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Liversedge seeking new chairman
LIVERSEDGE are still searching for a new club chairman in their summer of change. Sedge held onto their place in the Toolstation Northern Counties East League Premier Division but it was a struggle, and their management team quit at the end of the season.Boss
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Samir says spell at Keighley Cougars can reignite Bradford Bulls career
SAMIR Tahraoui is aiming to use his loan spell at Keighley to force his way back into the Bradford side. The towering prop has joined Cougars on a one-month loan and marked his debut with a fine display in last Sunday’s 66-6 win over South Wales
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Former Bradford Bulls hero Morrison proves a big hit
THE promotion race in the All Rounder Cricket Equipment Central Yorkshire League's Championship Division could hardly be closer as just three points separate the top five clubs.Former Bradford Bulls legend Glenn Morrison was a hero for Northowram Fields
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MISSING FAMILY: Plea made to halt child Isis travellers
PEOPLE who are caught trying to take their children to war zones such as Iraq or Syria should face the possibility of having their children taken into care for their own safety, according to a former senior prosecutor. Nazir Afzal, who led the
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Shaymen give Celts pre-season lift
FARSLEY Celtic have added a tasty friendly to their list of pre-season games after confirming a visit from FC Halifax Town.The Shaymen, who came up short in their play-off bid in the Conference League last term, will be sending a team to Throstle Nest
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Player recruitment is top priority for Eagles boss, who starts with 'blank canvas'
NEW Eccleshill United boss Mark Greaves is champing at the bit as the new season draws ever closer.With pre-season training less than a week away, the Eagles manager is hoping all of his efforts to raise a squad will pay dividends. After the Toolstation
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New signing Stevens 'cannot wait to put Farsley Celtic shirt on again'
MIDFIELDER Neil Stevens is back at Throstle Nest after signing for Farsley Celtic from Evo-Stik League Premier Division outfit Buxton.Stevens was a regular for the Bucks as they just missed out on a play-off place in the top tier last term. Seven years
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Plenty of Merit as Regan breaks Bradford League duck
MARK Regan of Brighouse Sports won the Bradford Merit after defeating Pudsey opponent Gary Wike 21-9 in the final.It was Regan's first Bradford League title but, on the form he produced on Sunday, it could be the first of many.He blitzed his way through
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Candle lit vigil to be held in memory of stab victim Nadia Khan
A CANDLELIT vigil is to be held tomorrow in Bradford in memory of pregnant mum-of-two Nadia Khan who was stabbed to death at her home. The event, which is being organised by women's charity Bradford Staying Put, will take place in Centenary Square
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Spen Victoria stages tie of round in Yorkshire Cup
THE Yorkshire Cup, Henry Taylor Cup, Hutchinson Cup and Radley Trophy reach the last-16 stage on Saturday, June 27, with matches starting at 2.30pm.Pudsey find themselves in the bottom half of the Yorkshire Cup draw with an easier path to the final, while
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Bradford taxi driver 'played games' with the law to avoid speeding points
A BRADFORD taxi driver who "played games" with the law to avoid speeding points on his licence has been banned from driving and ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £500. Father-of-six Raza Khan was charged with perverting the course of public
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Much work needed to reduce numbers of district's smoking mums-to-be, health chiefs admit
THE number of women in the Bradford district smoking during the final stages of pregnancy fell slightly last year, but the figure remained stubbornly high compared to the national average. Statistics released yesterday showed that 1,239 pregnant
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Merit entries invited
ENTRIES are still being taken for the Wednesday Merit, which takes place at Peel Park next week with a start and scratch of 10.30am.The entry fee is £3 and anyone interested should contact Martin Hayton on 07825-740281.* The Bradford Mixed Pairs Merit
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Warwickshire Barr way to confidence-booster before derby
YORKSHIRE take on Warwickshire in the British Parks County Championship on Sunday, with the home match to be played at Asa Briggs and the away contest at Towers Inn BC, Great Barr.Having won their first two games comfortably, Yorkshire will be looking
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Police hunt graffiti artist after widespread vandalism across West Yorkshire's rail network
