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Hello Pali friends,
The good point to start exploring the meanings of this word is the
article by Bhikkhu Bodhi:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... ay_43.html
There's also a useful article by Peter Harvey:
by Damien Keown:
by Ven. Hsing-kong:
and the appropriate article in the Pali-English dictionary
Another prerequisite for understanding of the fine points is the
diagram of dependent co-arising:
My understanding is as follows:
1. Firstly, 'sa"nkhara' is one of the 'khandha' which is sometimes
also called 'cetanaa' or 'kamma', - "volition".
"And what are fabrications? These six classes of intention — intention with regard to form, intention with regard to sound, intention with regard to smell, intention with regard to taste, intention with regard to tactile sensation, intention with regard to ideas: these are called fabrications. From the origination of contact comes the origination of fabrications. From the cessation of contact comes the cessation of fabrications. And just this noble eightfold path is the path of practice leading to the cessation of fabrications...
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
The definition in Khajjaniya sutta:
"Ki~nca, bhikkhave, sa"nkhaare vadetha? Sa"nkhatamabhisa"nkharontiiti kho, bhikkhave, tasmaa 'sa"nkhaaraa'ti vuccati. Ki~nca sa"nkhatamabhisa"nkharonti? Ruupa.m ruupattaaya sa"nkhatamabhisa"nkharonti, vedana.m vedanattaaya sa"nkhatamabhisa"nkharonti, sa~n~na.m sa~n~nattaaya sa"nkhatamabhisa"nkharonti, sa"nkhaare sa"nkhaarattaaya sa"nkhatamabhisa"nkharonti, vi~n~naa.na.m vi~n~naa.nattaaya sa"nkhatamabhisa"nkharonti. Sa"nkhatamabhisa"nkharontiiti kho, bhikkhave, tasmaa 'sa"nkhaaraa'ti vuccati.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
supports the understanding of saṅkhāra-khandha as volitional constructing process.
2. 'Saṅkhāra' is a second nidana (link) in the twelve-link formulation
of conditioned arising, - intention, as described in Cetana sutta:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
Bhumija sutta throws an additional light:
"When there is a body, pleasure & pain arise internally with bodily intention as the cause; or when there is speech, pleasure & pain arise internally with verbal intention as the cause; or when there is intellect, pleasure & pain arise internally with intellectual intention as the cause.
"From ignorance as a requisite condition, then either of one's own accord one fabricates bodily fabrication on account of which that pleasure & pain arise internally, or because of others one fabricates bodily fabrication on account of which that pleasure & pain arise internally. Either alert one fabricates bodily fabrication on account of which that pleasure & pain arise internally, or unalert one fabricates bodily fabrication on account of which that pleasure & pain arise internally. (Similarly with verbal & intellectual fabrications.)
"Now, ignorance is bound up in these things. From the remainderless fading & cessation of that very ignorance, there no longer exists [the sense of] the body on account of which that pleasure & pain internally arise. There no longer exists the speech... the intellect on account of which that pleasure & pain internally arise. There no longer exists the field, the site, the dimension, or the issue on account of which that pleasure & pain internally arise."
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
"And what is bright kamma with bright ripening? Here someone produces a (kammic) bodily process not (bound up) with affliction, he produces a (kammic) verbal process not (bound up) with affliction, he produces a (kammic) mental process not (bound up) with affliction.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .nymo.html
Parileyyaka sutta explains how avijja conditions saṅkhara:
"Well then — knowing in what way, seeing in what way, does one without delay put an end to the effluents? There is the case where an uninstructed, run-of-the-mill person — who has no regard for noble ones, is not well-versed or disciplined in their Dhamma; who has no regard for men of integrity, is not well-versed or disciplined in their Dhamma — assumes form to be the self. That assumption is a fabrication."
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
As stated clearly in Vibhanga .135 :
Kaayasa~ncetanaa kaayasa"nkhaaro, vaciisa~ncetanaa vaciisa"nkhaaro, manosa~ncetanaa cittasa"nkhaaro. Ime vuccanti "avijjaapaccayaa sa"nkhaaraa".
The Vibhanga passage covers as well a 'meritorious, demeritorious, imperturbable' classification:
Tattha katamo pu~n~naabhisa"nkhaaro? Kusalaa cetanaa kaamaavacaraa ruupaavacaraa daanamayaa siilamayaa bhaavanaamayaa– aya.m vuccati "pu~n~naabhisa"nkhaaro".
Tattha katamo apu~n~naabhisa"nkhaaro? Akusalaa cetanaa kaamaavacaraa– aya.m vuccati "apu~n~naabhisa"nkhaaro".
Tattha katamo aane~njaabhisa"nkhaaro? Kusalaa cetanaa aruupaavacaraa– aya.m vuccati "aane~njaabhisa"nkhaaro".
where again 'saṅkhāra' is explained as 'cetanaa', "volition".
3. Third, it is the three types of constructing processes,
'kaaya-saṅkhāra', 'citta-saṅkhāra" and "vaci-saṅkhāra", as described in Culavedalla sutta:
"Katamo panaayye, kaayasa"nkhaaro, katamo vaciisa"nkhaaro, katamo cittasa"nkhaaro"ti?
"Assaasapassaasaa kho, aavuso visaakha, kaayasa"nkhaaro, vitakkavicaaraa vaciisa"nkhaaro, sa~n~naa ca vedanaa ca cittasa"nkhaaro"ti.
"Kasmaa panaayye, assaasapassaasaa kaayasa"nkhaaro, kasmaa vitakkavicaaraa vaciisa"nkhaaro, kasmaa sa~n~naa ca vedanaa ca cittasa"nkhaaro"ti?
"Assaasapassaasaa kho, aavuso visaakha, kaayikaa ete dhammaa kaayappa.tibaddhaa, tasmaa assaasapassaasaa kaayasa"nkhaaro. pubbe kho, aavuso visaakha, vitakketvaa vicaaretvaa pacchaa vaaca.m bhindati, tasmaa vitakkavicaaraa vaciisa"nkhaaro. sa~n~naa ca vedanaa ca cetasikaa ete dhammaa cittappa.tibaddhaa, tasmaa sa~n~naa ca vedanaa ca cittasa"nkhaaro"ti.
"Now, lady, what are fabrications?"
"These three fabrications, friend Visakha: bodily fabrications, verbal fabrications, & mental fabrications."
"But what are bodily fabrications? What are verbal fabrications? What are mental fabrications?"
"In-&-out breaths are bodily fabrications. Directed thought & evaluation are verbal fabrications. Perceptions & feelings are mental fabrications."
"But why are in-&-out breaths bodily fabrications? Why are directed thought & evaluation verbal fabrications? Why are perceptions & feelings mental fabrications?"
"In-&-out breaths are bodily; these are things tied up with the body. That's why in-&-out breaths are bodily fabrications. Having first directed one's thoughts and made an evaluation, one then breaks out into speech. That's why directed thought & evaluation are verbal fabrications. Perceptions & feelings are mental; these are things tied up with the mind. That's why perceptions & feelings are mental fabrications."
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
'San'khaara' here means a process which constructs. For example, vitakka
and vicaara, reasoning and examination, are the processes which
construct or 'prepare' speech - 'vaci-saṅkhāra'.
4. Fourth, "saṅkhārā" can generally mean "saṅkhāta", i.e. all
constructed phenomena.
''Sabbe saṅkhārā aniccā''ti saṅkhātadhammā ñātadhammā tulitadhammā tīritadhammā vibhūtadhammā vibhāvitadhammā.
Culaniddesa, Mya: 34
'Saṅkhāta' is the past participle ('constructed') of the verb 'saṅkharoti'.
Metta, Dmytro


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STUDENTS in Yate and Chipping Sodbury are celebrating record results in their A-levels this morning.
Brimsham Green School in Yate has bettered its performance last year with a 98 per cent pass rate overall and a 100 per cent pass rate in 29 of the 32 subjects taken. At least 80 per cent of students secured a place at their first or second choice university.
Head teacher Kim Garland said: "I am really delighted that the hard work of students and staff has resulted in so many students making excellent progress and gaining the qualifications they deserve.
"Our parents have been really supportive and students have worked really hard. I think when you get that combination it really pays off."
Ben Fudge was the highest-performing student at the school with four A*s, which have secured him a place at Oxford to study engineering.
Coben Skuse, 18, achieved 2 A*s in biology and maths and an A in chemistry, winning him his first choice place at Leeds University where he will study medicine with a view to becoming a doctor.
"I am in shock and disbelief that I have done so well," said Coben. "I worked really hard so I'm really happy it has paid off in the end."
With two As in economics and sport and two Bs in biology and English language, Abbie Fox, 18, has won one of only five places to study respiratory physiology at the University of the West of England (UWE).
"My main aim was to get on a course which I could immediately get a job from at the end," she said. "I am really relieved.
"I was shaking when I went online this morning to see if I got my place at university."
Her boyfriend Michael Beecham, also 18, already had an apprenticeship confirmed with engineering firm Laing O'Rourke and his A* in biology, A in DT product design, C in chemistry and distinction star in sport means the company will pay for him to study civil engineering at UWE.
"I have been thinking about today all the time," he said. "You doubt yourself but it has all turned out okay in the end."
Yate International Academy has welcomed a huge improvement on last year's results when no student gained an A* or A at A-level. This year, however, 22 per cent of sixth form students received top grades and 18-year-old Ellie Wood has become the academy's first ever student to win a place at Cambridge University.
Ellie gained an A* in geography and two As in French and maths to secure her place on the distinguished university's French and Spanish course.
"Just getting an offer was surprising," she told the Gazette. "I felt really sick this morning but I got the grades I needed.
"I have no idea what I want to do yet other than spend some time living abroad in the future."
Her dad Steve, visibly moved by his daughter's results, said: "I am absolutely gobsmacked.
