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Sudden blow that changed my life
Dorothy Brown was an active housewife who enjoyed gardening, walking and caravanning until she was struck down by ME ten years ago. The illness left her severely fatigued, affected her memory and speech and left her with food allergies, problems sleeping
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Bridge set to be approved
Councillors look set to approve a modern new canal bridge after an earlier design was rejected because it detracted from its listed neighbour. Bradford Council planners told architects to go back to the drawing board last year after refusing permission
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Transformation for damaged play area
Vandalised children's swings are to be replaced with a £23,000 play area designed for children and teenagers. Roberttown Recreation Ground is to be transformed with a children's playground, in-line skating ramps and a picnic area with money from Kirklees
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We love you, Bantams
It was an evening which had started so well - but a full-blooded rendition of 'Singing in the Rain' has never been more appropriate. Bradford City's players, wives and children had gathered on an open-top bus which set off from Cougar Park in blazing
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Yorkshire praying for dry weather
Cricket: Yorkshire, without any cricket for eight days now, are "desperate" that the weather does not hit their World Cup warm-up match against Scotland at Scarborough tomorrow (11.45am). But the North Marine Road ground was too wet for Scarborough's
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Hendrie prepares for City's big night
Bradford City will make their own piece of history on Thursday when they become the first Division One club to receive runners-up medals. The medals and a new runners-up trophy will be presented at a specially arranged friendly match at Valley Parade
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Ellis set to be Cougars coach
Keighley Cougars were today expected to appoint David Ellis as their new coach in succession to Lee Crooks. Ellis, 41, who was a back-rower with the club in the early 1980s impressed the Cougars board at interview after lodging a formal application for
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Help steer course for our future
It has long been felt in Bradford that the city has had to play second fiddle to other areas of Yorkshire which are considered to have greater needs. Grants have gone to places like Sheffield, which is in the doldrums following the collapse of the steel
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Gavin hits six as Woodend triumph
Grattan League: Goal machine Gavin Collins bagged six as Woodend Rangers added the League Cup to their Premier Division title. They defeated First Division runners-up Local Hygiene 11-2 in the final on a wet and cold night at Thackley. Collins put Rangers
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Deserved GB calls for Bulls quintet
Uncapped Bradford Bulls forwards Paul Anderson and Stuart Fielden have been called into the Great Britain and Ireland training squad for the Tri-Nations Series against Australia and New Zealand later this year. They join Odsal colleagues Paul Deacon,
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I lost half my body weight - twice over
Losing weight is one of the hardest things for any woman to do. It demands a huge amount of willpower and in some cases a complete change of lifestyle. One concerted effort is enough for most people. But over the past six years Marjorie Kaye from Bradford
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Now drivers pay to park in street
Motorists are being forced to fork out for parking on streets across the city centre as Bradford's first ever solar-powered parking meters were switched on. They are operating on parts of streets previously free as Bradford Council pockets the proceeds
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Beaten but not bowed as Ryan comeback fails
Ousted Bradford Council leader John Ryan narrowly lost his bid to make a comeback at last night's Labour Group meeting. Current Bradford Council leader Ian Greenwood beat him in a secret ballot by only five votes at the tense annual general meeting. He
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Bullying claims sound a sour note
The famous Black Dyke band has sacked two players amid allegations that its only female member was being bullied. But after four other members immediately resigned, the band took on two replacement members - both women. Talented tenor horn player Lesley
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Spanish robbers target tour group
Seven members of a Bradford language club have been mugged, robbed and assaulted on a centenary trip to Madrid. One member of the Bradford Circle For Foreign Languages was knocked to the ground and had her handbag stolen and another woman was kicked and
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Plot on the landscape
It all looks so easy on the BBC's Groundforce programme when Alan Titchmarsh and Charlie Dimmock transform an ugly plot of land into a beautiful garden in what seems like half an hour. Their horticultural talents leaves most of us green with envy, thinking
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Refugee aid challenge really takes the cake!
