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Kirby pitches in to reach half-century
One dramatic event followed hard on the heels of another at Scarborough yesterday where 25 wickets crashed and 358 runs were scored on the first day of Yorkshire's championship match against Division Two leaders Worcestershire. Things looked bleak for
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Gray left out of Scottish squad
Andy Gray was today left out of the Scotland squad for next week's friendly in Norway. City's top-scorer last season had been included in the short-list of names for the game in Oslo on Wednesday. But he was not among the 24 names announced today by national
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Let's hear it for the fans!
Fan power can inspire the Bulls to Grand Final glory this season. That is the view of chairman Chris Caisley, who has saluted their magnificent support. And he is now urging supporters to give the Bulls a final push as their quest for double success gathers
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Sad that everyone's a loo-ser
The Disability Discrimination Act is a well-meaning attempt to ensure that disabled people have the same access to public services as the able-bodied. Those services include public lavatories, which must be made accessible to the disabled by October of
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Hotesl on the market after cash crisis
Two flagship Bront country hotels have been placed into receivership because of cash-flow problems. The Five Flags Hotel, at Cullingworth, and Three Sisters Hotel, near Haworth, are being put on the market but are operating normally. Stuart Mackellar
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Magic money
A fundraising dinner has proved to be just magic for Manorlands. The Oxenhope-based Sue Ryder Care hospice was given a cheque for £750 from the Shirley Masonic Lodge, Bingley. The lodge raised the money from a magical dinner it organised at Headley's
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Wedding: Bierley - Avison
A couple who met about 17 years ago while both at Greenhead School, Keighley, have married in Windermere. Anthony John Brierley, a postman, is the eldest son of Marian Brierley. Angela Mary Avison - pa to the operations director at Bradford Teaching Hospitals
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Wedding: Richmond - Withey
Married at Newsholme Manor, Oakworth, were John Graham Richmond and Claire Elizabeth Withey. John is the only son of Kenneth and Mary Richmond, of Keighley, and Claire is the only daughter of Jeffrey and Pamela Withey, of Scarborough. The bride wore a
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Wedding: Storton - Cooper
A bride was driven to church in style - in a vintage Morris. Sharon Louise Cooper was married at St Anne's Church, Keighley, to Dean Russell Storton. Sharon - a telephone customer advisor with the Abbey National - is the eldest daughter of Margaret Cooper
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Firm takes leading role in musical hit
A hit West End musical is about to take to the stage in the Far East - after the props were given a 'passport' by a Bradford firm. Chicago has already won critical acclaim and attracted big box office takings in London and the United States. Now a version
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Wedding: Beaumont - Hennigan
Married in North Yorkshire were Joseph Michael Beaumont and Natalie Jane Hennigan. Joseph - senior aircraftsman at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire - is the eldest son of Ronald and Annette Beaumont, of Riddlesden. Natalie - a staff nurse in Oxford - is
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Biker set for Route 66
Businessman Richard Fikkert is swapping the refined world of beauty care for the macho life when he joins Harley Davidson bikers for a special centenary ride along Route 66, in America, next month. Richard is set to join other enthusiasts from around
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Anger as councillors snub market meeting
Traders have expressed their anger at a no show from local councillors at a meeting to discuss the future of Keighley Market. District councillors from Bradford Council's ruling Tory party, Labour councillors and Keighley MP Ann Cryer were invited to
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PAWEfect trip for youngsters
A group of youngsters from schools in Keighley, Bradford and Huddersfield set off on Monday for a four-night trip to the Lake District as part of the Personal Award For Excellence (PAWE) scheme. The trip is an annual reward for chosen youngsters, who
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Bronte parsonage win's £600,000 battle with taxman
After a 13-year legal wrangle, the Bront Parsonage Museum has won £600,000 from the taxman. The popular tourist attraction in Haworth won the money in a landmark court ruling over its VAT payments. The crux of the battle has hinged on whether the organisation
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Fight goes on over children's home
Feeling in East Morton is still running high this week as residents maintain their opposition to proposals for a children's home in the village. Residents said a packed public meeting last week, with bosses from the social services department, allowed
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Floods: Traders' fury
Businesses in Keighley were counting the cost of the deluge on Monday as many were flooded for a third time in just six weeks. Among those worst hit were premises in Becks Road, off Oakworth Road, where angry business owners had the unpleasant task of
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Project gets royal approval
A nationally acclaimed Keighley scheme has won a royal seal of approval, for the second time. The Russell Street Project, which provides mainly vocational training for several hundred students each year, has received the Duke of York Community Initiative
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Postal service cut to save cash
A post office service is to be cut as part of a "cost efficiency" drive to save money. The callers office at Oakworth Road, Keighley -- where people can collect parcels and buy sundries such as stamps -- will close at 2pm instead of 6pm as of September
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Toy giant attacks Keighley firm
Businessman Chris Cooper thought the multi-billion dollar toystore was playing a game when it demanded he changed his company's name. But the giant American group Toys "R" Us wasn't joking with the company. It was threatening legal action unless Inkjets-R-us
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Students celebrate A-level success
Keighley students are celebrating after chalking-up top-class A-level results. Schools in the area have once again performed well, with most at least matching the national average pass rate. At Oakbank School, retiring head teacher John Roberts was delighted
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Floods: Where are the gully cleaners?
