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Two sent off as Celts crash again
Farsley Celtic 0, Workington 1: Workington took all three points from this UniBond Division One clash back to Cumbria and few would begrudge them - but for the second time in a week Farsley Celtic had played well and got nothing. Following the previous
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At last City can relax!
Bradford City 2, Watford 1: It may not seem the stuff of open-top bus tours, street parties and tea with the Lord Mayor. And there were no fans charging on to the pitch to mob their heroes at the final whistle. But City can now toast a job well done.
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City slackers receive Law tongue-lashing
Nicky Law today blasted City's let-down at Gillingham. The Bantams went down 1-0 at the Priestfield Stadium but boss Law reckons they got off lightly. He said: "It was a case of after the Lord Mayor's show following the win against Watford. There are
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Fielden: My Fielden: My Cup Final anguish
Stuart Fielden today spoke of the injury heartbreak that will keep him from Saturday's Powergen Challenge Cup Final. Speaking exclusively to the Telegraph & Argus, Fielden revealed that as soon as he collided with Hull's Jason Smith last week he knew
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On This Day
In 1889, the Oklahoma 'Land Rush' began, as homesteaders staked claims. In 1959, an angler caught a 16ft 10ins 2,664lb great white shark with a rod and line. In 1990, Robert Polhill was released by kidnappers in Beirut after over three years in captivity
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Samanth's navy dream comes true
A Keighley girl has fulfilled a life-long ambition to join the Navy. Samantha Frobisher, 18, trained at HMS Raleigh in Plymouth for two months, before being the only female to pass out. Her mother Helen Carter says that she, Samantha's step father, two
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Virtual launch
An Ilkley business was officially opened by Bradford's Lord Mayor - with the click of a mouse. Councillor Richard Wightman opened Virtual College new headquarters by clicking a mouse which opened a set of computer animated curtains to reveal the firm's
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Owzat! Stephen gets top award
Keighley-born Stephen McCall was bowled over after winning a coveted award in recognition of his cricketing prowess. He has received an Air Officer Commanding Training Group commendation for his devoted efforts as manager of the hugely successful RAF
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Scouts slaute St George
Scouts from across Keighley joined together on Sunday for the annual St George's Day Parade. Beavers, Cubs and Scouts took part in the parade through Keighley town centre from Gresley Road to Cavendish Street and on to St Anne's Church in North Street
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Cracking work on eggs
CRAFTY youngsters at Long Lee Primary School created their very own Easter eggstravaganza. Arty pupils painted some cracking designs on hard boiled eggs, which were put on display in the school. Classroom assistant Joan Gill, who organised the egg decorating
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Biking bunnies are eggstra-special
Bikers have bowled over local families with their generosity by taking part in an Easter egg run from Keighley to Bradford. Nearly 300 bikers joined the White Rose Motorcycle Club's eggstravaganza on Sunday in aid of Gingerbread, an organisation that
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Drivers confused by mixed messages
Motorists have been advised that they can park on a Keighley town centre road despite conflicting road markings. After resurfacing work on North Street was completed the road was re-painted. But on a stretch of the road in front of HSBC bank, double yellow
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Backlash fear as immigation age limit is immposed
The Government has introduced tougher immigration rules which ministers believe could reduce the number of forced marriages. People aged under 18 will no longer be able to sponsor someone to enter the country for marriage from outside of the European
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Brave Stephanie 'gave it her best'
Family and friends have paid an emotional tribute to a Silsden teenager who died this month after battling cancer. Stephanie McCartney lost her fight against bone cancer on April 1 in St James's Hospital, Leeds. This week her parents Tim and Deborah described
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Huge support for rail trail
Plans to convert a disused railway line into a leisure trail have received overwhelming public support. A major consultation exercise involving people living close to the proposed route - between Queensbury and Cullingworth - showed 98 per cent backing
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Dick, 93, worked to the end
Family and work colleagues have paid tribute to a man who was probably Britain's longest-serving car salesman. Dick Etherington's relatives and many friends were gathered at his funeral yesterday at St John's RC Church, Ingrow. The 93-year-old, who died
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Bus museum will be part of regeneration
Keighley Bus Museum is set to open to the public alongside the planned new £23 million Keighley College. Museum officials are in talks with college bosses and Bradford Council about moving to new premises. A purpose-built museum forms part of ambitious
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Accountaint is a bone cruncher
AN ACCOUNTANT quarrels with his mistress after seeing another man leaving her flat. After the row ends in the woman's accidental death, the man realises he has a ready-made scapegoat. And in this month's Keighley Playhouse production he ensures it is
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Church widens appeal
An historic church organ that was built in 1892 may grind to a halt if funds are not found to renovate it. The Reverend Colin Penfold, of St Paul's Church in Shipley, said the organ may become unplayable if work is not done to repair its pipes and air
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Down Memory Lane
