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Theatre: The only was was up for Paul
David Behrens meets the former Alhambra manager who's now an impresario. There's an old saying in showbusiness: it's not how you start, it's how you finish. Paul Andrews, as he freely admits, started at the bottom. "I swept the stage, dressed actors,
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Film Review: Divorcing Jack
The first rule of political statesmanship is not to choose as your associates men whose names are Mad Dog and Cow Pat Keegan. Robert Lindsay did not, evidently, read the rule book. In the film version of Colin Bateman's novel, we find him as Michael Brinn
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Rally star banned for drink driving
Britain's top women's rallying team has broken up following the disqualification from driving of navigator Rachael Simmonite. Simmonite, 24, pleaded guilty at Skipton Magistrates' Court today to drink driving and was banned for 18 months and fined £240
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Let's fight drugs battle together, say families
Families in Keighley are uniting in the fight against drugs. And they are asking others who may be connected with those using or dealing in drugs to join the cause. Keighley Families Against Drugs (K-FAD) was set up in June after five young people died
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Women warned of night prowlers
Police today urged women to carry personal alarms or whistles after a spate of late-night attacks. This follows three attacks on women robbed while walking in Yeadon and Horsforth. Detective Inspector Steve O'Callaghan of Weetwood Police, said women out
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Quiz for mum after blaze rescue drama
Detectives were today quizzing a mother in connection with a blaze which left her and her three children trapped in a burning house. Firefighters who rescued Melanie Hall and the youngsters from their home in Windhill, Shipley, say they were lucky to
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Farmer: I say Fred is happy
A landowner has defended his right to allow a controversial circus perform on his property. Farmer John Ludbrook, who owns the site in Cottingley being used by Circus King, said he could not see what all the fuss was about. He spoke out in the wake of
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Kelt and Firth are doubts for Bees
Rugby Union: There's no shortage of options tomorrow as far as league rugby is concerned, with Wagon Lane, Cross Green, Ovenden Park and Jenny Lane staging attractive games. Wagon Lane and Jenny Lane pit first against second, with Thwaites North Division
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D-Day for Bulls
T&A Rugby League reporter Nigel Askham previews tonight's crucial Grand Final play-off clash between Bradford Bulls against St Helens at Knowsley Road. Saints coach Shaun McRae believes defence will be the key if he is to win the tactical battle with
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Huge step forward in fight on crime
A massive scheme to tackle crime in the district is launched on Monday. The trailblazing plan will be watched by the rest of Britain and directly monitored by the Home Office in London. More than 30 organisations, including Bradford Council and West Yorkshire
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Victim set alight in mugging horror
A Bradford man set on fire by muggers today told how he thought he was going to die when they doused him in petrol. Three muggers sprayed the 26-year-old's clothes and body with petrol and put a lighter to it after he refused to hand over money. Detectives
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Teenage knife victim tells of fight for life
A teenager has told how he was left fighting for his life after he was stabbed in the back by a mystery knifeman. Lee Matthews, 19, spoke exclusively to the Telegraph & Argus from his mother's home in Caldene Crescent, Low Moor, where he is recovering
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Father in store raid jailed for 14 years
Detectives are still investigating an armed robbery at a Bradford supermarket for which a father-of-two was jailed for 14 years. A police chief said today that members of the professional armed gang were still at large and detectives were still trying
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A £3bn French rail connection
Plans have been unveiled for a new rail link connecting the Bradford district with northern France via the Channel Tunnel. The £3 billion Central Railway Project sets out the creation of a 400-mile network which would have Bradford as its furthest link
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All aboard for life on the high seas
Asian and black youngsters in land-locked Bradford are being encouraged to take to the high seas in a new recruitment drive by the Royal Navy. Bradford Racial Equality Council's former chairman Balbir Singh was invited on board HMS Invincible, based at
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Chamber ditches its trade missions
The strength of the pound abroad, which is crippling exporters, has scuppered trade missions to China and Mexico organised by Bradford Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber, which has already run successful missions to Mongolia, Thailand and Malaysia earlier
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Can Bradford's bosses cope with Euro rules on working hours?
