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Leeds United chairman Ken Bates gets £10,000 harassment bill
Leeds United chairman Ken Bates has been ordered to pay £10,000 to an ex-director who sued him for harassment. Melvyn Levi and his wife Carole claimed they suffered stress as a result of announcements on the club radio station allegedly likening Mr Levi
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Staff praised for foiling Ilkley armed raid
The manager of a jewellers has praised his staff after an armed robbery at the shop was thwarted. Sam Brown, manager at Lister Horsfall in Brook Street, Ilkley, said staff quickly managed to get a metal shutter down to stop the raid by sledgehammer-wielding
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Man tells court of mum's injuries
A man whose brother is accused of stabbing their mother today told a court of his shock when he saw a blade sticking into her face. Mohammed Zanul Islam Hussain, 21, of Water Lily Road, Heaton, is accused of wounding his mother Hafsa Begum with intent
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'Revenge' attack on speed camera
Malicious wreckers have damaged a speed camera in what could have been revenge for getting clocked. Witnesses reported a lorry and chain was used to pull over the expensive camera’s mountings in a 30mph zone in Valley Road, Shipley. The supporting pole
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Fury as laser beam shone at police helicopter
A policing union boss has condemned as “absolutely deplorable” laser attacks on aircraft after a man was arrested on suspicion of shining a laser at the force helicopter while it was in the skies above Bradford. Andrew Tempest-Mitchell, chairman of the
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Cryer welcomes crackdown on forced marriages expected tomorrow
A former MP who campaigned to outlaw forced marriages has welcomed new laws, due to be announced tomorrow, which will see parents who force their children to marry face jail. Ann Cryer, who during her 13 years as Keighley’s Labour MP, helped countless
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No panic as Pudsey Congs plot their climb
Pudsey Congs, JCT600 Bradford League champions as recently as 2010, are normally to be found in the top four of Division One. However, with this weekend marking a third of the way through a rain-hit campaign, Congs are in the bottom two. They have 45
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Northern Counties East clubs set to have four more league games
The Baris Northern Counties East League has released its proposed constitution for the 2012-13 season, following an FA Leagues Committee meeting last week, and it means four more games for clubs in both divisions. The Premier and Division One were both
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Leaders Colton will provide Tong Park Esholt with serious test
Tong Park Esholt made a number of changes to their Aire-Wharfe League side in a bid to bounce straight back from last season’s relegation to Division Three, and on Saturday they face a serious test of their ambition when they take on leaders Colton.
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Four-foot lizard rescued in house blaze
A four-foot lizard had an amazing escape when a blaze engulfed its tank today. Fire crews from Silsden and Skipton rescued the reptile after being called to a stone-built three-storey house in Baynes Way, Embsay, near Skipton, at 2.17am.
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Emotional Lampkin is honoured in Japan
Silsden's Dougie Lampkin has been honoured in Japan. Adored and respected by thousands of fans around the world throughout his long and decorated career, the 12-times FIM world champion was attending the 13th edition of the FIM Trial Grand Prix at the
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Patterson's taking his chance after missing out in Yorkshire's opening game
Yorkshire’s LV= County Championship promotion campaign is treading water on the north Wales coast as day two of their match against Glamorgan was completely washed out. The umpires abandoned play at 1.15pm, with areas of the outfield completed saturated
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Heckmondwike hosts Northern Individual cycle speedway
Heckmondwike Cycle Speedway host the Northern Individual race series on Sunday at Firth Park, with teams from Sheffield, Hull, Bury, Stockport, Astley, Tyldesley and Heckmondwike taking part. Racing starts at 11.30am with the under-tens
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Chance for taekwondo beginners
Strike Taekwondo are hosting a One-On-One Fight Day and ,b>Poomsae Championships in Bingley on Sunday, June 17. The events, for grass-roots clubs and beginner students, will take place at Nab Wood Sports Centre (10am-4.30pm). Trophies and medals will
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No frills as Stirk powers to four medals
A small squad of City of Bradford swimmers competed in the prestigious City of Sheffield No Frills Meet. Rostrum places were hard to come by and City had to be content with 12-year-old Myles Stirk being their only medallist. He stormed to silver medals
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Williams' third ton can't prevent derby defeat for Birstall
Birstall’s former Indian A batting star Connor Williams completed a third successive Solly Sports Central Yorkshire league century for his side in their game at home to neighbours Batley. But, having batted a massive 144.3 overs in three games without
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Bradford & District Evening League results
Bradford & District Evening League – Division One: Bolton Villas 146-4 (J Poward 50no, A Clark 47), Apperley Bridge 141 (M Kurshid 51no, S Lawrence 5-3). No play: Allerton v John Breare, Azad v Haworth Road, Windhill v Bingley Congs, Denholme v Thornton
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Latest angling lines
The latest from the angling scene. BRADFORD CITY AA All the association’s waters are continuing to produce good sport of silver fish and carp. The river season opens on Saturday, June 16, and members are reminded to take care when walking
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Getting to grips with hugging
Today is National Hug Your Cat Day – and I’m only too happy to oblige. For me, every day is hug your cat day, and I give him more than his fair share. He doesn't know how lucky he is. I don’t give out hugs willy nilly – my husband will vouch for that
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Keighley workers get anti-terrorism training
