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Death of former Bradford Park Avenue winger Whitaker
FORMER Bradford Park Avenue winger Colin Whitaker has died aged 82.Leeds-born Whitaker, who played for Farsley Celtic and Leeds United juniors, was an amateur with Bradford City before he signed professional forms with Sheffield Wednesday in 1951.Avenue
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Golden target for archers
UNIVERSITY of Bradford Archery Club are having a try-it day at Park Avenue Cricket Ground on Saturday (11am-4pm).Visitors are invited to try and hit the target and score a golden ten in Archery Great Britain's Big Weekend, in association with the Foresters
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Brook swaps Bradford Bulls for Keighley Cougars in loan switch
BULLS scrum half Adam Brook has joined Kingstone Press League One neighbours Keighley Cougars on a one-month loan deal. The 20-year-old, who has yet to make a first-team appearance for Bradford, recently spent a similar spell on loan in the third
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Bradford Bulls physio branches out to clinic-al effect
BULLS first-team physio Dan Ramsden is well placed to look after Jimmy Lowes' players – after opening his own clinic.The Leeds Bradford Sports Medicine & Physiotherapy Clinic is based at Tong Hall in Tong Village and is open to members of the public.It
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Rashid rescues Yorkshire to salvage draw
JASON Gillespie hailed Adil Rashid for helping to get Yorkshire "out of the poop" against Somerset as they secured an LV= County Championship draw at Taunton.Bradfordian Rashid enhanced an excellent personal record in this particular fixture
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VIDEO: 70 protesters attend rally against austerity held in Bradford
ABOUT 70 people turned out in the rain to join a Bradford rally against austerity. Bradford People’s Coalition Against the Cuts (BPCAC) organised the protest in Centenary Square and had initially expected between 200 and 300 people to turn out.
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Tragic rugby star Danny Jones's twin babies to undergo heart tests
THE twin babies of Keighley Cougars star Danny Jones, who died from a heart attack during a match, will now be tested for inherited heart conditions, says the club's coach. Hundreds of family, friends and fans mourned at Mr Jones' funeral took
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Champion of Champions qualifier postponed
A BIG kickboxing event in Bradford on Saturday has been postponed due to fighters pulling out.Augin Masoud (Netherlands), Alexander Akimov (Lithuania), Eddie Blaze (France) and Jack Cooper (England) were due to be competing in a Champion of Champions
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Bowls results
All the latest results from the Bradford district. WEDNESDAY HALF-HOLIDAY LEAGUE Ed Foster: Royd House A 120 (21), Wibsey A 78 (5); Stanningley 108 (15), Crowghyll A 95 (11); West Bradford A 92 (6), Asa Briggs A 122 (20); Asa Briggs B 90 (4
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Inter-City success not as speedy as it looks for Leeds
LEEDS & District were convincing winners of the Yorkshire Parks Inter-City event after an 11-1 victory over Bradford in the final. Drawn in the tougher Pool B, Leeds won all three games to make it through to the final with 26 points, while Bradford qualified
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VIDEO: Bradford rail worker wins bravery award for preventing man's suicide
A BRADFORD railway worker has been honoured with a prestigious bravery award for preventing a man's suicide attempt at the city's Interchange station. Karl Richardson, who lives in the city centre, was working on the automatic ticket gates during
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WESTFIELD LATEST: Nine more retailers sign up for Broadway development
NINE retailers have just signed up for the Westfield Broadway shopping centre - including six that are new to the city. Fashion and footwear retailer Footasylum, luxury baker Patisserie Valerie, and The Entertainer, the UK’s largest independent
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Man, 22, jailed for street attack caused by Facebook spat over woman
A FACEBOOK row over a woman led to a street battle in which a man's face was fractured in two places by a full force kick, Bradford Crown Court heard. Joshua Ingham attacked Alex Dixon when violence flared outside the Hockney public house in Dale
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Paddington takes to the railway for holiday fun
A MUCH-LOVED character from classic children’s books has been delighting young and not-so-young passengers on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. Paddington Bear made the first of three guest appearances at the attraction yesterday as part
