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Finch suffers injury scare with seconds as Yorkshire tie down Notts
MARTYN Moxon has revealed that rest and recuperation was Yorkshire’s motive for leaving overseas duo Aaron Finch and Glenn Maxwell out of their ongoing LV= County Championship match against Nottinghamshire at Headingley. The Australian pair are
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UK must 'sharpen up act' over Syria sisters, MP warns
THE husbands of two of the three Bradford sisters feared to have travelled to Syria have been told that the UK response to their "life-and-death" situation was not speedy enough. Authorities in the UK have to "sharpen up our act" when it comes
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Bradford Park Avenue: No time to chill for Chilaka during close season
CHIB Chilaka was determined to report back from his summer break in good shape, so he put in extra training during the close season. The former Bantams striker enjoyed his best season as a Bradford Park Avenue player last term and ended the campaign
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Families of men killed in Afghanistan air crash push for more answers after Coroner's verdict of accident
FAMILIES of three British passengers, including a Bradford bodyguard, who were killed when a plane crashed into a mountain in Afghanistan, say their fight for answers will continue after an inquest heard further evidence has yet to be released.
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Saltaire cycle shop rides to the rescue of bike theft victim
A CYCLE shop has come to the rescue of a young apprentice who had his bike stolen from outside the homeless hostel where he lives. William Wardlow, 20, had been using the bike to attend training courses and was about to embark on a construction
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Major traffic delays as accident closes one lane of M62
One lane of the M62 is closed and there is queueing traffic due to an accident involving several vehicles Westbound between Junction 23 (Huddersfield) and Junction 22 (Rishworth Moor). Traffic is queueing back past the M606 junction to Junction
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Hainsworth the hero as Evening League reach semi-finals
BRADFORD & District Evening League opener Jack Hainsworth (Denholme) played the innings of the match as both they and hosts the Dales Council League suffered batting collapses during their first-round West Yorkshire Area Cricket Council Cup tie at Thornbury.The
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Marriage, is it good or bad for your health? Let me tell you...
I remember Rod Stewart once saying that long-term relationships are ’impossible’ and that marriage vows should be rewritten every year, ‘like a dog licence.’He may have changed his mind about that, however - after two failed marriages he seems to be doing
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Liversedge boss Rimmington can take step up in his stride
NEW Liversedge boss Jonathan Rimmington is looking forward to making the step up managing an open-age team.Rimmington was under-19s boss at Clayborn last season and has also been in charge of Rothwell Juniors and Leeds City’s youngsters. He was appointed
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Anger as payments to foster carers set to be slashed
PAYMENTS to the district's foster carers look set to be slashed by more than half a million pounds a year. Bradford Council has described the existing system as "generous" and is proposing to axe certain fees, including the retainers given to foster
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Congs batsmen seal semi-final berth
PUDSEY Congs completed the Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup semi-final line-up after beating Bankfoot by 102 runs in their rain-delayed third-round tie.They now face a trip to Lightcliffe on Sunday, July 12 after seeing off the challenge of the last
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Funeral set for stab death mum-of-two Nadia Khan
FAMILY and friends will gather tomorrow for the funeral of Nadia Khan, the pregnant mum-of-two who was stabbed to death at her home in Bradford. Mourners will gather at the Masjid Bilal mosque in Drummond Road, Manningham from 1.30pm. A burial
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LEGAL HIGHS: New laws are welcomed – but fears remain over availability of drugs on internet
NEW laws are being introduced by the Government in a bid to protect the public from legal highs, after the number of deaths from the substances doubled. There have been no reported deaths yet in Bradford directly attributable to legal highs, but
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Players' player Cunningham helps fire Field to treble
WEST Yorkshire League treble-winners Field held their annual presentation evening, with Dan Cunningham, Darryl Leach and Jimmy Penn winning the top awards.Cunningham scooped the players' player of the year trophy at their end-of-season bash, with Leach
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Eid celebrations give Mutual League pause for thought
THE Bradford Mutual Sunday School League have a problem with their fixtures on Saturday, July 18.The matches coincide with the end of Ramadan and the subsequent breaking of the fast celebrations. With over two-thirds of the league's players being Muslim
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LEGAL HIGHS: Drugs problem has got worse in Bradford, say police
SENIOR West Yorkshire Police officers are keen to put proposed new legislation, to criminalise legal highs, into practice, as they struggle to keep the lid on the problem through other means. Police chiefs admit that the problem has got significantly
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Tea update: Yorkshire in charge on rain-hit day
YORKSHIRE have taken three wickets during a weather-interrupted opening afternoon against Nottinghamshire at Headingley, leaving the visitors in trouble at 139-7 from 41.5 overs. Jack Brooks had Samit Patel and Will Gidman lbw in the early stages
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No hurt for Stirk as he wins British title
DANNY 'The Hurt' Stirk won the vacant Budo British bantamweight mixed martial arts title in just 47 seconds. The Keighley fighter landed a body kick, dropping his opponent, and followed up with a 'ground and pound' to advance his record to 5-0.
