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Fordham ready for final run-in
Ambitious Bradford & Bingley are preparing for the last lap of the season ready for a strong tilt at the Bradford League title. Bingley leapfrogged into second place when leaders Pudsey Congs beat Baildon by nine wickets while they won by four wickets
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City players are ready, says Mal
A hard summer's work of training comes to fruition at Anfield tomorrow for Malcolm Shotton. The 43-year-old coach, who prides himself on his sergeant major approach, joined City two months ago as part of new manager Chris Hutchings' team and he is delighted
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We must improve, says Elliott
Bradford Bulls coach Matthew Elliott is insisting on a gradual improvement from his side in the five games remaining before the play-offs. The Bulls ended a run of low key displays with an improved effort in last week's victory over Castleford and will
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Kathleen backs plea for organ donors
Kathleen Hart has enjoyed 26 years of good health since her kidney transplant, and wants other Craven people to have the same gift. Mrs Hart, wife of Sutton ward councillor Ken Hart, was one of the first to have a successful transplant in St James' Hospital
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Apology for congestion
Congestion around Cullingworth's Parkside Middle school has once again raised the hackles of residents living nearby as work starts to convert it to a secondary school. Last week residents living in Parkside Terrace endured a procession of articulated
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Benefit service in the spotlight as survey begins
Residents across the district are to have their say on how Bradford council's benefit service is performing. Around 1,000 people who have recently applied to the council for council tax or housing benefit will be picked at random over the next few weeks
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Young award winners head for the Lakes
A busload of youngsters from Keighley set off from Cougar Park on Monday when the year 2000 Police Awards for Excellence (PAWE) trip got under way. The scheme, which was the brainchild of former Keighley Cougars captain Joe Grima and local policeman Lee
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Skydiving Penny to share her thoughts
Steeton mum Penny Roberts is rising to her latest challenge. Penny who was left a quadraplegic after plunging 13,000 feet onto a Florida runway when a routine skydive went wrong and her parachute failed to open, is to share her experiences with a television
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Women tried to snatch handbag
A woman was punched and kicked by two other women trying to snatch her handbag on a Keighley street. The 48-year-old woman was walking down Mornington Street at 10.15 on Friday evening when a young woman approached her. Accompanied by another woman, she
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On This Day
In 1227, Mongol ruler Genghis Khan died after a fall from his horse. In 1847, the first Mayor and aldermen were elected in Bradford. In 1930, the Sydney Harbour Bridge was finally completed after seven years. From the Telegraph & Argus of August 18
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Coin change refusal leaves girl, 7, in lurch
A seven-year-old girl from Riddlesden has been left with a heavy piggy bank after building societies in Keighley refused to accept all her carefully bagged up coppers. Elizabeth Wilson, with the help of her grandparents, had saved up around £30 in copper
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Disabled in driving seat thanks to innovative firm
Travelling is about to be revolutionised for disabled people by a new kit being developed by a Steeton firm. Specialist suspension and chassis designer Lateral Design, based at Keighley Road, has won one of the DTI's new Smart Micro Project awards. The
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Rail users pleased with new fleet
Massive investment in new buses for Keighley has been welcomed -- by a rail group! The Aire Valley Rail Users Group says it is delighted at Keighley and District Travel's spending on easy-access vehicles. K&DT this autumn is introducing an additional
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Innocent man attacked
Three witnesses could hold key information about an unprovoked attack on a 24-year-old man who was left with smashed ribs and a punctured lung. The man is recovering in Airedale Hospital, Steeton, after he was set upon by a gang of youths on Sunday at
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Probe begins into 'power poaching' claims
An energy supplier has launched a probe into the activities of its doorstep sales staff in Keighley. Npower promised the investigation this week after hearing claims its callers were poaching customers from Yorkshire Electricity. A YE representative allegedly
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Hopes rise for victory in mobile mast battle
Sutton and Cross Hills campaigners appear to have won their battle to stop a mobile phone mast. BT Cellnet had hoped to install a mast in the field of W & JR Thompson (Woodturners) Ltd off Holme Lane, which sits on the border between Sutton and Cross
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Racial council row
A bitter secrecy row has blown up between Bradford councillors over a closed doors decision to form an interim racial equality council. It has been agreed that the temporary service will be based in Bradford, with surgeries held twice a week in Keighley
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Kerry's painless labour
Kerry Woodcock learned many lessons in life when working in remote African villages. She especially remembered a woman giving birth with no screaming or shouting. She knew that when the time came a natural birth was for her. Now Kerry, 28, from Utley,
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Waste depot's future
The prospect of keeping the Lower Spen Valley waste transfer building as a community resource after its closure is to be investigated. The site, off the main Huddersfield Road in Ravens-thorpe, will form part of the Lower Spen Country Park when it stops
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Fly tip protester in court for tipping
A golf-course owner who regularly complains to Bradford Council about rubbish being dumped in the area has been prosecuted for fly-tipping. Former Royal Marine Stephen Storke was taken to court after a local councillor spotted a pile of loose paper and
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Trust has money for projects
A trust which has given thousands of pounds to local youth organisations is inviting bids in a new round of grants. The Shipley-based Holycroft Charitable Trust is keen to hear from any groups, working with young people, which require funds. The trust
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New staff for Asian network
A disabled group has used a £50,000 cash boost to recruit two new workers to reach out to disadvantaged people. The Asian Disability Network (ADN), based at the Assisi Centre in Leeds Road, Bradford, already has 300 Asian disabled clients on it books
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City's Bollywood beats Hollywood!