Mr Norman Kelk, of Lawnswood Road, Keighley, has supplied this snapshot of himself as a smartly-uniformed telegram boy in the l940s. He stands at the bottom right in the side entrance to the former Keighley Post Office in Bow Street, with Kenny Fleet
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Special help for addicts in prison
Drug addicts at Armley Jail are to be given acupuncture to help cure their habit. Staff at the prison, which houses many Bradford inmates, are being trained in the alternative treatment, which will become available as soon as the training has been completed
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Group's anger at proposals to shut paths
Bradford Council today came under fire from a conservation body over plans to make it easier to close public footpaths to keep criminals at bay. The Council is considering asking the Government to allow it to close some rights of way in the Little Horton
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Asians switch on to latest gadgets
Bradford's Asian families are at the vanguard of the technical revolution, cramming their homes with more and more of the latest gadgets. Asians are twice as likely as other families to have DVD players and more likely to have PCs, games consoles and
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Bowls: Season takes off
THE Worth Valley bowling programme starts in earnest on Saturday with games in all three divisions -- together with a Doubles League programme. The league's main sponsors for the 2003 season are Hotters Shoes Ltd and Cross Roads are one again hot favourites
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Rugby Union: A team grab thrilling win
Keighley 27 Baildon 25 - Keighley's second string pulled off a dramatic win in the 2nd round of the Skipton Properties Aire/Wharfe Cup. They trailed by 15 points to nil after 20 minutes play through tries for Baildon by Nicholas Lister and Matt Oddy with
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Rugby Union: Keighlians seal victory
Keighley 48 Northallerton 13 - Keighley completed their league fixtures with a comprehensive victory over Northallerton. It was, however, the visitors who provided the early shocks when, assisted by Manchester referee Andrew Daniels erratic interpretation
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Rugby League: Amateur round-up
Keighley Albion 46 Brighouse 20 - An injury-hit Albion side drafted in several second teamers - and a few veterans - to face Brighouse and in the early stages they fell behind to two penalties but Simon Marsden replied by going over in the corner. The
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Cougars: Rookie ref delivers cup blow
ONE TERRIBLE mistake by rookie referee Ashley Klein may have changed the course of the Cougar clash with Batley Bulldogs - and robbed them of a place in the quarter-finals of the Arriva Cup. Gary Moorby's men were the better team for most of the game,
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Rugby League: Challenge Cup hero backs Cougar kids
CHALLENGE CUP hero Kevin Sinfield took time out from his preparations for the big Rhinos v Bulls clash to encourage members of the Cougar Scholarship Scheme. Kevin, the brother of Ian Sinfield, is captain of the Leeds team and kicked the goal that took
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Soccer: Striker gets the England call
BRADFORD CITY'S Keighley-born striker Danny Forrest has been picked for England Under-19s. Danny has been called up for next Thursday's friendly game against Germany in Spiesen-Elversberg. He will join the England squad straight after City's game at Gillingham
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Rugby Union: Tom takes on the world
Thomas Rock helped England Under-19s to a winning start in the FIRA World Cup in Paris. The Keighley Rugby Union star, who is a member of the Leeds Tykes club, scored a scintillating 19th minute try as England opened their campaign with a 30-7 victory
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Golf: Daryl's Euro Tour bid
GOLFER Daryl Lee is set to join golf's elite on the Euro-Pro Tour. Financial backing from local companies, Platinum Rails, the Pizza Ranch, Henry's Bistro, in Skipton, and Paul Royston's Workouts Gym have allowed the former Oakbank School pupil to take
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Cougars: Gary Moorby's diary
WELL that's the end of the line (excuse the pun) for us in the Arriva Trains Cup this year. I feel the competition has been very successful and has produced some cracking games. rumour on the grapevine is that Arriva are very pleased with how the event
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - So often the grass in the other field looks so inviting it's really difficult to resist. Bingley is blessed with a decorative green area, neither too big nor too small, between the shops and the Little Theatre. This is God's Little Acre, splendid
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Back traffic call for future's sake
Keighley & District Travel has identified a number of points which it believes will help ease traffic movements in and around Keighley. Their sensible and, many believe, workable suggestions have been identified to District Highways Officers and West
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Hero Thompson saves the day
Bradford Park Avenue 2, Stalybridge Celtic 1: To lose one goalkeeper may be considered a misfortune, to lose two would be regarded as carelessness. But Avenue overcame the curse of the No1 shirt and their third man in the net, a 40-year-old outfield player
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No Rana but Congs still hammer Cleck
Champions Pudsey Congs sent out a chilling warning to their rivals that they are in no mood to surrender their crown as they opened the Bradford League's Centenary Season with an emphatic ten-wicket win over Cleckheaton. Despite being without their star
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McGrath men tipped for a quick return
Yorkshire ripped through Northamptonshire's batting at Headingley on Sunday to win their opening Championship match of the season by an innings and 343 runs - the third highest innings victory in the club's history. It was an almost unbelievable start
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Volcano is red-hot!
