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Tip-top power plan
Two thousand householders will soon be switching on to electricity produced from millions of tons of rubbish. In the first project of its kind in the district, methane produced by the breakdown of waste at Sugden End tip, Cross Roads, near Keighley, is
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Village bids to stop speeding drivers
A radical series of road improvements for Pool-in-Wharfedale has been presented to highways chiefs by parish councillors. Members of Pool Parish Council have drawn up an extensive list of suggestions ranging from improved speed signs to a one-way gyratory
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Kindness lives on after brutal killing
An act of kindness in the wake of a brutal killing is helping to nurture a civic relationship between tragic Baildon church pastor Michael Pollard's home town and the area where he died. The Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Tony Miller, is to send an
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Famous fairies in flying visit
The Cottingley Fairies are finally coming back to the village - but it will be a flying visit for one day only. On September 12 people will be able to see the famous cameras and other artefacts at the Town Hall, which is largely unchanged over 133 years
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Post strike looming
Bradford postal workers have voted for industrial action which could lead to a strike, causing postal chaos across the district. They are angry after 170 workers were moved to a new £3.7 million delivery office in Valley Road - half a mile away from the
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Employees' brave buy-out pays off
Staff who bravely took over a firm which was shutting down in Keighley have seen their hopes, faith and hard work rewarded this year. Faced with the axe when Lucas Control Systems decided to close the town's Ingrow Bridge Works, directors, managers and
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Holmes has enough in tank to win crown
Athletics: There are double celebrations within the district after the English Championship fell race decider at Sedbergh in Cumbria. The men's title went to Bingley's Ian Holmes in dramatic circumstances, and Keighley and Craven's Jo-Anne Prowse won
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Old boy condemns Tykes to Roses loss
Yorkshire captain David Byas was left rueing one decision that did not go their way as they were sent spinning to defeat by 59 runs in the Roses match at Headingley yesterday. "It was disappointing to lose this important game but I thought we picked ourselves
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Lay off Paul
Bulls coach Matthew Elliott has sprung to the defence of former skipper Robbie Paul whose loss of form has brought him under increasing fire from sections of the Odsal crowd. The Kiwi ace scored a dazzling solo try against Hull last week but generally
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Humps are the only answer
The people who plan our traffic schemes sometimes seem to lack a basic understanding of human nature. If motorists will mount the pavement to avoid speed humps (and that, almost unbelievably, has happened in Bradford), then they will certainly seek out
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W.R. Mitchell, MBE: Letter from the Dales
A daleswoman with a hi-tech kitchen had placed her old black kettles on a wall outside the house and was using them - as my picture on the right shows - as plant pots. Years ago, when visiting a Dales home, whether it be a rambling farmhouse or a lile
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Dr Tom Smith: Your Health
Do you know you can now get "oxygen bars"? You just buy a can of oxygen, take a few deep breaths, and it's supposed to do you good. Sounds great. Unless you know a bit about how the body works - and then it's a bit puzzling. Because if you have normal
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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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Theatre takes on its new shape
The extension and redevelopment of Ilkley Playhouse at Weston Road, Ilkley, is now rapidly taking shape - thanks to its Arts Council Lottery grant award. A large steel frame has been constructed over what used to be the theatre's car park, which will
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Love story: How loneliness drove Alice and Mike into each other's arms
Alice Harvey faced the prospect of a mastectomy head-on, only a week after finding a lump in her breast. Her sons Peter and Paul were then teenagers and at the age of 40 she recovered well from the surgery in St Luke's Hospital, Bradford, needing no further
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No wonder we've got problems!
Figure-enhancing bras might look sensational - but they could damage your health. Osteopaths are seeing more and more women who squeeze themselves into the wrong size or style of bra, putting stress on bones and muscles and even causing breathing problems
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Netto firebomber given a deadline
A judge has set a 28-day deadline for Keighley firebomber Mohammed Khalid to be assessed by a psychiatrist. Judge Gerald Coles QC expressed concern about the continuing delay in Khalid's case following his conviction last December for a spate of firebomb
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Challenge to Brown
A businessman is to challenge Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown to visit Ilkley to see the effects of his economic policy at the sharp end. The managing director of Spooner Industries, Derek Broadley, is throwing down the gauntlet following the
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Course for 'accident' drivers is L of a lesson
A course for Kirklees motorists involved in minor road accidents is so popular that it is being offered to all drivers. The National Driver Improvement Scheme is designed to help them correct driving faults and avoid further crashes in future. Now Kirklees
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Hemingway gets the better of Ramsgill rivals
Motor Sport: East Keswick's Ben Hemingway headed to Ramsgill with his Beta and won the Kathleen Cockshott Memorial Trophy at the Yeadon and Guiseley club's trial. Otley rider Gerald Rathmell won the clubman class, while Henry Moorhouse beat Jonny Starmer
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City look to Rankin for cup goals
Record signing Isaiah Rankin could be just the man to lead Bradford City into the second round of the Worthington Cup. City found Second Division Lincoln City difficult to handle in last week 1-1 draw in the first leg at Valley Parade, but they have an
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Helping Fezan become just like any other little boy
Three-year-old Fezan Hussain is part way through pioneering treatment to give him a new hand after he was born with no fingers. The miraculous treatment, not available in this country, will cost £60,000 at an American hospital. Kate Wadsworth spoke to
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Your pets - by our vet, Simon Thomas
New research is making treatment better for one group of my patients, and that is rabbits. For a long time they were treated as poor relations of dogs and cats and their illnesses and injuries looked on as a minority interest. Take the case of Tiptoes
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Anila Baig: One big happy family?
While reading the morning paper the other day I was saddened to hear about the death of a person I had never met. This was no actress or pop star but, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, the world's most prolific (if that is the right word
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Mike Priestley: Who's Counting?
The Government is right to be setting the pace in the drive to end jobs discrimination against older people. Whether its forthcoming Code of Good Practice will do any good remains to be seen. But it's a strong signal that Ministers aren't prepared to
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Builders put lid on roofing work
Renovation work on a Bradford housing estate has been suspended following a pay row between the construction company and the Council. Builders carrying out roofing repairs to four high-rise blocks on the Thorpe Edge estate have been ordered to down tools
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Safety plans 'put lives in danger'
Frightened Bradford families claimed today that road safety schemes were putting their lives in danger. People living in Parsonage Road, Laisterdyke, say drivers avoid traffic calming schemes in surrounding streets to speed down their road which has no
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Street closure could bring traffic chaos
Traffic chaos threatens Bradford city centre next week as parts of Bank Street close for a month during a major improvement scheme. The £315,000 project is aimed at reducing city centre traffic and making the streets safer for pedestrians. From next Monday
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Teen curse faces a spot of bother
Acne, the curse of teenagers, is being put under the spotlight by scientists at Bradford University. Experts are hoping to pinpoint what exactly stimulates the glands beneath skin that results in the dreaded outbreak. Acne is most commonly associated
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Man quizzed over pensioner's death
Detectives hunting the killers of Pudsey pensioner John Nutter were today questioning a 23-year-old man who was held in custody overnight. The man was arrested in his home city of Leeds yesterday afternoon and brought to Bradford's Bridewell police station
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The best, bar none!
Bradford bar workers will be learning how to pull the perfect pint and shake the best pina colada as part of the city's first course for bar staff. And the two-day course will not be held in a college but in a pub where students will be taught basic bar
