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Half-price entry at Guiseley should guarantee decent atmosphere
There are four interesting West Riding County Cup second-round ties tomorrow night, with four local clubs taking on sides they cannot face in league football this season. Conference North outfit Guiseley have home advantage against Evo-Stik
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University of Bradford professor wins award for braking work
A professor working at the University of Bradford has won an award for his “unselfish contributions” to industry. John Fieldhouse was this year’s recipient of the SAE Dan Mahannah Award for his contributions to the brake and friction material industries
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Woodside offender praised for baking skills
An offender doing unpaid work at a cafe opposite a police station has won praise from officers for his baking skills. Talib Hussain, 38, was ordered to do 140 hours of work for the community after he was caught in possession of cannabis with intent
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Luke wins award for radio broadcast
A radio producer in Bradford has beaten fierce competition to win a prestigious national broadcasting award. Luke Haley picked up a highly respected Jerusalem Award in the under 25 category during a ceremony at BAFTA in London. Luke, 21, is
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Police name man being hunted over woman's murder in Bradford
Detectives investigating the murder of a woman, 21, in Bradford tonight released this picture of a man they want to quiz. They named him as Danish Irfan, 21, and said he is wanted in connection with the killing of the woman, whose body was found
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Cycling campaign wins cash support
Metro’s Go:cycling team is inviting funding bids from community, voluntary and not-for-profit groups for projects that promote adult cycling in West Yorkshire. Bids up to £10,000 can be made from the £25,000 Go:cycling grant fund until Friday.
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Yorkshire batsman Leaning on ideal learning curve in Australia
Batsman Jack Leaning will return to Yorkshire next March as a more rounded individual as well as a better player, according to his county coach Jason Gillespie. The 20-year-old right-hander is spending his winter playing grade cricket with the
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Another taekwondo gold for Natasha Burdock
Natasha Burdock of Silsden added to her growing medal collection with another gold after winning at the Serbian Open in Belgrade. The 15-year-old Quest Taekwondo student beat Great Britain team-mate Georgia Appleby 4-1 in the final of her category
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Plan lodged for new houses
Plans for five five-bedroom houses on the former site of a picture house and pool hall have been submitted to Bradford Council. The building. off Birch Lane, Bradford, was recently demolished after part of it collapsed, leaving it in too dangerous
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Driscoll delivers as hat-trick lifts Calverley
Scott Driscoll’s hat-trick proved the difference as Calverley United won 4-1 at fellow Senior B division strugglers St Bedes in the Yorkshire Amateur League. Neither side had won going into the contest but Calverley, with only 13 players available
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Route One Rovers pull clear at summit
Premier Division leaders Route One Rovers took advantage of a number of Spen Valley League postponements to move six points clear at the top of the table. They edged out fifth-placed Fairbank United 2-1 as goals from Sohail Fiaz and Hasnain Naveed
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Bradford campaigner Andrew Mason hits out at HS2 proposals
A leading business critic of the proposed HS2 rail connection between London and the North says a Bradford lobby group should have taken more soundings before supporting the controversial scheme. Andrew Mason, managing director of Shipley firm
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Bradford juniors reach top northern hockey level
Four Bradford Hockey Club youngsters have progressed towards the highest level of play in the country. The quartet have advanced from tier two junior regional performance centres for Leeds Pumas to the Pennine equivalent, confirming them as being
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Fire service deals with 13 callouts during strike
Fire crews in West Yorkshire dealt with 13 callouts while union members went on strike today. The incidents in Bradford included crashes and a man getting his hand trapped in machinery. Members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) took industrial
