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Plenty to play for, insists Greenwood
Coach Matt Greenwood is looking for the Bees to produce a rousing end to the season to enable them to finish in third place in North Division One. To do that, they need to win their last two matches against Sheffield at Wagon Lane tomorrow and Middlesbrough
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Carbone in the dark over Chelsea move
Benito Carbone and Bradford City are in the dark about a possible summer move to Chelsea's Italian set. Stamford Bridge boss Claudio Ranieri named Carbone on his shortlist of targets if he cannot persuade Gianfranco Zola to stay another year in England
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Forshaw will make final the hard way
In-form Bulls loose forward Mike Forshaw insists there will be no let-up as the countdown to Twickenham continues at Hull tomorrow night. Injuries at this stage could end a player's Challenge Cup final dream but Forshaw knows only one way to play. "I
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Park Avenue have promotion in sights
Bradford Park Avenue could clinch promotion to the UniBond Premier League with a victory at Winsford United tomorrow - if other results go their way. The current Division One leaders need just four points from their last five games to seal their dream
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Molenaar move fear
Robert Molenaar is free to talk to other clubs in the summer because of a relegation clause in his Bradford City contract. The Terminator has been a smash hit with Bantams fans since a £500,000 move from Leeds four months ago. And he has proved his fitness
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Honeymoon comes 50 years late
A couple who missed out on a honeymoon first time round are more than making up for it with a golden wedding anniversary trip to Las Vegas and Los Angeles later this year. Lawrence and Mavis Driver of Leeds Street, Keighley are looking forward to the
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Government 'stole' tractor design
A Keighley man has told how his late father invented a revolutionary tractor only to see his design "stolen" by government officials. Deryck Feather claims his father Lance was never credited with the creation that helped the war effort in the early 1940s
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MP bones up on disease
Keighley MP Ann Cryer was part of an all-party meeting considering a national blueprint on the care of elderly people. The All-Party Parliamentary Osteoporosis Interest Group met in the House of Commons to discuss the National Service Framework (NSF)
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Doona in line for top-less prize
Donna Ward hopes to cash in on her assets in a national magazine competition. The 22-year-old Keighley woman has beaten off thousands of rivals to make it to the last seven in a "Jug-o-meter" competition run by men's magazine FHM. Donna and the other
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Convoy pays tribute to bus station
The last bus out of Keighley bus station was one of the first to ever use it. Bus drivers watched on Saturday night as the 63-year-old red double-decker KDG 26 left the 60-year-old station. The bus brought up the rear of a procession of historic vehicles
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Print firm in major expansion
Fast growing print company Reprovision has added a new partner and sales director to its team. Paul Heaton has joined the Drighlington firm as a 50 per cent shareholder, after a spell as northern sales director for print supplies company Bousfield Heaton
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Paula sets up village stage school
A Haworth singer has swapped the high seas for the heavens by setting up a theatre school in the village. Paula Mercer has spent four years performing on cruise ships sailing around the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Caribbean. Now back on dry land, and
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Foot & Mouth: Mobile library back in business
Mobile library users in Craven have welcomed North Yorkshire County Council's decision to reopen service routes previously closed due to the foot and mouth outbreak. Most visits have re-started, although there are still no stops at farm premises or within
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On This Day
In 1880, Sir Henry Ripley, of Bowling Dyeworks Bradford, was made a baronet. In 1912, Irish-born writer 'Bram' Stoker died in London, aged 65. In 1944, the RAF dropped 4500 tons of bombs in a single raid over Germany. From the Telegraph & Argus of
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Foot & Mouth: Moors return to public use
More areas of land shut to help stop the spread of foot and mouth have been reopened by Bradford Council. Latest areas to be back in public use include Harden Moor and Penistone Hill, near Haworth. And Brow Moor has been reopened following talks with
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Foot & Mouth: Bronte tourists defy crisis
By work placement student Emily Rawlins, 24, who is studying for a diploma in newspaper journalism at Cardiff School of Journalism Defiant tourists in Haworth have been braving icy temperatures this week to prove the foot and mouth crisis would not keep
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Keighley to join the Silicon Vallay
A major plan to transform Airedale into a world-class centre for high-tech industries is being developed by Bradford Council in partnership with local high-tech companies. On Tuesday the council's executive committee will be asked to approve the proposals
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Builder fined for polluting stream
Skipton Properties has been fined £20,000 for polluting a Haworth beck. The company pleaded guilty at Bradford Crown Court on Wednesday to causing poisonous, noxious or polluting matter to enter Bridgehouse Beck on August 12, 1999. But after the hearing
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'Just the job'
A new type of recruitment service is celebrating its first birthday after notching up a string of achieve-ments. Bradford's Recruit Ahead, a business focused, European funded offshoot of the Employment Service, has helped 140 people into jobs. The scheme
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Church clock turns back time
Keighley Parish Church have admitted they are behind the times - by two hours, to be exact. The church clock has been attracting attention since the beginning of British Summer Time, when parishioners first started commenting on its mistaken messages.