A hand-made wedding cake is on offer to the first person who can make a generous donation to help Kosovan refugees. The two-tier cake, decorated with spring flowers, was lovingly made by Catherine Turner for her son Mark's wedding in the Dales this month
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Buyout will boost firm's shoe sales
Keighley firm Peter Black is buying one of its competitors to boost its shoes sales with Marks & Spencer. The company is buying the Marks & Spencer footwear division of major shoe firm Fii for £5.15 million. The acquisition increases Peter Black's
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11th-hour rescue bid for pram firm
A prominent West Yorkshire businessperson is believed to be behind an eleventh-hour bid for troubled Guiseley pram firm Silver Cross which is threatened with closure. Emergency talks have been held over the last few days with the well-known business figure
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Bowled over by grant of £15,000
Members of an Ilkley cricket club are celebrating today after being bowled a massive cash boost. And the £15,000 grant from the Foundation for Sports and the Arts will enable the Olicanian Cricket Club to bring to fruition a years-long project to move
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Poignant memorial after joy of victory
Hundreds of people gathered in Centenary Square this morning at a moving service to mark the 14th anniversary of the Bradford City fire disaster. Relatives and friends gathered with civic dignitaries and players to say prayers and lay wreaths in memory
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A heroes' welcome
Thousands of City fans refused to let the rain spoil their victory parade as they honoured their Premier League heroes in Centenary Square. They had lined the streets along the 10 mile route from Keighley to Bradford and despite the downpours, they cheered
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Tedd is in tune as he wins first title
Athletics: There were some excellent performances from our region's athletes in the Yorkshire Track and Field Championships at Princess Mary's, Cleckheaton. Hot favourite for the 5,000 metres was Bradford Airedale's Richard Findlow, and he won easily
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Bantams suspend season tickets
Bradford City have suspended season ticket sales for four days because of a big demand after they secured Premiership at the weekend. City have sold well over 9,000 season tickets and managing director Shaun Harvey said: "We have introduced an appointment
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Search on to replace Jackson
Sheffield United boss Steve Bruce heads the list of potential replacements as Huddersfield set out to find a successor to Peter Jackson. The Terriers sacked Jackson yesterday after his 18 months in charge at the McAlpine Stadium had culminated in tenth
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Send City a message on the Net
Messages have been pouring in from around the world for our Bantams book of congratulations, following the team's return to top-flight football for the first time in 77 years. We're compiling your good wishes for publication in print and on the Net. In
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Up to stay!
Bradford City chairman Geoffrey Richmond has hit back at the doom-mongers forecasting instant relegation from the Premiership by pledging: "We're not going up for a 12-month holiday." The Bantams ended their 77-year wait for a return to the top flight
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Tight line suits Grainger as he lifts Selby Canal title
Angling: Kevin Grainger (Dick Clegg Ossett) is the new Selby Canal champion after topping a 77-peg entry on the Goole AA stretches. The canal was back to good form with roach and skimmers feeding well throughout, and many competitors drawing the seldom
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Yvonne takes fourth 'national'
Cycling: Wibsey's Yvonne McGregor has won the Women's Ten-mile Time Trial Championship for the fourth time in seven years. Yvonne won by almost half a minute on an undulating course at Farnham in Surrey, her time of 21min 53sec putting her clear of holder
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Happy days with the dad I 'lost'
Gillian Baverstock, the daughter of Enid Blyton, one of the most popular children's authors of all time, looks back fondly on her childhood. She loved her mother dearly, but the memories she treasures perhaps most of all are of the happy times she spent
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So appealing to our wonderful readers
Your campaigning T&A has spearheaded some of the most important appeals in the Bradford district which have helped transform the lives of thousands. By harnessing the support of our readers we have raised £1 million for a state-of-the-art hospital
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Your Pets, by our vet Simon Thomas
It was the shape of Tigger's abdomen that gave me the clue to the nature of his illness. His owner had brought him to see me because he was off his food and just did not seem to be quite right. He had also been sick the previous evening. As I asked more
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Your Health, by Dr Tom Smith
Two hundred years ago, surgeons were barbers who also pulled teeth, bled you and lanced your boils. They were rough and ready men, trained on the battlefields, and not at medical schools. Physicians were far above them in the social scale. Called "doctors
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Anila Baig: Fishy tale of a fluffy bunny
People are always going on about how pets make children responsible and mature. Previously I had thought that pets were awful and in times of conflict you ended up eating them or worse, they went wild and ate you. My earliest memory of any pet type thing
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Illness knocks out ever-present Spike
One of Bradford's best-known rock 'n' rollers will miss a concert for the first time in 40 years after contracting a rare lung disease. Spike O'Brien, keyboard player with the legendary band The Dingos, is ill in Bradford Royal Infirmary. And when The
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The way ahead out of estate doldrums
Two years ago a group of Thorpe Edge teenagers embarked on a training scheme to help make a difference to young people in their community. They believed that coming from a run-down estate meant they were expected to do nothing more but get pregnant, turn
