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Centre's still blazing a trail
Bradford's Priestley Centre for the Arts celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. In 1929 it was called The Civic Playhouse. Later the theatre in Chapel Street was called Bradford Playhouse and Film Theatre. After two fires in 1935 and 1996, and thousands
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She's the lady of the dance!
A brave Bradford mum-of-three who is suffering from a rare brain and spinal tumour has achieved her ambition of dancing on her 40th birthday. After months of uncertainty, battling against a life-threatening illness, Carrolyn Fitzsimmons yesterday celebrated
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Father slams delay over hospital liability
The father of Skipton cricketer Ian Folley has called for a change in the law after a hospital took five years to admit liability for his son's death. Jim Folley, formerly of Overdale Park, Skipton, also branded as 'pathetic' compensation of £51,155 awarded
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Government's green light for relief road
A government inspector's recommendation that the district's planning blueprint should include a relief road east of Otley has been welcomed by the town's MP. The road, which would cost £2.3 million and be paid for privately as part of a scheme including
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Garden plans are blooming great!
The man spearheading Ilkley's Darwin Gardens Millennium project is delighted with the public support he has received. Dr Peter Harnett said 75 per cent of those who answered a questionnaire about the West View Park scheme gave it their approval. Preliminary
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Residents vow to fight housing plan
Residents are opposing plans by developers to build 60 new houses in an old mining area of Oakenshaw. They are worried the proposed development on three fields off Wyke Lane and South Street will lead to more traffic congestion and are objecting to the
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Butler won't get banks on a silver platter
What future do the building societies have with carpetbaggers lurking around every corner? Business Editor Paul Parker reports THE BOSSES and members of Yorkshire's thriving building societies are showing what they are made of in the face of attacks from
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Avenue fail to cash in on new-boy Lee's goal
Non-League: Bradford Park Avenue 1, Netherfield Kendal 1. Avenue failed to make the most of home advantage in Satur-day's match against Netherfield at Horsfall Stadium. And, despite being on top for a great proportion of the encounter, they paid the price
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Cougars let game slip away with silly errors
Rugby League: Hunslet Hawks 18, Keighley Cougars 12. Sloppy handling errors cost Keighley Cougars dear as they slipped to defeat in their final pre-season friendly at a bitterly cold South Leeds Stadium. Cougars and Hunslet are two of the pre-season favourites
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Fan-tastic!
David Markham talks to the some of the loyal supporters who cheered City on at Newcastle, and Jim Greenhalf gives his verdict on the big screen showing of the match at Valley Parade. DAVID MARKHAM writes: Great day out - shame about the result. That was
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Manager's Comments
Paul Jewell writes: I think the game was a case of 'What might have been' for us. We started really well and had a few chances which we should have taken. But it was pleasing that we created those chances. And I think their first goal was a bit lucky
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Plea to forget the debts
A solicitor today urged Bradford Council to step down over its plan to serve summonses on four elderly and disabled people for non-payment of Social Services charges. Michael Kennedy, specialist in mental health and community care law based with Emsley's
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Breakfast the first lesson of the day!
The most important meal of the day is breakfast, according to the experts, and one Bradford school is setting up a service to give their pupils the best possible start to the school day. Education Reporter Lyn Barton looks at what's cooking in the kitchen
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Crisis over heroin needles averted
A crisis which put Bradford's pioneering needle exchange scheme in jeopardy has been averted. Health chiefs were forced to introduce rationing of needles and syringes due to spiralling costs of the service prompted by the dramatic rise in heroin use in
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Car dealer's brain 'badly damaged'
A Keighley car dealer suffered "catastrophic brain damage" after being attacked with a crow bar or baseball bat by three men he had hired to "sort out" a rival, a crown court jury heard today. The body of Mark Hickman was found on February 13 last year
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'Bargain' boxes hide a secret
Businesses in West Yorkshire are going over the top when packaging their products, according to a survey. Trading standards officers say they are using far too much - sometimes conning shoppers into thinking they are getting better value for money. Now
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RSPCA cries 'fowl' over bantams match stunt
The RSPCA today warned it could prosecute a Bradford City fan who released two bantams on to the pitch during Saturday's FA Cup tie against Newcastle at St James' Park. The terrified birds had to be rescued from the pitch when the match ended having spent
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Mr Stardust
