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Jobs under threat as Morrisons look to restructure depot
Morrisons has started talks with unions and staff at its key West Yorkshire distribution depot about changes which could result in some job cuts. The Bradford-based supermarket confirmed that it has started consultations at the depot near Wakefield
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How Bradford Bulls coach got Alex Walmsley into rugby
Alex Walmsley has come a long way since Francis Cummins set him on the road to Super League stardom well over a decade ago. The St Helens prop was a young boy when Cummins formed a rugby league team from the school in Dewsbury where his wife worked
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Junior cricket results
BRADFORD JUNIOR LEAGUE – Under-17, Hope: Baildon 59-7 (R Lansbury 21, J Massheder 3-8, A Day 2-13), Idle 60-1 (A Day 23); Undercliffe 78-5 (A Ahmed 30, A Frost 23, A Day 2-13), Idle 57-2 (J Massheder 28no); Saltaire 98-7 (A Gopel 27, Y Khan 27, K Withall
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Thackley Juniors need new under-16s players
Thackley Juniors are looking to recruit players in all positions for their under-16s squad ahead of next season. Anyone interested should contact Mark Bywater on 07882-374851.
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Lamb and Walker top charts for Bradford Park Avenue
Bradford Park Avenue played 51 games throughout the season with only one player being ever present and that was stoic goalkeeper John Lamb. He was pushed close, however, by the previous season’s only ever present Paul Walker who finished as the
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Sign up for new Leeds Red Triangle Invitation League season
The Leeds Red Triangle Invitation League are inviting new clubs from all surrounding areas to join them for the 2014-15 season. Teams wishing to switch from Sundays to Saturdays, under-17 sides considering moving up to open age and squads just
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Lizzie Armitstead overcomes puncture to stay in touch
Lizzie Armitstead defied a puncture to finish fourth behind new leader Marianne Vos on stage three of the Friends Life Women’s Tour of Britain. World and Olympic champion Vos headed the sprint to the finish line in Clacton-on-Sea but Armitstead
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Eccleshill boss Duxbury so proud despite defeat
Eccleshill United head coach Lee Duxbury feels the Eagles are still flying despite last weekend’s bitter disappointment at Valley Parade. Their mix of locals and prospective overseas talent (from the Richmond International Academic and Soccer Academy
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Rollercoaster season full of peaks and troughs for Bradford Park Avenue
Bradford Park Avenue finished a creditable tenth in their second season in the Conference North but the campaign gave the supporters much more of a rocky ride than their first one back in the sixth tier of English football. Avenue claimed seventh
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Third time lucky for West Bowling
West Bowling 2, Buttershaw White Star 1 West Bowling finally broke Buttershaw White Star’s title monopoly this season as they beat them in the Bradford & District FA Sunday Senior Cup final. The Bradford Sunday Alliance League rivals were
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Bradford City’s women set sights on second place
Bradford City face one of their toughest games of the season as they travel to champions-elect Sheffield in the FA Women’s Premier League (North) on Sunday with the runners-up spot still in their sights. Sheffield have been beaten only once this
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Jamie Foster column: Team must come first with Bradford Bulls selection
Jamie Foster column Last week’s game against Warrington was a bit of a strange one for me, to be quite honest, after being told I wasn’t in the team. But to finish on such a high was an unbelievable feeling and I couldn’t have written the script
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Odeon roof slates thrower avoids jail
A man who threw slates off the roof ofa derelict Bradford cinema has avoided jail due to his mental health problems. Daniel Connolly, 30, of Great Horton Road, Bradford, spent an hour on the top of the former Odeon cinema, throwing tiles, slates
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Celebrate and start your Tour party early
Communities along the route of the Tour de France are being asked to start their parties early and join official French festivities over the weekend of May 31 and June 1. La Fête du Tour is a celebration of places that feature on the route of the
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Bradford City co-chairman Lawn labels B team idea an ‘insult’ to fans