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Bradford quartet march on in County Cup
Campion, Steeton, Tyersal and Wibsey kept the Bradford flag flying as a number of West Riding County Amateur League teams advanced into the third round of the West Riding County FA Challenge Cup. A trip to Craven League side Skipton LMS saw Campion
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Peter Barnes inquest: 'Lessons should be learned'
An inquest today heard that lessons should be learned after a patient was found dead in the grounds of a Bradford psychiatric hospital one week after he went missing on an unsupervised cigarette break. Angus Moon QC, representing the privately-run
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Billiards results
BRADFORD & DISTRICT SUNDAY SCHOOL BILLIARDS LEAGUE – Eastbrook 6, Bradford Deaf Centre 1; Princeville A 6, Great Horton 1; Pudsey 3, Princeville B 4. Breaks: P Devitt (Eastbrook) 51, 47; S Kershaw (Princeville B) 46, 42; T Kershaw (Princeville
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Probation staff in district launch 24-hour strike
Probation staff in the Bradford district start a 24-hour strike tomorrow as part of a national protest against Government plans to privatise part of the service. The strike begins at noon and involves 80 members of the National Association of Probation
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Keeper is spot-on in Buttershaw White Star's romp
Keeper Mark Bowers scored from the penalty spot as Buttershaw White Star eased into the third round of the West Riding County FA Sunday Cup with a nine-goal victory over fellow Bradford Sunday Alliance League club Beldon Sports. Three goals
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Cleckheaton event raises funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital
A hotel is hosting a free ladies’ night to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital. Bradford South Premier Inn near Cleckheaton is holding the event on Saturday, November 23. There will be live music, stalls, a glass of bubbly on arrival
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Bradford Council approves scheme for new flats
Plans to turn offices in Barkerend Road into flats have been approved by Bradford Council. Steve Ford had applied to turn the second floor of the office building, 196-198 Barkerend Road, next to the Red House pub, into nine one-bedroom flats.
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More people needed to adopt children
A search has been launched for potential adopters in the district. Both Bradford Council and North Yorkshire County Council are appealing for people to consider adoption. The plea has been issued to coincide with National Adoption Week, which
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Medal joy for O'Brien
Bradford schoolgirl Emelye O’Brien shared the bronze medal with Leeds Karate Academy team-mate Kate Lister in the girls’ 13-15 years advanced kumite at the JKS Scotland Championships held in Grangemouth. The Academy, with its full-time dojo in
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Keighley event will raise money for Manorlands
A Christmas bazaar in aid of Manorlands hospice is being held at Keighley Catholic Centre, in Spring Gardens Lane, on Saturday, November 23. Donated gifts for the bran tub and tombola can be taken to the Catholic Centre between 2pm and 4pm on Thursdays
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Call to give blood
Blood donor sessions are being held at Victoria Hall, Keighley, later this month. Two sessions will be staged on November 18, from 1.15pm to 3.15pm and 4.15pm to 6.30pm. Anyone aged 17 to 65, weighing more than 50kg and in general good health
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Bracken Hall Countryside Centre granted asset of community value status
A countryside museum which a town council is working to save from closure has been officially recognised as having significant community worth. Councillors met this week and approved an application to make the Bracken Hall Countryside Centre, in
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Bradford mosque fundraisers climb Mount Snowdon
This team of young fundraisers conquered Britain’s second-highest peak in aid of a local mosque’s charity appeal. The team of young people raised almost £10,000 for the Minarets Project, a charity appeal being run by the Jamia Masjid Naqshbandia
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UPDATED: Police probe woman's death at Bradford house
Forensic officers were today examining a Bradford house where a young woman was found dead. Police are treating the death of the woman as suspicious. She was pronounced dead at the terraced house in Alford Terrace, Lidget Green, after police
