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Tommy's no steal!
David Behrens talks to a rock 'n' roll legend and finds out why his kind of TV spectacular is too expensive for today's media bosses. Busking, says Tommy Steele, is an art which comes naturally to him. This doesn't mean that he likes to stand on street
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What's in a name?
Simon Ashberry speaks to the artist formerly known as Shaun Hunter to find out why he's adopted a brand new name. Songwriter and performer Shaun Hunter aims to continue the tradition of pop stars with a one-word name. He has dubbed himself Viola and is
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Bob's climb from happy valet
From car valet to comic - Bob Mills has cleaned up as both. David Behrens spoke to him. Last week, a former star of Coronation Street was revealed to be working at a back street car wash. It's a shame that it's not in his nature to patronise a fellow
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Review: Dame Edna Everage
It's always worrying when you arrive at the Alhambra and immediately find somewhere to park. If Barry Humphries was worried about the scarcity of paying punters, though, he didn't show it. "This is a collectors' item," he told the first night crowd (if
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Jim Greenhalf: Straight Talk
Expensive TV commercials promote the image of football as the classless beautiful game. "Eat football, sleep football, drink Coca-Cola," says one. Another, by Nike, and the most exhilarating, shows members of the Brazilian national squad exhibiting their
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Peace mission at Ice Station Zebra
In the first of a three-part series about her trip to the former Yugoslavia, Telegraph & Argus reporter JOANNE EARP looks at the daily tasks of British soldiers in the region The killing may have stopped but the scars of civil war are still visible
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'It's time to get tough on the rent debtors'
Bradford Council's outside auditors KPMG say the authority should get tough over its unpaid rent, Council Tax and business rates. In their audit of the 1996/97 accounts they recommend the Council be "more demanding" in its action over the debts. The report
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Trickster preys on fire fears
Police and fire chiefs have pledged to catch a conman who is putting a vital fire safety message at risk. The man, posing as a smoke alarm expert, has targeted homes in Bradford, Bingley and Baildon. He offers to check smoke alarms, then insists they
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Keep your hands off our clock!
The number may not yet quite be up for Shipley's clock tower as shoppers in the town give a show of hands for the landmark. Most people interviewed in a Telegraph & Argus straw poll said they wanted the tower to stay where it has stood for the last
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We're Wyke behind you!
Grand National fever was gripping Bradford today as the odds shortened on local entrant Nahthen Lad. The nine-year-old, owned by Wyke pig farmer Jim Shaw, is now the only horse trained by former winner Jenny Pitman left in tomorrow's top race. And that
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Paul Byne: Business Sense
One curious effect of Mr Brown's Budget is that by in effect "retiring" retirement relief for Capital Gains Tax, he has created a golden opportunity for business owners. That is, provided no changes are made to the Budget proposals in its passage through
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£5m factory puts Interface ahead
Carpet giant Interface is set to floor the opposition with its new state-of-the-art manufacturing plant at Shelf. Bosses of the firm came from across the world to see the massive new warehouse yesterday made with 7,000 tons of material recycled from demolished
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Jewell wants to end City's bad run
Bradford City travel to Norwich City tomorrow with manager Paul Jewell desperate for his side to improve their wretched away record - the third worst in the First Division. But their plans have been hit by the suspension of tough-tackling midfielder Nigel
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Word perfect!
This weekend sees the launch of the 25th Ilkley Festival. How is it trying to ensure people will still be interested in books and writing 25 years from now? Simon Ashberry reports. Mention Ilkley to a complete stranger and they will probably be able to
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Manfreds march on
Simon Ashberry talks to singer Paul Jones about life in, out and then back in The Manfreds. There can't be many bands who still bear the name of their founder 30 years after he left. But that unusual honour falls to The Manfreds, whose career continues
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Hardy calls the tune
David Behrens finds out about the latest production by the controversial Birmingham Royal Ballet. Bradford didn't exactly bring out the bunting for David Bintley's last visit. There were indeed some on the Council who recommended him to take the first
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Why is Britain transfixed by Deidre's demise?
Bradford and the rest of Britain seems to have forgotten its own troubles in deference to those of poor Deirdre Rachid. T&A TV critic David Behrens asks why the lives of the soap stars seem so close to home. It was quite a year for Weatherfield. There
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School plants weeping cherry tree for Richard
Family, friends and former classmates of Richard Barber gathered at Ladderbanks Middle School last night to plant a living memorial to the tragic Baildon teenager. The weeping cherry tree has been bedded in near the main entrance to Ladderbanks as a permanent
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My word! This really is a boost for our festival
Youth events at the Ilkley Literature Festival have been boosted with a £5,000 grant. The major cash injection was awarded by West Yorkshire Grants, a committee which gives funding to non-profit making organisations and helps the festival every year.
