yorkshire Men's Division Six North with high hopes of returning with three much-needed points. The visitors started strongly, with good movement from the midfield and some solid defence.
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Singh is on song as Bradford No 2 gain much-needed win
Bradford No 2 took on Wakefield No 2 in Division Two of the Yorkshire Inter-District Snooker League at Manningham Ward and had an excellent 5-1 victory. The side have struggled for consistency but this victory will instill some much-needed confidence
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Grayson sacked by Leeds United
Simon Grayson was this afternoon sacked as Leeds United manager. The axe fell on his three-year reign following last night's 4-1 loss to Birmingham at Elland Road. Chief executive Shaun Harvey said: "We have 18 games to go this season
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Man dies after industrial accident at Bradford firm
A man has died after an industrial accident in Bradford, police have confirmed. Police and fire crews were called to Wharfedale Business Park, Tong Street, Dudley Hill, at 7.30am today. Enquiries are ongoing by police and the Health
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Moses happy with his solo cyclo-cross run
Keighley’s Joe Moses had to overcome problems both on and off the course at last weekend’s World Cyclo-Cross Championships in Belgium. Firstly the 17-year-old had to make it to the start line after national champion Hugo Robinson, fellow junior
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Drivers face more motorway misery
Motorists using the M62 near Bradford have been facing delays and disruption today for a variety of reasons. To add to delays caused by ongoing roadworks, drivers have had to contend with tailbacks caused by an accident and then a slow-moving
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Can you help put names to faces in rugby photo?
Telegraph & Argus reader Brian Drake is hoping others will look at this team photograph and help him solve a mystery. Mr Drake, now in his 70s and living in Copley, near Halifax, found the framed photo among his dad’s belongings after he died. He stashed
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‘Knowledge of bowel cancer symptoms could save hundreds’
Public health chiefs have mounted a campaign to raise awareness of the symptoms of bowel cancer – a disease that kills more than 100 people a year in the Bradford district. The campaign Be Clear On Cancer encourages people who have had blood
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Bingley campaign group nears £60,000 appeal target
Campaigners against a housing development on green fields near Bingley have almost raised the £60,000 needed to fight a planning appeal next month. Greenhill Action Group (GAG) and its supporters have raised £58,000 in less than four months
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Lidget Green & Clayton News
WORSHIP: Church services will be held at Clayton Heights Methodist Church at 10.30am. Lidget Green with Great Horton meets at 9am with Holy communion and a united worship will be held at 10.30am led by Phillip Drake. At Clayton Methodist at 10.30am
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Long Lee & Parkwood News
COMMUNION: Services at St. Barnabas Parish Church this Sunday8am. Holy Communion. 9.15am. Parish Communion.6.30pm. Evening Worship. At Long Lee Methodist Church 10.30am. All Age Worship led by Sylvia Thompson. 6pm. Holy Communion led by Rev. Sandie Exley-Watt
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Idle & Thackley News
PANTOMIME SHOWS: Idle & Thackley Theatre Group invite you to come and enjoy their 23rd annual pantomime, Jack and The Beanstalk. The Panto is currently being held at The Little Theatre, Malt Shovel Yard, Westfield Lane each weekday at 7.15pm finishing
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Troupe co-founder: ‘No barriers for deaf dancers’
by Emma Clayton Leisure and Lifestyle Editor A Bradford dancer who performs ‘sign dancing’ is aiming to inspire deaf youngsters. Anthony Snowden, who was born deaf, is appearing in and choreographing a pantomime which will have a special signed
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Wapping pair who left dogs to starve face jail
A Bradford mother and son have been warned they could face jail after a court heard they left two dogs to starve in “appalling” conditions in an attic. Julie Taylor, 48, of Northampton Street, Wapping, and her son Jamie Taylor, 31, of Prospect Road
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Twingo Renaultsport is so full of life
The Twingo is a neat little motor, but in high-performance Renaultsport mode it’s a pocket rocket. There are faster cars. And there are more sophisticated cars. But there aren’t any that meld power, performance and value into such an appealing
