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More pain as Bradford Park Avenue slip up again
Bradford Park Avenue 1 Colwyn Bay 2 Park Avenue’s battered and bruised squad put their bodies on the line for the penultimate time this season tonight and ended on the losing side. After just missing out on the play-offs in the Blue Square
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A shaky start but we have wised up
Gary Ballance column: We are confident that, with a good performance in our friendly against Lancashire last week, we have learned from the mistakes we made during the early stages of our Championship defeat to Sussex. We were chasing the game
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Bradford man accused of burglary and assault
A 26-year-old Bradford man accused of burglary and assault against a police officer in Skipton will be dealt with at Bradford Crown Court. Liam Ratcliffe, 26, of Bierley Hall Grove, Bierley, appeared at Skipton Magistrates’ Court today charged
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Bradford man, 47, sexually assaulted vulnerable teenage girl
A 47-year-old man who carried out a “disgraceful” sexual assault on a vulnerable 17-year-old girl has been sentenced to a three-year community order. Nicholas Taylor, of Saxton Avenue, Buttershaw, Bradford, was placed on supervision and ordered
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Consumer spending in Bradford down 9%
Consumer spending across Bradford has fallen by nine per cent since 2008, according to research by Barclays. But the number of people spending on credit cards, debit cards, cash and cheques has not fallen as much as across the rest of Yorkshire
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ITV rapped over Kensit guest slot on Titchmarsh chat show
ITV bosses have been summoned to a meeting with communications watchdog Ofcom after it ruled an episode of Alan Titchmarsh's chat show breached broadcasting regulations. A viewer complained after an interview with actress Patsy Kensit on the daytime
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Raz-matazz as Baildon defeat Shepley
Shepley, winners in 2011, were the biggest casualties in yesterday's Solly Sports Heavy Woollen Cup first-round ties. They suffered a six-run defeat at Baildon, being restricted to 222-9 as they replied to the hosts' 228. The Huddersfield League
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Bumble Bees get busy
The Bumble Bees Barbarians, England’s only mixed ability team featuring players with and without disabilities taking part in contact rugby, have a double-header coming up. First is a charity fund-raiser on behalf of the Families and Schools Together
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Fairbank in final after blitzing BD3
Fairbank United thumped BD3 United 5-0 to take their place in the Sonder Heating and Ventilation Cup final. The last-four clash of the Spen Valley League competition was a repeat of last year’s semi-final, which BD3 won 4-3 after extra time.
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Bad start could mean big problems for Yorkshire - Jaques
Phil Jaques knows another slow start to Wednesday's LV= County Championship match against Durham at The Riverside could spell trouble for his Yorkshire team-mates. The White Rose county are aiming to bounce back from an opening-round Division One
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Students in cycling fund-raiser
University of Bradford Cycling Club are holding a charity 24-hour stationary bike ride in the Student Central of the university on Wednesday and Thursday. The bikes will be rigged to a projector set-up allowing interactive cycling. So, for example
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Farsley karate academy set to take on the world
Nine members of Farsley-based Leeds Karate Academy have been selected to represent the 13-strong England team at the upcoming JKS World Karate Championships in Japan. The championships will take place on July 27 and 28 at the home of the sport
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Jagger goal spikes White Star's unbeaten league run
Top-of-the-table rivals Buttershaw White Star and West Bowling met in the Bradford Sunday Alliance League's Premier Division. Not surprisingly there was little to choose between the defending champions and West Bowling, and it took a solitary
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It's the reds v Red Lion in cup final
Cartwright Lister and Red Lion will meet in the Bradford & District FA Sunday Cup final on Wednesday, May 1 at Eccleshill United, after contrasting semi-final victories. In their inaugural season, Cartwright Lister survived some nervy moments
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Pownall double boosts Ovenden title chances
Ovenden West Riding took advantage of Premier Division leaders Steeton’s cup diversion to close the gap at the West Riding County Amateur League summit. Steeton are now just three points clear, having played two games more, after Ovenden won 3-
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Bradford Bulls face capital showdown with London
Bradford Bulls have been drawn away to London Broncos in the fifth round of the Tetley’s Challenge Cup. Francis Cummins’ men recently beat the Broncos 46-20 at Adams Park in Wycombe and will now face them at the Twickenham Stoop next month.
