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Albion Sports go nap in much-needed victory
Albion Sports enjoyed a confidence-boosting victory at home against struggling Hallam to bank a much-needed three points in the Baris Northern Counties East League Division One tonight. After a goalless half-hour, Albion broke the deadlock at Horsfall
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City reserves make winning start
Bradford City reserves made a winning start to their Central League season with a 3-1 home win against Wrexham tonight. An own goal by Kyle Parle, under pressure from Ross Hannah, in the fifth minute put the Bantams ahead but that was cancelled
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Haines wins Burnsall Classic Fell Race
The Burnsall Feast races attracted highly-competitive fields over the Bank Holiday, with 128 runners tackling the 1.5 mile Classic Fell Race incorporating 900 feet of climbing. Victories for Ian Holmes (Bingley Harriers) are not quite the foregone
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Fetske signing is big boost for Dragons
Bradford Dragons have signed 6ft 7in American centre Ricky Fetske. He comes to the Dragons straight out of Fairleigh Dickinson University in NCAA Division III, where he led his team in both rebounds and blocks, posting 7.5 and 1.2 per
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Ladies in white-rose battle for County Championship
Yorkshire play South Yorkshire in the final of the Ladies’ County Championship on Sunday, September 9. All matches up to the final are played on a home and away basis but in the final all 24 games are played at The Waterloo, Blackpool.
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Bowls results
BRADFORD LEAGUES SATURDAY Naylor – Pudsey Littlemoor A 206 (29), Rufford A 111 (1); Brighouse Sports A 179 (17), Pudsey A 169 (13); Crossgates A 180 (17), Eccleshill A 178 (13); Asa Briggs A 169 (15), Cross Roads 166 (15); Godwin – Wyke A
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Man, 30, released in Greengates murder probe
Police have released a 30-year old man who was being questioned on suspicion of murder after the body of a Bradford pensioner was discovered in Greengates . Clement Desmier, 68, known as Butch, was found to have died of multiple injuries. Police
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Bottomley has shot at Paralympic archery gold
Anyone who competed at the 2012 Olympics will tell you that in order to gain success you have to be able to handle pressure. And Bradford’s Phillip Bottomley could have a couple of advantages when it comes to competing in the London Paralympics
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Jag's delighted to see Bradford firm 'Xpand'
A Bradford-based marketing agency is living up to its name by doubling its office space and taking on new staff. Xpand Marketing has moved from Thornton Road into a new base on Bingley Road at Saltaire . The agency has also recruited another web
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West Yorkshire firm to supply 100,000 soldiers with boots
Around 100,000 British service personnel – including troops serving in Afghanistan – are getting more comfortable combat boots made by a West Yorkshire-owned manufacturer. British soldiers serving in Afghanistan will be issued with tough but lightweight
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Root is ready to replace Test opener Strauss - Gillespie
Joe Root is ready to replace Andrew Strauss as Alastair Cook’s opening partner in Test cricket, according to Yorkshire’s first-team coach Jason Gillespie. Strauss announced his retirement from all forms of cricket today to leave a gap
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Bradford gym’s golden girl Nicola Adams shows off Olympic boxing medal
Young boxers training at a Bradford gym today got a glimpse of the first Olympic gold medal to be won by a woman boxer. Nicola Adams, who trains at weekends at Huggy’s gym in Spring Mill Street, off Manchester Road, was greeted with a round of
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Osmond family members visit Bradford centre for deaf children
Members of the Osmond family today brought music to the ears of children, parents and staff at a Bradford family centre which supports pre-school children with hearing loss. Earlier this year, the world-famous Osmond family set up a new foundation
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Expanding on a tale of Two Tommies
Earlier this summer, we appealed for information about Bradford comedy singing duo the Two Tommies. The pair, Tommy Cunliffe and Tommy Harper, used to perform in clubs in the 1960s, after meeting at East Bowling Working Men’s Club. A miner
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Waterways will be explored with new production
The history of the River Aire will be brought to life with a promenade theatre journey through Shipley and Saltaire . The new three-part production, called Multi-Story Water, will tell the story of the waterways, and the people who lived and worked
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Tyersal pensioner angry as thieves take bench
A Bradford pensioner is scouring scrapyards in a bid to find his stolen treasured cast-iron bench which had sat in his garden for 32 years. Terence O’Keefe’s search has so far been futile but he is refusing to give up because he so desperately