"Ellie deserves it for the work she put in. She has always been talented and never gave up.
"We are not an academic family and she came here when the school was on its knees but the help and support she has had here has been fantastic.
"It has been a very emotional morning."
The academy, which caused a furore among parents last year when some academic A-levels were taken off the curriculum in favour of more vocational courses, recorded a 100 per cent pass rate from grade A* to E with 55 per cent of students achieving A* to B grades, a 40 per cent improvement on 2013.
Principal Roger Gilbert said: "It is a huge improvement on last year and I put that down to good teaching, hard working students and supportive parents.
"We knew that the potential was there with this cohort of students and this year has been about ensuring that potential was realised. The proof is in the results."
Chipping Sodbury School has also seen a record-breaking year for the second consecutive year.
The school saw 33 per cent of students achieve grades A* to B and 19 per cent A* or A.
Several students gained straight As with Robert Quested achieving two A*s and an A meaning he will study history at Kings College, London, Tresta Mansfield receiving two A*s, an A and a B to read natural sciences at University College, London, Angus Braithwaite with two A*s and an A who will go on to study material sciences at Oxford, Declan Hillier who with two A*s and an A will read politics and international relations at the University of Warwick, Jason Blue who received two A*s and a n A to read chemical engineering at Manchester University, Lucy Kay who with an A* and two As with study chemistry at Bristol University and David Cann who achieved three As and a B and will study film at UWE.
Head teacher Gareth Millington said, "We wish all our wonderful sixth formers well in their future endeavours. Well done to them all."
Winterbourne International Academy has celebrated some of the best ever A and AS-level results in its history.
At A-level, 51 per cent of all grades were at A* to B, a rise on the 2013 figure, with over three quarters of the grades at C or above.
Over 70 per cent of students achieved A* to B in subjects including applied business, economics, mathematics, further mathematics, philosophy and technology.
Top performers included Kapil Argawal with four As, Anya Appou with three A*s, an A and a B, Philip Sequeiros-Peggs who received three A*s and an A, Yan Zhang with one A*, two As and a B, Louise Chandler who achieved one A* and two As and Zoe Johnson, Kim Grosvenor and Anastasia Oates who were all awarded three As.
Sixteen-year-old Xinyu Shen gained an A* in A-level mathematics two years ahead of schedule.
Students have won places on courses including medicine at Imperial College, London, music at Southampton, biomedical sciences at Queens Belfast, mathematics at Bristol, economics at Kent and forensic computing at Portsmouth.
Principal Rob Evans said: "We are enormously proud of this year's post-16 results - a testament of our student's dedication and hard work together with the first class support of their teachers.
"These results will again enable our students to access high quality courses at some of the UK's most prestigious universities."
At AS-level, the academy saw more than 44 per cent of students achieve A or B grades.
The results follow successful International Baccalaureate marks in July.
Nationally the pass rate has fallen very slightly (0.1 per cent) for the first time in 30 years but there are still a record number of university places available.

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The Ukiah City Council will discuss next year's budget for the city's Community Services department at a special meeting Wednesday.
Scheduled at 5 p.m., an hour before the council's regularly scheduled meeting, the workshop will address the department's "budget considerations" for the upcoming fiscal year.
At a workshop this week, the council discussed its Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), which includes a "Special Projects Reserve Fund," that lists money for projects that hasn't been spent yet, such as $50,000 for the Todd Grove Picnic Area and $28,781 for the Vinewood Park Picnic Area.
"The public wants to know if those projects are ever going to materialize," asked resident Linda Sanders, and Mayor Doug Crane said it has yet "to be determined."
"In the past, the city has allocated funds for those projects," said City Manager Jane Chambers, explaining that the CIP is not up-to-date.
"The (projects) list is a bit stale," said Public Works Director Tim Eriksen. "Some of the questions (about the CIP) are do we want to keep the list populated? Does the council want to keep it updated?"
"It's a planning tool for day-to-day work as well, right?" Crane said, and Chambers said that "what we do day-to-day is what (staff and the council) talk about and what you approve."
Assistant City Manager Sage Sangiacomo described the CIP as a "rolling list," and that many of the items are placeholders.
"That's the purpose of a good CIP, to remind us of things that haven't been done," Chambers said. "My hope is to replace that list with a good CIP document.
"This is our first attempt to catalog everything we need to do, and if it occurs to you that we're missing something, we can add it," Chambers said. "This document does really need to become our budget document, (but) right now it's a placeholder."
The Community Services Workshop is scheduled for 5 p.m. in the council chambers at 300 Seminary Avenue.


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The Antiviral Therapy in Pregnant Women to Reduce Mother-to-infant Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus-drug Test
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Since the implementation of universal vaccination in 1984, the chronic HBV carier rate in our general population reduced from 15-20%, down to < 1% in the post-vaccination population. However, children born to HBeAg positive mothers still may be infected with HBV despite immunization. To further reducing the HBV infection in our people, strategies in reducing infection rate in this high risk group are mandatory. Previous small scale studies using lamivudine treatment in pregnant woman in the third trimester has proved effective in reducing children infection rate. The aims of the present study are to conduct a clinical trial in using Tenofovir (category B) to reduce mother-to-infant transmission, and to monitor the hepaitits B viral status and mother hepatitis occurrence. The clinical trials will screen cases of HBsAg positive pregnant women aged 20 to 40 years at gestational at 20-32 weeks. They will be tested for HBsAg and HBeAg. In whom both markers are positive, HBV viral load will be tested. An estimated 180 pregnant women with high HBV viral load (>10^8 copies/mL) will be recruited in the study; including 80-100 subjects treated with Tenofovir 300 mg daily starting from 30-32 weeks of gestation (3rd trimester) and continued to 1 month after delivery; and 80-100 pregnant women are enrolled as controls with no drug given to the mother. The newborn babies are given with HBIG within 24 hours after delivery, and HBV vaccines at 0, 1 and 6 months. Maternal complete blood count (CBC) data tested in the first prenatal examination will be recorded. Plasma AST、ALT levels and HBV DNA are tested before Tenofovir treatment, 1 month after treatment, at the time of delivery, and at 1, 2, 4 and 6 months after delivery. HBsAg、HBeAg、anti-HBs and AST、ALT are tested in the children at day 1, 6 moths and 1 year after birth. The primary outcome is reduction of the HBsAg carrier rate of the children at 6 months of age. The secondary outcome is HBsAg carrier rate of the children at 12 months of age, the change of liver function, HBeAg, and viral load in pregnant mother after treatment.
A follow-up study for investigating safety of mothers and children that has been exposed to maternal tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) during pregnancy in reducing mother-to-infant hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmissions is conducted. The follow-up study included mother-children pairs 2-4 years after delivery of the children.
|Hepatitis B Virus Infection, Pregnancy
|Drug: antiviral therapy
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|The Effectiveness and Feasibility of Using Antiviral Therapy in Pregnant Women to Reduce Mother-to-infant Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus-drug Test and Follow-up Study
- Child-HBsAg [ Time Frame: 6 months after delivery ]serum status of HBsAg of the infants at 6 months old( >180 days).
- Child HBsAg [ Time Frame: 12 months after birth ]Serum HBsAg positivity of the infants at 12 months old, to see whether this child indeed becomes a chronic carrier of HBV.
- Children growth parameters [ Time Frame: 0-5 years after birth ]body weight and length Z score according to age
- Children HBV status [ Time Frame: 0-5 years after birth ]HBsAg and anti-HBs positivity rates
- Children serum biochemistry [ Time Frame: 0-5 years after birth ]Rates of abnormal levels of serum ALT(U/L), creatinine (mg/dL) and calcium (mmol/L)
- Maternal HBeAg seroconversion rate [ Time Frame: delivery to 5 years after delivery ]Maternal HBeAg seroconversion rate, the time of HBeAg (+) to convert to HBeAg(-) after delivery
- Maternal ALT elevation [ Time Frame: delivery to 5 years after delivery ]The extent (folds of upper limit of normal, ULN) of ALT elevation and duration.
- Maternal HBV DNA [ Time Frame: delivery to 5 years after delivery ]Change of levels of HBV DNA (log IU/mL) from baseline
- Children bone growth [ Time Frame: 2-5 years after birth ]comparisons of BAP levels(U/L) and bone density (DEXA) between control and treatment group
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|January 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2018
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: The effectiveness and feasibility, using antiviral therapy
Experimental: Subjects receive tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) oral use prior to delivery in pregnant women with positive serum HBeAg and HBsAg and high HBV DNA levels > 10^8copies / mL, to reduce the rate of mother to infant transmission of HBV infection, and also to monitor the safety of the therapy.
Drug: antiviral therapy
100-120 pregnant women seropositive for both HBeAg and HBsAg and with hepatitis B viral DNA level > 10 8 copies/mL. Among them, 55-65 pregnant women will receive TDF therapy 300 mg once daily, starting from the gestational age 30-32 (the 3rd trimester) until 4 weeks after delivery of the neonate under informed consent. The total treatment duration will be 3-4 months. Another 45-55 pregnant women with the same serum HBAg and HBsAg and HBV DNA status will be enrolled as the control group with no TDF therapy ( An open-labeled study)
No Intervention: Control
Subjects receive no intervention, but with blood tests for mothers and infants before and after delivery, as a comparative group to experimental arm.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|20 Years to 40 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- pregnant women in 30 to 32 weeks of gestation, with positive HBsAg and HBeAg,serum viral load above 8log10 copies per mL
Exclusion Criteria:
- major systemic disease
- Pregnant woman with infection of human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis C virus
- Pregnant woman is receiving any drug with antiviral activity or any form of drug therapy for hepatitis B virus
- Pregnant woman whose ultrasonographic examination reveals congenital anomaly of the fetus
- Pregnant woman whose amniocentesis reveals any genetic abnormality
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01312012
|Contact: Mei-Hwei Chang, PhD
|886-02-23123456 ext 71723
|Contact: Huey-Ling Chen, PhD
|886-02-23123456 ext 71722
|National Taiwan University Hospital
|Taipei, Taiwan, 10002
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|Sub-Investigator: Chien Nan Lee, Doctor
|Principal Investigator:
|Mei-Hwei Chang, PhD
|National Taiwan University
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|National Taiwan University Hospital
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|NCT01312012 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|January 20, 2011
|Last Updated:
|December 13, 2016
Keywords provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:
hepatitis B virus,mother-infant transmission, nucleoside analog,pregnant women
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Virus Diseases
Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Hepatitis, Viral, Human
Enterovirus Infections
Picornaviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Hepadnaviridae Infections
DNA Virus Infections
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
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looks back at some of the stories that made the headlines in 2013.
