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Penalty shoot-out agony for Bradford City youths
Bradford City 2, Histon 2 (after extra-time, FT 1-1, Histon won 4-2 on penalties) City's under-18s missed out on a date with Liverpoolafter they lost on penalties to Histon in the FA Youth Cup third round at the Coral Windows Stadium tonight
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Bradford City to face Coventry if . . .
Coventry’s David Clarke scored in added time to give them a 3-2 home victory over Preston in their Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Northern Area semi-final tonight. They could now face the Bantams in the area final. City are at Crewe in
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Kendal game is massive for Bradford & Bingley
Having lost 24-7 at Burnage last Saturday and been leap-frogged by the victors, Bradford & Bingley face an even more critical match on Saturday against Kendal. The Bees are only five points above the drop zone in a very congested
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£95,000 recreation ground plan for Spencer Road in Bradford
Hundreds of families and pupils will benefit from a £95,000 scheme to restore a recreation ground in Bradford to its former glory. A partnership, led by Bradford Council, has been working on plans to create sports pitches and an outdoor community
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Lane blocked by generator
One lane of the M62 was closed for 50 minutes after a generator fell off the back of a vehicle. The accident happened at about 7.05pm tonight between the slip roads on the eastbound carriageway at junction 26 (Chain Bar). A lane was closed
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Music to the ears for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire have been given the go ahead to stage music concerts at Headingley for the next two years. Leeds City Council have granted the county planning consent to host up to three concerts each year, although Yorkshire are planning for just two
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Leeds United seal the deal for Tonge
Leeds United have completed the permanent signing of midfielder Michael Tonge from Stoke for an undisclosed fee. The 29-year-old, who spent three months on loan at Elland Road at the end of last year, has signed a two-and-a-half year contract.
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Boycott backing England youngsters to shine in India
Geoffrey Boycott hopes to see promising players such as Joe Root of Yorkshire given their England chance during the five-match one-day international series in India, which starts in Rajkot tomorrow. The former England opening batsman and current
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Bradford City have proved cup run is no one off
Ricky Ravenhill column Just when you think our cup run has got to end, it keeps on going. We more than deserved to beat Aston Villa, although I think they gave us far too much space to attack. Paul Lambert had obviously watched the Arsenal
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Driver injured in crash between car and bus in Bradford
A driver has been injured in a rush-hour crash between a car and a double-decker bus in Bradford. The smash happened on Fagley Road, at its junction with Gain Lane, at 4.42pm today. Police said the driver of the car - a Toyota Yaris - suffered
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We’re no softies, warns Bank Top Harriers coach
Bank Top Harriers coach Simon Mitchell is hoping for firm conditions underfoot when Crigglestone All Blacks arrive at Lidget Green in the second round of the Pennine League President’s Cup on Saturday. The Harriers, who are riding high in the Championship
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Car demolishes lamp-post in Keighley crash
A car knocked over a lamp-post after the driver apparently suffered a mini-stroke at the wheel. No other vehicles were involved in the crash, which happened on Church Street in Keighley at about 3.20pm today. The road was partially blocked
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Guiseley boss Kittrick keen to keep heat on leaders
Guiseley boss Steve Kittrick had a close look at Saturday’s opponents Oxford City and the Lions’ main Blue Square Bet North title rivals at the same time. Kittrick was an interested spectator on Wednesday evening when leaders Ches-ter FC hosted
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Park Avenue resources stretched for Brackley trip
Bradford Park Avenue boss John Deacey finds his options limited once more as he heads into yet another testing away game in the Blue Square Bet North. After thinking his selection problems had eased, Avenue travel to third-placed Brackley Town
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Angling lines
BRADFORD No 1 AA The River Nidd at Cowthorpe will be closed on Sunday for the first open match of the year. Tickets for this match are still available from Simon on 01274-571175. Club membership will be available to purchase at both this match
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Mind the gap for leaders Steeton
Steeton have a great chance to open a seven-point gap at the Premier Division summit as they host bottom side Overthorpe in the West Riding County Amateur League on Saturday. The Keighley outfit currently head closest rivals Bay Athletic by four
