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Mandhata get Mutual reprieve
Shipley-based Mandhata, whose tenure in the Bradford Mutual Sunday School League seemed over eight days ago, have won a reprieve. The club, who play at Northcliffe Park, failed to turn up to the league’s annual meeting at Clayton Rugby
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Sarah's revved up after World Aikido Championship gold
Sarah Fletcher, the Leeds Aikido coach who is based at Jimmy’s Gym Calverley, has won a gold medal in the World Aikido Championships in Japan. Along with Natuley Smalle and former Ilkley Grammar School pupils Danielle Jones and Laura Beardsmore
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Top-ten incentive for Guiseley
Guiseley could climb above neighbours Bradford Park Avenue into the top ten of the Conference North table tomorrow night. The Lions head to third-from-bottom Worcester City knowing that if they stretch their winning run to seven games
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Fresh bid to save ‘Dunnies’ cafe landmark in Otley
An MP is backing a community bid to save a landmark cafe. Gladman Care Homes Ltd had its most recent plan to redevelop the former All Saints Middle School site, off Bridge Street, Otley, rejected in June. But the developer, whose 48-flat home for
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Grangefield almost pay for soft finish
Grangefield Old Boys maintained their lead of the Yorkshire Amateur League's Senior A Division, despite letting in two soft goals near the end of their match at bottom club North East Leeds. Grangefield led 2-0 at half-time thanks to a 25th-minute
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Charity night at Bradford's Topic folk club
The world’s longest-running folk club is hosting a charity night on Thursday in Bradford in aid of Children In Need. The Topic, at Bradford Irish Club in Rebecca Street, has lined up a variety show featuring local artists. The show starts at
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Poet serves up a Christmas performance at Glyde House, Bradford
Poet and pie-lover Glyn Watkins is celebrating the festive season with a show called A Slice of Christmas… Ding Dong Merrily on Pie. The show, at Glyde House, Bradford, on Thursday, is the third in a series of shows with pies at the venue on Little
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Dancers win British Ballet Organisation scholarships
Two young dancers have landed scholarships for the British Ballet Organisation. Anyah Morgan, ten, of Thornton and Ellie Berthebaud, 12, of Wilsden, attended an audition at the Royal Ballet in Birmingham and were competing with around 200 others
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Pupils at St Cuthbert's, Heaton, use their heads to help Philippines fund
Pupils had a Mad Hair Day at St Cuthbert’s Primary school – to raise hundreds of pounds for victims of the storms in the Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan that hit the islands earlier this month left millions of people displaced and thousands feared
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Choir tours Oakenshaw
A community choir will bring the festive spirit to Oakenshaw on Sunday when it holds a carol concert.The choir will be singing at locations throughout the village, starting at 1.30pm near St Andrew’s Church and ending at Victoria Park at 3pm.
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Choirs sing at Brighouse garden centre
School choirs are performing at a Brighouse garden centre as it celebrates its 150th anniversary. Kershaw’s will welcome St Andrew’s Infants tomorrow, St John’s Primary Academy on Wednesday, and St Andrew’s Juniors on Thursday. Carr Green Primary will
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Osborne defends Treasury over Co-op deal with Lloyds
George Osborne has defended the Government’s involvement in plans for Co-operative Bank to take over branches of Lloyds, insisting the collapse of the deal showed the “system worked”. The Chancellor attempted to distance the Treasury from criticism
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Car overturns in Canal Road, Bradford
Two people escaped serious injury when the Toyota car they were travelling in overturned in Bradford today. The crash happened on the southbound stretch of Canal Road, between the junctions with Shipley Airedale Road and Valley Road, at about 4.05pm
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Westfield staff start work on Bradford Broadway site
Westfield contractors were at the site of its Broadway shopping centre yesterday as preparation works started. Its director of development, Duncan Bower, said site was being readied for site offices and phone lines will be laid to ensure the infrastructure
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You Little beauty! Charles at double for Campion
Littletown’s run of eight successive West Riding County Amateur League Premier Division victories came to a shuddering halt on Saturday against visitors Campion. Their form had seen them climb to second place in the table but two first-half goals
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Hook hat-trick nets points for Sandy Lane
The top three sides in the Bradford Sunday Alliance League Premier Division all won at the weekend to open up a gap over the chasing pack. Fourth-placed Bolton Woods now trail nearest rivals Buttershaw White Star and West Bowling by five points
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University of Bradford film-makers focus on bus museum
Young filmmakers from the University of Bradford have picked the Keighley Bus Museum as the subject for a promotional film which will form part of their degrees. A team of media and film students have spent the last three Fridays capturing the
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Police and Crime Commissioners 'a failed experiment' says report
Elected police chiefs are a “failed experiment” and should be axed quickly, according to a damning report to Labour. The review – ordered by Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper MP – brands the system of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) as
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Mixed reaction from Bradford MPs to Goverment's payday loans cap plan
MPs in Bradford have given a mixed reaction to Government plans to cap the costs of controversial “payday loans”, with some fearing they could force vulnerable people into the hands of illegal loan sharks. Chancellor George Osborne yesterday announced
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Girlington upstage the Spen fliers
The top three in the Spen Valley League Premier Division all had hefty wins – but they weren’t the division’s leading scorers. Fifth-placed Girlington took that honour, defeating lowly visitors East Bowling All Stars 8-3.