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Three and easy for cup winners Steeton
Steeton 3, Silsden White Star 1 Steeton picked up their first piece of silverware of the season with a Friday night victory over Silsden White Star in the Keighley & District FA Challenge Cup final at Silsden FC. Sam Rooke gave Steeton
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Hat-trick heroes keep Spurs in title race
Matty Jackson and Steve Wales were both on the Yorkshire Amateur League hat-trick trail as Gildersome Spurs kept up their Senior A section title push with an 8-1 home victory over bottom side Bramley Juniors. Spurs have games in hand on all three
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Sign up for Monday league
GOALS Bradford are seeking new teams for their FA Monday League, which starts next week. Newcomers can claim a free first game and a free league starter kit, including match bibs and football, if they book in using this sporting brief. Games
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Pioneering ‘musical’ Guiseley vets opens new practice
A West Yorkshire-based veterinary business has opened its 12th UK practice in the Black Country with a £250,000 investment. The new branch of Guiseley-based White Cross Vets is the first in the country to introduce playing relaxing music to boost
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Labour claim East Coast rail line should not be privatised
New figures have blown apart the case for re-privatising the successful East Coast rail line, Labour says. They show the route – which links West Yorkshire and London – makes the second highest payment into Government coffers and requires virtually
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Hotel boss joins Bradford-based YBS board as non-executive director
Guy Parsons, chief executive of hotel chain Travelodge, is to join the board of Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society as a non-executive director. Mr Parsons, 49, has more than 20 years experience of director-level roles with major UK companies
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Three men released on bail after gran killed in cab crash horror
Three men arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a Bradford grandma was killed in a crash yards from her front door have been released on bail. Mary Byrne, 51, was paying a private hire vehicle fare on Mandale Road, Horton
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Church plans to tackle excessive City bonuses
The Church of England plans to use its £3 billion voting clout to tackle excessive City bonuses as it seeks to reignite last year’s “shareholder spring”. The Church, which holds a significant amount of its £8 billion assets as shares in companies,
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Doorstep sellers in Bingley to get cold shoulder
Doorstep sellers and rogue traders will soon be getting the cold shoulder in Bingley. Shipley Area Committee has funded a Cold Calling Control Zone set up to protect people living in the Crossflatts area of Bingley. The zones are set-up by
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Calls to improve business break-in detection rates
NEW figures reveal police in Bradford detected only 18 out of 88 burglaries from retail premises. The figures, for January 1 to November 30 last year in the Bradford South police division, were obtained by the Telegraph & Argus in a Freedom of
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Historical walk by City fans raises charity cash
More than a dozen people marked the beginning of Bantam’s History week, on Saturday by following a guided walk and were served beer by Bradford City chairman Mark Lawn. The walk was led by Dave Pendleton, of Thebantamspast museum, and poet Glyn Watkins
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G4 filters boost Yeadon firm’s sales
Developing filters to help prevent 4G mobile service interfering with television reception across Europe is providing a boost for Yeadon-based wireless communications systems firm Filtronic plc. In a trading update for the period from December
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Bingley Trinity All Saints School wins Food for Life Partnership award
Pupils are celebrating after a winning an award for serving-up healthy school food. Fresh meals and visits from farm animals helped Trinity All Saints C of E Primary School, in Bingley, earn a Silver Food for Life Partnership Award at Manchester
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Bookmaker hails 'successful' start of 2013 thanks to Grand National
Bookmaker result Bookmaker William Hill hailed a “successful” start to 2013 after enjoying its best ever result at this year’s Grand National when 66-1 outsider Auroras Encore, trained by Sue Smith at High Eldwick, near Bingley, won at Aintree. The
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Traffic calming works on Bradford road set to get go-ahead
Traffic calming work along a Bradford road looks set to go ahead after only a handful of residents objected. Speed humps, a narrowed carriageway and a new zebra crossing are planned for Rhodesway. There will also be 30-minute waiting restrictions
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Enjoy the big day overseas
The unpredictable British weather and the recession are key factors in driving the weddings abroad market to a 27 per cent increase since 2005, according to a new analysis. The study by Ionian Weddings, a specialist operator which fixes the ‘big