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Expert to advise area businesses
Bradford Bulls non-executive director Kate Hardcastle is giving two free sessions to Calderdale retailers and businesses about creating an “excellent experience for the customer”. Calderdale Council has teamed up with the retail expert, who runs
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Event raises £5,600 for Cancer Support Bradford and Airedale
These ladies who lunch were in the pink when they raised more than £1,000 an hour at a glitzy fundraiser. Hundreds of women gathered at the Midland Hotel in Bradford to celebrate Cancer Support Bradford and Airedale’s silver jubilee and raise much-needed
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Christa Sandquist to hold a special preview of Ilkley Brewery’s new brew
Ilkley Brewery’s newest recruit, American brewer Christa Sandquist will host a Rye ‘n’ Dry launch event at North Bar Social in Bondgate, Otley, on Wednesday from 5pm. Christa will be on hand to chat about the inspiration for her signature brew
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Sandy Toksvig was full of surprises
Sandy Toksvig St George’s Hall There were a few surprises to be learned about comedienne and broadcaster Sandy Toksvig at her one-woman show on Saturday. Among them were her celebrity Danish heritage through her broadcaster father, her upbringing
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Tory MP Philip Davies votes against high speed rail
The proposed high speed rail link between London, Birmingham and ultimately Leeds has failed to impress Shipley MP Philip Davies who has voted against the plan. Backers of the controversial multi-billion pound HS2 scheme claim it will promote economic
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Fuel warnings at petrol stations
Police in Bradford have been putting up signs in garage forecourts warning motorists against driving off without paying for fuel. The Forecourt Watch signs are on display at petrol stations in the Great and Little Horton Neighbourhood Policing
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Man arrested for soliciting
A man was arrested for soliciting yesterday after being caught in a “compromising position” with a prostitute in Bradford. Police officers had spotted the man approaching a known prostitute in the Manningham Lane area at 6.50am. He was then
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Children have fun with Get Out More's school holiday forest camps
Children have been enjoying the great outdoors during school holiday forest camps. Half-term activities run by social enterprise company Get Out More were held in Saltaire, Ilkley and Bingley. Organiser Annie Berrington said: “They absolutely
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Woman cut free after car crash at the junction of Harrogate Road and Otley Old Road
A woman was cut free from her car by firefighters after a crash near Yeadon. Her vehicle collided with another at the junction of Harrogate Road and Otley Old Road at about 6pm on Saturday. The woman, believed to be in her 40s, was taken to
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Safety warning issued after chimney fire
Firefighters have issued a warning after tackling a chimney fire at a house in Bingley. Crews were called to a terraced property on Charles Street at 8pm on Saturday. A spokesman for the fire service said the fire started because the chimney
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Man praised for fire safety
A man fled his home after a fusebox blew and sparked a fire. Firefighters from Keighley were called to the house on High Street, Sutton-in-Craven, at 7.30pm on Saturday. The fire was contained to the cupboard where the fusebox was. A fire service
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Wreath to be laid at services
A Chelsea Pensioner will lay a wreath at an M62 army medical services monument to commemorate national remembrance weekend on Friday. Denis Shiels will leave the poppy wreath at the base of the memorial, which pays tribute to the Royal Army Medical
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Wibsey man arrested after body found
A 21-year-old man from Wibsey has been arrested after a man's body was found in Hyde Park, Leeds. It is believed the 30-year-old victim, who has not been named, had suffered fatal head injuries following an attack at about 8.45am on Sunday on Brudenell
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Healthcare team join Movember cause
Members of staff and local GPs from NHS Leeds West Clinical Commissioning Group, which includes practices in Horsforth, Rawdon, Menston, Guiseley and Yeadon, are joining the Movember cause to raise awareness of male cancers throughout November.