Bradford Bulls 48, Hull FC 24: The sight of Lesley Vainikolo limping around on the left-wing midway through the first half was not a pretty one. The giant Kiwi winger was clearly in a lot of pain and seemed tentative on his feet - not a good sign ahead
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Match report: Bowled over by Gills
Gillingham 1, Bradford City 0: England's cricketers have never done much on the road. Tours to India, Pakistan and South Africa have rarely brought much joy. And as for the Ashes clashes Down Under, just forget it. So the sight of City rolling up in deepest
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Dilemma over rights of way
Most urban districts are crisscrossed with footpaths and snickets which are familiar to local people and often well used by them as short cuts, avoiding busy roads with their traffic noise and exhaust fumes. They are an important network for pedestrians
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Diamond day Down Under
A former Keighley couple who emigrated Down Under over three decades ago have clocked up 60 years of marriage. Jack and Hilda Pickles - now of Geelong, Victoria, Australia - will celebrate their diamond anniversary next Thursday. They left their native
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Wedding: Corcoran - Towers
Married in Barbados were company managing director Paul Joseph Corcoran and local government officer Sandra Brenda Towers. Sandra, former manager at Keighley Access to Training, was given away by her cousin Joseph Pattison, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Phone rivals at war over pricing claims
Phone wars have broken out in Bradford, with BT gunning directly at locally-based rival Telewest. In a startling broadside, the communications giant has taken out newspaper ads accusing Telewest of hiking prices by as much as 20 per cent. BT says its
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Bonny Bonnets
YOUNGSTERS at Lees Primary School celebrated Easter with a parade of bright and brilliant bonnets. Pupils put their thinking caps on and made a variety of colourful, and sometimes comic, Easter bonnets. And school caretaker Matthew Pickard had the tough
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Hats the way to do it
BRIGHT bonnets and Easter chicks were the order of the day for children at Cullingworth Pre-School. Youngsters paraded in their best home made hats and then sang Who Put the Colours in the Rainbow for the assembled mums and dads. The best bonnets were
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Hpe lingers for missing dad
A family is resigned to possibly never seeing a missing loved-one again. But they "live in hope" said Caron Callaghan, who fears bad news about her cousin Paul Jefferson every time a stranger speaks on her telephone. Mr Jefferson, a father of three, has
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Fidel and co fall for best of British
An Oakworth butcher has beaten the Dutch at their own game - and is also breaking down political barriers in one of the last bastions of the communist world. Chris Battle, who owns Jack Scaife butchers, has won two top awards for the quality of his bacon
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Alert after moor fires
Fire chiefs are warning the public to be extra vigilant following a spate of grass blazes. The driest March on record saw fire crews attend a staggering 149 grass fires throughout the Bradford district. The county-wide figure was 874. Firefighters are
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Clampdown on post vote cheats
Police and council chiefs have pledged tough measures to combat postal-vote cheats. The message was issued this week amid fears that some people would try to abuse the system. With several days still remaining until the deadline for applications, over
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Belle of the canal joins the fleet
Aspiring naval officers were on the crest of a wave when they were presented with a new canal cruiser. Keighley Sea Cadets helped launch the latest addition to their training fleet at its naming ceremony at Skipton canal base. The new cruiser, which has
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Ready for the Easter weekend
All ready for the Easter weekend -- Louise Fairburn, four, joins in the fun at Ilkley Road Methodist Church, with her teddy, at a picnic. It was one of the many sun-kissed events throughout the area in the run up to the Bank Holiday. Bikers have bowled
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Action urged on town centre gridlock
A damning picture has been painted of Keighley's traffic-choked town centre. Vehicles often take up to 10 minutes just to travel several hundred metres, it is claimed. Now calls are being made for a major survey in a bid to find solutions to the gridlock
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One Degree Over - and What a Night out!
