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Man jailed for mugging 80-year-old woman in Keighley street
A 25-year-old man has been jailed for three years for mugging an 80-year-old woman in the street. Morten Markey dragged Jean Bottomley over and left her laying on the ground when he tried to seize her bag. The pensioner was attacked
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Sacked University of Bradford technician committed 'foolish' fraud
A former university laboratory technician fraudulently obtained a £2,600 piece of equipment in an act of revenge for being dismissed, a court heard. Bradford Crown Court was told today that Mark Fellows, 44, ordered a welding machine from a company which
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Bradford Park Avenue to test new Liversedge duo
A Legends XI graced Clayborn on Sunday in a charity match but tomorrow night it will be the turn of Bradford Park Avenue to visit in what should be more of a pre-season workout for Liversedge. It will be the first proper game for Sedge’s new management
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Heaton Primary School pupils get limousine reward
More than 300 children who recorded full attendance at school over a full term this year have cruised around their neighbourhoods in a limousine as a reward. Half-hour trips were given to groups of children at Heaton Primary School, in Bradford. Pupils
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Prostitute stole from male drivers in Thornton Road red light area of Bradford
A prostitute, who helped police in the murder inquiry following the deaths of three working girls in the city, stole from male drivers passing through Bradford’s red light district, a court heard. Katherine McConnell, 31, who made a police statement
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Yorkshire chairman Graves rules out drastic cuts
Yorkshire chairman Colin Graves admits the county will this week consider cost savings but are not about to make “swingeing cuts”. After hugely disappointing attendances for last week’s second Test between ‘hosts’ Pakistan and Australia at
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Opinion is split on Bingley store plan
Business leaders and traders in Bingley have given a mixed reaction to plans by Sainsbury’s to open a new multi-million pound town centre store. As revealed in the Telegraph & Argus, the retailer has bought the former Bradford & Bingley headquarters
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VIDEO: New police pups earn their stripes
With their big black eyes, wet noses and soft fur Riga and Rex are as adorable as most eight-week old puppies. But the two German shepherds will lead a very different lifestyle to your average dog, working hard to provide vital support to police
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Carlton Bolling College pupils growing greens on allotment
Gardening is fast becoming a leading past-time of pupils at Carlton Bolling College. An allotment has opened in the grounds of the secondary school, in Undercliffe Lane, Bradford, thanks to £20,000 in Government funding clinched by Inspired
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Braziliant victory for Gentleman!
Bingley teenager Greg Gentleman struck gold at the World Union of Karate-Do Federations Championship for Children, Cadets and Juniors in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The 16-year-old Bingley Grammar School pupil led the Karate England 15 to 17-year-old team to
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Taylor weighs up good and bad of Bradford City tour
So now it’s starting to feel a bit more real. With the tour of the south-east done and dusted, City are back home and counting down to the first-day visit to Shrewsbury a week on Saturday. There are still two friendlies to go but one is at Rochdale,
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Bradford City midfielder O'Brien heading for home
‘Homesick’ James O’Brien has left City to return to Ireland. The 19-year-old midfielder is going back to Dublin to sign for Eircom League leaders St Patrick’s Athletic. O’Brien finalised the details of the move after returning from City’s tour of the
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Relay good effort by Bradford swimmers
Bradford Grammar School’s combined Year Five and Six girls freestyle relay team finished 12th in the National Schools finals at Sheffield’s Ponds Forge. Rebecca Ashurst, Jessica Manning, Lucy Nevin, Ellie Rayner and Isobel Wellings were competing against
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Pupils come to the rescue of pet shelter
Youngsters at Cottingley Village Primary School have been collecting donations of bedding and cat food for a Bradford animal shelter. The pupils decided to make Cat Rescue in Allerton their class charity and were visited by Brenda Satterley, who has
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Monday, July 26, 2010
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Allerton: rear extension, 18 Hornbeam Close, Sandy Lane. . Bolton: construction of two-storey extension to rear of dwelling, 31 Grasmere Road. Bolton: variation of conditions
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Sing out in marathon session
Singers are invited to Saltaire United Reformed Church for a marathon sing-a-long over the Bank Holiday weekend. Church member Valerie Jenkins will lead the singing of 1,021 hymns in the Complete Mission Praise hymn book. The singing session will be
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Bradford & Bingley’s stay at summit a short one
Bradford & Bingley barely had time to acclimatise to reaching the DIVISION ONE summit before they were brought crashing down to earth by Bradford League championship dark-horses Cleckheaton. Just 24 hours after taking over as the third different leader
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Bingley dancer lands Disneyland role
A dancer from Bingley has landed the part of Snow White at Disneyland in Paris. Stacey Lewis, 21, a former Thornton Grammar School pupil, was among 500 performers who auditioned for a dance role in the theme park’s parade in London earlier this month
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Pupils have a ball at fun day
Year six pupils at Sandy Lane Primary School in Allerton, Bradford, organised some fun in the sun for the rest of the school to mark the end of the academic year. The youngsters designed and created their own games for an enterprise day, which was enjoyed
