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Vicar teaches at school for kerb crawlers
A Manningham vicar will be seen by millions of television viewers tonight talking about his work on a ground breaking project with kerb crawlers and prostitutes. The Reverend George Moffat will feature in the BBC2 programme Modern Times about a Leeds
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Lady Anne's ancient bell will ring out again
Century-old bells are to be removed from a church belfry and sold to help pay for repairs to the crumbling clock tower. The six peel at St James' Church, Silsden, are expected to raise £4,800 towards the cost of the £8,500 needed to repair the tower.
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Now car parkers face a fee of £3
Free waiting in Saltaire public car parks is set to end as part of a drive to make parking easier for shoppers and tourists. Bradford Council is proposing to make the Caroline Street and Exhibition Road car parks the most expensive in the district for
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Big bite of the world's trade
A Bradford firm has become a global player in the supply of specialist dental products since it was started 16 years ago. Ortho-Care, based in Oxford Place, sells orthodontic equipment to firms and dental practices throughout Europe, the Netherlands,
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Deaf blast six for first win in two years!
Grattan League: Bradford Deaf gained their first win in two seasons when they beat Ravenscliffe Celtic B 6-3 away in the Second Division. Ravenscliffe have only themselves to blame after being reduced to nine men when they had Chris Dobson and Graham
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I've got Megan but I still want my lottery cash
There will be few people in Britain who have not dreamed of winning the Lottery. But imagine how it must feel to suddenly have that dream realised - then just as quickly crushed. Nursery nurse Michelle Neale tells of the torment she has suffered since
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Anila Baig: Dreaming of a creative Christmas
Now that it is mid-December and the race for the Christmas No 1 single is well under way, there are more pressing matters to attend to: it is nearly the holidays. Hurray! Soon Toddler and I will be able to spend lots of quality time together and do fun
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Mike Priestley: Who's Counting?
I am writing this seated at a desk in the converted smallest bedroom at Priestley Towers which now serves as an office. It's one of the perks of your children growing up and leaving home that you find yourself with rooms to spare. Mind you, this isn't
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Drinks session 'led to beating'
An elderly man was so badly injured in a systematic beating that he is still unable to move or speak 13 months later, a jury heard. Prosecutor Colin Harvey told Bradford Crown Court that 70-year-old Edwin Norford was now in a "dysfunctional" state as
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Stressed City Hall chief to quit early
Bradford Council Chief Executive Richard Penn is to leave the authority on the grounds of ill health. Mr Penn, 53, appointed to the position in July 1989, has been off work since June this year suffering from stress. The announcement by Council leader
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Review: Martin Guerre, West Yorkshire Playhouse
Impresario Cameron Mackintosh is fond of recalling just how many years (12, I think) it took the writers of Guys and Dolls to fashion the musical we all know and love today. Perhaps it was this "if at first you don't succeed" ethic which persuaded him
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Hotline to turn in drinking drivers
Police have set up a confidential hotline for people to report drink drivers over the Christmas period. Keighley police division launched its anti-drink drive campaign this week. And special 24-hour lines have been set up for the public to turn in drivers
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Playhouse loses its driving force
David Wildman, artistic director of the Ilkley Playhouse since 1963, has died after a long illness. Mr Wildman, 67, former head of arts and drama at Ilkley Grammar School, was admitted to hospital three weeks ago. He was unable to attend last week's reopening
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Retirement flats to be up by 2000
A £1.5 million sheltered housing complex in Ilkley dogged by objections could be built by the end of next year. Since the plans were revealed in August to replace Station Garage in Springs Lane with the complex there have been worries about parking and
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Right, off to your spudwork class!
Schoolchildren in Calderdale could soon be picking up tips on how to grow potatoes and strawberries from allotment holders as part of a drive to promote healthy lifestyles. And their parents will be encouraged to grow fruit and vegetables on derelict
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Tragic quarry victim 'was love of my life'
A grieving widow today paid tribute to the ''love of her life'' who lost his fight for life four days after an accident at work. Billy Grange, 44, of Windhill, Shipley, suffered a punctured lung and broken leg, shoulder and ribs when a chunk of stone
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Superdome bites the dust
Ambitious plans to build a £200 million national "superdome" at Odsal are about to bite the dust after more than five years of controversy. A major British development company is expected to sign a deal to take over the project from Superdome UK Ltd,
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Bingley hit by catalogue of misfortune
Athletics: Despite fielding a weakened team through injury and illness, Bingley's men's team still pushed rival neighbours Pudsey and Bramley all the way in the 50-mile off-road Calderdale Way. However, with the finish line beckoning and less than a mile
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Bulls agree to let Scales go
Bradford Bulls have released back Jon Scales by mutual agreement. And the 24-year-old who joined Bradford from Leeds in 1995 could now be switching codes with a move to Bristol. Bulls spokesman Stuart Duffy said: "Scales is now considering his options
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Mills to land City rap for his dismissal
Bradford City striker Lee Mills faces disciplinary action from the club after being sent off for the first time in his career in the 4-1 win at Swindon on Saturday. Mills will automatically miss the match at Bolton on Boxing Day as a result of his dismissal
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Let's get it right this time
There will be enormous relief around Bradford today at the news that the hugely ambitious plans to build a so-called "national superdome" at Odsal have at last fallen by the wayside. The long-running saga of delays and extensions to the original planning
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At last, Seema follows her own dream
She looks at least a decade younger than her 51 years and her daughters complain that she's never at home! But Seema Gill, above, is still looking for love, four years after her husband went to work in Africa and then left her for a woman half his age
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I did my best for Betty, says carer
A carer accused of assaulting an 80-year-old woman has claimed the pensioner could be "difficult'' and "bombastic'' at times. Betty Sunderland - who suffered from Parkinson's Disease - was also confused, 43-year-old Jacqueline Wright told the jury at
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Runaway machete attacker is seized
A machete attacker who disappeared hours before a court appearance almost two years ago was behind bars today. Perminder Singh went on the run just hours before a jury convicted him in his absence after he attacked a man in a pub. He failed to turn up
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Fears as mosque is set for go-ahead
A £2 million mosque in Bradford is set to get the go- ahead despite a rival Islamic sect's fears that it could prompt violent clashes between worshippers. Officers at the planning sub- committee will recommend approval of the plans to build one of the
