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Brave mother's race for a cure
A Bradford mum-of-three who is suffering from a rare tumour is making a desperate race against time to find a cure. Carolyn Fitzsimmons, from Allerton, has been diagnosed as having a tumour on both her brain and spinal cord - a condition which occurs
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Timber bosses axe five workers
A timber firm in Skipton closes down today as a major new occupational health business prepares to relocate to the town. Five workers at 25-year-old Aire Valley Timber on the Snaygill Industrial estate, say they were told on Monday that trading had officially
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Threat to Sir Titus' mission
A group set up by Sir Titus Salt to help needy people and organisations in the Bradford district is facing closure after nearly 140 years. Crisis-hit Bradford City Mission has nowhere to store clothes and bedding, which it distributes around the district
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A thumbs down for the cattle mart plan
Bingley people have given the thumbs down to plans to build a supermarket on the site of the old Cattle Mart. A questionnaire organised by the Better Bingley Campaign showed that five times as many would prefer the redevelopment of the town centre Myrtle
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My vigil for knifed son
A Bradford mum has spent three sleepless days and nights praying for her son after an attempted murder attack left him fighting for his life. Pat Matthews, 45, from Low Moor, rushed to her son's bedside after police rang her saying he'd been repeatedly
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Textile firm faces losses
A huge drop in profits is forcing Bradford textile firm British Mohair to look at a restructure of its mohair operation. The firm, which has its headquarters in Midland Mills, Valley Road, Bradford, saw its half-year pre-tax profit cut to £285,000, compare
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Naylor deal hammered out by Bulls
Bradford Bulls today landed Salford centre Scott Naylor as they pressed ahead with their squad re-building for the 1999 campaign. The capture of the 26-year-old on a two-year contract follows Wednesday's sensational swoop for Wigan's crowd pleasing half-back
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Big two braced for title decider
Local Cricket: Baildon and Bradford & Bingley are preparing for a possible championship showdown at Jenny Lane on Sunday in the Bradford League First Division. By coincidence the league fixtures switched from Saturday, April 18 pair the two top sides
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Rob goes on trial
Bradford City striker Robert Steiner could be on his way to Dundee United in a £200,000 move. The Swede is on trial with the Tannadice outfit until next week and may even figure in the United squad to face Glasgow Rangers tomorrow. Steiner appears to
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Put these offices to work!
The new Aldermanbury office block has had a disappointing history. Its former developers, 3D, stopped work on it with only the basement car park completed. Then hopes rose when the York-based developers Huntington took over the project, won approval for
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Shops complex for tourist village
Controversial plans for a £3 million shopping centre for Haworth have been approved, despite critics claiming it would overwhelm the tourist village. The plans for nine shops including a department-style store were approved by Bradford Council planners
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Tory call for inquiry into council 'junkets'
Tories on Bradford Council have asked external auditors to carry out a full investigation into the costs of councillors "junketing" on foreign trips. Conservatives say a report calling for councillors to approve a trip to France by Council leader Ian
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Mourners will be told: Make your protest
Mourners visiting graves at Bowling Cemetery this weekend will be invited to sign a protest petition against an adjoining housing development. Residents angry about the Victorian cemetery entrance being used as access to the new homes are launching a
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Club's bid to evict gipsies
Staff at a Bradford nightclub are having to take legal action against a group of travellers who have set up home on their car park. About ten caravans, 15 vans and two wagons arrived on the site at The Maestro in Manningham Lane on Wednesday. Now Rank
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No takers yet for flagship offices
Bradford's first speculative multi-million pound office complex is standing empty in the city centre - more than two months after completion. It is also three years since its former developers 3D said they were working on amendments to the building for
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Po-faced Paul's really a jolly soul
Have I Got News For You star Paul Merton brings his own brand of droll humour to Bradford's St George's Hall for one night on September 25. Jim Greenhalf reports YOU SHOULD never wholly believe what Paul Merton says about himself. For years the Have I
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Police swoop in drugs crackdown
Keighley police officers have launched a series of drugs raids across the town. Around 50 officers including detectives, Task Force operational support units and officers from the traffic and mounted sections took part in Operation Drub yesterday. They
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Cut-price help plan for the old
Otley's older people are to get their decorating and jobs around the home done at lower prices. Otley Action For Older People (OAOP) has used lottery money to employ a decorator and a general handyman. And the new Live at Home scheme will be launched
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X-Files style film for Cow and Calf
A Bradford UFO expert has written a script he hopes will be made into a blockbusting science fiction movie. Russ Kellett, 34, who founded the UFO Research Network - which has branches all over the country - has taken two years to write the supernatural
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Health care blow for drug addicts
Doctors and pharmacists are refusing to provide extra support for drug addicts in Brighouse - forcing them to travel to other towns for help. A study of health provision in the town by Calderdale Council reported few GPs were willing to prescribe courses
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Sports Diary
Your guide to what's on, where, for the week beginning September 12. Saturday ATHLETICS Yorkshire Road Relays: Wakefield. CRICKET Bradford League - Division One: Baildon v East Bierley, Bowling OL v Pudsey Congs, Farsley v Undercliffe, Hanging Heaton
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Bees bid to capitalise on good start
Bradford & Bingley are looking to build on their great start to the season when they play York at home in their second North Division Two match tomorrow. The Bees won 30-13 at Huddersfield last Saturday and another win would boost their confidence
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Tykes on charge as Wood hits double ton
Matthew Wood scored an epic double century at Headingley today as Yorkshire batted on against Warwickshire in a successful quest for maximum batting bonus points. They declared at 408 for six immediately Wood had struck the boundary which took him to
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Nick Oldham: Rights and Wrongs
A bank has imposed its own safety rules for customers of outside wall texture company Midlands Coatings Co Ltd - after a Rights and Wrongs story. The First National Bank - which provides credit finance arrangements for Midland Coatings - says it is "extremely
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'Get our homes fit for living'
Almost 100 tenants have taken legal action against Bradford Council since March in a bid to get their homes repaired. Now the Council has set up a special cross-directorate team to deal with the crisis. Housing chiefs say there has been no let-up in the
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Job losses fear as M&S decide to buy overseas
A union chief fears hundreds of Bradford textile workers could lose their jobs because of a Marks & Spencer decision to buy clothes overseas. Peter Booth, national secretary of the Bradford-based Textile Group of the Transport & General Workers
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Victim of 'gun law' fights back
A Wild West fan who won a legal fight with the police is now appealing for the force to return his weapon. Allen Ambridge, 49, of Primrose Bank, Gilstead, Bingley, is demanding the return of a 122-year-old Winchester 73 rifle seized from his home even