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Former Clarets favourites out in force
Steeton are hoping to better last season’s bumper crowd of 400 when they host a Vintage Clarets XI in a pre-season friendly at their Summerhill Lane ground on Sunday, August 15 (3pm). Former Burnley professionals, including Andy Payton, Ashley Hoskin
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Big brother is still beter than me, says Brownlee
Jonny Brownlee insisted there has been no power shift in triathlon’s foremost family despite his silver medal in London at the weekend and brother Alistair’s dramatic collapse. Alistair went into the race as the hot favourite having won all six of the
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Fromer fagley woman celebrates 104th birthday
One of the district’s oldest residents celebrated her 104th birthday with a visit from Bradford’s first citizen. A party was thrown in Beatrice Mitchell’s honour at Elmhurst Residential Home in Undercliffe. It was attended by the Lord Mayor of Bradford
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McGuinness memorial match
Odsal Sedbergh and Wyke amateur rugby league clubs have organised a fun day to raise money for the family of Eddie McGuinness, who was tragically killed in a road traffic accident in March, 2009 at the age of 43. The Pennine League clubs will stage the
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Deputy head says farewell after 20 years
Staff and pupils at Blakehill Primary School have said goodbye to deputy head teacher Lynn Wright after 20 years service. Mrs Wright, 59, of Baildon, has taken retirement to spend more time with her children and grandson, and to satisfy her wanderlust
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Helping to get Peru back on its feet
An Ilkley aid worker is hoping to set Peruvian families up in business after their homes and livelihoods were washed away in devastating floods six months ago. Leander Hollings (pictured) is appealing for £14,000 to establish a training centre so residents
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Pace sign £300m deal to take over US company
Digital technology group Pace plc has today announced a £300m deal to buy a leading US residential broadband systems provider that supplies some of North America's leading telephone companies such as AT&T. The cash deal will make Saltaire-based
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'China deals could soften school blow'
Getting a foothold in China ahead of its rivals will soften the blow of the decision to axe or defer the UK school building programme. The Shipley-based Robinson Design Group has seen 25 per cent of its business affected by Education Secretary Michael
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Ward to have a hand in enterprise future
New Bradford MP David Ward is set to play a key role in shaping the future of enterprise policy in the district following the coalition government’s decision to abolish Yorkshire Forward, the regional development agency. Mr Ward, who won the new
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T&A's Chris Holland receives top award
T&A business reporter Chris Holland has been named Yorkshire Business Journalist of the Year in the O2 regional media awards. The judges described him as a ‘one man business news machine’ who provides readers with the crucial stories in a lively and
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Work to start on £4m eco-friendly enterprise centre
Construction is set to start on a £4 million eco-friendly enterprise centre in Eccleshill, Bradford. Work is scheduled to begin in January on the community hub after Newlands Community Association was given permission to press ahead with the scheme
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Driver's shock as Bingley road gives way
Police were called to a Bingley street after the road surface collapsed – leaving a 20ft-deep hole in the ground. And one resident revealed how one of the wheels of her car started sinking through the road surfacing before it gave way and the hole developed
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Young volunteers 'to change lives'
A special volunteering scheme which aims to give young people a life-changing experience has recruited 17 new people in Bradford. The nationwide programme Vtalent Year wants to help up to 30 young volunteers in the district over a two-year period. Bradford
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Cabinet's meeting in Bradford costs revealed
The Government spent £3,000 on hiring the venue and a coach to and from Leeds railway station when it held its cabinet meeting in Bradford last month, figures reveal. The cabinet travelled to Bradford for its first meeting outside Whitehall since the
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Campaigners to press Minister on Sty Lane new homes plan
A campaign group battling controversial plans for 475 new homes on green fields will press a Government Minister to back their fight. MP Greg Clark will visit campaigners from Greenhill Action Group (GAG) which is fighting plans for the homes
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Bantams boss Taylor considering reinforcements to front line
Peter Taylor may have to delve back into the transfer market to boost City’s injury-hit frontline. Both James Hanson and Leon Osborne are set to miss the Shrewsbury opener on August 7. With Omar Daley also unavailable, Taylor admitted
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Help us to handle cat crisis, says Wharfe Valley cat charity
An animal charity overwhelmed with mistreated and abandoned pets says it is facing the “worst cat crisis in living memory of volunteers”. The Wharfe Valley branch of Cats Protection says it is full after helping to rescue 30 animals from a
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Animals ‘in danger’ from poison food after raid on Bradford barn
Feed stolen from a Bradford barn could damage the health of animals because it contains rat poison, its concerned owners have warned. Pensioners Maureen and Michael Adamson were hoping to spend their retirement tending the land in Queensbury
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New bid for cross-city Bradford railway link
A campaign to revive an ambitious proposal to built a cross-city rail link in Bradford has been officially launched. A document called “A Case for Cross Rail” has been posted to Bradford councillors, rail associations, rail companies and rail groups
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Is scheme right to reach for the sky?
