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Rover fans in rally to honour the popular P5
Car lovers will converge on a Skipton hotel this weekend to celebrate one of the most popular British models ever made. Coniston Hall Hotel is hosting the first rally of the season for the Rover P5 Owners Club. As well as touring the dales and surrounding
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'Thank you for helping catch woman's killer'
The quick-thinking of a former policewoman won her an official commendation for her efforts in helping catch a man who had killed his girlfriend. Brigitte Robson, 40, was awarded the Divisional Commander's Certificate of Commendation at a special presentation
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US millionaire vows to buy historic hall
US millionaire vows to buy historic hall An American millionaire is launching an ambitious bid to "save" his ancestral home and preserve it for residents of a tiny Wharfedale village. R J Hawkesworth Elias Jr from Ohio says he wants to restore Hawksworth
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'Help us to thwart the train vandals'
Yobs who hurled a rock at a train as it sped under a bridge endangering the lives of its driver and passengers are being hunted by police as a new push to reduce railway vandalism comes into force. The vandals launched their missile as the train passed
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I fear for my dad's life in land grab
As Zimbabze's Attorney General describes the country as a "powder keg waiting to explode", T & A reporter Clive White looks at the plight of the nation through the eyes of an East Morton woman, whose 74 year-old father is a victim of the land invasion
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Are you watching, Rodney Marsh?
Welcome to our Bantams fanzine page - written entirely by City fans for City fans. We hope you'll enjoy the news, views and sheer fun every Thursday in your T&A. Our contributors - all Valley Parade season ticket holders - aim to give YOU, the fans
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Graeme thriving on Wembley pressure
Bradford referee Graeme Atkins has been chosen to officiate in the FA Cup Final at Wembley. T&A Sports Reporter Chris Hall talks to him about his globe-trotting life in football. THE PROSPECT of working in front of a passionate full house at Wembley
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Hay victim of Bees' drive for top rugby
Colin Hay, Bradford and Bingley's popular coach, has become the first victim of their drive for a bright new future. As the club prepares to re-brand itself as the Bees next season and bid to reach the summit of English rugby union by 2006, it needs to
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We stand by City!
Bradford City have netted the most lucrative sponsorship deal in their history. And chairman Geoffrey Richmond believes the unprecedented eight-year contract with Sunwin represents further evidence that the club's future is looking bright. The deal means
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Digital TV picks up Pace thanks to firm
Digital television is being helped to grow at a faster rate in the UK than anywhere else in the world by Bradford hi-tech firm Pace Micro Technology. Figures show that in Britain, 25 per cent of the population have access to digital television compared
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Helen Mead: Pantie-line perils of the modern miss
They've been called "amazing," but, frankly, I'm sceptical about them... knickers that spell the end of the VPL (that's Visible Pantie Line for those of you who are blissfully unaware of such vitally important matters). Apparently, these elastic-free
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City urged to cash in on £6m party pot
The Millennium Commission today urged Bradford to get its act together and apply for funding to ensure this year's New Year's Eve celebrations go off with a bang, not a whimper. The Council came under fire last year after it failed to hold an official
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'GP is not to blame for wrong diagnosis'
Medical experts have thrown their weight behind a Shipley doctor being sued for allegedly failing to diagnose a patient's appendicitis. Solicitor Andrew Walker claimed he was left in agony after Dr Mary Cuthbert failed to spot the condition and his appendix
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Residents vow to fight on for rail-bus link
Residents today pledged to continue battling for a bus link to Baildon railway station after transport chiefs rejected their plea. More than 260 people who signed a petition calling for the link have been told bus operators are unwilling to provide a
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New recruits help to swell hospice cash
New fundraising events are being planned for a hospice which needs to collect more than £300,000 a year. Two extra fundraisers have also been recruited to help organise the activities at Manorlands, the Sue Ryder palliative care centre at Oxenhope. Chris
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Starring roles with happy ending too!