Mark Lawn has joined the chorus of condemnation over the “daft” plan to put Premier League B teams in the Football League and blasted: It’s an insult to the fans. The idea of setting up a new League Three for 2016-17, to include ten back-up squads
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Five-a-side players set for kick-off
School teams will test their soccer skills at one of the biggest five-a-side tournaments in the country for pupils, to take place in Keighley. Bradford Council’s sport and leisure service has organised the event, for Monday, May 19, and is being
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Art project on the Tour gets in gear
An artistic project to welcome the Tour de France to Pool-in-Wharfedale will be completed this month – after overcoming a cash crisis. The organisers of Banners Over Pool feared the worst when they were told at the end of 2013 that their £10,000 funding
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UPDATED: One lane of M62 remains closed after collision
One lane of the motorway remains closed after a collision involving two heavy goods vehicles. The incident is causing traffic queues on the westbound M62 between Brighouse and Ainley Top. The collision, between an Eddie Stobart lorry and a
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Two-month stadium ban for Keighley Cougars coach
Cougars player-coach Paul March has been hit with a two-month stadium ban for verbally abusing match officials. An RFL operational rule tribunal has imposed the punishment, which prohibits March from entering any venue in which his Keighley side
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Guilty verdict in Jade Watson murder trial
The jury in the trial of the man accused of murdering his former girlfriend after she told him she was seeing another man has returned a guilty verdict. James Gray, 25, denied the murder of Jade Watson, 22, of Wrose, Shipley, in a caravan at the
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Bradford City release veteran skipper Jones
Gary Jones is leaving Bradford City. The veteran skipper, who is 37 next month, has today been told that he will not be offered a new contract. Jones played exactly 100 games in his two-year spell with the club, scoring eight goals, and led
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Bradford Bulls set to be boosted by trio's return
Manase Manuokafoa, Chev Walker and Luke George all in contention to face St Helens this weekend after being named in the Bulls’ 19-man squad. Forwards Manuokafoa and Walker have been nursing hamstring and neck injuries which forced them to miss
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Yeadon playground revamp gets extra cash
A children’s playground in Yeadon looks set to be revamped after a possible donor was found to help with funding. The Liberal Democrat Councillors for the area Ryk Downes, Colin Campbell and Sandy Lay are cautiously welcoming the news that a possible
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Bradford roadshow to update care professionals
A free roadshow event for care professionals will be held in Bradford next week at the city’s Cedar Court Hotel. Care Roadshow Leeds Bradford on Tuesday is free to all care professionals and will help them keep up-to-date with the latest innovations
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Why does nothing work? Call in the household cavalry
I don’t know what I’d do without our dishwasher. If I had to use my own time to gather up reasonably clean glasses, some of which have only had a splash of water in them, and coat them in a hard patina of scum, I simply have no idea how I’d cope.
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Funding shake-up is planned by Bradford Care Commissioning Groups
A shake-up of the way money is handed out to voluntary health organisations is expected in Bradford following criticisms of the way the new Care Commissioning Groups in the city handled applications. It is possible the system of grants could be
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Plains and simple as Bilham goes for the hat-trick
Seventeen-year-old Bingley rally driver Sam Bilham will head to Wales next weekend as he tackles the fourth round of the BTRDA Gravel Rally Championship, the Plains Rally. Driving his Nissan Micra, Bilham will aim to make it three wins in a row
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Bradford bazaar is allowed to open later for Eid
The owners of a bazaar will be allowed to keep the business open later in the run-up to Eid. Jasvinder Singh had applied for permission to change the closing time of Bradford Bazaar on Cemetery Road from 8pm to 10pm on four evenings each year –
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Handsome home is full of character
High Fold, Ghyll Wood Drive, Bingley, £500,000 Dacre, Son & Hartley, Bingley (01274) 560421 Owners Zig and Roz Zwierzewicz have loved their time at High Fold, and feel that luck played a part in their purchase. “We came across the house