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Growth of obesity helps Cleckheaton firm expand
A huge increase in the number of obese people is providing a lucrative additional market for a West Yorkshire engineering firm, which saw sales of specialist medical equipment rise by 13 per cent in the past year. Ferno UK, in Cleckheaton, has developed
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Idle company says it will look at signage after lorry complaints
A refrigeration firm in Idle has pledged to take action after residents complained of lorries blocking narrow roads near its site. David Robertshaw, who lives near the George Barker premises in Highfield Road, said he believed there had been three incidents
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Transplant woman to cycle 1,400-miles to Spain
by Daryl Ames T&A Reporter A woman who underwent a life-saving kidney transplant 20 years ago is set to embark on an epic 1,400-mile charity cycle ride. Deborah Smith, 35, and her husband, Phil, 44, will be cycling from their Glusburn home
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Auction expansion creates new jobs at Bradford firm
A Bradford auction centre has created two jobs and is attracting buyers from around the globe for its regular online sales. Chartered surveyors Eddisons has opened the centre in Lower Lane, East Bowling, as a new venue where West Yorkshire companies
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Leeds-Bradford Airport on target in £11m revamp
Bosses at Leeds-Bradford Airport yesterday insisted a £11million improvement scheme is on schedule as they provided the first glimpse of the major refurbishment. And LBA commercial director Tony Hallwood said the new-look terminal would “set the standard
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Police at scene of industrial accident in Bradford
Police were called to what they described as an “industrial incident” in Bradford this morning. Officers received reports of the incident, involving a 36-year-old man at premises at Wharfedale Business Park, Tong Street, Dudley Hill, at 7.30am
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Poisonous mercury is a problem
The special properties of the metal mercury have made it well-known for thousands of years, and it is not surprising that a Roman god and one of the planets around the sun have been named after it. Also there aren’t many metals that are in liquid form
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Just like China!
SIR – As part of BBC Newsnight’s excellent series on China this week there was an item on new large-scale developments. It was pointed out that individuals displaced or in any way adversely affected by developments had no say whatsoever in the process
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How was it missed?
SIR – Your report of an unapproved car-wash operating near Lister Park raises some questions about our local planners. Do they travel around with their eyes closed? Surely some members of that bloated department pass along Manningham Lane and should
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The kindness of Bradford we will never forget
Emma Clayton tells the remarkable story of Albert Waxman, who escaped persecution in Nazi Germany in 1939 on the Kindertransport and eventually found a home in Bradford It was a rainy evening in March 1939, when a group of exhausted boys arrived at
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Limit to subsidies
SIR – How deluded are Councillor Ian Greenwood and the Rt Rev Nick Baines with their recent comments on the benefits caps proposed by the Tories. The Bishop concludes: “As people with a salary of £26,000 also receive child benefit on top, it’s only right
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Centenarian Edith dies
One of Bradford’s oldest residents has died aged 106. Edith Dean, of Langdale Residential Home in Bierley, was born in the city and worked at a mill in Odsal. She continued to lead an active life throughout her retirement. She
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Santander profits drop and hard year ahead predicted
Banking group Santander revealed a 40 per cent drop in UK profits but hailed success in increasing support to small and medium sized firms. The group’s UK arm, which swallowed the branch and savings business of Bradford & Bingley in 2008, loaned £4.3
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Against our interests
SIR – Mr Shaw (Letters, January 21) has fired off both barrels without pinpointing the nub of my argument. If only it were true that Cameron’s exit from the EC summit really was in the national interest. Unfortunately, quite the reverse is the case.