POLICE are hunting a graffiti artist wanted for vandalising sites across West Yorkshire, tagging the words Kobe and Oi wherever he goes. British Transport Police have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with
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Scheme offers offenders a second chance to break the cycle of crime
GETTING into employment can be difficult, and even more so for people who have been in prison. Melanie (not her real name) was convicted of tax fraud in 2007 and given a prison sentence. The final two years of her sentence were spent at Askham Grange,
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Waterside location is a real asset for fine family home
Lake Tower, Lakeside, East Morton £695,000 Dacre, Son & Hartley, Bingley Telephone (01274) 560421 If you have a family that likes messing about on the river, then this stunning home in East Morton is tailor made for you. With a share
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Yorkshire quartet heading to Spain with England
YORKSHIRE players Gary Ballance, Adam Lyth, Liam Plunkett and Joe Root have been selected to travel to Spain next Saturday for a four-day pre-Ashes training camp with new England coach Trevor Bayliss.The quartet will miss the LV= County Championship match
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Bowls results
BRADFORD SATURDAY LEAGUENaylor Premier: Whitkirk 199 (24), Eccleshill A 136 (6); Pudsey A 181 (18), Ladyhill A 160 (12); Clayton A 182 (17), Littlemoor S&SC A 168 (13); Eccleshill A 178 (14), Shipley Club A 186 (16); Cranmore 180 (13), Whitkirk 186 (17
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Police investigating attack at Bradford Interchange ask public: 'Do you know this man?'
BRITISH Transport Police officers are trying to trace this man after a member of rail staff was butted in the face during a ticket altercation.The incident took place on Sunday, May 31, at about 2.20pm at Bradford Interchange station. Officers are now
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'Very difficult' to understand why Bradford sisters would travel to Syria, says outspoken former MP
"FOR them to want to go to the hell-hole of Syria, their lives in Bradford must not have been good." Former Keighley MP Ann Cryer does not mince her words in her analysis of why three Bradford-born sisters might consider travelling to a war zone
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Folly of fossil fuel vow...too little, too late
THE recent G7 statement, by Angela Merkel and the other leaders, is surprisingly ignorant about climate change. They are taking credit for promising to get rid of all fossil fuels by the end of the century, in 85 years time. If it takes that long the
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Council must look closely at pupil safety
Concerns about traffic issues when parents are dropping their children off and picking them up from school are becoming increasingly prevalent.Parents at Miriam Lord Primary School have become concerned enough to launch a petition calling for action about
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Car failed to stop after multi-vehicle crash left woman injured
POLICE are trying to trace a car that failed to stop after a crash in Bradford involving several vehicles that led to a woman suffering facial injuries. The small black hatchback car, thought to be a Vauxhall, is thought to have struck a black
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Bradford man stole electricity to produce £9,000 worth of cannabis
A 50-YEAR-OLD man who bypassed the electricity meter to heat a cannabis farm at a house in Bradford has been spared an immediate prison sentence. Paul Wormald was caught with 20 cannabis plants and a tub of the harvested Class B drug, together
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Impressive specialists investigating sex crimes
SIR – The Met and other police forces are worried about the low prosecution rate in rape cases. They would do well to study the recent three-part BBC 2 TV series called The Detectives. It showed a Manchester sexual offences squad in operation
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Spending on EU row could damage position
SIR – It is of concern that the Government is contemplating expending public finance for the purpose of supporting the campaign that the UK remains within the EU. Firstly, it is absurd that the Government should make such a commitment, when it
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Search for friends from many years gone by
SIR – I lived at 98 Fitzroy Road, Bradford Moor, until moving to Australia with my parents and older sister in 1974. I am trying to contact the two friends I went to school with and played in the back street with, as they are both girls I don’t
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We must help solve immigration crisis
SIR – Forget referendums, the fact is that we are in Europe and as such should be playing a part in solving the immigrant crisis. It is disgraceful that Italy and Greece are been left to try and look after these unfortunate families forced to flee