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Story of pub picture surfaces
A new second class stamp has uncovered the story of a former Keighley submariner. The Vanguard, the first royal-commissioned and first Trident missile submarine ever built in the UK, features on the Royal Mail's new second class stamp. The same picture
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Families get help to save their homes
Villagers who won a fight to save their homes from demolition have offered to help local families facing the same threat. Fay Serle, who took part in a successful campaign in her village of Ashwell, in North Hertfordshire, ten years ago sent a message
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Engines take a vintage day out
Engineering a brilliant day out despite the foot and mouth crisis were Keighley's historic vehicle buffs. The crisis prompted many more vehicle owners than expected to turn up for the Aire Valley Vintage Machinery Club's "crank-up". Dozens of cars, wagons
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Road rage as Quarry traffic wrecks road
Too many lorries are wrecking a road, claim residents. Glen Lee Lane is used by HGVs travelling to and from a quarry at Ryecroft, near Harden, moving stone to a Riddlesden housing development. But residents say the increase in lorries is damaging the
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London Marathon: Couple make a it a marathon effort
A couple taking part in Sunday's London Marathon are on course to raise around £3,000 in tribute to a paralysed teenager. Ralph and Carol Cooper, from Glusburn, are coining in cash through sponsorship for the Spinal Injuries Association. The couple's
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Dave cracks TV challenge
Brewer David Atkinson was fond of boasting how he could take on any of the dare-devil stunts on ITV's popular Don't Try This At Home show. Little did he realise that as he scoffed, his ever-patient wife, mother-of-five Rosie, was scheming. The result
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Watchdog investigates Silsden accountant
The affairs of Silsden accountant John E Rourke are under investigation by the government's financial watchdog. The Financial Services Authority wants to talk to local people who have had dealings with Mr Rourke or his firm JE Rourke & Co. It wants
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Hospice hits out at cowboy 'clampers'
The boss of a car-park company has been accused of shamefully exploiting honest, decent citizens by a cancer charity. The claim was made by professional fundraiser Sally Owthwaite after three people had their cars clamped when they attended the Manorlands
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Keighley town centre is bottom of class
The award-winning efforts of town centre managers to improve Keighley have failed to attract enough shoppers. Takings in shops are among the worst in the country with nine out of ten reporting a drop in sales. Problems such as poor toilets and street
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Herion deaths: Cases are not linked - police
Graham Midgley is the third suspected Keighley heroin victim since March. Tracey Bradley, 28, of Wensleydale House, Braithwaite, and Christopher Wilson, 34, of nearby Swaledale House, both died on Friday, March 16. Toxicology tests on both bodies revealed
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Heroin deaths: Tragedy as father of six dies
A 42 year-old father of six with no history of connection with drugs is thought to have died of a heroin overdose. Yesterday, as police were still trying to trace his last movements, a detective said: "This is a real tragedy." Graham Midgley collapsed
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Caroline getting a kick out of the Can Can
Dancing in one of the most famous nightspots in the world can have its drawbacks, as Drighlington dancer Caroline Shaw has discovered. She has already pulled a leg muscle whilst practising the Can Can high kicks during rehearsals at the Moulin Rouge in
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Fears for Quaker tomb site
Archaeologists have been consulted over fears that work on the Bingley Relief Road could disturb an old burial site. A Highways Agency spokesman said although the exact location of the graves could not be confirmed, a team of officers would be monitoring
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Charity is to bring more JOY to needy
A Shipley-based charity is setting up a workshop and clinic to help orphaned and disabled youngsters in one of Europe's poorest countries. Dr Kathy Tedd and a team of volunteers from Jubilee Outreach Yorkshire (JOY) are already helping hundreds of disabled
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Missing climber is found dead
A member of a Dales-based mountain rescue team has died on a Scottish peak. The body of Terry Trueman, a 48-year-old lecturer, of Skipton, was found today near Torridon in Ross and Cromerty. Mr Trueman, a member of the Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association
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Search for schools chiefs
Recruitment for two top education posts will soon get under way in Bradford. Members of Bradford Council's executive committee will decide next week whether to give the go-ahead for recruitment to take place for the posts of assistant chief executive
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Lights...camera... and health action