Bradford is proving itself the Bollywood capital of the north with cinemas in the city boasting sell-out performances of the Asian hit movies. Bosses at the new Odeon cinema in Thornbury, which shows both Hollywood and Bollywood films, have been left
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Cricket: Silsden defy bad light call
STEETON and Silsden battled into the gloom on Saturday night as they fought out a tightly contested local derby. On a dank, miserable evening Silsden decided to bat out for two points instead of going off for very bad light. The Summerhill Lane club eventually
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Cricket: Oaks bring up the treble
It's three down and one to go for league leaders Oakworth. In the last three weeks they have seen off Embsay, Pendle Forest and now Thornton, now only Long Lee stand between the Cure Hill side and the championship. They restricted Thornton to 152 which
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Bowls: Duncan lifts Ryecroft Trophy
FAVOURITE Brian Duncan took the John Rycroft Trophy on Skipton's Broughton Road green with a 21-10 victory over past winner Ian Tordoff of Bradford. Duncan survived a close call in the first round , but beat his other opponents, including Keighley hope
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Rugby: Chris reaches England elite
CHRIS MEEHAN has been selected for England Rugby Union's Under-17 Elite Development Squad. Chris, a member of the Utley-based Keighley Crusaders club will now attend a number of squad coaching sessions throughout the North of England during the coming
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Football: Soccer boys launch season in style
KEIGHLEY PHOENIX got their season off to a nightmare start on Wednesday. They had to switch the opening day fixture to Brighouse Town because the Marley changing rooms were not ready for use, and went down to a 6-0 defeat. They were just 1-0 down at the
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Cricket: Deby showdown
HAWORTH and Oakworth face each other in a Worth Valley Wynn Cup showdown on Sunday. The neighbouring clubs have battled their way to the top of the pile in the Craven League, and although it looks to be a one-sided contest, the Haworth club will certainly
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We know it will be harder!
David Wetherall will never forget his goal that kept Bradford City in the Premiership - nor will thousands of City fans. The 12th minute header that gave City their crucial 1-0 win over Liverpool in that last match of last season will always have an honoured
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Learning curve for Leon
Leon Pryce isn't the first player to find his second season at senior level THE most difficult. The headlines came thick and fast last term as he stormed Super League resulting in two national awards. But despite not making the same attacking impact this
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White delighted to repay the faith
Craig White today revealed how the faith shown in him by the current England regime had inspired his career-best performance in the fourth Test against the West Indies. Yorkshire all-rounder White claimed five for 57 as the West Indies were dismissed
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Ward does City U-turn
Striker Ashley Ward today joined Bradford City in a £1.5m transfer some 16 hours after rejecting the club's offer of personal terms. The deal to bring the Blackburn player to Valley Parade looked dead last night when Ward turned down City's offer. However
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Why was Bradford ignored?
