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Skipton BS reports record first half pre-tax profits
Outstanding first-half figures including a 25 per cent increase in pre-tax profits have been reported this week by the Skipton Building Society. Year-on-year figures show group assets up 12.26 per cent to £5.9 billion, pre-tax profits excluding exceptional
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Skippers set the perfect example
Two captains are setting the pace in the Secure Trust Bank Bradford League half-season averages. Top of the batting charts is former Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire opening batsman Ashley Metcalfe of Farsley. And the leading bowler is Yeadon's new captain
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Pressure is on for Yorkshire Test partners
Darren Gough and Craig White found themselves under double pressure today when the most important Roses match in years began. Yorkshire went into the Cric-Info Championship match with a 14-point lead over Somerset at the top of Division One - and with
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Back to business in Belfast's Oval
Glentoran 0, Bradford City 2 -The home team had two players with the same name, a billboard proclaimed "Jesus" in four foot letters behind the goal and a handful of golf balls were lobbed at the dug-out. Welcome back to business, boys. City's pre-season
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Otley youngsters shine in Big Hoo-Ha
NICK Hall reviews Worldbeat Dreaming at Bingley Arts Centre. The Big Hoo-Ha Company's debut production, Worldbeat Dreaming (a world music and pop opera) was staged last week at Bingley Arts Centre and was the culmination of three months of intensive work
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Appeal for more community spirit
AN APPEAL to commemorate the actions of heroic sailors during world war two and celebrate a town's community spirit is in urgent need of a kick-start, the organisers have claimed. A group of Horsforth Town Councillors and representatives from Horsforth
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School swings back
THE swinging sixties will make a return to a Bramhope school as it celebrates its 40th birthday next term. Bramhope Primary School held its first classes at the building on Tredgold Crescent in Autumn 1961, and the current staff and pupils are determined
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Planning bids in the council pipeline
THE following planning applications have been received by Leeds City Council: Bramhope: Two-storey side extension and part two-storey part first floor rear extension, at 101 Breary Lane East, for Mr and Mrs S Lintin; single-storey side extension at 5
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Hard-hit Ilkley hotelier raps council as businesses suffer
AN Ilkley hotelier - who has seen his business plummet by 60 per cent - has blamed Bradford Council for a lack of communication. Tim Edwards, owner of Westwood Lodge, on Westwood Drive, says the ongoing foot and mouth crisis is having a devastating effect
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Threatened school opens computer suite
A SCHOOL under threat of closure as part of the Otley primary schools reorganisation opened its new computer suite this week. Harold Best MP was at Thomas Chippendale Primary School to officially open the state of the art information technology room.
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Local pupils backed on school issue
A CAMPAIGN for Horsforth children to attend Horsforth School has been backed by town councillors this week. As previously reported, angry parents launched a campaign earlier this year to change admission policies to Horsforth School after some children
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School closure plans 'must not split town'
CONTROVERSIAL plans to close some Otley primary schools must not be allowed to split the town, say town councillors. Parents are being urged to accept the decision when it is made in August and move quickly to repair any wounds. But they have been warned
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Whitaker - Belcher
A couple who own a successful wrought iron business have tied the knot. Married at Skipton Register Office were Gail Mary Belcher and Colin Whitaker. Colin is the only son of Alf and Gladys Whitaker, of Churchill Way, Cross Hills. Gail - who works at
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Crackdown on railway vandalism
British Transport Police and Bradford's Youth Offending Team are uniting in a campaign to stop young people trespassing on railway lines. The group's main priority is to get the message across to young people that damaging equipment, trains or simply
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110 lorry journeys a day at tip
A tip will be allowed to handle waste from work on the new Bingley Relief Road. The planning panel has approved plans to turn the disused Hallas Rough Quarry, in Cullingworth, into a dumping area for the 300,000 cubic metres of excavated waste anticipated
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Costumed tours are set to include hall's herbal history
herbal power has arrived at East Riddlesden Hall. Costumed tours of the 17th-century mansion are giving visitors an insight into the central role herbs played in people's daily lives hundreds of years ago. And the herb border at the National Trust property
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Pupils bring Bronts back to life
Youngsters from two schools went back in time to become film stars. Eight schoolchildren from Haworth Primary School and Greenhead High School dressed in period costume, played time-worn games and learnt about the history of their famous predecessors
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Few turn up to discuss housing office closure