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RFU to investigate controversial Leeds Carnegie clash
The Rugby Football Union has launched a review of last weekend’s Championship fixture between Leeds Carnegie and Plymouth Albion. The game, won 34-16 by Leeds, went to uncontested scrums after just 13 minutes. It is understood that match
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Otley are buoyant as Twomey closes in on Kirkby's record
What a difference nine months makes. Last April, Otley hosted Stockport needing a victory to boost their survival chances in SSE National League Two North. On Saturday, the clubs met again at Cross Green with Otley in fourth place. Otley
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Silsden Gear-ed up for another tough test
Silsden’s new management team have another tough assignment after their first game in charge ended in victory against North West Counties League Premier Division leaders Maine Road. Last Saturday’s 4-2 home win put an end to a run of seven defeats
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Thackley eye repeat Vase success against Scarborough
Thackley face the sternest test of all in the Baris Northern Counties East Premier Division on Saturday as they host leaders Scarborough Athletic. The Seadogs will still be top of the pile come what may as they have a four-point cushion but they
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Ankle injury means Tyson is Wharfedale absentee
With the exception of missing flanker James Tyson (ankle), Wharfedale have named the same squad as last week for the trip to fourth-placed Esher on Saturday in SSE National League One. Ian Larkin returns to take his place on the bench and, as part
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Hannah leaves Bantams for Grimsby
Ross Hannah’s move to Grimsby has been confirmed today as the striker signed a two-and-half year deal for an undisclosed sum. The striker scored nine goals for the Conference side in an impressive loan spell before returning to the Bantams before
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Five-star Stead takes plaudits at Farsley
Farsley boss Neil Parsley has hailed Dave Stead’s impact ahead of Saturday's home game against Prescot Cables. The striker has scored five goals in four games, combining with partner Adam Priestley, who has claimed three. Parsley said: “Gareth
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Pickering treble boosts Undercliffe Celtic under-15s
Ewan Pickering claimed the man of the match honours after scoring a hat-trick in Undercliffe Celtic under-15s’ 9-2 victory over Settle. Jack Vickers added a double and further goals came from Phillip Byron, Omaar March, Paul Causley and a Ryan
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Police in appeal over Guiseley robbery
Police are asking for help to catch masked robbers who attacked a couple outside their Guiseley home. A 51-year-old man and his female partner were approached by two men wearing balaclava masks as they pulled up beside their house in Springfield
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Proposed development plans for Bradford city centre
Bradford Council is proposing to encourage the following development over the next 15 years: AREA 1: LITTLE GERMANY AND BROADWAY An area west of Valley Road would be earmarked for 600 homes, possibly high-rise buildings The Royal
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Father and sons to be sentenced for violence
A father and his two sons will be sentenced at Bradford Crown Court on February 22 for offences of violence. Yunas Ayub, 22, of Manningham Lane, Bradford, and Omar Ayub, 19, of Killinghall Drive, Undercliffe, Bradford, have pleaded guilty to unlawful
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Man arrested over cannabis farm find
A man who claimed he was only in a house to water the plants has been arrested after a cannabis farm was discovered. Police were called to a report of a burglary in progress at a property in Queensbury on Tuesday night. When officers arrived
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Ilkley public toilets could be walled up
Closed public toilets at the King’s Hall in Ilkley could be walled up. Ilkley Parish Council wrote to Bradford Council asking for the toilets, in Station Road, to be bricked up. Bradford Council has now replied, saying it would be possible
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Former Cowling nursing home's owner appeals over decision
The owner of a former nursing home has lodged an appeal over his plans to convert it into bedsits. Tariq Majeed’s plan to turn the now-closed Langdale Nursing Home in Keighley Road, Cowling, into 17 bedsits with a warden’s apartment was refused
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Wharfedale Hospital volunteer tea service to end
A volunteer service that has provided “tea and compassion” at Wharfedale Hospital for more than 40 years will end this spring. Otley WRVS volunteers, who run the Tea Bar at the hospital’s outpatient department, were given the shock news by letter
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Guiseley home is burgled
An intruder escaped with a wallet, cash and a mobile phone from a Guiseley home. Police are investigating the incident, which took place at a property on Queensway that the burglar had entered through unsecured patio doors.
