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Expanding society's 600 jobs promise
More than 600 jobs are to be created in and around Skipton thanks to the rapid expansion of the town's building society. In almost a year Skipton Building Society's £9.1 million headquarters extension will be complete and the company will begin taking
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Praise at last after savaging
Bradford can breathe again! American author Bill Bryson, who savaged the city in his book, Notes From a Small Island, has taken a kinder view in the TV adaptation which on Sunday visits Saltaire. There had been fears that Bryson would take the same sort
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You're just scan-tastic!
A million thanks to all the T&A readers who have helped the Bradford Millennium Scanner Appeal reach its magic target. The fantastic effort by people across the district means the £1million Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine - the most hi-tech in
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Bees go out on a Lymm in hunt for away points
Rugby Union: Bradford and Bingley's impressive Thwaites North Division Two away record undergoes another stiff examination tomorrow. The leaders, who have won six of their seven matches on their league travels this season, are at second-from bottom Lymm
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Critics make Shearer more determined
Newcastle United star Alan Shearer has dismissed suggestions that his days as one of the world's most lethal strikers are over. The £15million man goes into tomorrow's FA Cup clash with City with a return of ten goals from 21 starts this season. However
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Walsh can take the heat
Bradford City goalkeeper Gary Walsh may have played in front of a crowd of 120,000 at Barcelona's Nou Camp stadium, but he is in no doubt that the atmosphere at Newcastle's St James' Park ranks among the best in football. The 30-year-old travels to Tyneside
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Be proud, you've hit the target
It's with enormous pleasure that we are able to reveal today that the T&A Millennium Scanner Appeal has smashed its target, and in a staggering 18 months. When we launched the appeal in conjunction with Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust we were determined
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Nick Oldham: Rights and Wrongs
First-time buyer Andrew Larkin has just got the keys to his new house - 18 months after his offer was accepted. And the 33-year-old joiner and builder now faces having to carry out more repair work because of the delay. Mr Larkin liked the look of the
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Car parks on market after developer hits snag
Two city-centre car parks are due to go on the market after a leisure developer hit funding problems. The 160-space Vicar Lane car park will go up for sale, together with the 150 space Exchange Court outside the Victoria Hotel. They are expected to bring
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'We'll carry on road fight'
Angry families will go to the Department of Environment to try to stop a scheme which would allow access to a private housing development through Bowling cemetery. They say they will also go to the Local Government Ombudsman after Bradford Council's Planning
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Village up in arms over tipping plan
Furious villagers fear Denholme is becoming the dumping ground of the North. They have formed a new action group in protest at plans to tip millions of tonnes of rubbish at Buck Park Quarry. The scheme to turn the quarry into a massive household waste
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Pair jailed after police bug drugs plans
Two men have been jailed for a total of 14 years for their part in a drug-smuggling conspiracy uncovered by secret police surveillance. Bradford Crown Court heard that in July 1996 the then West Yorkshire Chief Constable, Keith Hellawell, took the rare
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'We'll stay in city' vow as gipsies quit site
Gipsies illegally camped at the former Transperience Discovery Park were moved off the site during a police operation today. But as the travellers left in a convoy of vehicles and caravans, they said they intend to stay in Bradford. And their presence
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Eyesore car park could become new site for doctors
An eyesore car park, partly blocked off because of subsidence, could become the location for a new medical centre. Ling House surgery which has been in North Street, Keighley, for 100 years, could start the new century on part of the Scott Street car
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The neighbours are getting worse
A nuisance and harassment team dealing with problem neighbours in Kirklees more than doubled its case-load last year, a new report reveals. Statistics show that 218 cases involving anti-social behaviour from council tenants were dealt with in 1998 - an
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You splendid, wacky people!
They climbed the highest peaks, jumped thousands of feet from the skies and walked countless miles - T&A readers turned heroes to help raise £1million for the scanner appeal. Heads were shaved, chests waxed and a number of men revealed all in Full
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Parish council is lost in the pile
Campaigners' hopes of holding elections for a new Haworth parish council in May have been dashed after the Government revealed there is a backlog of applications. With a pile of 59 applications on Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott's desk, Whitehall
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Relief road's the answer to congestion, says MP
A government inspector's recommendation that the district's planning blueprint should include a relief road east of Otley has been welcomed by the town's MP. The road, which would cost £2.3 million and be paid for privately as part of a scheme including
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Garden plans are blooming great!
The man spearheading Ilkley's Darwin Gardens Millennium project is delighted with the public support he has received. Dr Peter Harnett said 75 per cent of those who answered a questionnaire about the West View Park scheme gave it their approval. Preliminary
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'Sex case dad is still a danger'
A senior police officer who investigated the child porn allegations at Ashworth Hospital today urged the authorities in West Yorkshire to keep a close eye on the father of the Bradford schoolgirl identified only as Child A. The 45-year-old man, who the
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'My boy could be alive today'
The mother of a teenager who hanged himself in jail has demanded an inquiry into how prison chiefs administered the 18-year-old's medication. Mark Hutton, who was battling to come off drugs and suspected he might be HIV positive, hanged himself from a
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300 bosses will picture the future
Hundreds of Bradford firms are expected at a major business event which will help bosses prepare for the future. Some 300 industry chiefs from the district are expected at the 2010 - A Business Odyssey event organised by Bradford Breakthrough and Business
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Don't rule out upset, says Jacko
Huddersfield Town manager Peter Jackson believes City are capable of springing an FA Cup upset at Newcastle. Jackson, one of a select number of players who have appeared for both clubs, knows the size of the task facing Town's First Division promotion
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Let me take on Shearer
Bradford City defender Darren Moore is hoping to shrug off a knee injury to fulfil an ambition and line up against England captain Alan Shearer tomorrow. The Bantams travel to Tyneside for their FA Cup fourth round clash with Newcastle hoping to extend
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How new boss set the Pace
Multi-millionaire Bradford businessman Barry Rubery - the new man at Huddersfield Town - is one of the 30 richest men in the country. Yesterday Bradford-born Barry Rubery proved his roots are still in Yorkshire when he ended the rumours and finally ploughed
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Expelled pair turn to Blair
A Queensbury couple who were expelled from the Labour Party this week have written to Prime Minister Tony Blair asking him to rule the decision was invalid. George and Dr Margaret Riseborough who were thrown out for conduct which was detrimental to the
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Attacks on staff up 20%
Attacks on staff working for Bradford social services are up by a fifth, new figures reveal. The period between July 1997 and June 1998 saw a total of 1,963 recorded incidents involving social workers, home care workers and members of staff in residential
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City's stars of the Primula League
Flower power is set to give The Bantams a boost in their bid to win promotion to the Premier League. A fan has grown a special strain of flower to honour them in City's famous amber and claret colours. It is believed to be the first time any football