Anger has erupted in the wake of Keighley's flood chaos. Water cascaded into dozens of homes and businesses across the area during Monday's torrential downpour leaving the region's fire service at full stretch responding to calls. Now, as victims still
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Album reviews
Michelle Branch -- Hotel Paper It's a whole world of teenage angst out there and here's another young lady to provide the soundtrack to it. Like a much younger Sheryl Crow (who guests on 'Love Me Like That), Michelle (pictured) is only 19 and this is
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Leeds Reading Festival
The Carling Weekend Leeds August 22nd-24th -- Bramham Park, Wetherby So the venue has shifted but the festival's general set-up hasn't. This year Leeds/Reading hosts some of the biggest names in rock and pop with one of the best cross-sections of styles
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Experiemental band back on music radar
Just a few short years ago, Keighley band Montauk Island was on the verge of hitting the big time with interest from major players including EMI. Then the alternative rockers disappeared completely off the musical radar due to a split, albeit a fairly
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Plea to see the New Delight of artists work
A Haworth man is urging local artists to display work at a Hebden Bridge pub following the success of his own exhibition. Chris McCarthy's summer exhibition has been extended for another month due to its popularity with customers at the New Delight. "
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Daredevils will be dambusters
A 12-year-old Bingley school pupil and her mum will zip 500 feet across a dam for cancer research this weekend. Charlotte George and her mum Sylvia, pictured, will start at the top of the "Dambuster" zipslide - a form of abseil - nearly 200 feet above
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Down Memory Lane
These pupils of Eastwood School put on a Victory tableau in 1945, possibly during Thanksgiving Week that October, when Keighley celebrated with Victory Balls, a Monster Children's Party, a Schools' Festival and a Celebrity Concert in the Ritz Cinema.
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Man jailed for web child porn
A BT employee has been jailed for five months for owning more than 500 indecent photographs of children. Andrew Walters, who lived in Steadmill Way, Thackley, but has since moved to rented accommodation in Manor House Croft, Adel, Leeds, was caught by
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Leg crush victim is walking again
A Bradford schoolboy who lost his leg in a stone yard accident is mobile again thanks to a new prosthetic limb. Michael Wilkinson's right leg was crushed when he was dragged beneath the caterpillar tracks of a mechanical digger as he walked across Russell's
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Publican loses her licence
A Bradford pub licensee has had her licence withdrawn after a court heard how stolen money and a handgun were found on the premises. Police found the money, an automatic pistol and ammunition when they searched the Old King's Head pub in Hill Top Lane
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Baby Marco joins dream in Tuscany
An Otley couple who left Yorkshire to follow their dream in Tuscany have had a baby boy there. The latest fortunes of Sarah and Richard Turnbull can be seen on television over the next five weeks in a new series of the documentary which made them famous
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Stargazers are getting set to see red
Amateur astronomers across Bradford are getting set for a close encounter of the Mars kind. The red planet, half the size of Earth, is on course to get the closest it has been to our planet for the past 60,000 years. But there is no danger of collision
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Axe for 17 public loos
Almost half the public toilets across the district are to be closed down because the Council can't afford to implement stringent new disability laws. Seventeen facilities will shut after a review showed £100,000 would have to be spent converting them
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Golf: Around the clubs
Keighley golfer Alistair Houldsworth has qualified for the Grand Final of the prestigious Golf Foundation Weetabix Age Group Championships. The competition will be played at the Marriott Forest of Arden club on Tuesday and Wednesday next week. Alisatair
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Cougars: Academy take Super League scalp
Cougar Academy 19 London Broncos 16 - The Academy claimed the Super League scalp of London Broncos with a truly sweet victory. Injuries to six of their first choice players forced the Cougars to field their youngest side of the season with nine 17-year-olds
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Cougars: Gary Moorby's diary
Firstly I would like to congratulate the players for their effort last weekend. I had publicly critised our enthusiasm, commitment and desire in recent weeks, and before the game I aksed them to go out and prove to everybody (including themselves) that
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Cricket: Waj is Shield star
