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Back on the line
An historic loco is back on track at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. The 125-year-old Bellerophon was in steam at the weekend for a passenger test run. Now it is hoped the unique engine will be in service on Sundays for the rest of this month and
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Attacks soar at hospital
Attacks on medics by patients at Airedale Hospital have more than doubled in two years. Latest figures reveal that 38 staff were assaulted up until November 5 last year, compared with 31 in 1997 and 17 in 1996. The violent incidents have led to a range
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Heritage showpiece bid gets cash boost
A bid to make Cliffe Castle a showpiece for the natural and historical heritage of the Aire Valley has been swelled by £50,000. The Wolfson Foundation has agreed to donate the cash to the £300,000-plus needed to build two new galleries and educational
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Food alert as rat rates rise
People are being advised not to leave food lying around in a bid to halt a huge increase in mice and rats. There have been a number of sightings of rats and mice in the Ilkley, Aireborough, Horsforth, Otley and Bramhope districts. And Steven Tate, a pest
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Town 'is starved of information'
Ilkley residents are being starved of information that could make a positive difference to their lives, it has been claimed. A row is brewing over the level of contact Ilkley enjoys with Bradford Council. Ilkley Parish Council has been accused of setting
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A centre of hope for drug addicts
A new support group for former drug addicts and users trying to kick the habit is being set up in Brighouse. Link will be launched at a date yet to be decided with the help of a £150 grant from the Home Office-backed West Yorkshire Drugs Prevention Initiative
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Tragic pair may be flown home soon
A woman has been given a boost in her battle to bring home the bodies of her dead daughter and grand-daughter for burial after they were murdered in America. American police are backing attempts by a Cottingley woman to bring home the bodies of her murdered
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Growing firm that's sowing the seeds of success
A flower display round a church doorway has led to a thriving business for partners Sara Duxbury and Mike Lamb. The pair have set up Plantups Limited, based in Greenhill Court, Greenhill Lane, Bingley, which has Trackpots as one of its main products.
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Moore and co hope to make it a happy Valley
Athletics: Yorkshire county titles are up for grabs this weekend. The Senior Men's and women's Cross-Country Championships take place at Valley Park, Rotherham on Saturday, and the 22nd Veterans' Championships will be decided at Graves Park, Sheffield
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Players queue up to face O'Sullivan
Snooker: The Telegraph & Argus is holding its annual hunt to find an amateur champion on Saturday, January 23. Entries will be taken up to 10.45am on the day via organiser Eric Hodgkinson at The Clubhouse In Cue Gardens, Odsal Top, with the event
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Yorkshire will oppose plan to end toss
Yorkshire cricket chairman Bob Platt today hit out at plans to abolish the toss in county championship matches this coming season and said that the club would vote against the proposal at a meeting of the First Class Forum at Lord's in March. If the plan
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Hill hoping for Brave performance
Renowned battlers Dudley Hill have the chance to pull off another Silk Cut Challenge Cup upset after landing a third round tie at Barrow Braves. Hill, who knocked out York at the same stage in 1997, are pressing for promotion back to the Conference Premier
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City Talk, with Richard Sutcliffe
It has been quite a week for Bradford City manager Paul Jewell. After starting January with a nail-biting FA Cup victory over Grimsby Town, the FA Cup draw then handed the City boss the chance to pit his wits against one of the most charismatic men in
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Cup fever grips City!
Fans queued in the rain outside Valley Parade from 3am today to make sure of a ticket to City's fourth round cup clash against Newcastle United. The Bantams have 4,000 tickets for the game at St James's Park on January 23. And as the queue snaked round
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A battle to cope as nation wheezes
Flu is putting a massive strain on services across the NHS as GPs and hospitals struggle to cope with rising demand. Health reporter Mike Waites looks at the scale of the problem and what it has meant for one Bradford family doctor. THE FIRST signs of
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Machete attacker jailed for 12 years
A machete attacker was today jailed for 12 years for a savage assault. Perminder Singh, 32, went on the run for two years after he was found guilty of hacking Balbinder Singh with a machete outside Haigy's Bar, Lumb Lane, Bradford in June 1995. A national
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Eviction threat to shop site Gipsies
The owners of a Bradford retail park have vowed to take tough action against a group of Gipsies camped on their land. Six caravans and various other vehicles have been gathering on the land opposite the Forster Square Retail Park since Sunday. Now nearby
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Cue Bradford - Hollywood of the north!
