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Arson youth has jail term cut
A teenager who started two blazes at a Keighley children's home and robbed a boy has won the right to a reduced sentence. The "difficult and disruptive" youth, then aged 15, was ordered to be detained indefinitely in youth custody when he appeared at
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Support sought in battle over path
Politicians have called for support in a nine-year battle to restore a public right of way along a public footpath at Guiseley. The path runs through woodland alongside Thorpe Lane, from the A65 opposite Harry Ramsden's restaurant. Until 1986, the land
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Moor the merrier as cameras roll
You can often walk for miles on Ilkley Moor without seeing another soul. But ramblers in search of solitude yesterday were bemused to find themselves sharing the wide open spaces with not one but TWO separate film crews. Six of the stars of Carlton's
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Coroner tells of tragic Jessica's final moments
A coroner has recorded an open verdict on a former Skipton Girls' High School pupil who drowned while diving off the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Jessica Richards left school in the summer of 1995 with five A levels and was working as a volunteer
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Woman 'tried to kill neighbour'
A Bradford mother of two had a cocktail of drink and drugs before trying to kill her elderly next door neighbour in a "mercy killing", a court heard. Sharon Sadik, 39, put a bin liner over her face and used a kitchen knife to stab spinster Marjorie Binner
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Richmond's cup tie plea
Chairman Geoffrey Richmond today appealed to Bradford City supporters not to go into the home sections of Elland Road at this month's Worthing-ton Cup third round tie against Leeds United. With City set to sell their allocation, Bantams supporters who
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Drugs killed my daughter - and put my son in prison
Spending years coping with the heartache and deceit of a drug-addicted daughter were no preparation for the grief of her oldest child's death from a heroin overdose. Linda Funnell talks to Jan Winter about being a parent in today's world and how she has
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Theatre Review: Good Grief, Alhambra
To old Fleet Street hands like Keith Waterhouse, memorial services are nearly all that's left. A good send-off for a valued colleague, you see, is an excuse to recall a time when things were better; when work was something you did between drinking and
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Your Pets, by our vet Simon Thomas
Fifty years ago, in the days before distemper vaccines were developed, my parents-in-law used to breed Borzois. One day their favourite caught distemper at a dog show. Of their several bitches, the only survivor was too crippled to breed again. A few
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Your Health, by Dr Tom Smith
How about this for a routine day? You get up at five am., work all day, and get to bed at 11 p.m. During the day you perform the odd bit of heart surgery - like unblocking a clotted coronary or replacing a defective valve, or even doing the really tricky
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Anila Baig: The lip gloss lure of Lollywood
I am always going on about the mundanity of my life though, of course, in actual fact, I am quite pleased not to be embroiled in a civil war, a natural disaster, a feudal dispute with members of my extended family (well, not yet, anyway) and other such
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Gardens 'are not the right spot for skaters'
Ilkley's in-line skaters face an increasing path of obstacles in their fight to gain a 'home'. As another Ilkley parish councillor announced she was withdrawing her support for a skating area in the Riverside Gardens, the frustration at a lack of progress
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Partnership deal is aiming to help tenants
A partnership between Craven District Council and the people of Skipton's biggest estate has finally come to fruition. The Greatwood and Horse Close Estate Agreement has been drawn up in a bid to offer tenants a greater say over the way their services
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Harrowing task facing pathologist in Bosnia
A doctor from Bradford is preparing to leave for Bosnia to carry out the grisly task of examining scores of bodies believed to be victims of war crimes. Dr Jan Lowe, consultant histopathologist at Bradford Royal Infirmary, expects to deal with the remains
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Robbers terrorise post office staff
Two robbers held terrified staff at gunpoint before seizing cash from Thorpe Edge Post Office. The raiders, who both wore balaclava helmets, burst into the post office on Idlethorpe Way. One man smashed the counter glass and demanded money while brandishing
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Legal aid in fight for school review
A set of parents fighting to keep their school open have been granted legal aid to press for a judicial review into the Bradford education shake-up. If the bid is successful, it might lead to an expensive and prolonged public inquiry into Bradford Council's
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Parents take childcare war to Downing Street
