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Will long summer holidays soon end?
The last week of the summer term can usually be written off as excitable children see the imminent approach of a long six-week summer holiday from lessons. But recently there has been talk of changing the school calendar and swapping three long terms
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Muslim graves plan at cemetery
Part of a Skipton cemetery could be set aside for traditional Muslim burials. A plot of land originally reserved for World War II fatalities has been earmarked, and could accommodate around 260 Muslim grave spaces which, in accordance with religion, have
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Pool's future hangs on lottery cash bid
Councillors and sports chiefs have warned that cash-starved facilities could deteriorate because of a £1m shortfall in Leeds City Council's leisure funding. And the Chairman of Otley Sports Council, John Morgan, predicts a bleak future for the Chippendale
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It's hot stuff
Bradford's Alhambra theatre is to spend £100,000 on air conditioning to cool down its audiences during block buster summer shows. During last summer's mega-musical Les Miserables which ran for three months and generated £2.4million in ticket sales, temperatures
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Singapore firm's 'designs' foiled
An eleventh-hour out-of-court settlement has brought to an end a long-running row between a Singapore firm and a Bradford textile company. Prestigious Textiles, in Cross Lane, Westgate Hill Street, has spent two years fighting Yak Chon Ho, of Singapore-based
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Briggs belter sees Avenue home in style
Trafford 0 Bradford Park Avenue 1 A single first half strike from Ian Briggs was enough to see Avenue take the points, but it was just short of the two-goal victory they needed to take them above Saturday's hosts. The three points took Avenue up to 15th
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Winger Firth gives title hopes a boost
Bradford & Bingley 49 Percy Park 19 For someone who only came into the side as a stand-in for Bradford and Bingley's pre-season warm-up game against Old Brodleians, winger Asa Firth is having a cracking season. The 23-year-old, who notched his first
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Money is well spent
The Alhambra theatre remains (as it has often been described) a jewel in Bradford's entertainment crown. It had its problems a few years ago but has now pulled itself back, thanks largely to its ability to attract big-name shows guaranteed to bring in
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50 new jobs as Pace back in profit
Bradford's Pace Micro Technology is to create 50 new engineering jobs this year as it pushes back into profit. The firm, which employs 948 workers at Salts Mill, created 50 engineering posts last year to build up its hardware and software development
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Call for £30 charge to put brake on drivers
Traders are calling for motorists to be hammered with a massive £30 charge in a bid to put them off using Saltaire's public car parks all day. Bradford Council plans to end free waiting in its Caroline Street and Exhibition Road car parks by making them
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Tenants vote on landlord
Hundreds of residents will take to the polls this week in a history-making ballot which could see tenants opting out of local authority control. From today, residents in Thorpe Edge and Idle Village will be the first in Bradford to vote on whether to
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£100,000 puts patient care on fast track
Fast-track care is on the cards for patients in the Bradford area with suspected bowel cancer thanks to a major cash injection. Ministers have awarded hospitals in Bradford and Airedale £100,000 under a national initiative to improve colorectal cancer
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German workers' training search
German companies are seeking work placements with firms in the Keighley area thanks to a new initiative by a business organisation. Keighley Business Forum has set up links with world-wide companies through its Trans-Atlantic Environmental Business Action
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Ilkley is 'outer space hotspot'
Ilkley is being considered as the venue for a special Millennium exhibition which will celebrate the phenomenon of UFOs. Ufologists believe Ilkley Moor is a particular UFO hotspot and numerous sightings of strange objects in the sky and non-human creatures
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Second chance behind the wheel
Drivers who have been hauled before the courts for driving without due care and attention now have the chance to go on a course instead of being penalised by fines and penalty points. Reporter Ashley Broadley went along to find out more. Their pale and
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Firm gets in 2000 party mood
An expanding firm decided it was time to celebrate when it began a new era at its Shipley offices. And Bradford's deputy Lord Mayor Councillor Harry Mason joined in what was probably the first Millennium party of 1999 to mark the opening of the Millennium
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Pensioner beaten up by burglar
A pensioner was beaten up when she confronted a burglar at her Gilstead home. The woman who is in her late sixties and described as a recluse, was attacked when she went to investigate a noise in her kitchen on Saturday night. "She was confronted by a
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Happy returns as City triumph
Stockport County 1 Bradford City 2 The score may have been the same as the corresponding fixture between the two sides exactly 12 months earlier, but the prospects for Bradford City in the coming months could hardly be more different. Last season, Paul
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Beagrie's stunner
Peter Beagrie believes the wide array of skillful players in the Bradford City side could prove crucial as the club's bid for promotion gathers pace. Two fine individual efforts from Robbie Blake and Beagrie were enough to earn City a 2-1 victory in a
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Either caravans go or I do, says boss
A Bradford factory boss is threatening to move his business to Pudsey if Gipsy caravans are not removed from his firm's car park. Allan Hunter, boss at the H-Group, says six caravans are parked on his car park in Blanche Street, Laisterdyke, near the
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Hole lot of water sparks petition
Residents in two Wyke streets have joined forces to launch a petition urging Bradford Council to repair their pot-holed roads. Neighbours in Barmby Street and Birkby Street are pressing the Council to fill the holes - dubbed "the Lakes" because they are
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Reggae aces wow fans - in Croatia!
Reggae band Creation Roots have become a big hit 15 years after they formed - but in the unlikeliest places. The Bradford-based group are going down a storm in Italy and Croatia, two regions not noted for their natty dread sounds. Bass player Gerry Musgrave
