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A little sole music by jim Greenhalf
Last November Barrie Rutter's Northern Broadsides company completed its successful touring production of King Lear. Then, to mark the Millennium, Broadsides did five performances of Tony Harrison's Mysteries. That done, the company went into rehearsals
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Miracle double op for Katherine
A 21-year-old woman has undergone a heart and lung transplant after three years of waiting. Katherine Ireland from Cononley, near Skipton, who suffers cystic fibrosis, underwent the six-hour operation at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital. Doctors contacted
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Brave Jack's Millennium award
A five-year-old boy who overcame open heart surgery - only to be diagnosed with lymphoblastic leukaemia - has won a top children's award for bravery. Jack Smith, of Westbourne Close, in Otley, was 18 months old when he underwent open heart surgery after
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Tourism gets a grilling
The benefits or otherwise of Ilkley's status as a tourist attraction will come under the spotlight at a meeting of the town's Civic Society. The discussion is called Ilkley and the Visitor, Benefits and Burdens and will be led by Jim Butterfield, tourism
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Murder warning to town
A nationwide hunt for a man wanted in connection with a double murder led armed officers to Cleckheaton. Residents in the Moorend area of the town have been warned not to approach a balding man wearing a green cap, and to dial 999 if he calls at their
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£47m sigh of relief!
Bradford's schools shake-up will go ahead in full after the Council received approval to plug its £47 million funding gap. The massive £171 million project will switch the district to a two-tier education system, doing away with first, middle and upper
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Spruce is back as Bulls challenge for the Cup
Bradford Bulls will not risk Aussie star Justin Brooker in tomorrow's tricky Silk Cut Challenge Cup fourth round with Huddersfield/Sheffield at Odsal. Brooker is still troubled by the thumb injury which forced him to miss the friendly with Wakefield last
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A little sole music by Jim Greenhalf
Last November Barrie Rutter's Northern Broadsides company completed its successful touring production of King Lear. Then, to mark the Millennium, Broadsides did five performances of Tony Harrison's Mysteries. That done, the company went into rehearsals
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Bosses to pay for deep sea adventure
Bosses at a thriving Keighley firm are funding a deep-sea probe of the famous liner Carpathia. Billy Skelton, 53 and David Wingate, 51, of Skelgate Holdings, Crosshills, have ploughed hundreds of thousands of pounds into a new company that will fund the
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Hotline for child abuse
People in Shipley trying to report possible child abuse should find it easier from Monday. Bradford Social Services is introducing a new centralised customer advice system and a new hotline number - 01274 757500. Anyone who is concerned about a child
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For better or verse!
Amy Radcliffe, 21, of Bingley, was at the front of the queue for a piece of passionate prose for her French lover as would-be Romeos and Juliets queued up at a Bradford love clinic for advice on how to woo their sweethearts. Writer Peter Pegnall was love
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Let's flatten the Hammers
Skipper Stuart McCall is looking for Bradford City to drag Middles-brough and Wimbledon into the relegation mire. The Bantams travel to West Ham tomorrow looking to build on recent victories over Watford and Arsenal - their first back-to-back wins of
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Dispute sparks warning by Nick Oldham
Householders hiring firms to carry out home improvements should avoid paying cash up front, according to West Yorkshire Trading Standards. At the most consumers should only be expected to put down a deposit as a "sign of good faith", they say. The advice