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Maize fuels debate on production
There’s a cornflakes crisis just round the corner, and it’s to do with the plant they’re made from – maize. It’s used for more than cereals and is in custard, cornflour, popcorn, cooking oil, sweetcorn, and corn on the cob in our cupboards – it’s
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Party plan for Manchester Road cycle bridge opening
Celebrations to mark the official opening of a new cycling and walking bridge across Manchester Road in Bradford are being held on Saturday. Pupils at Newby Primary School will now have a safe route to use, and 11-year-old Mohammed Hamzah (pictured
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Keighley girl, 6, completes Wainwright’s Coast to Coast walk
A six-year-old Keighley girl has become one of the youngest to complete Wainwright’s Coast to Coast walk. Ada Wood and her mum Amy Hield, of Glen Lee Lane, completed the 200-mile route in just under a fortnight. They set off from St Bees in
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Bobby Campbell was a true Bradford City character
Fifty to sixty years ago, comics such as the Victor, Hornet, Wizard, Hotspur, Rover, abounded with magnificent stories of sporting heroes of an unusual sort. They had a receptive market, selling at their peak more than 400,000 copies a week, with
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Bradford Bulls fan makes ultimate sacrifice
A Bradford Bulls fan is taking on the ultimate challenge by wearing the rugby shirt worn by his sworn rivals Leeds Rhinos in a bid to raise cash for a seriously ill friend. Tony Bates is preparing for a bucketload of abuse when he dons the Leeds
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Masterchef star Tom Rennolds boosts pub grub
A Wharfedale pub has reopened its doors after a £225,000 makeover. And the Craven Heifer in Addingham will also have a new chef in the shape of Tom Rennolds, who finished as runner-up in TV’s Masterchef last year. New landlord Craig Minto has
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Riding club organiser calls on Bradford groups to bid for grant from T&A’s charitable arm
A charity which received a £14,250 award from the charitable arm of the Telegraph & Argus two years ago has urged groups to apply for a slice of this year’s fund. Jackie Butterfield, who set up Haworth Riding for the Disabled in 2001, said
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East Riddlesden Hall takes part in Great British Walk festival
East Riddlesden Hall is among National Trust properties taking part in the Great British Walk this autumn. The walking festival has incorporated the hall’s weekly health walks into its programme. There will be more than 3,000 events and activities
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Hopes high for decision over Bulls
The Rugby Football League has held final meetings with the last two bidders in the running to buy Bradford Bulls – with an end to the protracted saga now looking to be in sight. The governing body’s chief operating officer Ralph Rimmer yesterday
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CCTV-hunt man is ‘safe and well’
A 40-year-old Bradford man who was reported missing earlier this month has been found safe and well in Manchester. Michael Darren Jones was reported missing on August 4 but was found safe and well on Saturday, police said yesterday. West Yorkshire
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Bradford councillors’ allowances at top end
Figures released today show Bradford’s 90 councillors are paid the second highest basic allowance of any authority in Yorkshire. The TaxPayers’ Alliance has collated the data from local authorities across the UK which reveals massive differences
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Keigley taxi drivers have licences suspended
Three taxi drivers have had their licences suspended following a joint operation between West Yorkshire Police and Bradford Council. Officers carried out taxi licensing checks and enforcement, stopping 18 vehicles in Keighley . As a result,
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Drivers gear up for Bradford to Morecambe Historical Vehicle Run
Hundreds of classic car enthusiasts will gather at the Yorkshire Water headquarters in Buttershaw for the Bradford to Morecambe Historical Vehicle Run. The 24th vehicle run will leave Bradford, going through Bingley and Skipton on its way to Morecambe
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City not what it was
SIR – In reply to F Jessop’s letter (T&A, August 25), I take offence that a reference is made about the residents of Bradford in the same sentence as the state of Bradford. I don’t think many people will deny that it can be a shock for a returning
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Invest together
SIR – Ray Wilkes’s letter (T&A, August 25) makes a case for nuclear power. I accept that this will form part of the energy mix. It cannot, however, generate all our electricity. Uranium is limited in supply; some estimates suggest that it will
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Traffic will be an issue
SIR – Can I congratulate you on your leader “Village life is feeling the pressures”? This is happening all over Bradford, more houses with no road infrastructure. There are two new developments planned up here – Eccleshill FC and Newton’s.
