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'New Odsal must not just be for RL'
The realisation that the new Odsal stadium has to be used for more than just rugby league is a major factor in Bradford Bulls' decision to take over Wakefield RUFC. Bulls chairman Chris Caisley said today: "We have just received planning permission to
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League remains our top priority: Caisley
Bradford Bulls chairman Chris Caisley today moved to reassure supporters that the club is still remain top of his agenda. However, he added in the light of the Bulls' decision to take over Wakefield RUFC: "To stand still is not a realistic option for
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On This Day
In 1727, James Wolfe, the conquerer of Quebec was born. In 1971, 66 people died in a crush at Glasgow Rangers' Ibrox Park football stadium. In 1942, the Japanese forces took Manila as General MacArthur began to evacuate the Phillipines. From the Telegraph
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Boost for city
Urban regeneration in Bradford is key to the success of the city in 2002, according to a leading Bradford businessman. John Pennington, president of Bradford Chamber of Commerce, believes the setting up of an Urban Regeneration Company in 2002 would be
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Flood victims are 'second class citizens' - claim
A Euro MP has criticised the Environment Agency for treating flood victims in Craven as "second class citizens". Timothy Kirkhope, Conservative MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber, claims the Environment Agency has stated it will not provide funding for
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Villagers go global
Cullingworth has gone on-line to the rest of the world thanks to the vision of two residents. Neil Riley and Umberto Vietri have set up a free access web site to provide locals and those further afield with a unique and constantly updated insight into
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Mavis gets into shape - at 72
Mavis Crossley wears an ankle chain. She also sports a tooth jewel. Her nails are painted in tiger stripes. She wears a top that would not look out of place on a Spice Girl. And she loves working out at the gym. Nothing out of the ordinary there. Nothing
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Train company freezes prices
Arriva Trains Northern - which operates services on the Airedale line - is to freeze the price of fares. The announcement comes after many major train companies last week warned of increases of up to 10 per cent in the New Year . Managing director of
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Riddle of the Great War tank
A Silsden Civic Society member says he is baffled by the coat of arms on a miniature First World War tank. Neil Cathey, of King Street, Silsden, a local historian said: "Silsden did not get a coat of arms until the 1950s so this really intrigues me."
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Tills ring out for Christmas shoppers
Many shops and stores in Keighley centre have reported surprisingly high Christmas spending figures. But others, including Woolworths, say sales have been hit by the bus station re-development and lack of parking spaces. Figures confirmed this week show
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Family gets taste of freedom
A cancer-stricken woman and her disabled foster daughters have enjoyed Christmas for the first time in years -- thanks to a crackdown on yobs on a Keighley estate. Freedom from intimidation also enabled Pam Sutton to have a heart-warming reunion with
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Bodies to be exhumed
The body of a former Haworth man and his wife are to be exhumed in South Africa in a bid to solve a murder mystery. Police now suspect that Robert Green, 65, poisoned his wife, Joy, and then poisoned himself before setting fire to their home in Johannesburg
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - I was not surprised to see the article in the KN about the bed crisis in Airedale Hospital due to the lack of nursing home beds. I am frustrated that it seems to have come as news, as the care home sector has been warning about this for years but
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Witness plea after woman threatened
Police are appealing for witnesses after a pensioner was threatened and had her bag stolen in Cleckheaton. The incident happened at 10.30am on Wednesday as the 61-year-old woman was walking along Railway Street. She was confronted by two men who stood
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Down Memory Lane
CAVENDISH Street was substantially rebuilt in the early 1900s to become a 'close rival to North Street for architectural effect, width and symmetry.' Its spaciousness while still virtually traffic-free is exemplified by this postcard view, which the presence
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Signs of the times show off Saltaire
Saltaire could be signposted as far away as the M1 as tourism bosses seek to promote its new status as a World Heritage Site. The team behind the campaign for Saltaire's new title wants to tempt visitors from outside the Bradford district by advertising
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Pupil power is key to success says Minister
Schools Standards Minister Stephen Timms today urged pupils in Bradford to achieve great things in 2002. In a message to Telegraph & Argus readers he pledged redoubled efforts from the Government to ensure every child gets the best education. And
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Vicious attack leaves youth fighting for life
A teenager was today fighting for his life in hospital after being viciously attacked after celebrating the New Year with friends. Mark Anthony Darun was found slumped on the pavement outside the back of a Pudsey pub at 2.20am yesterday shortly after
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£200m development faces inquiry delay
Bradford's £200 million Broadway shopping development faces more opposition after objections were received to road closures necessary for it to go ahead. The Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions received four objections from national
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Dip, dip hooray!
