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Hostage terror of family held by gun maniac
A woman and her children were abducted and held hostage at gunpoint by a bogus house hunter. The man had made an appointment with Whitegates estate agents to view Marilyn Rowell's detached home in Horsforth. After a tour of the house he asked the owner
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New hall is top of village's wish list
People in Cowling, Keighley, want a new village hall, according to a survey. Of 700 questionnaires on the future of Cowling's village hall sent out by a village hall project group, 234 were completed. Questions invited comments on Cowling's leisure provision
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Council considers court action over hospital
Town councillors in Otley could go to court over scaled-down plans for a new Wharfedale hospital. They say they feel cheated because original pledges made two years ago for services at the new hospital appear to have been drastically reduced without full
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Parents of tragic tot offer support
An Ilkley vicar and his wife, devastated by the death of their baby daughter, are considering setting up a local support group for other bereaved parents. And Rosie Tudge and her husband are calling for the removal of the taboo surrounding such tragedies
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Double-quick classrooms from a factory
A major Bradford secondary school extension is to built in double quick time - but at a factory more than 30 miles away in York. The 26-classroom, two-storey building for Baildon's Salts Grammar School will be assembled indoors on a production line, like
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Game on!
The Silk Cut Challenge Cup final clash between the Bradford Bulls and the Leeds Rhinos will go ahead tomorrow - and that's official. In a joint statement issued at midday today the Rugby Football League and the Scottish Rugby Union said the game at Murrayfield
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Prizes galore for top Wharfe teams
Wharfedale and Otley will pick up three awards and a league championship at tonight's Jewson National League prize presentation at The Belfry in Warwickshire. Otley will accept the championship trophy, and Peter Clegg has been named Coach of the Year.
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Challenge Cup Final: Bulls get the Lowes-down on cup rivals
Hooker James Lowes is not under-estimating the challenge the Bulls are likely to face from his old club when the Challenge Cup final gets under way. The Great Britain international played in the Leeds side which lost to Wigan in 1994 at the start of a
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Challenge Cup Final: Faith playing a big part in Mackay's form
Former Australian Test star Brad Mackay is enjoying a new lease of life with the Bulls and puts his sparkling form down to his discovery of religion. The 31-year-old loose forward, who will be a key figure against Leeds Rhinos, successfully combines the
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Good luck, Bulls and Bantams!
The Rugby League Challenge Cup Final has been a nailbiter even before it began, thanks to the vagaries of the weather in Scotland. But now the decision has been taken to play, and tomorrow Bradford Bulls will carry the hopes of the district to Murrayfield
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Rock: Warm welcome for rugby fans
Bradford rockers Warm will be turning up the heat for the city's army of rugby league fans tonight. The five-piece are pressing ahead with a special gig in Edinburgh as a curtain-raiser for tomorrow's Challenge Cup Final between Bradford Bulls and Leeds
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Theatre: Topsy turvy world
of Society ladies Gilbert and Sullivan societies have been given an unlikely boost in the shape of film-maker Mike Leigh. His latest cinema hit Topsy-Turvy, inspired by the lives of the famous creators of the Savoy operettas, have helped to expose them
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'Britain's most burgled streets'
An independent survey has named and shamed two areas of Bradford as among the worst burglary blackspots in the country. But police have reacted angrily to the survey saying burglars in Bradford are being kept at bay. Ian Midgley reports. RETURNING HOME
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Nick Oldham: Rights and Wrongs
A Bradford couple say they are at the end of their tether after battling with electricity companies over their bills. Anna and Brian Wright say their problems started seven years ago when Yorkshire Electricity installed a new meter in their two-bedroomed
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Sixth-formers on school trip are flown back
Two sixth-form pupils have been flown home in disgrace from their school's Easter trip to Amsterdam. Today Hanson Upper School said it will hold a full inquiry into allegations about the pupils' alleged misconduct. The teenagers, who the school has refused
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Towering landmark may have to be left
Towering Provincial House could continue to dominate the Bradford skyline - because it will cost £750,000 to demolish. The future of the huge, stark building is being reconsidered by Abbey National and its development partner, Asda St James Securities
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Trolley good luck, lads!