Anxious parents are planning to march on Downing Street to fight for the future of an out-of-school childcare scheme. Parents of children who attend the Kidzone in Holme Wood are to join forces and lobby Prime Minister Tony Blair, MPs and councillors
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£1,000 to catch car wash raiders
A garage owner has put a £1,000 bounty on the heads of thieves who keep raiding his car wash pumps. Dave Thorns, 46, has stumped up the reward money because he doesn't believe the police will catch whoever is responsible. Over the last three weeks, he
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Garden scheme gets green light
Plans for a Millennium Green on a Skipton estate look set to go ahead after Craven Council handed over a piece of land on a 999-year lease. The derelict ground near Whinny Gill reservoir, on the Greatwood Estate, currently attracts fly-tippers and vandals
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Planning chiefs sound 'new homes' alert
Green Belt land in Kirklees is under a massive threat of being developed for thousands of new homes, planning chiefs have warned. Kirklees Council says the threat comes from the findings of an independent study on future housing needs in the region, commissioned
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Owner remains defiant as cafe faces closure
A businessman who flouted planning laws to set up a cafe is set to receive his marching orders this week if plans are approved by councillors. But the owner says he is more determined than ever to fight to stay open. Early last month Leo Dooley, of East
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Move to give hope to jobless
A major job-finding and training scheme is being launched this week to help cut Bradford's rising jobless figure. Bradford West Labour MP Marsha Singh is due to launch the Worksearch Project by Act-ion for Business Limited (ABL) at the Carlisle Business
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Sports Diary
Your guide to what's on, where - for the week beginning October 3rd. Saturday BILLIARDS & SNOOKER Yorkshire Inter-District League: Bradford v Wharfedale (Lilycroft WMC, 7.30). HORSE RACING Catterick, Newmarket, Uttoxeter, Wolverhampton (eve, awt),
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Veteran Womersley helps spring shock
Sunday Alliance: With only one point so far and having conceded 25 goals in six games, Premier Division basement side Fairweather Green were decided underdogs in their clash with champions and current leaders Oakenshaw. Oakenshaw were below usual form
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Boss Abbott bids for happy return
Joint Thackley manager Greg Abbott is relishing a return to Nethermoor for tonight's FA Cup second qualifying round replay against Guiseley. The former Bradford City favourite quit as assistant manager to the UniBond Premier Division outfit in the spring
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Kids all set for a Bantams bargain
Bradford City are hoping for a huge response to their Quid a Kid scheme at Friday's match against Bury. City already offer a good deal to children and chairman Geoffrey Richmond said: "I hope we can fill the ground on Friday. "The scheme proved to be
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Bradley fights to clear his name
Graeme Bradley will attempt to clear his name today after his 14-year career ended in controversy with dismissal in Friday's elimination semi-final defeat at St Helens. The former Bulls skipper's case was being heard later today with referee Stuart Cummings
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Wrong to halt entire review
If parents in Ravenscliffe and Greengates consider that their children are being badly served by the schools review, they have every democratic right to use whatever legal options are available to them to challenge that review. Given the apparent strength
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'It's so quiet now my girls have gone'
Thousands of teenagers throughout the district are leaving home for the first time to start a new life at university or college. But what about the parents they are leaving behind? Heather Bishop talks to one Bradford mother whose youngest daughter has
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Monica's new lease of life!
Finding a new life after retirement can prove difficult. For Monica Winterburn, she had spent five years caring for elderly relatives before finding herself alone. But a trip to a local group proved to be a turning point and she now wants to trumpet its
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The simple test that could save a life
Breast cancer is the major health fear among women, according to a new survey carried out by the charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer. Advice and information about the disease, the major cause of death of women to cancer in the Bradford district, is being
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Mike Priestley: Who's Counting?
Here's a message for men of a more mature vintage. Don't let the youngsters drag you down to their level of sartorial inelegance. It isn't a sign of decrepitude to wear a smart jacket or suit and tie to dinner in an hotel or restaurant. It's a sign of
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Planning the biggest pud ever!
Burley-in-Wharfedale villagers are being urged to help create a world-record pudding. The village Millennium Committee hopes to produce the heaviest pud ever - and is calling on residents for their help. The five-tonne pudding - a re-creation of the historic