Considering that he's one of the most powerful men in showbusiness, Cameron Mackintosh's staff seem to have him on an unusually short leash. "The wretched boy still hasn't returned," complains his personal assistant, Tee, when the boss is ten minutes
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Rock: An American in Shipley
When guitarist Zak Goldman says he's from LA he really does mean Los Angeles and not Leaventhorpe Avenue. His is one of the few American accents you will encounter on the Bradford music scene. But Nursery, above, the band he formed with vocalist Innis
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Love affair turned sour on Harry
As he walked out of the BBC five years ago, Harry Gration heard the door slam behind him. "They weren't terribly unhappy about losing me," he laments. "I was a bit of a square peg in a round hole, you see." They were, they have since discovered, making
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Repairs hope for 'danger' culvert
People in Silsden are backing a last-ditch attempt to solve the problem of a dangerous culvert under a former tip in the town. Bosses at Bradford Council have said there is no money in the kitty to repair the culvert which runs under a piece of land known
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50 new jobs as mobile phone giants ring up profits
Electronics giant Filtronic Comtek today announced an extra 50 jobs at its Saltaire site - thanks to massive global sales of mobile phones. The news came as the firm, which employs 750 people in three sites in Bradford, announced it had doubled its sales
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Anger as schools face £1.2m cuts
Education cuts of more than £1.2 million are being considered by Bradford Council to balance its books, according to a secret document leaked to the Telegraph and Argus. The school library service, welfare benefit clothing grants, specialist ethnic minority
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We Won't Be Moved!
Defiant Bierley families have issued a "we will not be moved" message to Bradford Council after plans to build them new homes were changed. The tenants in Bell House Avenue, Sayle Avenue and Heathhall Avenue - whose dilapidated homes were due to be demolished
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Pure look to a bright future
A firm which started in a disused cellar with one contract is thriving a year down the line. Design firm Pure was founded by Gary Dooley, 24 and Tim Illingworth, 30, in Mr Illingworth's cellar with a second-hand computer and a contract with leading dental
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Fields march into semis at the double
West Riding County Amateurs: Following last week's District Cup success, Fields clinched their second semi-final spot in eight days when they overcame ten-man Crag Road United to move into the Premier Division Cup semi-finals on Easter Monday. Crag started
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Bees keep their cool to seal win
Rugby Union: Lymm 6, Bradford & Bingley 25; by Bill Marshall. Bradford and Bingley handed Lymm their heaviest home defeat so far this season in Thwaites North Division Two. Admittedly, it was the Cheshire club's seventh setback as hosts in nine matches
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Bold City miss out: Magpies flattered by victory margin
Newcastle United 3, Bradford City 0; match report, by Richard Sutcliffe. Anyone tuning into the radio to hear the final score from St James' Park on Saturday will have heard that Bradford City had crashed 3-0 and presumed that the Premiership class of
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City's spot of bad luck
Jamie Lawrence believes referee Paul Durkin's decision not to award Bradford City a first half penalty cost the Bantams dear in their FA Cup fourth round defeat at Newcastle. The midfielder looked to have been brought down by keeper Shay Given in the
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City can take heart
Paul Jewell believes his Bradford City side should take heart from their battling display at Newcastle when they return to First Division action. The Bantams slipped to a 3-0 defeat at St James' Park thanks to goals from Dietmar Hamann, England captain
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Education cut such bad news
There is bound to be consternation throughout the Bradford district at the news that a £1.2 million cut in the education budget is under consideration. Bradford has enough problems already, as revealed in its poor showing in the league tables, without
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Mike Priestley: North of Watford
Getting at parents' pockets through their children is no new marketing ploy. It's been going on ever since the consumer society came into existence after the war. The method is simple enough. Create a fashion trend among youngsters, and let peer pressure
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'We want skate park kicked out'
Elderly people fear a new skate park will lead to rowdy behaviour and vandalism. Bradford Council planners have backed a scheme to transform wasteground at Avenel Road, Allerton, into a skateboarding, rollerblading and kickabout area. The project is for
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Director banned for ten years
A builder has been disqualified from acting as a company director or manager for ten years for his conduct as director of two firms. Peter William Davis, 47, of Staveley Road, Nab Wood, Shipley, did not contest the disqualification proceedings at Dewsbury
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'It ought to be TEN years!'
A paedophile sentenced to three and a half years in jail should have been imprisoned for at least ten years, according to a Bradford MP. Terry Rooney, Labour MP for Bradford North, expressed outrage at the term given to repeat-offender Terence Bolton
