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Author looks forward to 'coming home'
NOT a regular face on the literature festival scene, it is a surprise - even to herself - that author Kate Atkinson is taking on two in one weekend. Kate, who won the Whitbread Book of the Year award for her first novel Behind the Scenes at the Museum
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Prestigious start to a great week
ILKLEY Literature Festival got off to a seriously heavyweight start on Friday night with award-winning author VS Naipaul performing the opening honours. The festival's 'guest of honour', he appeared before a packed audience of 250 people at the King's
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Day care centre moves to a hall
ESSENTIAL services for elderly Menston people are being moved from a popular day centre this week, and moving to a revamped village hall. Despite years of protests from carers, councillors and members of the community, Heather Court, on St Peter's Way
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Lord Linley talks designs
VISCOUNT David Linley, the son of Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon, talked to design students at Harewood House. Lord Linley, himself a furniture designer, was taking part in the ongoing Open House education programme at Harewood. He spent the morning
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Rail company says work will continue
ESSENTIAL railway repairs are expected to continue in the area, despite concern over who will take over the beleaguered rail company Railtrack, which went into administration on Sunday. The firm was wound up after the Government refused to give additional
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New bridge boosts Rawdon ramblers
WALKERS can now cross a beck safely - thanks to the efforts of ramblers. Members of the Lower Wharfedale Group have just put the finishing touches to the new footbridge across Ghyll Beck in Rawdon. And they are confident it will make life much easier
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'Get nosey and stop these Yorkshire stone thieves'
SINCE the start of the year Yorkshire stone and slate to the value of more than £20,000 has been stolen in Wharfedale and Aireborough alone. Patios have been dug up, garden walls dismantled and roofs stripped of stone. Thieves dress to look like workmen
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Civic service celebrates community spirit
HORSFORTH'S first civic service since 1976 was held to great success at St Margaret's Church at the weekend. John Brodwell, Chairman of the Town Council, organised the event because he thought it was time to start the services up again to celebrate the
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Campaigners claim victory in mast fight
CAMPAIGNERS are claiming a cautious victory over their battle with a mobile phone company. Almost two years ago, telecommunications company One2One put up a mast next to Otley's Wharfedale Farmers Auction Mart in Leeds Road. But now the company has been
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A lifeline for a sad city relic
It is encouraging news that the development spotlight has now been put on that area of Bradford known as Goitside. Although there is a long way to go, the decision to bring in conservationists to draw up a master plan for an historic but neglected wedge
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Jumbo success for airport pioneers
LEEDS-Bradford International Airport has certainly taken off in recent times but few who attended the opening ceremony performed by Councillor H Jennings, deputy chairman of Yeadon Urban District Council on Wednesday, October 17, 1931 could have predicted
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Landlord set to close pub due to staff shortage
CLAPHAM'S Goat Gap Inn is set to close because it cannot attract staff. The shortage of workers has now forced landlord Duncan Robb-Cummings to submit plans to convert the pub into houses. Mr Robb-Cummings, who runs the Goat Gap with his wife Jennet,
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Publican calls time as planning row continues
SKIPTON'S historic Devonshire pub will close its doors at the end of the month with its future uncertain. Pub company giants JD Wetherspoon plans to buy the building but is still unable to secure planning permission for changes to the interior and exterior
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Guys are enlisted to boost village trade
THERE are some strange guys around Gargrave - at least there will be in a few weeks time when effigies to the gunpowder, treason and plot perpetrator will blaze a trail through the village. The village has arranged a Guy Fawkes festival to be held over
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Residents angry over bid to further restrict parking
RESIDENTS on Gargrave Road, Skipton, feel they are being punished for simply owing a car. Many of them are furious that there is nowhere to park outside their houses. They claim that not only were spaces taken away during the traffic calming, but an application
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Police accused in bus rumpus
AN Ilkley Grammar School sixth former has accused police of using excessive force to deal with a 13-year-old boy who would not pay full fare on a bus. Chris Bane, 16, said he witnessed the boy - also a Grammar School pupil - being thrown against a wall