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Reader Jury
Hadouken! – Every Weekend (Surface Noise Recordings) ***** Not since The Prodigy has a band brought together fans from as far apart as metal to dance via hip-hop and indie. This is a unique sound that is an absolute must for the highest volume setting
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Tale of corruption is a unique read
George V Higgins – The Rat Of Fire, (Orion, £8.99) *** A slum tenement in Boston is causing landlord Fein problems. They won’t pay any rent because of an infestation of rats. With the help of accomplice Proctor and corrupt fire marshal Malatesta
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Wartime tale is full of drama
The Girl Under The Olive Tree by Leah Fleming Simon & Schuster, £12.99 If you’re trying to decide which books to take on holiday this year, you could do worse than this engaging saga set on the island of Crete. Forget binge-drinking holidaymakers
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Rolling back the years with the Royalists
Two years ago Remember When? was instrumental in bringing together members of the Sixties Bradford band The Royalists. Originally a foursome, the band started out in 1963. Like The Who, they were one of Butlin’s residential groups, firstly at Minehead
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‘Doctors refuse to pay to help my son’
A mother whose son's head was pushed out of shape while he was trapped between her ribcage in pregnancy has had to buy a life-changing helmet for him - because the NHS would not. Claire Leslie from Clayton Road, Scholemoor, said doctors at St Luke's
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Historian Mark Davis to launch book on High Royds Psychiatric Hospital
An author and historian will launch his new book on the history of a Menston mental institution in the village this week. Mark Davis will be signing copies of his book at the open meeting of the Friends of High Royds Memorial Garden on Wednesday
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Bradford University hosts peace questions and answers
Bradford University is hosting a question and answer session on peace and conflict at the John Stanley Bell lecture theatre tomorrow at 6pm. As part of the celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the founding of University’s Peace Studies Department
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City Hall sickness campaign is missing its target
A crackdown on high sickness absence at Bradford Council looks set to miss its target this year, with employees still off for an average of two working weeks a year. Sickness absence cost the Council an estimated £1.6 million from April to December
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Lord Mayor of Bradford to judge Dixons Trinity Academy student project
The Lord Mayor of Bradford is set to be a judge at the final of a school project at Dixons Trinity Academy. The event at the academy on Trinity Road, Bradford, marks the last stage of a research topic by Year Seven students. It will be held on
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Bradford Breakthrough helps to raise profile of city
Journalists from across the country have been invited to Bradford by a lobbying group which wants to improve the city’s national and international reputation. Bradford Breakthrough last week hosted a group of representatives from media organisations
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Bantams fan Mark Vicary to be mayor of US city Genoa
The American dream is alive and well, says a Bantams’ fan who will be sworn in as mayor of a US city this week. Mark Vicary, 45, was elected Mayor of Genoa, Illinois, last week, despite having little background in politics. He decided to get
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£1 coin celebrates 30th birthday
The £1 coin has celebrated its 30th birthday. The coin was first issued on April 21, 1983, as it was felt that a coin would be more useful than the less robust £1 note amid the decline in its spending power and the growth of the vending industry. A
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Slingsby’s bid to boost business with web investment
After another difficult year Baildon-based workplace products supplier H C Slingsby is looking to boost its fortunes by investing in new IT and website development as online orders continue to rise. In the year to December 31 2012, family-run Slingsby
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City Park will host patron saint celebrations
Bradford’s City Park will be at the centre of celebrations tomorrow to mark St George’s Day. This year’s celebrations will see street theatre entertaining the crowds from 11am to 4pm. Bantams History Week, until Friday, is a celebration of the
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Harrogate Spring Flower Show is a blooming good event
With apparently perfect timing – the weather having finally decided to warm up and bless us keen gardeners with a little sunshine – this week’s Harrogate Spring Flower Show promises to be even bigger and better than ever. For as well as more than
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Give your lawn a spring boost
Gardeners who didn’t want to venture out in the freezing weather at the beginning of the month may now be looking at a moss-ridden, lumpy lawn with scatterings of bald patches, a world away from the velvet carpet of grass they desire. But there
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A matter of principle?
