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Out of this world!
Bradford couple Guy and Billie Howarth were bowled over by the world premiere in New York of Star Wars, The Phantom Menace. The lucky pair were flown to the Big Apple where last night they received VIP treatment as winners of the Telegraph & Argus
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Woman is killed at Pool blackspot
A woman pillion passenger died when a motorcycle and a car were in collision in Pool-in-Wharfedale. The woman, who has not yet been named, died in the accident at 7.30pm last night on the A658 at the junction with Mill Lane. The male motorcyclist was
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I'll go on tackling this killer disease
The memory of a 15-year-old girl who died of meningitis is to be celebrated with a charity rugby match. Alison MacGrath will stage the game this Sunday with the help of family and friends to boost awareness about the disease which killed her daughter
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Fairy tale come true
The glitz and razzmatazz of the British premiere of a film about the Cottingley fairies has scooped a top award for Bradford. At the Yorkshire Tourist Board awards last night, the Bradford premiere of Fairytale - A True Story, held in the city last year
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Tail refuses to wag as Yorks wickets fall
Yorkshire's chances of taking maximum batting bonus points were dashed at Chelmsford today when the tail refused to wag and they were bowled out for 311 in 114.2 overs by Essex. They resumed on another fine morning on 304 for seven in 108 overs but hopes
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Gough's happy to be at home
Darren Gough is reaping the rewards of family life as England chase World Cup glory. The Yorkshire paceman raced back from England's victory over Kenya at Canterbury on Tuesday evening, driven by physiotherapist Wayne Morton, to ensure he could enjoy
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Bulls set to scour overseas market
Bradford Bulls boss Matthew Elliott has opened negotiations aimed at topping up his overseas quota following the retirement of Aussie centre Danny Peacock. Movement of players from Australia in mid-season has been very limited in recent years but Elliott
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Peacock gets big farewell
Bradford Bulls are planning a send off to remember for retiring Aussie centre Danny Peacock. They hope as many fans are possible will attend Saturday night's Super League showdown with Wigan Warriors at Odsal and stay on at the end of the game to say
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Centre relaunch after fire safety setback
An organisation which caters for Asian women and children is about to re-launch services which were disrupted four years ago when fire chiefs said their centre failed to meet regulations. The re-launch coincides with Keighley Asian Women and Children's
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'We must be united on sports facilities'
Otley's new Mayor is urging residents to back the town's £1.6 million Lottery bid for improved sports facilities - even though the scheme has gone back to the drawing board. It is now more than a year since Leeds City Council agreed to put Otley forward
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Church names its flagship school
The Church of England's new £9 million secondary school in Bradford is to be called Immanuel Community College, it has been revealed. The name was decided at a meeting of the newly-formed board of governors working to create a flagship school on the site
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'War will cost us billions'
A Bradford academic has predicted that the war in Kosovo could cost Britain £1 billion a year for the next decade. Dr Malcolm Chalmers, of the peace studies department at Bradford University, has published a paper on the huge costs of the conflict. He
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A chance to prosper together
Bosses at the Bradford & Bingley Building Society are proud of their community programme. As part of our search for Bradford's Best Community Business Contribution, Simon Ashberry highlights the involvement the society has in the local community.