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Refugees brought benefit to our nation
SIR – This Saturday, June 20, is World Refugee Day, and never can it have seen more appropriate to recognise how refugees across the world are suffering, due to war, persecution and exploitation. From the brutalities in Syria, to the drownings
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Scandalous sale of RBS at loss was Tory goal
SIR – It didn’t take long for Mr Osborne to get round to offering our remaining assets to his friends in the financial sector. Besides the fact that we, the public, were once again not consulted as to whether we wanted to sell of RBS and what remains
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Mystery of dog tribute
SIR – Today a party of us visited Bradford to reconnect with the whole of our buildings’ heritage rather than be put off by the often tawdry ground-floor premises. We were still discussing what had happened to the Talbot Hotel hound when we got
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New jobs created at online college as more turn to e-learning
NEW jobs are being created at an online learning company to cope with continuing growth in demand for its courses.Ilkley- based Virtual College, which has more than 100 staff , is looking to hire 25 extra people . The expansion comes as the firm marks
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64 PICTURES: Hundreds support soldiers as Yorkshire Regiment march through Bradford in parade
HUNDREDS of well-wishers turned out to show their support as the Yorkshire Regiment marched through Bradford city centre. More than 150 soldiers from the 1st Battalion of The Yorkshire Regiment exercised their right to the Freedom of the City by
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Water scientist takes on mission to improve health in Ethiopia
AN EMPLOYEE of Bradford-based Yorkshire Water is visiting Ethiopia as part of a mission to improve the country’s water infrastructure.Anna Warrington, of Denholme, will travel to Africa this weekend with two colleagues from Yorkshire Water.They aim to
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Evening League results
BRADFORD & DISTRICT EVENING LEAGUE RESULTS Division One: Shelf 130-5 (R Ayoub 50no, A Quirie 28, S Etherington 3-28), Denholme 131-2 (J Hainsworth 51no, C Davy 33, A Smith 23no); Thornton 63 (N Cooper 3-12), Tong Park Esholt 67-0 (R Todd 55no
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Tuesday night for Bantams' Capital One Cup clash with York
CITY'S Capital One Cup first-round clash with York City will be played on Tuesday, August 11. Phil Parkinson's 2013 finalists will travel to Bootham Crescent for a 7.45pm kick-off.
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Traffic police carry out big operation in Great Horton Road
TRAFFIC officers from West Yorkshire Police have been out in force on Great Horton Road, with one arrest and numerous tickets issued.The man was arrested for driving an overweight Ford Transit van. The vehicle was taken to Bowling Back Lane to be weighed
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Teenager missing for two weeks is spotted in Bradford
POLICE are appealing for information on the whereabouts of a Sheffield teenager who has been missing for two weeks, and was seen in Great Horton yesterday. Patricia Zupkova, who is 17, was reported missing to South Yorkshire Police on Thursday
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Low Ash Primary School hoping for a return to Headingley in Drax Cup
LOW Ash Primary School are on course to defend their West area champions' trophy in this year's Drax Cup – the biggest cricket competition for under-nines in the country.The Wrose school won the Hanson Academy School Sports Partnership stage at the Karmand
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Career in coaching looks a Shaw thing for Bradford Bulls star Pitts
FOR any aspiring coach on their way up sport’s greasy pole, it is seen as vital to gain as much experience and knowledge as possible.Coaching jobs in rugby league are notoriously scarce, but Jay Pitts is paving the way for a potential career in the game
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Crow Nest hold golf day for Danny Jones appeal
CROW Nest Park Golf Club are holding a fund-raising day for the Danny Jones benevolent fund. Landlord and owner Mick Stansfield is a former director of Halifax RL, where the late Cougars favourite Jones made 54 appearances during two spells at
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Live daily news blog - Thursday, June 18
4:16pm COURT: A taxi driver who "played games" with the law to avoid speeding points has been banned from driving and ordered to pay £500 ...READ MORE 4:15pm HEALTH: The number
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Bradford skipper Wade: Our destiny is still in our hands
THE initial disappointment of losing their Yorkshire Inter-District Union clash 22-14 against East Riding at Woodhall Hills has been tempered somewhat for Bradford captain Tim Wade.He said: "With Sheffield losing (19-17 at Teesside) and York drawing
