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Robin Cousins' ICE spectacular thrills Alhambra audience
Robin Cousins' ICE The Alhambra There is something slightly unsettling, but very exciting, about seeing skaters leaping, back-flipping and throwing each other around a stage just feet from where you’re sitting. The Alhambra stage has been
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Kirklees cabinet agrees council tax freeze
Kirklees Cabinet has agreed to a Council Tax freeze. Its proposal will now go to the budget meeting of the full Council on Wednesday, February 19, for a decision. The leader of the Labour-run Council, Councillor Mehboob Khan, said: “The Council is
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Shock loss for Brighouse Town
Fifth-placed Brighouse Town missed a chance to close the gap on the Northern Counties East League Premier Division leaders when they suffered a shock 3-0 defeat at fourth-bottom Parkgate. Scott Whittington broke the deadlock in the 16th minute,
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Young ambassadors hold fun day in Tyersal Road
A fun day has been organised this weekend by housing association residents who have signed up to be community ambassadors. The volunteers are part of Affinity Sutton’s national programme which encourages teams of young people to promote their area
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Carers and memory loss sufferers invited to join reminiscence group
People who look after those with short-term memory loss or early dementia and those they care for are invited to attend a group hosted by Carers Resource to socialise and share memories of how things used to be. The sessions take place over five
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Confusion continues at Leeds United
The future of Leeds United appeared to be no clearer tonight after another day of confusion. Representatives of the Italian businessman attempting to take over the Elland Road outfit insisted early in the day that his two previous convictions should
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Council urges people to register their Tour de France plans
People organising events to celebrate the arrival in the district this summer of the Tour de France are being urged to register their plans with Bradford Council. Groups and businesses are preparing to mark the Sunday, July 6, staging of the Grand
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Lightcliffe cheerleaders Cheervision Yorkshire win trophies at national contest
Bradford cheerleaders returned from a national competition with a cluster of trophies. Three squads from Cheervision Yorkshire entered the International Cheerleading Coalition competition at Norbreck Castle in Blackpool last weekend. The squads
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UPDATE: Bradford man among Christian protesters cleared of aggravated trespass at arms fair
Christian protesters, including a Bradford man, who super-glued their hands together and staged a sit-in outside one of the biggest arms fairs in the world have been found not guilty of aggravated trespass. Deputy district judge Fern Russell, sitting
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Guiseley on target for another final fling
Guiseley are bidding to reach a fifth successive West Riding County Cup final tomorrow night – but local rivals Eccleshill United will be out to stop them. The Lions, who are pushing for a Conference North play-off place, play their league football
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Four fire crews attend blaze at Bradford car repair business
Four fire crews attended a blaze at a car repair business in Bradford today. Crews from Bradford, Idle and Fairweather Green stations were called to the single-storey building on Bowland Street, off Manningham Lane, at 4.50pm. A fire service
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Togetherness is the key as Hill bid to bounce straight back
Bradford Dudley Hill, relegated from National Conference League Division One last season after failing to fulfil a fixture, have a spring in their step again as they seek to bounce straight back, 30 years on from them winning the BARLA National Cup
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Lizzie is backing women's big day in Tour de France
Otley’s Lizzie Armitstead, who is competing in the Women’s Tour of Qatar which started today, is among those who have welcomed the introduction of a women’s race on the final day of this summer’s Tour de France. After finishing training, the Olympic
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Sam bags major scalp as he wins first senior national diving title
Former Bradford Esprit ace Sam Thornton claimed the major scalp of Tom Daley in taking his first national senior title. Thornton, who now competes on behalf of City of Leeds, formed a new partnership with James Heatley (Edinburgh Diving) to win
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Man told to repay drugs cash
A drug producer and money launderer has been warned must pay back £22,350 of his ill-gotten gains or be sent to prison for a year. Dean Roe was arrested on July 5, 2012 after police found 17 cannabis plants, ready to use cannabis and £6,000 cash
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Bingley Madrid are real hot in emphatic win
Bingley Madrid hit the goal trail in their Craven, Aire & Wharfe Junior League under-nines match against Bradford Tigers on the artificial pitch at Beckfoot School. The hosts won 8-2, thanks to efforts by Sam Jackson (2), George Kenny (2),
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Dales Council League running umpires' course
The Dales Council Umpires’ Association are holding an umpires’ course at Pudsey Congs Cricket Club on seven successive Thursdays, starting this week (7.15pm). The cost is only £1.50 per session and the course, which is run by David Ratcliffe, is
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Relegation-threatened Wyke are Terr-orised