Bradford's booming film industry is bringing a huge cash and jobs boost to the district. West Yorkshire's mini 'Tinsel Town' is being picked by dozens of film companies as the location for dramas and television productions. Figures released today by the
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Crisis-hit church's cash plea
Villagers' hopes of building a new church have been dealt a fresh blow. St Paul's in Denholme has been closed since early last year when it became unsafe because of dry rot in the roof, with services being held instead at the Mechanics Institute. The
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Sporting chance for Grace
A dream has come true for a 16-year-old Kenyan girl who has had a life-changing operation. Grace Mbuthia is now looking forward to seeing her friends and family and being able to play sport after an operation to correct congenital scoliosis of her spine
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Centre pins hope on a cash lifeline
A group of women hopes to be thrown a cash lifeline from the Millennium pot to save a centre from folding. Keighley Women's Centre is facing closure even before it holds the official opening of its new base later this month. It hit crisis point last month
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'Why I forced the B&B vote'
Plumber Stephen Major was so angry with a Bradford & Bingley questionnaire on whether it should become a bank he decided to do something about it. Instead of sending a letter to chief executive Christopher Rodrigues criticising what he saw as a series
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Showdown
An angry doorstep confrontation erupted in a Shipley cul-de-sac when nursery nurses left without jobs tracked down the owners of a closed Bradford private nursery. Staff at Albion House Nursery in Greengates gathered to demand an explanation from Rob
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Your Personal Finance, by Alan Mills
Over the past months a lot has been written about the demise of Personal Equity Plans and the appearance of the new Individual Savings Accounts, or ISAs. Most people are aware that as from April 1999, PEPs will no longer be available, although existing
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We're fair all round, says boss
Bradford is traditionally a low-pay area but the national minimum wage is set to change all that. Business Editor Paul Parker reports. MAILWAY NORTHERN is one of a number of Bradford firms prepared for the national minimum wage. The company, which has
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Bulls hit back over Radford claims
Bradford Bulls have hit back at suggestions from Hull that they got talented 19-year-old Lee Radford, pictured left, on the cheap. Sharks chief executive Bryan Calam has slammed the transfer tribunal ruling that the Bulls must pay an initial fee of just
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City deny £1m bid for Albert
Bradford City boss Paul Jewell has poured scorn on speculation that he has made a £1 million bid for Newcastle United star Philippe Albert. The cultured defender appears to be on his way out of St James' Park with manager Ruud Gullit failing to include
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Starring role for Bradford
The Bradford Metropolitan District is a place of infinite variety. Those of us who live here are well enough aware of that. We have splendid Victorian architecture in the city centre. We have glorious open moors and pretty villages. And, it has to be
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Helen Mead I can fake it with the best of them!
What, exactly, is real life? For some, it's an elusive creature - in particular for the makers of those fly-on-the wall TV documentaries. It's easy to become addicted to such shows - the Builders from Hell who leave someone's house on the brink of collapse
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At just 13, Sam is hit by curse of the elderly
Arthritis is commonly linked with old age but for 13-year-old Sam Hellewell coping with the condition is a daily fact of life. Sam, of Buttershaw, Bradford, is one of more than 14,000 children nationwide affected by the crippling condition which not only
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Bulls boss seeks full facts on shopping
Bradford Bulls boss Chris Caisley wants Council chiefs to give him the score over plans for shopping at Odsal Stadium. He will ask Bradford Council leader Ian Greenwood to put his cards on the table over how retail will be allowed by planners. Mr Caisley
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Red curry 'worst in region'
Undercover trading-standards officers checking for excessive colourants in curries found the worst case in Yorkshire and Humberside in a Bradford takeaway. They say the garish red chicken tikka masala bought in Britain's "curry capital" contained six