Anti-terrorism training will be given to public service workers. The course is for front-line staff in jobs such as the police, social services, education, probation and health and will be based on the Government’s Prevent Agenda, which aims to stop
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June 7 2012
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Keighley: construction of conservatory to rear, 30 Mayhall Avenue, East Morton. Keighley: construction of detached house on former garden of 15 Sunny Mount, land adj Sunny Mount
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Guiseley manager wants Blue Square Bet North play-off revamp
Guiseley manager Steve Kittrick wants the Blue Square Bet Conference to look at the way they arrange the end-of-season play-offs. Hyde gained the sole automatic promotion berth to the Conference from Blue Square Bet North but the Lions, who finished
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Online demand leads to jobs boost at Bradford transport firm
by Chris Holland Business Reporter Rising demand from online shoppers has led a Bradford distribution company to launch a new service and create ten jobs. Expect Distribution, which also has an operation in Halifax, has acted on research which showed
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Pair in fundraising cycle to Austria
A lorry driver who has shed more than four stone to enable him to cycle hundreds of miles for charity is about to begin an epic ride to Austria to raise money for seriously ill children. When he started his weight-loss effort in May last year, Nigel
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Tributes are paid to Skipton memorial campaigner
Tributes have been paid to a “true inspiration” and former RAF mechanic who won a medal for his campaign for a memorial to seven Polish airmen killed when their plane crashed by the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. Jim Hartley, of Bradley, near Skipton, died after
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"Business confidence in Bradford is rising"
Business confidence in Yorkshire has reached its highest level for more than a year, according to findings published today, while another report shows regional manufacturers remain resilient. The Business Confidence Monitor from the Institute of Chartered
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Hi-tech boost for health workers
A £4.2 million investment in new technology is set to improve patient care. All GP practices and health centres in Bradford district will get new computer technology as part of the project, which is the first of its scale in the NHS in England. Outdated
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Horses left shocked after electricity supply scare
Horse riders are demanding action after four animals suffered electric shocks in two separate incidents on a dirt track – causing three to bolt and a fourth to knock over its owner. The shocks, believed to have been caused by an electricity supply fault
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Wife of man arrested in Greece flies out for visit
The wife of a British citizen still languishing in a Greek jail has flown out to see him. Fran Prenga’s wife, Louise, flew back out to Greece from her Otley home in a bid to free the man she says has been wrongly imprisoned. Mr Prenga, 34, is in a jail
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TV’s Rashid to appear at the mela
Rashid Mahmood Khan from Channel 4’s Make Bradford British will be at the city’s mela this Saturday helping raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. He is teaming up with the Bradford branch of building suppliers Selco to join in their fundraising activities
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Man, 35, bailed by murder squad detectives probing Bradford man's death
Police have released a man on bail following questioning about the murder of a 38-year-old man in Manningham, Bradford. Garry Crossley died in hospital on Tuesday, 24 hours after he was discovered injured at a flat where he was staying in Apsley Crescent
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Cullingworth campaigners’ joy at bridleway move
Rights-of-way campaigners have claimed a partial victory in a battle to preserve a well-used bridleway believed to be an ancient pack horse route. Landowner Robert Thompson has withdrawn controversial plans to re-classify the route in Cullingworth
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Curry contest hots up as public asked to vote
Bradford’s curry chefs are sharpening their knives as the city’s bid to keep its crown as Curry Capital of Britain hots up. Food fans are being asked to vote for their favourite Asian restaurants in and around the district, so a team of four eateries
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Haworth plaque damage is ‘mindless'
Vandals have been accused of “mindless destruction” after ripping a plaque in memory of a woman with dementia from a bench at a Haworth beauty spot. The plaque remembering the late Julia Hall was torn from its mounting, broken into pieces and left scattered
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Bradford band New Model Army hit by new blow
Bradford rock band New Model Army, devastated when a fire ripped through their studio last December, have been left heartbroken yet again after £15,000 of irreplaceable instruments were stolen from their van after a gig. The band is now
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Wyke man, 39, jailed for drug dealing
A 39-year-old man has been jailed for two years for street drug-dealing in Bradford. Craig Hemmingway pleaded guilty to supplying heroin and possession of heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply in Huddersfield Road, Wyke, on September 21. Hemmingway
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"Come and see the Olympic torch in Bradford, Keighley and Ilkley - by bus"
Bradford Council today urged people attending the district’s Olympic Torch Relay later this month to walk or use public transport. With thousands of spectators expected to welcome the flame on Sunday, June 24, road closures and parking restrictions
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Security firm gives cadets bit of a lift
An urgent need for an extra set of wheels to help a thriving group of sea cadets take to the water has been met by a security firm. Following a surge in membership from 12 to 52 in the past three years, Keighley Marine & Sea Cadets needed a second minibus
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Spotlight on magical Mela
