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Villagers fight to keep policemen
Merger plans which could see Craven losing most of its police officers are to be fought by its crime prevention panel The force's current boundary and structure review could result in Craven losing its divisional status, with the management being transferred
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Transplant group's first paid worker
A woman who ran her own school for ten years has become the first paid worker of a support network for transplant patients inspired by the late Jo Hatton. Chad Denby today takes over the job developed by Jo Hatton, who died this summer aged 45 after surviving
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Housing plan may mean road chaos
A councillor is urging his constituents to protest about plans to build more than a hundred houses in Mirfield and prevent traffic chaos. Wakefield developers Bellway Homes have applied for outline planning permission to Kirklees Council to build 96 houses
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Now the Lord of Saltaire steps in
The fight to get Saltaire put on a Government list of proposed ''wonders of the world'' was today being backed in both Houses of Parliament. Lord Wallace of Saltaire has joined Shipley MP Chris Leslie in calling on Culture Secretary Chris Smith to think
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'I won't let you take my baby'
Friends and neighbours have pledged to form a human barrier to prevent a disabled woman's new-born baby being taken into care by officials. Pregnant Penny Roberts, who was paralysed after plunging 14,000 feet into a concrete runway when a sky-diving trip
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Jonathan Oxley: Business Law
Various leading insurers are refusing to insure against Millennium bug related loss in new and renewed commercial policies. The Association of British Insurers have warned that insurers cannot be expected to meet the costs of an event that everyone knows
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Smaller firms are big news for business park
A new Bradford business park is proving a winner with small firms. Yorkshire Enterprise has let the majority of its 11-unit Enterprise Court on Prince Street, off Tong Street, Bradford. Eight of the units, which were backed with European Union cash, have
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Rangers back with a vengeance
Local Soccer: Victoria Rangers gave a great confidence booster for manager Mel Williams as they made it maximum points from two games following their re-entry into the Bradford Sunday Alliance top flight. Hard-working midfielder Steve Pickard got the
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Bantams v Birmingham: Match Notes
1 Rankin flicks Jacobs' cross on to Mills who tries to turn and shoot but his effort is weak and Bennett collects. 7 Jacobs clears a dangerous cross which goes straight to Marsden but his firm shot is straight at Walsh. 15 Marsden places a lovely ball
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Dreyer wins City deal
Bradford City defender John Dreyer, whose future at Valley Parade has been in doubt, has signed a new contract until the end of the season. Dreyer, 34, thought he might have played his last match for City against Birmingham on Monday when his latest monthly
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How great is our valley!
A new trade guru has been brought in to promote the Spen Valley. But just what has the area got to offer tourists and businesses? Reporter Kiran Patel investigates. "WE HAVE scenery like the Dales - right on our doorstep." Keith Joplin, vice-president
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Jim Appleby: Past Times
Your National Service memories keep coming in, and one of the nice things is that the odd reunion has been set up between people who haven't seen each other for years. It's often a surprise to see what happened to a lad you shared a billet with way back
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Michelle falls for showbiz high-dive hero
A Baildon dancer has taken the plunge after falling head over heels in love with a Mexican high diver. Michelle Hassan, 26, of Baildon, who spends her summers as a dancer at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, has married 28-year-old Juan Adolfo Gutierrez Munoz
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Euro MP fears for his links with grass roots
New Labour Party selection procedures, and the replacement of first-past-the-post with Proportional Representation in next year's Euro election, mean Bradford will lose its Euro MP. The Yorkshire West constituency, which Dr Barry Seal has represented
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'You don't have to suffer alone'
When Gurjit-Zulekha Sihota was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, she felt completely alone. She knew nothing about the illness and found there was little understanding of it in the Asian community. Now, three years on, she has played a key part in setting
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Protest threatens gag on pub gigs
A ban on live bands may be slapped on a swinging pub by Bradford Council after a neighbour complained that even double glazing does not drown the noise. Stephen Sefton claims that disturbance from the Robin Hood goes on after the music stops because revellers
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Scanner benefit for liver patients
Hundreds of Bradford patients with common liver complaints are set to benefit from a pioneering procedure which uses MRI scans to diagnose their problems. Dr Clive Kay, who has just begun work as a consultant radiologist at Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust
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Families' fury at gipsy aftermath
Furious residents have been left to cope with the aftermath of a gipsy camp next to their homes. Travellers have left a trail of damage, litter and human waste at Knowles Lane recreation ground, Holme Wood, Bradford, after being forced to move on under
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Helping parents cope with temper tantrums
Help for parents of young children wanting advice on anything from potty training to problems at school is on its way. The revolutionary drop-in scheme is being launched in Otley next week to help mums and dads with all sorts of problems. Called KidsCope
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Moors 'alien' goes back to the lab
A famous photograph of an 'alien' on Ilkley Moor is being reinvestigated using computer enhancement. The photo, taken in 1987 by a former policeman, Philip Spencer, is widely regarded as some of the strongest pieces of photographic evidence that extra-terrestrial
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Car park boost on the way for town's shops
Small businesses in north Main Street, Bingley, are to get a boost after planning officers recommended approval of plans for a new car park containing spaces for up to 60 cars. Bradford & Bingley Building Society intends to lease the former Woolworths
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Howard shown way to cap his new deal
Great Britain coach Andy Goodway is ready to give Bulls new recruit Harvey Howard a belated chances to force his way into Test reckoning. Goodway is close to naming his squad for the three-match series against New Zealand - now less than nine weeks away
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Jewell has £1m in kitty
Geoffrey Richmond has revealed that Bradford City still have £1 million to spend on players. The Bantams have smashed their record fee twice in recent weeks with manager Paul Jewell bringing seven players to Valley Parade at a cost of £3.3 million. However
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Concern rightly voiced
Euro MP Barry Seal is right when he points out elsewhere in today's T&A that changes to the selection procedures for the Euro elections could affect the district's ability to fight its corner - or, at least, to have its corner fought for it. Bradford
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Steeton back in the danger zone
Local Cricket: The tussle to avoid joining Horsforth in the drop to Aire-Wharfe Division B next season took a dramatic twist that leaves three clubs only a point apart. Waddilove Cup finalists Steeton seemed to have escaped danger when they won two in
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Colley earns success over champ
Motor Sport: Steve Colley defeated world champion Dougie Lampkin in the Isle of Man on Sunday where he won his sixth Manx Sword of State at the end of the Manx Two Day Trial. Colley lost one penalty to take the top prize, Lampkin lost three marks on the
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Magic Majid wins
Abdul Majid became the first Asian bowler to win one of Bradford's most prestigious tournaments when he captured the Horton Print/Harold Smith Hospital Handicap at Greengates. Majid, who has only been bowling competitively for Lister Park for two years
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Ten lives are saved - thanks to a £3 alarm
A family of ten escaped from a house fire today - thanks to a smoke alarm fitted hours earlier. The blaze ripped through the living room of the house in Waverley Road, Great Horton, Bradford. Ten people were asleep upstairs in the house including two
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T&A helps club to stay in the swim
A popular Shipley club which has taught scores of youngsters how to swim and passed on vital life saving skills to dozens more has been saved from the brink of closure. Earlier this summer, fearing the fortunes of Shipley Swimming Club '84 could be sunk
