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Narrow victory for sheltered housing
The battle to stop 17 sheltered homes being built on a field next to the Leeds-Liverpool canal in Skipton has been narrowly lost. The £844,500 scheme by Anchor Housing Association at Roughaw Road has been given the go-ahead by Craven Council's community
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Buzzing Bees prepare for promotion push
Rugby Union: Thwaites North Division Two leaders Bradford and Bingley seem to be refreshed after their three-week break. Lock Matt Hague, who was playing with an injured shoulder for the closing weeks of 1998, will have been particularly grateful for
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Holders Bowling in 'Bury sights
Amateur Rugby League: Holders West Bowling have a giant hurdle to overcome if they are to retain the Rhodes Booth Ramsbottom Bradford Cup when they visit high flying Queensbury tomorrow. Bury are the Pennine League team of the season so far - sitting
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Jewell hopes to avoid 'curse'
Paul Jewell intends avoiding the usual curse of the manager of the month award when his Bradford City side travel to Stockport County tomorrow. Already this season, Bolton's Colin Todd and Tranmere's John Aldridge have won the award, but in the following
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City to screen cup-tie
Bradford City are set to make history by beaming their big FA Cup tie with Newcastle United back live to Valley Parade to try to satisfy the phenomenal demand among the Bantams fans. The club sold their allocation of 4,000 tickets in just four hours yesterday
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Theatre: Why Joanna longs to play it straight
On stage, Joanna Riding is the very model of a chaste young maid from a rural French backwater. So it's a surprise to find that out of her costume, her accent is more Fred Elliott than Grard Depardieu. Not that's she's unusually loud or even deep-voiced
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Nick Oldham: Rights and Wrongs
Householders buying new double glazing are being warned to check the glass to avoid horrifying injuries. More than a third of the units inspected by West Yorkshire Trading Standards officers had the wrong type of glass fitted - increasing the risk of
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Two in court on burglary killing
Two men aged 23 and 24 were due to appear before magistrates today charged with the murder of Pudsey auctioneer John Nutter. And a 34-year-old Bradford man was also due to appear before Leeds magistrates charged with conspiracy to commit burglary at 68
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Waiting list performance almost worst
Bradford's performance in tackling hospital waiting lists was the second worst in the country, an analysis by the T&A has revealed. Detailed examination of figures for waiting lists in November has shown Bradford was one of only six health authorities
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Traffic fear as homes agreed
A Baildon councillor fears a mini housing estate, given the green light by Bradford Council, will add to traffic congestion on village roads. And Coun John Cole (Lib Dem, Baildon) is calling on people who want to protect other plots of land from future
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'Bailiffs' threat to disabled woman
A catalogue company threatened a disabled woman with bailiffs over a "debt" of less than £16 - which she had already paid. But today the company admitted it had make a mistake. Alma Bowers, 63, of Lidget Green, reckons she has paid out more money in phone
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Thieves grab dad's legacy
Burglars stole an Hungarian pensioner's jewellery as he slept in his Bradford home. Peter Szucs, who is blind in one eye and suffers from heart problems, has been devastated by the burglary and he has appealed for anyone with information to get in touch
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Study offers clearer picture for patients
Patients from Bradford are set to take part in a major study which could further extend the use of MRI technology. The £100,000 research project led by doctors at Leeds General Infirmary could signal the end for a day-long procedure used to diagnose circulatory
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John picks up the threads of history
A unique archive, telling the story of Bradford's development as the centre of the wool textile trade, is taking shape at Bradford & Ilkley Community College. Textile expert John Allison - who was employed at Salts Mill for 25 years before turning
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Flu bug takes its toll on hospitals
Huge burdens put on Bradford's hospital services by the flu bug have been revealed in new figures. Staff at Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke's Hospital working on New Year's Day dealt with a total of 159 emergency admissions, up by a third on the
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Villages vote for parish council
Residents have voted overwhelmingly in favour of forming a parish council for Haworth, Stanbury and Cross Roads. Ballot results announced yesterday show 2,415 people in favour and just 186 against. Voting papers and explanatory leaflets were sent out
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Group facing takings crisis due to closure
The closure of Yeadon Town Hall because of safety fears over the electrical system will cost an amateur theatre group thousands of pounds in lost income. Yeadon Charities Association has been forced to transfer its pantomime Aladdin later this month to
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Fears over traffic chaos on street
Residents in Menston fear people could be at risk because of delivery vans and shoppers' cars clogging up one of the town's busiest streets. People living in East Parade claim parked cars became a problem when the town's Co-operative superstore was revamped
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Restaurant plans for famous chapel
The historic former Providence Place Chapel in Cleckheaton could be transformed into a conference and exhibition centre and restaurant. The present owner, builder Tom Senior, 65, has revealed an unnamed businessman is planning to buy the huge Grade II-listed
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Joy for traders in battle over rates
Shipley shopkeepers have won a two-year battle for compensation after seeing their business dwindle. A tribunal considering appeals that business rates in Shipley centre are too high has ruled that some rates should be cut by up to 30 per cent and payments
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Mum wins battle to bring bodies home
A grieving mother has won her battle to bring the bodies of her murdered daughter and granddaughter back to West Yorkshire. Jacqui Melvin, 50, who lives in Cottingley, has now heard that a court petition to keep together the bodies of Melanie Edwards,
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'I discovered I was pregnant with twins - three months after they sterilised me'
A mother of five is suing two Bradford GPs for more than £100,000 after finding out she was pregnant following a sterilisation operation. Gaynor Collier claims she was "devastated" when she was told she was expecting twins - weeks after the operation.