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French visitors get red carpet
A SPECTACULAR civic welcome will be extended to a visiting delegation from Ilkley's twin town, Coutances. People are invited to greet the French delegation and partake in the pomp and ceremony at Ilkley Town Hall, on Saturday, at 10am. The visitors, led
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Teenager finds support in bid to ensure future of historic stones
AN Ilkley teenager is spearheading a new group formed to safeguard the future of three pre-historic stones which are in danger of losing their rare markings. Ian Chamberlain, 18, met with parish councillors and residents on Tuesday evening to discuss
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Ilkley is just 'lovely jubbly' for Jason
TELEVISION superstar David Jason took a break from filming last week to share a joke with Ilkley Gazette work experience student Eleanor Lockwood. Fifteen-year-old Eleanor - pictured right with the actor - jumped at the chance to meet the star of Inspector
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Bases argument does not stand up
SIR, - Having just read Mr Dunn's reply to my letter you kindly published a couple of weeks ago I would wish to reply on a couple of points. If he thinks that an American establishment should only be based on American soil, then what about our British
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Chance to voice road concerns
SIR, - This is an SOS to the inhabitants of Cowpasture Road/Hangingstone Road, the Moor Road to Burley Woodhead. The excellent Transport Study Plan for Ilkley has one huge drawback for the people who live on or near the roads listed above. That is that
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Backing for luxury homes in chapel
Work is due to start next month on the conversion of a listed building in Heckmondwike into 32 luxury apartments. The derelict Grade-II listed Upper Independent Chapel in High Street has been bought by Asquith Developments Ltd. Kirklees Council had already
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Otley trio help their county to victory
A trio of Otley players represented their County in Yorkshire 18 Clubs 25-15 win over Cheshire at Birkenhead Park RUFC. The side was led by flanker Joe Bennett with club colleague Liam Duffy appearing at centre. However, it was left winger Leon Clarke
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Ben Rhydding give Adel a five-goal trouncing
Adel Firsts 1 Ben Rhydding 2nds 5 Ben Rhydding Men's Second XI trounced Adel in Yorkshire League Division One. Set pieces were once again critical with Hatfield (2), Laxton and Horsman emphatically converting four short corner goals. The fifth goal was
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Pool sit proudly at the top of the league
Bedale 2 Pool 4 WITH key players still missing Pool knew that a victory would take them to the top of the Premier League. Long-term absentee Andy Graham returned in an unfamiliar role of right midfield but no one would have known. Bedale were unlucky
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Trojans make cup progress
Burley Trojans 3 Skipton Town 1 BURLEY Trojans eventually overcame stubborn resistance from Skipton Town to book their place in the second round of the County Trophy. Trojans had to overturn a half-time deficit and it was not until five minutes from time
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Lady Luck smiles at last on Guiseley
Matlock Town 0 Guiseley 1 LADY Luck for once smiled on Neil Parsley's men - David Cooke of course excepted. Their Friday night trip to Matlock produced three valuable points and it was that man Simon Trevitt who scored their goal. Defender Trevitt is
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Guiseley sign Hey to add some firepower
GUISELEY have signed striker Nicky Hey from Northern Counties East side Thackley and he will join the squad for Saturday's home game with Ossett Town. Manager Neil Parsley said: "I have been watching Nicky for a couple of seasons now but he could not
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Coach Noble hopes for a grand finale at Old Trafford
BRADFORD Bulls' Guiseley-based coach Brian Noble is hoping to crown his first season at the helm of the Super League giants by steering them to glory in Saturday's Grand Final. His side face a rousing battle against Wigan Warriors at OId Trafford and
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Murder police to quiz students
Students could have witnessed the last moments of a man murdered yards from their campus, say police. Detectives have been quizzing University of Bradford students and appealing for information about the murder of Keith Cordingley, who collapsed and died
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'Man on video is accused'
A man accused of shooting a young couple outside a Bradford nightclub was seen in the area moments after the shooting, a court heard. Bradford police officers told the jury at Leeds Crown Court that Khawar Butt, 21, was spotted on CCTV coverage at the
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'Bravest' singer is pop's hot favourite
A Bradford singing sensation has overcome a speech impediment to find himself hot favourite to become Britain's newest pop idol. Gareth Gates, pictured, has been picked from more than 10,000 hopefuls in the ITV show Pop Idol, presented by Ant and Dec.
