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Changes promise better health-care system
Health care in Craven is to undergo a big shake-up following the go-ahead for six new primary care groups in North Yorkshire. From next April, groups of local family doctors, their primary health care teams and community nurses - working with other health
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Cemetery vandals destroy crosses
Vandals have been condemned for smashing dozens of crosses in an Ilkley cemetery. The trail of destruction in the Leamington Terrace cemetery has left an Ilkley parish councillor fuming. Coun Lexa Robinson (Con, Ilkley North) said the hooligans responsible
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College widens courses to fulfil Ambitions
A new prospectus has been designed by Shipley College. The biggest programme the college has produced to date, the publication provides details of the wide range of courses now on offer, from gardening skills and word processing courses to watercolour
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New £1m surgery site falls through
Wilsden is about to get a new £1m medical centre but not where residents thought it was going to be. Negotiations with Richard Spencer, the owner of Prospect Mills, Main Street, have fallen through and now it looks set to be built on Wellington Road.
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Busy airline considers new route
The increase in the number of passengers using Leeds/Bradford airport to fly to Dublin could lead to a new route being opened to meet demand. According to Ryan Air's head of communications, Ethel Power, the number of people using their two flights a day
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Society boasts £4bn assets
Skipton Building Society has just announced its half year figures showing group assets now standing at more than £4 billion. The society, which was founded in 1853, has been growing in recent years and is now boasting eighth position in Britain's building
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VAT crackdown on taxi operators
Private hire taxi firms are being urged to seek advice as customs officers prepare to crackdown on tax evasion. A new team has been set up at Customs and Excise to unearth firms who do not declare themselves eligible to pay VAT. Now officers are offering
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BARLA officials thrown out
Leading officials of the British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA) were sensationally thrown out of office yesterday. Member leagues voted 25-14 at a special general meeting in Huddersfield in favour of a no-confidence motion in chairman Mike Morrissey
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Bulls coach's comments
Matthew Elliott writes: I feel a bit sorry for the players because they put a lot of effort in and there were some vital calls that just didn't go our way. The referee asked the video referee to look for offside from the vital try off the bomb but I thought
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Beaten - but just wait for the play-off
St Helens 33, Bradford Bulls 25; Match Report by Nigel Askham. Saints stole a march in the jockeying for play-off positions but the Bulls gave ample notice they will not give up their title without a fight. Barring some pretty strange happenings these
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City manager's comments
Paul Jewell writes: We should have won this game by three or four goals, but we couldn't put the ball in the back of the net. It was nice to see us create so many chances, but it would also have been nice if we could have put one or two of them away.
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And then there were three title hopefuls
Bradford League: The battle for the First Division championship is becoming a three-horse race. Leading trio Baildon, Bradford and Bingley and Farsley all won, while nearest challengers - last weekend's Priestley Cup finalists East Bierley and Pudsey
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Cricket: Hutch strikes early but Hegg frustrates
Paul Hutchison claimed his fifth wicket of the innings on the final morning of an absorbing Roses match at Headingley today, but Yorkshire were unable to prevent Lancashire from gradually building up a useful lead. He removed first innings centurion John
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Special bus lanes planned for Bradford
Innovative bus lanes in the middle of roads could be built in Bradford as part of a multi-million pound transport scheme. The "guided" bus routes have been pioneered in Leeds and hailed a resounding success by the Government. Now an independent transport
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Sci-fi addict hopes novel will inspire blind
Darth Vadar fan Geoff Cummings hopes he will be an inspiration to the blind after writing his first novel. Stars Wars fanatic Mr Cummings, who has been blind since being struck down with glaucoma in the mid-1980s, hit the headlines earlier this year when
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'Shep' rounds up the top trophies
Steve Hepworth is toasting success after making it to the English National Sheepdog Trials -- the only 'amateur' to do so. Steve, "Shep" to his friends, has a day job as an independent financial advisor in Keighley but loves competing with his sheepdogs
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University bucks the high 'drop-out' trend
Drop-out rates among students at Bradford University are amongst the lowest in the country, according to figures just released. About 200 students - between 3.5 and four per cent of the intake - drop out of their course or fail their finals, according
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YW aims to clean up in the waste business