Sheila Ferguson -- one of the original members of the Three Degrees -- stars in Oh! What a Night, at Bradford's Alhambra Theatre from April 29-May 3
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Sing along with Donny and his dreamcoat
Anything Goes There was a small but appreciative audience at the first night of Sutton Amateurs' production of Anything Goes. This light-hearted musical with well-known tunes by Cole Porter takes place on board the ocean liner SS American, sailing from
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Prior notice of Maddy's return
LEADING folk singer Maddy Prior turns her attention to medieval king Richard I in her latest stage show. Lionheart is an extended song cycle drawing on Maddy's love of history, mythology and tradition. The Steeleye Span singer (pictured below) will also
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - In a war where humanitarian aid was a declared priority, the desperate plight of Iraq's children failed to find significance amidst the scenes of battle. Away from the cameras the devastating impact of war upon children has largely gone unnoticed
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Barbecue sparks moor blaze
A disposable barbecue is believed to have started a three-hour moor fire near Keighley. Two fire crews from Keighley and another from Bingley were called out to the blaze at Catstones Moor, between Cullingworth and Harden, at 6pm yesterday. The appliances
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Severed pig's head found by children
Residents in a Muslim neighbourhood were horrified to discover a severed pig's head near a children's play area. It is strictly against the Muslim religion to touch or eat pork and residents at Thornhill Place, off Leeds Road, Bradford, fear the pig's
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Golf: Around the clubs
Heading off for pastures new this week is Branshaw Golf Club's assistant professional Simon Jowitt. Simon, 21, from Silsden, has taken up a new position as second assistant at Moor Allerton Golf Club in Leeds after five years at Branshaw. "I have enjoyed
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Youngsters flock to become catwalk stars
A little young to be supermodels perhaps, but scores of youngsters took to the catwalk to show off their style in Bradford. They posed with smiles in front of hundreds of people in the city's Kirkgate Centre yesterday, each one showing they have what
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Man, 25, shot in Bradford street
A 25-year-old man was today found in a Bradford street with gunshot wounds to his legs. Police received a call to the scene in the Horton Grange area of Bradford at 12.20am when residents reported seeing the man in the road after he had been shot. Police
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Soccer: Ladies football
KEIGHLEY LADIES clocked up a 2-0 victory over Premier side Norton on Sunday. Norton have been struggling in the top flight and are due to be relegated at the end of the season, but were expected to put up tough opposition for the Keighley side. Anna Spragg
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Soccer: Junior Round-up
Silsden Under-10s A finished off the season with a resounding 9-0 victory at Queensbury. Excellent defensive work from George Barclay and Alistair Halliday, helped Jacob Sullivan keep a clean sheet. Waris Kamal was unlucky not to score as Silsden's goals
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Soccer: Keighley, aire & Wharfe Alliance
BOCKING entertained Wilsden in what turned out to be a totally one-sided match. The home team scored four goals in each half without reply. Dave Nelson, James Lee and David Bainbridge scored two each, there were solo goals from Mick Gilmartin and Garry
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Soccer: Wharfedale Sunday League
Crossflatts only just scraped home when they clashed with mid-table Wrose Albion in midweek. The 'flatts secured a 4-3 victory and are now just waiting to collect the league championship trophy. Boltmakers haven't enjoyed quite as much success, but have
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Soccer: County Amateurs
SILSDEN are through to the final of the West Riding County Cup - and are on course to defend the title they won last year. The go-ahead club swept to a 4-0 victory over Leeds side Horsforth St Margarets on Friday night and now face a tough final battle
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Soccer: Craven League round-up
TWO goals from David Collier sent Oxenhope on their way to the Premier division title. Collier's goals were backed up by a strike from Steve Potts as they beat Cononley 3-0 on Tuesday night to make certain of the title. They had moved to within one point
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Motorsport: Bikers hit the track
EASTBURN bike racer Lee Morton has returned to the track riding in the National Superstock race series. Morton, works for Keighley motorcycle dealer Colin Appleyard, and is backed by his boss on the circuit. He missed the first day of practice at Snetterton
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Cougars: Ready for League blast off
COUGARS blast into the National League season with an Easter double-header against Hunslet tonight and London Skolars at Cougar Park on Easter Monday. Despite going out of the Arriva Trains Cup, thanks to a poor refereeing decision at Batley, coach Gary