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Battle looming over bid to build on 'fairytale' site
A fight is under way to stop houses being built where the famous Cottingley Fairies photographs were taken. Developer Patchett Homes wants planning permission to build on land between Cottingley Moor Road and Cottingley Beck, as revealed in the Telegraph
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University and college may join forces
The future of Bradford's cash-strapped university could rest in a merger with the district's largest college as funding dries up for further and higher education. The possibility of a merger has been set out by Professor Colin Bell, who will become the
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Film Review: Good Will Hunting
He looks like the product of a factory churning out Leonardo DiCaprio clones, and he couldn't, by his own admission, get so much as a parking ticket in Hollywood until very recently. But Matt Damon is the person currently standing between Yorkshire and
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Film Review: Deconstructing Harry
For the fourth time in as many festivals, Bradford has premiered a Woody Allen comedy. By my reckoning, that's involved hearing the line "What are you, crazy?" about 300 times. This latest of his works boasts an unusually large and starry cast: Demi Moore
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The Millennium files
Millennium madness or scientific reality? Whichever way you look at it, Ufology means big business these days. Isobel Fox reports. Graham Birdsall's wife was not best pleased when the ink from his stencil set left a backwards imprint of his UFO newsletter
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Can we avoid a wretched future?
The big debate has begun. How will an ageing Britain cope? The T&A's Who's Counting? columnist Mike Priestley looks at the issues on a disturbing agenda. 'Think ahead! Your country needs your brain power." That's the urgent message which has gone
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University challenge
Bradford University is facing an uncertain future. Students' fees, the abolition of grants, the collapse of the Pacific Rim economies, and the dire lack of cash threaten the very survival of such institutions. Has the new man in charge got a rescue package
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Museum entrance fee scrapped
Free admission is to be revived at Bradford's Industrial Museum, home of the city's mill heritage. The £2 entrance charge - imposed two years ago - has led to a plunge crash in visitor numbers, down to nearly a quarter of their previous level. And now
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Mike Priestley: Who's Counting?
May I wish a long and happy retirement to Mrs Joyce Swift, aged 64, and her friend Mrs Annie Jepson - who at 48 only just makes it into the Who's Counting? category. What have they done to deserve being singled out, these two women who by all accounts
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Film Review: Wag The Dog
Good comedy, as any comedian will tell you, is largely a question of timing. I imagine, therefore, that the director Barry Levinson must be rubbing his hands with glee at the chain of events inside the White House just lately. The movie he intended to
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Help mum convicted of murder, women urged
Women are being urged to show solidarity for Bradford mother of three Zoora Shah - serving life for murder - at a public meeting tonight. The meeting, organised by campaigners, takes place at the Old Buildings Hall, Bradford and Ilkley Community College
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Crisis talks as hospitals face mounting cuts
A warning was issued today about mounting cash problems facing hospitals in Bradford. A meeting of hospital chiefs who run Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke's Hospital was today expected to examine the worsening financial position due to hit services
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New hope for Bradford's job seekers
Bradford business leaders, politicians and workers today welcomed Gordon Brown's back-to-work Budget. They gave a cautious thumbs up to the reforms which included advice for 70,000 long-term unemployed, £100 million extra to tackle the skills gap and
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'We were told to sell green ham'
Staff at a Bradford takeaway sandwich business were told to serve up mouldy food to customers, an industrial tribunal heard. And two former employees claimed they were sexually harassed by their boss. The three women were working at the business when
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Bradford may lose out in Euro funds shake-up
Bradford looks set to lose millions of pounds of European regional aid as part of major reforms unveiled in Brussels today. West Yorkshire Euro MP Barry Seal is fighting to retain Bradford's Objective Two funding which draws millions of pounds into the
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Schools axe: 'We had no option'
The radical shake-up of schools in Bradford, which could see the axe fall on as many as 70 schools, has prompted a mixed reaction from across the district. Adrian Pearce, chairman of governors at Hainsworth Moor Middle School in Queensbury, said Bradford's
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'We won't give up'
Leading middle school heads today urged Bradford Council to throw out plans to establish a two-tier education system. Under the education authority's recommendations, the council would axe middle schools and create a system of primary and secondary schools
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Call to put life into the High Street
Senior Marks & Spencer executive has spoken in favour of re-invigorating High Street shopping. Linda Szpala, who is based in London told Bradford Textile Society that there should not be just out-of-town shopping development. She said that could alienate
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Chance to boost trade in Finland
Bradford firms are being given a chance to win big deals in Finland. Business Link Bradford & District is running a trade mission to the country on May 5. Francoise Joyce, the trade mission leader, said today: "Finland has one of the fastest-growing
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Luscombe aims for sweet revenge
Motorsport: Cullingworth's Robin Luscombe and Wayne Kershaw hit the sidecar championship trials trail in Devon on Sunday morning where they will be looking for a 20 point tally in round two of the ten event series. After finishing second two weeks ago
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Joe eyes a clearer future
Joe Johnson is seeking a "patient optician" in a bid to revive his snooker career. The former world champion, who is now 52 in the rankings, says: "My contact lenses have been blurring up all season. "I have an astigmatism, and need a patient optician
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The price is right
Bradford City's average admission price is the lowest in the First Division, Football League figures have revealed today. The Bantams have this season enjoyed their highest crowds in 68 years with 292,869 fans watching their 19 league games at Valley
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Theatre: Patrick gives Partridge a leg-up
David Behrens talks to Patrick Marber about the switch from stand-up comic to playwright. Growing up in south London in the early Seventies, Patrick Marber may not have known much. But he knew that he didn't want to be a stand-up comic. He was even more
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The Full Monty and empty pockets
Only one thing prevents Simon Beaufoy from becoming the hottest screen writer in Hollywood. He doesn't want to. Producers wielding cheque books the size of doorsteps have been beating a path to his door ever since he struck gold with his debut feature
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Soap star confesses to being Bradford's first soccer hooligan
It was in the late Fifties, says David Roper, that Valley Parade saw its first football hooligan. It was him. The laconic star of The Cuckoo Waltz and lately EastEnders gazes wistfully at the caf ceiling as he remembers fondly a childhood spent in Bradford
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Anila Baig: Friday Column
It is only when watching children's programmes such as Newsround and Blue Peter that I am reminded of how much man has progressed in terms of science, technology and medicine. Every feature seems to be about satellites in space, water on the moon and
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Sheep invasion is driving us baa-my
Police in Baildon are asking residents to "grass" on gangs of woolly marauders who are straying from Baildon Moor on to residential roads and housing estates. Beat manager at Baildon Police station PC Ian Hemsworth is urging villagers to take photos of
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Council probed over workers' bullying claims
A union has stepped in to investigate reports of Bradford Council staff being bullied and harassed at work. Public services union Unison says both Councillors and officers have been blamed for incidents. And the union says there have been reports that
