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Family of five's flat wait hell
A family is demanding action after being left waiting on Bradford Council's housing list for the last seven years. Adrian and Mandy Turner, of Alma Street, Windhill, Shipley, who have three children, say they have even been forced to bin some toys to
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Plaque to the future!
A hi-tech Bingley dentist is giving patients something to get their teeth into to take their minds off treatment. Aptly-named David Pulman plays them videos via a futuristic £600 visor and recorder as a form of "distraction therapy". Patients can bring
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A right to choose
The family of the 96th and final victim of the Hillsborough disaster today used the 10th anniversary of the tragedy to back a doctor's call to legalise voluntary euthanasia. Allan and Barbara Bland, of Keighley, spent nearly four years of heartache tending
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Appeal to City fans
Bradford City's award-winning fanzine is calling on Valley Parade fans to forget their promotion nerves and roar the Bantams on to victory in this weekend's derby with Huddersfield. The Bantams' draw at Port Vale helped City jump back into second place
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Helen Mead: Bad hair day!
What a great way to start the day - opening the morning paper to discover you're boring. Or thought of as such, at any rate. Strange, I always believed redheads were seen as fiery, temperamental, passionate, volatile...adjectives with a kick. But, no.
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Scrap business cash bid, urge teachers
Teachers have called for Bradford Council to scrap its £1 million plan to boost academic achievement in parts of the district. Teachers' representatives fear the Council's bid to set up an Education Action Zone - which would attract private and public
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Thanks from front line for town's relief volunteers
The highest-ranking member of the Kosovan Aid Committee, who has been leading relief convoys to the war-torn country, is to visit Keighley next week to thank people for their generosity. President of the KAC Agron Loxha, who escaped Kosovo two years ago
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Lost Bronte letter to come 'home'?
Literature fans have raised £15,000 in just four weeks to help buy a 150-year-old letter written by Jane Eyre author Charlotte Bronte. Dealers in London have agreed to drop the asking price from an initial £75,000 to a more affordable £50,000 after negotiations
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'Takeaway this new cafe plan'
Residents fear their quiet estate in a market town will be disturbed by noise, traffic and litter if permission is given for a shop change of use. Plans have been submitted to Craven District Council for a cafe/hot food takeaway in a vacant shop in Cawder
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Retrial for carer over 'assaults'
A carer has gone on trial again, accused of assaulting an elderly woman.. Betty Sunderland, 80, who lived at Cullingworth, had toilet paper forced into her mouth and was beaten with a metal ruler, a jury heard. Mrs Sunderland was left frightened and bruised
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Safety fight goes on, despite axe
The fight to make Pool-in-Wharfedale a safer place is continuing, despite plans being dropped by the city council. Pool parish councillors are furious that a list of road-safety proposals, drawn up following extensive public consultation, was not even
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£30,000 to spruce up Ilkley loos!
Theatre bosses are to spend £30,000 upgrading dilapidated toilets, pictured above, at the King's Hall/Winter Gardens complex in Ilkley. Bradford Theatres manager John Botteley said the Council-funded work will improve the front area of the building without
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Town centre set for £1m revamp
Residents and traders are to be consulted about a scheme to give Cleckheaton town centre a facelift costing more than £1 million. The bulk of the Kirklees Council funding - £910,000 - will be spent on resurfacing a mile of Bradford Road between the Chain
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Bulls and Bees in new partnership
The new spirit of co-operation between league and union was strengthened last night with the unveiling of a new partnership between the Bulls and Bradford and Bingley Rugby Union Club. The Bees have become the first 15-a-side code outfit to join the Bulls
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Harriers in Marathon venture to capital
Athletics: Road runners will converge on the capital this weekend to participate in Sunday's Flora London Marathon. Leading the local charge will be Bingley pair Colin Moore, who will be acting as group pacemaker for at least ten miles, and Steve Green
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Gina's running hot on Collegiate tour
Golf: Cleckheaton's Welsh Open champion Gina Simpson is making her mark in America. The 23-year-old former Bradford Ladies champion has moved up to 19th in the US Collegiate rankings after another tremendous finish to a PING/ASU Invitational tournament
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O'Brien's choice is Ireland
City central defender Andy O'Brien looks set to choose the Republic of Ireland - despite having played for England Under-21s this season. O'Brien has dual qualification because his father is Irish and played for England Under-21s in the friendly international
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Mirrors must be watched
The concerns expressed by teaching unions about the use of two-way mirrors in the classroom are understandable. For a start, there is the question of whether the installation of one of these mirrors - believed to be the first in the country - at Byron
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'Invaluable' plate and cross go in church raid
Police and worshippers have condemned thieves who stole valuable items from a Bradford church. After kicking in two doors of John the Baptist Church in Clayton between 10pm on Monday and 5pm on Tuesday the raiders stole a century-old brass offertory plate