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Oscar collars a central role in society thriller
Oscar Newton is one stagestruck hound. The Pudsey pooch is making his theatre debut in Fulneck Dramatic Society’s production of J B Priestley’s thriller Dangerous Corner and, according to director Alacoque Marvin, he’s a great addition to the cast
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VIDEO: Stone firm faces protest over dust
A businessman with a long-established stone yard in Bradford is facing opposition from residents complaining of noise and dust after making a retrospective planning application for the firm to operate from premises it has occupied for years. A
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Shipley MP repeats kosher and halal meat labelling call
Shipley MP Philip Davies has blamed “the politically correct brigade” for halal meat being sold to unwitting customers across the country. Two years ago the Conservative MP called for all halal and kosher meat to be labelled, but his motion in
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Walks in historic Manningham district restarting
The fourth season of Manningham Walks will start later this month to give walkers the opportunity to learn more about this area. The first of this year’s walks will be waved off by the Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Khadim Hussain, from the
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Call to apply for Bradford community leadership course
Young people are being invited to join an annual leadership course which was set-up in the wake of the Bradford Riots to strengthen the community. The Intercultural Communication and Leadership School, in partnership with The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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Keighley midwives mark day with shopping centre visit
Airedale Hospital’s midwives were out and about in Keighley town centre this week to help celebrate International Day of the Midwife. Members of the midwifery team were on hand in the Airedale Shopping Centre to give expectant mothers a chance
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£3,551 raised at Keighley's Ibrahim Trust annual charity dinner
A successful annual charity dinner staged by a Keighley town centre restaurant raised thousands to help poor and needy people in Pakistan. The organisers of the event at the Balti House in Albert Street say the latest dinner raised £3,551 for the
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New theme night play casts the spotlight on one family at war
ingley Little Theatre is presenting an evening of plays, poetry, music and song with a First World War theme. The performances include Brothers In Arms, a one-act play by Richard Walsh, who researched the history of a local family caught up in
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Morals are out the window in Arnie’s action-packed flick
SABOTAGE (15, 109 mins) *** Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Olivia Williams, Harold Perrineau, Mireille Enos, Joe Manganiello, Terrence Howard, Josh Holloway, Max Martini, Mark Schlegel, Kevin Vance, Martin Donovan. Director: David
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Musical misfits embark on a frankly absurd adventure
FRANK (15, 95 mins) *** Starring Domhnall Gleeson, Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy, Francois Civil, Carla Azar, Tess Harper, Hayley Derryberry. Director: Lenny Abrahamson. In the mid-1980s, musician Chris Sievey gave birth
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Rock tribute band Limehouse Lizzy are a tour de force
As tribute bands go, Limehouse Lizzy (pictured) are right up there with the most well-respected. The band is renowned for an action-packed pyrotechnic-fuelled explosion of a show, keeping the spirit of Irish rocker Philip Lynott and his band Thin
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Keighley Cougars take over barge-pull
A charity barge pull is taking place in memory of a woman who died of lung cancer. Nurse Emma Fisher and her husband Gavin, of Thackley, Bradford, have joined eight friends to haul the barge along the canal towpath from Liverpool to Leeds in five
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Prize-winning lecturers to read their work
Two university lecturers will be reading their poetry at Monday’s meeting of the Beehive Poets. Julia Deakin teaches at the University of Bradford. Widely published, she has won several prizes and featured twice on Radio 4’s Poetry Please.
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Fakes take to the stage for Wharfe Meadows Park festival
Otley Fake Festival returns next month, with acts paying tribute to the likes of Foo Fighters, Green Day and Kasabian. Taking place on Saturday, June 7 at Wharfe Meadows Park, the festival is back following the success of last year’s event.
