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Ghyll Royd School pupils get to enjoy top trip
Children from one of the district’s schools enjoyed an action-packed residential trip to the Dearne Valley in South Yorkshire and a trip to the National Coal Mining Museum en route. Following their experience of a working pit, the children from
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2014 Bradford League Division One fixtures
Check out all the 2014 Bradford League Division One fixtures. DIVISION ONE (1pm start unless stated) SATURDAY, APRIL 19 East Bierley v Lightcliffe, Farsley v Bradford & Bingley, New Farnley v Morley , Pudsey Congs v Cleckheaton, Woodlands
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Ilkley girl wins Northern Rail safety poster contest
A poster designed by a ten-year-old girl highlighting dangers associated with cold weather will be on display at Northern Rail stations from January. The winning designs have been created by young people from all corners of Northern’s network and
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New lamps light way to Otley church
Footpaths through the grounds of Otley’s oldest building are now basking in new lighting. Refurbished ‘heritage’ lighting columns from the town have been installed on the paths that lead up to All Saints Parish Church and through the churchyard
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Alfie sounds so cool
Alfie Boe – Trust (Decca) **** In the legendary Village Recorders studios in Los Angles, Alfie Boe is working hard at broadening his musical palette. On his new album, the vocals are as rich and resonant, powerful and seductive, as ever. He has
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Putting back the green spaces
Having a place to park a car by your home is important, there’s no arguing that. But is it more important than having an open green space to welcome you, visitors and nature to your front door? As traffic increases and time-hungry householders
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Airedale Hospital is given a good diagnosis
A group established to strengthen the voice of patients in the health and social care sector has returned a mainly positive verdict on an Airedale General Hospital ward. Representatives from Healthwatch Bradford and District paid a short visit
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Frontline health staff to get jabs
The 3,000 health and social workers across the Bradford district have been encouraged to get a winter flu injection. Bradford Council’s Chief Executive Tony Reeves (pictured) made the plea as a way of protecting vulnerable people. All frontline
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Parts of Haworth 'cluttered’
Parts of Haworth are becoming increasingly cluttered with unsightly and potentially hazardous advertising boards, according to a pair of residents. Sun Street resident Justin Ponter voiced his concerns at a Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish
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Carols and candles at Bradford Cathedral will mark Advent
Advent tomorrow is marked at Bradford Cathedral with a 6.30pm service including carols and the lighting of candles. This coming Wednesday’s lunchtime organ recital at 1.05pm features all three of the cathdral’s organists. The programme includes
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Silsden woman, 84, speaks out over threat to library service
An 84-year-old housebound Silsden woman has voiced her fears about the planned axing of a library lifeline. A service that delivers books to Ailene Wade’s home and to several hundred others across the district faces closure as part of Bradford
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TV show follows Oxenhope girl’s eye-opening Brazil trip
An Oxenhope girl’s eye-opening trip to Brazil will be aired on TV in a hard-hitting new series. Rhianna Thomas was one of five teenagers who travelled to South America to learn about the origins of everyday items they took for granted. The
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Bradford Sunday Alliance focus is on county cup
There are some all-Bradford Sunday Alliance ties as the West Riding County FA Sunday Cup takes preference tomorrow. Premier division sides George Hotel and Stanningley Albion meet at Bankfoot, while FC Towngate entertain Thornbury Celtic. Sandy
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Santa at Christmas festival
The first-ever Brighouse Victorian Christmas Festival takes place today and tomorrow. Organised by the Brighouse Business Initiat-ive, the festival includes stalls selling local food and crafts and Victorian-themed shop window displays. The
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Greengates mill chimney spruced up
One of Bradford’s iconic mill chimney stacks is undergoing a major renovation. The stack at Albion Mills, in Albion Street, Greengates, Bradford, is being repointed and repainted in a three-week overhaul. The building, which was rebuilt after
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Tong High School joins forces with Incommunities in jobs training scheme
A ground breaking course that aims to give school pupils a foot in the door of the construction industry has started in Tong High School. Backed by housing group Incommunities, the Graduate Employment Management (GEM) programme allows people to
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Pitch marker stolen from school
A football pitch marking machine was stolen from a portable building that is used by a children’s football club. Burglars also stole a large blue bouncy castle and some sweets when they broke into the unit at Newhall Primary School in Bierley that
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Gary Jones interview: Goals on tap from Bantams ace Nahki but what if Wells runs dry?