January An athlete, a businessman and a pensions reformer – all from Keighley district – were among those recognised in the Queen's New Year Honours list. Steeton-born Paralympic archer Danielle Brown and Keighley motorcycle business boss Colin Appleyard received MBEs and Timothy Sands, also from Keighley, was awarded a CBE for his services to the reform of the NHS pension scheme.
Building work on the planned £30 million Worth Valley Shopping Centre in Keighley had been put back by six months, it was revealed. Property developers Stainsby Grange said it had taken longer than anticipated to complete purchases of all existing buildings on the five-acre site at East Parade. Demolition has since taken place to make way for the new complex, but construction of the shopping centre is still to begin.
High-speed broadband was made available to homes and businesses in Keighley for the first time. Communications company BT announced that more than 14,700 local households and firms were joining the high-speed revolution as engineers completed work on the investment. Keighley was following in the footsteps of other locations in the region, including Burley-in-Wharfedale, Bingley and Ilkley, where fibre broadband was already available.
A Facebook page set up to target Keighley criminals was temporarily removed for breaking the site's rules after page users threatened violent retaliation against suspects. The feature, called "Stop The Thieves In Keighley", on the popular social networking site attracted nearly 3,500 members before it was closed down. Some had called for vigilante-style action to combat offenders.
An amateur dramatics group was banned from advertising its shows in a town centre display window in a row about a piece of blue adhesive putty! Keighley Amateurs was ordered to 'exit stage left' after using the sticky stuff in the showcase area outside Boots in the Airedale Shopping Centre. The Amateurs' Louise Hindle-Barton said the group had used the display window for years to promote its forthcoming productions without any problems. But centre manager Steve Seymour said that despite being asked not to use the putty, the Amateurs had ignored the request and caused damage to the display board on several occasions.
A scheme supplying winter shelter to the homeless and helping them find permanent accommodation came to Keighley for the first time. The Inn Churches initiative, which had begun in Bradford four years earlier, ran a shelter at All Saints' Church in Highfield. The scheme caters for 12 homeless people at a time, referred via partner organisations in Bradford and Keighley. Between late November and mid-March, shelter is provided at a different church each week. Each person receives an evening meal, somewhere to sleep overnight and a hot breakfast.
Tributes poured in for four-year-old Riley Turner – a pupil at Worth Valley Primary School in Keighley – who died following an incident at his home in Harewood Road, Bracken Bank. Anwar Rosser, also of Harewood Road, was subsequently charged with murder and faces a trial in March.
Euphoric cycling groups, politicians and traders celebrated an announcement that the world's most famous cycle race would pass through the Keighley district. Tour de France officials revealed that Silsden, Keighley and the Worth Valley would all be on the route of the prestigious event when the Grand Depart arrives next summer. The race will come through this area as part of a 200km section between York and Sheffield on July 6, before the action moves to London and France.
February Keighley Town Council approved a hugely controversial inflation-busting 72.6 per cent increase to its precept following a passionate and at times heated debate. Council members voted 19-7 in favour of increasing their annual charge on Band B properties – the rating for most local homes – from £18.90 to £32.62 for 2013/14. During the meeting, the then Keighley mayor, Councillor George Metcalf, repeatedly asked members of the public to be quiet following interruptions from the gallery. Among those who strongly condemned the rise was Keighley MP Kris Hopkins, who later raised the issue in parliament.
Anger erupted at news Keighley would not now get its planned £15 million health and well-being centre. A new purpose-built complex was to be developed on the site of the existing Keighley Health Centre in Oakworth Road. The location was chosen after extensive public consultation, and Bradford Council pledged £1 million to the project. But NHS chiefs confirmed the scheme had been scrapped. Instead, there would be improvements to the current centre and more emphasis on "community-based support teams" to offer services in people's homes and prevent unplanned hospital visits.
The family of an epilepsy sufferer beaten so badly he could not walk for three days spoke of their "disgust" at youths who committed the callous crime. Peter Hutchinson, 50, was viciously attacked in Bradford Road, Keighley, after being hit in the face by a snowball. He was left badly bruised and lost all feeling in his right leg after a gang of five teenagers assaulted him. Condemning the perpetrators, his brother, John, said: "I think it's absolutely disgusting five young lads would set about someone who is disabled."
Campaigners welcomed a decision to save a Keighley waste recycling centre from closure. Sugden End tip at Cross Roads was earmarked to shut as part of sweeping Bradford Council cuts. But the authority's Labour leaders revealed the proposal had been shelved. Opponents of the closure hailed the U-turn as a "victory for common sense". The proposal sparked outrage among Worth Valley householders, who faced a trip across Keighley to use the Royd Ings Avenue recycling centre, and the Keighley News was inundated with letters.
Eight arrests were made in Keighley as part of a major police blitz on drugs and guns. A suspected cannabis factory was also uncovered during the fortnight-long crime crackdown, codenamed Operation Sabredale. A man was arrested in Bradford as part of the initiative, resulting from the previous seizure of two guns in Keighley. Police chiefs hailed the raids as a major success and "one of West Yorkshire's biggest operational seizures of drugs, firearms and offensive weapons".
Drama unfolded for a Cullingworth couple when the hero dad was forced to deliver his own baby daughter at home. Gareth Beck described the unexpected chance to bring little Poppy into the world, when partner Kerry Knowles went into labour, as "awesome". He was guided through the process by an Airedale Hospital midwife on the phone while paramedics tried to find the house. By the time they arrived at the New Clayton Terrace property, the proud dad had mother and baby propped up in bed!
A housing charity was bringing empty and derelict Keighley homes back into use for people who needed them most, it was revealed. Keyhouse had secured leases for 25 properties throughout the town, some of which had been empty for as long as 15 years. With Bradford district hit by rising housing waiting lists and stalled building projects, the charity believed the scheme was the perfect way to provide homes quickly and on affordable rents. Properties included some owned by landlords who could not afford to bring them up to a decent standard, or inherited buildings family members may not want to take on.
A Keighley restaurant boss accused a neighbouring taxi firm of ruining his business. Al Mirzaali, of Alfe's in Church Street, said his customers faced a parking nightmare due to Metro, based just a few doors away. He said people were always getting blocked in because the taxi drivers left their vehicles across the access. Metro owner Stuart Hastings acknowledged there was an issue with parking in the street, but that it wasn't of his firm's making. He said problems only arose after plans for a taxi business across the road were approved.
March Prime Minister David Cameron called on Keighley's community leaders to work with agencies to stamp out sexual grooming in the town. His exclusive comments were given to the Keighley News as shocking figures revealed about 70 young people in the district had been identified as being at potential risk from sexual exploitation. Also, police disclosed 54 suspects had been arrested in the previous five months alone. The revelation came a week after two child rapists, who travelled to Keighley to groom and snare their victims, were jailed for a total of 36 years.
Regulars at an Ingrow pub had their thirst for knowledge quenched with the launch of a new library service. Great Northern landlord Mickey Thompson was loaning books, CDs and DVDs to local residents, whether or not they were customers of the hostelry. He particularly wanted to help elderly residents of Kennedy House, a high-rise block on the opposite side of Halifax Road to the pub, after he learned that Bradford Council's mobile library had switched from weekly to fortnightly visits.
More than 1,000 people braved flurries of snow to take part in the biggest Keighley BigK 10k race yet. Organisers had expected high numbers, but forecasts of freezing temperatures and snow raised doubts over how many of those who signed up would show on the day. But fears were unfounded when enough people arrived in Victoria Park to make it the biggest run since the event had started four years earlier. Held every Mother's Day, the race raises money for Manorlands hospice at Oxenhope. Entry is now open for the 2014 event.
A Keighley pilot was killed after his plane crashed in flames in Florida. Steven Waller, 65, died – along with a friend and his friend's son – after the aircraft developed engine trouble. The plane's impact in a car park at Fort Lauderdale set about a dozen vehicles ablaze. Mr Waller, who was born at Keighley's former St John's Hospital, was a professional pilot and flew light aircraft for firms. He had tried to make an emergency landing shortly after take-off at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport when the crash happened.
Pop star Jessie J paid tribute to the bravery of a Keighley teenager with a rare medical condition. Teenager Amy Knowles inspired the star to have her hair shaved off during Comic Relief. Jessie later tweeted thousands of fans telling of Amy's heroism in undergoing dozens of operations and months of hospital stays. Amy had met the star 18 months earlier in a hospital visit arranged by the Wish Upon a Star charity, and during their two-hour chat she dared Jessie to shed her hair for charity.
A Wilsden woman visiting her mother's grave at Morton Cemetery was devastated to find it covered in a mountain of earth. The soil, dug up from a nearby newly-excavated plot, had flattened the flowers which she and her family had planted and dislodged the stone edging surround. Tracy Ingham, whose mother Yvonne McManus died in October 2011 aged 62, condemned Bradford Council's grave management policies as insensitive. The council said the grave would be returned to its previous condition once work to the adjacent burial plot was complete, and the earth mound was subsequently removed.
