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Festival cash goes through amid row
Bradford Festival will get thousands of pounds extra for its annual event - in spite of a blazing row at the Council's new Executive Committee. Tory, Liberal Democrat and Labour councillors were at loggerheads over a recommendation that the festival should
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RSPB offers grants to protect birds' habitats
Landowners are missing out on a cash windfall which could help protect endangered birds - like the twite, whose stronghold includes the Keighley and Bradford areas. Twenty-five hotspots have been identified in West Yorkshire, drawn up to protect waders
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Rebecca a screen queen for a day
A former Ilkley Grammar pupil will be the star attraction at a premiere hosted by the country's most famous cinema. Rebecca West will make history when she marries Brett Taylor at the Odeon cinema in London's Leicester Square on Saturday, January 22.
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Drugs fear over mobiles in class
Head teachers across Bradford are banning mobile phones from schools amid fears youngsters could use them to order drugs. Teachers and police fear the current fad for mobiles could have sinister implications as dealers make their phone numbers available
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Keeping mobiles in check
There have been some wonderful advances in technology in recent years, affecting the everyday lives of all of us. Unfortunately the human ability to spot any detrimental consequences of this rush to do things faster and more conveniently is lagging behind
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Helen Mead: That's an ice mess you've got me into!
It's been described as the ultimate test for a marriage. I'd say that was a bit of an understatement. But explorers Mike and Fiona Thornewill not only survived their trek of 730 miles over the frozen wastelands of Antarctica - becoming the first married
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My word is my Bond!
Sales rep Stuart McKell is a self-confessed James Bond junkie. He gets high on scale-model Bond girls, swoons at 007's weaponry and gets a buzz from the secret agent's four-wheeled pulling power. Stuart - middle name James - has so much Bond memorabilia
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Anger at needle mix-up
Mum Kyra Willis has been left fuming by a mix-up which resulted in a packet containing a full syringe and needle being delivered through her letterbox. The drug, which had been prescribed for her, should have been sent to her doctor's surgery in Buttershaw
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Andrew's delight at £10,000 funds gift
An anonymous woman has donated £10,000 to a Wharfedale man's campaign to raise money for cancer research. Andrew Shippey, 20, was diagnosed with testicular cancer two years ago and has since run the London Marathon and the Great North Run to raise more
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'Advisers saved me from cash disaster'
A man saved from the brink of financial ruin is now working for the Bradford charity which helped him back on his feet. Tim Griffiths has been appointed centre manager for the city branch of Christians Against Poverty (CAP), a charity which gives advice
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Brave mum in plea for nanny from Bradford
A pregnant mother-of-three struck down with cancer is appealing for a nanny from the city to help look after her children when she's in hospital. Sally-Ann Tester, formerly of Scholes, near Bradford, was diagnosed with leukaemia last August during a routine
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Up there with the best
What have Bradford Council's new marketing head Owen Williams, three members of the band Ooberman and the late playwright Andrea Dunbar in common? They all attended one of Bradford's biggest and worst-funded schools, Buttershaw Upper School. Despite its
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Villagers fight to save POs
Councillors have launched a campaign to protect South Craven's rural post offices from closure. They fear Government plans to pay all benefits and pensions into bank accounts could lead to the closure of up to 8,000 post offices nationally, many of them
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Pupils to get first killer bug vaccine
Pupils at a Menston school are being prioritised for vaccination against meningitis after the death of their deputy headmaster. Students at St Mary's RC Comprehensive will be made a priority in an intensive vaccination programme under way across the country
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Parish bid to shed new light on district
Rising Christmas lighting costs are proving a driving force behind moves to set up parish councils in North Kirklees. Spenborough Chamber of Trade and Commerce members are to look into launching a parish council for Cleckheaton - to relieve themselves
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Tributes pour in to 'Freeman Hockney'
International artist David Hockney will get Telegraph & Argus bills to keep as mementoes after hitting the headlines yesterday over plans to make him a Freeman of the city. The T&A bills - posters advertising the main news stories of the day distributed
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Drinker 'kicked around 20 times'
A man died outside a late-night Bradford drinking club after being beaten by two attackers, a court heard today. David Leach was kicked around 20 times as he lay in an alleyway near the Discovery Bay club in Manningham Lane, the jury was told. The court
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Withers lands new Bulls deal
Bradford Bulls have rewarded popular Aussie Michael Withers with a two-year contract extension which will tie him to the club until the end of the 2002 season. The opportunist utility back arrived as a virtual unknown to the British game from Balmain
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Museum joy at lottery booster
Bradford's showpiece industrial museum is set to undergo a revamp after being awarded an £88,000 lottery grant. The money from Heritage Lottery Fund will be used to create a new gallery and refurbish existing display galleries at the museum in Eccleshill
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Rent date becomes a dinner date
Heaton will take a step back in time tomorrow when courtiers and tenants of the Lord of the Manor are invited to a traditional rent dinner. Lord of the Manor, Councillor Stanley King (Cons, Heaton) will host what he hopes will become an annual celebration
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No more donations for the Inspector
A policeman who gave 233 pints of blood has called for new measures after he was barred from donating because of an allergy to swabs. Inspector Nigel Hirst, 44, of Shipley, who has given blood for 25 years, first encountered problems donating five years
