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More signings to come, say Bees
The Bees could well hand out three league debuts tomorrow in their North Division One match at Macclesfield. New boys Tom Rhodes (centre or fly half), Mark Faulkner (prop) and David Hartley (flanker) have all been named in a squad of 18. And coach Matt
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Right to aim to be top of the class
Mark Pattison, the new managing director of education in Bradford, could never be accused of a lack of ambition for the pupils in the city's schools. His stated goal of making this the best city in the country for exam results in the next ten years is
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Caring is a labour of love for Carolyn
When it comes to labours of love, they don't work much harder than Carolyn Gatenby. She provides a home from home in her Stockbridge semi for five separate disabled youngsters. She spends many hours of her days, evenings and weekends acting as a surrogate
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Obituary: Alan Park
Alan Park, the "keeper of the slosh", has died at the age of 75 after a lifetime working backstage for Keighley Amateurs. His many duties with the theatrical group including making the "slosh" for the popular annual pantomime. Mr Park, for many years
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Blood donors back workmate
A man whose cancer-stricken wife has been given blood transfusions has organised special blood donor sessions at his workplace, as a way of saying thank-you to the blood service. Robert Dennison, pictured, a systems manager for the Bradford & Bingley
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'Our' film is the tops
Keighley's film version of the legendary Railway Children story steamed ahead in a New Year poll. The public signalled its overwhelming preference for the classic 1970 movie over the more recent TV adaptation. But poll organisers said the general opinion
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Roy's a cut above the rest
Former soldier Roy Edmond-son's new business is scaling the dizzy heights - thanks to help from Business Link and Keighley Local Enterprise Agency. Roy's new venture - Aire Valley Tree Services - offers tree felling, pruning, hedge maintenance, storm
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Foot & Mouth: Railway steams ahead
The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway is on track for a bumper season. The famous five-mile line finished last year with increased passenger numbers, and bosses say the signals are good for 2002. Despite fewer operating days, the foot and mouth crisis
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Foot & Mouth: Call for countryside master plan
A regeneration chief has called for a countryside master plan for the district. David Scougall, an executive member of the Urban Regeneration Association, said that parish councils and rural organisations should join forces with Bradford Council to prepare
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Foot & Mouth: £250m cost to region
The full impact of foot and mouth on the region's economy has been revealed in a new report. The outbreak -- which led to the slaughter of over 1,000 animals in the Silsden and Bradley areas alone -- cost the region a staggering £250 million. Around half
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Golden Jubilee party date
Keighley people born on the Queen's Accession Day are being invited to a Golden Jubilee garden party at Buckingham Palace. Anyone whose birth date was February 6, 1952 can apply to join the Queen and Prince Philip at the July 9 event. Guests must be British
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Grandson learns Mandarin to chat with family
An Oldfield teenager is flying to the homeland of his grandparents to learn to speak Chinese. James Siu will spend the next six months studying the Mandarin dialect at Beijing Language and Culture University. The 18-year-old former Bradford Grammar School
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Journalists to stage a series of strikes
Members of the National Union of Journalists employed by Newsquest Bradford, which includes the Keighley News, are to stage a series of strikes in pursuit of a 7.5 per cent pay increase. The action, which involves a half-day and two full-day stoppages
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Asian crisis: 'Fight-on' fanatic is condemned
An Asian community leader in Keighley has condemned a fanatic who is urging young men to take up arms against the British Government. Sangat Centre manager Khadim Hussain has vehemently criticised the actions of British born Hassan Butt, who has called
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Town council ideas sought
Local people can this month put forward their ideas for the make-up of Keighley's new Town Council. Bradford Council has suggested splitting the town into a dozen wards represented by 30 councillors. Following next week's meeting of Keighley Area Panel
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Bugs event misses out on recovery cash
A SUCCESSFUL community arts event held in Barnoldswick at the height of the foot and mouth crisis has failed to attract cash from a foot and mouth recovery fund. The Barnoldswick Bugs event was held last September, attracting large numbers of people to
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Plans for sports pitch gather pace
PLANS for a multi-purpose games area that would benefit people throughout North Craven are gathering speed. A planning application for the development has now been submitted to Craven District Council's planning committee and will be discussed in the
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Local bobbies praised as train vandalism is averted
VIGILANT Skipton police officers working in the early hours of Christmas morning prevented graffiti vandals causing thousands of pounds worth of damage. During a routine stop check at 3.30am on Christmas Day 2000, PC Glyn Rowland and PC Alan Mason caught
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Victims have role to play in new youth justice system
VICTIMS could soon have a bigger say in how to deal with young offenders. And members of the community will also have a vital role to play when new youth referral orders are introduced on April 1. From that date, all young people appearing before the
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Brothers attacked in busy town centre
TWO young brothers were assaulted whilst they waited for their mum in one of Skipton's busiest shopping areas. At 4.15pm on Saturday the Skipton boys were waiting outside Woolworths in Caroline Square when they were set upon by a group of four youths.