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Council seeks to cut £6 million cab bill for vulnerable children and adults
Bradford Council is looking into ways it can cut down its £6.1 million annual cab bill. The authority pays for cab journeys for 1,350 vulnerable children and adults across the district, using around 820 cars, minibuses and wheelchair accessible
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Charity singles released for sign2sing world record attempt
People in Bradford can help deaf people by downloading two charity singles that will be used in a world record attempt. The songs – As One and Get Up and Sign – have been composed for SignHealth’s sign2sing event on February 5 next year. Linda
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Mail deliveries beat targets in BD postcode areas
Royal Mail says it delivered a target-beating performance in the BD postcode area between April and September this year, with 93.3 per cent of First Class Mail arriving the day after posting. Its Second Class mail target was also exceeded, with
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Bradford Bulls players help celebrate opening of new-look library at Reevy Hill Primary School, Buttershaw
Bradford Bulls’ players visited a Bradford primary school to celebrate the opening of its new library. Teachers at Reevy Hill Primary School, Buttershaw, have spent the last 12 months improving the library. Head teacher Jo Bradley said: “There
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Keighley estate agent says quick Sutton sale shows confidence is returning
An estate agent which sold a property within hours of it going on the market says the transaction shows confidence is returning to the housing sector. The two-bedroom terrace house, in Victoria Street, Sutton, went up for sale early one morning
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Lunchtime lesson from Morrisons on the menu for Queensbury pupils
Bradford pupils had a lesson in healthy eating. Children at Queensbury School worked with Morrisons’ development chef and nutritionists to create smoothies, salads and wraps as part of their Packed Lunch Challenge. The campaign is part of the
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Chance of a free holiday in Blackpool with Fred Towler Trust
A Bradford-based Trust is seeking people to take up its offer of a free holiday. The Fred Towler Trust provides the trips to Blackpool each year. On offer is a five-day break, from June 8, at a hotel five minutes’ walk from the beach and Tower.
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Changes to Silsden zebra crossing approved
Keighley Area Committee has approved changes to the zebra crossing outside Silsden Town Hall. The Bradford councillors rejected two objections to the plans to build a plateau for the crossing on busy Kirkgate. The objectors claimed that raising
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Graham Mitchell enjoys Railway Children reunion
An Oakworth man who appeared in the classic 1970 movie version of The Railway Children has been reunited with some of its stars. Graham Mitchell – a guard in the film, which was shot on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway – attended a lunch
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Man arrested at probation service offices in Bradford
A man has been arrested after police got a call for assistance from West Yorkshire Probation Service's office in Cheapside, Bradford. Three police cars and police van responded to the call at about 1.45am today.
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Bettys Cafe Tea Rooms' fundraising boost
Staff at the Bettys Cafe Tea Rooms in Ilkley are celebrating their part in contributing towards the company’s record-breaking charity donation total of £100,367 – a whopping £20,000 over the sum raised last year. Bettys & Taylors, the family
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Generations dig in to plant trees at Otley Chevin
Members of the Rotary Club of Otley Chevin were supported by the 2nd Otley Scouts and their families to plant hundreds of new trees on Otley Chevin on Saturday, November 16. About 420 trees, awarded as part of a conservation project by the Woodland
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Guiders support under-threat Bingley pool with swimming gala
Guiders have backed a Bradford Council pool facing the axe by hosting a swimming gala there. Each year, Rainbows, Brownies and Guides in the Bingley area take part in The Division Shield competition which takes the form of different events. This
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Fiesta ST. It's Simply Terrific!
It seems like only yesterday that Ford was down in the dumps, turning out safe but unexciting cars. Your head might tell you to buy a Fiesta, Focus or Mondeo but your heart wouldn’t be in it. Well, things have changed. Every Ford owner I speak
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Time to pamper a loved one...