Only a handful of people attended a public meeting to discuss the future of Bracken Bank neighbourhood housing office. About five residents met with housing officers last week to hear details of the Bradford Council's plans. Letters about the meeting
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Festival's faces of fun
An obstacle course proved no obstacle to fun as Keighley's third annual Children's Festival kicked off last Friday. The under-fives day offered face painting and entertainment, as well as a mini assault course in the Town Hall Square. Older children can
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Laura's off to Bulgarian orphanage
A STUDENT is going to spend her summer holiday improving the desperate conditions in an overcrowded Bulgarian orph-anage. Laura Wilkins, from Knott Lane, in Eastburn, is a medical student at Oxford University and she learnt of the plight of the Bulgarian
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Moving home
An idea borrowed from Down Under by a pair of Bradford brothers is revolutionising the house mortgaging business. It was in 1998 that Richard Purnell and Graham Newby first introduced a lifestyle-focused, Australian-style system to Yorkshire by setting
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Renewed appeal to trace man last seen in town
Police have renewed pleas for information about a man who has been missing from home for over 10 months. The last confirmed sighting of Alan James Crabtree, 42,(pictured) was in Keighley on Sept-ember 13 last year. Detective Inspector Chris Binns - of
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New surgery could be just the tonic for villagers
Villagers in Long Lee are campaigning to have a former school building turned into a new surgery. They are petitioning Bradford council to allow the disused Long Lee First School building to be turned into a medical centre rather than an area for new
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Jail for 'three strikes' mum
A Keighley mother who became involved in supplying Class A drugs for a third time has been jailed for two years. Lisa Hanlon's latest offence - committed in April - meant she faced a seven-year jail term under the Government's "three strikes" legislation
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Countdown to Christmas target
Work on Keighley's new bus station could be finished in time for Christmas. Visitors to the town centre can now see the structure of the development taking shape and this week the roof was placed on top of the building. A major part of the £3 million
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Breakaway village wants own parish council
A splinter group aiming to breakaway from Keighley's bid to become a town council, is collecting a rival petition. Oakworth villagers, backed by Worth Valley Bradford City Hall Tory Councillor Glenn Miller, want to set up their own parish council. Campaigners
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Lorry protest youngsters blockade road
Youngsters in Cullingworth took to the streets in protest yesterday against the number of heavy wagons travelling along their street. Children in Parkside Terrace blockaded the road to stop a procession of lorries turning down their narrow street into
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Writing's on wall for vandals
Do you recognise this writing? If so call the police on the number below. For the scrawl nearly cost Oxenhope it's winning place in the village of the year competition. Volunteers in the village had spent a lot of time and effort painting the football
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English row MP praises refugees
Keighley MP Ann Cryer saw at first hand this week how newcomers to England are learning the language. Mrs Cryer, who is facing a national Labour Party inquiry, for demanding English lessons for immigrants, visited a special class for asylum seekers. Praising
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Teacher sacked after TV sex confessions
AN English teacher at Aireville School, Skipton, has been sacked after telling thousands of television viewers how she indulged in sex games, blindfolded, with a stranger. Carrie Rosier, who had been working at the school for six months, was seen on Yorkshire
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New man at Clarke Foley is planning to make changes
ILKLEY'S centre for the over-50s has a new man at its helm - and he's determined to breathe fresh life into the place. Dr Christopher Molander, 62, newly appointed chairman of the Clarke Foley Centre's board of trustees, says he intends to make plenty
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Volunteer says a big thank-you to readers
CHARITY fundraiser Lily Watson has sent out a huge thank you to the Ilkley Gazette and our readers for helping her attend a top-notch event honouring elderly volunteers. Generous readers donated more than £400 after the Gazette appealed for help in sending
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Important issues on Weston Estate
SIR - Your report on the Weston Estate (Wharfedale Observer July 19) raises important issues but mis-states a complex problem. Firstly, the West Estate is not an area of high unemployment, nor is it an area that is massively deprived. In reality, the
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Around the bowling greens
THE Airedale Wharfedale Team Cup Competition programme continues this week when Guiseley play Farsley in the final of the Downie Collins 2001 Competition at Rufford on Friday, July 27, commencing at 6.45pm. Local Airedale and Wharfedale bowlers Sue Knowles
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Otley RU sign three more players
OTLEY RUFC have made further signings in preparation for the new season. Among the latest recruits is centre Phil Greaves. The formner Bradford and Bingley player, whose brother Ben has played for the Otley club, has joined the Cross Green men from Rotherham