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Baildon event to offer safety tips
Baildon Parish Council will hold a Community Safety Day on Saturday from 10am to 1.30pm at the St Hugh’s Centre on Coach Road. Advice on keeping property secure and how to run a Neighbourhood Watch scheme will be among the topics at the free event
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Haworth church bell ringers appeal for help
The leader of a church bell ringing group is appealing for people to come along and help keep the traditional hobby going in Haworth. Simon Burnett, the tower captain at Haworth Parish Church, said: “The present band of ringers at Haworth is very
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Ilkley lights festival set for return
A popular son et lumiere spectacle could return to Ilkley Summer Festival this August as new lights go up in Mill Ghyll. The event in the narrow strip of leafy parkland running between Wells Walk and Wells Promenade – including live performances
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Keighley volunteer scheme celebrates first year
A Keighley scheme is celebrating its first 12 months of helping former addicts give something back to the community. Work and Volunteer Enterprise (WaVE) provides placements with local organisations for people who have successfully fought alcohol
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Murder charge against Haworth man, 80, is dropped
A British Legion stalwart who killed his wife at their village home is no longer facing a murder trial after the Crown dropped the allegation against him. Clement Callaghan, 80, suffered diminished responsibility when he attacked his wife Eileen
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'Westfield scheme start would be a boost for surveyors'
Hopes that the region’s construction sector will begin to recover in 2013 have been lifted by the prospect of work starting on the delayed Westfield retail development in Bradford city centre. But surveyors have called for more Government spending
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Bradford Bulls chairman visits Qatar for talks on plans for Odsal stadium
A potential sporting village at Odsal has moved a step closer to reality as Bradford Bulls honorary chairman Gerry Sutcliffe has revealed he is in talks with Government officials in Qatar about how to replicate the success of their world-class Aspire
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19 jobs created by new Bradford waste plant
Nineteen new jobs have been created at a Bradford waste management business which has completed work on a new £2 million plant to divert waste from landfill sites. It marks the latest investment at Associated Waste Management’s Canal Road site
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Bailey in Keighley Cougars broken leg blow
New Cougars signing Matt Bailey faces a lengthy lay-off after it was confirmed he has broken his right leg. The second-rower or loose forward, who joined Keighley in the close season from their Bulls neighbours, suffered the injury in a tackle
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Stars spread a little panto magic on BRI children’s ward visit
Cinderella cast members took a break from performing on the Alhambra stage yesterday to bring a little bit of panto magic to children in hospital. Bradford pantomime favourite, Billy Pearce, who plays the role of Buttons in this year’s panto, headed
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Bradford speech therapist Jane Norton wins national award
A speech and language therapist from Bradford District Care Trust has received a national accolade for her commitment to speech and language therapy. Jane Norton won the Outstanding Contribution to Speech and Language Therapy prize at the Royal
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WRVS Wharfedale Hospital Tea Bar service to end
A volunteer service that has provided “tea and compassion” at Wharfedale Hospital for more than 40 years will end this spring. Otley WRVS volunteers, who run the Tea Bar at the hospital’s outpatient department, were given the shock news by letter
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Primary school picked for twinning link
A Bradford primary school has been picked to take part in a major school twinning project to boost global education. Lister Primary School in Manningham has been chosen to strengthen a link with the Army Public School, Baral colony, Pakistan as
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Historic Silsden mill could be transformed into townhouses
An at-risk, grade II-listed mill building in Silsden could soon get a new lease of life as houses – if a developer is willing to step up and take it on. Waterloo Mill on Howden Road is protected by English Heritage, but a prominent part of it –
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Bradford Council criticised over Christmas bin collections
Bradford Council has denied parts of the district were left looking like “shanty towns” because of poorly-planned bin collections. The authority came under fire after some households missed out on collections for weeks because Christmas and New
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Teenager undergoes emergency surgery after car smash
A teenager has had emergency surgery after fracturing his neck in a car smash last night. The black MG ZR he was a passenger in careered side-ways of a country road at Breary Lane, Bramhope, and demolished a stone garden wall just after 8pm.