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Popular head set to wave goodbye
One of the Bradford's most successful headteachers is leaving his job at the top Roman Catholic senior school in the district. Frank McCarron will leave St Joseph's College in Manningham at the end of the school year after more than four years in charge
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The lesson that must be learned about languages
Section 11 funding is a controversial issue in Bradford. Dr Mirza Baig, from the Faculty of Modern Languages at Rhodesway School, Bradford, gives his opinions In the Eighties, the Bradford Education Authority decided to introduce the community languages
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Culture of dependency that could be so tough to change
Manningham has successfully traded on its 'deprived' status to win yet more public money. But will that extra cash make any real difference? Jim Greenhalf reports. Something strange happens to areas which gain a reputation for social deprivation. The
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Books: Reel-life saga of the cinema
It's becoming almost trendy to namedrop the Telegraph & Argus these days. Hot on the heels of the hit film Fairytale - a True Story, in which the scriptwriters couldn't resist including this paper, comes a novel which also gives us an affectionate
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Film review: Jackie Brown
Weeks ahead of its official release, a Bradford audience which had queued and fought for Saturday night tickets, witnessed Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited homage to blaxploitation. Jackie Brown is a typically violent piece of street jive with attitude
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Mike Priestley: Who's Counting?
Have the Debate of the Age people got it all wrong? Is the country not going to be overwhelmed with pensioners in the years to come, as the pundits have been predicting? The forecast is of twice as many over-65s in the next 30 years. Long-time T&A
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Neil's a karate hero - despite kidney failure
Parents have paid tribute to a man who runs a championship-winning children's karate group - despite waiting for a kidney transplant. Neil Howard, 37, spends nine hours a day having dialysis at home after suffering kidney failure as a result of diabetes
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'Health zone' status could spark new row
A row over the shape of health services in the Bradford district is set to be re-ignited following a new call to axe red tape and plough savings into patient care. A bitter debate was prompted last year by calls to consider merging health trusts which
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The lights go on again for Lorna at 90
Lorna Mawson could have been a Hollywood film star. The Bingley Little Theatre stalwart was hot property as a teenage actress, by all accounts. Now a sprightly 90, she recalls how she took part in a talent competition at the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford
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Headteachers vow: We'll stay open
Grant-maintained schools earmarked for closure under Bradford Education's plans hope to continue as part of the district's future two-tier system. Headteachers of four GM schools have spoken of their disbelief that the authority wants to close popular
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Machine gun find by boy, 9
A major police investigation was today under way after a high-powered sub-machine gun and live ammunition was found by a group of schoolboys. Christopher Burke stumbled across the Uzi weapon while hiding in bushes in a field off Walker Drive, Girlington
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Coach Schofield ready for giant task
Garry Schofield is preparing for a battle of the giants when promoted Huddersfield entertain champions Bradford Bulls tonight. The Bulls steamrollered their way to the title in 1997 on the back of a massive pack of forwards but the Giants aim to fight
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Baildon need win to boost title bid
Rugby Union: Promotion-chasing Baildon have a crucial re-arranged Yorkshire Division Four fixture at Mosborough tomorrow. "They beat us twice last season," said Baildon coach Malcolm Lightowler, "and although we defeated them 18-9 at Jenny Lane earlier
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Jewell faces selection headache
Paul Jewell has been forced to delay selection of his side to face Norwich at Carrow Road tomorrow because of injury and suspension problems. Rob Steiner (calf), Jamie Lawrence (hamstring), Lee Sinnott (dead leg) and Shaun Murray (hamstring) are all struggling
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Bulls call for Dwyer
The Bulls launch their Super League title defence at the McAlpine Stadium tonight determined to prove the doubters wrong. Last season's champions have been surprisingly written off in some quarters despite losing just two of their 22 championship games
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You don't need brass to make gold
Film director Salmaan Peerzada ditches the good-guy bad-guy format to produce a political drama which redefines Pakistani cinema. David Behrens finds out why. It cost Salmaan Peerzada nearly £1m to make the film which premieres in Bradford tomorrow. That
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Turning Lee into Laurel
David Behrens reviews Mouse Hunt (PG). Not so long ago, Lee Evans was a British stand-up comedian, guest starring on local TV shows and appearing at college cabaret venues. Today, he's a major movie star - and, to judge by his latest film, American, to
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Lessons to save lives are on school's timetable
For the third and final part of her report from Bosnia T&A reporter Joanne Earp, pictured, reports on how British soldiers are helping to educate children in Bosnia about the dangers of land mines and how schools in the Bradford district can help.
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Where Transperience went off the rails
The future of Bradford's showpiece Transperience hangs in the balance. Nick Oldham looks at the background to the troubled tourist attraction. When administrators started planning a re-launch of Bradford's beleaguered Transperience leisure park last year
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Anila Baig: In My View
Once again, new research has revealed what we knew all along; as we grow older time appears to pass more quickly. This startling piece of information was deduced by scientists in America who conducted complicated experiments on groups of pensioners, but