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Drug addicts dies while serving jail sentence
A FORMER Skipton drug addict who claimed she was forced into a life of crime and prostitution has died after being sent to jail. Twenty-five-year-old Georgina Metcalfe, of North Parade, was buried in the town's Waltonwrays cemetery after a service at
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Rita returns to the estate
Life on Bradford's Buttershaw estate was immortalised in the hit British film Rita, Sue and Bob Too during the 1980s. The gritty comedy was based on two plays set on the notorious estate and written by former Keighley woman Andrea Dunbar, who subsequently
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Rob in tooth and claw
Robert Lister is back in granny's bed after almost two decades as Keighley Amateurs revives a popular panto. The veteran villain again puts on the big teeth, sharpens his claws and sprouts fur to perform in Red Riding Hood. Robert is joined in this month's
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A comedy of disappointments
A heart-wenching comedy about life's disappointments and unanswered questions is staged at Bingley Arts Centre this month. Brian Friel's play Give Me Your Answer Do fulfils a long-held ambition for director Peter Stansfield. He regards the Irishman as
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Holywood hunt for local stars
Hollywood's hunt for two child actors for a new fantasy film is portrayed in the latest stage show from HYT. The Keighley Youth Theatre presents Certificate PG at Victoria Hall from Wednesday to Saturday at 7.30pm. The play-with-songs shows what happens
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The Curmudgeon
THIS month's WI debate sounded, superficially at least, pretty uncontroversial. But that was before it became immersed in matters philosophical to throw up some pretty telling points about the generation gap. The debate sprang from a recent Channel 4
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Court must keep their local roots
SIR - As a retired clerk to the justices, I firmly believe courts must retain their roots in the local community. Sadly I was involved in a similar situation in Calderdale. Two local offices were shut and, eventually, as your editorial so aptly put it
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'Ugly building of the year' plan is rejected
Plans for a new shop in Shipley have been thrown out after councillors branded it worthy of an "ugly building of the year" award. The developer had wanted to build a large new store in Otley Road in Shipley town centre, and submitted plans for a modern
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Down Memory Lane with Ian Dewhirst
This rather seasonal view, showing an Edwardian Lady Bountiful apparently succouring two poor-looking children and an appealing little dog, in fact illustrates electioneering techniques in 1911! The woman was Mrs W C Anderson, wife of Keighley's Labour
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Villagers lose their fight to save shop
A two-year campaign by volunteers to save their village store and post office looks set to end in failure. Residents of Farnhill and Kildwick had hoped to buy the combined shop and post office when owner Michael Hilton announced his plans to sell up and
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Argos denies race was an issue in sacking
A man who was sacked from Argos for gross misconduct claimed the company took the action because he was Afro-Caribbean, an employment tribunal heard. Chris Fontaine, 37, took Argos to the tribunal on grounds of unfair dismissal and racial discrimination
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Former mayor is 'committed and active'
The family of a former Lord Mayor who has been turned down as an election candidate today spoke of their devastation about the decision. Councillor Gordon Mitchell, 71, has appealed against a decision by the regional Labour Party not to include him on
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City's schools support ban on mobiles
Bradford headteachers have spoken out in support of Government calls for a mobile phone ban in schools. The Home Office is urging teachers to stop under-16s from bringing phones into school in a bid to tackle a surge in crime. New figures for the Bradford
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City Hall petitions 'fall into black holes'
A demand has been made for Bradford Council to take urgent action on petitions from the public which fall into "black holes" and are said to vanish in City Hall. Councillor Phil Thornton (Lab, Shipley East) complained people take weeks to collect signatures