What’s a Christmas tree without the faint aroma of wrapped beauty goodies teasing under the twinkling lights? Declare the festive holidays a time for manicured fingers, signature fragrances and bubble baths, with a pampering present for a loved
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Former MP chosen to fight Keighley seat for Labour
The former MP for Selby has been selected as Labour's Parliamentary Candidate for Keighley. John Grogan, 52, grew up and still lives in Burley-in-Wharfedale. His first political experience was delivering leaflets after school for Labour MP
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Pain of a life in the public eye
I didn't think I would ever say this, but I feel sorry for the Royals. They may be enormously privileged, have fantastic homes, out-of-this-world holidays, and amazing social lives. And they certainly never have to worry about council tax or the
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Women bishops move welcomed
Women are moving a step closer to becoming bishops. The Church of England’s ruling body, the General Synod, has backed new proposals which could see women bishops being given final approval by July next year. Members voted 378 in favour and
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Apostrophe trouble
SIR – While the subject of sayings is still warm, what about that most famous one of all, ‘trouble at the mill’? I recently saw this written as ‘trouble at t’ mill’, which is incorrect. It is simply ‘trouble a’ mill’. The word ‘the’ is not pronounced
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Economic illiteracy
SIR – Much alarmist nonsense is talked about the UK trade position when we leave the EU. Let me just flag up a few facts, always woefully sparse when emotions run high. Our top 16 fastest-growing export markets with the exception of Poland (No.
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School league tables
SIR – Keith Thomson (Letters, November 19) says he doesn’t often touch on educational matters. Just as well if his letter is anything to go by. Of course some schools are below and some above average but, surely, Bradford does not want to be in
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Save our greenbelt
SIR – Couns Alan Wainwright and Michael Johnson (T&A, November 20) are mistaken in asserting that people in Tong Ward are in favour of losing the amount of greenbelt land for housing that is being proposed. Both consultation processes showed
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‘No’ to a new Maggie
SIR – I must take issue with Alan Chapman, (‘New Maggie needed’, Letters, November 20). Well, Alan, you might be happy with our decimated manufacturing base and increased reliance on service industries such as Wonga and banking. I am not. Add
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The little people lose
SIR – It was good to hear the new chairman of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, confidently predicting that the ‘recovery’ is established. Shall we examine that claim? Firstly, I wonder what type of an ‘economic’ recovery can commence while the
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Time to take stock
SIR – In view of not just the recent news about an ex-councillor but by also taking into account past incidents regarding others on the Council, is it not time to look at the process of how councillors are nominated and what information they have to
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A waste of money in the face of cuts
SIR – Could someone explain to me why when Bradford Council has and still is suffering from serious cuts in the money it receives from the Government, causing staff redundancies and cuts in services to the public etc, resurfacing minor roads is taking
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Whole affair stinks
SIR – Councillor David Green should be aware that to rebuild confidence or anything it has to have been built in the first place. You said in an earlier edition that his predecessor, Ian Greenwood, had not been available for comment, but since
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A goal to aim at?
SIR – Come on, Mr Hindle, please don’t let the readers down. You have an open goal to have a go at one of your much-loathed bankers, the very people who have brought the country to its knees. Allegations of drug abuse, adult content material on
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Not to be trusted
SIR – November 20, 2013, is likely to be the date when the Labour Council in Bradford ceased to exist. They have cut their own throats by keeping ‘mum’ about the Flowers files. They knew what he was up to and kept quiet about it all until now.
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Too many roles?
SIR – It is with regret that I learn of the troubles that have beset the Rev Paul Flowers. I know this reflects the views of others who know him professionally. Despite any issues that might involve criminal charges, in my dealings with him on
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Can we trust anything that is said?
SIR – Labour Council leader David Green admits (T&A, November 21) that there are legitimate questions to be answered about how the Labour administration at the time acted in connection with the resignation of the Rev Paul Flowers. He went on
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We must be aware of this abuse
It is sad to see the alarming rise in complaints from pensioners living in residential and nursing homes which we reveal today. There were 517 recorded in 2012, more than double the figure in 2009, and that should be a major cause for concern.