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Emma plays part in NASA Mars mission
Bradford PhD student Emma Newton is playing a part in NASA's mission to Mars in 2005 - which could discover life on the planet. Emma's study of blue-green algae in Antarctica links with efforts to unearth life forms on Mars, a similarly hostile environment
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Benefits delay for half of claimants
Bradford Council's Benefit Service gets a poor showing in a statistical report today. The Audit Commission figures show only 42 per cent of renewal claims were processed in time. And a third of the unsuccessful claimants said forms and leaflets were not
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Psychologist helps boost festive sales
Bradford's shopkeepers have brought in a psychologist in a ground-breaking scheme to help them boost their sales over Christmas. The Chamber of Trade has linked with psychologist Lewis Pinder to help its members learn simple methods which bring profitability
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Minister's warning on vote for mayor
The Government is planning to step in to give the people of Bradford the chance to take part in a referendum for an elected mayor. The Telegraph & Argus can reveal today that Local Government Minister Nick Raynsford is expected to contact Bradford
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Craven through the years
100 years ago THE news on everyone's lips was the decision by Earby Baptist minister Rev Walter Wynn to stand against sitting Radical candidate for the Skipton division, F Whitley Thompson. Despite supporting Mr Thompson at the last election, Mr Wynn
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More nursing home problems lie ahead
THE prospect of 45 elderly, perhaps confused, Craven residents being evicted from their nursing homes is a chilling one. Perhaps it is an idle threat from the nursing homes, a measure of their despair. It would be wrong to paint the nursing homes as the
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Matter of concern
OUR story last week about an incident involving the behaviour of some pupils from Ilkley Grammar School on a bus has attracted much attention. We have been accused of 'cheap journalistic shots' and printing a 'litany of lurid quotations' by head teacher
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Confident Bradford secure another win
Bradford secured another hockey victory on the back of last week's encouraging win at Ramgarhia in Leeds. In the early stages of the game Chapeltown held a confident Bradford attack, and showed danger from quick breaks against the run of play. One of
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Harriers celebrate move to new HQ
Bingley Harriers' grand opening fun day at the new Beckfoot School headquarters was a big success. The day's Pulton Cup events in various junior age groups ended with Hannah Mayho and Jennifer Hopkinson being named joint overall winners. The Harriers'
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Blow for Cougars as Wood 'out of reach'
Influential stand-off Martin Wood will be missing from Keighley Cougars new- look team next season. Wood, who missed the second half of last season following a knee operation, is now fit again. But coach Steve Deakin, who is working on a limited budget
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RL boss calls for Aussie rethink
Shattered Rugby League bosses will today sift through the ashes of a cancelled Kangaroo tour and attempt to resurrect an end-of-season Test series. RFL director of rugby Greg McCallum, is urging his ARL counterparts to think again, has suggested ditching
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Bulls six on a high
Six Bradford Bulls players are hoping for a double celebration - their birthdays and a Tetley's Super League Grand Final victory over Wigan at Old Trafford on Saturday. Back row Mike Forshaw was 31 on October 5, centre Leon Pryce was 20 three days ago
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Village may unite to tackle problems
PROBLEMS in Pool-in-Wharfedale could be tackled by village groups and organisations coming together and forming a community forum, it has been claimed. Bernard Mitchinson, Chairman of community group Pool 2020, said at a recent meeting that he was all
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Minibus thieves leave pensioners stranded
PENSIONERS have been left stranded after the theft of a vital charity minibus. The lifeline 15-seater vehicle was used to take around 90 pensioners in Horsforth on shopping trips, to church or to day centres. The minibus was stolen from outside the home
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High hopes for courthouse plans at heart of community
HOPES are high that a new arts and resource centre in Otley will open next year. Voluntary groups, artists, performers, societies and other organisations are all set to be housed in the former Otley Magistrates Court building in Courthouse Street. It
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Leeds Chairman returns to swinging sixties
A VILLAGE school went back to the Swinging Sixties to celebrate its 40th birthday. Bramhope Primary School celebrated its 40th year on Tredgold Crescent last Friday with an open day. Guest of honour at the celebration was Leeds United chairman Peter Ridsdale
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New flats come to town
AN historic building in the centre of Otley is nearing its conversion into top notch apartments. And the Bramhope builder behind the scheme is optimistic the apartments will be snapped up - as Otley becomes the area's next boom town. The former Liberal
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Leanne killer may have been spotted
THE killer of Leeds teenager Leanne Tiernan may have been spotted dumping her body in woodland near Otley in August. Police investigating the murder of the 13-year-old have announced they have new leads in the case - including a sighting by a retired
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Help needed for Otley's first radio station
PRESENTERS and background people are needed to help run Otley's first ever community radio station. Wharfedale FM is due to go on air for two weeks at the end of November and will coincide with Otley Victorian Fayre and Christmas Market on December 7.