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Planet Venus boss fights to keep licence
The licensee of a Bradford nightclub has refuted police claims that she is unfit to hold a drink licence. Angela Minott told a licensing panel at Bradford Magistrates court that she had no problems with the police regarding the Planet Venus nightclub
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Cemetery plan for old hall
Chartered accountant Paul Finn wants to convert part of the grounds at his stately home into a burial ground and garden of remembrance. Plots with brick-built vaults would be sold on long leases for people who want their loved ones to rest in peace. And
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Boss says city schools could be the best
Bradford's education results could be the best in any major British city within ten years, the district's new schools boss pledged today. Education Bradford's new managing director Mark Pattison said the district would rise to the top of the country's
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Soccer: Young Oaks on course in cup
Oakworth Under-14s reached the last eight of the West Riding FA County Cup competition. They beat Bolton woods 6-3 thanks to goals from J Gallagher (3), N Trowers, T Wallbank and N McNally. Long Lee Under-11s drew 1-1 with Colne. The Keighley side took
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Sport campaign is fighting crime
0CRIME fighters have multi-thousand pound pot of cash which could go to help the area's sporting clubs -- if they join the battle to cut crime across the district. Keighley's crime reduction committee has £60,000 to hand out in grants over the next 15
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Motorsport: Frankie roars to the Thunderdoam
FORMULA ONE Stock Car driver Frankie Wainman has qualified to race in the 'Thunderdome Live Action Arena' at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. Frankie snr (above), from Silsden who is 55 next month, has been at the top of the sport for over
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Motorsport: Vintage of vintage scene dies
The world of classic British motorbikes lost a stalwart with the death of Howard Midgley who died in Airedale Hospital on Monday evening after a short illness. Mr Midgley, 70, was nationally known and respected in Pre-1965 motor cycle sport and had an
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Cougars: Gazza's a man with a mission
GARY MOORBY is a man on a mission -- a mission to restore pride in his home town rugby league club. After joining the Cougars as head coach this week he is determined to put some steel into the team which was beaten 66-0 by Huddersfield Giants on New
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Cougars: Gary comes home
GARY MOORBY has returned to the club he loves most to take over as coach of the Cougars -- and is already making an impact. The local boy who reached the top of the sport as a player signed as senior coach at the club on Tuesday, making it the only club
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Craven through the years
100 years ago A LETTER signed simply "A Ratepayer" was received by Barnoldswick Urban District Council calling for a new road linking Barnoldswick to Colne via Salterforth and Stone Trough. The writer felt no-one would object to a special rate being levied
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More police are worth £20 a year
THE bill has finally arrived for decisions taken some 30 years ago. Back in the late 1970s, when recruitment into the police was low, a package was approved offering better wages and pension terms. It solved the problem at the time and the enhanced pension
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Thackley face test against cup heroes
Thackley will be aiming to catch high-flying Brigg Town cold tomorrow when the FA Cup heroes head for Dennyfield and a top-six clash in the Northern Counties East Premier Division. Thackley boss Andy Taylor said: "It is a tough month for us the way the
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Oz wizardry works for Bulls
Almost 10,000 tickets have been sold for the World Club Challenge between Bradford Bulls and Australian premiers Newcastle Knights in Hudd-ersfield. With three weeks to go to the February 1 showdown, the crowd seems certain to top the 16,041 for last
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Bantams fans urged: 'Don't panic!'