Wyke travelled to face Boothtown Terriers but were unable to dent the Halifax outfit’s promotion-chasing challenge in Pennine League Division One, going down 20-6. Wyke showed real character and determination against a side carrying a lot of firepower
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Kingstone Press to sponsor National Conference League
Leading cider brand Kingstone Press are to be the main sponsor of the National Conference League. Kingstone Press, who also back the Championship and Championship One at semi-professional level, will also support the Conference clubs in their grassroots
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Cummins turns to mind coach to help distracted Bradford Bulls players regain focus for opener
Bulls coach Francis Cummins is hoping club psychiatrist Allan Johnston will help his players overcome their off-field difficulties as they begin the countdown to the new season. Cummins, preparing for his second season as a head coach, fears the
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Katy turns the tables on Georgia
Georgia Malir, representing her nation at cross-country for the second time, won the junior women's international at Seville as England claimed the top four positions. The 17-year-old Ilkley Harrier had a two-second gap over Bronwen Owen (Scarborough
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Bradford Council to think again on cuts to children's centres
Council bosses are going back to the drawing board over controversial cuts to children’s centres. The authority today said it would explore alternative plans suggested by campaigners, but warned that savings would still have to be found. Campaigners
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UPDATED: Bishop of Bradford named as first Bishop of new super diocese
Contrary to expectation, the bishop of the new Church of England Diocese of West Yorkshire & the Dales is the Right Reverend Nick Baines, the outgoing Bishop of Bradford. Under the new arrangements, the Bradford Diocese will be subsumed in
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Community centre raises £348 for Bradford cancer charity
A community centre collection raised almost £350 for Cancer Support Bradford & Airedale. The £348, collected at the Al-Hira Islamic Community Centre in Bradford, will help support local people affected by cancer. Community fundraiser Linda
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Masons are subject of Bradford Industrial Museum exhibition
See inside the secret world of Freemasons by visiting a new exhibition at Bradford Industrial Museum. Until November, the public will be able to discover just what is inside a freemason’s case and see a colourful display of Masonic aprons and regalia
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Bradford man took part in super-glued hands protest to 'strengthen negotiating position'
A Bradford man who was one of five protesters who super-glued their hands and staged a sit-in outside one of the biggest arms fairs in the world claimed it was part of "negotiation" with police, a court has heard. James Clayton, 33, is standing
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More wanting to break up with their bank
As spring moves closer, this is traditionally a time of year when love blossoms – but for those whose feelings towards their bank or building society are less than warm and fuzzy, giving them the elbow has become much easier. A new consumer guarantee
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Thieves steal 165 boxes of frozen food from Bradford supermarket
Police are appealing for information after almost £9,000 of frozen food was stolen in Bradford. A total of 165 boxes were taken when thieves broke into a supermarket’s large cold store, by jemmying the lock, in Manningham Lane, overnight on Wednesday
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How much spnding money should your child get?
No matter how much pocket money you give your child, they’ll always tell you their friends get more. Which, actually, it turns out, may be true. Recent research has found that while children get an average of £31.64 pocket money per month (
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Dog wanted for Bradford opera production
Does your dog have what it takes to be an opera star? The producers of Puccini’s La Boheme are seeking a dog to appear in the show when the celebrated Chisinau National Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra bring it to Bradford on Thursday, March 20
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Queensbury tunnel campaign: keep cycleway dream alive
A campaign to transform a derelict railway tunnel in Queensbury into one of Europe’s biggest cycle tunnels has surfaced at the doors of the Government. The e-petition was created by a local heritage group on Friday, and lodged with the Government
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Cross Hills event will help Manorlands hospice
A £1 stall, cakes and a raffle will feature in a coffee morning to raise cash for Manorlands hospice next week. The event being organised by the Cross Hills and Manorlands Support Group, is in Cross Hills Village Centre from 9am to 11am on Saturday
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Airedale Hospital’s top medic leaves post
Tribute has been paid to Airedale Hospital’s departing executive medical director. Andrew Catto finishes on February 14 to take up a similar post with the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust in Birmingham. He was praised at the Airedale Trust
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Symptoms sign of ovarian cancer
When Janette Oljanuk began to feel unwell she thought there was a simple explanation. “It was Christmas 2012 when I started to feel bloated and tired,” she says. “I had a horse at the time and I put it down to the early starts at the stable, mucking
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Kimberley Walsh's new clothing range
Singer Kimberley Walsh has revealed her signature style with a 23-piece fashion range launched with an online retailer. The Bradford-born beauty has picked out her favourite styles for spring/summer 2014 from the internet store very.co.uk.