SIR – Mr G S Gill, (‘Principles to follow’, Letters, April 19), is among others in decrying criticism of the late Margaret Thatcher because, although he might not agree with all that she did, “she had her principles”, (and stuck to them). If that
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Food price misery
SIR – High food prices are a serious problem across the world. People on lower incomes in the UK are having to cut back their weekly grocery shopping, while in poorer countries high food prices can be a matter of life and death. The changing climate
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A slippery slope...
SIR – The BBC in my opinion made an appalling error of judgment on their decision to censor the track Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead. The BBC played just a short section of the track. Whether you were a lover of Margaret Thatcher or not, surely the
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My funeral dismay
SIR – I am a 58-year-old woman and have worked for the vast majority of my adult life. I have lived through difficult times but have striven to raise a family and be a productive member of society. I get up at 4am for work and struggle to make
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The old chestnuts
SIR – I was really pleased to read the letter (T&A, April 13) in which Emmerson Walgrove debunked the myth regarding Mrs Thatcher and her role in bringing about the ending of free school milk when she was the Minister for Education. Can I say
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One way to solve patients problems?
SIR – Councillor Mike Gibbons is right when he suggests it is regrettable that GPs who have locked themselves into expensive telephone contracts expect their patients who are often on low incomes to ring up for appointments while running up bills they
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Labour’s milk role
SIR – Regarding Mr Green’s letter (T&A, April 16) I do have to point out to him that I know all the facts about the subject, Labour removed milk for children 11 and older in the previous administration. Desperately seeking public spending cuts
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Waxwing the culprit?
SIR – My aunt lives at Bolton Junction and has a lovely garden, with red berry bushes (pyracantha and cotoneaster salicifolius) against the side of her wall. This week a flock of birds flew into her garden and within two days stripped the berry
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Cometh the hour, cometh the man as Hanson puts Bradford City back on the road to Wembley
Bradford City 1 Burton Albion 0 He scored the goal that fired City to Wembley last time. So who better to get the one that puts them on the path to going back there? James Hanson will score better goals than the prod that looped over Burton
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Experts can be wrong
SIR – Keith Thomson’s letter (T&A, April 12) criticising my UKIP colleague’s stance on climate change, says he is a graduate in geophysics, and the planet has not cooled over the last ten years. I do not wish to be unkind, but many graduates
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Spending taxes wisely
SIR – Otley Parish Council is set to raise its precept by 14.5 per cent and such increases always put the value of parish councils under the spotlight. It’s worth remembering that the city’s council tax rates were frozen this year – the third year
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Site could have been used for allotments
SIR – The news that the Council is in something of a crisis over the provision of allotments should not come as a surprise (T&A, April 18). The shortage of suitable land has not been helped by allowing new developments to happen almost exclusively
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Sadness if St George's parade ends
Of all the casualties of bureaucracy and belt-tightening, the potential scrapping of the Scouting movement’s annual St George’s Day parade in Bradford seems a particularly sad one. There seem to be few enough opportunities to be proud of our national
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National Media Museum hosts film event
Bradford’s National Media Museum was last night’s glitzy venue for an awards ceremony annoucing the winners of the 19th Bradford International Film Festival’s two film prize competitions. The Festival’s European Features Competition, for an outstanding
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Kirklees Council window cleaning contract split
Kirklees Council is looking for window cleaners to keep its town halls, markets, libraries and schools looking sparkling. The council is encouraging smaller suppliers to bid for the two-year contracts. It has broken its usual district-wide contract
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Ilkley craft fair to support Sue Ryder
The next craft fair supporting the Sue Ryder charity takes place on Saturday, May 4, at Christchurch Methodist/URC in The Grove, Ilkley. Entry is free. For more information, call 07764 846154.
