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Paralympics: Brown 'chuffed to bits' with gold
It came down to the final arrow but Danielle Brown managed to retain her Paralympic individual compound archery title at London 2012 – edging British rival Mel Clarke into silver. Brown and Clarke produced a titanic tussle in the gold medal match
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'Satisfying' opening day for Yorkshire
Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale tonight praised the patience of his bowlers after day one of the county’s vital LV= County Championship match with Glamorgan. His comments came after the Tykes attack produced a superb fightback in the final two
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Storming finish lifts Airedale into second
Sunday’s Leeds Country Way Relay started from Garforth at a blistering Pace, with Rothwell Harriers grinding out a good lead after the first leg to Stanley. North Leeds-based Valley Striders followed in second, with Leeds City in third a good seven
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Wrenthorpe are the prize guys again in Heavy Woollen Cup
Wrenthorpe have lifted the Solly Sports Heavy Woollen Cup for the fifth time in six seasons after defeating Central Yorkshire League rivals Townville by 61 runs at Liversedge. The Wakefield club’s match-winner was off-spinner David Paynter
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Tobacco package plea targets Hunt over Bradford jobs
Campaigners against plain tobacco packaging – which could threaten jobs in Bradford – are hoping to persuade new Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to abandon the idea. They will urge a rethink after more than 50 MPs of all parties, including Mark Pawsey
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Cowling Cup final is shared after tie
The second attempt to settle the outcome of the Mewies Solicitors Craven League's Cowling Cup final ended with Wilsden and Embsay II sharing the trophy after a dramatic tie at Denholme. There has never been a tie in the final in the history of
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Butterfly makes a spectacle in reader's funny cat photo
Telegraph & Argus reader Michael Lincoln took this happy snap of an ornamental cat who had a bit of a makeover, thanks to a passing butterfly. “It’s a cat statue in my garden with a peacock butterfly sitting on its head, which gives the impression
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Craven League title contenders in crunch showdown
The stage is set for a huge title clash this Saturday as Mewies Solicitors Craven League Division One leaders Haworth host second-placed Crossflatts on the penultimate weekend of the season. Victory for Haworth would see them crowned champions
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Yorkshire take four wickets in afternoon after morning blank
Yorkshire have begun to make inroads into the Glamorgan batting line up in their LV= County Championship match with the Welsh side at Headingley. After taking four wickets during the afternoon session on day one, the Tykes had reduced their opponents
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Brown beats Great Britain team-mate to win Paralympic archery gold
Great Britain’s Danielle Brown successfully defended her Paralympic Games title with a narrow victory over team-mate Mel Clarke in a tense women’s individual compound final at the Royal Artillery Barracks which went down to the final arrow. Brown
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Reward offered after masked raid on post office
A substantial reward was today being offered in the hunt for a masked robber who sprayed pesticide into the faces of staff during a post office robbery. The raider escaped with a “significant” amount of cash after seizing the money as the terrified
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Scott boosts Tong Park's promotion bid with 2,000th wicket
Individual brilliance and shock results made sure the Aire-Wharfe League's rollercoaster will continue right to the final week. Top of the honours came 57-year-old Mick Scott, whose 4-29 spell included his 2,000th first team wicket in a career
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Performers get set for Calendar Girls show and calendar
They say life imitates art – and this is certainly true of a Yeadon production of Calendar Girls. The original Calendar Girls of Knapeley WI posed nude for a calendar to raise money for medical research – and now the cast of the BrassNeck production
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Bradford Council launches new learning session chance
Bradford Council is encouraging local people to move back into learning with a free course in reading, writing and arithmetic. Following a successful pilot in the spring, Bradford Libraries has teamed up again with Forster Community College to
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AMCC's dreadful season continues
Kashmir laid down a decent total of 181 against Euro Windows in the West Riding Sunday Council, Mohammed Zahid top-scoring with 51. Replying, underdogs Windows were 35 runs short of a much-needed victory. AMCC’s dreadful season continued when
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Pace helps India’s digital revolution
Digital technology firm Pace plc has unveiled three major contracts in India, where 80 million homes will be switched to digital TV services by 2015. The Saltaire -based global company will supply a range of products to three cable operators,
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Keighley-based mobility firm Fenetic Trading Ltd looking at international growth
A local initiative aimed at firms with high growth potential is supporting a specialist trading business seeking to quadruple its turnover in the next few years. Keighley -based Fenetic Trading Ltd, an online personal mobility and health products
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No early breakthrough for Yorkshire
Yorkshire have made a disappointing start to their penultimate game of the season against Glamorgan in the LV= County Championship. Despite winning the toss and electing to field first, the Tykes bowlers were unable to take a single wicket during
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Queensbury councillors offer reward for return of stolen car
A pair of councillors are offering a £1,000 reward for the return of their car after it was stolen in a suspected Hanoi-style burglary. Queensbury Independent councillors Lynda and Paul Cromie initially thought they had thrown out the keys to the
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Holiday-time collecting was tops
I once spent a summer collecting bottle tops. It’s not something I’m proud of, but as skeletons in the closet go, it could be worse. It was a bit of a half-hearted collection. I was about ten, in France, and every time someone flipped off the top
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Driven by jealousy?