Surgery receptionist Brenda Carr is a force to be with reckoned with. Firm but fair, she keeps the doctors under control as well as the patients - wise, old Dr Shah, a pillar of the community, and Dr Siddhu from leafy Surrey who has come to the north
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Have a say on the culture bid
People across Bradford are being given a unique chance to play a major part in the cultural future of the district. A roadshow collecting ideas for Bradford's bid to become European Capital of Culture 2008 was launched yesterday - and tomorrow it could
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1,000 use tourism centre in four days
A new tourist information office has opened six months after the previous centre crashed amid a cash crisis. Skipton Tourist Information Centre is up and running in a new base in Coach Street, thanks to the work of a steering group, which secured a financial
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End to commuters' agony a step nearer
The first phase of a £7 million scheme to ease traffic congestion on one of Bradford's busiest commuter routes moves a step nearer completion next week. New traffic lights at the top of the Odsal Top roundabout slip road and a puffin crossing at the junction
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Death riddle of the loving father-of-six
Detective are trying to trace the last movements of a 42-year-old father-of-six who is suspected of dying of a drugs overdose. Graham Midgley collapsed shortly after enjoying tea with his family at their home in Staveley Grove, Keighley, eight days ago
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Trouble started by football fans
Racist comments which sparked Bradford's Easter disturbances came from a group of soccer fans, detectives today revealed. The comments are thought to have come from white members of the group which also contained a number of black and Asian drinkers.
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Athletics: Urban Bunny Run Two
JOHN TAYLOR claimed his second Urban Bunny run victory last week. The Bingley Harriers athlete romped home in the race at cliffe Castle park in 17mins 15secs, but was pushed all the way by clubmate Ian Holmes who was desperate to regain he has made his
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Places row boils over
The Bishop of Bradford has been called in to broker top level talks over deep-seated problems which have emerged as part of the shake-up of the district's schools. In one area, anger has arisen after scores of children failed to get places at a new flagship
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Soccer: Craven League round-up
CROSS HILLS have clocked up two home victories as the league got back to action after another spell of wet weather. The league leaders beat Grassington United 3-0 on Tuesday and followed up with another 3-0 victory neighbours Cononley Sports. Keighley
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Cricket: Aussie star ready for English season
AUSTRALIAN cricketer Joel Crouch launches his season with Keighley this weekend. The leg-spinner has joined the club after a successful season. On Saturday the club's 1st XI travels to Bankfoot in the new-look Bradford League second division, with the
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Motorsport: Bikes are in hot form
MATT HORNE gained a place in the coveted MRO National Cup with a cheeky late application on Bank Holiday Monday. The Honda bike rider travelled to Oulton Park and rode on Saturday's test day posting a good time on his Honda CBR 600FY machine. After a
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Cougars: Ready to bounce back
STEVE DEAKIN is desperate to see his side get back on the victory trail this weekend -- after his team suffered four consecutive defeats. In a nightmare Easter weekend he saw his team beaten 22-26 by strugglers Swinton Lions at home on Good Friday and
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - So the call for more Bank Holidays has surfaced again. At a time when most workers get at least 20 working days holiday a year, Bank Holidays are an anachronism harking back to the days when very few people had holidays. Bank holidays should be
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It's worth fighting to save family homes
The issue of the structural safety of Airey-style houses has got whiskers on it. Up and down the land repairs and refurbishments have been put off or delayed -- normally because of claims that local authorities couldn't afford the repair bills. Then when
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Jefferies cheered by fans' backing
Jim Jefferies is banking on fan power to underpin his Valley Parade revolution. The Bradford City boss believes the supporters understand the reasons for his radical revamp. And on the evidence of recent performances, they agree with the changes. Jefferies
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Noble gets GB call-up
Bulls coach Brian Noble has emerged as the front-runner to take charge of Great Britain in three years' time. It follows the Odsal stalwart's appointment as assistant to new Great Britain coach David Waite. Another former Great Britain international,
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Excellent news for visitors
The Tourist Information Centre in Skipton crashed to earth with a bang last October. Hit by a financial crisis, it was forced to move out of its splendid premises in Craven Court, which cost it £140,000 a year to run. Instead, visitors wanting information