It is very disappointing that Bradford's bid for extra Government money to fast-track the treatment of heart patients has not been successful. Bradford Health Authority has been told that Hull, the centre chosen in this region instead, was awarded more
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Search for school pals
A Keighley woman who emigrated to New Zealand more than 40 years ago is trying to contact former school friends. Margaret Horua (nee Manterfield) attended Long Lee Primary School in the 1950s. Since moving to New Zealand in 1959 she has lost contact with
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Gulf veteran seeks history of grandad he never knew
A Gulf War veteran is appealing for help in researching his fascinating family history. Michael Humphreys, a sergeant in the RAF based at Lyneham in Wiltshire, has just returned from a tour of duty in Kosovo, and is making use of a brief spell at home
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Land of rising sun sets on a parish church stage
actors went from temple to church as they performed a play based on the traditions of ancient Japan. Students of Keighley Resource Centre presented The Midnight Magicians of Atlantis in Haworth Parish Church. The half-hour show was set in the modern world
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Loss of CHCs under attack
Airedale Community Health Council is facing abolition. After over a quarter of a century of acting as the "patient's friend" and scrutinising the policies of the health authorities and trust and primary care groups, the CHC is to be abolished as part
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Monkey bar kids are back in town
People who were members of the Keighley central youth club in the fifties and sixties are invited to a reunion next month. Organised by Doreen Lee, formerly Bugler, it is hoped that as many people as possible will come to the party at Pilkys Bar on Heber
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No waste of words over future of tip
A war of words has broken out between two politicians over the refusal of planning permission for a tip in Denholme. Ward councillor Simon Cooke has clashed with constituency MP Chris Leslie over the level of Bradford council opposition to the plan. Both
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Keighley's A' level round-up
Keighley College: Arshad all set for a career in medicine Keighley College A-level student Arshad Hamid has won a place at Aberdeen University to study medicine. Arshad, pictured, who has spent the past year gaining work experience at Airedale Hospital
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One dead as gunman targets cats
A vital half an inch of muscle has saved Sooty the cat from serious injury. She is the second cat in a fortnight from the Ingrow area to have been shot with an air rifle. The first was not so lucky. The animal, whose owner lives in Greystones Drive, was
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Brewery gets civic visit
Lord Mayor Stanley King paid his first-ever visit to a brewery this week -- and found it was nothing like he had expected. Councillor King was visiting the award-winning Timothy Taylor's brewery, in Keighley, after reading about its successes in the Keighley
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Jemma aims to scale new heights
Adventurous Silsden scientist Jemma Reinsch faces the first of two big challenges this weekend. On Sunday she begins a 24-hour challenge to climb the UK's highest peaks -- Scafell Pike, Ben Nevis and Snowdon -- to raise money for an expedition to Tanzania
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Police in call for changes at death crash junction
Highways chiefs are to be urged to rethink the layout of a road junction following the death of a teenage motorcyclist. Samuel Pickard, 19, died after losing control of his 125cc machine near the junction of Long Lee Lane and Harden Road, Keighley, three
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New bus station a 'blow to disabled'
Plans for Keighley's new bus station have been attacked for overlooking the needs of disabled bus users. Disabled rights campaigners have hit out at the first stages of the development, which will mean radical changes to the flow of traffic though Keighley
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Resignation as governor
A Keighley councillor has resigned as a governor of Oakbank School because he is tired of the education system. Labour councillor Martin Leathley was one of two local authority representatives on the school's board of governors. Cllr Leathley's resignation
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Happy ending to search for wedding ring
A new friendship has been struck up after the metal detecting skills of Silsden couple Steve Goodchild and Joan Wade reunited a distraught Keighley man with his lost wedding ring. Andrew Firth, 35, who owns Firth's Animal Feed on Marley Street, Keighley
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Project gives hope to Chenobyl children
A second car boot sale is to be held in Keighley to help children who still suffer the effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Proceeds of the sale, on August 27, will pay for relief work in the Belarus region and health-improving trips by the youngsters
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Brontes going Dutch
A Dutch film crew of two has been filming at Haworth's Bronte Parsonage museum for a TV programme called Spurs. Director and sound man Peter Belput said the programme would also see them following the tracks of the Settle to Carlisle railway and looking
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Fatima has a dream
Fatima Shah has big ideas for her community. She wants to bring together residents of all cultures, especially women, to organise a range of much-needed activities. She has already recruited 11 other Stockbridge residents to form the area's first community
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World famous singer visits town
A Keighley restaurant last weekend played host to one of the most popular singers in the world. About 80 people gathered at the Balti House in Russell Street to greet Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Rahat, 26, is one of the world's leading exponents of the
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Fury after son buried with brain missing
A furious father is calling for the Home Secretary to investigate after discovering his dead son's brain was removed without his family's knowledge or consent. Keith Lister saw his 18-year-old son Stuart buried in Steeton last year, but was horrified
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Town takes pride in rosy bloom contest results
Keighley has notched up some rosy results in this year's Yorkshire in Bloom contest. The town received a merit certificate after finishing fourth in its category. Judges praised flowerbeds at Cliffe Castle and Spring Gardens Lane, and paid tribute to
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Students set A-level success records
Keighley schools have once again achieved top-class A-level results. Many examples of outstanding individual achievement were unveiled as students learned yesterday if they had made the grade. South Craven School is celebrating record success in the AS
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Traders anger as drunk is set free
A well-known drunkard was freed by magistrates 18 hours after he was arrested - so he could claim his £75 incapacity benefit. Alan Carter, 58, of no fixed address, was arrested by PC Paul Sullivan - in a stupor, laying on the pavement in Low Street, at
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - As a regular user of Keighley Leisure Centre I have cause to walk through Victoria Park. To anyone not familiar with this part of town it is a depressing sight. Broken glass litters the paths, whilst litter is discarded throughout the park. It is
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Off the wall!
