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Bradford museum celebrates 100 years of being open to public with new exhibition
A BRADFORD museum celebrates 100 years of being open to the public this year, and a new exhibition beginning tomorrow looks back to its infancy as a tourist attraction.Bolling Hall, Bradford's oldest surviving building, and also its most haunted, opened
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South Bradford crowned nine-hole kings
SOUTH Bradford may be struggling in the top flight of the Scratch League but they have earned the title of top nine-hole club in the district. Ten years on from their last success in the competition at Rawdon, the Odsal club were crowned champions
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'Emotional' weekend as Brook grabs another podium berth
BRADFORD motor-cyclist Dave Brook was in philosophical mood after more Superstock action at Cadwell Park.The Clayton Heights racer collected another podium finish, despite cracking a rib in practice, but was then robbed of any action on the second day
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Northcliffe stay on top
NORTHCLIFFE stayed on top of Divison A in the Bradford Rabbits Association, claiming a 6-0 win at home to Woodhall Hills despite a change of personnel.Deane Narayan-Lee stood in for Danny Moore, who was resting after an unbeaten run, and won his match
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Youth shines in Yorkshire final
YOUNG bowlers were to the fore in the Yorkshire Ladies' Merit (Hyman Morris competition), with Dewsbury 21-year-old Alicia Ormsby (Meltham) defeating Halifax 17-year-old Chloe Hirst (New Mill) 21-18 in a final played in a strong wind at Canalside, Huddersfield.In
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Buttershaw still seeking victory after latest defeat at Batley
BUTTERSHAW St Paul's are still awaiting their first Premier Division win of the Central Yorkshire League season after a disappointing defeat at last year's championship winners Batley.In their seventh game the season, Buttershaw batted first and lost
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Albion and Brighouse player of the year awards
ALBION Sports Reserves and Brighouse Town Reserves held their end of season awards. Albion announced goalkeeper Danny King was the recipient of the Player of the Year award, beating team-mates Karamjit Basi and Raymond Sibanda to the trophy.
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Peltier and Sutcliffe among eight Bees signings
COUGARS prop Ross Peltier is among eight players signed by Bradford & Bingley, who are bidding to get out of SSE Yorkshire Division One at the first attempt – and not by using an open chequebook. The 23-year-old Jamaican rugby league international
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Engaging Baildon are Twickenham runners-up
BAILDON Rugby Union Club have been highly commended in the community engagement category at RFU president Jonathan Dance's annual awards ceremony.Club president Dr Mark Purvis and rugby development officer Robbie Hill were representing the club at the
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Greens sign Leeds students
WHARFEDALE have made their first two signings of the summer.Centre Oliver Fewtrell and prop Alistair Wade are both Leeds students and former members of the England Under-18s Clubs and Schools' team.Yorkshire Under-20s player Fewtrell, who helped them
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Evening League results
BRADFORD & DISTRICT EVENING LEAGUE – Division One: Thackley 87-7, Smart Moves 90-7; Salem Athletic 149-8 (A Rehman 54no, U Ahmed 50no, N Cooper 4-19, including hat-trick), Tong Park Esholt 150-4; Denholme 150-8 (C Davy 51no, A Smith 43, D Anderson 3-34
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Woman Zayn Malik was pictured with before 1D split received death threats
THE woman who was pictured with Zayn Malik shortly before he quit One Direction has said she received death threats from the band's fans.Lauren Richardson, 26, who will take part in ITV2 dating series Love Island, said the photograph in March of the community
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Baildon seeking pre-season foes
BAILDON, who are continuing to operate under head coach Adam Falkner and Robbie Hill, will start pre-season training on Tuesday, June 30 (7pm).A players' meeting will be followed by training, which will involve team-building exercises, and the evening
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Impressive pictures at exhibition
NOTED local rugby union photographer John Ashton has an exhibition at Bradford Industrial Museum entitled Rugby Union Yorkshire.Backed by the Yorkshire RFU, it opens at the Eccleshill venue next Tuesday, there is an official opening the following Tuesday
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Drax newcomers shine
DRAX Cup newcomers Harden Primary School are through to the next stage of the biggest nationwide cricket competition for under-nines.Harden qualified via the Oakbank School Sports Partnership event at Keighley Cricket Club after scoring 696 runs, which
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BIKER DIES: Police appealing for witnesses after motorcyclist dies near Horton-in-Ribblesdale
POLICE are appealing for information after a motorcyclist died last night in a collision near Horton-in-Ribblesdale. It happened at around 7.25pm on the B6479 road between Horton-in-Ribblesdale and Selside, half a mile before Selside. The motorcyclist
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Student did not mean to seriously injure man left brain-damaged after street attack, court told
A COLLEGE student has told a jury he never meant to seriously injure a man he punched in the face and was "gutted" about what he had done to him. The 17-year-old, who cannot be named because of his age, said he would have to live with what happened
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STREET ATTACK: Police release images of ten witnesses they want to speak to after man left in critical condition
