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Otley bus users miss out on safety cash
Bus users in Otley are missing out on a £1.64 million security programme being introduced by transport bosses - because the town's station is privately owned. The West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority has approved the scheme to provide CCTV cameras
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Green is running short on funds
A serious cash injection is needed to complete the Burley-in-Wharfedale village green extension. Burley Community Council's funds are running low and the man behind the scheme says he needs at least £5,000 to finish the project. Tom Sumner is the man
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Richard Wilson: Business Sense
Do not mix business with pleasure, as the old adage goes. But what about business and marriage? There are an increasing number of couples who set up in business together, whether as partners or as shareholders in a private company. But when marriage difficulties
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In-form Findlow passes the test from Hawkins
Athletics: A class field assembled for the third race in the West York-shire Cross-Country League at Nunroyd Park, Guiseley. The three-lap 10km course was very muddy after being saturated by overnight rain, and the athletes also had to face an icy wind
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Bowling plan to bat on
Bowling Old Lane, where England pace bowler Darren Gough once played, will compete in the Bradford League next season despite rumours that the club is about to fold. Chairman Michael Hope said: "The club is involved in a series of meetings to discuss
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City's task is Crystal clear against Palace
In-form Bradford City have a great incentive to go four points clear in second place when they meet Crystal Palace in tonight's re-arranged match at Valley Parade. The match, which was abandoned at half time with the sides level at 1-1 when originally
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Bulls land sponsors
Bradford Bulls today announced a "substantial" sponsorship deal for the 1999 season with an international sports equipment firm. Asics, who already enjoy a successful partnership with the club after selling 20,000 team shirts last season, will replace
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CSA must be dealt with now
The Child Support Agency has claimed quite a few innocent victims in its time, but surely few can have suffered from its shortcomings more than Bradford man Michael Robinson. Mr Robinson had an affair with a young woman who later had a child which, she
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Writer Wendy's fresh chapter
Cleckheaton-born writer Wendy Holden will be in Bradford today to launch her first novel, Simply Divine, which lifts the lid on the celebrity-filled world of glossy magazines. Yorkshire may seem like a million miles from the Ab-Fab lifestyle of London
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Mike Priestley: Who's Counting?
Do you have problems getting in and out of your car? Is it simply not designed to cope with that hip joint that's stiffening up, or those arthritic knees? Do you need to reach out and get a grip on the edge of the roof to lever yourself out, and press
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Council's offices set to become a 'one-stop shop'
Otley's town centre council offices are the latest to be earmarked for a major £300,000 facelift. Leeds City Council's offices in Boroughgate are to be refurbished as part of the Council's plan to turn nine of its local branches into 'one-stop shops'
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It's a spring clean for housing estate
Skiploads of rubbish are being collected in a do-it-yourself clean-up campaign on a Keighley housing estate. Armed with brushes and shovels, residents in the Nashville Street estate have gone into battle against garbage. Brunel housing association has
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Now the butties bite back!
City Hall caterers have leaped to the defence of their sandwiches after a leading councillor said they were unappetising and unattractive. Catering staff decided to give the Telegraph & Argus a real taste of their work after deputy Council leader
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Couple expelled by Labour Party
A Queensbury couple have been expelled by the Labour Party after targeting a councillor for more than five years, alleging planning irregularities. George and Dr Margaret Riseborough, who live in a luxury detached house off Roper Lane, Queensbury, have
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Nightclub struck by fire bombers
A nightclub owner today spoke of his lucky escape after a petrol bomb attack at his Bradford premises. The lobby at Rhythmland in Hall Ings - formerly known as the Two Flights Up Club - was badly damaged after the attack at 1.20am today. It left three
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Safer shopping project is a winner, say traders
A plan to make Bradford safer for shoppers has been applauded by city traders. Councillors are set to approve a £384,000 improvement scheme which will provide a safer and more accessible pedestrian link from Forster Square Station to the main shopping
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Why Bob is wild about Harry's
A fish fryer turned millionaire is mourning the loss of a famous British export 12,000 miles from his Bradford home. Businessman Bob Slicer, who founded National Breakdown in the 1970s - now Green Flag at Pudsey - has written to the Telegraph & Argus
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School hot water wrangle boils over
A row has broken out after it was revealed that part of a Bradford school has not had hot water for more than a year. Staff and pupils at Chellow Dene Middle School, Chellow Dene, have to turn the tap on for 20 minutes before any warm water comes out.
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Store chain to close catalogue shop
The only catalogue shop in Skipton is closing down, with bosses claiming is wasn't making enough cash. Bosses blame the poor profitability of Index Local Link, in Newmarket Street, for the premature axing of the shop after just one year. The branch, one
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Man cleared of murder bid finally walks free
A man cleared of trying to murder two people has finally walked free from court after a judge threw out the remaining charge against him. Veljko Cerovic had been due to go on trial at Sheffield Crown Court, accused of causing a woman grievous bodily harm
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£500,000 scheme to stop the smell
A Cleckheaton company is proposing to spend £500,000 to stop nasty smells from its factory causing a nuisance to residents. But some residents fear the plan by BBA Friction - which makes brake pads for the motor industry - could create an eyesore. The
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'Why we're taking disabled to court'
Bradford council says it is to take disabled and elderly people to court for failing to pay for services they receive. City Hall reporter Olwen Vasey looks at the issue. THREE YEARS after Bradford Council announced controversial plans to charge for the
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Voice loss costs man his career
A well-known auctioneer has been forced to give up his job after losing his voice through cancer. Malcolm Skidmore was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer, which is normally associated with smoking - although he has never smoked in his life. He had to have
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Ruined
A man says his life has been ruined by being forced to make payments for a child that was not his. Michael Robinson, 28, says he lost his fiancee, home and job after the Child Support Agency ordered him to pay nearly £3,000 in seven months. But DNA tests
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M&S move to attract Asians
A major Bradford store manager has urged city centre shop bosses to work together to increase Asian trade in the city centre. Mike Dukes, manager of the Darley Street Marks & Spencer, hopes the Bradford Retailers' Association, of which M&S is
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Trophy replay spur for Guiseley
Non-League: Guiseley will have a home tie against West Yorkshire rivals Emley or Leicestershire side Shepshed Dynamo if they can win their FA Umbro Trophy third round replay against Chorley at Nethermoor tonight. Chorley have been struggling in the league
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I lost my four precious babies
With the increased availability of fertility treatment, multiple births are rarely out of the news. Since Briton Mandy Alwood lost eight babies in 1996, America has seen two women give birth to octuplets - one set surviving, and the other having only
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Anila Baig: Drop of the white stuff is snow joke
Last week's events were exciting as anything. And no, it didn't have anything to do with EastEnders, Brookside or the fact that I didn't have to make any more samosas for Eid. This was serious. One morning we were rushing around trying to get organised
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Your Health, by Dr Tom Smith
Have you seen that TV advert for a cold treatment that helps the high-powered executive back to work within a day? The one where he has sorted out Far Eastern Futures in the meantime? I hate it! And here's why. The first two weeks of January have just
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Farmers get set for a change of role
Britain's farmers will survive only by diversifying into other activities, an all-party committee of MPs said today. "In future, farming will survive only by assuming more roles, including environmental maintenance," they said. And a Wharfedale farmers
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New bus station plan in town's big facelift
The rejuvenation of Keighley's town centre - including the construction of a new £2 million bus station - is to take a step closer. Bradford Council's transportation, planning and design committee is expected to agree an £800,000 package of transport
