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Find £300,000 savings - and that's no hoax!
Firefighters in West Yorkshire will have to save £300,000 in the next year - because they are too good at their job. The Government has restricted the cash the county's Fire and Civil Defence Authority will receive next year - and even more cuts are looming
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Witness taken ill halts drugs trial
A drugs trial involving three brothers accused of selling crack cocaine from a Skipton restaurant has been halted after a key witness was taken ill. The jury in the case at Doncaster Crown Court against Aklu Miah, Babru Miah and Fojlu Miah, all of Keighley
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Parents' anger over cab driver sentence
A Keighley taxi driver was today banned from driving after being found guilty of obstructing police in their investigation of a tragic accident. Stuart Lister, 18, of Thornhill Road, Steeton, Keighley, was found bleeding profusely from the head by the
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'Private company may run schools'
A private company may be brought in to run schools in Pudsey, Guiseley and Otley after Leeds education service was damned in a highly critical report. Government standards inspectors are expected to reveal the results of the inspection tomorrow. The city's
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Hunting bunting at Cromwell Bottom
Wild wheat has been planted on a former rubbish tip to attract rare birds. Conservation group volunteers are cultivating the crest of a landfill mound at Cromwell Bottom, Brighouse, to attract tree sparrows, buntings and finches. The birds, once common
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Now life's full of kicks
Football-mad youngster Gary Litvinov is dreaming of following in the footsteps of David Beckham after kicking a string of serious illnesses into touch. The nine-year-old from Shipley, born with a tumour and left deaf in one ear after contracting meningitis
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The sheer joy of having my little Daniel back
Mum Amy Grimshaw tells Simon Ashberry how the family got away from it all after the trauma of baby Daniel's return from his kidnap ordeal last Friday. DANIEL GRIMSHAW got up to all kinds of mischief when his family took him to Blackpool for the weekend
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'Make me look like Britney'
Children as young as 14 are demanding plastic surgery to make them look like models and pop stars, a top Bradford consultant revealed today. Top of the shopping list for the wannabe models are breast enhancement surgery and 'nose jobs'. And Professor
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Lack of cash is big worry for Robinson
Motor Sport: Former Mirfield rider Louise Robinson has improved her chances of competing in the Olympic Games in Sydney later this year. The 35-year-old, now based in the Midlands, won a silver medal in the first women's world cyclo-cross Champion-ship
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O'Driscoll on target as Woods are held
Bolton Woods were held to a 1-1 draw by visitors Lindley WMC in the third round of the West Riding County FA Sunday Cup. The Huddersfield side led through a first-half penalty but solid pressure by Woods finally saw Ian O'Driscoll score a deserved equaliser
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Howard on mark again as U-Save win a thriller
Grattan League: U-Save-DIY gained revenge over Lexicon for their Premier Division defeat in November beating them by the same score - 3-2. The atrocious conditions played a major part in the match and led to U Save's first goal. The ball was held up by
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City hopeful of Jorge deal
Bradford City remain hopeful of signing Portuguese striker Jorge Cadete despite the fact he failed to arrive for talks yesterday. Chairman Geoffrey Richmond was optimistic the player and his advisers would fly in for transfer negotiations later today.
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That's what friends are for
Everyone needs good neighbours - and some are worth their weight in gold. Two pregnant mums from the same Bradford street made friends. One had struggled for years to have a baby before eventually finding success through IVF, the other gave birth to a
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Your Health, by Dr Tom Smith
Browsing recently through a local bookshop I was struck by the many magazines devoted to women's health problems. There were masses of articles about breast diseases, womb problems, conception and fertility, and pre-menstrual and menopausal difficulties
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Anila Baig: Bradford IS Bradford, I'm glad to say
People do disparage this city of ours. They make fun of our attempt at city centre housing especially as flats in nearby Leeds can command prices of a million pounds. They say that Leeds, like its football team has been this season, is top of the premier
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How we spent £39m on the Lottery - but got only £2m back
Just a fraction of the millions spent on Lottery tickets in Bradford comes back to the district's good causes, it has been revealed. Under rules set for operators Camelot, 28p out of every £1 ticket goes to the Government to be handed out to good causes
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New approach is paying dividends
Bradford-based assistant referee Graeme Atkins believes referees' new approach to handling matches is already paying dividends. The referees are trying to reduce the rash of yellow and red cards, and the new policy has certainly been a success in Bradford
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Now John decides to take a back seat
One of Bradford's best-known bosses has talked of his 'rags to riches' life as he prepares to hand over the reins of the business to new blood. John Mountain, 67, was born into an impoverished family on the city's Bierley council estate and now lives
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Health chiefs praise NHS ethnic link-up
Health chiefs yesterday praised the work of a pioneering action group which aims to improve the health of the district's ethnic community. The praise came as representatives from health authorities and community action groups came together at Carlisle
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Saviours of the children
Bradford still leads the country in the care of children drawn into prostitution, a national conference was hearing today. The childcare charity Barnardo's has organised the conference, From Awareness to Action, Children Abused Through Prostitution, at
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The grim record of firebugs in schools
Bradford is the schools arson capital of West Yorkshire, according to statistics compiled by fire service chiefs. The unenviable title means that Bradford and district schools suffer the most malicious attacks from firebugs in the whole of the region.
