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Blueprint for new mill
Plans for a multi-million pound retail complex in Brighouse on the site of a former flour mill are expected to be unveiled within a fortnight. Sugden Mill, which closed in October 1997 after trading for more than 168 years, is set to be transformed into
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Otley bus service plans
Otley Town Council has joined up with the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority in a deal to provide better bus facilities in the town. The deal, which will cost the town council £17,000 a year, will include a regular bus link from Otley to the
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Row over village vote
Villagers are being robbed of the chance to vote on controversial plans for a massive waste tip, a councillor has claimed. Bradford Council planners have delayed making a decision on the scheme to turn Buck Park Quarry in Whalley Lane, Denholme, into
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Funds available to help community
Ilkley Community Fund is preparing to dig into its coffers and provide a boost to groups dedicated to their community. Established in 1994, the fund promotes and supports worthwhile projects which are solely for the benefit of the community in the Ilkley
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Rail group brings hope of freight deal
A railway freight siding could be opened next to the Aire Valley Trunk Road on the Keighley to Crossflatts section, if local industry shows support. English, Welsh & Scottish Railway, the UK's largest rail freight operator, will visit Keighley next
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Child sex fiend gets six years
Bradford lay preacher Terrence Budd was today jailed for six years and nine months for sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy. Budd appeared at Bradford Crown Court following his arrest in Wales last Friday - a week after he went on the run after failing
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Chief blasts ticket claims
Bradford City chairman Geoffrey Richmond has hit back at a weekend newspaper report claiming that the club are "cashing in on their Premiership status" with huge season ticket price rises. The report claimed that City had raised season tickets by 46 per
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Matt hails super Paul
Bradford Bulls hero Paul Deacon will be walking tall in Wigan this week after shooting down his hometown club in memorable fashion at Odsal on Saturday. The 20-year-old scrum-half gave an immaculate display to take the man of the match award despite being
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Dangers facing our no-sense children
The simple skill of crossing the road is being lost, claim experts, as more and more parents deliver their children to the school gates in a car. Education Reporter Lyn Barton examines the situation as National Walk to School Week starts today... Ten
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£250,000 canalside project unveiled
Two major restoration schemes - part of a half-a-million pound package to revitalise Skipton's park - are due to be opened to the public this week. Craven District Council and British Waterways are to officially open £250,000 worth of canalside improvements
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Doubts over new hotel
Shipley MP Chris Leslie is backing plans to build a new hotel complex to create dozens of jobs. But concerns have been expressed that the area, which includes the Marriott Hollins Hall Hotel and Country Club and Shipley's recently opened Holiday Inn Express
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Major blow if factory closes
Workers at the Remploy factory in Bradford are right to be concerned about the current shake-up in their organisation, which has raised fears that they could lose out if their workplace is merged with a similar plant in Leeds. No doubt the Remploy set-up
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One-stop boost for world trade
Firms are being given a chance to grow their sales world-wide at a rapid pace at the north's biggest cybervillage - to be set up in Bradford. Legend Internet, on Sunbridge Road, is investing £100,000 in creating the Legend Cybervillage which will be a
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Mike Priestley: We have nothing to hide
You must make a lot of mistakes in your newspaper if you need a special column for them every week," someone said to me the other day. "The T&A didn't used to need a Feedback. Things must have got worse." Which only goes to demonstrate that when you
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Mike Priestley's Feedback
You must make a lot of mistakes in your newspaper if you need a special column for them every week," someone said to me the other day. "The T&A didn't used to need a Feedback. Things must have got worse." Which only goes to demonstrate that when you