Lee Sharpe today urged fans not to panic as City try to halt the alarming slide which has sent them plunging to the brink of the relegation dogfight. The Bantams face a critical home game tomorrow against Portsmouth, another team in free-fall, needing
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Farm shop is mushrooming
A feast of fresh fungi could soon be on offer at Keighley's new farmers' market shop. A mushroom grower from Elslack contacted the volunteer-run shop in Lawkholme Lane after reading about its opening in the Keighley News. He plans to supply both fresh
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Views of flood victims wanted
Flood victims from Keighley and South Craven are being invited to take part in an on-line debate which could shape future Parliamentary policy. The Hansard Society is appealing for people from flood risk areas, and professionals involved in flood management
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Two centuries apart
The 19th century meets the 21st as one of Keighley's oldest retail businesses looks out on the town's ultra-modern new bus station. Speak's staff have seen all three major changes to the bus station over the past six decades from their shop in Lawkholme
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On This Day
In 1922, Insulin was first used successfully to treat diabetes. In 1946, Albania's King Zog was deposed. In 1974, the first surviving sextuplets were born in South Africa. From the Telegraph & Argus of January 11th, 1977... Bradford planners - the
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Asians targeted in quit-smoking campaign
Health promotion workers rolled into Keighley this week to urge Asian people to quit smoking. The Stop Smoking Bus, owned by the West Yorkshire Smoking and Health organisation, visited the Sangat Centre to pass on help and advice to smokers eager to kick
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Bus station artist is revealed
Light has been shed on the origins of a historic painting of Keighley bus station featured in last week's Keighley News. Cowling woman Betty Hardaker says the picture of a 1947 scene was by Pudsey art teacher Fred Jones. He probably sat on top of the
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Model staff keep date with customers
The world of soft furnishings is not something you would normally associate with glamour. But all that has changed due to the inspiration of Cullingworth man Alan Clarke, who hit upon the idea of making a calendar featuring beautiful women to promote
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Foot & Mouth: Roadshow help for small businesses
People running small businesses are to be shown ways of recovering from the foot and mouth epidemic. The Federation of Small Businesses is to tour 26 towns -- the nearest Skipton -- giving expert advice over the next three months. The federation has already
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Icing on the cake
A Bradford bakery has taken over a £5 million cake business - and rescued 70 jobs. Yorkshire Cottage Bakeries (YCB) Ltd's buyout of Manchester firm Mother Hubbard Cakes has given a lifeline to staff facing redundancy after the firm went into receivership
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Foot & Mouth: Hotels hit by visitor crisis
Haworth Tourist Information Centre has revealed that the number of inquiries it received last year rose by almost 2,000 on the previous year, to 166,455. However, Tricia Tillotson of the information centre said that a drop in American and Japanese tourists
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Morrisons' have a record breaking Christmas
Supermarket chain Morrisons enjoyed a record-breaking Christmas with sales up 11.6 per cent on last year. The FTSE-100 company saw demand soar particularly during the weekend before Christmas, with traditional products like meat joints and mince pies
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Baby delight after twin towers tragedy
A couple who lost a nephew in the terrorist attacks on New York spoke this week of their joy at the birth of his baby daughter. Eunice Dean, whose husband Frank is a caretaker at Wilsden Primary School, said the arrival of great-niece Clare represented
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Asian crisis: Call to put the people first
