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Theatre: It's Steve's late show!
At 29, Steve Mullins knows he has missed his chance of being a teenage starlet. But he is convinced he has made the right decision to have a stab at becoming a professional actor. Steve is currently rehearsing for a production of Patrick Marber's play
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Memorial for Somme soldier shot at dawn
A Keighley soldier who was shot for desertion in World War I is to be given a lasting memorial. Private Henry MacDonald is to be remembered as part of a memorial in Staffordshire, alongside 305 fellow soldiers shot for desertion. A wooden post bearing
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Turf at the top for growing eco firm
The growing Ecology Building Society is putting its money where its mouth is. For the building society, which has a Green agenda and specialises in lending for derelict properties needing renovation, is planning an environmentally-friendly building for
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It's down to us now
Paul Jewell has warned his Bradford City side that the battle for Premier-ship survival is far from over. There was considerable jubilation when the Bantams defeated Wimble-don 3-0 on Sunday to leap-frog over them and out of the bottom three. Speaking
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Time to bury party dogma
The fact that Labour last night lost overall control of Bradford Council will not have come as a great surprise to watchers of local politics. It was entirely predictable that three years into a national administration local voters would register their
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Nick Oldham: Rights and Wrongs
A conservatory boss who took thousands of pounds in deposits from Bradford householders has been raided by trading standards officers. Search warrants were executed by North Yorkshire Trading Standards officers at the home of Direct Conservatories UK
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End of road for Doc boot store
A shop which led footwear fashion trends - from crepe wedges and winkle pickers to Doc Martens - is to shut after 45 years in Bradford. The Doc Shop, formerly Industrial Footwear, is set to close in July. The shock decision to shut came after owner and
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Top tier officers face Council axe
Some top officers with Bradford Council face compulsory redundancy in a management restructure expected to be in place by the summer. The Council's Chief Executive, Ian Stewart, said the redundancies were expected as a result of the major reorganisation
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Teachers get temporary jobs boost
Temporary jobs have now been offered to all mainstream teachers still without permanent jobs following the Bradford schools shake-up. But many of the 175 staff, who will be displaced when their schools close in July, feel they have lost out under the
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Film Review: Janice Beard
Here she is - a female Walter Mitty for the 21st century. Relatively unknown actress Eileen Walsh stakes a claim for stardom in the title role of this punchy new British comedy. Don't be put off by its less-than-snappy name - Janice Beard 45 wpm has enough
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Music: It's a rap for Marcus
Talented Marcus Lee is causing a stir in the world of rap - without resorting to the cliches of guns and fast cars that dominate the genre. Marcus, who is a regular at the Abundant Life Centre in Bradford, acknowledges that there is a lot of unsavoury
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Safety net
Millions of people in the UK are joining the Internet revolution. Going online opens up a world of opportunity. But the information superhighway has a darker side. Crime Reporter Joanne Earp reports. MODERN TECHNOLOGY has allowed children to design their
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Radio station's bus joke makes waves
A radio station has caused a row after its advertisements caused controversy with Bradford bus bosses. Adverts to promote Leeds-based dance radio station Galaxy 105 have been banned by First Bradford for including an offensive word. The advert features
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Police seek to question man after hold-up
Police have named a man they want to question in connection with a robbery in Skipton. They are hunting 47-year-old William Stuart Ford after an attack on the town's Bradford and Bingley Building Society. And they have revealed he is also wanted for questioning
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'Absolute fear led to confession'
The confessions of Donald Pendleton to the murder of a Bradford newspaper seller almost 30 years ago were the outbursts of a man who lived in "absolute fear" of the police, London's Criminal Appeal Court was told. Pendleton, then aged 40, was convicted
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Windows gift for fire-ravaged home
The victim of a chip pan fire who almost died in her new home has been given a gift of free kitchen windows. Businesswoman Christine Scourfield, of Storr Hill, Wyke, was seconds away from death after the blaze at her home in March. The home was uninsured
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Cricket club in shock at death of Stephen, 21
The death of a 21-year-old cricketer has stunned members of the club where he played. Stephen Gall, from Calverley, died of cancer in St James's Hospital, Leeds, after losing a short battle with the disease. Keen sportsman Stephen had recently become
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Sally snaps up chance to go outside hospital
Sally Slater has taken her first trip outside the grounds of the Newcastle hospital where she is recovering from a heart swap operation. The six-year-old, who lives near Skipton, has already ventured into the grounds of the Freeman Hospital but the trip
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LABOUR LOSES CONTROL
The future leadership of Bradford Council hangs in the balance today after a decade of Labour Party dominance was shattered in a night of shocks, humiliation and high drama. Results in full Britain's fourth biggest metropolitan council is now hung - with