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Yorkshire darts comes to Yeadon
LEADING players on the Yorkshire darts scene will be in Yeadon on Sunday for the Yorkshire Darts Organisation men's and ladies' competition. Among those taking part will be Embassy world champion John Boy Walton. The first prize for the men is £500 sponsored
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Top England honour for Yarnbury man
The highest office in English rugby has been bestowed on former Yarnbury RUFC player Roy Manock. The man whose working life has been spent as a solicitor has been installed as President of the English Rugby Footb all Union. To honour this his old club
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Guiseley set to face Huddersfield Town X1
AFTER the disappointment of injury hit Bradford City pulling out of their pre-season friendly at Nethermoor Park Guiseley AFC are set to take on a Huddersfield Town side on Friday (7.30 pm). City have said that they will honour the fixture at a later
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Farmers fail to keep paths closed
Footpaths across most of the area will be re-opened from midnight tonight - despite deep fears by Worth Valley farmers that they would be hit by foot and mouth disease. A bid by Bradford Council to keep many paths in the Haworth, Oakworth, Oxenhope, Stanbury
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Anxious wait for news of relatives
Concerned members of Bradford's Pakistani community were today trying to contact friends and relatives in the wake of Pakistan's worst floods for a century. More than 200 people are reported dead and many more missing after torrential rain swept Rawalpindi
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A new battle in War of the Roses
A war of the roses has broken out over a poster being used to promote Yorkshire Day. The leaflet was produced by Councillor John Carroll to mark the day of heritage and uses a graphic of a coat of arms showing the traditional white rose - emblem of Yorkshire
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Sub also rises for son Graham
The discovery by a Keighley-born deep sea explorer of a sunken German submarine has led to plans to bring it to the surface and make it the centrepiece of an exhibition. Graham Jessop, son of Keith, who was among a team which last month discovered an
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Relief-road show is in town
Hundreds of people were today expected to visit Bingley Arts Centre on a fact-finding mission to discover more about the town's relief road. Contractors Amec yesterday launched a two-day exhibition of the major engineering scheme to create a 5km stretch
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'I want nothing to stand in the way'
Minister for Sport Richard Caborn has given his full backing to the £60million redevelopment of Bradford's Odsal Stadium. On a visit to the stadium yesterday, Mr Caborn called on Bradford Council and Govern-ment officers to take full account of the development's
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TV sex show teacher sacked
An English teacher at Aireville School, Skipton, has been sacked after telling thousands of television viewers how she indulged in sex games with a stranger. Carrie Rosier, who had worked at the school for six months, was seen on Yorkshire Television's
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Baby, look at you now!
As little Janine Belton put her tiny foot in the swimming pool for the first time, little did her parents know that 21 years on she would be on top of the world. Now Heather and Bob Belton are the proudest parents in Bradford after their only daughter
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Last wicket pair give Skipton something to cheer
A NEW entry in the record books for Follifoot may have captured the headlines but Skipton can take quiet satisfaction from their last three batsmen despite their heavy defeat in the Aire-Wharfe League. Chris Newton and Neil Walker set a new league record
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Earby see off Barnoldswick
THERE was to be no dramatic reversal of fortune for Barnoldswick as they resumed their rain-interrupted innings against derby rivals Earby in the Ramsbottom Cup semi-final. Facing a daunting target of 222, there was immediate trouble for Barlick when
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Town seek new blood
SKIPTON Town may have some of the best facilities in the Craven Football League but they are desperately seeking new blood and could fold if no-one comes forward. The club will definitely start next season but if there is no response to their appeal for
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - Re the question of travellers leaving a mess when they quit a site. The only way to make them clean up after themselves prior to leaving a site is to confiscate any pulling vehicle until the site is cleaned and if it is not cleaned - jail 'em. They
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Parent power pays off
PARENT power seems to have won the day again in Horsforth. Just weeks after angry parents forced Education Leeds to reconsider its admissions policy in light of their difficulties in getting their youngsters into Horsforth School, parents from St Mary's
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Caisley's anger at Union wage deals
Bradford Bulls chairman Chris Caisley believes leading rugby union clubs are about to trigger a huge wage spiral. He made his comments just 24 hours after Gloucester unveiled Bulls star Henry Paul as their latest signing. And he spelt out his fear - one
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Grant heads home a month early
Spen Victoria's star all-rounder Grant Lambert will miss the last five matches of the season. Lambert has been given a contract by top Australian state side New South Wales and will head home to prepare for the new season Down Under after the match against