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If Brazil is your World Cup goal, get booking now
The summer of 2014 might feel some way off to most of us, but football fans have already kicked off their search for cheap accommodation for the World Cup. Until the draw on December 6, nobody yet knows where the England team will play their key
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School was first-class
On the front cover of the latest issue of the local history journal The Bradford Antiquary, there’s a photograph of a formidable-looking lady with what at first glance appears to be a cake on her head. Underneath what is in fact a small white hat
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Scandal hits village as affair comes to light
Rebecca Shaw – A Village in Jeopardy (Orion, £7.99) ** Alice works hard, denying her own dreams to finance her husband’s hopes of being a writer. Given the loveliness of Alice and the straightforwardly horribleness of Marcus, she attracts sympathy
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Gripping tale of love and hope
The Girl With No Name by Marina Chapman Mainstream Publishing, £7.99 In 2008, I interviewed Marina Chapman who had battled against the odds, arriving in Bradford speaking not a word of English, to achieve a childcare qualification. She told
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Bradford rock concerts will raise funds for Oxfam
A series of rock concerts will be taking place across Bradford for charity music festival Oxjam. The event, in aid of Oxfam, has been organised by Beth Whitaker, 20, from Holme Wood, and Elisha Gardner, 24, from Batley. Beth said: “We have
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Vehicle recovered
A stolen 4x4, described as its owner’s ‘pride and joy’, has been recovered by police in Bradford. The vehicle was stolen from outside his address in the Great and Little Horton area. It has now been returned. A spokesman for Great and Little
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Man arrested after trying to flee from police by climbing onto roof
A man climbed on to the roof of his flat in Manningham to try and escape police yesterday morning. Officers forced their way into the flat after being told a wanted man was inside. They persuaded the man to come back inside and he was arrested
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Charity seeks memorabilia relating to speedway legend Erik Gundersen
The creators of a classroom dedicated to a speedway legend are on the lookout for memorabilia to decorate it with. The Erik Gundersen Room is set to be unveiled at the Bradford-based Joshua Project charity in December in honour of the three-time
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It’s the end of the world as they know it
This Is The End (Cert 15, 107 mins, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) Starring Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson, Danny McBride, Jason Segel, Emma Watson, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Paul Rudd. ***
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Slug it out with a Spanish invasion
Imagine a Britain without vegetable patches, allotments or beautiful flower beds, where gardeners are unable to grow anything outside, knowing any plants will be ravaged by a foreign predator. This is, admittedly, a worst case scenario, but still
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Witness death-defying stunt at City Park
Experience the impossible as escapologist Antony Britton displays one of his most dangerous stunts that he has ever created at City Park on Saturday. Never seen before by the public, Britton brings his underground escape Lucifer's Chamber at 6pm. There
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Spooky night at Bolling Hall
Bolling Hall is already one of Bradford’s spookiest venues – recognised as the city’s most haunted building – but around Halloween it gets even scarier. The annual Dark Gatherings: Hauntings In The Hall night attracted hundreds of visitors of all
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How the new bishop will be elected
This time next year the Church of England Diocese of Bradford will no longer exist, having been combined with Leeds and Ripon to form one of the largest dioceses in the country. West Yorkshire and the Dales covers an area of 2,425 square miles
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Saturday, November 2, 2013
25 years ago: Bradford’s new-look Kirkgate Centre was ready for its official reopening following a nine-month transformation, including new shops and improved facilities, costing £4 million. 50 years ago: The chairman of Bradford City, Albert V
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The people in charge
SIR – Christopher Hindle in his letter (T&A, October 28) complains about Conservative mismanagement in the 1970s. Wilson and Callaghan ran Labour for seven years of the decade, Thatcher defeating Sunny Jim in 1979! Philip Bird, Nab Wood Terrace
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So this is growth?
SIR – The economy is supposed to have grown by 0.8 per cent between July and the end of September, but more than half of that growth is to be found in London and the South-East. The Government is trumpeting success, so let us have a few facts to ponder
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Paying parking price
SIR – Some while ago on a dark and dismal night I parked at the bottom of Piccadilly, not noticing the somewhat obscure disabled signs. Fortunately a fellow motorist came up and said: “Don’t park there, I did last week and got done. It is so confusing
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End royal secrecy
SIR – On the T&A letters page I have often had my republican views challenged by monarchists David Rhodes and Philip Bird. However, I am certain I have found an issue upon which we can all agree. The Royal Household is shrouded in secrecy due
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£2.4bn enough profit?
