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Skipton woman set for 100th birthday celebration

A woman, who worked until she was 70, has celebrated her 100th birthday. Lilian Cutler, who is from Skipton, worked at Mark Nutter’s Mill in the town for 44 years and then became a home help. Twice widowed, she regularly cycled to Blackpool

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UPDATE: Bypass reopened as police talk man down from bridge

Stanningley bypass has reopened after police successfully talked down a man on a bridge this afternoon. The man had been standing on the Dawsons Corner flyover at Bradford Road, Farsley, since about 1pm. Police had closed the A6120 Farsley

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Otley Mayor is backing Sport Relief fundraiser

Otley’s Town Mayor has officially started the countdown to this year’s Sport Relief weekend. Councillor Pam Gill joined supporters and fundraisers at the town’s Sainsbury’s store yesterday which is sponsoring the event. This year’s preparations

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‘Differently abled’ Oxenhope man publishes his poems

An Oxenhope man born with cerebral palsy has defied previous expectation and published a collection of poems. William David Markham, 53, has been writing poetry for the past ten years with assistance from his sister. At a pre-publication celebration

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Nick Scruton leaves Bradford Bulls and joins Wakefield Wildcats

Nick Scruton today signed a one-year deal with Wakefield and revealed his heartache over quitting the Bulls following the club's latest off-field crisis. As exclusively revealed in today’s Telegraph & Argus, last season’s player of the year

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Bradford City football fans warned of gas repair works delay

City supporters were being urged to set off for today’s home fixture against Stevenage a bit earlier, because of gas repair works. Engineers from Northern Gas Networks are currently carrying out emergency repair work to a gas main in Canal Road

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X Factor star Lucy Spraggan added to Cleckheaton fesitval line-up

X Factor star Lucy Spraggan has been added to the line-up for this summer’s Oakwell Festival in Cleckheaton. The 22-year-old joins fellow X Factor finalists Kingsland Road and chart-toppers the Hoosiers as main stage acts for the July 12 event

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Folk stars set to play at Saltaire

SaltaireLive is playing host to Celtic music fame this year as three musicians, fresh from the Transatlantic Session Tour airing on BBC4, take to the stage. Michael McGoldrick, John Doyle and John McCusker will be at the event on Friday at Victoria

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Work is to start on Scouts headquarters

Ben Rhydding Scout and Guide Group is about to start work on rebuilding its headquarters following a fundraising campaign. In the last year, the group has managed to win a number of large grants from organisations such as WREN, the Garfield Weston

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Special offers for Bradford Council gyms

Bradford Council is providing offers on annual gym memberships but those looking to get Clubactive need to snap them up before Monday. The offers include three months’ free membership or a discounted price and there are two types of Clubactive

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Bradford girl’s prize is chance to meet Peter Andre

Bradford teenager Milly Wood is set to meet her pop idol Peter Andre after winning a raffle by a care business. Milly, who recently lost her 25-year-old cousin and great nan to cancer, used all her birthday money to buy tickets in the raffle by

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Keighley family to join Sport Relief fundraiser

Twitter queen Michelle Crowther and her family are getting in the saddle for a Sport Relief fundraiser. The Crowther clan from Keighley will this summer carry out the local leg of the Team Honk relay from Lands End to John O’Groats. Michelle

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Bradford College students hear about equality

Bradford College students have heard how Rugby League has embraced equality during a talk from the league’s diversity manager. Sarah Williams has helped the RFL become the most proactive governing body in UK sport on issues such as race, sexuality

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Lord Mayor of Bradford's appeal boosted by Carlton Bolling College students

The charity of the Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Khadim Hussain was given a £500 boost thanks to pupils at Carlton Bolling College. The school’s Charity Ambassadors held several events over the past few months, raising the money for Bradford

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‘Turn Keighley’s silver Yorkshire in Bloom award into gold’

Keighley is going for gold and bloom bosses are stepping up efforts to tidy the town after it narrowly missed out on a top accolade. They are appealing for people to “adopt” an area to keep clean so Keighley can improve on the silver gilt award