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Arson-hit sports club will rise again
A MUCH-LOVED sports and social club destroyed by arsonists will rise again better than it was before. Around 40 residents of Otley's Weston Estate heard this week that work on The Pavilion could start before the end of the year. And at Tuesday's meeting
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On This Day
In 1727, George II was crowned in London. In 1930, C H Wood founded his photographic firm in Bradford. In 1963, French singing legend Edith Piaf died. From the Telegraph & Argus of October 11th, 1976... The water crisis came to an official end in
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Growth slows
The latest economic survey by the Bradford Chamber of Commerce has reinforced fears about the district's business prospects in coming months. Riots in Manningham and uncertainty over the future of America's economy, even before September's terrorist attacks
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For sale signs go up on village's main street
COWLING looks set to lose five locally-owned businesses. Two large employers, Hartley Hemisphere Fabrics and Walter Brigg are relocating to Silsden and Cross Hills respectively, and Cowling is likely to lose three other shops due to retirement and personal
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'There is nothing that cannot be achieved from Aireville'
IT wasn't the usual guest speech at Aireville School's prizegiving night, but then again, television gardener Alan Titchmarsh is not your usual guest speaker. He cheekily asked his audience: "Hands up how many of your fathers and husbands have suddenly
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Bad weather forces cancellation of royal visit
A VISIT by the Princess Royal to Giggleswick School, which had taken around four years to plan, had to be cancelled due to bad weather. Princess Anne, who was travelling by helicopter, was due to arrive at the school on Wednesday morning and attend a
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Club set to appeal after pitch refusal
WHARFEDALE Rugby Club is set to appeal after plans for a new pitch were rejected by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority. The planning committee voted eight-six against the controversial development when it met on Tuesday. An earlier application
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Millennium green is completed
A FOUR-year campaign to create a play area and open space for residents on Skipton's Greatwood and Horse Close estates is finally coming to fruition. The finishing touches are being added to the Vicki Cartman Millennium Green, named after the 15-year-old
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MP calls for debate on nursing home crisis
FORTY-FIVE elderly people are facing eviction from Craven's nursing and residential homes. The Craven Herald has reported how at least three local nursing homes have issued an ultimatum to North Yorkshire County Council, telling them to either increase
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School reveals details of £1m development
ERMYSTED'S Grammar School, Skipton, has announced ambitious plans to build a new £1 million classroom block to create invaluable learning space for its growing number of pupils. The 495 square metre two-storey building will boast dedicated craft, design
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Ilkley 'in need of tourism help'
ILKLEY needs extra help to revive its flagging tourist industry, according to a spokesman for the town's traders. David Giddings, of the Ilkley Business Forum, said that the town had been hit hard by the foot and mouth disease outbreak and needed to get
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Horse riders will hit town trail in safety campaign
HORSE riders in Ilkley will saddle up as part of a campaign to reduce the number of accidents involving horses and riders on the road. A group of more than 20 riders will hit the trail through the town, on Saturday, from Ben Rhydding Drive to Brook Street
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Just what the doctor ordered for the big day
ONE of Ilkley's most famous sons put his feet back on home soil and opened the town's new £2million medical centre. Alan Titch-marsh, who has achieved fame as a television gardener, unveiled a plaque at Springs Lane Medical Centre. He told guests that
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Resident to use human rights law to get bypass
A MANOR Park resident plans to use human rights legislation to force the highways authorities to build a bypass at the notorious bends. Health and safety consultant John Traynier hopes that the 1998 Human Rights Act could put an end to traffic misery
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The Curmudgeon
BY NOW, everyone will understand that all good things in Britain stem from a small area of North London, roughly between Islington and Hamgate, the home of the chattering classes. The media tell us so every day. Time was when the way we Brits lived was