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Make a new year's resolution to help charities and volunteer
Mindful of resolutions people make at the start of a new year, voluntary organisations are hoping for a surge in support. Budget cuts have impacted significantly on many organisations and depleted resources have placed greater importance on volunteering
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
25 years ago: Two women who chained themselves to a tree in protest at five saplings being felled in Raglan Avenue, Keighley, were celebrating after Bradford Council agreed to replant the five lost trees. 50 years ago: Five new police boxes were
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Elderly care must not be skimped on
Our ageing population is increasing beyond all estimates – the latest figures are that there will be almost 94,000 pensioners in the district by the year 2026, a massive 36 per cent increase on the count in 2007. As people live longer and healthier
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Lions say thanks
SIR – May I, on behalf of the members of Keighley Lions Club, thank all those who have helped Keighley Lions over the Christmas period. Firstly, I must thank the people of Keighley and district for their generosity when we made our collections
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Wartime technology
SIR – The recent letter by K H Chappell relating to the Avro Vulcan aircraft brought to mind another plane from the last war, the Lancaster Bomber and its electrical system, which I worked on. I was called to military service in 1940 at the age
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New coalition needed
SIR – In response to John Hall (Letters, January 4) I regret his first mistake is to make the absurd suggestion that Ed Balls is a socialist! In the same issue, Ian Parsons correctly pointed out that the only socialist government this country have
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Defending binmen
SIR – Re the letter from Councillor Glen Miller, leader of the Conservative group on Bradford Council (T&A, January 3), headed ‘Refuse collection chaos’. It would appear that he has only taken this opportunity to write the letter as a consequence
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A postal mix-up?
SIR – According to Councillor Glen Miller (Letters, January 3), Bradford Council had no plan to make alternative arrangements for refuse collections which fell on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. How he reached this conclusion is beyond me, as a couple
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Bins Bermuda Triangle
SIR – Re Bob Watson’s letter (T&A, January 7), we had a similar situation. Our bin gets emptied on a Tuesday. The cottages across the road get emptied on a Wednesday and my next-door neighbours’ gets emptied on a Thursday. We must be in the
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Panto magic on children's ward
Cinderella cast members took a break from performing on the Alhambra stage yesterday to bring a little bit of panto magic to children in hospital. Bradford pantomime favourite, Billy Pearce, who plays the role of Buttons in this year’s panto, headed
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Care was first class at every ward level
SIR – My three-month-old son was admitted to ward 17 at the BRI over the new year period suffering from bronchiolitis. The treatment he received from A&E, the assessment unit on ward 16 and then the staff on ward 17 was fantastic. At every
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Firefighters pay tribute in fundraising to former colleague
Firefighters in Keighley are marking the 30th anniversary of the death following a house blaze of one of their predecessors. Jeff Naylor suffered extensive burns when he and colleagues battled to rescue five children from a burning Ingrow home
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£100m investment puts Bradford College in the driving seat
Bradford College chiefs believe they are creating the UK’s leading college, by investing more than £100 million within a five-year period. The college is in the middle of a near-£50m rebuild. That includes creating an an L-shaped campus building
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Appeal lodged over Cowling bedsits plan
The owner of a former nursing home has lodged an appeal over his plans to convert it into bedsits. Tariq Majeed’s plan to turn the now-closed Langdale Nursing Home in Keighley Road, Cowling, into 17 bedsits with a warden’s apartment was refused
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Thackley chimney stack plans rejected
Plans to remove a chimney stack at a listed building have been refused. Planning permission for the work at 37 Crag Hill Road, Thackley, Bradford, have been turned down by Bradford Council. Planners were concerned about the way the chimney
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Yellow Astra shows company is in the pink!
