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December 2009
  • Pupils at Skipton’s Water Street School acted as guides to former students who were invited back to chat about their school days. Pupils invited those who attended the school in the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s to a special coffee morning.
  • Village gardener and healthy food champion Steve Thorpe gave awards to winners in the Haworth in Bloom. Lilian Evans, of Belle Isle Road, won the garden of the year, Njoy hair stylists, the business section and Amy Thorpe the tallest sunflower.
  • Hundreds of special stars made City Hall’s Christmas tree dazzle as people remembered absent loved ones or said ‘thank you’ to those who had made a difference during the year. A record number of Christmas Stars were hung for the Lord Mayor's Appeal.
  • A plaque has been made in honour of Polish airman Antoni Ulicki who fought in the longest air battle in the Second World War, and whose remains were only located 23 years after he died, following a campaign in the Telegraph & Argus.
  • Folk and fishing came together for a lively charity fundraising event in an Otley town centre. The big name who had been hooked at the Kirkgate Arcade was folk singer, comedian and broadcaster Mike Harding, who signed copies of his new fishing book.
  • Children across Central and Eastern Europe will have a brighter Christmas thanks to the efforts of pupils from Keelham Primary School. They are helping the Rotary Shoebox Scheme, which sends out toys, toiletries and household goods to those in need.
  • The young ones shone at a five-a-side soccer tournament at Zara Sports Centre at Belle Vue Girls’ School. Year Four Five and Six pupils were competing, and the competition was won by Lidget Green, who beat Heaton 4-0 in the final.
  • Anything you can sing, I can sing better - that’s what Bradford City’s goalkeeper Simon Eastwood and defender Luke O’Brien seem to be saying. They will be among the players and staff at a carol service at Bradford Cathedral tomorrow night.
  • A Shipley Scout pack has called on the community to help it buy a disused church building to use as its base. Membership of the 1st Shipley (Windhill) Scouts dwindled to a dozen six years ago, but now stands at more than 100.
  • Anyone still devoid of a festive glow could hardly have failed to embrace the Christmas spirit in a Bradford village this weekend. Everything you needed was available at the fifth annual Clayton Dickensian Market.
  • Telegraph & Argus readers are being asked to give a gift and raise a smile for children with cancer this Christmas. Colin Nesbitt’s Little Heroes Cancer Trust has started its Holiday Toydrive appeal and needs festive shoppers to help.
  • Shop owners Caroline Spellman and Rebecca Clark proudly show off their prestigious elite fashion industry award after being voted the Kidswear Retailer of the Year at an awards ceremony in London.
  • Adults with learning difficulties at Springfield Community Gardens helped to create ten life-size figures made of willow for Bradford Cathedral’s nativity.
  • More than 100 impoverished children around the world will be receiving toys, toothbrushes and educational equipment thanks to Cullingworth Primary School pupils. The children have collected 160 boxes for the Samaritan’s Purse Children’s Shoebox Appe
  • A voluntary organisation which won an accolade in the Bradford’s Best Community Awards is appealing for more members. Worth Valley Community First Responders, who won the Best Community Group award are appealing for others to join their ranks.
  • A Bradford man has adorned his house with scores of Christmas lights to raise money for charity. Peter Downes, 41, of All Alone Road, Idle, has raised £3,000 for Bradford’s Marie Curie Hospice over the past two years with his festive decorations.
  • A Bradford primary school is the third most improved in the entire country, according to the latest exam results for 11-year-olds. Progress made by pupils taking Key Stage 2 SATs at Princeville Primary School has been ranked the best in Yorkshire.
  • A team of young people held a fundraising family day to boost their volunteering expedition to Cuba. Ten Bradford teenagers leave for a disadvantaged area of the South American country on Sunday to help at a school and children's hospital.
  • Staff and pupils at an Ilkley primary school are celebrating after receiving another excellent report from Ofsted inspectors. All Saints Primary School, which was judged as outstanding two years ago, has improved even more say inspectors.

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