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Pilot must accept his sentence
The solicitor of disgraced pilot Irfan Faiz, who was prepared to fly a plane while three times the legal drink limit, has revealed that plans to appeal against the nine month jail sentence his client was given yesterday because he believes it was ‘
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Keighley baker Mike Armstrong organises Christmas charity night
A charity Christmas baking event will take place in Keighley to raise funds for Manorlands hospice and the Movember mens health campaign. It will take place at the Lavender Fields Tearooms, Cavendish Street, from 7pm on Wednesday. Baker Mike
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Hanson UK to take on jobs in Bradford
New driving jobs are on the cards at a Bradford concrete plant due to a sharp upturn in construction activity. After five years of decline in the sector, quarry and concrete company Hanson UK has launched a recruitment drive to hire more than 100
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The Selfish Giant in line for honour
A film set and shot in Bradford is one of three films to be nominated for an international prize. The Selfish Giant, written and directed by Clio Barnard of Otley, is about two boys who turn to scrap metal dealing. It stars Bradford schoolboys
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Tell tales for school awards
There are just a few weeks left to nominate outstanding teachers, staff and schools for the Telegraph & Argus School Awards. Created to celebrate the best Bradford’s education system has to offer, the awards include 12 categories, chosen to
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Planning File
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Great Horton: extension of opening house to allow opening between 10am and 4am Monday to Saturday and 10am and 3am Sundays and Bank Holidays, 262 Great Horton Road. Great
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Bradford's JCT600 mechanic scoops Ferrari title
A mechanic at Bradford-based motors group JCT600 has been named the No1 Ferrari technician in Northern Europe. Daniel Dawson, 23, who works for the firm’s Brooklands dealership in Leeds, beat hundreds of Ferrari technicians from the UK, Ireland
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Idle care home is told to raise standards
A Bradford care home has been warned that it must make improvements after an unannounced visit from inspectors. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has issued a formal warning to Ashville Care Limited after an inspection carried out at Ashville Care
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Carvell tells Bradford Bulls fans: I plan on sticking around for years
Thirty two-year-old Garreth Carvell baulks at the suggestion he is nearing the end of his career and has promised Bulls fans that he will be bringing his A-game next season. In fact the hulking England prop says he wants to carry on for “another
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Brooklands School, Skipton, rated 'good' by Ofsted
A special school has been rated as “good” by Ofsted. An inspector visited Brooklands Community Special School, Skipton, in October and reported that students made good progress and their achievements were “good or better”, despite starting from
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Elderly woman hurt in car crash
An elderly woman driver was injured after her Peugeot car collided with an ambulance en route to an emergency on Harrogate Road, Rawdon, just after 3pm yesterday. The paramedic crew gave first aid to the woman, who had suspected spinal injuries
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Hockney art is on display in Bradford
A gallery showcasing a range of urban and pop art – including a striking 3D image of artist David Hockney made with layers of Telegraph & Argus cuttings – is holding an open day next week. Rogue Gallery in Greengates is run by Bradford artist
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Attack of the 'Ginger Ninja' as his killer strike sees Bantams claim first win in eight matches
MK Dons 2 Bradford City 3 In a week when the world remembered JFK, it was another Kennedy who presided over this long overdue victory. The global headlines may have been dominated by the 50th anniversary of John F Kennedy’s assassination. But
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Demolition work due to start on Airedale Hospital A&E unit
Demolition work on Airedale General Hospital’s old accident and emergency department is due to start in December. A spokesman for the hospital at Steeton, near Keighley, said the demolition would take place over several days or weeks. Builders
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Scheme helps to 'turn around' lives of troubled families in Bradford
The lives of more than 500 troubled families in Bradford have been “turned around” by a scheme to help dysfunctional households, the Government claimed today. New figures have been released by the Department for Communities and Local Government
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Tour de France camp sites raise funds for Sue Ryder
Five sites across the Worth Valley have so far been earmarked for camping during next year’s Tour de France as part of a Sue Ryder fundraising initiative. Farmers are opening up their land to cater for the thousands of visitors who will descend
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Court File
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley magistrates: Shahzad Akhtar, aged 32, of Great Horton Road, Horton Bank Top; fraud, £350 fine, £125 costs. Anthony Allsop, aged 37, of Meadway, Woodside; three counts breach of restraining
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Political leaders clash over Paul Flowers scandal
The political row over the Co-op Bank’s near collapse and the revelations about Bradford Methodist minister Paul Flowers has intensified, with Ed Miliband accusing David Cameron of “desperate” smears over Labour’s links to the lender’s former chairman
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Driver hurled from car after it hits stone wall in Keighley