An urgent fraud alert was issued after it was revealed thieves had plundered cash from the bank account of a Keighley charity. Money had been stolen over a two-year period from Yorkshire Cat Rescue, formerly Haworth Cat Rescue. Police were alerted by Yorkshire Bank. As the shocking crime came to light, Phoenix Special School in Keighley told how thieves had also attempted to steal money from its appeal fund for a new minibus by trying to set up three standing orders, but its bank – NatWest – was suspicious and alerted the school.
Heavy snow brought chaos to the Keighley district. All schools – plus four in the South Craven area – were forced to shut as blizzard-like conditions made driving hazardous. Several planned events were cancelled due to the conditions. Two separate accidents led to the closure for several hours of the A629 Halifax Road between Cross Roads and Flappit Spring, and a number of lorries got stuck at Oxenhope. Transdev Keighley & District bus services were also affected by the weather.
April The Keighley News joined forces with Manorlands to launch a massive fundraising appeal after it was revealed that serious cash shortfalls had left the Oxenhope Sue Ryder hospice £300,000 in the red. It was disclosed that Manorlands needed more than £1 million in the next year just to maintain its vital services, and a further £200,000 to cover its entire operational costs. We asked kind-hearted readers to dig deep to smash the £1 million barrier, and so far the appeal has coined in an incredible £540,000-plus.
A campaign was launched to save Keighley's main post office from closure. Community leaders spoke out against the threat to the Towngate branch, next to the bus station. Union members, who picketed the premises after the shock announcement, began a petition. They claimed the closure would be a massive blow to the town. Post Office Ltd said it was reviewing the future of the loss-making branch, which included seeking a partner retailer, and has since announced plans to move the facility into Keighley's WH Smith store. The union has vowed to continue its campaign of opposition.
An early-morning explosion rocked an estate in Keighley. Residents told of their fear after they were woken at about 4.50am by a loud bang and a series of hissing noises. A fire had broken out in some roadworks in Bracken Bank Grove, sparked by a gas leak just under the road surface. Locals, who were without electric and gas as a result of the fire, told how the flames reached about 15 feet high and destroyed plastic fences surrounding the roadworks.
A teenager had a VIP meeting with her heroine -– after dislocating both knees trying to get an autograph! Katherine Dodds stumbled outside the Noel Coward Theatre in London's West End as crowds flocked to see the stars of the show. But it really was a case of no pain, no gain, as the following day, after attending hospital for her agonising injury, the youngster from Riddlesden was treated to a backstage rendezvous with the target of her signature hunt – Dame Judi Dench. "She was really lovely," said Katherine.
A Keighley town centre trader decided to shut up shop following a spate of burglaries. Abul Barkat, who had run Habeeb's Newsagent in High Street for 13 years, said he did not want to leave but had no choice. The shop had suffered four raids in six years, including two break-ins during November 2012. Mr Barkat estimated the crippling costs – including stolen stock, repairs and lost trade – came to at least £30,000. "I finally decided during the Easter holidays I'd have to close," he said.
Staff at Airedale Hospital claimed a new phone line – designed to cut down on ambulances being sent out to non-emergencies – was putting serious strain on the A&E department. Following a weekend when some patients faced waiting until the early hours of the morning for treatment, a member of staff said numbers arriving at the hospital had risen since the new 111 non-emergency phone line went active. The hospital apologised to patients for the long delays and said it would investigate. A Yorkshire Ambulance Service spokesman said that for a new service, NHS 111 was performing well.
A Keighley retail boss tackling the London Marathon said a bomb attack in Boston had hardened his resolve to complete the challenge. Peter Wowk said he shared people's horror at what happened in the Massachusetts state capital, when two explosions near the finish line of the city's marathon left three people dead – including an eight-year-old boy – and more than 150 injured. But Mr Wowk, managing director of outdoor clothing and equipment shop Speak's, vowed it would not deter him from taking part in such sporting events. He completed the London course and raised about £3,000 for Manorlands.
Hard work and enterprise on display at a Silsden manufacturing firm impressed a visiting government minister. MP Andrew Robathan, minister of state for the armed forces, was taken on a tour of Snugpak in Howden Road. The company supplies a range of items to the British military, and Mr Robathan is himself an ex-soldier who served in the Coldstream Guards and the SAS. He said: "I can see plenty of activity and people in employment who are producing what other people want. There's not much cotton made in Lancashire anymore, or wool in Yorkshire, but here I can see a lot of adaptation to changing circumstances."
May Taxi firms discriminating against disabled customers by charging them higher fares than other passengers should be taken to court, a leading campaign group demanded. People First Keighley and Craven said legal action was now needed following a disappointingly poor response to an original appeal for fair treatment. Lead campaigner Tom Walsh claimed some private hire firms continued to charge disabled passengers inflated prices compared to able-bodied customers, a year after Bradford Council ordered them to meet the requirements of disability discrimination laws. But taxi bosses refuted the allegations and argued that equal pricing had become common practice.
A courageous Keighley firefighter who died in the line of duty was remembered during a poignant ceremony at the town's fire station. At least 70 people attended the event in tribute to Jeff Naylor, 30 years to the day after he was fatally injured in a ferocious house fire in Keighley. The 31-year-old died in hospital ten weeks after the incident, in which he and his colleagues battled to rescue five trapped children. Following a minute's silence and a prayer reading, Mr Naylor's children – Jayne and Mark – unveiled a plaque on Keighley's fire engine, which was named Fireman Jeff Naylor.
New state-of-the-art accident and emergency facilities would be built at Airedale Hospital to cope with increased pressures on the service, it was revealed. The unit would be constructed on the site of the four-decade-old existing A&E, which would be demolished. Hospital bosses said the new department would be fit for the 21st century, with a better layout and full use of new technology. Demolition of the old A&E department has now taken place and construction of the new unit will start soon.
Dramatic scenes saw a Riddlesden woman risk her own life to dash into her smoke-filled home to rescue her dogs after the ground floor caught fire. Carol White managed to pull two of her three beloved canine companions out of the living room, as well as her pet parrot. But she was driven back by flames and had to wait for firefighters to bring out border collie Bodie. Fire crew members revived Bodie with oxygen following the incident, in Silverdale Avenue, but she later had to be put down due to her injuries.
Keighley's first ever business awards were a glittering success. About 160 people packed into Octagon Live at Sandbeds for the presentation ceremony. Awards were handed out in ten categories, recognising the outstanding achievements of firms and individuals. Star of the night was hat-trick hero Tom Appelbee, whose Fenetic Wellbeing firm scooped three top titles, including the coveted overall Business of the Year accolade. The event – organised by Keighley Town Centre Association in partnership with several leading companies and organisations, including the Keighley News – had originally been scheduled for March, but was postponed due to snow.
Figures showed that Keighley's controversial civic centre was more than £162,000 in the red. The massive funding shortfall was more than double the amount published just three months earlier, when town councillors approved the record 72.6 per cent hike in the council tax precept to help prop up the ailing project. Keighley Town Council, which runs the North Street building, again came under fierce fire for its handling of the centre.
Community leaders spoke of their horror after Class A drugs were discovered hidden in a children's toy close to Victoria Park in Lawkholme. They feared youngsters could have picked up the chocolate egg canister and swallowed the potentially fatal substance inside, which was wrapped in sweet papers. Concerns were expressed that other dealers could be stashing drugs around Keighley in similar containers. The egg-shaped plastic pot – containing 33 tiny wraps of a Class A drug – was found by police in a pile of litter during a 'day of action'.
Two prominent Keighley figures were formally invested in key civic roles. Councillor Sally Walker took on the office of the town's mayor, while Coun Khadim Hussain became the new Lord Mayor of Bradford. Coun Walker – whose daughter Claire McKeown, killed by a drunk driver in 2011, was an organ donor – chose to support NHS Blood and Transplant during her term in office. And Coun Husain announced his appeal would raise money for Bradford Disability Sports and Leisure.
June Some Keighley families had as little as £5 a week to spend on food, a church reported. The shocking revelation came as the town's Salvation Army spoke of a huge surge in demand for its services. Around 80 needy people – triple the number from a year ago – were visiting the High Street church each week to collect one-meal food parcels. In addition, the organisation was distributing between 30 and 40 parcels – each containing food for three days – to people referred from agencies. Keighley Salvation Army major Alison Gardner said soaring prices and cuts in benefits were severely hitting low-income households.
A consultation was launched into proposals to turn Haworth Primary School into an academy. Everyone connected to the school was invited to give their views on the plans. If Haworth Primary did become an academy, it would be accountable directly to the government and would work with an organisation called Focus Academy Trust, outside local authority control. The school's then deputy head, Helen Thompson, who is now headteacher, said she would not be commenting on the academy proposals at that stage.
Plans were unveiled for a major initiative aimed at dramatically slashing retail crime in Keighley town centre. Police, traders and Bradford Council were uniting to tackle shoplifting, purse-dipping, anti-social behaviour and drug-fuelled petty crime. And a major plank of the new scheme would be to create an 'exclusion zone' for the most persistent offenders. People suspected of stealing or causing trouble in one shop could be banned from every store that had signed up to the scheme. Other measures included extra police patrols and a crackdown on the fencing of stolen goods.
A Keighley mother reacted with joy to news the threatened children's heart surgery unit at Leeds General Infirmary had been saved. Andrea Steel said she was "chuffed to bits" with the decision by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt not to close the unit. And she declared NHS bosses and politicians would think twice before taking on Yorkshire parents again over the issue. Mrs Steel visited the Leeds unit many times as her son Ben received treatment for two heart conditions. Mr Hunt announced he had suspended plans to close several children's heart units across England.