Six designs have been chosen to bring a splash of colour to a Bradford police station dubbed the "fortress" by locals. The eye-catching logos will be displayed on giant sails decorating an outside wall at Toller Lane police headquarters, Lawcroft House
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Uncle Fred fells family tree
A woman's 20 year obsession to compile her family tree has come to an abrupt halt in Bradford. Helen Ely has spent two decades researching details of her ancestors' past spanning more than 200 years and ten generations. She began her quest as a 14-year-old
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Dog's life saved by surgery
A tumour "the size of a football'' has been removed from Astra the German Shepherd by a Bradford vet. Vet Terry Kinwig believes it is the biggest tumour he has ever removed from a dog. The giant growth weighed as much as four bags of sugar, according
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Tipping probe led to firm
A probe into the illegal dumping of used tyres led investigators to a Bradford firm, the city's magistrates heard. The Environment Agency launched an investigation last year amid rising concern about the fly-tipping of scrap tyres in South and West Yorkshire
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Head supports bus battle
Parents in Eldwick campaigning for a direct bus route to Bingley Grammar School have won the support of the school's headteacher. John Patterson says he has been worried for some time about the prospect of young children walking to school and has contacted
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Hotels for pigeons!
Never mind cafs -- Bradford's pigeon's may get their own "hotels" to coax them out of the city and town centres. The Telegraph & Argus revealed last week that council officers were looking at schemes for providing the ever-growing flocks with designated
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Heart cash blow for health chiefs
Bradford's bid for fast-track treatment of heart patients has failed, despite the district having one of the highest death rates from coronary heart disease (CHD) in the country. The Government has revealed Bradford is not on the list of health partnerships
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Student's marathon exam glory
A determined disabled student has had to endure marathon ten hour sessions in the exam room to achieve his A-level success. Paul Kronbachs is one of several pupils from Bradford whose outstanding achievements raised them above the norm in yesterday's
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Worker struck down by Anthrax
A textile worker in Bradford has been infected with the potentially deadly disease anthrax. The case is the first to be diagnosed in Britain for five years. The 35-year-old man, who has not been named, was found to have the illness on Wednesday and is
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Athletics: Olympic dream is still alive
FOUR years ago a group of young athletes sat down with their coach and made a pledge to aim for the Sydney Olympics. Last weekend two of those young hopefuls lined up alongside some of the best athletes in the world at the British Olympic selection meeting
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Cricket: Thornton on a cruise
THORNTON look to be cruising to the championship with a five point lead over Clayton, and 10-point lead over third placed Harden. Last weekend Harden secured a nine wicket win over Cullingworth with M Hogg taking four wickets and Martin Beattie trapping
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Cricket: No way back for Cup hopefuls
PENDLE FOREST have been thrown out of the Cowling Cup -- but there is no way back for Long Lee. The Lancashire club admitted playing an ineligible player, but after being dismissed from the competition by the League Executive they lodged an appeal to
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - I would like to say how impressed I was by the behaviour of the driver of the 645 leaving Greengates at approximately 12.25 on Saturday, August 12. A little further along the route about six boys got on and apparently all paid their fare. We realised
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Orange badge holders show red card to planners
The new bus station for Keighley centre is an absolute must, and is a keystone to building and maintaining the future prosperity of the town centre. Just as important is the basic fact that building must be right in the first place. Every architect, planner