ill the proposed 38-storey Citygate tower block at the bottom of Manchester Road, back on again after being mothballed for two years, make a positive difference to Bradford? Or will it be the biggest white elephant since the opening of Wardley
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Taxes are too simple
SIR – As OAPs hounded under PAYE, my wife and I are in favour of the latest plan by the Government to simplify the tax system, even though it involves the creation of yet another new quango, despite the Tories’ pledge to get rid of them. However, in
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Monday, July 26, 2010
25 years ago: A Bradford train driver missed death by inches when an iron booby trap smashed into his cab. 50 years ago: Bradford Corporation received confirmation from the Ministry of Housing and Local Government of its compulsory purchase order for
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Pets come with lots of obligations
The situation one local animal charity finds itself in today is, sadly, an all too familiar story. The branch of Cats Protection says it has been inundated with mistreated and abandoned pets, with volunteers unable to recall a worse crisis. Sadly it
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Runners were great
SIR – I would like to say a huge thank-you to the 248 runners from across the UK, who took part in this year’s Virgin London Marathon and raised an amazing £515,000 for The Children’s Trust. This is a fantastic result and a wonderful conclusion to the
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Ignore the ignorance
SIR – The Vatican’s recent ruling, prohibiting members of the Roman Catholic Church from participating in activities promoting the ordination of women as priests/bishops seems a terrible error of judgement. I have not read the “official” Vatican publication
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Review clarification
SIR – With regard your article covering the concierge service at Brunswick House (T&A, July 22), I feel the headline ‘We won’t get rid of security staff’ is rather misleading, as it could imply we would never make any changes. As we outlined in our
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Jail too good for him
SIR – The fact that Peter Sutcliffe is still capable of attracting media attention is a ghastly and shameful reminder that he should have been hanged, and as a former grave digger, he could have carried out one good last deed. Justice was absent, and
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Better ways to bridge the gap
SIR – A new bridge across Manchester Road (T&A, July 15)? Is that to replace the present bridge that is hardly ever used, or will there be another white elephant that only councillors and community leaders use on a photo opportunity? The idea of building
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Younger Brownlee runs into limelight
Alistair Brownlee’s winning run in the World Championship Series came to an end in dramatic fashion in London yesterday. The 22-year-old from Horsforth - a former pupil at Bradford Grammar School - was in the leading trio heading into the
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Tidy up before leaving
SIR – Before Yorkshire Forward finally bows out, I would like to see it made to replace the gutterings, drainpipes and canopies removed from the former Odeon building and to remove the ensuing mess of grass, weeds and algae this act created. Then it
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Putt off by coverage
SIR – Is the Beeb trying to compete with Sky Sports? In four days, it devoted at least 50 hours to the 139th Open Championship from the old course at St Andrews in Fife, including two uninterrupted eleven-hour programmes. Is this a ‘fair
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Subtitle nonsense
SIR – Are any of your readers very or profoundly deaf? And do any of them watch television and try to make sense of the sound by using the subtitles? I say ‘try’ because I am rather deaf, and try to use them. I find that, except on closely-scripted
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No natural means
SIR – It does not matter how you try to dress it up, or how many times you try to convince the public that hunting foxes with dogs is okay, it is never going to work, as the argument is always flawed in one way or another. Let us take the latest attempt
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Isn’t it time to turn the lights out?
