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Plea to owners during lambing season
Dog owners are being urged to be extra vigilant by keeping their animals under control when walking in the Yorkshire Dales as the lambing season starts. Farmers are within their rights to shoot dogs which are seen chasing livestock, a Yorkshire Dales
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£200,000 to wipe out surgery backlog
Airedale NHS Trust has been given an extra £200,000 by Bradford and North Yorkshire Health Authorities to help cope with a backlog of operations caused by the winter flu epidemic. Staff have been working overtime at Airedale General Hospital, Steeton,
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Cap hits the 21st century!
Space-age technology is being employed to blast the traditional flat cap into the 21st century. The humble cloth cap, sported by Yorkshiremen for decades, has been subtly updated by manufacturers who are coating them with non-stick water-repellent Teflon
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'Donors needed to avoid organ crisis'
A health minister has urged more members of Bradford's Asian community to become organ donors to avert a future crisis. More than half of the people in the city awaiting life-saving organ transplants are from ethnic communities and the situation is worsening
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Market fails in bid to win £5,000 grant
Organisers of a local produce market have accused Bradford Council of failing to support farmers after turning down their grant application. B-FIT has been organising the markets in Bradford and Keighley and educating farmers and growers on how to run
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Cash threat to A-levels
A teenager fears her A-level dreams will be shattered - because of funding problems in Bradford schools. Queensbury Upper School pupil Lynsey Asquith has been told the school may cut courses because of a £200,000 deficit which must be cleared within three
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Baildon crowned as clubs leave league
Grattan League: West Park and Rafters - the bottom two clubs in Division Two - are out of the league. West Park have been kicked out as they failed to fulfil three successive fixtures before last weekend. "They have had no contact with the league over
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Of course we have a sense of humour!
A Bradford man believes he is baldly going where no writer has gone before. Comic Mahmud Khan, 55, of Heaton, Bradford, has written what he reckons is the first book of Asian humour to be published in the UK. The book, called In Praise of Baldness, is
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There's no escape, licence cheats told
TV licence dodgers in Bradford were today given a blunt "there's no escape" warning as detection officers continue their patrols. So far this year more than 400 people have been caught watching the box illegally in the Bradford postcode area. And more
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Exposed cables causing concern
Children's lives have been at risk from live electric cables on a busy Wharfedale road, a senior councillor has claimed Councillor Graham Kirkland (Lib Dem, Otley & Wharfedale) said that the central refuge on the Otley bypass, close to Leeds Road
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Rabbi gets sack in row over condom
A Bradford-born Rabbi who sparked controversy when he produced a condom during a sermon was due to mount a legal challenge today after he was sacked from his prestigious job in Berlin's burgeoning Jewish community. Walter Rothschild, who celebrated his
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Oaks are on the rise
Sunday Alliance: Oakenshaw, in the lower reaches with games in hand, moved up three places in the Premier Division with a 2-1 win over Victoria Rangers. After leading through Dean Worrell's goal Oakenshaw let in an equaliser by Stewart Pickard after 55
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Ex-skipper has doubts over Bees plans
Bradford and Bingley's plans to be among England's elite clubs by the year 2006 have met a mixed response from fans. Former fifth team skipper Colin Bosworth says: "We are about ten years too late. By the time we get there all the top clubs will be run
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Club calls for more support in big time
Otley Rugby Union Club secretary Marc Lawrence is calling on the town's citizens to back the first team in greater numbers next season. The club won promotion from Jewson National League One to Allied Dunbar Premiership two - the national second division
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Yorke's the man to watch, says Saunders
Dean Saunders has pinpointed his former team-mate Dwight Yorke as the main danger when Bradford City entertain Manchester United on Saturday. The Bantams stage their most glamorous game of the season when the Premiership leaders and European Cup holders
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Clarke in clear for big final
Albion Sports skipper Richard Clarke has been cleared to lead his team in the FA Sunday Cup final next month. Clarke, whose 88th minute goal sealed a 1-0 semi-final win over Grosvenor Park on Sunday, won an appeal against a five-week ban yesterday. A
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Nigerian keeper signs up for City
Bradford City have signed QPR's Nigerian goalkeeper Ademola Bankole on loan for the rest of the season. The 30-year-old, 6ft 3in tall and known as George, will act as cover during the last nine matches as City battle for Premiership survival. Bankole,
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Roar us to the final!