Safety checks were carried out by experts after a four-year-old boy got his leg trapped under a roundabout in a Crossflatts play park. The incident happened during a supervised trip out with staff from a nearby nursery. The boy had been playing on the roundabout and somehow managed to wedge his leg right up to his knee under the piece of equipment. Firefighters used an electrical spreading device to free the boy, who was distressed but unhurt.
A £120 million scheme to build a 'clean energy' complex in Keighley – which would bring nearly 600 jobs to the town – was exclusively revealed by the Keighley News. Three plants for recycling waste would be constructed on the derelict former gas works site in Airedale Road, alongside the Aire Valley trunk road at Marley. The pioneering project would also include an education and visitor centre, plus a four-storey office building, parking and landscaping. A data storage centre and offices would be built on land in nearby Dalton Lane. Already-processed commercial and industrial waste would be brought to the plants, which together could be capable of producing virtually enough electricity to power the whole town. A planning application has now been submitted to Bradford Council.
Queen's Birthday Honours were bestowed on five people with Keighley district links. The MBE was awarded to Oxenhope retired solicitor Jeremy Mackrell, Glusburn woman Dr Kate Ward – a consultant in community paediatrics at Airedale Hospital – for services to child protection, and Nikki Heyes – originally from Utley – for services to the world of music. The British Empire Medal went to table tennis coach Hans Soova and Keighley woman Sheila Bamford, executive director of Horton Housing Association.
Campaigners voiced their support for a woman and her six-year-old daughter who were fighting deportation to Pakistan amid fears they could be killed for converting from Islam to Christianity. The pair, who had settled in Ingrow 18 months earlier, had seen two pleas for asylum rejected and been ordered to leave the UK. Ayesha Ali, who claimed there would be a serious threat of religious persecution in Pakistan, was planning a further claim on behalf of her daughter, Dua, in a desperate bid to remain in the country. Ayesha also feared her estranged husband could track them down if they returned to Pakistan.
July Keighley celebrated a £3.5 million lottery windfall to help restore the town's Cliffe Castle Park to its Victorian splendour. News of the huge grant was welcomed by campaigners and community leaders. Bradford Council, which submitted the bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund's 'Parks for People' pot, had also pledged an extra £1 million towards the ambitious project. By early 2015, the grounds will include a new iron palm house, cafe terrace and re-built animal pens. There will also be new glass houses, a vinery, redesigned garden and stage area, maze and a 'Dig for Victory' wartime-themed garden for use by school groups. Long-neglected Victorian features will be restored.
A household goods giant revealed it was planning to open a store in Keighley, creating more than 60 jobs. Dunelm Mill said it was seeking to move into the former AMF Bowling premises at Alston Retail Park. The £1 million-plus investment was hailed as another major boost for the town's economy. The new store would include a cafe.
Shock greeted news that Keighley's Drill Hall faced the axe as part of major planned changes to Britain's army reserve system. Defence Secretary Philip Hammond unveiled proposals in Parliament, which included recommendations to shut 38 reservist bases across the country – including Keighley Drill Hall, home to the Territorial Army. Keighley MP and former soldier Kris Hopkins said the decision was "deeply regrettable" but that sadly the number of recruits using the facilities had been dwindling for some time. A campaign has been launched to save the centre.
The Keighley News made the headlines itself when – for the first time in its 151-year history – the newspaper was printed in full colour. The landmark was celebrated in style, with the award-winning Goose Eye Brewery producing a special tipple – 'A Splash Of Colour – Headline Brews' – which was rolled out to nearly a dozen hostelries across the area. The re-launch also included the introduction of new eight-page leisure and entertainment guide, The Ticket. Two regular contributors showed their support for the new-look paper – master baker Mike Armstrong created a celebratory wheatsheaf loaf and Michelle Crowther, who earlier in the year had established a local branch of the Clandestine Cake Club, produced a mouthwatering cake.
People across the Keighley district shared the joy of a new royal arrival. The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a 8lb 6oz boy, sparking celebrations worldwide. Lord Mayor of Bradford, Keighley councillor Khadim Hussain, said it was great news which "has put a smile on everyone's faces" and MP Kris Hopkins said global interest in the birth showed the British monarchy remained as highly- regarded as ever. The new prince will share a birthday with eight babies born at Airedale Hospital that day.
The future of the popular Woodfest open air rock festival was thrown into doubt after drunken and rowdy behaviour at this year's event. Crisis talks were to be held by organisers of the Manorlands hospice fundraiser to decide whether it would go ahead next year. Volunteers at the event, held at Lees Moor, Cross Roads, were left devastated by the behaviour of a small number of festival-goers who ran riot in the camping area, starting fires and encouraging fights. About 20 people were ejected and two were later arrested.
A founder member of Keighley Town Council and an 'in Bloom' stalwart, Bob Horrell, died aged 73. Mr Horrell, who had lived in Keighley for 37 years, ran a model shop in Keighley with his wife Janet from 1976 to 2006. He was on the town council from its inception in 2002 for five years, serving on the general purposes committee and the allotments committee, chairing both during his term of office. For several years he had worked tirelessly for Keighley in Bloom.
A cat lover hit out after a moggie and her three kittens were dumped in a wash basket in sweltering conditions. The frightened felines were only discovered when someone noticed movement in the basket, which had cardboard taped across the top. "If they had been there just another hour or so they would have died," said Barbara Jagger, of Halifax Road in Keighley. The basket had been left on a wall near the front door of the terraced house.
August A traffic-choked Keighley main road could be transformed into a dual carriageway, it was revealed. The massive congestion-busting scheme for Hard Ings Road was among a package being put forward to the government. If given the green light, the multi-million pound project would end years of pressure for action. Hard Ings Road, part of the A650 through the town, is a notorious traffic bottleneck. The Keighley scheme – which also included improvements to the town centre, where a one-way system along Cavendish Street, East Parade and Hanover Street had already received £1.5 million of funding – was one of 12 district-wide being proposed by Bradford Council.
An investigation was launched after animal entrails spilled onto the streets of Denholme, just yards from a post office and bakery. Residents living in Main Road were greeted by the stench of waste parts and found the mess strewn across the street. Bradford Council sent officers to the scene to clean up the area and appealed for anyone who might have seen the spillage occur to come forward. One resident thought the entrails may have spilled over the side of a lorry without the driver knowing.
Keighley would be home to a groundbreaking centre of excellence – the first of its type in the country – designed to get young high-fliers into manufacturing and engineering, it was announced. The initiative would teach teenagers from 14 the skills to prepare them for future top jobs in the industry. The pioneering project, due to start in September next year, will involve the Leeds City College Keighley Campus, Oakbank School, Keighley, and Fab Lab, which teaches young people how to use cutting-edge technology.
A Keighley teacher and her classroom assistant who both gave birth to twins showed off their new arrivals. Teacher Eve Roche and teaching assistant Sharon Nelson, colleagues at Parkwood Primary School, discovered they were pregnant within days of each other and even started maternity leave the same day. Eve and her partner, Jakke Percy, welcomed a boy, Eddie, and girl, Heidi, while Sharon and her husband Chris welcomed non-identical twin girls, Skyla and Lola.
Members of the public were being recruited to provide emergency cover during firefighters' strikes, the Keighley News learned. Successful candidates would be trained in basic techniques before being expected to attend potentially major incidents, such as house fires and road accidents. People were also being hired on temporary contracts to drive appliances and operate pumps. As part of the plan, West Yorkshire brigade bosses wrote to former firefighters asking if they would return to help out. Among those who condemned the move was ex-Keighley firefighter Joe O'Keeffe, who feared lives could be put at risk. The brigade said the recruitment of temporary crews was among contingency plans being put in place.
Fears were voiced that Keighley Police Station's cells could be closed due to cost-cutting measures by the West Yorkshire force. Top brass confirmed they were reviewing custody facilities due to significant budget constraints. There were two custody suites in the district – at the Royd Ings Avenue station in Keighley and Bradford South. Despite opposition from some quarters, the Keighley facility was closed.
Keighley Gala organisers said the event had "turned the corner" following a successful procession. Hundreds of people lined the streets of the town centre to enjoy the welcome return of the parade, which had been scrapped in 2012. A new route was set and the event held on a Sunday for the first time. Gala bosses hailed the event a success.
A hotel, which had been run under temporary management since April following the sudden departure of the previous tenant, closed. Ten-bedroom Steeton Hall, owned by Punch Taverns, has subsequently been put up for sale. The historic Station Road building, which is Grade II listed, dates back to 1662. It was converted into a hotel and restaurant in 1983 and had become a popular wedding venue. The premises were also used as a base by several groups.
September Knives were found dumped at a Keighley beauty spot where young children play. The potentially deadly kitchen blades were discovered among other rubbish discarded at the site. Residents and councillors condemned the incident, which they said could have led to serious injury if a youngster had picked them up. The knives and other items – including shoes, wellington boots, cutlery, clothes, paint tins and cardboard boxes – were spotted by a villager out for a walk at Altar Lane, Long Lee. The discovery was reported to Bradford Council, and officers arrived to dispose of the items two days later.
A teenage wheelchair-user who had to struggle up and down 22 steps to get to and from her home regained her independence after being re-housed. Jemima Croft and her family were given a more suitable home by housing association Incommunities. Jemima, who has a condition called chronic idiopathic musculoskeletal pain syndrome and can only walk very short distances with the aid of crutches, had been unable to cope at the family's former property in Wardle Crescent. After battling for a ramp or alternative home without steps, the family was offered a bungalow in Coronation Way.
Children's lives were at risk on busy roads close to a building site, it was feared. Safety concerns were voiced about lorries using the plot, which is opposite a primary school. But Cross Green Developments, which was constructing 13 houses on the land in Station Road, Oakworth, said it took safety extremely seriously and would do everything possible to minimise any potential risks. Former teacher Martin Harwood claimed the area around the site was already hazardous due to the volume of traffic, without the extra vehicles from the site. He also claimed there had been no consultation with the public prior to work starting.