SIR – Why, may I ask, that after almost two years, the blue lights on the trees outside Bingley Arts Centre are still being lit up night after night? They were put up for the opening of the new market square and were to stay on for the winter. Why, when
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Rooftop oasis is a mystery
Do people still take their lunchbreaks high above Market Street, in ‘the hanging gardens of Bradford’, part of Arndale House? This picture, from the T&A archives, was taken on August 15, 1974, but there is no evidence from newspapers around that date
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Eric is drawing on memories of mill
Five years ago, Eric Dean brought out a volume of reminiscences and poems called Laikin Around Brat’ford, partly to acknowledge the life of his mother Alice, who worked at Lister’s Mill from the age of 12, until 1936. He was born in the shadow of it
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Fair voting with PR
SIR – Re “Clegg’s unfair rules” ( Letters, July 14), Brian Holmans disagrees that the alternative vote could be fairer than our present system. This is based on his opinion of how people vote and who he thinks they would choose as an alternative or
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Money matters
SIR – We are told by our Prime Minister that we must all take the ‘financial pain’. Dave Cameron is worth millions – I hope he scrapes along okay. Prince William, now in the Forces, does not want to live in the barracks, but at a private address, costing
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Times have changed
SIR – Although not a golfer myself, the Open Championship from St Andrews was very enjoyable and relaxing on TV. As a youth in Scotland, we watched the open at Royal Troon in Ayrshire by going in at the Aberdeen Gate. A 200-yard paddle along the beach
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Clash isn't such a bit hit
Clash Of The Titans (Cert 12, 101 mins, Warner Home Video). Starring Sam Worthington, Gemma Arterton, Mads Mikkelsen, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Pete Postlethwaite, Vincent Regan, Polly Walker, Alexa Davalos. ** This is a lazy update of the much-loved
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Reader Jury
Lonestar – Party Heard Around The World (Time Life) **** I’m not a country and western fan. So when I was given this album to review, I had misgivings from the start. My misgivings were soon quashed, however. There were no steel guitars or drawling
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Therapy offers second chance
Gabriel’s Angel by Mark A Radcliffe Bluemoose Books, £7.99 Kevin Duffy, an enterprising Hebden Bridge publisher, has brought out six novels under his Bluemoose Books imprint since 2005; a seventh, King Crow, by Bradford-based writer and artist Michael
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Escaping the harsh realities of Mumbai
James A Levine – The Blue Notebook (Phoenix, £7.99) *** Batuk is a 15-year-old prostitute who works for a harsh boss in Mumbai. Batuk’s only release from the horror of her life is a notebook, in which she reflects on the events of her life and
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St Hilaire blasts 'unacceptable performances' in loss to Hull KR
Lee St Hilaire hit out at the Bulls’ underperformers following their tenth consecutive defeat. Bradford’s acting head coach admitted the effort put in by several players was unacceptable during a 49-24 reversal at Hull KR. The result put the tenth-placed
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Trade in Harden near Bingley affected by culvert works
Restoration work on a culvert near the historic Ireland Bridge has stalled, causing problems for residents and traders. Business owners in Harden, near Bingley, had already seen their trade fall while strengthening work was carried out on the
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My Peru trek is for my mum, says soldier from Wibsey
A Bradford army commando is planning to trek the Inca Trail to raise money for a cancer charity in memory his mother who lost her life to the disease. Captain Mick Key grew up in Wibsey and is currently serving at RMB Chivenor in North Devon
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Sabrina’s hoping to prove an inpiration to Bradford youngsters
Sabrina Norfolk’s own difficult childhood has inspired her to want to help others. The 18-year-old (pictured), from Woodside, Bradford, was taken into care aged 11, was bullied at school and had to cope with her father being badly injured at
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Probe into blaze at community centre
An investigation was under way today into the cause of a blaze at a community centre in Holme Wood, Bradford. The fire, which broke out at around 6pm on Saturday, saw flames tear through the roof of Pit Hill Community Environment Centre, in Holme Lane
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Hapless Bulls stuck in a no-win situation
Hull KR 49 Bradford Bulls 24 Not since the dark days of near-extinction have Bradford hit such depths. Defeat at Hull KR was the tenth straight, ensuring the current run of wretched form a place in the history books. Not since the ill-fated 1963-
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Bradford City thankful Evans is firing on all cylinders
Chelmsford 0 Bradford City 3 With tambourines banging and hands clapping in rhythm, the gospel choir’s barbeque in the neighbouring field to Melbourne Park made for an unusual backdrop. You don’t expect to hear Songs of Praise drifting in the air at
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T&A launches campaign to keep the EDL hate march out of our city
Today the Telegraph & Argus is launching a campaign to keep hatred and violence off the streets of our beloved city. We are asking T&A readers to join us in persuading the Home Secretary to stop a planned demonstration (like the one pictured