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Cycling festival at Harewood House to celebrate le Tour

A cycling festival will be held at Harewood House this summer to mark the arrival of the Tour de France. The famous race’s Grand Depart is set to pass through Harewood and Wharfedale on its first day, Saturday, July 5. The Dare 2b Yorkshire

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American loco will steam in again at Keighley & Worth Valley Railway

A popular American loco will be among the stars of the show when the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway stages its Winter Steam Spectacular next weekend. But for the S160 engine, affectionately known as Big Jim, it is not its first foray into

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Women unite for global celebration

Women will be united in Bradford for the good of their health as part of the celebrations for International Women’s Day. The charity Womenzone, based in Hubert Street, is hosting a series of healthy lifestyle-related events from noon until 3pm

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Laugh along with Laurel and Hardy at Otley club

A selection of movies by Laurel and Hardy, arguably the world’s favourite and most famous comedy duo, will be screened at the Grove Hill Social Club in Otley. The event will see films including their Oscar-winning classic, The Music Box, played

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Baildon woman bids to be model entrant

Kat Dembickjy hopes her beauty and brains will bring her national success in the final of a prestigious modelling competition. She will compete in the over-25s section of Top Model UK – a step closer to her childhood dream of being a full-time

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Five jobs to be created after Cowling pub revamp

Five jobs are to be created at a village pub which is undergoing a £250,000 upgrade by its new tenants. The Punch Taverns-owned Bay Horse on Keighley Road, Cowling, closed temporarily while the work is completed. It has been taken on by new

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Plight of Burma minority is highlighted by Bradford MP

A Bradford MP has highlighted in Parliament the persecution of the Rohingya people in Burma. David Ward (Lib Dem, Bradford East) has called on the Government to work to establish an international investigation into violations of international law

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New site for popular crafts cafe in Haworth

A shop in Haworth’s Main Street which has been empty for many months is set to become the new home of an established nearby art cafe. Cobbles and Clay, which is situated further down the same street, has bought the premises which once housed Ye

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Residents suggest improvements for Otley 'eyesore' park

More than 100 residents have suggested how an Otley park's old swimming pool site could be rejuvenated. Councillor Ryk Downes (Lib Dem, Otley and Yeadon) appealed for suggestions in January after branding the area, in Wharfemeadows Park, an “eyesore

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North Yorkshire Police chief set to answer questions

North Yorkshire Police’s Chief Constable Dave Jones is hosting a live webchat on Monday to give residents the opportunity to ask questions about crime and anti-social behaviour in their areas. Mr Jones will be online between 5pm and 6pm to discuss

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All Bradford Bulls fans can do now is wait and hope

Simon Parker comment: So where do the Bradford Bulls go from here? Everyone feared it was coming but no matter how hard you tried to brace yourself, the effect of this week’s Odsal earthquake has shattered the Richter scale. As Francis Cummins

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Kimberley would surely pack ’em in at Valley Parade

Hats off to Doncaster Rovers for attracting more than 5,000 fans to their reserve game with Rotherham. Admittedly it was a local derby but, still, that’s a fantastic turn-out. Ok, maybe 4,990 of them were there to watch second-half substitute

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University of Bradford School of Management student honoured for exam success

A University of Bradford School of Management student, on course to complete the country’s first sector specific financial planning degree, was last night honoured with an award from the Bradford Insurance Institute after coming top of the class in

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Theft-hit Harden riding school to hold race night

The owner of a riding school, left with a bill for thousands of pounds after her riding tack was stolen, is holding a race night to help replace the items. Saddles, stirrups, bridles and hats were among the dozens of items stolen from St Ives Equestrian

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Tickets for Great Yorkshire Show set to go on sale

Tickets for this year’s Great Yorkshire Show go on sale on Monday. The show, now in its 156th year, takes place on July 8, 9 and 10 and showcases the best of British farming and country life. More than 1,000 cattle will be competing for prestigious

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Councillor's fury over kitchen flooding

Flooding problems are causing misery for a Keighley councillor and his family. Khalid Choudhry says the kitchen of their home is swamped by up to several inches of water every time it rains. He has called out Yorkshire Water several times in

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Did you spot the face in the crowd at Euro 2016 draw?

