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Swing time!
Loosen your clothing and clear the area - 1930s Swing dancing is back in town! If you're bored of dancing alone in a club or at home, now's your chance to find a partner and join a new wave of old-style dancing in a craze which is currently sweeping Bradford
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I warned of danger in canal lock
A boat owner today told an inquest into the worst ever tragedy on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, in which four people died, that he warned the party of turbulence in a lock. Richard Bradburn, owner of the Silsden-based company that rented the narrowboat to
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Planners urged to rethink karts bid
A businessman is urging planners to overturn a previous decision preventing him from creating a karting track in a defunct foundry. Tim Denton claims Bradford Council planners have been inflexible in throwing out his plan for the old Devonshire Works
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Sign mistakes put investment at risk
A Saltaire firm has said that a council tourist plaque blunder could force it to reconsider investing in other projects. A row erupted after the signs, designed to give information on the historic model town and its founder Sir Titus Salt, were found
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Doctors ready to care for refugees
Doctors are gearing up to deal with an influx of Kosovan refugees due to arrive in Bradford next week. They face the difficult task of maintaining services to existing patients while caring for the new arrivals. A board meeting of the North Bradford Primary
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Off you trot!
Four hard-working cleansing workers face the sack - because they are too slow. Gentle giants Rusty, Norman, William and Henry, believed to be the first horses in Britain to win a Council litter-picking contract, won the £35,000 deal to help clean up the
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Mark urged to give Faldo time
Golf: Ryder Cup winning captain Bernard Gallacher has urged new skipper Mark James to give Nick Faldo as long as possible to make this year's event. The man who captained Europe on three occasions believes Faldo should be allowed right up to the deadline
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Cork has Yorkshire reeling at Derby
Yorkshire plunged to 29 for four as they made a dreadful start to their PPP healthcare County Championship match against Derbyshire today. Derbyshire skipper Dominic Cork claimed three of the wickets. He removed Australian Greg Blewett and skipper David
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Bulls chase speedy Howlett clearance
Bradford Bulls hope to have new Aussie recruit Phil Howlett on board at Odsal within a fortnight. The club have forwarded a work permit application on behalf of the former Parramatta and South Sydney speedster and are hopeful that the all-clear will be
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City bid for an academy
Bradford City are exploring the possibility of setting up a multi-million pound youth academy to bring the Bantams in line with their 19 fellow Premiership clubs. And as part of the plans, chairman Geoffrey Richmond will next month take councillors and
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Helen Mead: When the workers need motivating
Another boring day at the office? We've all had them. Sitting at our desks, tapping the same grubby, biscuit crumb-infested keyboard, answering the same old phone. But occasionally, some organisations do something to different to relieve the monotony.
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Runaway rolls up for lunch
A teenager had an amazing escape after a suspected stolen car careered 150 yards down a hill - and ended up on his doorstep. Jon Riley, 14, was making his lunch in the kitchen of his home in Argent Way in Holme Wood when the G-reg Vauxhall Cavalier smashed
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Pouring out lots of love and care
Teacher Rashidah Butt today told how her work as a part-time foster parent for mixed race children helps them to understand their dual heritage. Social workers are desperate to recruit other people willing to take on the job in a bid to prevent families
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'Help us bring peace' appeal
The Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir has told how Britain and the Western world hold the key to peace between India and Pakistan. At a civic reception at Bradford's City Hall, barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudry said the two warring countries could not find
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Pram firm offers jobs back to 25
New bosses at Guiseley pram firm Silver Cross have written to 25 former employees offering them their jobs back. If they accept, the move would bring the total number of employees at the firm up to 55. And director Graham Hazell said there was "tremendous
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Car park charges 'deterring drivers'
A councillor has called for charges to be removed from an Ilkley car park because no-one is using it. Councillor Anne Hawkesworth (Con) said that Bradford Council's decision to introduce a 'pay and display' system in November at its car park in Railway
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Great Scott Nets new charity help
A Cleckheaton charity is making a hi-tech call for volunteers - thanks to a 16-year-old schoolboy. Spen Valley Good Neighbours, which runs a befriending service for elderly and disabled people, now has a site on the Internet to attract helpers, clients
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Lodge is a record breaker with title win
Richard Lodge has clinched the Bradford Billiards Championship for a record eighth time. Lodge defeated Brian Mullaney 500-317 and now holds outright the distinction of lifting the Yorkshire Sports Trophy on the most occasions. He previously shared the
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Be careful out there, Headingley fans urged
Yorkshire will be taking extra measures to try to ensure that spectators who come on to the field at the end of Sunday's Super Six World Cup match at Headingley between Zimbabwe and New Zealand do so in an orderly manner. They want to try to avoid a repeat
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Danger of 'comfort strategy'
If the summer of 1999 follows the pattern set in 1997 and 1998, then drawing up a strategy for coping with excessive temperatures in the workplace is likely to remain a purely hypothetical exercise. However, in the unlikely event of the thermometer soaring
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Rival homes plan for 'hospital' site
Housing plans are being discussed for the same site chosen as the best place for a new Otley hospital. Land owner Garnett's is asking Leeds City Council to consider a residential development of 30 to 40 houses on land to the east of the riverside mill
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Six charities get a £650,000 windfall
Six charities across the Bradford district were today celebrating National Lottery awards totalling nearly £650,000. The awards, by the National Lottery Charities Board to celebrate National Volunteers Week, target community programmes and work to help
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Stars go the extra mile to ease pain
Stars from the worlds of football and rugby league will help raise funds for cutting-edge research to ease the suffering of hip and knee patients, in a Bradford charity challenge. Leon Price of Bradford Bulls and Bradford City duo Mark Bower and Andy
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15 dogs seized as crackdown hailed success
Fifteen dogs have been seized across the city since the start of a Council crackdown on dangerous dogs, it was revealed today. The action comes after a Bradford Council boss announced a blitz on stray dogs in the T&A last month following a spate of
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No longer hot under the collar
Council staff will be able to rest in "chill-out rooms" if temperatures soar this summer. Managers are being advised to work out "rest regimes" and provide cool drinks and chilled spring water dispensers. Some parched workers may also be allowed to dispense
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Law chief seeking to strengthen ethnic trust
West Yorkshire's new Chief Crown Prosecutor says he wants to develop relations between the organisation and ethnic minority communities in Bradford. And he has offered to meet community leaders to discuss the role of the CPS and its policy on court cases
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This milestone is my dream
For Roger Lowe, the switch-on of the MRI scanner in Bradford represents the fulfilment of a four-year dream which signals a giant leap forward in patient care in the district. The head of imaging at Bradford's hospitals believes the new scanner - the
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Century's column
A hi-tech answer to Nelson's Column is to be commissioned to mark the opening of a £4 million project to develop the district's craft heritage. Bradford's Column will stand outside the Yorkshire Craft Centre, a unique venture designed to breathe new life
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Ken helped stop the shots during the war
At the age of 76 Ken Teasdale has mapped out a sporting career spanning a lifetime ...and he's not about to hang up his boots yet. Mr Teasdale played soccer and cricket in his prime and has chalked up 50 years as a referee in local football leagues. And