Swimmers of all ages ignored the plunging temperatures to splash out and celebrate New Year with an icy dip. More than 100 people gathered on the snowy banks of the River Wharfe at Otley to watch anyone daring or daft enough to take the plunge in the
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It's full steam ahead for the ladies
There's a new age of steam down at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway - being powered by women. Gone are the days when men did all the donkey work and got their hands dirty while their womenfolk just helped out in the sandwich bar and ticket office
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Doctor's date with bin Laden suspect
A Bradford psychologist today told how he met the Scottish man suspected of fighting alongside Osama bin Laden at a dinner party in the city more than ten years ago. Dr Rasjid Skinner, a consultant psychologist, revealed how he met James Alexander McLintock
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Vice purge 'a success'
A police campaign against vice has dramatically cut the number of violent attacks on prostitutes in Bradford, it was revealed today. In four years, almost half the attacks on prostitutes in West Yorkshire happened in Bradford, including 21 rapes. But
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Deakin: Looking forward to a Super challenge
STEVE DEAKIN heads for the Australian sun this weekend as he starts his new job with London Broncos - and he left with a clear message for Cougar fans. "Tell them they are absolutely fantastic, I have loved every minute of my time at Keighley," he told
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Cougars: Deakin leaves
STEVE DEAKIN delivered a festive body blow to the Cougars when he resigned from the club as the team prepared for the Christmas and New Year programme. He called the players together before training last Thursday to tell them he was heading south - to
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Big freeze beats all
SKIPTON beat the freeze as they dodged the icy conditions to play high-flying Huddersfield YMCA just before the New Year. A temporary thaw allowed their game to go ahead, but they were beaten 19-11 at Sandylands. The Craven Football League suffered badly
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - A much-publicised report issued recently identifies a failure of leadership as the major cause of social unrest in northern cities. This echoes a view widely held about Bradford and expressed in the Ouseley Report. The many words written may be
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New boss will lay down the Law, says Jacobs
Wayne Jacobs remembers Nicky Law as a never-say-die team-mate. And he still expects the same sort of passionate approach to the game from City's newly-installed manager. Jacobs and Law played together at Rotherham before the long-serving defender moved
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Bulls chairman has global RL wish
Chris Caisley has reiterated that his worldwide wish for rugby league remains unchanged in the light of Bradford Bulls' takeover of Wakefield Rugby Union Club. The Bulls chairman said: "So far as rugby league and the Bradford Bulls is concerned, people
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Bulls in shock union move
Super League champions Bradford Bulls have taken over Wakefield Rugby Union club. And Bulls chairman Chris Caisley today said it was envisaged that the clubs would eventually share the newly developed Odsal Stadium, which could be used for representative
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Cash a help, but it's down to the pupils
It is an encouraging start to 2002 to learn from School Standards Minister Stephen Timms that the Government intends to redouble efforts to ensure that every child in Bradford gets the best education possible. The extra funding directed at schools, which
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Kind-hearts meet wrapping deadline
The Salvation Army in Keighley brought Christmas cheer to homes across the area this week. Helped by hundreds of dedicated volunteers members delivered Christmas presents to children in Keighley and traditional festive dinners on Christmas Day. The organisation
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Bell gets a golden glow
The golden transformation of the Keighley town crier's bell has met with rings of approval. The 100-year-old bell has been restored to its former glory for free thanks to the kindness and skill of staff at Keighley company Towler and Staines. The Bradford
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School gets £1.6 million extension
A £1.6million cash injection will bring Holy Family School, Keighley, into the 21st century, says its head. Conor Davis this week announced plans for a large extension to the front of the school building, which would include a new library, art, music
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Posh nosh taken of hospital menus
Airedale Hospital is to stop serving "fancy food" to patients as part of a cost cutting drive. Health chiefs are axing the Better Hospital Food programme introduced by the Government earlier this year, which includes a national menu devised by TV food
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Town leaders hope for peace on our streets
Peace and harmony seem to be at the top of Keighley people's New Year wish lists. The Keighley News asked several prominent figures for a New Year's resolution for the town. Their responses had several similarities. Mohammed Ajaib, Keighley Muslim Association's
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Family play generation game - for third time!
