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Carnival's top ten charities named
Ten organisations have been named as the main beneficiaries of the last Ilkley Carnival of the 20th century. But one of the town's most outspoken figures has condemned many Olicanians for "not lifting a finger" to support the event. After months of deliberation
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Plans to slash parking charges
Car parking charges in Skipton could be slashed to 50p for up to an hour if a proposal gets the go-ahead. Members of Craven District Council's policy and resources committee are faced with five options on how to amend car parking charges for 1999/2000
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Aids scare raider killed himself in private jail
A Keighley teenager who thought he might be HIV positive, hung himself in Doncaster Prison three days after being locked up for armed robbery. Warehouseman Mark Hutton was found in July hanging from a window handle at the prison, known as Doncatraz because
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'Danger to the public' given life jail
A sex attacker has been jailed for life for a series of sex offences on young boys, including the attempted rape of a six-year-old in Mirfield. Alun Evans targeted youngsters during their school holidays, a court was told. His offences started with the
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Go to war on the criminal, residents urged
Police have launched a bid to get people in a crime-hit area of Shipley to wage war against criminals by forming Neighbourhood Watch schemes. Leaflets encouraging residents and tenants to help the police are being delivered to hundreds of homes in the
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Second Christmas for father in jail
Christmas may be well and truly over for most of us but it is only just beginning for one family. For father-of-four Gary Bingham spent the festive period behind bars in Armley prison after a domestic argument in November got out of hand and he slapped
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Chance to be a 'class' act
Hundreds of Bradford firms are being given a chance to become World Class companies by going on a year-long programme. Keighley Business Forum is holding an event tomorrow which will launch firms on a one-year programme to success. The event, which will
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Lampkin passes his screen test in style
Motor Sport: Dougie Lampkin dominated the international arena trial at Marseille, winning the qualifying heat without loss of marks and then heading the finalists with a loss of just two penalties. One came when the sump guard on his factory Beta machine
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Robins red-faced as Garside leads rout
Amateur Rugby League: West Bowling scrum half Dean Garside scored an impressive 22 points in a 58-4 mauling of Pennine Premier League newcomers Sowerby Bridge Robins at Bankfoot. The writing was on the wall as early as the second minute when prop forward
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Elliott so delighted with his '99 squad
Matthew Elliott believes his Bradford Bulls squad are much better equipped to challenge for honours this season than his Super League-winning side of 1997. The Bulls have substantially boosted their squad with several high-profile signings during the
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Jim Appleby: Past Times
Former Saltaire milkman Joe Clow, who died a year ago, left a riddle. It's a book he was given while working on an Italian farm as a prisoner of war in 1942-43. The book was given to his brother, retired Baildon businessman Geoffrey Holmes, a few months
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Charity's £41,000 boost for appeal
Charity chiefs have handed the Bradford Millennium Scanner Appeal a huge cash boost which will give patients access to the latest in hi-tech care. A massive £41,000 is being given to the appeal by the Leeds-based National Heart Research Fund. The gift
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Now I'll be just like all my pals
Teenager Adam Metcalfe put his new electronic arm through its paces when he visited hospital to have it fitted. Adam, 14, mastered how to grip and rotate the electronic hand within minutes - crushing a soft drink can to prove it. Born without arms, the
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Hero honoured by French still fighting for life
A war hero from Guiseley who collapsed just days before he was honoured by the French Government for his bravery is still fighting to survive in hospital. Harry Holmes, who is 101, was due to receive the French Legion D'honneur this month in recognition
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'Where's our warden?' ask elderly who fear for safety
The lack of a live-in warden has residents of an Addingham sheltered flats complex fearing for their safety. Last week entry had to be forced into one flat at the Bradford Council-run Southfield House so ambulance staff could reach an elderly woman. In
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I can't believe he's gone
The distraught wife of a missing tourist swept off a cliff in Lanzarote today admitted she has given up hope. Mrs Maria Johnson speaking from her Queensbury home, three days after her husband Brian was washed away by a wave on the holiday island, said
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The butler didn't do it!