A Keighley charity that helps people kick drugs and alcohol reported its workload had rocketed by 75 per cent – and poverty in the town was cited as a major factor behind the upsurge. Increasing numbers of those seeking assistance were users of more than one substance, the charity revealed. Mike Cadger, chief executive of Project 6, said there was a distinct link between drug and booze problems and poverty. Around five years ago the award-winning charity, based in Temple Street, was dealing with 2,000 people annually. In the last year that figure had soared to about 3,500.
Keighley Show was hailed a success by organisers. Chairman William Mitchell – who had appealed for public support after the disappointment of 2012, when the event was cancelled due to the saturated state of the showground following the wettest summer for years – said: "There seemed to be a good number of people there. I was very pleased with how it went." Show secretary Katrina Thackray said she had received favourable feedback from the public, exhibitors and traders.
Tribute was paid to a Denholme teenager who died in an horrific crash. Jade Best, 19, of Clapham Street, who had recently been given the all-clear after cancer, was a back-seat passenger in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, which went out-of-control and ploughed into a hairdressing salon in Thornton. Her family said she had "a lovely outgoing personality that meant she embraced life to its fullest". Fellow villager, 27-year-old father-of-two Jonathan Adam Ruthven, of Longhouse Drive, who was driving the vehicle, also died, together with 32-year-old passenger Daniel Hague, from Thornton.
An Oakworth pensioner whose house was gutted in an arson attack issued a public "thank you" to everyone who helped her. Dorothy Lund voiced her heartfelt thanks to family and friends after moving back into her Harewood Crescent home. She wrote to the Keighley News to acknowledge the people who supported her during her seven months living in alternative accommodation. She had to move out of her home after an intruder set fire to her living room as he made off with a laptop, camera and gold watch. The ground floor was gutted and other rooms heavily smoke-damaged.
Cullingworth councillors and residents said they were horrified by plans to build more than 200 homes in the village. Commercial Estates Group revealed its revised proposals for the Manywells Industrial Estate during a public consultation. About 100 people attended the presentation to see what was earmarked for the 10.2-hectare site off Manywells Brow. They learned of the company's intention to provide about 230 homes and 15,000 sq ft of new commercial units. Village council chairman Coun Jacqui said it would equate to an increase in Cullingworth's housing stock of about 25 per cent.
October Keighley MP Kris Hopkins said he was relishing being part of the government after winning a key housing job in Prime Minister David Cameron's reshuffle. The former Worth Valley district councillor and Bradford Council leader was promoted to housing minister, with additional responsibilities including on-shore and off-shore wind farms.
An Oxenhope pensioner called on Bradford Council to install a lift in the historic Cliffe Castle Museum. Kate Lee said that at the very least there should be a chairlift to take elderly and disabled people to the first floor. She said she was amazed that the council passed up on the chance to improve disabled access during a recent 15-month, £570,000 refurbishment of the building. She claimed the oversight meant many visitors were forced to miss some of the most interesting, and nostalgic, exhibits at the museum. Bradford Council said that it had considered installing a lift, but because the first floor itself is not all on the same level, it would not have provided improved access for people with disabilities.
More than 470 incidents of fly-tipping on public land across Keighley district had been reported to the council in the past year, the Keighley News revealed. But only a tiny fraction – less than two per cent – led to investigations by the authority's environmental enforcement team. And there were just four successful prosecutions. It cost the taxpayers an estimated £44,000 to clean up the mess. Shocked community leaders condemned the culprits, saying they should face the full force of the law. The figures, obtained by the Keighley News through a Freedom of Information request, showed Keighley Central was a fly-tipping hotspot.
Action was demanded to open up an historic Keighley footpath that has been blocked for years. Campaigner Loraine Petyt claimed the Becks Road route was illegally blockaded. And she accused Bradford Council's rights of way department of doing nothing to resolve the issue. Miss Petyt, a driving instructor and keen historian, formally complained to the local authority about the lack of action. The council said the landowner had been asked to remove the blockage but as no response had been received, further action to open the path was being considered.
Prime Minister David Cameron – in a special message to Keighley News readers – outlined a major boost for the town's small businesses. In an open letter to the newspaper, he claimed a government National Insurance cut would help Keighley firms create jobs. And he welcomed the plans for a £120 million clean energy complex at Marley as evidence the town was "turning the corner" following the double-dip recession. The Keighley News was among just three newspapers across the country chosen by the Prime Minister to relay his message about the businesses boost because the town is considered to be a success story.
A South Craven social club said it supermarket booze. Representatives of Cross Hills Social Club, in Main Street, revealed the centre was in a dire financial situation because it could not compete with shops selling alcohol at discounted prices. Club treasurer Barry Reay, who had been employed at the club for 30 years, said changes in VAT over the years had crippled the pub and club trade. "Because supermarkets pay no VAT on food sales, this gives them a 'tax break', allowing them to subsidise the price of their alcoholic drinks," he said.
Precise details of the route the Tour de France Grand Depart would take through the district next July were confirmed when the official launch of the 2014 event took place in Paris. One of the organisers' most keenly-anticipated announcements was whether the route would include Haworth's steep, historic Main Street. And villagers were jubilant when they heard it would. Nikki Carroll, of Firths Boutique at the top of the street, said: "We're absolutely ecstatic Le Tour de France will be coming up Main Street, putting Haworth on the map yet again."
Keighley celebrated being awarded Fairtrade Town status. Jubilant campaigners said the accreditation was a tremendous boost for the town. A volunteer team, backed by Keighley Town Centre Association, had been working with businesses, schools and community groups for much of the year in order to meet the tough criteria. "We are over the moon to be granted the status," said association chairman Steve Seymour. "Many people look to buy Fairtrade products, and now, when they are seeking places to shop, they know they can come to Keighley to make their purchases. This could also provide a huge boost to trade."
November Plans were submitted for a new supermarket – creating and safeguarding more than 100 jobs. Aldi's plans for a store on land at Silsden were hailed as a major boost to the town's economy, with its primary catchment area including villages between Keighley and Skipton. Town and district councillors welcomed the project's capacity to create much-needed new employment while protecting existing jobs. A successful planning application could see up to 25 people employed at the 1,535 square metre store itself. Income from selling the site to Aldi would safeguard about 80 jobs at Silsden conveyor and transmission firm Habasit UK, allowing it to carry out modernisation.
Heartless thieves struck twice within days at Manorlands hospice, stealing stone slabs from a patio and treasured walkways. Palliative care manager at the Sue Ryder hospice, Lizzie Procter, said the callousness of the crime had left both staff and residents shocked and upset. Bradford Council Conservative Group leader Glen Miller, a Worth Valley councillor, called for any stonemasons offered such slabs under suspicious circumstances to alert the police.
A campaign was launched to save a Haworth public loo block from closure. Toilets in Central Park were earmarked to shut as part of Bradford Council's cost-cutting plans. Villagers and ward councillors criticised the proposal, and a petition was launched to save the facilities. There were demands to know why an older toilet block – in the village's Bronte museum car park – was being retained at the expense of the park facility. Coun Andrew Thornton, the council's executive member for environment, sport and sustainability, said the authority had to find ways of balancing the budget, and difficult decisions had to be made.
Keighley's biggest secondary school was awarded £16 million to replace its run-down buildings. Oakbank's new state-of-the-art facilities would be constructed at the site of the existing school in Oakworth Road. The scheme was approved as part of the government's Priority School Building Programme, which uses private funding. "We're delighted at the news – it's very exciting," said headteacher David Maxwell. He added that the new building would offer better facilities and more space, with improved ITC and sports provision. Tenders for the work will go out early in 2014, and the premises should be ready for students to move in by September 2016.
Two day care centres in Keighley were earmarked for closure as part of the swingeing council cuts, it was revealed. Holmewood in Fell Lane and the Oaks Resource Centre at Oakworth Road were both facing the axe. Bradford Council plans to shut all its social day care centres during the next three years as part of efforts to slash £14.7 million from the adults and community services budget. It would instead buy-in reduced levels of provision from the independent and voluntary sectors. Town mayor Councillor Sally Walker, a former nurse who has visited the Oaks in her civic role, voiced her fears.
More than 650 people packed into Keighley Shared Church for the Remembrance Sunday service. Town Hall Square was also full as hundreds of people gathered to pay tribute to those who died in both world wars and other conflicts. The crowd spilled over onto surrounding pavements as both veterans and serving soldiers marched into the square. Civic representatives, veterans and families of those currently serving in the armed forces were among many who laid wreaths on the war memorial.
Vandals who daubed dog mess on children's play equipment in Long Lee were branded "sick-minded" by a councillor. Steve Pullen described as "mind-boggling" the disgusting attack at the playground between Spring Avenue and Royd House Road. Coun Pullen, who represents Keighley East ward on Bradford Council, said he had never come across such an incident before. Council workers were immediately dispatched to clean the equipment, and wardens were drafted in to patrol the play area.
Former Selby MP John Grogan was chosen to stand as Labour candidate for Keighley at the next general election. Mr Grogan, 52, grew up and still lives in Burley-in-Wharfedale. His first political experience was delivering leaflets after school for Labour MP Bob Cryer in Keighley during the 1979 general election. From 1997 to 2010, he won the highly marginal seat of Selby three times, retaining it until the seat was abolished through boundary changes.
Hundreds of people packed into Keighley's Church Green for the town's Christmas lights switch-on. Helping to flick the switch was X Factor finalist Amelia Lily, who finished third in the 2011 series of the hit TV talent show. She also spent nearly an hour meeting and greeting fans at the Airedale Shopping Centre. Entertainment was provided throughout the day courtesy of Keighley Town Centre Association, the Airedale Centre and the Royal Arcade.