Bradford City and England’s Euro 2016 qualifying group were unexpectedly linked at this week’s draw. As the pundits tried desperately not to crack up laughing at the collection of hand-picked opponents put in Roy Hodgson’s way, a long-forgotten

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Friends fear for missing Bradford student Aamir

Friends of a University of Bradford student yesterday pleaded for him to get in touch after he was last seen earlier this week. Aamir Qudeer, who turns 21 on Monday, was last seen on Wednesday at 1.15pm leaving his flat at Forster Hall student

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Dramatic sale of old folk in Bradford

Window shoppers may have got more than they bargained for when browsing in the city because ‘old people’ were offered for sale with 50 per cent off. In the lead up to its production, Home Sweet Home, Bradford theatre company Freedom Studios explored

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Alicia tells Bradford pupils of vital role of Fairtrade

A Colombian banana farmer visited a Bradford school to talk to them about the importance of the Fairtrade movement. Alicia Fernandez Angulo had been touring Yorkshire to promote the Fairtrade Foundation’s “Stick with Foncho” campaign, to make the

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Pupils get in the saddle for Big Pedal initiative

Pupils across Bradford are being encouraged to ‘get on their bikes’ as The Big Pedal competition wheels into the district from Monday. The national contest aims to get more children active through an inter-school battle with those children making

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Councillor’s road safety measure call

An Otley councillor is calling for action to improve safety on the town’s busier roads. Town Councillor Carl Morris (Lab, Manor), Labour’s candidate for the Otley & Yeadon ward in this year’s Leeds City Council elections, would like to see

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New code of conduct sees gambling limit alerts set on gaming machines

A new bookmakers code of conduct to tackle problem gambling has received a mixed reaction in Bradford. The Association of British Bookmakers’ scheme will allow gamblers to set limits on the amount of time and money they spend on gaming machines

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Shipley workshop to help you control your eating

A workshop dealing with the “great deal” of misunderstanding surrounding emotional eating problems will take place in Shipley. The two-hour session will look to help people to understand the issues and learn how to take control of their eating

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Bradford Bulls: It feels like the world is against us, says Foster

Jamie Foster believes the Bulls can stay up this season and prove the critics wrong after Mark Moore wrote them off as relegation certainties. The BedzRus boss, Andrew Calvert and Ian Watt walked away from the club immediately after the Bulls’

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Man faces charge over Odeon roof incident

A man arrested after scaling the roof of the former Odeon cinema in Bradford and allegedly hurling roof tiles on to the street below has been charged with affray and three counts of criminal damage. The 30-year-old, of Great Horton Road, Bradford

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Atkinson keen to help Bradford City bring home the points

Chris Atkinson has finally had a taste of Valley Parade – and now he is hungry for more. The on-loan Huddersfield midfielder has had to bide his time since arriving in the raft of loanees during the January transfer window. While Adam Reach

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Wibsey roof rescue man: I wasn’t a burglar

A man accused of getting stuck on a roof during a housebreaking expedition is claiming police have got the wrong man. The suspect spent two hours on the rooftops of properties on Holroyd Hill, Wibsey, Bradford, before being carried to safety on

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Pace bowler Wardlaw leaves Yorkshire

Cleckheaton fast bowler Iain Wardlaw has left Yorkshire a month after helping Scotland qualify for next year’s World Cup. The 28-year-old from Dewsbury, who qualifies to play for the Scots through his father, has been granted a release from his

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Student midwife from Wyke raises cash for air ambulance which saved her life

A student midwife is raising money for the ‘Angels of the Sky’ who saved her life after her car was hit by a driver running a red light in Bradford. Hayley Morris was two minutes from her home in Wyke when her car was forced into the side of a

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District families ready to hear truth of Hillsborough disaster at last

“At last”. Two simple words spoken by Keighley businessman Trevor Hicks summed up the emotions of hundreds of relatives of the 96 football fans killed in the Hillsborough disaster who gathered in a packed courtroom yesterday for the start of the