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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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Mission Thailand is firms' trade aim
Bradford firms are being given a chance to boost business with Thailand - despite the collapse of the Far Eastern economies. A trade mission to the country has been organised for March 8 to 12 by Bradford Chamber of Commerce. Ten firms have already signed
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Sports Diary
Your guide to what's on, and where. Week beginning January 9. Saturday ATHLETICS Yorkshire Cross-Country Championships: Rotherham. HORSE RACING Haydock, Warwick, Wolverhampton (awt, eve), Sandown, Lingfield (awt). RUGBY LEAGUE (2.00 unless stated) National
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Guiseley stalwart Hogarth still going strong
Non-League Soccer: Guiseley's Mr Consistency defender Colin Hogarth is hoping to beat the flu to play his 500th league and cup match for Guiseley tomorrow. The 35-year-old postman has been off work this week, but he hopes to recover in time to face Accrington
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Bulls set for intensive week in the sun
Bradford Bulls are heading for the sun again as they put the finishing touches to their pre-season build-up. Matthew Elliott and his coaching team will take the full squad of 23 players to the Club Le Santa complex in Lanzarote for an intensive week's
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Deal with travellers nationally
Travellers and their caravans are currently proving to be a major headache for Bradford. They have taken up residence in recent weeks at various illegal sites around the district. When court action is taken against them they move on, only to set up camp
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Battle lines drawn in bid to rock park
Rival promoters are squaring up for the right to stage a major rock festival in West Yorkshire. Temple Newsam Park in Leeds has rapidly established itself as one of Britain's premier venues for open-air events. Last year it hosted V98, the country's fastest-growing
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Rock: Ready to rip it up!
Rock 'n' roll is not all glamour - just ask Ripcord. The four-piece have secured a five-album recording deal and hope to be among the rising stars of 1999. But getting to the stage where they are ready to launch their career properly has been a long slog
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'2,000 children are innocent victims'
About 2,000 Keighley children are affected by domestic violence, research has revealed. The shock figure is among the findings of a report by the Keighley Domestic Violence Forum. It also shows that in 1997 Keighley police were called to 895 incidents
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£2,000 gipsy camp eviction sparks fury
Bradford Council and the police have come under attack from a property developer after it spent £2,000 removing gipsies from its land. David White, group property supervisor for Ogden Properties Ltd, said the company even got a court order to close the
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'Poisons' seeping into shop
Poisonous gases have been found seeping into a Bradford shop, according to an electrical shopping chain. Maplin Electronics plans to take legal action against the landlord of its store in Hamm Strasse, amid claims environmental consultants discovered
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It's Christmas Day for us!
Bradford's Orthodox Eastern European communities celebrated their Christmas Day yesterday. Hundreds of people from the Ukrainian community attended services in Keighley, Leeds and at the Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church in Park View Road. And members
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Give them a chance, give them a home
Kindly householders are being recruited to cut down the number of young people who leave the care system and drift into homelessness or crime. The 'Stepping Stones' project aims to provide supported lodgings in family homes for 16 to 21-year-olds after
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Victory in war on crime
A police initiative to cut crime over Christmas has been hailed a success with a massive reduction in burglaries and violent crime. Traditionally, the festive period sees an increase in robberies, burglaries and shoplifting. But police in the Eccleshill
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'You are feeling very honest!'
A hypnotist commended by a judge for catching a purse-snatcher has told of the bizarre chain of events that led to his arrest. The entertainer, whose stage name is Poldark, is to receive an official letter of thanks after Judge Gerald Coles at
