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Tourism probe branded a waste of time
A tourism organisation will be put under the microscope in a history-making investigation. Bradford Council will see if the public are getting good value from the Yorkshire Tourist Board. But the decision for the choice of the board as the first inquiry
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Taxi tragedy dad may sue
A grieving father whose son died in a taxi accident is considering taking civil action against the driver convicted of obstructing the police investigation. Stuart Lister, 18, was found with fatal head injuries at the side of Skipton Road, Steeton, in
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Undercover guard on the buses
Undercover police officers are posing as passengers to stop vandals as young as 12 showering buses with bricks and stones. Shock new figures show Bradford's buses are now being targeted at a rate of two a day by youngsters hurling rocks. Now the city's
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Battle is on for T&A rival to world stars
The Telegraph & Argus are again holding a tournament to find their amateur champion. The winner of the event on Sunday, March 12 at The Clubhouse In Cue gardens, Odsal will face either Steve Davis or John Virgo the following Saturday evening at the
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The price of top football
Bradford City's army of adult season ticket holders will have to pay an extra £34 to guarantee their seat at Valley Parade next season. Chairman Geoffrey Richmond says the Bantams have increased their prices for the second successive season to finance
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New thumb used to be Alex's toe
A toddler is recovering from pioneering surgery to replace his thumb with a toe after his hand was mangled in a lawn- mower. Baildon-born Sarah Petre-Mears, 25, feared three-year-old son Alex would be left permanently disabled after the horrific accident
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Cow aromatherapy? Pull the other one!
Dairy farmers are starting to turn to aromatherapy in a bid to cure mastitis in their cows. A special massage oil is being used to clear up mastitis, an infection which causes cow udders to become inflamed. Former farmer Norman Spence, 59, has created
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Thieves in pleasure garden 'are scum'
Thieves have left a trail of destruction at a special garden created for elderly and disabled people. They scaled a 12ft high security fence round a Millennium Garden created near Low Moor Community Centre and stole about £250 of shrubs. At the same time
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£10,000 goal for battle to save orphans
A couple who have helped run a Romanian orphanage for eight years have appealed for backing from companies and individuals in Bradford. School caretaker Peter Haddlesey and his wife Maureen hope to raise at least £10,000 and collect food, medicines and
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No frills!
It's Valentine's Day on Monday. So instead of ignoring it and mulling over how much I'll make from the house when we divorce, I've decided to surprise my husband and embrace the occasion (and him) with open arms. "Put him to the test," I thought. "And
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'It's a waste of time' say old folks
Furious pensioners and their relatives today said they believed a consultation exercise on the future of an old people's home in Keighley was a waste of time. The future of Ingrow Green residential home for the elderly in Keighley is in doubt because
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Death trial witness 'harassed'
A witness in a murder trial said she told police "what they wanted to hear" when they questioned her, a jury heard. Karen Smith, 23, said at Leeds Crown Court yesterday, that she felt "harassed" and "had words put in her mouth" by officers when she made
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Mailman breaks the post code!
A couple were astonished and delighted to receive a letter from distant friends despite the rather vague address on the envelope. Postal workers tracked down Peter and Hilary Abercrombie, of Elm Grove, Burley-in-Wharfedale, despite the fact that the address
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New store lets town draw up wish list
Traders are to draw up a 'wish list' for Cleckheaton after being offered support by supermarket chain ASDA. Spenborough Chamber of Trade and Commerce members will continue talks with ASDA which hopes to open a superstore in Bradford Road, outside the
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'Thank you for helping bridge-plunge boy, 15'
The friends of a boy who suffered horrendous injuries when he fell from a railway bridge on to electric cables have repaid the medics who have helped him rebuild his life. John Walker, 15, of West Royd, Shipley, was paralysed from the waist down and suffered
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'Show will turn into a nightmare for us'
Angry residents are bracing themselves for a ''nightmare'' day of disruption when Bingley Show moves to a venue on their doorstep. People in Wagon Lane and Aire View Avenue - which will provide an access route into the showground for exhibit traffic -
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Bradford run short with title hat-trick
Bradford Grammar School achieved a hat-trick of team victories at the Bradford Schools Cross Country races at Northcliffe Park. In each race, the first eight runners were selected for the West Yorkshire Schools regional heat at Hipper-holme on Saturday
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Science lessons for the Swedes
Key business leaders and local government officials from northern Sweden are being helped to develop links with Bradford by visiting the city's Listerhills Science Park today. Some 16 representatives from the Kalix region are spending three days in Yorkshire
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200 jobs saved in buy-out deal
Two hundreds jobs have been rescued at a failed Bradford packaging firm with a multi-million pound management buy-out. The management team of the packaging division of T&D Industries at Laisterdyke has agreed a deal which will save a total of 250
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Hotel hope for leisure scheme
Developers wanting to turn Vicar Lane car park into a major leisure centre have asked the Council to give permission for a hotel in the scheme. JJ Gallagher has submitted an amended planning application showing the hotel in the scheme which will swallow
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Parents alerted to school bug fear
Parents in Wibsey have been issued with warning letters after a schoolgirl was admitted to hospital with suspected meningitis. The Wibsey Primary School pupil is being cared for in hospital where her condition was today described as 'poorly'. All 600
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Cliff lends his coat to Brontes
Cliff Richard's coat in his musical Heathcliff will help to attract visitors to an exhibition in the Bront Parsonage Museum's new £70,000 display room. Ballet costumes and stills from a 1920s silent movie are also among attractions at the new exhibition
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Top-level talks into sewer rats health danger
Top level talks will be held about Bradford's soaring rat population amid fears for public health. Bradford Council contacted Yorkshire Water for a meeting following Monday's Telegraph & Argus revelation that complaints about the vermin had trebled
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MP joins red-tape fight
Cancer patient Douglas Hanson says he is being driven to his wits' end by a never-ending battle with red tape. Diagnosed last year with bowel cancer, Mr Hanson says he is drowning in a sea of forms sent out by the Benefits Agency. And he is so fed up