Bradford's biggest private employer is bidding to come to terms with the latest European directive on working hours. Grattan employs more than 4,500 people at its massive mail order plant which stretches from the top of Ingleby Road to Thornton Road.
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Theatre: Jude's coup
Sir Ian McKellen and Clare Higgins are now rehearsing a wonderful trilogy of plays for West Yorkshire Playhouse. Here, the Playhouse's artistic director Jude Kelly talks breathlessly between rehearsals to Jim Greenhalf. The Guardian naughtily put a spin
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Rock and Pop: Now it's Finn and son
When Neil Finn called his son Liam he had a mercurial midfielder in mind rather than a mouthy Mancunian. These days it's a pretty rock 'n' roll name thanks to one half of the infamous Gallagher brothers. But New Zealander Neil's inspiration was soccer
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Fancy that! Dino wins his tax battle
A former pigeon fancier has won his two-year fight for compensation from the taxman after he faced demands for £25,000 in back tax. The Inland Revenue Adjudication, which probes complaints against the revenue, has agreed to a settlement with Dino Reardon
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Traders worried at lack of 'stop and shop'
A major review of car parking in Ilkley has been ordered over traders' concerns at a lack of short-stay facilities. Shopkeepers in the town are worried that all-day parking in some roads - particularly Nile Road, Victory Road, Trafalgar Road and Wharfe
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Workers urged to leave cars at home
Thousands of Kirklees Council employees are to be persuaded to leave their cars at home under a new two-year project. If the initiative is successful, hundreds of companies in the district will also be asked to follow the example to help cut congestion
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It's rush justice!
A teenage car thief was today behind bars after being arrested, charged and sentenced in less than 24 hours - and magistrates at Bradford Youth Court have won personal praise from Home Secretary Jack Straw for their speed in dealing with the case, thought
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Peter Meredith: Business Sense
The Late Payment Bill is coming into effect at the beginning of October, allowing businesses the statutory right to charge interest for late payment of commercial debts. Therefore, while the Bill gives you a statutory right to charge interest for the
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Wall-to-wall orders a winning formula
Winning contract carpet deals has helped a Bradford carpet sales and fitting firm expand into additional premises at a business park in the city. Leeds Road Carpets, which was started as a one-man business by owner Ralph Christie, has taken up space in
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Sports Diary
Your guide to what's on, where - for the week beginning October 3. Saturday BILLIARDS & SNOOKER Yorkshire Inter-District League: Bradford v Wharfedale (Lilycroft WMC, 7.30). HORSE RACING Catterick, Newmarket, Uttoxeter, Wolverhampton (eve, awt), Chepstow
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Attack 'is best policy'
Paul Jewell has pledged that his Bradford City side will not abandon their attacking instincts when they travel to leaders Sunderland tomorrow. The Wearside giants have scored a phenomenal 18 goals in just five home games this season and lead the table
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Bradley to lead the way
Bulls skipper Graeme Bradley will call on his vast experience tonight in a bid to side-step the retirement trap door. The 34-year-old Aussie, who has played such a key role in the club's recent success, knows better than most what it's like to come from
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Fighting racism in the forces
It is right that the Royal Navy should be trying to improve on its recruitment record from the ethnic minorities. With only one per cent of the force made up of people from those groups, when they constitute seven per cent of the population, it is clearly
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Nick Oldham: Rights and Wrongs
Competition lover Yvonne Leach was pleased as punch when she was contacted by a holiday firm claiming she had won a European break. But her delight turned to dismay after finding the "prize" would cost her cash. The 44-year-old from Shipley entered the
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Bomb scare hits station
Train and bus services to parts of Bradford were badly disrupted last night after two suspect packages were discovered in Bradford Interchange. Police cordoned off roads around the complex in the city centre after the two parcels were found in litter
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Now auditors probe council bonus system
Auditors are examining a bonus system operating in Bradford Council's crisis-hit housing section. KPMG confirmed today that they were also in talks with the Council about the quality of work in the Direct Service Organisation, value for money and management
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'Speak to Lawrence team' plea
Bradford Racial Equality Council has urged the public to speak out at a meeting of the Stephen Lawrence inquiry team in Bradford this month. Ateeq Siddique, Bradford Racial Equality Council's youth and racial harassment officer, said people who had experience
