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Challenge is set: £2m in one year
Marie Curie Cancer Care's fundraising team has pledged to redouble its efforts to complete the £5.2 million appeal to build Europe's most modern hospice in Bradford. Fundraisers promised that the appeal, now at just over £3 million, will be completed
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Drug came 'from city supplier'
A man blamed for introducing crack cocaine into Skipton bought the drug from a Bradford supplier, a court heard. Aklu Miah, of Bradford Road, Keighley, would drive to a garage in the Toller Lane area of the city in the early hours where he would collect
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Home for elderly may shut
The last Council-run home for elderly people in Keighley is likely to close because it does not meet health and safety standards. Council chiefs admit Ingrow Green would fail a fire safety inspection and does not meet new requirements governing the size
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Heritage plans forced to take a back seat
Proposals to modernise Ilkley's out-of-date conservation area have been put on hold by heritage bosses. They are too busy dealing with Saltaire's bid to become a World Heritage Site, says heritage boss Stephen Bateman in a letter to Parish and District
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Sadness as jail for killer stays at two years
The Crown Prosecution Service has decided not to appeal against a two-year jail sentence given to a Shipley man's killer. The family of Dennis Wainman, 52, were devastated when the man who savagely attacked him in a pub was sentenced to just two years
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Queensbury confident for big cup clash
Amateur RL: All three Bradford clubs are on their travels in the first round of the BNFL National Cup. This season 132 teams are attempting to land the amateur game's top trophy. All the Conference sides are exempt from round one, which gives some of
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Baildon ready to kick-start season
What has happened at Baildon this season is surely one of the mysteries of Yorkshire rugby union. A side that was good enough to finish third, and just miss out on promotion, last season in Thwaites Yorkshire Division Three and win the Yorkshire Silver
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City v Sheffield Wed: Focus on the Opposition
Danny Wilson has pledged not to give his Sheffield Wednesday side "a minute's piece" as they bid to overcome a dreadful first half of the Premiership season. The Owls entertain City tomorrow knowing that a victory is paramount if they are to have any
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Rock: Justin's Army at the double!
Pinch yourself - here comes another New Model Army album. Fans of Bradford's most enduring alternative rock band had to wait five years for them to bring out their last studio LP. But this time they have completed their new album Eight in double quick
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Found: cargo ship which lost 39 crew
A cargo ship which sank without trace in the Atlantic has been located by Keighley-born deep sea diving expert Graham Jessop. Mr Jessop and his team discovered the German ship, the Isis, when combing the seabed off the coast of Cornwall for the Carpathia
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Jackie to visit her heart-op brother
The sister of a former Bradford man who had a life-saving heart swap in Australia is to visit her brother on the other side of the world. Jackie Blackburn, who is three years older than brother Stephen, will spend seven weeks with him in the Australian
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Support group gets 'Oscar' nomination
A support group run by disabled people, for disabled people, has been nominated for Government-backed social care 'Oscars'. The first Social Care Awards will be handed out at a ceremony on Wednesday at Lancaster House in London, attended by ministers
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My bag's packed ready for Daniel
The mother of abducted toddler Daniel Grimshaw has her bags packed ready in the hope of flying to Pakistan for an emotional reunion. Amy Grimshaw, 18, has been distraught since the 16-month-old was snatched from her near her home in Wrose on November
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Now north is worst hit by flu
Pensioners are worst hit in the flu outbreak hitting the region, with new figures showing the most serious outbreak of bronchitis for 15 years. The north is the worst hit region in the country, as statistics from the flu monitoring service in Birmingham
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New company in line to run the city centre
A high-powered management company is being lined up to tackle cleanliness, maintenance and crime in Bradford city centre - and sell it to investors and visitors as the place to be. Headed by a powerful chief executive, the public-private sector partnership
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Cash to attract wedding venues
County council bosses are hoping to capitalise on the world famous landscape of North Yorkshire, including the Craven area, to encourage more people to get wed within its boundaries. North Yorkshire County Council wants more people to get spliced in the
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'I heard man being kicked to death'
A man beaten to death outside a Bradford drinking club had tried to escape his killers but was cornered and viciously set upon, a court heard. An eye-witness said David Leach had attempted to run from the alley next to Discovery Bay in Manningham Lane
