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Major role for John's Mini
Mini enthusiast John Stell has been inspired by the 1960s movie, The Italian Job, to drive his car on a 2,000-mile trip in aid of charity. He and girlfriend Sheena Davidson plan to join almost 100 other Mini drivers to help raise a million pounds. They
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Crime 'the lowest for seven years'
Crime in West Yorkshire has dropped to its lowest for seven years, according to a report published today. Recorded crime has fallen by 6.3 per cent to less than 250,000 offences in 1997-98 - 19 per cent less than five years ago. Chief Constable Graham
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Fire station sex claim dismissed
Police have dismissed allegations that a woman was sexually assaulted by three part-time fire fighters at Ilkley Fire Station. West Yorkshire Fire Service is conducting its own inquiry into the claims involving officers at the station in Little Lane.
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Go-ahead sought to start on railway
The long-awaited plan to introduce train services to Brighouse after an absence of nearly 30 years has been given a major boost. Today's meeting of West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority was being asked to give the go-ahead for a start on the infrastructure
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Victims who suffer in a silent world
The number of battered women in the area could be four times as great as previously feared. Police received more than 5,200 complaints from women last year, but shocking new statistics put before city councillors suggest the number of actual incidents
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Treatment boost in war on cancer
More breast cancer patients in the area could be given chemotherapy in the light of a new study showing the treatment improves long-term survival. The findings of a report published today shows treating the cancer with cell-killing drugs - first pioneered
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It's the business!
Theatre blockbuster Les Miserables took the Alhambra into the record books with a bumper £2.4million in ticket sales - and turned Bradford into a Boom City. The show also attracted 110,000 people from all over Britain - the highest-ever audiences. And
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City 'in dark' over Steiner
Bradford City say they are still "in the dark" over striker Rob Steiner's possible £200,000 switch to Dundee United. The Swede has been on loan with the Scottish club for the past week with United boss Paul Sturrock hoping he can end his side's miserable
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Keighley look to cup for a boost
Bradford and Bingley join Ilkley in receiving first round byes in the NPI Cup tomorrow, but rugby union's intermediate knockout competition has not been kind to other local clubs. Keighley are at Northallerton, who are three divisions below, and have
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Harvey may be staying
Bradford Bulls would like to make rampaging prop Harvey Howard a permanent fixture at Odsal once his short-term deal ends. But chairman Chris Caisley admits they are very much in the hands of his Australian club Wests where he still has two-years to run
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Superdome bankers to reveal backers
Bankers of long-delayed Superdome are expected to reveal their funders before their contract runs out with the Council at the end of the year. Arbuthnot Latham say in a letter to Council chiefs today that they expect to make recommendations to Superdome
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Labour of honour for lost generation
A former Second World War Bevin Boy has set out on a labour of honour to hand-clean the 'forgotten' graves of servicemen in time for Remembrance Day. Ken Garbutt, 72, of Shipley, has found 40 graves of soldiers - previously undiscovered - after he single-handedly
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Full steam ahead for a big birthday
A steam railway, one of the biggest tourist attractions in the country, owes its preservation not to a drive to save part of our industrial heritage, but for more mundane reasons. The dedicated bunch of railway enthusiasts who came together in the early
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'You get what you are owed'
Bradford firms owed money by the collapsed cable company JP Fitzpatrick Cable TV are unlikely to recoup their losses, according to the firm's administrator. The contractor, which was one of seven companies to fold following the collapse of parent firm
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More time for festival of fun
Bradford Festival is to be extended next year from a fortnight to three weeks. Council bosses say the 1999 summer extravaganza will be the longest ever held in the city. And eventually it could become a festival run over five weeks. Councillor Barry Thorne
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You're a little life-saver
The gift of life has been made by a four-year-old Skipton girl to her big sister. Mary-Kate Coe is blissfully unaware that her simple bone marrow extraction operation last month has given six-year-old Victoria a future. If Victoria hadn't had a sibling
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Pair get their call-up at once!
Two Bradford call centre trainees are putting their training into use straight away by working as tele-operators for the Employment Service. Bev Buckley and Sylvia Leeman, both of Bradford, are the latest in a long line of successful "graduates" of the
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Standing ovation please!
Les Miserables is not the jolliest of names for a show, but it has left Bradford Council's sport and recreation sub-committee far from glum. Thanks to its success in drawing the crowds to the Alhambra, the theatre has managed to meet its targeted profit
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Asian shop complex 'magnet for city'
A high-quality Asian shopping complex, expected to draw visitors from all over the North of England, could be opened in Bradford. And business leaders from the Asian community say it could be a boost for the city. It would include restaurants and shops
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Web site nets Bill's attention
US Microchip billionaire Bill Gates has given his personal seal of approval to a Bradford school's innovative web site. Buttershaw Upper has been named winner of Microsoft's Road Ahead Prize after judges agreed its science web pages were the best secondary
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Waste of time, say parents
Parents and governors at two schools claim Bradford Council is wasting their time by making them choose middle school places - which might not exist by next September. And they have called for a delay in the procedure for transferring pupils to middle