SIR – Earlier this month I read my fuel bill would be increased by ten per cent. On listening to the Prime Minister he advised people to switch to a cheaper company. Simple! Npower is imposing a 10.4 per cent increase – at £2.4 billion are they
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Time to re-nationalise
SIR – Referenda seem to be popular at the moment with one being held next year in Scotland on independence and another in the next few years regarding membership of the EU. Whatever the eventual outcome of those, it’s certain if one was held right
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Investment is needed
SIR – Your readers are rightly questioning the demands for more development in Baildon and Shipley. It is no exaggeration that infrastructure is stretched to breaking point here, and elsewhere in the Shipley constituency. So, if the demand for
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Where the jobs axe should
SIR – Re ‘This is going to hurt’ (T&A, October 29). Somebody must believe that the ratepayers of Bradford are totally stupid. On the one hand we have the Council leader saying there will be 700 job cuts and the Lib Dem leader stating that she
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No dictionary?
SIR – According to the dictionary, a ‘slut’ is a careless slovenly woman. The sense in which Godfrey Bloom used the word. Perhaps, Mr Holmans, your correspondent, never looked it up. Or maybe he hasn’t got a dictionary! Mrs Pamela B McCallum
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Back our campaign
SIR – I am writing to your readers to encourage them to support a campaign to change the law on child neglect. I unfortunately know the devastating effect neglect can have on children. That is why I am supporting Action for Children to update the
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Thatcher’s legacy
SIR – Mike Pollard (Letters, October 21) is puzzled about comments in letters by Mr Hindle, but I too am puzzled at the selective memory of him and his ilk. I am also old enough to remember the Thatcher years, so permit me to quote some facts from
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Let’s have new ideas
SIR – Philip Bird’s reply to my earlier letter is without doubt a shot in the foot. He is lucky, due to the T&A’s moderator, he did not get the full blast of my letter. He, like his party, is never wrong, being a Thatcher fan will not win him
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The biggest threat
SIR – Reading the last two of his columns in the T&A gives one the impression that Keith Thomson regards himself a jack of all trades, and one knows what they are master of. Last week he made it clear he knew better how to defend the country, and
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Cuts will lead to more isolation
SIR – It is with sadness and dismay that I read in the T&A (October 29) that the Council budget cuts mean that the home and mobile library services will be cut. I am a user of the home library and they have been a godsend, for there is no way
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Permit us to say, this idea is a waste...
The controversial household waste disposal permit scheme introduced across Bradford and district in July this year has been beset with problems, not least the lack of consultation before it was brought in. As soon as Council Tax-payers received
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High price to pay for Gove exam failure
Education Secretary Michael Gove’s shake-up of the GCSE exam system has rightly been met with anger and derision. There can be no doubt that young people need to be prepared for the world of work or that standards and exam results need to be improved
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Clean sheet sets up Bradford City for FA Cup battle with Millers
Rory McArdle believes City have rediscovered their defensive steel as they gear up for an FA Cup showdown with bitter rivals Rotherham. After four games without a clean sheet and no victory, the Bantams at least stopped the rot in one of those
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CCTV bid to trace Bradford Moor hit-and-run driver
A motorist, whose car was damaged when a hit and run driver reversed into him, has released CCTV images of a suspect. Zahir Majid, 37, is also offering a £100 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the culprit. Mr Majid
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Zaika Group holds successful open day
Up to 250 women and children enjoyed an open day hosted by a community group which aims to combat social isolation. The Zaika Group is funded and supported by Mike Robinson, of Associated Waste Management in Valley Road, Bradford, who is delighted
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Shipley woman's anger as mail is wrongly delivered to school
An office manager says she is furious at the less than first class mail service she has received, which has left her with no post during school holidays and late payment fees for bills she never received. Dawn Story moved to a cottage in Shipley
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Joshua Project aims to help at-risk girls with new scheme