Bradford Bulls are looking to take a 10,000-strong army of fans to Headingley on Saturday to cheer them into the Challenge Cup final at Murrayfield. The club reported brisk business yesterday when tickets for the semi-final clash with Warrington Wolves
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Initiative well worth the effort
If enough attention is focused on one particular area of criminal activity, the effort is not wasted. That has been proved in recent years in those parts of Bradford where the police have raised the profile of their activities. As a result, crime levels
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Gloves off - marigolds on!
Bradford's star sportsman Bobby Vanzie took up boxing when he was ten to fight back against school bullies. Now, at the age of 26, he is Commonwealth and British lightweight title holder and a household name. But he is also a devoted family man and during
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Why I had to call time on life behind the bar
As landlady of a busy bar, Susan Newby thrived on the social scene and loved to be at the hub of the customers' chat. Twenty years on she lives alone in a care home and is confined to a wheelchair. But Susan is determined not to let multiple sclerosis
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Michael can only type 15 words a minute - but he's written four novels
As a boy Michael Coatesworth hated learning and spent most of his time playing truant from school. But after an accident which left him partially paralysed and wheelchair bound for the rest of his life, Bradford born Michael suddenly found he had a passion
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Your Pets, by our vet Simon Thomas
Willie is a middle-aged Jack Russell. He was neutered five or six years ago so quite why he has taken to wandering off is a mystery. It was soon clear from his owner's story how much anxiety Willie's behaviour was causing. Even with a microchip and a
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Your Health, by Dr Tom Smith
How much do you know about your health? Try your knowledge on the following questions. 1 Which is the false statement? Smoking steeply raises your risks of developing the following diseases: a) Chronic bronchitis; b) lung cancer; c) kidney and bladder
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Anila Baig: The skimpy look is just too scary!
Spring is in the air. This is always a good sign. The darkness and coldness of February can get depressing especially with the nightmare of Valentine's Day thrown in to make the month especially tragic. It is lovely to think of the days getting brighter
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Mike Priestley: Who's Counting?
The present Government has scrapped the married couple's allowance. Now William Hague has said that the Tories will restore it if and when they regain office, to help to support families. That's very encouraging and will no doubt win his party a few votes
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Royal band set for date in city
Bradford's brass band heritage has helped it score a rare treat - a visit from royalty. For the Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines is visiting the city on Saturday - one of only three stops on a short tour. The band were given the 'royal' status by HM
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'Car crime campaign is working'
A trail-blazing campaign to cut arson attacks on vehicles in the Bradford district has been hailed a success. The Vehicle Crime Partnership was launched last November by West Yorkshire Police, Fire Service and Bradford Council. Latest figures show the
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Ex-steward accused of stealing £23,000
A former social club steward has gone on trial accused of stealing over £23,000 in nine months. David Charnock, 45, was suspended from his job at the St Anne's Catholic Social Centre in Keighley after an auditor's investigation found alleged discrepancies
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Dawn of a new era
Hard-up families said to be coping with conditions "worse than animals" could get a multi million pound boost to end the heartbreak. Ambitious proposals to breathe new life into deprived communities in Barkerend and Leeds Road today received approval.
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'I thought raiders would murder me'
A 15-year-old girl said she feared she was going to die after masked burglars held her family at knife-point. Nasma Ghani said she was suffering sleepless nights after two men burst into her home in Aberdeen Place, Lidget Green, Bradford, as her 42-year-old
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'City signs reflect our proud heritage'
A new business chief is in the firing line over his attack on 'building brick' signs welcoming visitors to Bradford City Centre. Bradford Chamber of Trade president Jim Griffin sparked controversy from city centre managers within days of taking office
