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Monica Leyburn
Monica Leyburn is your community correspondent for Thackley. She can be contacted on 01274 593266

Arson attack traps mum and son in blazing home

An officer stands outside the home in Blenheim Place, Thackley, where the midnight blaze took hold at the door which has been left blackened

7:00am Saturday 6th February 2010

Police are hunting arsonists who trapped a mother and her young son in a burning home.

Woman and child trapped in house blaze

Police outside the fire damaged house

8:58am Friday 5th February 2010

A woman and a five year old boy were trapped upstairs in their home while their front door was on fire in the early hours of this morning.

Thackley man goes free after case dropped

10:07am Thursday 4th February 2010

A man accused of causing grievous bodily harm to a woman walked free from court “without a stain” on his character after the prosecution offered no evidence.

A snapshot of district history

Martyn Sutcliffe

5:43pm Wednesday 27th January 2010

An architecture student has highlighted some of Bradford district’s hidden and forgotten buildings in a series of striking photographs.

Students go into the Dragons' Den

Eleven of the Year Eight pupils who are launching their own business enterprise at Immanuel College in Bradford

9:55am Thursday 10th December 2009

Hundreds of students at a Bradford school were among the first to take part in a day of special workshops to help them come up with enterprising ideas.

Recreation field talks are held

9:39am Thursday 15th October 2009

People power has won a temporary reprieve for a recreation ground used by children’s sports teams which could be turned into a grazing meadow for horses.

‘Don’t rob children of their play area’

Campaigners (from left) Richard Paley, Bill Craven, Councillor David Ward and Alvin Blossom

6:03pm Tuesday 13th October 2009

Recreation ground used for generations by children has been fenced off for horses

Thackley students' site visit

Immanuel College students at the site

9:34am Wednesday 30th September 2009

Students in Thackley, Bradford, are benefiting from site visits to a nearby housing development as part of their course.

Lifetime pet ban quashed

Alan Littlewood

6:25pm Friday 25th September 2009

A dog sanctuary owner, who failed to seek treatment for a sick border collie in his care, wept with relief as a lifetime ban on keeping animals was lifted at an appeal at Bradford Crown Court.

Thackley skydiver helps pet hospital

James Funnell

9:12am Wednesday 22nd July 2009

A Bradford man has raised £1,200 by skydiving to help sick and injured pets.

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Delighted to see the back of Brandon. He added little, if anything, to the team on the few occasions he played, often holding onto the ball for too long before making a pass he could have made moments earlier - thus enabling the opposition to get more men behind the ball. − fansince1956,

Brandon leaves Bantams »

After believing our fitness levels were up after the Wigan game, the team looked knackered 20 minutes from the end, walking around puffing and putting their hands on their heads. I still wonder whether the team is still not fit enough generally yet, or did the Wigan fightback take too much out of us? − BrisBull, B-I-W

Dumb rugby has left us winded – Godwin »

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