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The baby saved from starvation
A Bradford aid worker told today how she saved the life of a ten-day-old baby during a mercy mission to help Kosovan refugees. Mandy Farrar said she was heartbroken to discover the seriously-ill infant during the ten-day aid trip to Albanian refugee camps
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Bantams to reward stars with new deals
Star striker Robbie Blake is to be offered improved terms and an extension to the remaining two years of his contract as Bradford City continue to build for the future. The 22-year-old, who attracted interest from several Premiership clubs last term,
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Cup Final Preview: Richard Sutcliffe talks to Phil Neville
For a player who just 12 months ago was about to endure the agony of missing out on Glenn Hoddle's England squad for the World Cup, Phil Neville is about to embark on a five-day spell which promises to be the happiest of his career. The 22-year-old defender-cum
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Young Jamie shows his paces
Jamie Peacock staked a strong claim for a place in the squad to face Wigan tomorrow night with a storming display in Bradford Bulls' 23-12 Alliance victory at Wigan last night. The young second-rower led the charge in the opening 40 minutes before retiring
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Rock: Goths and proud!
Rock bands can be at their most prickly when journalists try to pin unwanted labels on them. But #Crime (that's not a misprint, just pronounce it Hash Crime) have seen it all before. And they're happy to count themselves as one of that relatively rare
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Theatre: Doctor of fun!
Most young boys dream of becoming astronauts or of playing for Manchester United. Harry Hill was the only one in his class who wanted to be a pathologist. His role model, he insists, was the morbid, mortuary-dwelling TV doctor, Quincy. His childhood in
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Millionaire loses fight to halt homes
A millionaire businessman has lost his battle to stop a major housing development from being built near his historic mansion. Sir Ernest Hall, owner of 14th century Royds Hall, turned up at City Hall to try to stop the development which would plough half
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Prescott: 'End the delay on bridges'
Transport Secretary John Prescott has stepped in to end the nightmare caused by major work on Bradford's bridges. The Government has urged Railtrack to get on with the work at Valley Road, Laisterdyke, and Cleckheaton Road. Bradford South MP Gerry Sutcliffe
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'Stop beauty spot becoming dump'
Action was today being demanded to clear up a local beauty spot which has been turned into an eyesore by fly-tippers, car thieves and drug users. Philip and Elizabeth Lawrence spoke out after discovering a wagon-load of old tyres had been dumped by the
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We can't see for the dirt!
Rail bosses have pledged to clean up their act after a complaint that windows on trains on the Wharfedale and Airedale lines are so filthy passengers couldn't see out. Baildon man Charles Charnock has slammed dirty train windows on trains on the Wharfedale
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Bid to end the 'nightmare on George Street'
An Addingham Millennium project is starting to gather momentum as the village civic society looks to end the nightmare of George Street. Back in January, the civic society revealed a plan to improve George Street, a popular route for shoppers - but an
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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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£10m package to restore life to area
Up to £10 million is to be spent on regeneration projects in Keighley over the next 12 months. The cash includes £3.25 million from the government's Single Regeneration Budget, £4 million from the private sector and £3 million from public bodies such
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Could US-style websites net OUR villains?
The advent of the world wide web and information superhighway has generated a new breed of criminals. Telegraph & Argus reporter Joanne Earp takes a closer look at Internet crime. YOU DON'T have to be a computer whizzkid to tap into the user-friendly
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Delius, father of the beat boom!
Bradford-born stage, screen and TV actor George Little has had a life-long passion for the music of the composer Frederick Delius. Not just because the late Delius was also born in Bradford, a stone's throw from Carlton High School (now the site of Bradford
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Listers Mill shop can be extended
A hard -pressed company which may axe dozens of jobs after trying to rescue Lister Fabrics has been given a boost by Bradford Council. Bradford area planning sub-committee approved a planning application for a major extension of the mill shop in Listers
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A wee problem? Not any longer, say police
Police are to crack down on men urinating in the streets. Already eight have been charged in Skipton under the 1972 Local Government Act, which makes it an offence to urinate in a public place. The town's magistrates have fined the men between £50 and
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Police to probe Keighley election
Police have been called in to investigate allegations of intimidation at the Bradford Council elections in Keighley. Bradford Council's acting chief executive Philip Robinson has referred the matter to the police after considering a report drawn up by
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Bringing hope to the elderly
An elderly Otley lady has travelled outside of the town for the first time in 30 years, thanks to the work of a local group. This was just one example cited of the work of Otley Action for Older People (OAOP), which aims to address the needs of the elderly
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We're feeling bloomin' terrific!