Yorkshire Water is to form the UK's largest independent waste-management business by merging with a former rival, Waste Recycling Group. And the marriage, involving YW's Global Environmental, will mean new jobs created in the district The business is
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Vital help for those first few days of life
Vital treatment is being enhanced in the special care baby units in Bradford and Airedale thanks to the appeal by the Lord Mayor of Bradford, Coun Tony Miller, which has already raised £10,000. Reporters Sarah Walsh and Mike Waites found out just what
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Take time out to find the real you
Months of nail-biting will be over on Thursday when Bradford's students finally receive their A-level results. But whether the grades put the world at your feet or turn it upside down, taking a year out and working in the community as a volunteer could
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Highway plan will save lives
A phone box in a lay-by on a road which has claimed the lives of six people in five years could be removed for safety reasons. Plans are being made for the public telephone in the lay-by on the Skipton western bypass to be replaced by an emergency-only
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Villagers vote to build a new hall
Villagers have voted in favour of a new community hall for Cowling. Thousands of pounds must be spent on the existing hall to bring it up to European standards. And at a public meeting, residents came out in favour of replacing it with a new one after
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Firm gives police more wheels to fight crime
Big business has teamed up with the police to help tackle crime in the Wharfe Valley and Aireborough. And burglary victims will receive a speedier service thanks to the sponsorship deal agreed between Weetwood Police and British Gas Home Security. The
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Drug-busters play their cards right
An initiative in North Kirklees to give parents more "street cred" in the war against drugs could be adopted across West Yorkshire because of its huge success. Parents have been snapping up the distinctive pocket-sized yellow and red drugs information
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'Simon turned my whole life around'
A friend of courageous student Simon Wooller is taking inspiration from his life as she faces up to an uncertain future in the shadow of cancer. Simon, 25, lost his battle against cancer earlier this month, just days after learning he had gained a first-class
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Crooks angry at stupid errors
Match report: Widnes Vikings 6, Keighley Cougars 30. A solid second half performance by Cougars saw them run in four tries to make sure of the points in this bottom half of the table battle. The highlight of the second half was a hat-trick for Welsh winger
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Bulls: Down but not out
Down but not out. That was the message from the Bulls camp as they were pipped by potential play-off rivals St Helens in a real thriller at Knowsley Road last night. Saints 33-25 success saw them move five points clear of sixth place Sheffield Eagles
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Bantams match notes
5 Beagrie does well to slip ball through to Rankin, and debutante beats two defenders before drilling a 20-yard shot past Chamberlain, but against the post. 8 Mills and Rankin link well before former Port Vale man puts Bolland through. The teenager does
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Plenty of promise - but no result
Watford 1, Bradford City 0; Match Report by Richard Sutcliffe. On an afternoon where his Bradford City side should have chalked up their first victory of the season, Paul Jewell could have been forgiven for muttering 'Do I not like that'. The City boss
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The goals will come
Disappointed record £1.3 million signing Isaiah Rankin believes he should have notched a debut hat-trick for Bradford City against Watford, but has pledged to bounce back in style. The 20-year-old joined the Bantams on Friday and enjoyed a hugely encouraging
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A boost our university deserves
The latest news today from Bradford University suggests that it is a better place to study than Government inspectors give it credit for. Last week the university found itself placed in the fourth division in a league table published in a national newspaper
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Mike Priestley: North of Watford
There are circumstances which excuse a pay-rise bonanza: if the country is booming, companies are thriving, and lots of wealth is being produced. At present, though, Britain's mini-boom (such as it was) is fading fast. Manufacturing orders are falling
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We're blazing a leisure trail with curries!
Bradford's booming Mumtaz Asian food chain will open a new eaterie in the planned £35 million city centre Leisure Exchange. The multi-thousand pound restaurant will be in the heart of the massive leisure complex on Vicar Lane car park. It will be the
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We're sweeping out the litter lout
A new litter awareness campaign is set to sweep Bradford. Bradford Council is joining forces with the Telegraph & Argus to get the "Bin It!" message across to thousands of local people. Bradford city centre and town centres across the district will
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Mum-to-be, 15, leaps in house blaze terror
A pregnant teenager leapt for her life as fire took hold in her Bradford home. The 15-year-old, whose baby is due in December, and her parents had to jump nearly 12ft to escape the blaze, which is being treated as suspicious. Police and fire investigators