December Violent attacks against staff at Airedale Hospital have risen, it was revealed. Forty-nine incidents had taken place in the past year, with 27 resulting in injury. The total has now exceeded 140 during a three-year period. The shocking statistics were condemned by Keighley MP Kris Hopkins, who said perpetrators must face the full rigours of the law. Airedale NHS Foundation Trust has now set up a special staff support group to investigate reported incidents of physical or verbal abuse - by patients, carers or other members of the public.
Keighley's former county court building in North Street was sold. The disused property was bought by Addingham-based property developers Turner Developments, whose managing director James Turner said he was looking forward to being able to bring the premises – which date to 1831 – back into use. The building has been empty for about 18 months, and includes the main court room, offices and waiting rooms. "We would like to give the place a facelift, modernise it inside, then let it out either to an office occupier or retail," he said.
Ducks were dying needlessly at Keighley Tarn after being dumped by uncaring owners, a bird lover revealed. Dorothy Tennant claimed domesticated ducks were regularly left to fend for themselves at the beauty spot. She said Muscovy ducks were particularly at risk because they get run over while crossing Black Hill Lane to eat grass from the opposite verge. Mrs Tennant added that about half-a-dozen Muscovys were dumped each year, and within weeks all of them had been killed.
A wildlife charity put under the spotlight because it only spent seven per cent of its apparent income on helping animals held urgent talks with fundraisers aimed at improving its results. Accounts for Wildlife Rescue Sanctuaries, based in Keighley, showed it spent more than £220,000 of its income of £257,000 in 2012 on generating funds, which prompted concerns from the Charity Commission. Figures were explained by the way WRS had employed professional fundraisers to rattle tins on its behalf – fundraisers who then took a chunk of monies raised by way of fees and costs.
Keighley Cougars unveiled a £5 million plan to revamp their stadium. Ambitious blueprints were put forward by the town's rugby league club to redevelop its Cougar Park base. New state-of-the-art facilities would be opened up to the community as part of the project. A planning application for the first phase of the scheme – to rebuild the main stand – should be submitted to Bradford Council this month. Further work will then include the provision of modern changing rooms and redevelopment of the gym, education facilities and function suites. The initiative was welcomed by community leaders, who said it would provide a massive boost not just to the club but to the whole town.
A mum spoke exclusively to the Keighley News of her long battle to obtain a school place for her disabled daughter. April Birch had been fighting for months to get four-year-old Lauren, who has two genetic conditions, into primary school. Mrs Birch said her daughter was initially turned down by Laycock Primary because it didn't have disabled toilets but had now been told a place would be available. However it will be next April before Lauren, who is currently in a nursery, can move up.
Tribute was paid to a pillar of Keighley's community, who died aged 44 after a long struggle against cancer. Father-of-two Sajid Khan, who had a brain tumour, died at his Lawkholme home. He was heavily involved in Keighley Muslim Association and used to work as an education guidance officer at Keighley College. His body was taken to Pakistan, where his parents are buried.


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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Outfielder Ben Francisco, who signed with New York because he thought he had a better chance of landing a job with the injury-depleted Yankees than he did with the Indians, finds himself battling for playing time again now that the Yankees have acquired Brennan Boesch.
The right-handed-hitting Francisco, who went 0-for-3 in a split-squad game on Saturday night, and the left-handed-hitting Boesch, who made his debut with the Yankees in Tampa, Fla., on Saturday, could platoon in one of the corner-outfield positions, at least until Curtis Granderson (fractured right forearm) returns sometime after the first month.
"There are no guarantees for anyone," manager Joe Girardi said. "We'll continue to evaluate those guys as we move forward."
Francisco signed a Minor League contract with the Yankees after asking for and receiving his release from the Indians, where he felt his chances of making the team were limited.
"We felt we had better chance somewhere else," Francisco explained at the time.
Before Francisco signed with the Indians, the Yankees had wanted to bring him to camp as a non-roster invitee. Francisco chose Cleveland, but when the Indians signed Michael Bourn, his playing time dwindled.
But now that the Yankees have signed Boesch, who was cut this week by the Tigers, he finds himself in a somewhat similar situation.
"You'll probably see a lot of him [Francisco] in the next two weeks," Girardi said. "He's got an opportunity."
The 31-year-old Francisco has a .252 career average against left-handed pitching.
Francisco began the 2012 season in Toronto, but the Blue Jays traded him to Houston and the Astros shipped him to Tampa Bay. In addition, he missed 29 games with a strained hamstring.
"I just never really got my feet under me," he said.
Bob Bellone and Jim Hawkins are contributors to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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POLICE are carrying out extra patrols and have called for the public's help to catch a pervert who is targeting young girls in North Yorkshire villages.
A ten-year-old girl in Bedale was the first to suffer when a man in square glasses performed a sex act in front of her near a school on Benkhill Drove at 3.30pm yesterday.
Less than 24 hours later, in Catterick, he exposed himself to a young girl. On that occasion, he was driving a black Volkswagen Polo when he stopped beside her at 12.25pm today on Mowbray Road. He has black or dark hair.
Detective Inspector Shaun Page, of Northallerton CID, said: "Thankfully neither of the girls were physically hurt. However, they have quite naturally been left deeply upset by their experiences. "As the description of the suspect and his vehicle match closely, I believe that the same man is responsible for both incidents.
"If you have any information which could assist my inquiries, I urge you to contact the police straight away." Officers are making extra patrols in both villages to reassure the public.


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While I was cleaning the kitchen in preparation for getting it really messy cooking for Thanksgiving, I thought I'd post a few things that I had down and clean. *L* This cobalt vase was given to me as a gift about 15 years ago. It's very heavy and stands just under 20 inches tall. It may have been purchased new, but I don't know for certain. I love the form and the optical 'bowl' of it. It lives on top of the fridge, on top of the vetreria etrusca charger along with the pitcher, platter/charger and compote that I have also posted.


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EAST RUTHERFORD, N. J.—The New York Jets spent Thanksgiving night getting roasted.
By the second quarter, the Patriots led by 35 points. During one span of 56 seconds, the Jets surrendered 21 points. They kept making mistake after mistake, some of them comical.
The Jets' low point came in the second quarter, after quarterback Mark Sanchez and fullback Lex Hilliard missed a handoff exchange, and Sanchez decided to run. Sanchez slipped, collided with the backside of guard Brandon Moore, and fumbled. Patriots safety Steve Gregory picked up the loose ball and ran 32 yards for a touchdown. On the ensuing kickoff, Joe McKnight fumbled, and Julian Edelman returned it 22 yards for another Patriots touchdown.
It was all part of a debacle for the Jets, and an easy 49-19 victory for the Patriots. Here's what we learned:
1. The Jets (4-7) should not be taken seriously as a playoff contender. Their remaining schedule is not that difficult, but they don't seem capable of consistent football. Sanchez threw another red zone interception. The secondary blew assignments that left Patriots receivers wide open.
In the long run, it may be better for the Jets to implode. They need to make serious changes, and they're only fooling themselves if they think otherwise.
2. The Patriots (8-3) are on a mission for playoff seeding. New England has virtually wrapped up the AFC East. But the Patriots are still battling the Texans (10-1), the Ravens (8-2) and the Broncos (7-3) for playoff seeding. Having won five straight, the Patriots have built momentum for a strong finish, but they still have the Texans and 49ers (7-2-1) on their schedule. New England needs to keep winning to secure a first-round bye.
3. Tom Brady (18-of-28, 323 yards, 3 TD passes) remains on fire. Over the last five games, Brady has 14 touchdown passes without throwing an interception. He has been so good, for so long, but shows no sign of slowing down. That's a great sign for the Patriots. They reached the Super Bowl last season, and with Brady playing like this, they are capable of reaching another.


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The Company Theatre Announces Full 2013 Season Including CHICAGO and SPAMALOT
The award-winning Company Theatre announces their 2013 Theatre Season featuring the best in music, comedy and mystery.
Opening the exciting 2013 season is a national tour regional premiere of The Great American Trailer Park Musical, performing from February 13 through 17. "South Park" meets "Desperate Housewives" in this big hearted musical with a cheeky script and infectious musiC. White trash has never been so entertaining! This production is appropriate for adult audiences.
Get ready to paint the town and all that jazz with Chicago, performing from April 5 through April 28. This sharp edged satire with a dazzling score that inspired Bob Fosse's brilliant choreography was the winner of six Tony Awards, and the big screen version won an Oscar for Best Picture.
Silliness ascends to an art form with Company's regional premiere of Monty Python's Spamalot, performing July 26 through August 18. Rife with many of their trademark naughty bits, this comic musical tells the story of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Featuring a bevy of show girls, killer rabbits and rude French people, Spamalot comes equipped with madcap hijinks, medieval sight gags and hilarious production numbers.
For the fall season, the murder-mystery Deathtrap takes the stage from October 4 through Oct. 20. A writer whose recent plays have been flops is prepared to go to any length to improve his fortune. Deathtrap provides twists and turns and sudden shocks in such abundance that audiences will be held spellbound until the very last moment.
The 2013 Theatre Season wraps up with the joyous holiday classic A Christmas Carol, performing November 29 through December 22. This timeless Charles Dickens classic has become a South Shore tradition, with its charming storybook sets, ghostly special effects and joyous holiday music.
The Company Theatre also features a spectacular 2013 series of Special Events, featuring An Authors Night Discussing Writers, Gangsters, Killers & Thieves (January 11-12), Ronan Tynan (January 26), The Movin' Out Band's Tribute to Billy Joel (February 2), A Tribute to Peter, Paul & Mary (February 8), Jim Witter's The Music of Simon & Garfunkel (February 9), A Couple of Blaguards (February 23-24), Grease Sing-A-Long (March 2). Defending the Caveman (May 4), and Britishmania: A Tribute to The Beatles (May 18).