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Auditions to be held for History Boys at Ilkley Playhouse
Are you a young man with a passion for theatre? If so, Ilkley Playhouse would like to hear from you. The society is staging Alan Bennett’s The History Boys next year and needs eight young men to join the cast. A workshop is taking place on Wednesday
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Gareth’s now the elder statesman of rock ’n’ roll
There was a period in Bradford’s recent history when The Rolling Stones played at a students’ rag ball at Windsor Baths, The Kinks played the Top Twenty Club in Idle and Tom Jones and Jerry Lee Lewis booked in for a week of shows at Laisterdyke’s erstwhile
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Back catalogue is beautiful with The South
When The Beautiful South split in 2007, there were some band members who weren't ready to let it go. Two years later, singers Dave Hemingway and Alison Wheeler, alongside lifelong members Damon Butcher (keyboards), Gaz Birtles (sax) and Tony Robinson
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Blofeld and Baxter will keep cricket banter to a minimum in new show
Henry Blofeld, a distinctive commentary voice on BBC radio’s Test Match Special for 43 years, is really a stand-up comedian who loves making people laugh. Perhaps that is why he twice emphasised that his latest unscripted show, a two-hander with
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Classic Charlie Chaplin film fundraiser for organ appeal
Tonight, Bradford Cathedral will be screening Charlie Chaplin’s silent film City Lights. Assistant director of music Jonathan Eyre provides the live organ improvisation for the 1931 romantic comedy staring Charlie Chaplin as the tramp who falls
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Free our railways
SIR – I fail to see or share D S Boyes’s vision of the UK under a Labour Government. There is no plan to renationalise the railway network – discussion is occurring on whether to let the franchises run out and to run them in the same way as the
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Stores to get ‘wiggy’
SIR – I’m writing to appeal to your readers to get involved in The Body Shop’s ‘Get Wiggy With It’ Weekender, from today until Sunday, for the Teenage Cancer Trust. Our partners The Body Shop are supporting us by wearing wigs in-store, having lots
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Scrutiny of free schools 'needs to be tighter' says MP
The Government does not have a clear view of how taxpayers’ money is being spent on its flagship free schools and is too reliant on whistleblowers to expose problems, a cross-party group of MPs has warned. In a new report, the Commons Public Accounts
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Smoke alarm call condemned by Shipley MP
A Bill to require smoke alarms to be fitted in all rented homes was condemned as “nanny state” by an MP. Shipley Conservative Philip Davies argued the legislation could “criminalise law-abiding, decent landlords” and reduce the numbers of properties
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Fine foods market is re-launched
Lovers of fine foods will be in for a treat at the Saltaire Local Produce Market which re-launches tomorrow. The return of the Bradford Council-run market coincides with the nationwide ‘Love Your Local Market’ campaign and sees a move to the car park
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Frizinghall community is set to quiz MPs at Bradford Grammar School
MPs from the three main political parties will be grilled by an audience at a Question Time-style debate tonight. Held at Bradford Grammar School, the event will see Shipley MP Philip Davies (Con), and Bradford MPs Gerry Sutcliffe (Lab) and David
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Wembley dream come true for Burley Trojan Harri
A football-mad boy’s dream will come true when he walks out with the England team at Wembley later this month in their last match on home soil before the World Cup. Burley Trojans player, Harri Hodgson (right), 11, will lead the players on to the
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Affordable family fun
SIR – I would like to say thank you to all the volunteers that worked so hard to make the Go Local Sunday event happen in Keighley. We had a fantastic day. I took my two children, aged one and five, by myself – no easy task – and was extremely
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A true city champion
SIR – The T&A recently ran an article about Catherine Riley achieving 20 years’ service as the manager of the Kirkgate Centre (May 1), and although Catherine was very modest about her work ethic in Bradford (and indeed sharing any success with
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A wonderful gesture
SIR – A massive thank you to the fair organisers Marshalls Amusements, who gave the LS29 Group free ride wristbands for children with special needs and their siblings on Sunday afternoon in Ilkley. More than 60 children came along and were a complete
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Candidates should be patient in results wait
SIR – How disappointing it must be for Bradford Councillors to have to wait until the next day to know if they have held on to their position on the council. No wonder they are throwing their toys out of the pram. This is how it should be.