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Wakefield poised to nick Scruton from Bradford Bulls

Nick Scruton is poised to follow in the footsteps of Jarrod Sammut by quitting Bradford and joining Wakefield. The Bulls prop is wanted by the Wildcats, and coach Richard Agar last night said he was hopeful of sealing a deal. Bradford are currently

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Jobs to go as Internacionale store in Bradford is wound down

Ten staff at a Bradford city centre women’s clothing shop are among more than 100 across Yorkshire whose jobs are at risk after administrators said they were winding down the chain. Bruce Cartwright, Lyn Vardy and Toby Underwood of PwC were appointed

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Banned Allerton teenage driver crashed into 2 police cars in Bradford

Dramatic pictures showing a banned teenage driver smashing into two police cars while fleeing from the law were taken only four days after he was freed from a custodial sentence for driving while disqualified. Umbar Hussain, 19, appeared at Bradford

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Gold Line support for dying patients across Bradford

A helpline for patients who have a serious illness and could be in the last year of their lives is being extended to support hundreds of patients in Bradford. The dedicated Gold Line telephone service was introduced across Airedale, Wharfedale

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Bradford animal charity warns pet owners after cat's collar trauma

An animal charity in Bradford is warning cat owners of the risks to their pets of badly-fitting collars after nursing a terribly injured tom cat back to health. The cat, now named Salvador, has been taken in by Paw Prints Cat Rescue after it spent

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Jamie Foster Column: Best way to overcome the stress is to get two points

It has been yet another tumultuous week for the players, staff and supporters of Bradford Bulls. We learnt on Tuesday we were being deducted six points and that the board of directors were withdrawing their bid to buy the club. I found out

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Former landlord injured in pub glass attack horror

A pensioner had to have 30 stitches to his face and mouth after a woman drinker attacked him with a wine glass when he was helping behind a bar. John Weldon, who was a licensee for 40 years, received emergency treatment from a plastic surgeon following

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Bradford Council funds for National Media Museum ruled out

Bradford Council has played down talk of a cash injection to help save the National Media Museum ahead of a visit by a committee of MPs. The Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee is heading to Bradford amid continuing concern about

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Bradford Odeon dome beams to be repaired in £1.32m work

Corroding steel beams supporting the Odeon building’s iconic domes are to be repaired. Bradford Council is embarking on a £1.32 million scheme of urgent remedial and health and safety work on the city-centre landmark, paid for by its former owner

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Veteran Labour MP to stand down at next election

Batley and Spen Labour MP Mike Wood is to retire at the next general election in May, 2015. The 67-year-old MP said his decision would allow “a new, younger candidate” to carry on his work. But he insisted he would not be winding down, and would

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Crying baby saves family from Girlington blaze

A teething baby saved the lives of its family from a fierce blaze that destroyed their Bradford home. The one-year-old boy woke his parents and four other family members with his crying only minutes before they realised a fire had started in an

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Ilkley former millionaire spared jail over bribes

A former Ilkley millionaire has been given a suspended jail sentence for bribing Ministers in the Turks and Caicos islands. Psychiatric nurse turned property developer Richard Padgett sat in the dock at a Leeds Crown Court yesterday to hear sentence

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Council care worker killed by asbestos in dusty church

Attending meetings in a dusty room at a Bradford church caused the death of a Council care worker, an inquest heard yesterday. Michelle Salaya Hague was only 50 when she died from malignant mesothelioma in November last year. Deputy Bradford

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Healthy food trail at Thornton farm shop

Farm shop owners Victoria and James Robertshaw’s latest event is supporting a cause close to their own hearts. The siblings have launched a healthy scavenger hunt for youngsters to keep active while supporting British Heart Foundation after their

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Bradford and Keighley Magistrates court file

The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley Magistrates: Khaled Eladl, aged 30, of Thornbury Avenue, Thornbury; driving without MOT, no separate penalty; driving with a defective lights and tyres, £75 fine, £105 costs. licence endorsed