A MAN is in a critical condition with a serious head injury after he was punched to the ground. The 52-year-old local man was injured in the assault at about 12.45am in the early hours of Sunday. Detectives have now released CCTV images of
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JCT600 squad set to tackle tower tour
AN intrepid team of Bradford petrolheads will drive 2,300 miles to four towers in four days for a European charity challenge. Neill Richards, JCT600 group fleet director based in Bradford, is leading the four-man squad to complete the fundraising feat
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Join in a cycling adventure ride around Bradford
A SERIES of free guided bike rides around the Bradford district starts tomorrow as part of a national campaign to get more people cycling for fun.The Sky Ride Local campaign, run by British Cycling and Sky, in partnership with Bradford Council, offers
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Elvis show tickets will be boost to baby care unit
ELVIS is coming to Bradford later this month to help raise funds for Bradford Royal Infirmary's neo-natal unit.Look-and-sound-al-like Gordon Davis (pictured), who has been a winner of European Elvis Masters Championship and won the Images of The King
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Grants awarded to push forward plans for mothballed fire station
SIGNIFICANT progress has been made to re-open Haworth's mothballed fire station ahead of an approaching summer deadline.The team working on plans to take over the running of the property, which closed at the end of last year, have until the end of July
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Coin collection offering insight into English history to be showcased at East Riddlesden Hall
A COLLECTION of at least 300 coins covering 2,000 year of English history will be on display for one day only in Keighley.The Airedale Coin Collection can be viewed at East Riddlesden Hall (pictured) from 10.30am to 4pm on Saturday, June 20.These coins
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Man arrested after police uncover cannabis farm
KEIGHLEY police officers have discovered more than 40 cannabis plants being grown inside a property in Knowle Park.Neighbourhood police team officers raided the building in Victoria Road at noon yesterday. A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said the officers
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Public to have say over Keighley £1.5m congestion-busting scheme
RESIDENTS are being given their say regarding a long-awaited £1.5 million scheme to free up a traffic-choked town centre.Plans for a jam-busting one-way system in Keighley are finally going on public show next week.If the initiative gets the green light
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Former Morrisons chief urges patience
Sir Ken Morrison has urged shareholders of the supermarket his family founded to be patient and allow the firm's new management team "breathing space" to restore the company's fortunes. Sir Ken, who stood down as chairman and chief executive in
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Tory in the North gains wrong-foot Labour
THE Conservatives must now be taken seriously as an electoral force in the North of England, a new study has found. Academics say the next leader of the Labour Party cannot take the party’s strength in the North for granted. The Sheffield Political
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Lockwood fits the bill as Bower eyes further quality
GUISELEY boss Mark Bower is aiming to add more quality players to his promotion-winning squad following Adam Lockwood’s return to Nethermoor. Wakefield-born defender Lockwood, who has spent the majority of his career in the Football League with
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REVIEW: Sparkle, class and a lead with a voice to die for makes The Bodyguard a must see
The Bodyguard The Alhambra THERE'S nothing like a gun shot to give an audience the jitters. The dramatic opening scene of The Bodyguard sent ripples of gasps and nervous giggling around the Alhambra's auditorium - but by the lively finale
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Transport firm starts investigation after claims conductor threw pensioner off bus
A MAJOR transport firm has started an investigation after claims a bus conductor threw a pensioner off a bus went 'viral' on social media. An allegation that a conductor refused to allow a woman in her 80s to travel on its flagship Hyperlink 72
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You read it here first... Star man Gaskell vows: I'll be at Bradford Bulls next season regardless of division
AS Lee Gaskell was being interviewed at the Bulls’ training ground last week, he was jokingly serenaded with ‘Warrington’ songs.Not by any of his team-mates it has to be said, but by head coach Jimmy Lowes.Rugby league is a small world and the rumour
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Bin near takeaway restaurant set alight by arsonists
A FIRE crew was called out to deal with a blaze in a wheeled bin behind a Keighley town centre takeaway restaurant early today. The Keighley firefighters were alerted to the incident, behind Flames in North Street, at 1.45am today. They used
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Firefighters tackle large grass fire
FIREFIGHTERS have been tackling a large grass fire in Penfold Lane, Rastrick. Crews from Huddersfield, Elland and Dewsbury used two wildfire blowers, two water jets and four water backpacks to put out the fire, which spanned an area of about 150
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Live daily news blog - Thursday, June 4
4:20pm ZAYN MALIK: The woman who was pictured with Bradford's Zayn Malik shortly before he quit One Direction has said she received death threats from the band's fans...READ MORE 2:58pm
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Higher... lower: Leaning doing a number on opposition no matter where he bats
