News from across the Yeadon district from the Telegraph and Argus

Remembrance services across the Bradford district this weekend

11:59am Friday 9th November 2012

Brave servicemen and women who lost their lives in conflict will be remembered in the Bradford district as Remembrance Day services take place on Sunday.

Mother's shock as memorial plaque for her son stolen in Cleckheaton

9:40am Thursday 23rd June 2011

A mother whose soldier son was killed by a roadside bomb six years ago has spoken of her shock at the desecration of a war memorial where he is honoured.

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Joy as missing dog is found

10:22am Thursday 2nd September 2010

A two-year-old girl “squealed for joy” after builders found her family’s rare-breed pet dog which is believed to have been stolen.

Medal for soldier's relatives

1:12pm Friday 4th December 2009

Relatives of a Bradford soldier killed in Iraq received a medal from the Duke of Edinburgh.

Parents seek funds for school

12:28pm Tuesday 17th November 2009

A new parents group has been formed to take on the fight for a new secondary school for Birkenshaw, Birstall, Gomersal and East Bierley. The BBG Parents’ Alliance consists of parents from the communities who were angered when Kirklees Council chose not to pursue a new secondary school in their areas as part of its Building Schools for the Future programme.

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VIDEO: Hope you're chuffed with your present!

3:35pm Friday 3rd July 2009

What do you get the man who has everything? Farmer Richard Bamford was on the right track when he bought a £10,000 locomotive for his dad’s 60th birthday.

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Children in running to save school

8:45am Wednesday 1st July 2009

These children highlighted a plea to save their school when they dressed in slogan-emblazoned T-shirts for sports day.

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Campaign to save ‘lifeblood’ school

1:30pm Sunday 14th June 2009

Residents are fighting for the survival of their community which they say would be threatened by the closure of the its only school.

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Campaigners take school fight to streets

9:40am Monday 19th January 2009

Parents and schoolchildren held a march to campaign for a secondary school in Birkenshaw.

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