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Dog marked pub spot
SIR – For several years, I was a history researcher at the Telegraph & Argus and researched old architecture in Bradford for a series called Look Up. One piece of architecture I found was the dog on a plinth in Northgate, Bradford. It was there
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Women made the choice to travel to Syria
SIR – If three mature women in their thirties have, of their own volition, elected to take their children and live in a country which better complies with their faith and ethics, then that is their prerogative. Even if our western society, from
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POLICE PURSUIT: Man charged with dangerous driving after Bradford chase
A 34-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with dangerous driving and no insurance after a police pursuit in Bradford. The black Ford Focus was stopped by officers in Kings Road at between 6.30pm and 7pm yesterday. This followed the vehicle being spotted
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Religion kills - is this God's image?
SIR – 500 years ago, Europe entered into a religious war. We know this now as The Reformation. The advent of Protestantism and the ensuing conflict of religions resulted in the death of one in three of the population of Europe. A catastrophe somewhat
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Decision to close railway line was not Beeching’s
SIR – I refer to your Remember When? feature on Wednesday, June 17, relating to a special event celebrating the history of Thornton. In the text, mention was made of Thornton station closing “when the Beeching cuts were implemented”. In fact
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Population is real problem
SIR – I see the Pope has put out an Address, calling on people to stop their selfish ways to save the planet. A pity he did not add that, given that every environmental problem on Earth is exacerbated by runaway population growth, it would help
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Thank you NHS for saving my life
SIR – The NHS. How many letters of complaint? Yet there must be hundreds of patients like me who have been extremely well served and are now living healthily. We are not the people who naturally take the trouble to voice our gratitude. Only complainants
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Make cold calling an offence
SIR – Considering all the rubbish talked about in Parliament, you have to wonder when action over the vexed question of nuisance phone calls might ever be considered. PPI inquiries, sales calls, charity donations are but a few that many have to
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Thousands raised for charity as model aircraft enthusiasts complete 24-hour flying challenge
DOZENS of model aircraft enthusiasts battled the elements to continuously fly their aircraft above Harden Moor for 24 hours. The record-breaking flying marathon in aid of a children's hospice is expected to have raised £2,500 to £3,000 for a children's
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Fun project gets people growing for healthier diets
“Gardening is a great leveller. It does not matter what background you are from - your carrots may turn out to be the best in Bradford.” Jane Robinson talks passionately about the pastime that is helping to improve the health of people from across
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Tea update: Gale and Leaning restore Yorkshire order
ANDREW Gale and Jack Leaning shared an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 112 inside 29 overs to help Yorkshire gain a position of strength in reply to 224 during today’s afternoon session against Nottinghamshire. The visitors enjoyed the best of
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Enforcement message on legal highs
THE issue of legal highs is one that has been in the headlines of late with legislation being brought in to make their sale illegal. But many of us have little knowledge of the potential impact of these substances, which currently can be bought
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VIDEO: Veterans' groups gather in Bradford to mark Armed Forces Week
VETERANS' groups gathered outside City Hall today to mark the start of Armed Forces Week. Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Joanne Dodds, raised a flag in Centenary Square as the City Hall clock struck 11am. Rev Canon Sam Corley, chaplain
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UPDATE: Second legal bid to adjourn Afghan airliner crash inquest being heard in Bradford fails
A LEGAL bid to adjourn the inquest of three British men who died when an airliner crashed into an Afghan mountain has failed for a second time in Bradford today. LATEST: FAMILIES OF MEN KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN AIR CRASH PUSH FOR MORE ANSWERS AFTER
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UPDATE: Religiously-aggravated graffiti daubed at Bradford mosque condemned as 'reprehensible'
RELIGIOUSLY-aggravated graffiti daubed at a Bradford mosque has been condemned by councillors as reprehensible. A message reading Shia Kafir, which claims Shias are unbelievers, was daubed across the entrance to the Hussainia Islamic Mission, All
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Man killed by train at Pudsey is identified as 55-year-old Bradford man
A MAN killed by a train at New Pudsey railway station has been identified as a 55-year-old man from Thackley. British Transport Police officers were called to the station at just after 3pm on Friday, June 19. Now the man has been identified
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No travel sickness for Wyke under-15s
WYKE under-15s are enjoying their away days.After victories at Dewsbury and Bradford Dudley Hill, they made it three away wins in quick succession with a 23-18 success at Oulton Raiders.Cameron Scott put the visitors ahead with a fourth-minute try when
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A few hairy moments but Adams assured of medal in European Games
NICOLA Adams has the wind in her sails after breezing past Bulgarian Stoyka Petrova to book her place in the semi-finals of the women's flyweight competition at the European Games in Baku. Bradford-trained Adams admits the near-constant 40mph winds