A young driver was hurled from a car, and three passengers had to be cut free, after it smashed into a stone wall. All four, who were said to be in their late teens or early 20s, were seriously hurt in the accident in Keighley early on Saturday
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Amelia Lily gets Keighley switched on for Christmas
Hundreds of folk of all ages packed into Keighley’s Church Green for the town’s Christmas lights switch on late yesterday. The illuminations were turned on at 4.30pm by a team including 2011 X Factor finalist Amelia Lily. She was joined on
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Pamper night in Cleckheaton raises funds for hospice
A ‘pamper night’ for women is being held in Cleckheaton to raise money for a children’s hospice. Hairstylist Kiyara A-Roonchai will host the event from 5pm to 7.15pm on Friday at her Trikos Youthful Hair salon on Albion Street. It is free to
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Video link-ups are rolled out
Bradford courts are to make more use of video links to prisons to save the time and cost of putting alleged offenders in the dock. Justice Minister Damian Green said today that West Yorkshire is rolling out extensive use of the links. Courts in
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Keighley Oxfam shop appeals for donations to help typhoon victims
Keighley’s Oxfam shop is urging townspeople to help the charity save lives in the typhoon-devastated Philippines. The Low Street outlet is appealing for cash donations to support those who have lost everything and are struggling to survive following
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Church has hopes for forgotten site in Wapping
Calls to transform a derelict historic school site into a haven for the homeless have been made by a neighbouring church. Wapping First School on Wapping Road has lain derelict for 13 years and has been repeatedly targeted by vandals Now the Abundant
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There's more where that came from, says jubilant Bradford City match-winner Kennedy
Jason Kennedy has promised City fans his winning goal is only the beginning. The midfielder put a slow start to his Valley Parade career behind him by converting the late clincher at MK Dons. Saturday’s 3-2 victory – City’s first in eight games
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Church has hopes for forgotten site
Calls to transform a derelict historic school site into a haven for the homeless have been made by a neighbouring church. Wapping First School on Wapping Road has lain derelict for 13 years and has been repeatedly targeted by vandals Now the Abundant
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Family ready to fight for King Richard's remains
A Bradford solicitor is spearheading the battle to bring King Richard III’s remains back to Yorkshire after his resting place was discovered beneath a Leicester car park last year. The campaign to have the last Yorkist monarch reburied in York reaches
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Keighley Cougars 2014 fixtures
Keighley Cougars begin their assault on the Kingstone Press Championship with a home game against Whitehaven on Sunday, February 16. Sheffield Eagles will open their defence of the title with an historic fixture against newly-promoted Rochdale
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Protest at paths work is repeated
Banner-waving protesters have pledged to block the entrance to woods in Bradford today as Council officials arrived to carry out work. The Friends of Black Carr Woods were set to gather at the entrance to the woods in Tyersal as part of a peaceful
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Elderly abuse in care homes 'rockets'
Complaints about how pensioners living in district nursing and residential homes are treated have more than doubled in three years, the Telegraph & Argus can reveal. Now one MP is calling for an urgent investigation into the “alarming” figures.
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Dickens of a time at Victorian Market!
Both Scrooge and Santa paid a visit to Bradford Industrial Museum this weekend for its annual Victorian Christmas Market. The two-day event saw thousands of people stream into the converted former mill in Eccleshill to browse over 60 stalls and
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Walkers tell developers to hit the road over plans for 2,700 homes plan
Protesters against a proposed 2,700-home development took part in a countryside walk to show people the impact building would have on the green site in Bradford. A petition containing 1,000 signatures, collected by Save Tong & Fulneck Valley
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Bradford firm launches investigation over 'mouldy' cheesecake
A Bradford firm has apologised and has started an investigation after a customer bought a “fresh” cheesecake that had “green mould” inside it and smelled of “rotten eggs”. Shazad Hussain said the cake was bought as a treat for his 12-year-old daughter
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Rosie’s Christmas card joy is dedicated to dad
The winner of the Telegraph & Argus Crocus Appeal Christmas card competition says she is happy to be supporting a cause with a very special place in her heart. Rosie Hodge, ten, was the overall winner in the contest to design a festive card
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Friends of Northcliffe want to unveil more about Aire Valley's past
Volunteers backed by archaeology experts from the University of Bradford want to reveal more about the past of the Aire Valley. The Friends of Northcliffe group is hoping people will support its bid for a heritage survey following work uncovering
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Bradford companies missing out on tax relief says accountant who won cash back for two clients
Local firms have been urged to become more savvy about claiming tax relief for research and development costs. According to Cleckheaton and Keighley accountants Clough & Company, the level of claims by Yorkshire firms rose by eight per cent