Keighley cricketer Waj Ali was star of the Bradford League's Priestley Shield final last Sunday, when he took 5-39 against Hanging Heaton and scored 61 with the bat -- but ended up on the losing side. The 19-year-old business student, who now plays for
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Diver on a Euro high
DIVER Matthew Cowan produced a top performance at the European Junior Championships , but just missed out on a medal. Matthew, of Cross Roads, is a member of the Bradford Esprit diving club and earned his place at the European Championships after a string
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - Although it's probably about time that libraries in Bradford opened on Sundays, I doubt this will be enough to reverse the dramatic decline in library patronage in the district. What strikes me is that this decline, seen across the country, has
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Too much rain claim is just a smokescreen
To say that too much rain fell this week for the gullies and drains to cope with the weight of water is akin to the leaves on the line arguments put forward by the railways. The downpour this week was exceptional and would have caused problems no matter
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Robson says Samba beat is the way to go
Bryan Robson - hero of David Beckham and probably the man most responsible for introducing Brazilians to top-flight English football - proved the star turn at the annual Brazilian Soccer Schools coaches course. The former Manchester United and England
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Champions Baildon prove their point!
The formbook certainly held good in Division One of the Bradford Scratch League. Baildon edged the title by a point from Northcliffe, and league secretary Colin Taylor said: "They had by far the strongest squads, but the title could well have been decided
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Minister impressed by Airedale Hospital
Airedale Hospital has received a clean bill of health for its standards of food and hygiene. A report by the Department of Health says that Airedale NHS Trust has achieved the highest standard of cleanliness and meals. The Steeton trust has been judged
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On This Day
In 1946, Starsky & Hutch star Antonio 'Huggy Bear' Fargas was born. In 1985, Michael Jackson paid $47.5 million for the rights to 250 songs written by Lennon and McCartney. In 1880, the rebuilding of Cologne Cathedral was completed after 632 years
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Diamond delight for dancing duo
A Haworth couple who first met as partners on the dance floor are toasting 60 years of happy marriage. Gladys and Leslie Ratcliffe celebrated their diamond anniversary yesterday. The couple, from Mytholmes Lane, met during a wartime dance at Haworth British
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Wedding: Harbourne - Parkin
Married in Cyprus were Christian Harbourne and Dianne Parkin. Christian - a customer services administrator with the Bradford and Bingley - is the youngest son of Allan and Margaret Harbourne, of Hardwick Street, Keighley. Dianne - an insurance advisor
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Doctor set to take solo country practice
A popular GP is moving on to a fresh challenge after 20 years with a Keighley practice. Dr Neil Wilson will bid farewell to patients and colleagues at Holycroft Surgery at the end of this month. The 51-year-old, from Lothersdale, is taking on the role
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Red faced roofers rescued
Two roofers were rescued by firefighters after getting stuck. The men had been working on a roof in Eel Holme View Street, Beechcliffe, Keighley, when they became marooned. A fire crew from Keighley -- called to the scene late Saturday afternoon -- used
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Army boy's video love costs a bomb
A lovesick soldier serving in Iraq used a video phone for cosy chats with his fiancee -- until being rocked by a £1,500 bill for one month's calls. Christopher Kelly, of Keighley, has now had to take out a bank loan to pay the phone bill after calls to
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Station master survives lightning strike
It is said that lightning never strikes twice. But try telling that to Oxenhope station master Bob Fearnley, who had a truly shocking experience during only his first week on the job. The 37-year-old was going about his normal business at the Keighley
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - Passing briefly through East Morton, I was privileged to be able to attend, along with about 150 others, the meeting held at the village institute concerning the proposed children's home, in Carr Bank. The lynch-mob atmosphere, the compulsion to
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Memorial plan for old colliery
People with reminiscences about Gomersal Colliery are being asked to help contribute to a book about the lives of miners and their families. The book is part of a project to celebrate life at the colliery, which once stood at Nutter Lane in Birstall -
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TT biker's inquest to resume