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Car boot sale at Ben Rhydding Cricket Club
Ilkley Grammar School is hosting a car boot sale at Ben Rhydding Cricket Club, Coutances Way, on Sunday.
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Bradford magistrates urged to jail fewer people
There are calls for magistrates in Bradford to hand down fewer prison sentences. Magistrates in West Yorkshire gave 44,287 sentences during 2011, of which 1,613 were custodial, according to new figures. The Howard League for Penal Reform says
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Court File
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and keighley magistrates: Robert Paul Barnett, aged 57, of Kingswood Street, Great Horton; two counts of falsely claiming benefit, community order made with curfew, £500 compensation, £85 costs. Yasmin
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Bradford MP David Ward welcomes car insurance pledge
Bradford East MP David Ward has welcomed a Government commitment to tackle high car insurance premiums. Answering a Parliamentary Question from Mr Ward (above), Transport Minister Stephen Hammond said the Government would be issuing a Green Paper
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Shops plan for restaurant car park site at Stockbridge, Keighley
The owners of an Indian restaurant in Stockbridge, Keighley, have revealed plans to build two shops on a car parking area next to the business. Abdul Rob has applied to Bradford Council for two shops, with two first-floor apartments above, on the
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£70,000 to help tackle Aire Valley action plan
Communities in the Aire Valley are to receive a share of £70,000 of Bradford Council cash to meet local needs. Shipley Area Committee has received the money to support improvement projects tackling priorities in its latest action plan. The
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Sonic Boom Six to perform festival warm-up gig at Keighley
A Manchester rock band have chosen Keighley to warm-up for one of their biggest performances yet. On Sunday, June 16, Sonic Boom Six will headline the Red Bull Stage on the final night of the Download festival in Castle Donnington, arguably the
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Dart Group ‘cautiously optimistic’
Airline, package holidays and distribution company Dart Group expects profits for the year ended March 31 to be ahead of expectations due to lower-than-anticipated winter losses and is ‘cautiously optimistic’ about the year ahead. The Yeadon-based
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Royal recognition for three top businesses
Royal recognition has been given to three local businesses to mark their success in overseas markets. First-time winner of the Queen’s Award for International Trade is family-run orthodontic and laboratory supplies firm DB Orthodontics Ltd in Silsden
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Oakworth guitarist’s hopes to found humanist group
A guitar player and humanist hopes to form a group of like-minded people to share his artistic passion. Pete Westwood has been a guitar teacher for 12 years as well as a qualified psychotherapist who uses music to help his clients. As a humanist
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Injuries take the shine off Bradford Bulls victory
Bulls coach Francis Cummins will assess injuries to Jamie Foster and Jamie Langley after they were forced off in yesterday’s romp at Rochdale. The Bulls won 70-10 at Spotland to book their place in today’s Tetley’s Challenge Cup fifth-round draw
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That's the spirit! Parkinson hails Bradford City’s Phil-good factor
Team spirit can power City back to Wembley in the play-offs, Phil Parkinson claimed today. They clinched a top-seven finish with a 1-0 victory over Burton in the 60th game of this historic campaign. And Parkinson believes the tight bond within
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George Galloway dismisses claim of a move back to Labour
Bradford West MP George Galloway has confirmed he is 100 per cent with the Respect party and will not be rejoining Labour. He confirmed he had met with the Labour leader Ed Miliband, as reported in a national newspaper, but said that it was a private
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Rafiq injury opens door for Rashid
Yorkshire’s Azeem Rafiq has been ruled out of action for six weeks with a right knee injury. The 22-year-old off-spinner could miss as many as five LV= County Championship matches, including Wednesday’s trip to Durham, with a problem that has been
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Missing dog is found
A pet which went missing when her owner’s home was broken into has been found. Jack Russell-Patterdale Tilda vanished when Lesley Lawrence’s house in Long Lee Lane, near Keighley, was burgled. Mrs Lawrence and her family spent several days searching
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Bingley pupils take part in Rotary Club Youth Speaks Out competition
Children in Bingley were urged to make their voices heard during a speaking competition. Bingley Rotary Club organised Youth Speaks Out, which was sponsored by a £350 donation from the town’s Yorkshire Building Society branch. Seven primary
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Craft and gift fair at Octagon, Riddlesden
A craft and gift fair takes place at the Octagon on Bradford Road, Sandbeds, Riddlesden, Keighley, from 10am until 4pm on Saturday. For more information, call (01535) 211486.