PEOPLE from Pakistani backgrounds in Keighley this week called for clarity on the issues surrounding the Kashmir crisis. Sangat Centre manager Khadim Hussain said he was concerned that the interests of Kashmir people might be lost in talks between Pakistan
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Asian crisis: Family injured in Kashmire conflict
A Keighley man's 15-year-old nephew has lost half his leg in a shelling attack on a Kashmir village. Schoolboy Shakeel Khalil is the third member of Mohammed Israil Choudhry's family to have been injured in the conflict over the disputed territory in
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Fight for Post Office falters
A two-year campaign to save a village store and post office is set to end in anger and frustration, with plans being made to convert it into two homes. When Farnhill and Kildwick Post Office and Village Stores owner Michael Hilton announced his plans
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Hospital security row grows
Health chiefs have backed the company in charge of security at Airedale Hospital in spite of serious concerns from members of staff. Airedale NHS Trust chief executive Bob Allen said he was "satisfied" with the levels of security provided at the Steeton
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Town will keep culture bid right on track
The rich transport heritage in Keighley will put the Bradford district in the driving seat to become the European Capital of Culture, according to a local travel expert. Graham Mitchell, former chairman of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, believes
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Muggers in phone blitz on teenagers
Mobile phone muggings on the streets of Keighley are spiralling and young people are the main targets. Startling figures reveal that 80 per cent of victims of mobile phone robberies in the town are aged between 12 and 18. Now parents and schools are being
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Village launches community hall bid
VILLAGERS at Burton-in-Lonsdale have launched an ambitious plan to build a £500,000 community centre. The current village hall is home to 20 thriving groups from within the village and six from outside, but the building dates back to 1854 and is in dire
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Planners in u-turn over housing
NATIONAL Park Authority planners have backtracked on a decision to refuse an application to build houses on Long Preston's former auction mart site. At a meeting at Bolton Abbey on Tuesday, the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority's planning committee
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New toilets are approved despite local objections
PLANS for new toilets for Kettlewell have been approved by the national park's planning committee despite several objections from local residents and business owners. The design incorporates a community office, a covered bus shelter, ranger's office and
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Union protests over alleged lack of hospital security
UNION members and staff protested outside Steeton's Airedale Hospital yesterday about alleged inadequate security at the site. A petition signed by up to 400 staff was due to be presented to the chief executive of the hospital's NHS trust, Bob Allen,
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Firm threatens to leave town
AN international company, with northern headquarters near Skipton, has threatened to move away from the town after planners refused its application for offices in Water Street. Jeff Dodd, managing director of Refined Ingredients Limited, told Craven District
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Folk: Alan is a star
Alan Rose writes the press releases for the Bacca Pipes Folk Club as well as contributing to folk magazine Tyke's News. He knows his folk artists and he gives fulsome praise when explaining the talents of whichever guest is gracing the Keighley club.
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Baby love, my baby love ...
The patter of tiny feet has stopped Fatal Joy's musical plans in their tracks. Sarah is on maternity leave and partner Wilkie is taking time out to fulfil fatherly duties. The couple plan to return in spring to rehearse a new set with fellow Fatalists
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Another case of hilarity?