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Restrictions lifted from school budget
Governors and staff at Ilkley Grammar School are confident that budget problems will be sorted out in the next few weeks. Education bosses froze the school's bank account last year in a desperate bid to reduce an expected £300,000 overspend by April.
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Bulls facing Giant cup task
Bradford Bulls will begin their season proper with a televised all-Super League Silk Cut Challenge Cup tie against the newly merged Huddersfield/Sheffield Giants at Odsal on Saturday, February 12. The fourth round clash has been chosen by the BBC to launch
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Time for a Lottery share-out
There is obviously something wrong with the system of dispensing National Lottery grants, given figures which show that most parts of the Bradford district have received a mere fraction of the money they have spent. It is clear that charitable giving
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Wheels of fortune!
Tucked away in a quiet cul-de-sac in Otley, there's a modest adventurer who puts most of us to shame. A 65-year-old who cycles 4,000 miles a year and a seasoned backpacker and traveller, Ray Dunn is making the most of his golden years. Suzy Poole reports
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Your Pets, by our vet Simon Thomas
Every cat has a favourite sleeping place. George, the surgery cat, will sleep happily for hours on a towel on top of a radiator. From the time her new family adopted her, Melissa had another idea. The warm round opening of the washing machine door provided
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Mike Priestley: Who's Counting?
Do you remember the days when men wouldn't have dreamed of wearing anything other than a suit for a night out at the pub or the pictures? That dates you, doesn't it? It puts you firmly among the Who's Counting? crowd. It's the over-50s who were the suit
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Asbestos set loose in huge school fire
Deadly asbestos has been released by the fire that ripped through a Bradford college causing £1.5 million damage. The asbestos was contained within the Carlton Bolling Community College, until the flames took hold and destroyed 15 classrooms of the technology
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Delight at grant to be a nursery
A Steeton woman has become the first registered childminder in the north to receive a special grant from the government. Audrey Wynn, of High Street, has gained a nursery education grant from the government after 17 years as a registered childminder.
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How 'funnel effect' brings wind havoc
Many Bradford residents will have experienced an uncomfortable weekend thanks to the ferocious storm which swept over the district. And experts have blamed a well-known phenomena caused by winds being funnelled down from the Pennines as warmish south
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Bridge group enlists ramblers' champion
Campaigners calling for a bridge to be built across the River Wharfe have enlisted the help of a TV star. The newly-formed Burley Bridge Association has announced that Janet Street Porter, famous for her outspoken views and campaigning for ramblers' rights
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'Slick' casualty unit impresses watchdog
Health watchdogs were encouraged by the performance of Bradford's casualty department on one of the busiest days of the year. The accident and emergency department at the Bradford Royal Infirmary - one of the busiest in the country - was put under the
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Emma to spill beans in battle of the sexes
Model Emma Padfield has never been to university but she could graduate with top honours when it comes to knowledge of the male species. The 21-year-old from Nab Wood, Shipley, is about to put the hapless male under the microscope for Channel Four documentary
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Interchange's £2m complex unveiled
Plans for a £2million leisure and bingo centre at Bradford's transport Inter-change were unveiled today. The centre, expected to open next spring, would have a 270-space car park and bring 65 new jobs. It is expected to coincide with a £1.7million redevelopment
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House that! Brunel wins national first
Tenants and staff at a ground-breaking Bradford housing association were today celebrating winning a national award for excellence. Brunel Housing is the first housing association in the country to win the prestigious Charter Mark for its community development