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UPDATE: Road closed after lorry overturns in Keighley bridge strike
A ROAD on the edge of Keighley town centre remained closed to traffic shortly before 10am today after a skip wagon turned over. The accident happened some time before 9am at the bottom of Park Lane, under the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
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Live daily news blog - Monday, June 22
5:47pm That's all from our live blog today. Join us again tomorrow for more of the latest breaking stories from Bradford. 5:30pm TRAFFIC: One lane of the M62 is closed and there
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Leeds Road, Thornbury, closed after pedestrian seriously injured in crash
A PEDESTRIAN has suffered serious head injuries in a collision with a car in Bradford today. Police said the incident involved a grey Audi A3 and happened at about 3.30pm on Leeds Road, Thornbury. The road was subsequently closed. The road was
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Finch has acquired a taste for success with Yorkshire
AARON Finch has revealed his pride at Yorkshire’s LV= County Championship title success last summer – and now he wants to be involved in more four-day glory this year.The Australian batsman was expected to make his first Championship appearance of 2015
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Failure to reach play-offs hit Bantams talisman Davies for six
ANDREW Davies admits he still feels City could have achieved more last season.City’s defensive lynchpin is in talks over a new contract as he heads into what he believes will be the best years of his career.But there is still that niggling feeling of
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Lowes gives Bradford Bulls players both barrels after another below-par display
JIMMY Lowes saw the Bulls claim a 16th straight Championship victory and then admitted: “We were terrible.” It needed four tries in the final quarter of the match to see off the feisty challenge of Workington, who hit back from 16-0 down to make
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Match report: To put it bluntly, Lowes swears Bradford Bulls must sharpen up their act
Workington Town 16 Bradford Bulls 38 JIMMY Lowes hit the nail on the head. “We were terrible today – terrible – and I’m really p****d off to be honest,” said the Bulls coach. Lowes is as honest and blunt as they come and he made no attempt
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Tennis club outlines ambitious £90,000 expansion plan
A TENNIS club with just 60 members has outlined an ambitious £90,000 expansion plan for an all-year-round facility for schools and the community. Beckfoot and Bingley Tennis Club has put in a bid to Sport England for a grant of just over £60,000
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New crime-fighting tool used to tackle two repeat offenders from Bradford
A NEWLY introduced crime-fighting tool has been used to tackle the illegal activities of two repeat offenders from Bradford.Criminal Behaviour Orders were introduced late last year, and work in a similar way to anti-social behaviour orders. They are given
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Hangman's box used by Bradford-born executioner is focal point of new exhibition
A HANGMAN'S box, used by Bradford-born executioner Albert Pierrepoint, is the focal point of the latest exhibition at the Bradford Police Museum. The box, which contains the executioner's paraphernalia including rope, noose, restraints and cap,
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Parents of premature baby show appreciation to hospital by donating 300 items to neonatal unit
SIX MONTHS ago little Daisy Presto was clinging to life after being born 11 weeks early and weighing less than a bag of sugar. She came into the world on New Year's Eve after her mother, Sarah, had to have an emergency caesarian section because
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Residents in Bradford street speak of their terror after major fire
RESIDENTS in a Bradford street have spoken of their terror as a major fire forced them to flee from their homes. Fierce flames from the blaze, which swept through the former tram sheds on Leeds Road, Thornbury, on Friday night, threatened to spread
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LEGAL HIGHS: T&A probe uncovers huge rise in 'legal highs' use in Bradford
CHILDREN as young as 12 in Bradford are in danger of being hooked on new killer drugs, dubbed 'legal highs'. The Government has announced legislation to make New Psychoactive Substances illegal. And police and doctors in Bradford say it is not
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Eight sixth-form students become first to complete housing management taster course
EIGHT sixth-form students have become the first to complete a new taster course for a career in housing management.The students at Tong High School all took and passed a special housing qualification alongside their A-levels, thanks to a partnership between
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Bradford hospice to get £3,400 after solicitors win care costs from cancer patient's former employer
A HOSPICE in Bradford will get £3,400 after solicitors won care costs from a former employer of one of its patients. Michael Bannister, of Horton Bank Top, died of the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma. He had worked at Associated Weavers Ltd
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Controversial Saltaire tree felling decision to be debated at Council meeting
A CONTROVERSIAL decision to fell an avenue of trees along Saltaire's main thoroughfare will be debated at a Council meeting this week. The 32 mature trees in Victoria Road, planted in the 1950s, were chopped down at the start of the year as part
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Artist raised in Bradford picks up major prize
AN ARTIST who grew up in Bradford has picked up one of the art world's leading prizes.Alister Colley, 38, was awarded the title of Best Selling Published Artist 2015 at the Fine Art Trade Guild Awards.He follows in the footsteps of previous winners Jack
