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Rare tortoises 'stolen to order'
A collection of rare tortoises valued at thousands of pounds has been snatched from a house in Bradford. Police and Customs officers have been put on alert in the hunt for the reptiles which were due to take part in a captive breeding programme in America
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Dales date to discuss future plan
The findings of a public consultation exercise on how the Yorkshire Dales National Park should develop are to be revealed at a meeting. The national park guardians have called the public meeting in Grassington to give people a chance to discuss. The biggest
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800 tyres dumped at Chevin
Industrial 'litter louts' have dumped hundreds of old tyres at one of the region's most popular beauty spots. Members of the public are being urged to help to track down those responsible for dumping 800 tyres at Otley Chevin. Meanwhile the incidents
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School plans to vanish with a class act
A Burley-in-Wharfedale school which battled in vain for survival has vowed to see out its final year in style. Bradford Council's schools review decided to scrap Burley C of E First School. The school's Parent Teacher Association set up a campaign 'headquarters
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Festival cash aid challenge
A controversial decision by Bradford's new "super councillors" to give thousands of pounds extra to Bradford Festival is being challenged. Council history was made today as the Labour chairman of a new scrutiny committee decided to call in the decision
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All we want is to pray and display!
A rector has blamed a thriving car boot sale for declining attendances at his Bingley church. Reverend Stephen Kelly from All Saints' Church says worshippers are so frustrated by the lack of parking spaces around Keighley Road that they are staying away
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Smith at the double as Queensbury win
Queensbury's lively scrum half Carl Smith scored two vital tries to help put his side into the second round of the BNFL National Cup at Kirkholt. Queensbury were rocked before the kick-off when forwards Andrew Senior and Luke Cooper had to withdraw through
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Lampkin climbs to great win indoors
Dougie Lampkin won his second indoor trial in a week. The Silsden rider and his Radson Montesa bike were the kings of Koblenz in Germany, despatching Amos Bilbao and Steve Colley to the lower steps of the podium. Despite Lampkin's superb form, it was
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Bulls youngsters agree new deals
Bradford Bulls have signed two more of their emerging young players on extended deals. Twenty-year-old loose forward Lee Radford and teenage back Alex Wilkinson are the latest to put pen to paper. Wilkinson, who is 17 and joined Bulls from amateur side
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Jim Appleby: Past Times
You won't find Hepolite Scar on any map of Bradford - not even on the older ones - because that wasn't its name. But our mention of Jowett cars last week brought the name of the scar back to the surface for those who recall the early days of motor sport
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Council facing legal fight over damaged water main
Angry Yorkshire Water bosses say they will seek legal action if necessary to recoup the costs of a water bungle from Bradford Council. Thousands of homes across the city are likely to wake up to brown water supplies tomorrow after council contractors
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It's the love doctor
Romance will be in the air at Bradford Central Library when it sets up a love-poetry clinic. Writer Peter Pegnall will be on hand to dispense advice to would-be Romeos in the run-up to Valentine's Day. He will be giving tips to anyone who wants to put
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Old school seeks slices of the past
One of Bradford's oldest schools is appealing to former pupils to help piece together its history. Usher Street School in Bowling wants to mark the millennium - and its conversion to a primary school - with a colourful 10ft mural. The artwork, in the
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Richard puts his jacket on £5.2m appeal
Countdown's Richard Whiteley showed off his flair for unusual jackets when he received one printed with £50 notes to mark £200,000 raised by Grattan for charity. The Bradford-born presenter was awarded the specially-made coat during a celebrity lunch
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How the war on crime is now being won
People power, pro-active policing and partnerships are helping to drive down crime figures across the district. That's the view of Bradford Central Chief Superintendent David Richardson, who says the latest Home Office statistics are a reflection of the
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Hundreds of students face NVQ shake-up
Hundreds of trainees on Council courses could face a fresh bombshell as the authority considers scrapping all its National Vocational Qualification courses. A leaked report handed to the Telegraph & Argus reveals the proposal which could result in
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Hunt as boy of 14 vanishes in night
The family of a missing 14-year-old today made an emotional appeal for him to come home. Umbar Saddique has not been seen for almost three days after leaving his home in the middle of the night with a rucksack and only £5. His distraught mother Naseem
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Mounting cash crisis for lifeline project
An organisation which is a lifeline for people caring for loved ones at home is facing a cash crisis. SHAPE, the Keighley Senior Health Awareness Project - which also promotes healthy lifestyles for people aged 50 to 90 years - runs out of vital lottery
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'Let parents control their own children'
The Government has announced new guidelines on how parents can physically punish their children. Education Reporter Lyn Barton examines the issue of corporal punishment in the home and speaks to a family who feel it is a parent's right to smack a child
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'Punished for doing God's work'
A storm has erupted after a volunteer at Britain's first Christian pub had his benefits slashed. Jobless Paul Prince may have to quit after social security bosses cut his job seeker's allowance from £51 to £16 a week. The decision was immediately branded
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Wainman grabs top title in New Zealand
Formula One stock car driver Frankie Wainman Jnr has won the New Zealand Invitation World 240 cubic inch Champion-ship for the second time. Wainman, from Silsden, who is the UK National Points champion and a past world champion, is now acknowledged by
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Rankin's Brum loan deal
Bradford City's former record signing Isaiah Rankin has today joined First Division Birmingham City on a month's loan. The 21-year-old today trained with the Blues after manager Trevor Francis moved to solve a striking crisis at St Andrews which has seen
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Smacking can be acceptable
It is easy to sympathise with those people who believe that it is wrong to hit children, however badly they behave. There have been too many cases of savage assault disguised as chastisement. Nor is it a good idea to put it into the minds of children
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Pupils 'are avoiding dinner queue shame'
Disadvantaged children in Bradford could face health risks because they are too embarrassed to claim free school meals, a survey has revealed. A child welfare charity today criticised schools which stigmatised youngsters by making them hand over tokens
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Supermarket worker fails in race tribunal
A Bradford supermarket worker who said he was demoted and transferred after a police investigation into cash irregularities lost his case for racial discrimination. Mohammed Saleem Yasim, 22, of Duckworth Grove, Heaton, told a Leeds employment tribunal
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Challenge proves engineering isn't purely a boy zone!
Schoolgirls from all over Bradford have been marooned on different planets and lost in space for two days. During that time they have had to catch moon rats, construct tents to protection them from the heat of nearby stars and work out how to get electricity
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New hotlines to help victim support work
Extra phone lines have been installed at Keighley and District Victim Support to help volunteers deal with hundreds of new referrals. The extra workload of more than 200 cases in two weeks has been generated by uncertainty surrounding the future of the
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Sewage protesters: Here's our evidence
Campaigners have presented to a drainage engineer photographic and written evidence about sewage spewing into the Aire Valley. Chris Wotherspoon met campaigners who are demanding a ban on housing development in the valley until the sewage system is improved
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City is heroin capital of UK, warns judge
A judge today described Bradford as the heroin capital of the country. Judge John Cockroft spoke out as he jailed a drug dealer who bragged about selling the best heroin for eight years. Mohammed Yaqoob, 28, was the latest in a series of street suppliers
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Police are criticised for action
Police officers over-reacted during a large-scale disturbance involving up to 200 people outside a Bradford school, a court was told. Prosecutor Richard Sagar told the city's Youth Court that between 100 and 200 young people were involved in the incident
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'Ad fad is deal too far'
Ilkley should challenge for the 'sponsorship in bloom' awards this year. That's the verdict of tourist management committee secretary Miggy Bailey, who is worried about the town being swamped by advertising. She is unhappy with the proliferation of sponsored