You can tell quite a lot by the names car companies give to the colours of their vehicles. The Astra pictured here might look yellow. Very yellow, in fact. Actually, it’s Sunny Melon, a quirky shade for a marque which is full of new-found optimism
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Wembley? Forget it – Oxford is next up for Bradford City, warns Duke
Matt Duke insists City would be mad to think they have already got one foot down Wembley Way. The euphoric scenes at Valley Parade that followed Tuesday’s 3-1 win over Aston Villa left the club dreaming of reaching the Capital One Cup showpiece
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‘New corridor parkland will link Shipley with Bradford’
A new strip of parkland linking Bradford and Shipley could be created as part of a long-term plan for the Canal Road corridor. The new Canal Road Greenway would have routes for cyclists and pedestrians, water features and a ‘linear park’ between
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NHS award praise for hospice physio ‘angel’
A health professional described by a patient’s mother as “an angel here on earth” has been honoured as an NHS Hero. Sarah Craven, a Bradford Teaching Hospital’s physiotherapist who works at the city’s Marie Curie Hospice, was nominated for the
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Bradford City: Gray's fresh legs will allow Hanson welcome breather, says Parkinson
Phil Parkinson reckons Andy Gray’s lack of action with Leeds will spell good news for City’s promotion push. Gray yesterday rejoined the club he left in 2004 and signed a deal tying him to Valley Parade for the next 18 months with an option at
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Campaigners’ fury as hedges are cut at controversial Bingley site
A campaign group fighting to save a Bingley greenfield site from redevelopment have criticised developers for failing to inform them about work being carried out to cut hedges down, leading to fears they were preparing the site for building work for
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Family terrified as armed gang strikes at Heaton house
Armed men wielding a gun and a hammer burst into a house in a “terrifying” robbery leaving the householders traumatised. Three raiders targeted a large detached property on Emm Lane, Heaton, on Tuesday evening. They threatened the occupiers
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Social care system at breaking point, says Bradford and District Age UK chief
The chief of Bradford and District Age UK has warned the “social care system is careering towards breaking point” as it revealed the over-65 population locally will increase to nearly 94,000 by 2026. That is a projected 36 per cent increase, from
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Man swings to safety from fourth-floor flat blaze in Little Horton, Bradford
A man escaped a fire in a block of flats by swinging from a fourth-floor balcony. An onlooker said the scene was like something from a film. Police are now investigating whether the fire was started deliberately. Firefighters were called at
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Ilkley councillor Anne Hawkesworth quits Bradford Council Conservative group
Simmering tensions within Bradford Council’s Conservative group came to the surface last night when a long-serving Tory councillor resigned from the group and hit out at its current leader. Councillor Anne Hawkesworth, who was a Conservative group
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Shopkeepers foil two armed raids
A plucky shopkeeper sent an armed robber packing by swinging a broom handle at his head. The would-be raider, who was brandishing a gun, fled “like Usain Bolt” after quick-thinking Dinesh Shah lunged at him with the length of wood. It was one
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Bradford Bulls prop Manuokafoa sets goal for new season
Manase Manuokafoa has vowed to establish himself as one of Francis Cummins’ leading props ahead of Sunday’s clash with Dewsbury. The towering Tonga international should feature in the Bulls’ opening pre-season friendly against Glenn Morrison’s
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Morrison on lookout for Rams recruits from Bradford Bulls
Nobody seems quite sure how the twinning agreement between the Bulls and Dewsbury Rams will work this season, but Glenn Morrison believes it can benefit both clubs. The former Bradford favourite is gearing up for his first season as a head coach
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"Keighley shopping centre delay is not a cause of concern"
Building work on a planned £30 million Worth Valley Shopping Centre in Keighley has been put back by six months. But the delay in starting construction of the East Parade complex is no cause for concern, say leading politicians. The leaders