A young people’s charity in Bradford is to start a major fundraising drive to help vulnerable girls escape the traps of child sexual exploitation. Great Horton-based Joshua Project is linking up with the Golddigger Trust already working nationally
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Roleystone Sanctuary: ‘give a horse a home for the winter’
A horse sanctuary keen to loan out animals during the winter is appealing to potential new owners as temperatures drop and a shortage of stables will leave some out in the cold. Roleystone Horse and Pony Sanctuary currently looks after 36 horse
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Shipley MP Philip Davies: Why I wear my poppy with pride
Shipley MP Philip Davies has told why he wears his poppy in the run up to Remembrance Day. “I wear a poppy to salute and commemorate all those who have lost their lives serving our country in the armed forces to protect the freedoms we too often
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Residents at Farish House, Keighley, raise funds for Manorlands Hospice
A Keighley sheltered housing scheme has raised £470 for Manorlands hospice in Oxenhope. Residents at Farish House staged a domino marathon and quiz, and there was entertainment from a singer. And nearly half the sum raised was through a sponsored
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Bradford police launch tracking system to help cut reoffending rates
Police in Bradford are using high-tech satellite tracking to monitor prolific offenders and help to keep them on the straight and narrow after their release from prison. The new initiative is helping persistent criminals such as burglars, who are
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Bradford Bulls must all be in it together – Francis Cummins
Francis Cummins insists the Bulls will only re-establish themselves as a serious force if every single player buys into what he is trying to achieve. The Bradford head coach has lost arguably his two most talented home-grown players in Elliott
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Plans for Islamic centre have been approved at appeal
A new islamic education centre on the site of a secondhand car dealership in Keighley has been approved at appeal after Bradford planners turned down the scheme. Religious group the Al Hidaayah Foundation applied for a change of use at Reg Thompson
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Council calls for teenagers’ views on services
Young people are currently being asked for their views on their local area as part of a Bradford Council consultation into services delivered for those aged between 12 and 19. The consultation, which started on October 28 and runs until November
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Planning application submitted by childminder
The owner of a Queensbury House has applied for retrospective permission to turn the ground floor into a childminding business. Bradford Council had written to Samantha Mungall, of Western Place, telling her she would need to apply for permission
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Calderdale Council could award freedom of borough to Yorkshire Regiment
Calderdale Council will discuss plans to award an army regiment the freedom of the borough tomorrow. The Honorary Freedom has been exercised by the former Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, later 3rd Batallion Yorkshire Regiment, since 1945. In
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Planning File
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Allerton: non-material amendment to planning approval, construction of side and rear first floor extension, 1 Wimborne Drive. Allerton: extension and alterations to cottage
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Parkinson pleased by Bradford City character in drab match
Crewe Alexandra 0, Bradford City 0 At the end of an utterly forgettable 90 minutes, a quick glance at the table showed City still in the League One play-off places. Without a win in five games and hanging on to sixth place by their fingertips
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Fly-tip menace soars by a quarter in wake of new waste permit
Fly-tipping complaints have increased by nearly a quarter since a controversial permit system came into force this year. From January 1 to June 30, Bradford Council received 2,725 complaints, an average of 105 per week. But in the three months
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Firefighters walk out for second time
Fire crews across Bradford this morning were due to form picket lines outside their stations as they took part in their second national strike in three days. Members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) were due to stage a walk out between 6am and
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Homeless families need help
More than 140 children in Bradford from 73 families are officially classed as homeless, new figures reveal. But out of the 148 children, who are eligible for full housing duty from Bradford Council because of their circumstances, only 17 are staying
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Groups all set to submit bids for Bradford Odeon building
Submissions from groups which want to rejuvenate the former Odeon building in Bradford city centre will be invited in a matter of weeks once the Council takes ownership of the site. Bradford One and Bradford Live both have plans for the venue and