Towns and villages across the district were celebrating today after triumphs in the Yorkshire in Bloom competition. Ilkley was the best performer, coming joint top of the towns section, while the village of Hawksworth won the small villages section for
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Charity 'feet' of the keep-fit vicar
An all-action vicar is set to raise £4,000 for charity after walking 160 miles in six days. The Reverend Dennis Ackroyd walked up to 30 miles a day along the Macmillan Way from Boston on the Lincolnshire Coast to the village of Yanworth just outside Cirencester
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Grattan boss quits in boardroom row
The boss of Grattan - Bradford's biggest private employer - has quit the firm after a row over the future of the mail-order giant. High-flying Chief Executive Steve Bullas, 48, who has dramatically improved the company's fortunes in the last three years
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Body in suitcase poisoner jailed
A woman poisoner who drugged a neighbour by spiking her drink and then bundled her unconscious body into a suitcase has been jailed for 12 months. The judge who today sent 44-year-old Asram Nassar to prison said it was "a most bizarre case." Nassar, of
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Aussie ace lays down the Law
Cricket: Yorkshire had to endure another roasting from an Australian at Chelmsford yesterday as Stuart Law rattled up a century which greatly assisted Essex in making 335 all out to give them a first innings lead of 24. It was less than appeared likely
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Hodson looks to get quick return
Cricket: Bob Hodson is determined to help Saltaire to regain their First Division status at the first attempt, and has hit out at the standards of the Secure Trust Bank Bradford League Second Division. The experienced pace bowler is the only survivor
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Watch out Warriors!
Bradford Bulls linchpin Henry Paul is determined to continue playing through the pain barrier to help put his old club Wigan further off the pace in the race for Grand Final glory. The Kiwi ace carried a slight leg strain through last Sunday's hard-earned
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Helping the city to bloom
Congratulations to Ilkley for its success in the "Towns" category in the Yorkshire in Bloom competition. A bouquet must go to Hawksworth, too, for taking a closely-run second place in the "Small Villages" category. In fact, the Bradford district did not
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Film review: Notting Hill
Richard Curtis has not always been a fabulously successful screenwriter. The creator of Blackadder, Mr Bean and Four Weddings and a Funeral was once as sad and depressed as the rest of us. It was one particular period of loneliness that caused him to
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Nick Oldham: Rights and Wrongs
A Bradford woman and her grandmother are trying to trace a builder who was paid nearly £500 in advance for work. Louise Thackray claims she has not heard from him for two weeks - and his phone number is now unavailable. She and her 69-year-old grandmother
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Child sex pervert found sleeping in bus shelter
Convicted paedophile Terence Budd was arrested today by police in North Wales. Budd, who had been on the run since last Friday after failing to appear at Leeds Crown Court, was arrested in Caernarfon at 8am. He had been facing a jail sentence for sexually
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Anger as girl, ten, buys love potion
An outraged father is warning other parents after his ten-year-old daughter bought an adult-themed love potion from a local shop. Herman Defoe said his daughter, Katrina, picked up the packet of Aunty Dangle's Famous Love Potion, which features the silhouette
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Climber hurt in cliff fall at Glen
A climber was taken to hospital with a suspected broken ankle after falling from a cliff face on Shipley Glen. The 32-year-old man and a group of friends were climbing near Baildon's Bracken Hall Countryside Centre when he fell just before 1pm yesterday
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'New housing is choking us'
Residents have spoken of their concerns at the number of new houses being built in Queensbury. Granby Fields is one of the latest to be built in the former mill village which many people say is expanding far too fast. Conservative ward councillor Andrew
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Youngsters 'sign on' in Palestine
A group of deaf children from Bradford are forging a pioneering link with other deaf youngsters in Palestine. The ten-strong group from the Thornbury-based Association of Bradford Deaf Asians are flying out to Palestine next month with the aid of a £2,030