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Makel makes his mark with a goal
Lee Makel homed in on a permanent deal with Bradford City by opening their pre-season with a stunning strike. The midfielder, currently on trial with the Bantams, has had contract talks with boss Jim Jefferies and strengthened his claims with a long-range
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Big Mac ready for the battle
Bradford Bulls prop Brian McDermott is ready for Halifax Blue Sox if they try and mix it in Sunday night's derby at The New Shay The 31-year-old, who missed last weekend's home victory against Leeds Rhinos because of an operation on his left knee, said
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Houses and flats for old factory site
A HOUSING developer is planning to build 73 houses and six flats on the site of a former Yeadon dyeworks. Leeds-based David Wilson Homes Ltd has submitted a planning application to Leeds City Council, for the former Scott and Rhodes Banksfield Dyeworks
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'Park watch' planned
A NEWLY-REFURBISHED playground could benefit from a residents' 'park watch' scheme in a bid to deter vandals and anti-social behaviour. Parents group The Friends of Wellcroft are looking to form a 'park watch' in Tealbeck Park, just weeks after the park
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Former pupils and staff return to school for silver jubilee
BACK in 1976 Otley celebrated the opening of a brand new school. And this month, former teachers, dinner ladies, secretaries and pupils returned to All Saints Infants School in Lisker Drive to mark its silver jubilee. The modern Church of England school
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Victims group to expand
A DOMESTIC violence support group is planning to extend its work - and is calling on victims to help out. Behind Closed Doors, which covers Otley and Aireborough, wants to extend its helpline and eventually set up a local drop-in centre. It has launched
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Residents facing parish choice
AIREBOROUGH residents must decide between forming a giant parish or splitting into separate communities, say parish council campaigners. Residents and councillors hoping to set up a parish council for Yeadon, Guiseley, Rawdon and Hawksworth say it is
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School blaze youth had history of break-ins and causing damage
ONE of two youths who set fire to an empty school in Pool-in-Wharfedale had a history of break-ins and damage to property. A 16-year-old from Pool and a 17-year-old from Otley caused around £250,000 damage to the old school building in Main Street after
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New swimmer saves a little boy from drowning
AN Otley woman saved a boy from drowning in her hotel pool - just two weeks after learning to swim. Anne Marie Beddis, 48, of Farnley Lane, was enjoying a leisurely dip at the Hotel Vista Bella near Barcelona when she spotted the four-year-old and his
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School thrilled to have theme park for a day
A school has hit on the best ever reward for its hard working pupils - all 800 of them are off for a day at Lightwater Valley theme park. The 806 pupils of Otley's Prince Henry's Grammar School plus a team of teachers are due to return to school with
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Helicopter used in car chase
A FLEET of police cars and a helicopter chased a suspected stolen car at high speed for more than 20 miles through Aireborough, Horsforth and Otley. The driver eventually abandoned the car outside the Posthouse Hotel, Bramhope, after scraping the sides
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Cat left behind through foot and mouth laws
A Ginger cat has been left high and dry because of the foot and mouth epidemic. His owners discovered they were unable to take him to Australia when they emigrated because of the country's tough laws on foot and mouth. And now he has ended up looking
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Help bring the rioters to justice
Today we find ourselves involved in what is, in effect, a unique demonstration by the police of their confidence in the ordinary, law-abiding people of Bradford to do the right thing. We are publishing 20 images taken by special teams of police photographers
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Sutcliffe - Duxbury
Keen cricketer Damian John Sutcliffe bowled a maiden over. And on Saturday he married the target of his affections, Kathryn Marie Duxbury, at Keighley Register Office. Damian - an assistant transport manager, and a playing member of Glusburn Cricket Club
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Deighton - Saunders
Married in Brighouse were Michael Deighton and Kathryn Louise Saunders. Michael - an assistant printer - is the younger son of Neil and Maureen Deighton, of Denholme. Kathryn - a receptionist - is the only daughter of Keith and Janet Saunders, of Brighouse
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Hey - Tillotson
Married at the Stirk House Hotel in Gisburn were Christopher John Hey and Emma Jayne Tillotson. Christopher - a veneer preparer - is the younger son of Geoff Hey, of Brookside Fold, Oxenhope, and Anne Rose, of Earls View, Sutton. Emma - a receptionist
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weddings - Butterfield - Harness
Married at Keighley Register Office were Jason Craig Butterfield and Helen Harness. Jason - who worked as a maintenance supervisor at Ondura Ltd until it closed recently - is the younger son of Paul and Ann Hunter, of Grange over Sands, Cumbria. Helen
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Backing for hospital staff
Top union representatives have backed workers at Airedale Hospital who are fighting to keep subsidised meals. The GMB national officer for the NHS, Sharon Holder, visited workers at the Steeton hospital who have been outraged by a 33 per cent price increase