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From the parade ground to catwalk
THIS week's centre Bradford Means Business centre spread is as much about history as business,focusing on the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo.The peg, of course, is the remarkable longevity and record of West Yorkshire cloth maker Hainsworth.The
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Cloth company’s history is woven through the thin red line at Waterloo
With the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo looming, a historic local company is gearing up to celebrate the pivotal event . Chris Holland reports.A WEST Yorkshire mill, which is one of the the UK's oldest family-owned businesses, has a special
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Right on Cue: Moore holds his nerve to seal Hey's Trophy triumph
EAST Ward Labour Club have won Bradford snooker's prestigious Hey's Trophy team competition after beating Eccleshill WMC A at Undercliffe Cricket Club.Yet the matches throughout the final were evenly balanced and the result could have gone either way.Eccleshill
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Bradford Pairs Merit entries still open
THE Bradford Pairs Merit, sponsored by Martin S Lonsdale (Estate Agents), takes place on Sunday at Cleckheaton Sports from 10.30am. There are currently 43 entries but entries are still been taken. Anyone interested should contact Martin Hayton
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City of Film boss in Japan to strengthen global ties
THE head of Bradford's City of Film team is in Japan developing partnerships with other UNESCO Creative Cities from around the world. David Wilson has joined representatives from 69 cities in Kanazawa to discuss the ongoing development of the Creative
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Healthcare firm to help businesses to provide pensions
THE boss of a Bradford-based health care cash plan provider is looking to attract more corporate clients faced with the rising costs of providing compulsory pensions for employees.Russ Piper, chief executive of Sovereign Health Care, believes the extra
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Man's ankle was fractured and his wife pushed into a cupboard when violence flared at celebration party, court told
A MAN'S ankle was fractured and his wife was pushed into a cupboard when violence flared at a party to celebrate his new job, a jury at Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday. It is alleged that Daniel Marley was attacked in his home in Blackshaw
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All talk at Haworth museum
TALKS and stories are on offer at a museum tomorrow as part of its half-term holiday activities.Brontes for Beginners gives a short introduction to the literary sisters and three of their classic novels – Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre and The Tenant of
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Small firms nervous over whether Tories will keep election promises
MORE than a third of local smaller firms feel less confident about their future under the new Government and many doubt that election promises will be kept.Research among 1,000 Yorkshire firms by small business funder Liberis found that 37 per cent of
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Building society launches service to help retirees find financial information
A PIONEERING online initiative to help retired people and those nearing retirement to make the most of their finances has been launched by Skipton Building Society.Through retiresavvy.co.uk, the mutual aims to help people prepare for retirement by offering
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Huge new health software contract for Bradford firm
BUSINESS software specialist Cloud2 has won its biggest contract to date with Public Health England.The Bradford-based firm, which specialises in designing and providing information management systems for health service professionals, is providing software
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Bradford bosses call on Prime Minister to bring forward EU referendum
REGIONAL manufacturers are urging the Government to hold the planned referendum on the UK's EU membership at the earliest opportunity - and no later than 2016- to head off creeping uncertainty which exists for businessManufacturers' body EEF has made
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Wrong to stop county system from the past
SIR – Chancellor George Osborne’s offer to West Yorkshire to have more control over its own affairs is an admission that the Tories were wrong to abolish the Metropolitan Counties in 1986. These authorities, which included West Yorkshire, had democratic
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Licence lost following sale of illegal tobacco?