An inquest into the death of TT ace David Jefferies is set to be resumed in the Isle of Man next week. The Baildon biker was killed in the races on the island in May when his 1,000cc GSXR Suzuki crashed. The 30-year-old died instantly during the second
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Sentenced man 'hung out to dry'
The sister of a former Bradford publican convicted of drugs charges in Thailand today accused the British Government of "hanging him out to dry". Kevin Quill is awaiting his appeal to be heard against a six-year sentence for attempting to smuggle amphetamine
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Families fail in bid for school of their choice
Nearly 300 families have failed to secure a place at a school of their choice for September, new figures reveal. Instead they have been allocated places at less popular secondary schools with spare places. Schools that still have space places for next
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Day of reckoning for A-Level pupils
The waiting ended today for thousands of teenagers across the Bradford district as their A-Level results were finally released. Early signs suggested Bradford schools had enjoyed a bumper year of exam success - reflecting national improvements. According
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Bowls: Yorks Cup hopes evaporate
THE Yorkshire Cup hopes of top local side Cross Roads melted away in the blazing heat at College Grove, Wakefield. They narrowly lost by five points to Mirfield Old Bank A in what was a sad blow for the club and its supporters who saw them make a terrible
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Athletics: Robertshaw's victory
SILSDEN runner Andrew Robertshaw won the first running of the Round Hill Fell organised by Otley Athletics Club. The race started from Timble village, and covered nine miles with 1100 ft of climbing, visiting the summit of Round Hill followed by a circuit
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Mela success
HUNDREDS of people took part in a Sports Mela held at Marley last weekend. The event had been organised by Keighley Kabadi Academy and attracted people from throughout the country, with organisation teams from London travelling north to join the sporting
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Golf: Charity marathon
Phil Robinson celebrated 10-years active life with a marathon golf session. Phil, 42, a rugby league referee, keen golfer and voice of the Cougar Park video team, was fitted with a heat pacemaker 10 years ago and wanted to do something to thank the hospital
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Cricket: Docksey keeps promotion hopes alive
AUSSIE Darren Docksey picked up four wickets as Keighley claimed a thrilling derby victory over Bradford & Bingley. The match continued until almost 9pm as the gathering gloom threatened to bring things to a halt, but Keighley scraped home to pick
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Cricket: CravenLeague round-up
Sweltering heat took its toll on players last weekend -- with drinks breaks the most welcome part of the afternoon. Oakworth crashed at home to next to bottom Haworth WE, losing by 43 runs. The Bronte side batted first and the highlight of their innings
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Cricket: Cowling Cup preview
Oakworth and Cowling battle out the Wynn Cup final at Bradley on Sunday. The formbook suggests it is a one horse race with the Worth Valley side odds-on favourites. They are second in the league although they did slip up last week at home to Haworth WE
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Golf: Jack beats the age barrier
Golfer Jack Emmott chalked up his second county title on Tuesday - 41 years after his first. Jack, who is 67 today, shot a level par 70 at Harrogate Golf Club to win the Yorkshire Seniors championship. He also picked up a trophy as winner of the Yorkshire
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Soccer: Silsden's charity blow
SILSDEN slipped to a 2-0 defeat in the West Riding Charity Shield on Friday. The traditional curtain-raiser to the soccer season was played at Cougar Park, but the Challenge Cup holders began very slowly against Albion Sports, holders of the West Riding
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Richard is in soccer's top 10
RICHARD HEWITT club secretary of Oakworth Juniors took centre stage at the Mellennium Stadium in Cardiff as Manchester United drew with Arsenal in the Community Shield. Richard was one of just 10 national winners of the Football Workforce awards. He was
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Cougars: Simeon banned
SIMEON HOYLE will be out of action for the next two Cougar games after being banned by Rugby League's disciplinary committee. Hoyle was brought before the committee at the game's Red Hall headquarters on Tuesday after being reported for a dangerous tackle
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Cougars storm back
Cougars 35, Workington 6 - GARY MOORBY'S men clocked up a victory the whole Cougar club needed. Although it was far from perfect it was packed with commitment, just what the coach had asked for, and they looked something back to their pre-slump best.