Tickets for all performances are now available. Theatrical performance tickets range from $24 to $36. Special events tickets range from $20 to $39. For a complete performance schedule, to order tickets, or for more information, call the box office at 781-871-2787, email email@example.com, or visit www.companytheatre.com . The Company Theatre Centre for the Arts box office, located at 30 Accord Park, Norwell, is open Monday to Friday from 11 am to 6 pm, and during all performances. Free parking is available on site, and the theatre is handicap accessible. For the latest information on programs and performances, please follow The Company Theatre Centre for the Arts on Facebook.
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The attacks on the civilian population in Paris have once again posed the question of how to respond to terrorism and of how to deal with its perpetrators. The attacks have focused attention on these issues in a way that similar recent attacks in Beirut, Baghdad, Istanbul, Egypt and Yemen have not, thus exposing the fragile and limited basis of global compassion. We do not know the names of the people who were killed in the other cities, largely because the Western press does not, generally speaking, name people killed other than in attacks in Europe and the United States.


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BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. - I did a piece yesterday about obvious mismanagement at the Broward County School Board, a lack of accountability at the highest levels of the relatively new administration, and some Chicago-borne cronyism that may be exacerbating the mess. You can watch it above.
There are serious issues in play here, but the superintendent and his transportation director are pushing it into the bizarre. First Supt. Robert Runcie claimed Wednesday that the school bus debacle that has affected thousands of parents and children was caused by "sabotage" from employees. He had few if any facts to back that up and the next day he was slammed by bus drivers and school board members for failure to take responsibility as a leader.
Now his transportation director Chester Tindall -- who has refused to speak on camera and has been absent at press conferences and board meetings on the matter -- is suddenly claiming in the Sun-Sentinel that he's afraid for his safety and has moved his family out of the state.
Do Runcie and Tindall realize that it's not about them? It's about kids and their parents trying to get them to school when the bus routing system has fallen into disarray. They are both trying to deflect blame for the problems they clearly have caused with their overhaul of the department. The only word that comes to mind is disgrace at this point.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The NHL has cancelled the 2013 Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium.
The league announced Friday the cancellation of one of its signature events. The NHL will schedule its next Winter Classic at the iconic stadium that seats more than 100,000 people.
In addition, the NHL said all Hockeytown Winter Festival events scheduled for Dec. 16-31 at Comerica Park in Detroit are cancelled.
"The cancellation was necessary because, given the absence of a Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NHL Players' Association and the NHL, the League was not in a position to do all that is necessary to adequately stage events of this magnitude," the league said in a news release.
There have been no labor negotiations since Oct. 18, when the players' union countered a league offer with three proposals. Those were all quickly rejected by the NHL. Since then, a league-imposed deadline to play a full season has passed, and the NHL cancelled all games through Nov. 30.
Detroit and Toronto, two of the league's Original Six teams, were going to play outdoors on Jan. 1 at the stadium known as the Big House. The league was hoping the matchup would break the world record for hockey attendance.
Michigan and Michigan State's hockey teams drew a record 104,173 fans in 2010.
Buffalo, Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia have all hosted the Winter Classic, but the crowd for a game at Michigan Stadium was expected to draw the league's largest crowd. The last Classic at Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Park drew 46,967, and the New York Rangers beat the host Flyers 3-2.
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AFTER losing seven-and-a-half stones in 10 months, Eddie Hope is just two thirds of the man he used to be.
The 55-year-old, of Stratton, weighed in at 21st 6lbs this time last year, but has managed to shed the pounds after joining Slimming World.
The father-of-two, who was in the RAF until 1993, was struggling with every day tasks when he joined the slimming group last February.
"I had a big dose of sensibility knocked into me. I couldn't walk upstairs properly or even do my shoes up. I woke up and thought 'I am 55, I'm not getting any younger and I am going to be checking out soon if I am not careful'," he said.
Eddie, who is a manager in telecommunications at Vodafone, joined the Stratton group of Slimming World, which his two daughters were already members of.
"They had been encouraging me for the last two years. I decided today is the day," he said.
"Having plucked up the courage to join the group I was met by the consultant, given an outline of the plan, my book, card and contact numbers and finally weighed.
"At the end of the first week I remember losing 6lbs but more importantly I felt alert and alive inside, I was not constantly tired or run down and this was after the first week, it was then that I thought this plan might actually work for me," he said.
Eddie ditched shop bought sandwiches, cakes biscuits and milky coffee drinks, which saved him £45 in the first week minus the £4.95 for Slimming World.
In later weeks, Eddie won several slimmer of the week awards as well as awards for weight loss. He was delighted in May, when he had lost 3st 6lbs, and he could sit in an aeroplane seat without having to use an extension seatbelt.
He put on 4lbs on on holiday but after he started using kettle bells the weight started dropping off again.
He has now joined a walking club and taken up running.
"Without a doubt the exercise regime has improved my weight loss, added to my general level of fitness and toned my body so that I have avoided any sagging skin," he said.
"I am completely hooked on the Slimming World plan as a life-changing mechanism to help me for the rest of my life to maintain a healthy weight.
"From the moment I joined I have had the full support of my slimming world consultant, Steve Ireland, who has always been so encouraging to me and all the members of the groups he runs."
Eddie has lost 102lbs, been slimmer of the week nine times, slimmer of the month three times, been awarded the seven stone award, won the man of the year for group and won the Miss Slinky of the year award for the group.
For more information on the weight loss classes visit www.slimmingworld.com


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Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. To Present At Deutsche Bank Leveraged Finance Conference
Sep 23, 2013, 16:30 ET from Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. (NYSE: APL) ("APL", "Atlas Pipeline", or the "Partnership") announced today that it will be participating in the upcoming Deutsche Bank Leveraged Finance Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona from September 30 to October 2, 2013. Partnership management will be giving a presentation and hosting meetings on Tuesday, October 1, 2013.
While the Deutsche Bank presentation is not being webcast live, interested parties can access the presentation materials prior to the day of the presentation in the Investor Relations section of Atlas Pipeline's website at http://www.atlaspipeline.com.
Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. (NYSE: APL) is active in the gathering and processing segments of the midstream natural gas industry. In Oklahoma, southern Kansas, Texas, and Tennessee, APL owns and operates 14 active gas processing plants, 18 gas treating facilities, as well as approximately 11,200 miles of active intrastate gas gathering pipeline. APL also has a 20% interest in West Texas LPG Pipeline Limited Partnership, which is operated by Chevron Corporation. For more information, visit the Partnership's website at www.atlaspipeline.com or contact email@example.com.
Atlas Energy, L.P. (NYSE: ATLS) is a master limited partnership which owns all of the general partner Class A units and incentive distribution rights and an approximate 37% limited partner interest in its upstream oil & gas subsidiary, Atlas Resource Partners, L.P. Additionally, Atlas Energy owns and operates the general partner of its midstream oil & gas subsidiary, Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P., through all of the general partner interest, all the incentive distribution rights and an approximate 6% limited partner interest. For more information, please visit our website at www.atlasenergy.com, or contact Investor Relations at email@example.com.
Certain matters discussed within this press release are forward-looking statements. Although Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be attained. Atlas Pipeline does not undertake any duty to update any statements contained herein (including any forward-looking statements), except as required by law. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include general industry considerations, regulatory changes, changes in commodity process and local or national economic conditions and other risks detailed from time to time in Atlas Pipeline's reports filed with the SEC, including quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and annual reports on Form 10-K.
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'"I'll use the word 'OK.' It's not good enough," Ruff said of Pominville's recent play Thursday after the Sabres prepared for tonight's tilt at HSBC Arena against the San Jose Sharks, the league's top team. "Pommer hasn't been good enough, and that's the bottom line. There's no use sugar-coating it. We need him to score. Some of his penalty killing isn't quite good enough. "There's been areas of his game where some nights he's been very good, some nights he hasn't," he said. "We probably need just a lot more consistency and we need scoring."'
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Police say the A34 northbound is expected to remain closed at the Milton Interchange until about 6.30pm.
Two lorries were involved in a collision which resulted in barrels of beer being spread across the carriageway at around 11.45am.
The drivers of the lorries were taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
One had pelvis and leg injuries and the other was suffering from neck injuries.
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Southwestern students may find the application and other Legal Clinic details on MySouthwestern (log-in required).
Sample Law Student Application - for reference only (PDF)
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Students enrolled in the Street Law Clinic teach law-related critical life skills to youth in Los Angeles, most of whom are involved in the dependency or delinquency system. Many of these young students also have learning disabilities, which qualifies them for special education services.
The law students participate in a weekly classroom component at Southwestern to prepare them to go into the community and teach one ninety-minute lesson each week for a period of 10-weeks. Through the class, the law students learn and practice the skills necessary to teach practical participatory education about the law. In addition, attorneys from public interest agencies visit as guest speakers to review the laws and answer questions in their areas of expertise that relate to this special population. During the semester, the law students also have the opportunity to visit Dependency and Delinquency courts to observe hearings, as well as speak with attorneys and judges to gain a deeper understanding of these court systems, as many of the students they are teaching are involved or at risk of entering these systems.
Since the goal of the program is to give the young students legal information that will assist them for a successful transition to adulthood, the law students' outreach also includes an individual meeting with each youth to ensure that they have a transition plan, as well as to provide resources specific to each student in various areas, including housing, education, and employment.
The Street Law Clinic provides Southwestern students the opportunity to enrich their own legal education while gaining an appreciation of the importance of providing public service to the greater community. The course is taught by Professor Laura Dym Cohen, Director of the Street Law Clinic and Community Outreach, who has extensive experience in the area of children's law.
Read the article about Professor Cohen and the Street Law Program that appeared in Vista Del Mar's View magazine (PDF)