City are under captain’s orders to take the scoring load off Nahki Wells. The Bermuda international has been in deadly form in front of goal as he closes in on the ambitious 30 target he set himself in the summer. Wells, whose future will once
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Otley film director Clio Barnard awarded BFI fellowship
Film-maker Clio Barnard has been awarded the inaugural Wellcome Trust and BFI Screenwriting Fellowship in association with Film4. The director and writer, from Otley – whose films The Selfish Giant and The Arbor were both shot in Bradford – has
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New girl continues family Sutton panto tradition
Emma-Jayne Waters is the third woman in her family to dress as a man and head east in search of treasure! As young adventurer Aladdin, she has taken on the same pantomime role her mother, Alison Waters, twice played. And Emma-Jayne’s grandma, Doreen
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Bradford Council monitors Calderdale 20mph limit idea
Bradford Council says it will monitor the impact of a neighbouring Council’s scheme to introduce 20mph limits in all residential areas. People in Calderdale are being asked what they think about Council plans to introduce a blanket 20mph restriction
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Charlotte has the golden ticket at opening of Skipton Aldi store
More than 280 shoppers queued outside Skipton’s new Aldi store, on Keighley Road, before the outlet was officially opened by store manager Mark Vine. To celebrate the grand opening, the first 100 shoppers received Golden Ticket prizes, with Charlotte
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Otley Town Council is a Living Wage employer
Otley Town Council has been officially accredited as a Living Wage employer. The council had already been paying its staff the recommended living wage, which is set above the minimum wage. The new formal arrangement means it is committed to
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Bradford Royal Infirmary staff raise £500 for disaster appeal
Staff on Bradford Royal Infirmary’s gastroenterology unit have raised more than £500 for the typhoon disaster relief fund for the Philippines. Over the past couple of weeks, staff have raised cash by holding a raffle for a Christmas hamper and
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Do you know a hero?
The hunt is on for this year’s Shipley Area Community Heroes with prizes of £200 on offer for the finalists to donate to charities and causes of their choice. The awards are designed to reward residents and small groups from Wharfedale, Bingley
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Councillor given go-ahead to fell oak tree
A Bradford councillor had been granted permission by the authority to fell an oak tree, but has been told he cannot cut down another. Councillor Martin Smith made a Tree Protection Order application to remove a tree at his home on Kings Road, Ilkley
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Appleton Academy pupils to host dragon boat contest
Pupils from Appleton Academy in Bradford are fast becoming experts in the sport of Dragon Boat racing, and will run a national tournament in the district next spring. The school have been training hard in the sport – which involves large, paddle-powered
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Keighley cafe's move of hope
A cafe run as a social enterprise has found a new home. Cafe Hope, which was in Central Hall, Alice Street, Keighley, moved into the renovated North Street Arcade earlier this month. Tracey Thomas, who runs the cafe, is offering it as a space to
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George aims to recreate Giants’ winning formula at Bradford Bulls
Luke George is desperate to help bring a winning environment to the Bulls this season. Despite not being a regular starter, the former Wakefield outside back was involved in Huddersfield’s historic league leaders' shield-winning campaign in 2013
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Airedale Hospital improves services for eye patients
Elderly people with failing eye-sight can now be treated close to home thanks to better services at Airedale General Hospital. Those patients with age-related macular degeneration, which can cause blindness, can now be treated on-site without having
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Bradford Bulls deny administration claims
Bradford Bulls has denied its holding company is on the brink of administration after a new business was set up. A firm called Bradford Bulls 2014 Limited was registered with Companies House on November 12, sparking online speculation that the
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Bradford College 'must act on lack of course's tutors’
A Bradford College student fears she could fail to fulfil her lifelong dream of becoming a car mechanic because of a shortage of tutors on her course. The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, is on the Level One Motor Vehicle Course at the Bowling
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Help make Shipley a dementia friendly town, says Alzheimer’s Society