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Diamond joy for childhood sweethears
A couple who met when they were young teenagers working at Salts Mill celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary last Thursday. Childhood sweethearts Sydney and Ethel Moore, who have lived in Thwaites Brow for about 12 years, celebrated 60 years of
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Rotary veteran gets 90th gift
When the president of Keighley Rotary Club paid a surprise visit to wish many happy returns to the club's oldest member, ninety-year-old Francis Lougee, he found he'd been pipped to the post. Mr Lougee, of Exley Road, was already enjoying a slap-up meal
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Support grows for Keighley Town Council
Keighley's "home rule" campaign has the support of all parties, as well as people with no political connections. That was the message from campaigners' spokesman Tony Wright as he presented a 5,200-signature petition to Bradford Council. He told councillors
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Crime on increase as village bobby leaves
Haworth residents who campaigned to keep their village bobby say they are already seeing an increase in crime. Villagers claim that since the departure of PC Glyn Butterworth two months ago they have noticed a rise in vandalism and attempted burglaries
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The good rates ride into town
Rats were laying eggs this year as they scrambled towards Airedale Hospital. Members of the Sewer Rats motorbikers' club took their annual trip around South Craven with a cargo of Easter eggs. The Easter Sunday journey by the Silsden bikers and their
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Sun shines on dawn service
South Craven churchgoers did not have to walk as far to witness a breathtaking dawn this year on Easter Sunday. Foot and mouth regulations meant the traditional trek to Farnhill Pinnacle had to be called off. Instead, the worshippers gathered in Glusburn
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University in PR campaign
The University of Bradford has stuck to Yorkshire for its choice of new marketing partner. Harrogate based design, advertising and PR firm FACE has won a three year contract to work with the University's marketing department on everything from prospectuses
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Foot & Mouth: Canal towpath ban lifted
Walkers and cyclists are now being allowed to use a section of the Leeds-Liverpool canal previously closed due to the crisis. Following a risk assessment by British Waterways, the towpath has been reopened from the Metal Box swing bridge, in Shipley,
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Foot & Mouth: Farmers helpline get go-ahead
A freephone number has been introduced to help farmers, and other businesses and their employees, who have been hit financially by the epidemic. The helpline -- 0800 138 1647 (1-8pm weekdays) -- has been introduced by the National Association of Citizens
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Foot & Mouth: Building Society backs rural communities
The Skipton Building Society yesterday launched a national campaign offering financial support to all rural communities and other related businesses hit by the outbreak. The Skipton is using its branches as collection points for donations; assisting borrowers
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Foot & Mouth: Hall has egg-cellent Easter weekend
People from across the district were egged-on to visit Keighley's historic manor house last weekend. And the special Easter activities ensured East Riddlesden Hall's opening weekend was a choctastic success. More than 700 people visited on Friday with
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A real hoot as owls return to life
A sculpting consultant has re-created four giant stone owls at the entrance to a former Sunderland hospital. Bill Jordan was called in to re-create the four stunning owls, which marked the entrance to Penny Hospital, after they were smashed during the
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Foot & Mouth: Straw Race is latest victim
This year's Oxenhope Straw Race has been cancelled due to the foot and mouth crisis. The annual event, which has coined in over £170,000 for charity since it was first held 26 years ago, was scheduled for July 1. But following consultations with local
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - I came to Keighley to volunteer for the Easter Bunny Run. When I arrived at the starting point (the bowling alley car park) I was made welcome by John and other officials of the run, including the marshals. So after a cup of tea and a bacon sandwich
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Down Memory Lane
MR AND MRS E Red-man, of Strawberry Fields, have supplied this group of pupils from Eastwood council school standing outside Keighley railway station preparatory to an outing to York in 1939. It is impossible to ignore the LMS advertisement for half-day
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Arrest for Bulls star Lee after bar brawl
Rising Bradford Bulls star Lee Radford has been arrested after a bar brawl in Hull. The 22-year-old forward, who formerly played for Hull FC and still lives in the city, was held by police called to a disturbance said to involve 12 people. Officers were
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Study in Bradford and you'll get a job!