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Jean's bid for a record hoedown
A former cancer sufferer has launched a bid to help get a new hospice in Bradford by staging the city's biggest ever line dance. Jean Peart, 58, of Baildon, vowed to help charities after undergoing surgery to remove a small lump discovered during screening
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Treemendous! Pipeline firm brings releaf
More than 150 trees have been rescued from death by weedkiller and given new life by green-fingered volunteers in Bradford. The young trees have been salvaged from waste ground owned by Transco, the gas pipeline operators, which has given them to the
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'My dream for Hindu centre'
The new leader of one of the largest Hindu centres in West Yorkshire has told how he hopes it will double in size by the end of the year. Dayal Sharma, who has been a member since 1972, was voted in as president of the Hindu Cultural Society earlier this
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Darley Street 'is Harassment Row'
A businessman today dubbed Bradford's main shopping area 'Harassment Street' as a row erupted over city-centre beggars. Gary Lorriman, a partner with Bradford Distribution Training Services in Piccadilly, was commenting after Bradford Retail Action Group
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Cattlemen plan a Sunday market
Plans have been drawn up to hold a Sunday market on a livestock auction mart site hit by the crash in the farming industry. Skipton Auction Mart is seeking planning permission from Craven District Council to hold a general market and car boot sale at
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Utley drug dealer's 4x4 given to police
A drug dealer's luxury 4x4 vehicle is to be used by police - in their war against drugs. A Crown Court judge ordered that the off road vehicle should be confiscated after its owner had made more than £50,000 from heroin. Now the Vauxhall Frontera is to
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Go-ahead for flat conversion plan
Work is expected to start next month on a controversial development to demolish student accommodation blocks and replace them with flats. Councillors have approved Crest Homes (Northern) Ltd's plan to demolish Ilkley College student accommodation at Westwood
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Anger as thousands suffer TV blackout
Thousands of homes in the Keighley, Shipley and Baildon areas suffered a television blackout due to cable work being carried out at the Keighley transmitter. Many viewers were left fuming as up to 136,000 homes in the district were unable to receive transmissions
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Porn image boss on sex offenders' list
A businessman was ordered to register on a sex offenders' list after he was found guilty of possessing an indecent image of two naked boys. Colin Jack Gaines, 47, of Lady Lane, Eldwick, Bingley, denied eight charges of possessing indecent photographs
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Bell full of joy at return to the game
Golf: Among the more remarkable displays in last week's English Open Championship at Moor-town was that of Northcliffe's Martin Bell. He didn't finish among the prizes but, given that 18 months ago he didn't expect to play golf again, to get through the
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Cuedos duo get mixed ranking news
Snooker: Cuedos Snooker Club members Simon Bedford and Jason Prince are suffering contrasting emotions today after finding out their fates for next season in phone calls from the telegraph & Argus. A distraught Bedford discovered he will be off the
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Bernd is hot stuff in Esholt plant run
Athletics: German Bernd Schapdick produced a swift time of 14min 52sec on the fast course around the Esholt treatment plant on Tuesday night. The 28-year-old is on a year's teaching post at Woodhouse Grove School, and has a track personal best of 14-25
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Richmond dismisses talk of quick deals
Geoffrey Richmond believes there will be no new signings at Valley Parade before mid to late June despite intense speculation surrounding Bradford City's first capture as a Premiership club. The Bantams have been linked with a whole host of names since
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Thanks
Bantams chief Geoffrey Richmond writes open letter in praise of the fans: Dear Bradford city Supporters, The T & A have been kind enough to allow me to publicly thank everybody within the city for the support that has been given to the Club. It is
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Homeless remark is offensive
It is nonsensical and offensive for the director of the Bradford Soup Run to suggest that efforts to tidy up the centre of Bradford by removing beggars amounts to ethnic cleansing. It is an insult to those who have had loved ones gunned down by callous
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Helen Mead: Why toyboys turn me off
'Oooo, isn't she lucky," women across the country will be muttering, as they read about Caroline Quentin's new fella. The father of her unborn baby, Sam Farmer, is just 21. Quite a catch for a woman of 38. Or so many females in their late thirties may
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First snow experience for a priest from Uganda
Pastoral experience was not the only thing in store for visiting Ugandan priest Reverend Nathan Turyahikayo when he came to stay at Carleton Rectory. It was the first time he had left his country, flown in an aeroplane, travelled on a train or seen snow
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Waiting list fall genuine, say bosses
Health chiefs have rejected claims hospital waiting lists in the Bradford district have been massaged to meet nationally-set targets. Dr Mehdi Hossain, chairman of the new Bradford City Primary Care Group, told a board meeting yesterday of Bradford Health
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Tragic mum joins Dunblane journey
The mother of a seven-year-old who was murdered with his babysitter is to take part in a sponsored walk from Dunblane to London. Denise Copley is Bradford co-ordinator of national support group Mothers Against Murder And Aggression (Mamaa). Her son Jonathan
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Hundreds to profit from pioneer help centre
A multi-thousand-pound centre to help hundreds of people in Manningham will be open by autumn. The project - which has been set up as a direct result of the Commission into the Manningham disturbances in 1995 - will provide on-the-spot services for people
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Homework club set to open after grant boost
One of Bradford's poorest communities is about to open a homework club for young people to improve their chances of succeeding at school. The Bangladesh People's Association has landed a £7,000 grant to set up the club at its headquarters in Cornwall
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Bradford to take Kosovo refugees
Bradford will be offering a safe haven to refugees of the Kosovo conflict, it was confirmed today. Social services chiefs in the district are making urgent contingency plans to prepare for the arrival of the next wave of refugees. Already there are 80