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Friday, May 9, 2014
25 years ago: Three passengers and a driver were injured when a new Sprinter train crashed into the buffers at Bradford Interchange station, with the force of the collision destroying the driver’s compartment. 50 years ago: Yorkshire County Cricket
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Buildings expert dies after illness
A published expert on Bradford architecture and national listed buildings has died aged 84. John Ayers died at home after a brief illness surrounded by his family and wife Jane. Born in Bradford and educated at Marshfields Infants and Junior
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Nowhere to hide for sex abusers
"They may not have a voice today or next week or next month – but they will be heard and we will investigate.” Detective Inspector Vanessa Smith and the team of officers that make up Bradford District Safeguarding Unit know that victims of child
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Free schools must be kept on tight rein
There is no doubt that there were very best of intentions behind the free schools programme to set up education establishments outside the control of local councils and education authorities, but even its most ardent defender would struggle to say
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Fallout memories
SIR – Re D S Boyes letter (T&A, May 8). Bang on, Mr Boyes, people do have short memories. I remember the 1992 General Election and what happened after, with Black Wednesday, when the Prime Minister and chancellor had to go to the IMF with cap
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Catwalk appeal
Organisers of a charity fashion show still need to hear from more men who have had breast cancer and want to join them on the catwalk. This year will be Bradford’s Bosom Friends 22nd annual fashion show and this time the women behind the event
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Bradford Bulls: Foster back in Franny’s good books
Bulls coach Francis Cummins has paid tribute to Jamie Foster after the winger was dropped and then immediately recalled during last weekend’s win over Warrington. Despite scoring two tries against Catalan Dragons the week previously, Cummins felt
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Jury set to retire in murder trial
The jury in the trial of the man accused of murdering his former girlfriend after she had told him she was seeing another man was expected to go out to consider its verdict today. James Gray, 25, denies the murder of mother-of-two Jade Watson,
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Cash grant to help Bradford Odeon plan group
One of the groups vying to turn the former Odeon building into a live music venue has been given £90,000 to pay for expert help with its plans. Bradford One described the grant as a “huge boost” as it works on a detailed business plan to submit
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Get walking during May, urges MP Greg
An MP is urging residents to enjoy the benefits of the great outdoors during National Walking Month. Keen walker Greg Mulholland (Lib Dem, Leeds North West) has marked the occasion by tabling a motion of support in Parliament. The Living Streets
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Challenge in Dales is hailed ‘a success’
A gruelling annual challenge organised by Keighley Scout Service Network has been hailed a success. More than 280 entrants completed the Fellsman, navigating their way around a 61-plus-mile course in the Yorkshire Dales. Joint winners, were
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Cleckheaton crash woman recovering
A woman pedestrian who was in an accident with a car as she crossed town centre road is continuing to recover in hospital. The 67-year-old received serious injuries in the incident involving a Ford Focus at the junction of Greenside and Westgate
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Prison warning for Holme Wood man after order breach
A 19-year-old man has been warned he faces prison if he breached the conditions of his order for a third time. Dylan Hearsum, of Knowles Lane, Holme Wood, Bradford, had 20 hours added on to his sentence of 110 hours of unpaid work in the community
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Bradford Royal Infirmary chiefs cheered by NHS watchdog all-clear
Bosses at Bradford Royal Infirmary have welcomed news that an official probe into its services has ended, but a private health care company which stopped using the hospital has yet to change its mind. Monitor was looking into whether staffing problems
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Invitation to be part of Guiseley Carnival
This year is the 25th anniversary of Guiseley Senior Citizen Association which runs Guiseley Carnival. This year’s carnival takes place on Sunday, June 29, and chairman Marian Ealham wants to make it a year to remember and would like to hear from
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Store man was selling counterfeit cigarettes
A shopkeeper who claimed he was unaware he was breaking the law by selling counterfeit cigarettes and packets without health warnings has been left more than £1,000 worse off following an appearance at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates’ Court.