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Time for dogs ban
SIR – I went for a walk round Roberts Park, Saltaire, on the morning of Saturday, January 28. I was amazed and disgusted to see the amount of dog fouling on the paths and grass by the flowerbeds, on the river side. But even worse there was a man from
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The green spaces we must cherish
SIR – Your editorial comment ‘Homes fight not a class struggle’ (T&A, January 26) was one of the best-considered responses to the emotive subject of ‘housing shortages’ I have yet read. The supposed need for 45,500 new homes in the Bradford area is,
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Bradford City: O'Brien gives up home comforts
Luke O’Brien today opened a new chapter in his football career by admitting he had grown stale at Valley Parade. O’Brien’s move to Exeter for the rest of the season ended an association with City that began when he was just eight. Now
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February 1
25 years ago: A Bradford bobby has organised a massive campaign involving the posting of half a million anti-car theft leaflets. 50 years ago: Bradford Council of Youth Clubs plans to open a coffee bar and run it as an experimental youth club.
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Bradford University bucks trend on places
Bradford is bucking the trend among universities with an increased number of applications despite higher tuition fees. The University of Bradford is also alone in Yorkshire in having more applicants than last year and the year before – and it has been
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Banning the convicted barristers
Questions have to be asked about how a barrister who had been convicted of theft was, despite this, able to represent a client in court. Even though he had admitted stealing £81,500 and was on bail awaiting sentence, David Freisner appeared for a defendant
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Bradford Bulls prop Scruton confident of big improvement against Catalan Dragons
Nick Scruton has admitted the Bulls’ thumping defeat at Hull was a reality check but is confident they will be fully up to speed at home to Catalan Dragons this weekend. Mick Potter’s men shipped nine tries during a chastening 46-6 defeat
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Czech out this fun-size Skoda
Trust Skoda! There are times when you need an estate car and times you need a 4x4. So, the Czech manufacturer has come up with the perfect combination, the Octavia Scout (from £22,270 as tested). To add to the appeal this car also has aspects of a people-carrier
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Court bans Riddlesden man from keeping animals
A Keighley man has been banned from keeping poultry and ferrets after he admitted causing unnecessary suffering to animals in his care. Aaron Scrivens, 26, of Western Avenue, Riddlesden, pleaded guilty at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates’
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Above-inflation 6.1% increase in water bills justified by Yorkshire Water
Yorkshire Water has justified an “unwelcome” increase in customers’ water bills by saying the rise will help pay for a £376 million programme of improvements to services. Bills will go up on April 1, which will mean the average customer will spend £1.75
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Baildon Moor caravan residents told to move out for month
Residents who live at a caravan park say they are being made temporarily homeless in a row with council chiefs. About 200 people living in static caravans at Crook Farm, Glen Road, Baildon Moor, have been told they have to leave their homes in February
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Driver faces jail again after death crash
A previously jailed dangerous driver has pleaded guilty to killing a father-of-two while speeding in a high-powered car in Bradford. Paul Hussain – warned by a judge in 2008 that he could have killed or maimed innocent road users as he was imprisoned
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Bradford Council ‘has no plans to end council tax discount’
The leader of Bradford Council has dismissed reports that the authority is part of a Labour party campaign to scrap the single person discount for council tax. Councillor Ian Greenwood told the Telegraph & Argus the ruling party does not intend to remove
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Guiseley and Farsley to meet in semi-final
Guiseley beat FC Halifax Town 1-0 in a tough West Riding County Cup derby at Nethermoor last night to book a place against Farsley in the semi-finals. The Lions created by far the better chances. First-half efforts by Mark Bower, Simon Ainge, Danny Forrest
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Albion Sports in cup KO
Albion Sports' first run-out this year ended in a 5-2 defeat at Grimsby Borough. The result saw Albion exit the Wilkinson Sword Trophy at the semi-final stage. Having not played since Boxing Day, there was some ring rust about Albion but goals from
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Cold weather payment on way for Bradford residents
The most vulnerable people in Bradford will receive cash to help with heating bills as temperatures across the district stayed low. The cold weather payments, which are triggered when the average temperature falls, or is forecast to fall, to 0ºC or below
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Otley crash victim named as Burley-in-Wharfedale man
A man who died after his 4x4 collided with two other vehicles has been named as Michael Crookes. The 47-year-old, from Burley-in-Wharfedale, is believed to have fallen ill behind the wheel as he was travelling along the A660 Otley bypass at about 4.35pm