Many plays and films have used identical suitcases, one containing oodles of cash, as the basis for comedy. But veteran writer Eric Chappell proves there's still life in the old joke in his latest play Heatstroke. He has two of his characters pick up
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Dalesfolk: Matthew Pallister
THEY call him Mr Matt. For almost half a century, his well-tailored tweed suits and perky bow ties have been one of the best-known trademarks of Craven's farming community. But Matthew Pallister came very close to never reaching his adopted Dales home
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - My husband and I live on the Bracken Bank estate. Over the last six or so years we have spent a lot of time and effort at Christmas time to decorate the outside of our home as well as the usual inside decorations. This has been well received by
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Basketball club nets top coach
England's national basketball team coach has been giving some top tips to aspiring stars in Bingley. Dr Lazslo Nemeth took time out of his busy schedule to coach the under-16s team which meets at the newly-formed North Bradford Basket-ball Centre at Beckfoot
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Blackmailers jailed after phone threats
A businessman called in police after receiving intimidating phone calls about an alleged debt of £30,000, a court heard. Bradford Crown Court was told police fitted recording equipment to father-of-three Kevin Sloane's home telephone and later attached
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Police hunt man who assaulted girl
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 17-year-old girl was indecently assaulted in the Leeds Road area of Bradford in broad daylight. The incident happened on Monday at 10.50am. The victim had just got off a bus before the Wakefield Road roundabout
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£1,000 reward after robbery
A petrol company is offering a £1,000 reward after a robbery at a Total filling station in Bradford. The cashier at the Toller Lane garage was stunned after a man threw chilli powder into his face and jumped over the counter to steal cash from the till
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Music festival opens doors to Asian cultures
An historic music festival has broken with almost 100 years of tradition and thrown its doors open to Asian cultures. Every year since 1906 the brightest youngsters from all over the country have competed in the Wharfedale Music Festival, hoping to prove
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Finding the facts about Bradford
Did you know that Bradford was the first local authority in Britain to introduce school meals? Or that the Independent Labour Party was formed in Bradford in 1893 after a strike at Manningham Mills? These are just some of the little known facts about
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Health chiefs bombarded with objections
Bradford Council staff have bombarded health chiefs with objections about proposals for a new Care Trust. Bradford Health Authority has received 233 letters of complaint about employment terms if plans to merge learning disability and mental health services
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Rape terror in city centre
A club-goer was brutally raped, moments after being snatched from a city centre pavement. After enjoying a night out with friends, the 24-year-old strolled to a public phone box to arrange a lift home with her boyfriend - but was instead subjected to
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Three years jail for riots 'general'
A 'general' of the Bradford riots who was spotted ordering people into battle with police was today beginning a three-year jail sentence. Mohammed Khan's face - partially covered by a scarf (see picture) - was broadcast around the world as part of graphic
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Farewell to Lord of the Ring
Bradford-born wrestler Les Kellett, pictured, the Clown Prince of Europe, has died in Ilkley at the age of 86. He moved into a nursing home there two years ago and died peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, his son Christopher Kellett said. Les Kellett
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Cricket: Keighley get set for summer
RICHARD ROBINSON is returning to captain Keighley Cricket Club in their 2002 campaign after several successful seasons with Baildon. Richard, a batsman and spin bowler, played with the Baildon side which were runners-up in the first division of the Bradford
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Soccer: Craven League
Not a ball was kicked in the league last weekend - the first complete wipe-out of fixtures this season. Fortunately the mild first half of the season allowed matches to go ahead and league officials do no envisage a major disruption. However, with the
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Soccer: Search is on for super fans
TELEVISION researchers have launched a search for Leeds United fans as they prepare a documentary on the culture surrounding football violence. Granada TV is making the programme 'Football Stories', a two-part programme designed to be a 'social history
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Karate: Champions are on a roll
KARATE champions have kept the eyes of the martial arts world on Silsden. Cain Canning, Paul Newby and Craig Burke swept all before them during an incredible 2001 season, and this month are due to represent England at a competition in Paris. The trio
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Athletics: Harriers take county title
Bingley Harriers dominated the senior races at the Yorkshire cross-country championship last weekend. The club won both the senior men's and women's team titles. John Taylor took third place in 36 minutes 05 seconds just 22 seconds ahead of team mate
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Trials: Dougie celebrates in style
Dougie Lampkin MBE celebrated his New Year honour by winning the first round of the new indoor world championship season at Sheffield Arena on Saturday -- but had to pull out all the stops. He was pushed all the way by Marc Freixa from Spain who looked
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - Residents of BD9, prepare yourself for a shock. Saturday morning my car insurance hit the door mat with a thud. The contents were beyond belief and prompted me to call the insurance company straight away. "Yes sir that's correct. £737." My payment
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Parents must heed this warning loud and clear
Parents and guardians must draw some comfort from the belief that providing their offspring with a mobile phone gives a level of safety. To some extent that is a caring attitude to take, and in a responsible society it should pose no problems. Sadly,