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Unforgettable memories of my time at Bantams: Thompson reflects on ride of his life
Garry Thompson admits he will always treasure the memory of being one of Bradford City’s history makers. The experienced winger is looking for a new club after being released by Phil Parkinson. But Thompson swallowed any disappointment over
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"Bradford Respect candidate should face election ban"
Respect has been accused of hypocrisy in its condemnation of ballot-rigging, after it emerged one of its candidates has been jailed for it in the past. All three major parties on Bradford Council have called for the law to be changed to ban anyone
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Join Race for Life and help beat cancer scourge
Bradford women are being invited to put a spring in their step by entering Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life. Organisers say taking part in Race for Life at Lister Park on Sunday, June 16, is a great way for women of all shapes and sizes to enjoy
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Bradford city centre car crash woman is trapped
A woman was trapped in her car after it was in a crash with a lorry in Bradford city centre. Witnesses said the lorry was travelling down Godwin Street and the dark blue Vauxhall Astra was coming up Sunbridge Road when the collision took place
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Bradford City former mascot loses battle with cancer at 38
A Shipley man who was mascot on the fateful day of the Bradford City fire disaster in 1985 will be rememembered on Sunday after he lost his battle with cancer. Andrew West, who was ten at the time of the disaster, acted as the Bantams’ mascot in
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Bradford University-based Cycling 4 All is recognised for its diversity work
A disability cycling club based at Bradford University is appealing for public support after being nominated for a prestigious National Diversity Award. Cycling 4 All, established in 2011, has been put forward by one of its members, John Walton
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South Craven people urged to consider fostering
South Craven people are being urged to consider becoming foster carers. North Yorkshire County Council says there is an urgent need for more recruits. It said that last year more than 400 children were fostered, but about 50 new carers are
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Bradford judge jails Tong Street ‘road menace’ motorist
A judge has branded a 25-year-old banned driver with a string of previous convictions as being a menace on the roads of Bradford as he jailed him for 14 months. Jamie Spencer, of Knowle Street, Tong Street, Bradford, pleaded guilty to two counts
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Angling Lines
Listerhills AA In last week’s members’ match at Pilley’s, W Barker ran out an easy winner with six tench weighing 12lb 2oz, 2 E Harrison 3lb 3oz, 3 D Stephenson 2lb 2oz. The draw for tomorrow’s open match on the canal at Rodley is at 9am by the
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This can be the year of the Lion – Bower confident of making it fourth time lucky in Conference North play-offs
Mark Bower believes Guiseley are in the best possible shape to win promotion tomorrow and put three years of play-off torment behind them. The Lions travel to Altrincham in the Skrill North final hoping to finally make that elusive step to the
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VIDEO: Bakery loses out in battle of the scones
By Eck! A Shipley baker has been forced to change the name of its jumbo posh scone or face the wrath of tearooms Bettys of Harrogate. Award-winning commercial bakers Just Desserts introduced its Fat Rascals premium scone more than two and a half
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City in grip of housing benefits 'explosion'
New figures show that Bradford is in the grip of a low pay crisis – with an explosion in the number of working people surviving on housing benefit. The number of claimants in the city who have jobs has leapt by 73 per cent since the last General
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Soaring demand leads to boom in district house building
House-building is on the up again in Bradford after six years in the doldrums. The district has now been named as one of the country’s top ten areas for building new homes outside London. Last year, the Telegraph & Argus led a campaign
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Missing Bradford woman ‘due to sign contract’
A woman missing for more than a week in Bradford was due to sign a contract for the job she desperately wanted on the day she disappeared, it has emerged. Anita Racz, 41, was also owed £300 in wages she was due to collect from her new employer
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Stars all set to light the night
Women are being urged to don stars and walk by moonlight to support a charity’s annual fundraiser. Bradford & Airedale Cancer Support’s Ladies 10k Moonlight Walk is planned for Friday, July 4, and as it coincides with American Independence
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Bradford Council planning applications
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Allerton: demolition of existing social club and proposed development of 23 two and four bedroom dwellings, Avenel Club, Whitburn Way. Baildon: non material amendment to