SIR – MPs are now saying that too many honours are awarded to politicians, civil servants, celebrities and sports stars, and have called for an overhaul of the system (T&A, August 29). I couldn’t care less who is dubbed by the monarch, good
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A talented ensemble
SIR – I feel I have to sing the praises of our Bradford youth. I attended with my family a show at the Alhambra called Let’s Get Loud presented by pupils of Spotlight Stage School, and was blown away by the slickness and presentation that the
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Let the voters decide
SIR – I am afraid that the readers of the letters page will be getting sick and tired of the exchange of letters between me and John Hall on the subject of Nick Clegg. All I would say is that we should let the voters of Sheffield Hallam and other
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Disgusting remarks
SIR – I was most disgusted at the remarks made by George Galloway about “window lickers” (T&A, August 30). My son and many of his friends go around in minibuses to their various activities and in the Seventies and Eighties those narrow-minded
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Music a disturbance
SIR – Living about three miles away, Bingley Music Live (pictured) was an annoying persistent distant repetition of various noises and beats. I, the wet blanket that I am, consider this annual ‘festive’ occasion a regrettably lawful disturbance of
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More help needed
SIR – I would like to thank all of your wonderful readers who sent in donations. A special thank-you must be said for Pam, who paid a very substantial sum towards our veterinary bill. We have a number of very ill cats coming in regularly, and without
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Cuts will make us feel more vulnerable
SIR – I couldn’t believe the proposal to close Haworth Fire Station and for Keighley to go down to one vehicle. I live in Cross Roads and, along with the thousands of other residents of Haworth, Oxenhope , Stanbury , and other Upper Worth Valley
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Top-shelf plea
SIR – In high-street newsagents and on supermarket shelves across the country, children have easy access to gun magazines that encourage and even celebrate the killing of animals for ‘sport’. These publications feature shooters posing boastfully
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
From the T&A... 25 years ago: War had been declared by Bradford Council on one-armed bandits and amusement arcades. It fired the first shots yesterday by passing a new policy to ban fruit machines from cafes, restaurants and takeaways. 50
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A fine romance - and how to write one
When you consider that somewhere in the UK a Mills & Boon book is bought every four seconds, it seems romance is far from dead. The global leader in romance publishing has titles in 34 languages and publishes more than 110 books each month.
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Teddy's helping children belt up for car journeys
The look of concern on the tots’ faces says it all. The car in which teddy was travelling had to brake suddenly, sending him flying forward. Now he is lying on the floor and has hurt his head. His owner, Billy, is upset, and realises that his little
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Bradford Media Musuem exhibition is a real hair-raiser
Visitors to the Danger, High Voltage exhibition at the National Media Museum were treated to a ‘hair-raising’ display about the effects of electricity and magnets. The exhibition was run by the National Science Museum outreach team and ended
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Grange Technology students bury capsule until their GCSEs!