SIR – The owner of the Polandia Off-Licence on North Parade has been found guilty of trading illegal tobacco (T&A, May 22). He also pleaded guilty to possessing a substantial amount of illicit cigarettes and hand-rolled tobacco, as well as
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No arrest made for wearing uniform
SIR – I remember that headline a couple of years ago at the Haworth Vintage event, when re-enactors turned up dressed in German uniforms. There was uproar by council officials who threatened to have the “culprits” removed as they were offending
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Death party signals time to move on
SIR – I did imagine that post General Election we would see an end to the tiresome outpourings from your coterie of myopic, Left wing, loonies. But no! Never a day goes by without one of them making a pointless point. Last week Colin Durkin imagined
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Nightmare Eric Pickles fairy story contains true terror
SIR – As the origins of the fairy story “Eric and the Beanstalk” are laid bare by the discovery of the tree growing in the clock tower of City Hall (T&A, 13 May), along comes its sequel, “Eric and the Dubious Knighthood”. Long ago in the land
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Why knighthood after massive council cuts?
SIR – So, Eric Pickles has been given a knighthood for services to Local Government! What services are those? Was one playing up to Thatcher, when in control of Bradford, to set the lowest Poll Tax of any comparable authority? A move which
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Not any need for the speed on Bradford's roads
SIR – When Tony Mole attempted to bring Speedway back to Odsal – irrespective of the cosmetic adjustments made within the stadium since 1997 – one disabling factor would always be in play: the noise of the bikes. However I would argue the current
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Shipley Glen Tramway enjoys Bank Holiday success
SHIPLEY Glen Tramway had a bumper Spring Bank Holiday with a huge spike in travellers during the long weekend. "We had nearly a third more visitors than usual - beyond our wildest dreams," said the tramway's Richard Freeman (pictured). "People
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On This Day – May 27, 2015
25 years ago: A team of mobile advice workers was to be set up by the new Labour-led Bradford Council to help people claim thousands in unpaid benefits, replacing the network of benefits shops axed by the previous Tory administration. 50 years
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Cycling veteran Brian Robinson gets £15,000 compensation after car knocked him off bike
BRITISH cycling legend Brian Robinson has received £15,000 compensation after a car knocked him off his bike.Mr Robinson was left with a fractured collarbone and ribs, a punctured lung and a deep cut to his arm when he was hit by the car during a bike
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Two local canal paths in running for top award
THE Aire Valley Towpath walking and cycling route between Bingley and Leeds along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is up for a national award to be named the UK’s favourite National Cycle Network route. Alternative transport group Sustrans is asking
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BRADFORD'S NEW MPs: Bradford East's Imran Hussain is supporting calls for leader on the left
In the second of a three-part series, Jim Greenhalf looks at the new MPs in Bradford seats THE next leader of the Labour Party will be elected by all the membership of the party nationally for the first time on a one person one vote system. Neither
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Gift of time that can be so precious
As much as we expect our local authorities to keep our public areas in good condition, it is a fact that we also tend to rely on volunteers to do their bit as well - especially for areas that don't fall under the council remit, such as private homes
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Thieves steal mail from 50 letter boxes in communal flats
QUICKFIRE burglars stole mail from 50 letter boxes in a smash and grab at a Bradford flats block. The raiders struck at The Gatehaus, Leeds Road, Little Germany, just before 10pm on Tuesday, entering the building through an insecure fire door,
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Trials bike legend Dougie Lampkin hones his skills at castle
TRIALS bike legend Dougie Lampkin is to display his skills in an extravaganza next month.The 12-times world champion will wow the crowds at the Cholmondeley Pageant of Power (CPOP) in Cheshire.And the star has been getting in some practice at the venue
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Rashid and Bairstow haul Yorkshire towards safety
A 117-run sixth-wicket stand between Jonny Bairstow and Adil Rashid has helped Yorkshire breath more comfortably during the fourth morning against Somerset at Taunton. The White Rose side started the final day of this LV= County Championship match
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Youngsters are inspired by Caribbean cooking session