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‘Don’t worry, most GPs have seen everything’
The possibility of discussing intimate or embarrassing problems with your GP means it’s easier for many people not to think of doctors as human. They are, of course, very human and, although they’ve probably seen whatever your medical problem is
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Children learn to be disabled-aware
A Shipley school is breaking down barriers and getting its pupils talking about disabilities in a frank and open way. St Anthony’s Roman Catholic School, on High Busy Lane, began its first “Disability Awareness Week” yesterday with a visit from
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The pros and cons of a daily supplement
Supplements, as the name suggests, are there to help supplement a diet that may be lacking in certain nutrients, and of course food should always come first. In an ideal world, we’d all get all the vitamins and minerals we need from our diets.
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Stroll along to prom shop fair
There was a time when the milestone of leaving school, or moving up to sixth form, was marked with an end-of-term disco. Usually held in the school hall, they generally involved swapping your school uniform for a pair of jeans and shuffling awkwardly
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Sent for trial
Two Bradford men have been sent to the crown court by Bradford and Keighley magistrates on drugs charges. Jagjeet Singh, 27, of Glenbrook Drive, Fairweather Green, and Janaid Iqbal, 26, of Sunningdale, Rhodesway, are charged with possessing cannabis
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Project to help you feel safer
You would imagine your own doorstep to be safe place. But for some, it can bring unforeseen hazards. These come in the form of strangers calling offering goods and services – sometimes in a threatening manner. Unwanted mail pushed through the door
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Delays on eastbound M62
An accident has been causing queuing traffic on the hard shoulder on the M62 Eastbound carriageway between Gildersome and Tingley junctions his morning – lanes two and three were shut until just before 9am, congestion had also built up around Chain
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014
25 years ago: Detectives hunting two robbers who brandished a sawn-off shotgun at a Bradford post office interviewed more than 400 people after setting up road blocks at the scene on Clayton Lane. 50 years ago: Revised plans for Bradford’s new
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More controls needed over betting shops
It is well over two years since this newspaper first highlighted concerns about the proliferation of bookies opening on High Streets around the district, but particularly in Bradford. At the time the Local Government Association said they were
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Tale of two junctions
SIR – There is a saying, “as different as chalk and cheese” – and it could never apply more than to some of the road junctions in Bradford. One of my regular routes is Fagley Road and Gain Lane, where the traffic signals at that junction of five
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Council has got it right
SIR – It is rare to find oneself in agreement with policy decisions of Bradford Council, but, in refusing to back the profligate waste of the HS2 ‘big train-set’, our Council has got it right this time. Setting aside the lack of benefits to Bradford
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Radio memories
SIR – I am writing this letter with regard to past radio presenters. I am a radio presenter at Radio Royal at the Bradford Royal Infirmary and I’m wondering if any of your readers know of any past radio presenters and members of this station? We
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Rookie Bantams striker McBurnie enjoying 'whirlwind' start to career
It was not the tastiest Christmas dinner that Oliver McBurnie has ever tucked into. But then the young City striker had more on his plate than the traditional roast turkey and all the trimmings. With Phil Parkinson shorn of strikers because
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Markets relocation
SIR – Re location of markets. In 2008, Bradford Kick Start held an Enterprise competition. My entry was one selected to go forward into the last 20. I suggested that the markets should be re-located to land adjacent to the Interchange that is readily
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Man admits beating niece in Fairweather Green
A 50-year-old Bradford man will be sentenced next month after admitting beating his niece. Jack Pickles, of Shelley Grove, Fairweather Green, pleaded guilty, when he appeared at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates’ Court yesterday to assaulting Michelle
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Action on Heaton oven fire is praised
Firefighters have praised the quick thinking of a nursing home worker who quelled a blaze. The fire started in a jet oven in the kitchens of the Well Springs Nursing Home, Leylands Lane, Heaton, at about 11.30pm on Sunday. Crews from Shipley
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Barratts man Ziff bids to start up online shoe trader
Shoe trade veteran Michael Ziff is part of a team trying to get an online shoe and fashion retailing business off the ground. Mr Ziff said the operation could be based in Bradford if suitable low-cost offices could be found. The former chief
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Cleared of rape
A 38-year-old man has been cleared of raping a girl of 12 eight years ago. Brendan Slater, of Southlands, Baildon, was found not guilty by a jury at Bradford Crown Court yesterday afternoon. He denied two offences of rape and one of causing a child
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Calls for council powers to block betting blight
The blight of betting shops spreading across high streets should be tackled by tough new licensing powers handed to councils, according to the Local Government Association. The body, which represents more than 370 councils in England and Wales,
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Low Moor firm theft probe
A boss brought in a private investigator after suspecting his firm was being embezzled by two employees. Two men, aged 39 and 34, have been questioned by police who are investigating alleged thefts at a distribution company in Low Moor over a six-month
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Bradford joinery firm Abrahams & Carlisle aims to increase staff
Bradford-based joinery firm Abrahams & Carlisle is looking to expand its workforce after another strong start to its trading year. The Dudley Hill-based family business has clinched orders worth more than £2.5 million for fit-out and joinery
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Giving girls their young lives back... through dance
To young girls living in poor, rural communities alongside Brazil’s longest, busiest motorway, prostitution is a way of life. Along the 2,819 miles of the BR-116 are nearly 300 places where children are known to be sold for sex. In many communities
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Fine is inadequate
SIR – The T&A tells us (January 29) that a 19-year-old Bradford man was fined £90 by the police for falsely reporting that he and a 29-year-old woman had been “car-jacked” in Legrams Lane by two men who had taken his vehicle. Detective Inspector
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Nothing’s changed
SIR – On the question of ‘is there a real economic recovery or isn’t there a real economic recovery?,’ perhaps this comment from the Daily Telegraph this week (which is usually sympathetic to the Conservative party) provides a clue. Jeremy Warner
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Building is ugly, and where are the jobs?