Pupils making the step up to secondary school this term have buried a time capsule to be opened after they finish their GCSEs in five years’ time. They filled the capsule with information, videos and music put together during a summer camp at their
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Plans policy move must be resisted
Any move which allows developers to ride roughshod over local communities must be resisted at all levels. The Government says its strong stance on cutting through red tape will encourage more building as part of moves to generate growth, targeting
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Clean-up at Bingley Music Live is started
The party might be over but the clean-up operation for this year’s Bingley Music Live Festival is well under way. Bradford Council workers were at Myrtle Park first thing yesterday to start the major clear-up after an estimated 37,000 revellers
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Shipley teenager is locked up for Bradford takeaway knife attack
A woman worker attacked an “obnoxious” tipsy customer with a kebab knife after he subjected staff to vile racial abuse at a Bradford city centre takeaway, a Court heard yesterday. Teenager Tamara Jefferson, who had converted to Islam to find meaning
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Bradford councillor's fears over fire service cuts
A senior Bradford councillor has “grave concerns” over fire cover for the district if fire chiefs press ahead with plans to cut 200 firefighter jobs across the county. The county’s chief fire officer, Simon Pilling, has revealed proposals which
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Bradford City defender McHugh a small-town hero with a big future
To call Lettermacaward a two-horse town would be exaggerating the number of horses. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird, in its full tongue-twisting Gaelic glory, is a miniscule dot in County Donegal, Ireland. According to Wikipedia there is a convenience
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Bradford teenagers to stand trial for armed robberies
Two Bradford teenagers are to stand trial on December 3 accused of a series of armed robberies at bookmakers, supermarkets and off-licences. Luke Rubery, 18, of Harewood Street, Barkerend , and a 17-year-old youth, who cannot be named for legal
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Hardcastle: I would love to come on board at Bradford Bulls
Bradford businesswoman Kate Hardcastle has spoken of her passion for the Bulls and told the club’s new owners: “I’m here if you need me.” Hardcastle, who grew up on the terraces of Odsal , has been linked to a potential role in the new set-up under
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Bradford Council slams cut to homelessness grant
Bradford Council has condemned the coalition Government for slashing the district’s funding for preventing homelessness – at a time when official figures show homelessness is on the rise. But the Department for Communities and Local Government
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Football hooligans clashed with Asian men
Innocent members of the public, including mothers with babies in prams, were forced to flee after a gang of football hooligans clashed with Asian youths in Bradford city centre, a Court heard. Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday that people took
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Music stars pop-up to play at Bradford venues
Rizzle Kicks and Maximo Park were among 40 artists taking part in ‘pop-up’ gigs around Bradford yesterday as part of Africa Express. Harley Alexander-Sule and Jordan Stephens from the Rizzle Kicks collaborated with Maximo Park lead singer Paul
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Empty shop rates fall in Bradford
Bradford no longer ranks among the worst ten areas in the country for the number of empty shops, according to figures released today which show its vacancy rate has fallen to 21.6 per cent. This time 12 months ago Bradford had the fifth highest
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New green belt plans ‘diabolical’
Bradford countryside campaigners say green spaces are the “lungs of a town” and branded new development threats to concrete over them “diabolical”. As part of its strategy to encourage growth, the Government is expected to re-write planning rules
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‘Patient safety is a priority' says Airedale NHS Foundation Trust chief
The chief executive of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust has been forced to issue a statement of reassurance in response to an article in a trade magazine which questioned its patient safety record. The Health Service Journal (HSJ) analysed data submitted
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£16m boost to LBA station plan
Plans for a railway station at Leeds Bradford Airport could be boosted by the latest efforts to upgrade rail services. Network Rail is currently carrying out about £16m of work on the Harrogate Line, which runs from Leeds to Harrogate, which is
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Father, 24, fractured his baby girl's skull, court is told
A 24-year-old man acted in “frustration or anger” when he deliberately fractured his baby daughter’s skull and broke her ribs and ankle, a Crown Court jury has been told. The father, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is on trial in Bradford
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City set to host world curry event
Bradford’s City Park will play host to the three-day World Curry Festival later this month for the first time. Organisers have held the event in Leeds for the past two years, but told the Telegraph & Argus they were delighted to be able to
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£200,000 spent on axed Bradford One in a Million free school
Hundreds of pupils will walk through the doors of two new free schools opening in Bradford today, as it emerged the Government had already spent £200,000 on the city’s axed One in a Million scheme. Dixons Trinity Academy will this morning see its
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'Crime stigma' Shipley flats to be demolished
Plans to demolish two blocks of flats in Shipley will rid the area of its anti-social stigma, says a ward councillor. Councillor Rizwan Malik (Lab, Heaton ) said it was good news that social housing group Incommunities had announced a scheme
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Drop your guard and you’ll drop points in this league, says Bantams boss
Phil Parkinson insists City’s thrashing at Rotherham spelled out just how unforgiving League Two will be. The squad face a video session in training this week to remind them exactly where they fell apart in Saturday’s one-sided Yorkshire derby.
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‘Machete’ attack at Chellow Heights service station on Haworth Road
Police are scouring CCTV footage in the hunt for two men who raided a Bradford petrol station armed with what was believed to be a machete. It happened at Chellow Heights Service Station on Haworth Road at 3.20am yesterday when the robbers demanded
