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Not impressive reading
THE report by the Audit Commission on Bradford's cultural services, although not wholly damning, does not make impressive reading for Ilkley residents. The timing of its publication is particularly apt, given the news about the problems with one of the
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Volcano is keeping cool for Bulls
If Lesley Vainikolo was any more laid back heading into tomorrow's Grand Final the Bulls coaching staff would send for a doctor to check his pulse. For the softly-spoken Pacific Islander, nicknamed The Volcano, the Old Trafford showpiece is just another
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Pirates are scuppered by battling Otley crew
Otley 33 Penzance/Newlyn 6 THE biggest crowd of the season so far were full of praise as Otley once again produced rugby out of the top drawer to sweep aside one of the fancied sides in League One, their forwards once again in control and their big backs
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Burley is left £25,000 in generous villager's will
A wealthy benefactor has left £25,000 in her will to benefit the people of Burley in Wharfedale. Unknown to many in the village Mrs Daphne Sharpe had made annual donations of between £1,000 and £3,000 towards the work carried out by the communcity council
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Charity set to end its long wait
A GUISELEY charity is celebrating winning a seven-year fight to find more land to build homes on for the elderly. Aireborough Flower Fund Homes began its search for a suitable site for more bungalows in 1996, spurred on by a waiting list of people urgently
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Riverside masterplan offers vision of future
A FAR REACHING £36,000 study has been commissioned into the future of Otley's riverside. The masterplan will set out to create an overall strategy for the almost two mile stretch from Otley Sailing Club to Gallows Hill. Commissioned by Otley Town Partnership
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School offers olive branch
A RAWDON school seeking to move to a new site is holding out an olive branch to those who fiercely opposed the move. Rawdon Littlemoor School finally received outline permission to press ahead with a controversial move to council land off New Road Side
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Wedding: Price - Gillson
Married at Kirkpatrick Fleming in Scotland were Mark Price and Joanne Gillson. Mark -- an engineer at Foulds in Keighley -- is the only son of Steve and Margaret Price, of Oakworth. Joanne is the only daughter of Steve and Janet Gillson, of Oxenhope.
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Wedding: Hitchcocks - Proctor
Married at St Mary's Parish Church, Oxenhope, were David Hitchcocks and Charlotte Proctor. David is the only son of David and Heidi Hitchcocks, of Bradford, and Charlotte is the only daughter of Colin and Freda Proctor, of Oakworth. The bride wore a Helen
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Down at heel after long hot summer
Chairman Michael Ziff today admitted his shoe retail firm Stylo had been caught out by the long summer - after failing to stock enough sandals. The Apperley Bridge-based company, which owns the Barratts, Bacons, Saxone, Shellys and PriceLess brands, said
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End this booze culture
By Bethan Davies, (pictured) who recently graduated in English literature from Lancaster University and spent time on work experience at the Keighley News With intense media attention surrounding the antics of drunken revellers, particularly in holiday
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Now fowl play!