It is dusk in Lister Park and a little boy weaves through an avenue of trees festooned with colourful lights. The charming image, taken by photographer Tim Smith at the Bradford Mela in 1991, is part of a striking exhibition tracing the history
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'Heaton man, 21, stabbed his mother in the face'
A man who suffers from paranoia and bipolar disorder stabbed his mother in the face, narrowly missing the main blood vessel to her brain, a Crown Court jury heard. Mohammed Zanul Islam Hussain, 21, of Water Lily Road, Heaton, the oldest of Hafsa Begum
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Bradford holiday firm to cease trading
A Bradford holiday firm which was last month fined £2,500 for failing to have proper security in place to refund customers in the event of insolvency has announced it will cease trading. Customers who had booked trips with Gain Travel Experience
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TV chiefs fork out £26k for goodwill
TV soap bosses are ploughing more than £20,000 of funding back into Ilkley Moor following a controversial filming shoot which churned up sensitive landscape. Work recently got under way on resurfacing a track and footpath in one of the busiest visitor
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Firefighters tackle major blaze at Skipton house
Firefighters spent more than three hours battling a “significant” blaze at a house in Embsay, Skipton, early today. Crews from Skipton and Silsden were called to the stone-built property in Baynes Way at about 2.15am. They were joined
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Parkinson vision decisive factor in tempting McArdle to Bradford City
Rory McArdle revealed Phil Parkinson’s hunger for success persuaded him to become City’s second summer recruit yesterday. The Northern Ireland international has penned a two-year deal to follow the permanent signing of fellow defender Andrew
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Diabetic difficulties
SIR – On Saturday, May 26, I was asked if I would no longer take my insulin in the shop, which I have been doing for a few weeks (Greggs at Five Lane Ends), as someone has complained about it. The staff at Greggs were polite about this matter. To the
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Well done to all
SIR – I recently had the privilege of attending the Bradford Academy’s Got Talent Finals 2012. It’s certainly true – they have talent in abundance. However, what stood out most for me was the support and encouragement the children performing received
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Seize the initiative!
SIR – The Westfield farrago has gone on long enough. They had no intention whatsoever of building a shopping centre in Bradford unless and until it suited their commercial purposes. This remains the case. I suggest that Dave Green adopts a similar attitude
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Village is so special
SIR – Why is Clayton village so special? Could it be that we have, among other things, an excellent park soon to be improved? We have three very good primary schools and four active churches together with an excellent, welcoming library, and an ever-improving
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Insurance companies bear brunt of blame
SIR – I feel that insurance companies are the cause of inflated whiplash claims (T&A, June 5). I know of someone who bought a car for £800, and insured it at a cost of £2,200 for a year. Three months later the car was written off due to a driver ignoring
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Turning a house back into a home
The £39 million council tax benefit bill allowance to nearly 40,000 people in the Bradford district has to be cut by £4 million, says the Government. Bradford Council leader Councillor David Green has warned that in light of this, the scrapping of council
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Profits put before the customers
It’s a staggering admission for the boss of a food manufacturing plant to make that he would not give the sweets made in his factory to his own children. Talha Javeed was fined £800 and ordered to pay £500 costs after admitting failing to put food colouring
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Keighley chef stole gold and cash from Skipton restaurant boss
A chef plundered £5,000 of cash and gold jewellery from his boss’s home during a work break before resuming his shift, a court heard. Khoer Ahmed was branded “a disgrace” by a judge at Bradford Crown Court after betraying the trust of the man who had
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Bradford crews called to two chip pan fires
Fairweather Green firefighters were called to two chip pan fires in just over an hour yesterday. Staff at Lynfield Mount Hospital managed to put the first fire out in the kitchens at Daisy Hill House at 1.30pm before firefighters arrived. The industrial
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Occupy Westfield protesters to meet Bradford Council leader
A group of protesters occupying the Westfield site will meet with the leader of Bradford Council today at City Hall. Known as Occupy Westfield, the group will also meet with Barra Mac Ruairi, the Council’s strategic director, when they meet Councillor
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Bradford Bulls aiming for sixes and sevens
Brett Kearney is eager for the Bulls to make the play-offs with something to spare this season. Monday’s high-scoring victory over Castleford lifted Mick Potter’s men above rivals Leeds into eighth spot – the final Super League play-off position
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Sweets firm boss fined over labelling
A Bradford factory boss, fined for failing to put full food colouring warnings on Indian sweets it manufactured, confessed he would not feed them to his own children. Talha Javeed, 26, of Pakeezah Sweets in Girlington Road, pleaded guilty to two food
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Fire causes Pudsey store to close for day
A top store at Pudsey was closed for business yesterday after stock was badly damaged in a fire. A blaze broke out in the food hall at Marks & Spencer in the Owlcotes Centre shortly after 5am. It was discovered by a member of the store’s night staff,
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Latest Bradford Bulls victory defies all odds
Traumatic barely does justice to life at Odsal these past few weeks. On March 27, the Bulls announced that they were in the midst of a financial crisis and needed £1million to survive. A rugby league institution and a city were plunged