A range of traditional African and Caribbean dishes were cooked up by young and old at a special cook and eat session.Young people involved in the charity Brathay Trust - which inspires youngsters and helps them to develop their personal and social skills
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Give your bicycles a bit of loving care with scheme's free check-up
A BRADFORD cycling organisation is offering a free check-up for bikes as part of a national scheme. Cycle-Re-Recycle, based in Westholme Street, off Thornton Road, is running a Dr Bike service during the national Bike Bike Revival scheme. This is a fortnight
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Travellers' camp remains at private school site despite looming court action
TRAVELLERS who set up camp in the grounds of a top private school which charges almost £25,000 a year to board there were still on site yesterday - despite looming court action.Vans, caravans and a horse parked up by Woodhouse Grove School, next to Harrogate
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Dangerous 70mph drink driver is jailed for 10 months
A DANGEROUS driver, who drove at twice the speed limit and jumped red lights and give way junctions, has been jailed for ten months.Nasser Malik, 31, was seen by police in Barkerend Road, Bradford, driving a Renault Megane at high speed towards Shipley-Airedale
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Sex offender, 65, jailed after inviting children into his home
A 65-YEAR-OLD man, who was serving an extended sentence for indecently assaulting a 15-year-old girl, was yesterday jailed for nine months for flagrant and blatant breaches of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order.David Betts, of Heybeck Walk, Holme Wood
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Bradford burglar who raided pub, school and home is spared jail
A BURGLAR was given a suspended prison sentence after raiding a pub, a school and a house. Daniel Stainsby, 32, burgled the Red House in Barkerend Road, Bradford Crown Court heard. He was confronted by the landlady, Donna Proctor, but elbowed her
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Campaigners to stage anti-austerity rally in Bradford's City Park today
A RALLY against austerity is taking place in Bradford city centre today. Bradford People’s Coalition Against the Cuts (BPCAC) has organised the protest in Centenary Square and expects between 200 and 300 people to attend. Neal Heard, a representative
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UPDATE: Two men released without charge after guns incident at house in Thornbury
TWO men arrested during an armed police operation in Bradford have been released without charge. Armed officers aimed their guns at an house in Lower Rushton Road, Thornbury, during the drama yesterday. They were alerted after a man with a gun
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Live daily news blog - Wednesday, May 27
5:01pm We're signing off for today's blog, but we'll be back in the morning to bring you the latest. In the meantime, if there's a story you think we should know about, you can call us on 01274 705292, email newsdesk@telegraphandargus.co.uk
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Parkinson wins FA Cup manager of the year award
Phil Parkinson was last night named FA Cup manager of the year by the League Managers' Association. The award for the Bantams boss comes after his side beat Premier Division Chelsea and Sunderland en route to the quarter-finals. City defeated
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Lawn: Parkinson has unfinished business at Bradford City
MARK Lawn believes Phil Parkinson will remain as City boss for the "foreseeable future" and has backed him to finish what he has started at Valley Parade.Lawn revealed there had been no approaches from Sheffield United for Parkinson, who has
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League to meet in wake of Coes' resignation
THE Mewies Solicitors Craven League are holding an executive meeting at Glusburn Cricket Club tonight to decide who will take over the running of the league. The meeting was arranged at short notice as the Telegraph & Argus believes that husband
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Noble backs Broncos to continue improvement ahead of Bradford Bulls showdown
BRIAN Noble is cautiously optimistic that London Broncos are finally heading in the right direction as they gear up for Sunday's visit of the Bulls.The legendary former Bradford boss, who remains the most successful coach in Super League history after
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Vice trade 'not like Pretty Woman' say police determined to tackle prostitution in Bradford
A BRADFORD police chief has warned men who use prostitutes that it is not like the film Pretty Woman. Superintendent Vince Firth, of Bradford District Safeguarding, vowed that officers and their partner agencies would be targeting both street prostitution
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Restaurant boss remains in critical condition six months after street attack
A RESTAURANT boss who was attacked in the street remains in a critical condition six months on. Haq Nawaz Rasool, 38, of Toller Lane, Bradford, was set upon as he locked up his takeaway business in Wakefield on December 13 last year. He was