Five generations of a Keighley family have kept a tradition alive with the help of the Keighley News. When Margaret Keene was just a baby she appeared in the March 14, 1936 edition of the Keighley News with four other female generations of her family,
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Alice and James are
ALICE and James are this year's preferred baby names, according to the Herald's birth announcement columns. James was a run-away winner, with 19 of the 107 boys announced having it as either their first or second name. James has been the most popular
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James and Alice top popularity poll
ALICE and James are this year's preferred baby names, according to the Herald's birth announcement columns. James was a run-away winner, with 19 of the 107 boys announced having it as either their first or second name. James has been the most popular
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Scrap landfill projects after tip fiasco: MP
Plans for further landfill sites in the Bradford district should be scrapped after the "mismanagement" of a Cullingworth tip, a leading MP said today. Shipley MP Chris Leslie called on Bradford Council and the Environment Agency to explain what he branded
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Wanted: furry tail ending
Staff at the RSPCA in Bradford are trying to find a family for one of their long-term residents. Kurt the black and white cat was brought into the centre on Mount Street after being found in Shipley in August. But despite his purring away at potential
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Bid for new toilets angers traders
A £100,000 scheme is planned for new toilets at a tiny Dales village with a population of only 300 people. The Yorkshire Dales National Park scheme, at Kettlewell near Skipton, has angered villagers, who feel the money would have been better spent helping
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Is your goose loose?
Cracker the goose had a lucky escape this festive season. Found wandering in Ben Rhydding before Christmas, the pet was handed in to animal rescuers. Only now, with Christmas and New Year out of the way, has Sue Garforth, who runs the Hedgehog Care animal
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Poisoned veg plots to be probed
A saga which has confined allotment holders to their greenhouses for two years is to be investigated by councillors. The 24 gardeners at Frizinghall allotments were expelled from their plots at Christmas 1999 because poisons including arsenic had been
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Grant creates more free nursery places
More than a thousand extra free nursery places for three-year-olds are to be created in Bradford through a £1.5 million grant announced today. The cash forms part of a national £275 million payout to ensure every three-year-old in the country has a free
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Bin Laden suspect 'lived in Bradford'
A Scottish man being held in Pakistan suspected of fighting with the Taliban lived in Heaton with his wife and two young children, it was reported today. James Alexander McLintock, 37, is being questioned in Peshawar about alleged terrorist links with
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New babes ring in year
At the dawn of a new year mums in Bradford Royal Infirmary's maternity unit were cuddling up to the first arrivals. On the first morning of 2002, six babies filled cots at the maternity unit - and the first to arrive was was Holly Harris who arrived a
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'Parents should test children for heroin'
A former Bradford police chief is offering testing kits to parents as the latest weapon in the battle against drugs. But his ideas have been criticised by some drug experts in the city who say they could irreparably damage relations between parents and
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All clear! Free of foot and mouth
Craven was officially declared foot and mouth-free from midnight on Monday. The move ends an 11-month- long nightmare for thousands of farmers and people running businesses in the Dales. And it means millions of acres, closed to the public since the outbreak
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Rammy meets loyal fans
AFTER a successful launch of his testimonial season Jason Ramshaw has arranged a 'meet-the fans' session this weekend. The popular player who has also materminded the Cougars' community programme in recent years is to sign copies of his Testimonial Brochure
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Golf: Moving forward
A PACKED annual meeting at Keighley golf Club saw the introduction of a 'new way forward' for the 98-year-old club. As they prepare to celebrate the club's centenary members agreed to spend thousands of pounds on a new greens drainage system and finalise
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New Year Run
Runners, some serious, some not, will be beating a path to Silsden for the 18th running of the New Year's Day fun run. The three mile road run, which starts at 11.15am on Bradley Road, is a firm favourite for those wanting a gentle introduction to the
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A fond farewell from Hopkinson
EX-KN Sports editor and holiday stand-in for the role, Kevin Hopkinson is leaving the paper. Hoppy, 50, who has taken voluntary redundancy, plans to 'get those oddjobs done around the house that I've been promising to do for years. I also plan to be getting