People in Shipley are being asked to help make the area more welcoming to dementia sufferers as part of a scheme by the Alzheimer’s Society. The charity hopes to work with 20 communities over two years to raise awareness of the issues people with
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Otley gallery stages exhibition of wildlife photography
A fundraising exhibition of wildlife photography has begun in Otley. The display, featuring images captured by Otley man Richard Barrett, is at The Old Grammar School Gallery. The exhibition opens today and will run throughout December, with Mr
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Keighley man is held after Oxenhope car crash
A man was arrested yesterday following an early hours crash on the moors above Oxenhope. Two men were taken to hospital after a Land Rover Discovery left the road on Hill House Edge Lane at about 2.30am. The passenger, of Keighley, was arrested
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The only way is up for me at Bantams, says Hanson
James Hanson today set his sights on crowning his new contract with promotion to the Championship. Hanson highlighted Phil Parkinson’s leadership as the biggest reason behind his decision to sign a new deal with his hometown club. The City
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‘No complacency’ on Airedale Hospital staffing levels
Airedale Hospital bosses have accepted that staffing levels are safe, but not without concerns expressed at a board meeting. They were commenting about a review of nursing and midwifery staffing levels, which was presented by director of nursing
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Yorkshire Water bill increase is reduced
Yorkshire Water has scrapped planned higher price increases to slightly ease the financial pressure on households. The company announced that any rise in bills will be linked to inflation and therefore not be as high as previously planned for the
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Planning File
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Ilkley: single-storey rear extension, 13 Dean Street. Ilkley: variation of condition 2 of planning approval 07/03768/COU (change of use from class A1 retail to class A4
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Bradford is leading the way in dementia diagnosis, figures reveal
Bradford has been praised for leading the way in diagnosing dementia sufferers, but other parts of the district fall short. Up to 65 per cent of cases in the city are being formally recognised, new figures show, way ahead of the national average
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Bradford Bulls to stage carol concert at Odsal
Bradford Bulls will fill Odsal will festive cheer during a stadium carols concert. Members of Francis Cummins’ squad, along with key figures from the community, will join crowds at the Provident Stadium for an evening of Christmas entertainment
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Talks held over future of youth centre at Ilkley
A youth and community body is in talks over the future of a youth centre in Ilkley, amid plans by Bradford Council to slash spending. The voluntary sector may have to step in to continue running services such as Ilkley’s Warehouse youth centre
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Jobs go as Greengates Barratts shoe shop is closed
The Bradford Greengates branch of crisis-hit shoe firm Barratts has been shut as administrators for the Apperley Bridge business closed 19 stores across Britain yesterday. Trying to contain a financial collapse which threatens a total of 1,035
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Former Bradford City player helped in armed raid
A former Bradford City footballer claimed he was only the getaway driver in an armed robbery at a Post Office where he was promised £500. Bradford-born Lewis Emanuel, 30, plotted with three other men who carried an imitation firearm to raid a Post
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Raiders take £10,000 worth of bikes from school garages
A Bradford school head has hit out at thieves for stealing £10,000 of bicycles, used by the children for PE lessons. The raiders struck at Dixons Allerton Academy overnight, scaling fences and gates to reach the locked garages where the 20 bikes
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An official ‘no’ to arts sell-off calls
Calls to consider selling some valuable Council-owned art to raise money for the cash-strapped authority were officially ruled out at a meeting. Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe, executive member for culture at the Labour-led authority, dismissed Liberal
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Concern raised over Bradford's Media Museum link-up with cinema chain
Film fans have reacted with concern at the idea of a big chain being brought in to run the National Media Museum’s cinemas. The city centre museum has confirmed it is in talks with commercial cinema operators and hopes to form a partnership with
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‘Upskirt’ Bradford Twitter account is removed
A Twitter feed belonging to a self-professed “creep” who posted photographs he had secretly taken of women’s bottoms has been removed from the social network site. But the company says it cannot comment on the user or their activities to protect