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Fuming Bradford Bulls chief Ferres says Groat got off easy after breaking Gaskell's jaw
STEVE Ferres believes Doncaster prop Matt Groat should have been banned for at least eight games for the challenge which has left Lee Gaskell with a broken jaw.Former NRL star Groat caught Gaskell in the face with an elbow during the second half of the
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Gale gears up for pivotal spell for Yorkshire
ANDREW Gale says Yorkshire are relishing the prospect of a key period in their season with both the red and white ball, starting with two NatWest T20 Blast matches in three days tomorrow and Sunday.The White Rose face six days of cricket out of the next
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Pair appear in court accused of taking part in sham marriage
A MAN and a woman appeared in court yesterday, accused of taking part in a sham marriage.Eva Dankova, 42, who is Slovakian, and Muhammed Khalil, 34, a Pakistani national, both of Devonshire Street West, Keighley, appeared at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates
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Fall in number of ambulances reaching emergency incidents within eight-minute target time
THE NUMBER of ambulances reaching emergency incidents within an eight-minute target time has dropped by more than eight per cent across Yorkshire in the last year, new figures have revealed. According to data released by the Health and Social Care
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Fake lotto and health survey scam warning issued in Bradford
PEOPLE living in Bradford are being warned about two scams running in the district. A 78-year-old man from Bingley was this week told he had won £285,000 in a European postcode lottery, and wants to alert people to the scam. Brian Holmans said
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Man jailed for sexual assault pretended he was offering victim a cup of tea, court told
A PERVERT who sexually attacked a sleeping woman and then pretended he was offering her a cup of tea has been jailed for two years. Andrew Keating confessed he was "sick in the head" after abusing his vulnerable victim who was recovering after
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More Bradford youngsters than ever saved from abuse thanks to trailblazing work
HUNDREDS of children in the Bradford district are officially at risk of sexual exploitation.But more youngsters than ever are being saved from abuse, thanks to trailblazing work by police, social workers and health professionals, aimed at giving victims
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Husband of pregnant mother appears in court charged with her murder
THE husband of pregnant mother Nadia Khan appeared in court yesterday, charged with her murder and the destruction of her unborn child by stabbing. Tariq Khan, 26, stood expressionless in the secure dock at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates' Court
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Bradfordians asked to share experiences of the city for new exhibition
BRADFORDIANS have been asked to share their experiences of the parts of the city that don't appear in the tourism guides as part of a month long exhibition. The Bradford Pride of Place Project is based at Fuse Art Space at Rawson Place and until
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Huge response to consultation over £1.5m one-way system for Keighley
HUNDREDS of people have given their views on a planned £1.5 million scheme to free up a traffic-choked town centre.Council highways officers said they were delighted with the initial public response to consultation over the proposed jam-busting one-way
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Bradford Council faces 'growing pressure' over home care as union warns sector is 'collapsing'
BRADFORD Council has admitted it faces "growing pressure" over home care across the district as a major union warns that the sector is "collapsing."Unison released a new report - '15 Minutes of Shame' - at its annual conference in
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Primary school requests closure of road to traffic amid safety concerns
A PRIMARY school has asked Bradford Council to close a road to traffic over concerns that it has become "unsafe for children." The council has received a petition from Miriam Lord Primary School in Manningham, signed by 148 people, calling for
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Homes set to be built in village despite objections from MP
HOMES look set to be built in the heart of Harden, despite objections from the local MP. The scheme would see around 25 homes built on a site which includes the village green. It was approved in outline by a planning committee yesterday, despite
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Major Bradford secondary school branded 'inadequate' by inspectors
ONE of Bradford's biggest secondary schools has been branded "inadequate" after poor performance by pupils in last year's exam results. The Ofsted report into Tong High School was released yesterday, and in response head Stephen Curran admitted