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First-class service
SIR – In this day and age, where it seems to be fashionable to knock nurses for their lack of care and compassion for the elderly, I feel I must write in praise of all the doctors and nurses on Ward 29 at the BRI. My mum Hilda was admitted in
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Sentences are a joke
SIR – Reader Rudi Leavor complains that courts are far too lenient on criminals (T&A, August 18). In the same edition, a report stated that a shoplifter with 16 previous convictions for a total of 57 offences was given a six-month community
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Lack of any action
SIR – May I respectfully suggest that council tax payers need not trouble to contact the local authority about matters of local importance because they are unlikely to received a reply or any action, such is my experience. By way of example,
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Project’s successes offers food for thought
SIR – I work as a volunteer at the Ministry Of Food in Bradford and one group that attends regularly comes from the Piccadilly Project, based in the city centre. The project provides a free, confidential and non-judgmental service to those people
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Questions as Bradford free school fails to open
Schools will soon be re-opening after the summer, but the doors to Bradford’s latest free school look set to remain shut – for now. The Department for Education has decided to pull the funding agreement for the city’s One In A Million Free School
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Will lessons be learned over failure?
It may come as a surprise to many readers that the number of pupils required to make a viable school is as low as 50, especially as many schools in rural areas with larger school rolls have been closed down over the years. Yet that is apparently
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Upset over Bradford MP’s ‘disability insult’
A Bradford disabled people’s group last night condemned Respect MP George Galloway for using the slur “window-licker” in a conversation on Twitter. Bradford and District Disabled People’s Forum said it was “very regrettable” the Bradford West MP
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Parents' anguish at axing of One in a Million free school
A mother left devastated by the Government’s decision to pull funding for a free school in Bradford only days before it was due to open now fears her 11-year-old disabled son will be unable to cope at a mainstream school. Janet East said she
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Missing girl could be in city
Police are appealing for help in tracing a missing 15-year-old girl believed to be in Bradford. Teenager Chloe Yates was last seen on Saturday at her home address in Hanham, near Bristol. Police believe she might have travelled from the area
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Bradford City striker Thompson proves it's never too late as injury-time winner shocks Watford
Watford 1 Bradford City 2 Garry Thompson has had a stop-start opening to his City career. But not any more. The former Morecambe and Scunthorpe forward made his mark in the most dramatic fashion by netting the come-from-behind winner in the
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Thompson praying Bantams draw Liverpool
Garry Thompson wants to Kop a trip to Liverpool after firing City into the last 32 of the Capital One Cup. Thompson’s added-time winner at Watford took the Bantams into round three for the first time since 2001. All the big boys enter the competition
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Boy, 11, injured in plunge through roof at derelict Keighley mill
An 11-year-old boy was in a serious condition in hospital last night after falling through the roof of a derelict mill in Keighley . Residents spoke of their concerns over the dangers of the former mill, in Wirefield Road, Ingrow , after the boy
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Brothel raids bring flood of public tip-offs to vice squad
Vice squad officers have been inundated with tip-offs from the public about brothels in residential areas after publicity in the Telegraph & Argus. Police are receiving more new intelligence after stories about previous raids gave the public
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Tasker in rallying call to Bradford Bulls fans
Gary Tasker believes Bulls fans can be the “14th man” for Mick Potter’s side in Saturday’s crunch home clash with Hull FC. Victory in their final home game of the regular season would take the Bulls another massive step towards securing a play-off
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Silsden out to clip Robins' wings
Silsden are at home tonight in the North West Counties Premier Division. The Cobbydalers are a healthy fourth in the table but their visitors, Wigan Robin Park, are tucked in sixth spot on the same points total. The Cobbydalers will be hoping
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Albion Sports looking for a lift
Albion Sports need some points on the board following another disappointment in the Baris Northern Counties East Premier Division last weekend. A 5-3 defeat on Saturday left Albion languishing in 17th place but tonight’s visitors to Horsfall Stadium
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Austin catches the eye as Leeds United cruise into third round
Leeds United 3 Oxford United 0 Leeds manager Neil Warnock lauded the performance of Rodolph Austin, who has quickly won the hearts of fans since his summer move from Norwegian side SK Brann. And the classy Jamaican international midfielder’
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley Magistrates: Robert Liam Moore, aged 21, of Oakroyd Villas, Manningham ; assault, community and restraining orders made. Ben Nicholson, aged 22, of Thorndale Rise, Bolton Woods ; assault
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
The following planning applications have been submitted to Bradford Council: Menston : demolition of existing garage, construction side extension to ground and first floor, 138 Brooklands Lane. Oakworth : demolition of existing conservatory and