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Warning on rogue traders
Householders in Keighley have been warned to be on their guard against rogue traders offering cheap house repairs or gardening work. West Yorkshire Trading Standards Service issued the warning after receiving a number of complaints from people who have
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On This Day
In 1916, the Vicar of Bradford was elected as Bishop of Peterborough. In 1953, the Korean war ended with the signing of a truce. In 1980, the exiled Shah of Iran died in Egypt aged 60. From the Telegraph & Argus of July 17th, 1976... Visits to mum
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Delight as crime figures are cut
Recorded crime in Yorkshire and Humber fell by 3.7 per cent in the 12 months to March 2001, according to figures published by the Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate. The number of notifiable offences recorded by police has fallen
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Yorkshire firms in failure drop
Business failures in the region fell by 60 per cent last month - the third monthly reduction in a row. The number of receiverships and administration appointments in Yorkshire and Humberside stood at eight in June, compared with 20 in May. The statistics
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Flood victims unhappy with planning guidelines
A Stockbridge community group has criticised new Government guidelines aimed at preventing a repeat of last year's flood misery. Stockbridge Neighbourhood Development Group, which was formed in the wake of last autumn's devastating floods, says the guidelines
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High flyers get awards
Five Keighley youngsters rubbed shoulders with the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Andrew at a Buckingham Palace Garden Party last week. The group - members of the 2431 (Keighley) Squadron Air Training Corps - were all presented with Gold Duke of Edinburgh
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New base ready in just three weeks
Keighley teenagers on the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme hope to climb to success now they have moved into a new base. The young people showed off their centre in the former Parkwood First School nursery during an opening ceremony last week. More than
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Children go on litter patrol
Children from Highfield spearheaded attempts to clean up their neighbourhood at the weekend. They joined Keighley regeneration chief Lynne Joyce and adult volunteers on a trek round the streets picking up litter. The team, supported by Bradford council
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Widespread protest after cull decision
A Silsden farmer's heartbreaking decision to allow her uninfected animals to be slaughtered for their own welfare led to the first public revolt against the Government's culling policy. Helen Waite tried to save her livestock which was grazing on land
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Centre's nursery is top class
Keighley Asian Women and Children's centre got top marks in its first ever Ofsted inspection. The centre's nursery only registered with Ofsted last year but already it is described as a "welcoming and stimulating environment in which children are making
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Keith's golden gift to museum
Cliffe Castle has struck gold thanks to daring salvage diver Keith Jessop. Keighley "Mr Goldfinder" has offered relics from his famous £44 million dive to the town's museum. Equipment, memorabilia and photographs will go on show from his 1981 expedition
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Roped-off pitch brings howls from dog lovers
DOG owners who have allowed their pets to foul a football pitch in Addingham have been shown the red card by the village's soccer team. Addingham Football Club has roped off its pitch at Stockinger Lane and put up notices asking members of the public
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No end to crisis in sight
The foot and mouth crisis has undoubtedly had a huge impact countryside. But while coverage of the disease has died down nationally, the disease and its spin-off effects are still a huge concern in Wharfedale. Events which would have attracted tourists
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Store offers breast screening chance to women shoppers
WOMEN will soon be able to check out more than their shopping at an Ilkley supermarket. The Pennine Breast Screening Unit has bought three new mobile breast screening units and one of them will be located at Booths Supermarket on Leeds Road from August
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Campaign man tells of Genoa violence
A VETERAN campaigner spoke this week about his brush with the violence which overtook a peaceful demonstration in Genoa and left one man dead. Graham Lingard, of Addingham, travelled to the Italian city to join other protesters, aiming to persuade world
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Health Authority is to be replaced
Bradford Health Authority, which oversees services and public-health policies across the district, is set to disappear by next spring. A steering group has been set up to discuss proposals for a West Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority to include Bradford
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Bridge of size is so beautiful, say designers
A multi-million pound viaduct offering spectacular views of Bingley is to be built over the River Aire as part of the town's relief-road project. The 275-metre structure, which is expected to have five arches, will run from Rye Loaf Hill to the southern
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PC Sports Airedale Junior League