Former Royal butler Michael Hardern has been sent packing by bosses at Bradford's Yorkshire Building Society. And the news delighted bosses and staff at the Yorkshire who feared that conversion would mean the loss of the building society from Bradford
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Manager's Comments
Paul Jewell writes: I thought my players showed great character to come back from a goal down on a pitch that was never going to be conducive to good football. The pleasing thing is that this result gives us a good cushion in the league and it is nice
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City spot on to snatch victory
Bradford City 2, Crystal Palace 1; by Richard Sutcliffe, at Valley Parade. When Peter Beagrie sealed what could prove to be a vital three points with the winning goal just three minutes from time, the reaction of Bradford City chairman Geoffrey Richmond
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Ashley is on the up
Ashley Westwood is hoping his first goal for Bradford City will herald a change of fortune for the rest of the season. The 22-year-old defender headed a vital 75th-minute equaliser at muddy Valley Parade last night to pave the way for a dramatic 2-1 victory
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Welcome action on city taxis
It is worrying that yesterday's swoop on taxis in Bradford revealed a number of drivers who are behaving irresponsibly. Of the total of 75 vehicles checked - mostly hackney carriages and private-hire cars - five were in such a defective state that Bradford
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Chemist struck off for stealing
A relief pharmacist from Silsden has been struck off after stealing goods worth over £4,000 in six years. Locum Janet Lentzos, 46, of Charlton Grove, Silsden, was described as "a kleptomaniac, or very much like one" by the chairman of a Royal Pharmaceutical
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Community projects could bear brunt of cuts
Lunch clubs, day centres and community transport schemes could fall victim to swingeing cuts in a social services budget. North Yorkshire County Council social services department will bear the brunt of cuts which finance chiefs may take to make the books
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Cash bid to keep Silsden Treasure
A councillor has pledged to launch a fund-raising drive in a bid to make the Silsden Treasure a star attraction for the new Millennium at Keighley's Cliffe Castle. Keighley Councillor Barry Thorne has pledged to launch the bid to make sure the 27 Celtic
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Cabbies' CB radios seized in swoop
Illegal citizens' band radios were seized in a huge city swoop on cabbies after complaints they were interfering with Bradford's vital emergency frequencies. And a councillor has warned the blitz will continue across the district, including Keighley,
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City's high-fryers vow to keep chips down
Bradford's chippies have pledged to keep their prices the same despite a national increase in the price of potatoes. The price of raw potatoes has more than doubled in recent months across Britain according to the chip shop industry - with many owners
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1,000 jobs saved in takeover bids
A thousand jobs have been secured in Bradford as two firms have been involved in takeover bids worth nearly £240 million. Some 750 jobs have been secured with the proposed £194 million takeover by a global American firm of Field Group, which has a major
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Cemetery protest hits wall
Protests from hundreds of people look to have failed to save part of a cemetery from being turned into access for a private housing estate. Bradford councillors will tomorrow be advised to grant permission to Brunel Housing to create the new access at
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Murder trial told of blood on jeans
The man accused of murdering Bradford prostitute Maureen Stepan had bloodstains on his jeans, a court was told. Sheffield Crown Court heard that George Naylor's jeans had patches of blood both on the right and left knee. He denies murdering the 18-year-old
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Joy as moggy is reunited with Kitty
Great grandmother Kitty Woodcock is celebrating being reunited with her beloved moggy Sooty - thanks to the Telegraph & Argus. Mrs Woodcock, who is 85 and lives in Wibsey, had given up hope of ever seeing black and white Sooty again after he wandered
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Take the bus call as route returns
Campaigners are urging residents to get back on the buses after their rural bus route was granted a temporary reprieve. Travellers in Norwood Green are celebrating after learning the number 226 bus is to be reinstated after two years out of service. Now
