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The show that moved the boss to tears
David Behrens talks to the stars of a sensational production about to be re-launched in West Yorkshire DON'T BE surprised if Stephen Weller's contemporaries hate his guts. In a profession where most people are out of work most of the time, CVs like his
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Agony of Sharon's wait for a lifesaving swap
An award-winning Bradford College student is facing an agonising wait for a double lung transplant operation that could save her life. Brave Sharon Carter, 20, who was born with cystic fibrosis, was today setting off to the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle
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The young ones will have a say!
Youngsters in Keighley have been involved in planning a major new strategy to improve their lives over the next three years. They were consulted by Bradford Council social services as it devised its ambitious Integrated Children's Services Plan. The plan
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Traders welcome plan for cameras
Traders in Otley have welcomed the prospect of closed-circuit television surveillance in the town, seeing it as both a deterrent and method of detecting criminals. Traders at Westgate, close to where recent street robberies have occurred, agreed that
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Club left stumped by vandal attack
Sports club members were left distraught after vandals drove cars over their pitch leaving it badly damaged. Two separate attacks on the Salts Cricket Club left its outfield and wicket with huge tyre marks, some three inches deep, caused by wheel spins
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No more tailbacks as work moves up a gear
Roadworks which caused chaos on one of the districts busiest roads are expected to finish this week. The good news for motorists travelling along the notoriously snarled up A650 was given by highways chief Phil Thornton today. The chairman of the highways
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Paul Twiddy: Business Sense
"Myth: a graduate will be too expensive; they will expect a high salary; I can't afford that. Fact: A graduate knows that a small company can't afford high salaries; they want a good job with variety; money isn't the only thing they are interested in.
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Bid to allay fears over textile jobs
Staff at a struggling Bradford textile firm have been reassured that a £5.36 million takeover bid will not necessarily lead to further job cuts. The multi-million pound bid by Whitlock Management has been recommended to shareholders by the board of Parkland
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Cochrane's double settles Vase thriller
Non-League: Eccleshill United 3, Hallam 2. Eccleshill United won through to the third round of the FA Vase in dramatic fashion when they twice came from behind and then hit the winner three minutes from time. With their side in free-fall after finishing
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Lessons to be learned
Paul Jewell is hoping Bradford City's disappointing defeat at home to Queens Park Rangers will serve as the 'kick up the pants' he feels his side needs. Gerry Francis's relegation-threatened outfit belied their lowly status with a controlled and disciplined
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Mike Priestley: North of Watford
The Government's 13-point guide to the things that are supposed to make us feel good (or not, as the case might be), unveiled this week, is all right as a list of the second-division factors which affect our lives. But it does rather miss the main points
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My debt to scanner, by victim of rare cancer
Cancer patient Frank Isherwood was one of the first people from the Bradford district to be scanned using MRI technology which has helped doctors find tumours for his very rare form of the illness. Mr Isherwood, 36, of Crosshills, near Keighley, first
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Smoke alarm campaign is given £43,000 boost
West Yorkshire Fire Service is stepping up its campaign to fit smoke alarms in an effort to cut the number of fire-related deaths in the home. More than £43,000 is being set aside to increase the installation of domestic smoke alarms in 1999/2000 by approximately
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Proposals for new homes get the go-ahead
Schemes to build more than three dozen new homes in Skipton have been approved by Craven Council planners. Seventeen two-bed flats and bungalows for the elderly are to be built on land off Roughhaw Close, despite recommendations being in favour of refusal
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Big cash boost to help four-year-old Robert
A campaign to help raise money for special treatment for an autistic boy from Ilkley has received two major boosts. A charity auction organised by the Ilkley Round Table raised £1,318 for four-year-old Robert Sime and a hairdresser from Sheffield has
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DIY 'library' could brighten estate
Residents on a Spen estate could soon be borrowing anything from paint strippers and paintbrushes to ladders and lawnmowers to spruce up their homes and gardens. The "tool library" on the 439-home Windy Bank estate in Hightown, Liversedge, would aim to
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'My brush with death'
A schoolgirl impaled on 6ft high railings for two hours has spoken for the first time about her brush with death. Heather Coles-Bayes, 14, told how she felt the point of the railings brushing against her tongue as it was driven five inches into her neck
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Busy Bees welcome the chance to take a break
Rugby Union: Bradford and Bingley 16, Morpeth 26; by Bill Marshall. Having played for 15 successive weeks, Bradford and Bingley will doubtless be grateful for their first rest of the season next Saturday. It is the fourth round of the NPI Cup, and the
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Old Trafford jinx goes on
Manchester United 3, Leeds United 2; by Richard Sutcliffe. Leeds United grabbed their first league goals at Old Trafford for more than seven years, but they weren't enough to prevent David O'Leary's men slipping to their first away defeat of the season
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Manager's Views
Paul Jewell comments: I am obviously bitterly disappointed with the performance. We have to give them credit because they came to frustrate us and they did that very well. I thought they were the better team in the first half. But you just can't concede
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Out-thought!