Two amateur theatre enthusiasts are set to take centre stage for one of the biggest events of their lives - their wedding day. Michael Johnson, 60, and Jean Baines, 68, both members of Rawdon Amateur Operatic Society, starred in their first musical together
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'Ground bid for airport', Prescott urged
Bradford Council will press John Prescott to step in over controversial proposals for a new airport in South Yorkshire. The Council agreed to ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Region's for a public inquiry into the plan at
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M-way signs should click
Tourism bosses hope to attract thousands of visitors with motorway signs advertising the district's attractions. The National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Salts Mill, Bradford Theatres and the Bronte country will all feature on the brown
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Website helps facelift group ease burden
A Bradford regeneration group has set up its own website to cope with a flood of demands about how it works from all over the world. Telephone calls, letters and e-mails from as far afield as Australia and Canada have been pouring into the Royds Community
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ID parade rules set to be tightened up
New rules to prevent suspects changing their appearance at police identity parades could be introduced by the Government in a new code of practice. The review of identification procedures comes as a man suspected of assaulting a 15-year-old girl in a
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Workers flee toxic gas blaze
More than 50 firefighters spent three hours tackling a chemical blaze at a mill last night. The incident at Stone House Batty Mill, Heckmondwike, started after a pallet in the dye house caught fire shortly before 5.30pm. Water from the automatic sprinkler
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They won't let us bury Uncle Norman
Grieving relatives of a war hero are furious he will be denied his last wish to be buried alongside his wife. Relatives of former Desert Rat Norman Theakston have been told that the family plot is officially full - because of a change in the law 23 years
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Top pair in the frame for big title
The Bradford Snooker Championship final will be a repeat of the T&A Amateur Challenge. Howard Mawson (Regal) beat Wayne Cooper (Club-house In Cue Gardens) 2-1 last month for the right to meet six-times world champion Steve Davis over a frame at the
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Venue threat to historic fixture
Bradford Schools' annual fixture against Glasgow could be scrapped this year because they have nowhere to play. The match between the two cities at Under-19s level has been staged for more than a hundred years with Scotland's national stadium Hampden
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Lehmann straight back in the old routine
Under leaden skies and with the temperature a couple of degrees above freezing, the versatile Darren Lehmann just had time at Headingley yesterday to announce that he is back with Yorkshire - and looking as full of runs as ever. The Australian left-hander
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Bulls to look at their options
Rising Bradford Bulls stars Paul Deacon and Leon Pryce have been pencilled in to form an exciting new half-back partnership in the absence of the Paul brothers against London Broncos on Good Friday. And to help to set them on their way they have been
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New airport would be a big threat
Bradford Council is right to be calling for a public inquiry into the plan to develop a new airport at Finningley, near Doncaster. Competition is a good thing, but too much competition can sometimes be counter-productive by spreading available business
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Robin's nest
Most boys think about being a builder, many like the idea of playing with tractors, and when they are older even the power of a tax inspector. But not many men would admit to having a burning desire to look after a dozen children all day. Except for Robin
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Help us beat the killer!
A pioneering training programme to combat one of Bradford's biggest killers of the elderly has been launched. In the first course of its kind in the country, training is being offered to nursing and residential homes in the district to help staff spot
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Church petition to Japan
Members of All Saints Church, Ilkley, are bombarding the world's leaders in a bid to help poverty stricken people in the Third World. After discovering that the campaign for cancelling Third World debt is not on the agenda of the G8 summit of the world's
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Dentist denied he was a suicide risk
An alcoholic dentist from West Yorkshire denied being suicidal after he was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving, an inquest jury was told. Father-of-two Graham Cocking was taken to Bradford's Bridewell police station one evening in March last year
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City could lose out to Leeds in cancer review
A leading surgeon has warned that a major review of cancer services across the region could see Bradford losing out to Leeds in the vital treatment of chest and lung disease. And consultant thoracic surgeon Alan Mearns at Bradford Royal Infirmary says
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Windfall for schools brings joy
A multi-million pound boost for school repairs in Bradford has been announced today. A total of £5.7 million will be spent on 19 schools throughout the district, thanks to New Deal for Schools Government cash. The biggest sum - more than £1 million -