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Farmers' market to be held at Baildon
The next Baildon Farmers’ Market takes place from 9am until 1pm on Saturday in the Lower Ian Clough car park.
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Bradford Bulls: Wood earns his wings by cutting down Rochdale
Rochdale Hornets 10 Bradford Bulls 70 From the moment Sam Wood collected a short pass from Adrian Purtell to cross the line after just three minutes, the outcome of yesterday’s match was never in doubt. It was a dream start to life in the first
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Deja vu as Keighley Cougars are torn apart by Wolves
Warrington coach Tony Smith admits Keighley must be sick of the sight of the Tetley’s Challenge Cup holders after they were on the end of a fourth-round hiding from them for the third year in a row. Smith took no chances against the Kingstone Press
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Teenager will race against the odds
An “inspirational” Keighley youngster with a rare heart condition is continuing to defy the odds by entering a fundraising race next Sunday. Josh Hudson,17, of Windsor Crescent, Oakworth, will put his medical problems to one side when he runs the
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Extra £9m ‘still not enough for roadworks backlog’
Bradford Council has boosted its road maintenance budget to £8.9m, but admitted it will not be enough to tackle an increasing backlog of work to bring the district’s roads up to scratch. The authority said ‘harsh winter weather’ had caused roads
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Bradford senior coroner’s officer Alan Pritchard retires
Bradford’s senior coroner’s officer Alan Pritchard has retired after two decades of investigating some 9,000 sudden, violent and unexpected deaths across the district. The 65-year-old, from Bingley, has dealt with more than 100 homicide cases,
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Morrisons managers share business expertise with Bradford Bridge charity
Bosses at supermarket giant Morrisons have lent their business expertise to a Bradford charity after seeing first hand the work its does helping people beat drug addictions As part of a leadership programme, a group of managers, including communications
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Three held as gran, 51, killed in cab crash horror
Neighbours have spoken of horrific scenes as a grandmother was killed just yards from her own front door. Mary Byrne was paying a private hire vehicle fare when the cab was involved in a two car collision which left her fatally injured. And
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Tasty food is now closer to home
Where our meals come from is giving food for thought in the Aire Valley. And for the villagers of Saltaire, freshly grown fruit, vegetables, herbs and even edible flowers could not be closer to home. A Taste of Saltaire will take over two Bradford
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Keighley & Worth Valley Railway stages diesel gala
The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway stages its annual diesel gala this weekend. Tickets and timetable details are available on the group’s website at kwvr.co.uk The three-day gala brings together a collection of vintage diesel locomotives and is
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Tong High School wants to hear from former students
A Bradford secondary school is calling on its past students to get in touch and share their memories as it prepares to set up its alumni. Since Tong High School opened in September 1964, originally known as Tong Comprehensive, it has seen thousands