Unfazed by the on-off flooded pitch drama at Murrayfield, thousands of Bradford Bulls fans were leaving the city today amid cup final fever for tomorrow's showdown with arch-rivals Leeds Rhinos. Up to 50,000 supporters are expected to make their way to
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Honours for youngsters of the millennium
Young people across Bradford highlighted the city's bright future as they were honoured for their dedicated service to others. Setting up youth clubs, promoting healthy living and educating through art were just some of the projects spearheaded under
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Lulu to rescue after trunk call
When organisers of prestigious film awards were unable to get a live elephant to launch their Millennium Dome event, they turned to Bradford. And Lulu - a wooden elephant used for the Bradford Festival - became the star of the International Indian Film
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Schools report timing 'farce'
The first draft of a long-awaited report, expected to heavily criticise the district's schools chiefs, has finally landed on the education director's desk. But a row over the publication date of the report from the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted
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£6m action as rural district faces hardship
Action is being taken to boost the economy in Craven as a Countryside Agency report reveals that rural living is getting tougher. Craven District Council has already won up to £6 million from the European Union to spend on developing schemes to improve
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Cash boost to revamp local shops
Shopfronts in Heckmondwike are set to be spruced up and the town boosted under a new council scheme. Kirklees Council chiefs are due to give the go-ahead to plans to spend £800,000 improving the area's 'forgotten' towns and villages. And Heckmondwike
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Gladys, Alice and Doris say: We're oldest
The famous Howell triplets might have a rival for the title of Britain's oldest surviving threesome. Betty, Tony, and Fred Howell met in Bradford to celebrate their 70th birthday. The trio were born in London after their mother Gladys Moore moved to St
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Lost orders spell axe for 70 jobs
Seventy jobs have been axed at the Bradford-based regional base of national firm Pipeline Constructors - known as PLC. The firm, which employed 320 people at the base in Brighouse Road, Low Moor, before the job cuts were made, blamed the losses on a downturn
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Bierley tough test for Baildon
Cricket: After finishing runners-up in the Bradford League First Division for the past two seasons, Baildon are determined to go one better this time, but skipper Mick Emmerson knows it will be far from easy. Baildon's ambitions were not helped when they
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Challenge Cup Final: Adrian aims to make the Bulls pay for past
Fiery forward Adrian Morley says it is payback time when Leeds Rhinos meet Bradford Bulls at Murrayfield. The Great Britain international's reputation as one of the finest second-rowers in world rugby has been tarnished by his bad-guy image. He missed
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Challenge Cup Final: Henry's still cup hungry
Henry Paul is one of the most successful players in rugby league following his glory years at Wigan. But he is just as keen to add more winners' medals with Bradford Bulls. Sports Editor Alan Birkinshaw talks to the Kiwi international. YOU WOULD think
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Challenge Cup Final: Henry's the best, but I can stop him
Daryl Powell is in no doubt that he faces one of the biggest tests of his long career when he lines up opposite Henry Paul at Murrayfield. The 34-year-old has seen it all in a distinguished career but the prospect of trying to bottle up Bulls ace Henry
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Windass 'is going nowhere'
Geoffrey Richmond has dismissed speculation linking Bradford City top scorer Dean Windass, pictured, with a switch to Premiership rivals Leicester City. Reports had suggested that the former Oxford man was a £1.5 million target for Martin O'Neill with
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Bulls trio's cup misery
England scrum-half Paul Deacon will suffer Murrayfield heartbreak today as Bulls coach Matthew Elliott has the unenviable task of trimming his squad ahead of the Silk Cut Challenge Cup final with arch rivals Leeds Rhinos. Elliott was due to announce an
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Film Review: Galaxy Quest
First there was Buzz Lightyear and now comes Commander Taggert. Tim Allen has developed a habit of playing earthbound characters with stars in their eyes. The difference between Toy Story and Galaxy Quest is that the two characters move in opposite directions
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£1m glass nightclub plan for West End
A street of run-down listed warehouses in Bradford's West End could be transformed into a multi-million pound leisure scheme. Shabby Quebec Street could be at the centre of Bradford's thriving night life if the scheme is granted planning permission by