Graduates from the University of Bradford are more likely to find jobs than their counterparts at Oxford. Figures released by the Higher Education Funding Council for England show that 96 per cent of graduates from the university are in employment six
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Garage has nine raids in 49 days
A garage owner is under siege from burglars who have targeted his business nine times in 49 days. John Cooper has spent £3,000 on security measures after the raids at the Bowling Bridge Service Station off Wakefield Road, Bradford. Only two of the nine
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Pensioners lose battle of masts
Pensioners have lost their battle against plans to put two more mobile phone masts on a roof near their sheltered homes. The residents at Kipling Court, Idle, appealed to Bradford Area Planning Panel to turn down the application from Vodafone. They said
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Rugby Union: Colts ready for battle
Keighley RU Colts take on Gateshead at Utley tomorrow Saturday aiming to continue their sparkling season. The team is:- Back (from left) Emlyn Butterfield, Lee Gordon, Leigh Sugden, Chris Morris, Ben Taylor, Richard Cavender, Peter Schofield. Middle:
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Storm troopers
The force was with Bradford as Storm Troopers from the Star Wars films took to city streets. But don't worry, they were not on the war path for inter-galactic domination, but making their way to see the Art of Star Wars exhibition before it leaves the
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Rugby League: Albion let victory slip away
Keighley Albion 14 Crosfields 19 Albion got the first points on the board when following a break out of defence by Aussie Cameron Liddle into the heart of the visitors' defence. They were caught offside and Andy Bowness kicked the penalty to give Albion
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Pensioner praises hero bus driver
A bus driver was today praised by an 80-year-old woman he rescued from a gang of youths. Rosie Peel, pictured, was approached by one of the youths as she walked her dog Teddy along Undercliffe Lane, in Under-cliffe, Bradford. The First Bradford bus driver
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New school - with no space for PE lessons
Children at a new Bradford school face being bussed elsewhere for PE because of a lack of playground space. Parents believe the planned new Thornbury Primary School will be too small - wasting a golden opportunity to create a first-class facility. Under
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Bowls: Its all systems go on the greens
THE SKIPTON League will be the last of the local leagues to get underway when the action starts on Tuesday. They have a new three division set-up with 16 teams in each section. Keighley A will once again by favourites to win the Division One title but
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My 40-years' clean record!
Dedication to his job has earned him the nickname Mr City Centre but Bradford's longest-serving dustman will next week make his final clean sweep. Ronnie Rubery was a teenager when he started work with the Bradford City Cleansing Department as a binman
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Soccer: Junior round-up
Long Lee Under-9s B secured a 2-0 victory over Silsden B with football worthy of champions. After receiving their League Cup trophy before the kick off it was back to business. Man of the match Matthew Pearson made an outstanding performance look easy
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Soccer: Keighley Sunday Alliance League
ONLY two games were played last Sunday due to the Easter holidays. The games which did go ahead saw clubs playing under-strength teams. In the Silsden Athletic game against Shoulder of Mutton the home team appeared to have been able to play the stronger
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Soccer: County Amateur round-up
CROSS HILLS have clocked up two home victories as the league got back to action after another spell of wet weather. The league leaders beat Grassington United 3-0 on Tuesday and followed up with another 3-0 victory neighbours Cononley Sports. Keighley
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Cougars: The nightmare continues
Hull KR 17, Cougars 20 - A nightmare Easter weekend saw Cougars crash to defeat at New Craven Park on Monday. They started the year with a 24-8 victory against the Humberside team, but this time the roles were reversed. Where Steve Deakin's men had played
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Cougars: In the Good Friday gloom zone
Cougars 22, Swinto 28 - Cougars suffered their third successive defeat, and look a shadow of the team that was challenging for the NFP title just three weeks ago. Swinton offered just good honest endeavour, and such was their spirit that twice they came
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Soccer: United launch credit card
LEEDS UNITED have launched a credit card - which they hope will bring in thousands of pounds of extra cash. The Leeds United Platinum Mastercard will have a number of benefits including 10 per cent of official Leeds United merchandise for the first six
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Rugby League: Albion to star at Cougar Park
Keighley Albion hope to play tomorrow's home game at Cougar Park thanks to the generosity of the professional club. With the start of the cricket season they have lost their changing facilities at Crossflatts Cricket Club and hope to play on the Cougars
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Athletics: Get fit - Get up and running
IF SUNDAY'S London Marathon gets you in the running mood then it's time to line up for the BUPA Great North Run. Once again the Keighley News is joining forces with race organisers to run a 'Race with a Race' with special prizes for local runners. We
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Motorsport: Green mean machine hits the track
RACERS Steve Dunn and Craven Moses got the hill climb season off to a bang. They were both on hot form at the first meeting of the year at the Harewood track where cars from former Formula One racers to production cars are put through their paces up the
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Snooker: Chris joins the big boys
CHRIS MELLING is set to join the ranks of the top snooker players -- and has become the first ever professional to play snooker, pool and the nine-ball game at the same time. He has just qualified for the main UK tour alongside the stars who will meet
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Cougars: Steve Deakin's diary
IT GOES without saying that I am very disappointed with the two results over Easter but at least we showed signs against Hull KR that we are still capable of playing attractive football and there was no shortage of effort. However, the biggest factor