UNDER-11s Old Leos 240-3; *Alwoodley 177 (A Mehon 3-4). Old Leos won by 63 runs. Burley Grange 259-4; *Horsforth 164-9 (G King three wickets). Burley Grange won by 95 runs. Otley 257-2; *Green Lane 200-4. Otley won by 57 runs. Burley Langford 269-1; *
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Gearing up for the 105th Ilkley open tennis tournament
THE 105th annual tournament of Ilkley Lawn Tennis and Squash Club will include a Sunday Telegraph David Lloyd Leisure Grand Prix tournament between July 28 and August 4. With the fifth Junior Grand Prix season now under way, young British tennis players
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Around the local golf courses
Ilkley ladies aid junior golf John Hammond's Golf Foundation Competition for junior golf was well supported by Ilkley Golf Club's ladies despite the awful weather and raised £190. The winner in Division One was Lizzie Brand with 40 points off 19. Second
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Ilkley RU are guided by Atkinson and Luffman
ILKLEY Rugby Union Club's pre-season training is progressing well with upwards of 35 players turning out. Coaching is in the capable hands of John Atkinson with assistance from Leeds Tykes player Mark Luffman. Player recruitment in the close season has
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Rawdon to meet Guiseley in final
GUISELEY and neighbouring Rawdon will contest both the Airedale and Wharfedale League's Waddilove and Birtwhistle Cup finals this season. Sunday's semi-finals saw the two clubs triumph in both competitions. Brilliant bowling saw Guiseley triumph over
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Residents' victory preserves green land
Hundreds of people have won their battle to stop a housing development on green fields after protesting that it would swamp their village. A petition containing almost 600 signatures and 40 letters of objection were considered by Bradford Area Planning
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Mail order giants in court fight
Two Bradford-based home shopping giants are set to battle it out in court over allegations about confidential information. Redcats (UK) is taking legal action in the High Court against its former managing director Michael Hawker, now chief executive of
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Delay dashes estate's hopes
Hopes of starting vital activities to help families on one of the district's most deprived estates have been dashed because of a hold-up in a grant. Fagley Community Associa-tion wanted to open school-holiday projects, followed by a range of activities
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Golden exhibition
Keighley's Cliffe Castle has struck gold thanks to daring salvage diver Keith Jessop. Keighley's "Mr Goldfinder" has offered relics to the town's museum from his famous £44 million dive . Equipment, memorabilia and photographs will go on show from his
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Squad set to seize golden chances
Athletes from across Bradford are going for gold. A team of sportsmen and women will be setting off tomorrow for the Special Olympic Games in Cardiff. The 40-strong squad - the biggest team in Yorkshire - will join a further 150 athletes to represent
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Out-of-date food found at store
Out-of-date food has landed a Clayton shopkeeper with fines and court costs of £1,150. Bradford Magistrates Court heard a pack of tuna and tomato bake and a pack of chicken curry were nine months and eight months respectively past their use-by dates.
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Teachers take redundancy after shake up
Forty per cent of the teachers who failed to get jobs after Bradford's schools shake-up have taken voluntary redundancy. They have walked away with payoffs ranging from £2,000 to £25,000 after losing their jobs in middle schools which have been abolished
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Contract row may go to High Court
A union representing thousands of council workers is threatening to take Bradford Council to the High Court in a dispute over pay and conditions. Public services union Unison says the Council wants to "welch" on existing agreements which protect staff
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Wanted: The 20 faces police want YOU to name
Police have sensationally released pictures of 20 men they suspect of being key players in Bradford's worst night of rioting. Detective Chief Superintendent Max McLean released images of the men suspected of committing serious offences on the night of
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Oakworth stay out in front
With nine games left to play in the Craven Cricket League, there has been little movement at the top of the tables in three of the divisions. Only in the fourth division, where the top two met was there any change. The First Division leaders Oakworth
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Ford steers Settle to victory
SETTLE are the first winners of the Upper Airedale Junior League under-13 cup named in honour of former league president John Hindle. They were indebted to a superb display by Luke Ford, who was in top form in Sunday's final against Steeton at Grassington
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Haworth make sure second time round
THERE was no drama this time in the replayed Wynn Cup semi-final as holders Haworth cantered through to the final of the competition. Last week the two sides were involved in a dramatic tie when Skipton CI, needing six off the last two balls to win, hit
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Christian Viewpoint
As this weekend is the last in July, many, both families and single people, will be setting off or jetting off on holiday. Many will be sitting in motorway traffic jams or sleeping in airport lounges and booking halls, and will no doubt be having second