SIR – It is perfectly sensible, and understandable, that the company moving on to Buck Lane should wish to minimise their costs by erecting a decidedly workaday shed (T&A, January 30). Unfortunately, this corrugated box sets the standard for
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UPDATED: Missing Yeadon woman, 79, found safe and well
Pensioner Maureen Atkinson, from Yeadon, who was reported missing yesterday, has been found safe and well in Rodley this morning. Officers thanked all who assisted with the appeal to trace her.
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‘Skipping’ offers food for thought
Skipping, it seems, is frowned upon by the police, but not by the courts. I’m not on about jumping over a length of rope while singing Jelly On A Plate. I mean ‘skipping’ – the practice of taking food from skips or bins to eat, and to minimise
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Tributes paid to Thorpe Edge and Ravenscliffe community stalwart John Rawnsley
Tributes have been paid to a community stalwart in Bradford who has lost his battle against illness aged 80. Family and friends will gather at Scholemoor Cemetery tomorrow to say their final farewells to John Rawnsley, who spent more than two decades
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West Bowling police car laptop thief given community order
A 24-year-old man, who stole a £750 laptop computer from a police car, has been given a community order. Alan Hemahrahsh committed the offence while waiting to be given a fixed penalty ticket for shoplifting. Hemahrahsh, of Murdstone Close,
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One of four stolen dogs back home
A couple who had four of their border terriers stolen from their home have been reunited with one of the dogs. Andrea Jones said two-year-old female Cleo was found wandering in Whetley Lane, Bradford, last Monday by a BT engineer. She said Cleo
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Bradford City: Things will soon start to look up for Oliver, says Parkinson
Phil Parkinson expects Luke Oliver to make a speedy return to league football after joining Forest Green Rovers. The former City player of the year yesterday signed for the ambitious Skrill Premier club until the end of the season, with the option
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Bishop of new Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales to be announced
The identity of the bishop of the new Church of England Diocese of West Yorkshire & the Dales was being announced by 10 Downing Street today. But the new diocesan bishop is not believed to be the outgoing bishop of the soon-to-be subsumed Bradford
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Haworth, Otley Road, Eccleshill, Barkerend and Ilkley groups land Lottery cash windfall
Eight community projects in Bradford district will share £67,000 of Big Lottery Fund cash. The Awards for All programme gives money to projects that tackle issues, needs and aspirations of communities. Haworth Riding for the Disabled will get
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Smacking charges face carer
A carer of vulnerable adults is to stand trial at Bradford Crown Court accused of smacking and hitting patients at Ashfield House in Thornton. June Downer, 60, of Southroyd Park, Pudsey, pleaded not guilty to all the allegations against her when
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Shoplifter banned from Bradford's Rooley Lane Asda store
A 55-year-old Bradford man has been banned from entering Asda in Rooley Lane after being stopped for shoplifting. On Saturday, a local PCSO attended the store and was informed that a drunk man had been detained for shoplifting by the store security
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Clayton takeaway boss appeals against Bradford Council closing time decision
The owner of a takeaway in Clayton, Bradford, is appealing against a decision that prevents it from being open until 11.45pm rather its current 11pm. Mr S Mahmood had applied to lift a condition on The Spice Ranch in Park Lane in a bid to open
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Keighley sign goes up as taster for the Tour de France
A project displaying Hollywood-style signs to welcome the Tour de France is resorting to some Yorkshire humour to draw people’s attention to the sporting event. ‘Eat Pies’ is the instruction now in place in a field above Shaw Lane, Oxenhope, near
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Bradford arms fair protester in trespass trial
Christian protesters, including a Bradford man, who glued their hands and staged a sit-in outside one of the biggest arms fairs in the world have gone on trial accused of trespass. Police officers used chemicals to release the hands of demonstrators
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Keighley car park fall victim is mother-of-one aged 42