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Rail station option was buried
SIR - I write with regard to North Yorkshire County Council's environmental services' public consultation on the proposed railway station at Cross Hills. The whole thing was most disappointing and apathetic. A small display of photographs and not enough
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Network growth to continue on rails
Work on an engineering project designed to increase the capacity of the local rail network is set to continue despite the collapse of the firm carrying it out. Railtrack, the firm which managed the country's railways, went into administration this week
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The gap is closing on Trinity
Baildon Trinity Ath 1 East End Park WMC 1 After a dreadful result Baildon looked to bounce back against a much improved Park side. Due to the heavy midweek rain, the host's pitch was a little sticky and both teams found it difficult to adapt. Baildon
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Town recover after conceding an early goal
Keighley Phoenix 1 Otley Town 4 With the wind at their backs and against a goalkeeper with an enormous kick, Town went behind to an early goal. Former Guiseley AFC 'keeper Paul Linyard played in goal with Hartlepool last season and his size and agility
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Young prop stars as Otley beat the Exiles
Otley 32 London Welsh 9 OTLEY put once-mighty London Welsh in their place at Cross Green. The exiles arrived in confident mood after winning all three away games, losing only their home fixtures to Rotherham and Worcester, and expecting to expunge their
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New religious teaching approved
The religious syllabus taught in Bradford schools has been updated after 12 months of local consultation. It is now due to be introduced into classrooms after being approved by the Council's ruling Executive committee on Tuesday. The syllabus aims to
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Sister is ready to give gift of life
A loving sister is to donate her bone marrow to assist her brother's life-long battle with leukaemia. Jennifer Armstrong, 14, of Skipton, will have the operation to help her 11-year-old brother Richard who has fought the disease since the age of two.
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City site's future in hands of top team
A team of experts has been recruited to help breathe new life into Bradford's historic Goitside. A business partnership has brought in top national conservationists to draw up a master plan for the area, which includes the Yorkshire Co-operatives' Sunwin
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Bright ideas for new website
Youngsters from three Bradford schools launched a colourful learning-based website. The children, from Green Lane Primary, Margaret MacMillan Primary and Girlington Primary demonstrated experiments featured on the Children Exploring Colour and Industry
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Ian to rock on with his campaign
Ilkley residents have joined a teenager in his fight to save a park's prehistoric stones. Student Ian Chamberlain, 18, met parish councillors and other residents to discuss saving the Panorama Stones in St Margaret's Park, Queen's Road. A new committee
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Emergency plans drawn up for city
An anthrax expert has given an insight into the preparations already under way in Bradford in the event of there ever being a chemical attack. Dr Paul McWhinney is one of the few people in Britain to have treated a victim of the killer virus within the
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'We must save this gem'
Hollywood film guru David Puttnam today said the closure of the Priestley Centre for the Arts could seriously damage Bradford's bid to be European Capital of Culture. Lord Puttnam today backed the Telegraph & Argus campaign to save the Priestley Centre
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Chance to voice road concerns
SIR, - This is an SOS to the inhabitants of Cowpasture Road/Hangingstone Road, the Moor Road to Burley Woodhead. The excellent Transport Study Plan for Ilkley has one huge drawback for the people who live on or near the roads listed above. That is that
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - May I say first that I wholeheartedly commend referee Ray Shepherd (pictured) on his actions in stopping a football match after trouble arose on the touchline. Indeed I am unable to see why any rational individual would not do so. The key to officiating
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Getting there ....
PEOPLE living near to a mobile phone mast in Leeds Road, Otley, were furious when it went up almost two years ago. With little known about the long-term effects of emissions from the masts, they felt angry that it had gone up quickly and despite protests