JASON Gillespie has hailed Jack Leaning’s flexibility as the fledgling batsman continues to make waves in Yorkshire’s LV= County Championship top order.After an encouraging breakthrough year in 2014 saw the 21-year-old score 465 runs from ten matches,
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Plenty of Merit in second win for Gill and Kaye
CLAYTON'S Paul Gill and Paul Kaye won the BRADFORD PAIRS MERIT, sponsored by Martin S Lonsdale (Estate Agents) but only after defeating Jon Edmondson and Gary Wike (Pudsey) 21-20 in the final. The competition moved to Cleckheaton Sports this year, with
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Shipley Club are in tune as they go joint top
SHIPLEY Club A have moved joint top of the Bradford League's Naylor Premier Division after a 25-5 home win over Cranmore.Daniel Metcalfe 21-5, Graeme Dytiche 21-7, David Jacques 21-7 and Robbie Ellis 21-9 were on top form for the Clubmen. Brighouse Sports
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Lions still keen to pounce on Bantams hitman Hanson
MILLWALL are unlikely to take no for an answer in their pursuit of James Hanson.City last week knocked back a bid from the Lions, which was believed to fall well short of their own valuation for the club’s longest-serving player.But Hanson is understood
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Aston eyeing extended Sheffield stint for Bradford Bulls loose forward Petersen
SHEFFIELD boss Mark Aston has hinted he could try and sign Bulls star Dave Petersen permanently if his loan stint proves successful.The close-season capture has yet to feature for Bradford since joining the club on a one-year deal from the Mackay Cutters.But
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21 appear before Bradford and Keighley Magistrates' Court
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley Magistrates: Jamie Douglas Crowther, aged 27, of Henderson Place, Wibsey; breach of non-molestation order, restraining order made, £110 fine, £105 costs. Imran Khan, aged 35, of Girlington
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Comical 'synchronised swimming' in City Park's mirror pool among festival highlights
FINAL preparations are being made for Bradford's biggest party of the year next week.The three-day Bradford Festival, including the annual Mela, takes place in City Park from Friday, June 12, to Sunday, June 14, with more than 40 artists staging a host
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Controversy over plans for waste tyre disposal site
PLANS for a waste tyre disposal site in a Bradford neighbourhood have been branded a fire risk by a worried resident.The firm Jacks Tyres has applied for partly-retrospective permission to use part of the former tram shed site in Leeds Road, Thornbury
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Police investigate allegation of fraud at Keighley Town Council
A LONG-RUNNING police probe into Keighley Town Council has now developed into a fraud investigation.Detectives have confirmed a person has been under caution as part of their inquiries.The investigation started last December after Keighley MP Kris Hopkins
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Elderly residents at new sheltered housing complex left without phone connections for nearly two months
ELDERLY and vulnerable residents at a new sheltered housing complex in Bradford have slammed BT for leaving them with phone or internet connections for almost two months. The telecoms giant has been accused of breaking promises to residents - some
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Man assaulted ex-girlfriend and threatened to strangle eight-year-old boy, court told
A MAN who assaulted his ex-girlfriend and threatened to strangle an eight-year-old boy has been detained under the Mental Health Act.Mohammed Hayat was sentenced at Bradford Crown Court yesterday on charges of threats to kill, assault occasioning actual
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Police officer on trial accused of dangerous driving after following speeding driver
A POLICE officer has gone on trial accused of dangerous driving after following a speeding Vauxhall Vectra driver who had made off without payment from a Tesco petrol station. PC Adam Steventon pursued the thief for three miles along the A629 out
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Maintenance backlog in Bradford schools reaches 'frighteningly large' £45 million
THE cost of the maintenance backlog in Bradford's schools has risen by over £6.6 million in just seven months. An unsuccessful bid for government money to re-build four Bradford Schools is one of the reasons the council's school backlog maintenance
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Mum of Bradford man who died in Malaysian jungle 'still searching for answers' a year later
THE MOTHER of a former Bradford man who died in the Malaysian jungle says she is still searching for answers exactly a year after her beloved son’s body was found. Janet Southwell – the mother of Gareth Huntley, who lived and went to school in Apperley
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Work nears completion on £1.2 million enterprise centre
WORK is nearing completion on a £1.2 million enterprise and community centre in the heart of Idle.Inspired Neighbourhoods, the community interest company which has developed the scheme, hopes to get the keys to the building soon and is inviting small
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Trio planned "organised search" to find attack victim who was left with life-threatening brain injury, court told
A PARTYGOER suffered a life-threatening brain injury when he was surrounded and struck "a forceful blow" to the head on his way home, a jury heard yesterday. Craig Kaye, 40, was still in hospital nine months later and his "outlook was bleak", Bradford
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RSPCA inspector to swim, cycle and run 160 miles to raise money for charity
AN RSPCA inspector is to swim, cycle and run 160 miles next weekend as part of a gruelling physical challenge to raise money for the animal charity she works for.Sarah Bagley, 27, who is the local inspector for Bradford, Brighouse and Mirfield, will swim