Bradford city 0, QPR 3; by Richard Sutcliffe, at Valley Parade. The reaction of the Bradford City fans after seeing their side's tame surrender against Queens Park Rangers told its own story. Just seven days earlier, nearly 4,000 Bantams supporters had
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Alarms a proven lifesaver
It is surprising and disappointing that, according to official figures, smoke alarm ownership in West Yorkshire stands at only 35 per cent. How many lives are lost each year to fire? How many homes are gutted? How much misery is caused? And in many cases
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Skaters urge speed-up for place of their own
Ilkley's in-line skating enthusiasts have urged the town to speed up plans for a skating site. The skaters say they are not demanding a great deal, just a place in the town where they can indulge their passion for the sport in safety. A number of youngsters
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Key stone cops squad on patrol
Police have formed a new squad to tackle thefts of stones from homes across the Shipley and Bingley districts. And their first task is to urge householders to mark their stone with indelible paint. Officers - who have set up a special four-man squad in
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Damaged rail water main may not be replaced
A water main may have to be re-lined rather than replaced to avoid causing further damage to a railway tunnel on a heritage line. Yorkshire Water experts are investigating the best way to carry out vital improvements to the water pipe which crosses the
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Designs on a future in big business
Financial wheeling and dealing is not confined to the floor of the Stock Exchange, as one group of A-level students is proving. Education reporter Lyn Barton talks to the seven-strong team who have set their own company in motion. AT THE AGE of 16, James
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'Our site is not up for sale'
Plans to open a drugs rehabilitation unit at a food warehouse are a "waste of time" according to the head of Yorkshire Co-operatives. Chief executive Tony Henry said no request had been made to buy the company's produce warehouse in East Bowling, Bradford
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Safety call on 'rat-run' road
Toddler Mark Christy whose leg was broken in three places after he was hit by a car on a notorious 'rat-run' was expected to return home today. And while the three-year-old faces at least another three weeks in traction, the campaign to install traffic-calming
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Kate defies 'stay away' warnings
A Cullingworth teenager is gearing up to a trip to Chile, despite Foreign Office advice against non-essential travel to the country in the light of the row over General Pinochet. Kate Robinson, of Ainsdale Grove, flies to South America for an adventure
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Faith and hope in search of charity
The team behind a new centre to cultivate cultural understanding say they are a step closer to realising their dream. The Q21 Association, set up after the Manningham riots of 1995, wants to turn a disused Victorian school teacher's house in Listerhills
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Stars rally round to pay tribute to Mr Variety
Sir Cliff Richard, Norman Collier and Charlie Williams are among celebrities who have sent messages of goodwill to the man who founded the famous Batley Variety Club. It is in response to a civic reception and reunion planned for James Corrigan on Saturday