A woman who plunged to her death from a multi-storey car park in Keighley on Saturday has been named as Lorna Clymo. The 42-year-old, of North Street, Haworth, suffered extensive head injuries in the fall from the Airedale Shopping Centre car park
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University of Bradford student denies sex assault on fellow student
A student at the University of Bradford fell to his knees and begged forgiveness for “the devil at work inside me” after sexually assaulting a fellow student, a jury heard. Babtunde Osiefa told police his toe got caught in the young woman’s trousers
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Beleaguered Bradford Bulls face fretful fortnight
Matt Diskin yesterday spoke of his hope that the Bulls would not be docked points as they nervously wait to discover their fate within the next fortnight. The Bulls’ holding company, OK Bulls Ltd, entered administration on Friday as the club came
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Bradford people mark wartime deportations from Poland to Siberia
Survivors of brutal labour camps gathered in Bradford to commemorate the 74th anniversary of Stalin’s deportation of more than a million Polish people to Siberia. The ceremony, at the Edmund Street Polish Centre, was organised by Bradford Polish
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Ilkley Beer Festival brew will pay tribute to Geoffrey Vere
Ilkley’s newest brewery is to pay tribute to a community stalwart who died last year. Wharfedale Brewery, housed at the back of the Flying Duck pub in Church Street, is to launch a tribute ale at Ilkley Beer Festival in celebration of the life
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MP Kris Hopkins supports new law allowing tweeting from local government meetings
Keighley and Ilkley MP Kris Hopkins has backed new legislation which will allow the press and public to film and tweet from any local government meeting, including town and parish councils. The Local Audit and Accountability Act has received Royal
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‘Epidemic’ as allotments raided
Allotment holders fed up of constant vandalism and break-ins say those targeting them should put their “ingenuity and determination” to better use. Anne Bell, chairman of Allerton Allotment Association, said members were dismayed by being repeat
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Residents 'could run Bradford's Gatehaus building'
Leaseholders in a “rotting” Bradford apartment block say they will bid to take over the running of the building if problems with the existing managers cannot be resolved. Members of the Gatehaus Owners Association (GOA), who own or lease flats
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‘Concentration lapse’ by Bradford cab driver led to death of woman, 87
A moment’s lack of concentration by an experienced cab driver caused the death of an 87-year-old woman in the car park of Bradford Interchange, a court heard. Jean Taylor, of Birkenshaw, suffered head and leg injuries and died hours later at Leeds
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Four shop raids are linked by Bradford police
The men responsible for a string on armed robberies in Cullingworth, Oxenhope and Halifax targeted two Bradford petrol stations just minutes earlier, police have revealed. And detectives have now issued an appeal for anyone with information about
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Minister: Bradford Council HS2 ‘no’ is wrong
Bradford Council is “wrong” in not supporting “vitally important” high-speed HS2 rail scheme, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said. He said there were clear local benefits to the £46 billion project, during a visit to the area yesterday.
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Brontes would fight for Haworth loos, says Christa Ackroyd
The Bronte family would be writing shocked letters of complaint to Bradford Council over plans to shut Haworth’s Central Park toilets, claims former TV presenter Christa Ackroyd. She has joined the battle to save the award-winning loos and said
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‘Spare youth services from Bradford Council budget cuts'
Several thousand protesters have written to Bradford Council chiefs to urge them to spare “lifeline” youth services from budget cuts. There has been a flood of petitions, comments and e-mails from people determined to convince councillors to make
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Former soldier hit man with a bottle
A decorated former soldier who smashed up a hotel room and then hit a man with a bottle has avoided an immediate prison sentence. Blake Freeman admitted assaulting Lynden Jagger during the disturbance at the Ibis hotel in Bradford last November
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Five youngsters to share award cash
Youngsters coping with serious illnesses and adversity are to be rewarded for their courage. Five beneficiaries have been selected for a £500 share of this year’s Danny Ryan Award fund. The fund is run by Holy Family Roman Catholic School,