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New contest is blooming marvellous
Yorkshire in Bloom has launched a new competition for unusual flower displays to mark the new century. Judges for the Millennium Project Competition will be on the lookout for original features which celebrate the Year 2000 and contribute to an improvement
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Court case over £3,000 owed by Chamber
Court proceedings have been started against a chamber of trade which owes a former town centre manager more than £3,000. David Adams, former area trade co-ordinator for Cleckheaton, has begun court action against the Spenborough Chamber of Trade and Commerce
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The long road to stardom
Every sportsman and woman knows the road to success is a long and hard one. But for talented ice skater Elise Scholes the road to success is 220 miles long. For Elise packs her bags and travels from her home in Kilmarnock, Scotland, 220 miles south to
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Woman dies in 999 crash
A woman died today after her car was involved in a horror crash with a fire engine called out on a false alarm. A joint investigation has been launched by the police and fire brigade after the accident on the A650 near Nab Wood Crematorium shortly before
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Crucial test of Avenue's promotion hopes
Manager Trevor Storton is hoping his Bradford Park Avenue side do not lose their unbeaten home record tomorrow when Radcliffe Borough visit Horsfall Stadium in a crucial UniBond Division One clash. Fourth placed Avenue trail the Manchester club by just
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City v Sheffield Wed: Connections
There are a number of players with Sheffield Wednesday connections at Valley Parade, but no one has a greater incentive to do well at Hillsborough tomorrow than goalkeeper Matt Clarke. It's a clear case of Wednesday's loss being City's gain for Clarke
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City v Sheffield Wed: David Markham talks to striker Lee Mills
Leading scorer Lee Mills is hoping to be fit for what he describes as a 'massive game' against the Premiership's bottom club Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough tomorrow. Mills sprained his ankle in City's 3-1 FA Cup defeat at Gillingham on Tuesday but
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Brazilian blend is wrong
Bradford City chairman Geoffrey Richmond has slammed the World Club Championship as "manufactured" and believes it needs a drastic overhaul for it to take an accredited place in the soccer calendar. Richmond feels the tournament in Brazil did little to
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Matt bids to keep out Owls
Matt Clarke is hoping that Bradford City can break their unwanted sequence of six successive away defeats when they visit his old club Sheffield Wednesday tomorrow. It is a crucially important match for both clubs in their battle for Premiership survival
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No justice in this sentence
The legal establishment in Britain is disturbingly out of step with public opinion if a body of leading barristers can declare that a two-year sentence for beating and kicking someone to death is "not unduly lenient". Two years in prison was what Harry
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Film Review: Summer of Sam
In 1977, Bradford was not the only city held hostage to fear. While Peter Sutcliffe stalked the streets and ginnels of Manningham, towards the beginning of his reign, a similarly insidious presence was making itself felt in New York. David Berkowitz,
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Theatre: The stalls are alive!
Let's start at the very beginning. At an old people's home in Inverness. It isn't the likeliest place from which to launch a theatrical phenomenon, but that, nevertheless, is where they invented Movie Karaoke. One night, the residents hired a projector
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Nick Oldham: Rights and Wrongs
An autumn holiday in Portugal turned into a disaster for a Bradford family, it was claimed today. Mary and Tony Elliott booked a week on the Algarve in October with their two young children, Gemma, seven, and Sophie, ten. They decided on a hotel about
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Man is held on rape of mum
Police are questioning a 21-year-old Bradford man in connection with the rape of a young mother on New Year's Day. Officers at Bradford CID arrested the man today and are interviewing him at Bradford Central police station. The arrest in the city follows
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Balloons go up for smokers
People who want to kick their smoking habit are being urged to make a pledge to quit in the year 2000. Smoking project worker Dianne Woodall is gathering pledges from Bradford's would-be ex-smokers and will release a balloon for every one, with their
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'Schools row' councillor is first on carpet
A councillor could be rapped at a meeting chaired by the Bishop of Bradford following a rumpus at an Education Committee meeting. Liberal Democrat councillor David Ward is the first member to be referred to the new Standards Committee on reorganised Bradford
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£600,000 boost for jobs project
A drive to find jobs for 1,000 young people in Manningham has won a £600,000 cash boost from Europe. Leaders of the Manningham and Girlington Regeneration Partnership, which aims to revive the poverty-stricken inner city area, say the £9.7 million they