Children at Glusburn Primary School were greeted by an oversized chicken to celebrate the end of a football course. Following a five-week coaching course staged by Bradford City Football in the Community, pupils at the school took part in a sponsored
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Smoking ban for bus station
Smoking is to be stubbed out in Keighley bus station following a growing number of complaints from passengers. Transport chiefs have decided that the £3 million Keighley station, which opened two years ago, will become a no-smoking zone before Christmas
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Airman's rail crash escape
A Steeton man who was on the train that crashed at Steeton railway station in 1943 has died just two weeks short of the 60th anniversary of the crash. Jack Cockshott, born and raised in Steeton, died in a Canadian hospital after battling with Alzheimers
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Firework sales crackdown
A crack down has been launched against shopkeepers who flout firework laws. Local Trading Standards chiefs have warned rogue retailers they could face a hefty fine and up to six months in jail. The warning follows complaints, some going back to the start
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Jobs scheme set to clean up
A new scheme has been launched in Keighley to help unemployed 16 to 25-year-olds find work. The Prince's Trust has joined forces with Bradford's YMCA to run a 12-week course from Springfield Mill. Keighley. Bradford YMCA has been running the Volunteers
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Art of a successful open day
Members of an art class which meets at Keighley Disabled People's Centre displayed their work to the public on Tuesday. The group staged an open day at the centre, in Temple Row, with wide range of work, including watercolours and acrylics, on show. Class
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Fight is on to save jobs
A battle has begun to save a long-established Keighley engineering firm from closure. Union bosses vowed this week to do everything they could to prevent the axe falling at Wask. It follows the announcement that manufacturing at the Woodhouse Road site
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Heathcliffe is 'top of the snogs'
Hunky hero Heathcliff has been voted the literary figure women would most like to snog. The character from Emily Bront's Wuthering Heights has come tops in a regional poll of more than 600 women. Behind the survey was the Royal National Institute of the
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Respects paid to Bali bomb victims
WHILE the rugby world cup rages down under, Skipton Rugby Club was represented at one of the game's saddest moments on the tropical island of Bali on Sunday. One year ago to the day, 202 people, mainly Westerners, were killed in a terrorist bomb attack
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Workmen plan to reveal all for OAP centre's calendar
A GROUP of men are planning to reveal all to raise money for a senior citizens' centre in Barnoldswick. The men are planning to pose nude for a calendar to raise money for refurbishments at the Frank Street OAP Centre, in Barnoldswick. Dianne Hodkinson
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Businesses damaged in separate blazes
FIREFIGHTERS were called to two separate blazes that took hold of businesses in Barnoldswick over the weekend. Four fire engines from Barnoldswick, Earby and Nelson were called to a fire at Carlson Filtration's dispatches department in the early hours
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Mill development will go-ahead despite fire
A MAJOR fire at a disused mill in Bradley will not alter plans for its conversion, according to developers Novo Homes. Skipton firefighters were called to the blaze at the former cotton mill, known locally as Fray Mill, just before midnight last Tuesday
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Villagers hit out at 'abandoned' vehicles
INDISCRIMINATE parking at Horton-in-Ribblesdale during the recent Three Peaks Cyclo-Cross event led to a fire engine struggling to reach a property, the parish council heard. Now councillors are to meet with the police and cyclo-cross organisers to stop
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Detectives praised for robbery investigation
TWO detectives from Skipton have been commended for their part in catching and convicting a team of robbers. Martyn Woodley and Steve Menzies were part of a 10-strong team tasked with finding the criminals responsible for a series of bank, building society
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Contractors start work on £1.6m refurbishment at Devonshire
WORK has begun on the £1.6 million refurbishment of Skipton's Devonshire Hotel to turn it into a JD Wetherspoon pub. And if everything goes to plan the pub, to be called The Devonshire, should open on March 7. The contractors are Manchester firm Tarmac
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Church says farewell to retiring rector
CANON Chris Hayward, rector at St Michael and All Angels' Church, Linton-in-Craven, is to retire. He will hold his last service on Sunday before retiring to Burley-in-Wharfedale with his wife, Ann. Mr Hayward, 65, moved to the parish in March 1992 and
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Town manager could be appointed for Skipton
A TOWN manager could be appointed in Skipton to support the delivery of the renaissance plan. The idea was discussed at a town council meeting last Thursday, but mayor Paul English said the post had been in the pipeline for the last 18 months to two years
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Urgent action taken after headstones fail safety test
EIGHTY per cent of the headstones inspected at Skipton's Waltonwrays Cemetery have failed safety tests, Craven District Council has revealed. A survey by specialist external contractors concluded the headstones represented a danger to visitors to the
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Veteran reporters share experiences and attract crowds
TWO distinguished television news reporters were the latest authors to pass on their wisdom at the Ilkley Literature Festival. On Saturday afternoon former BBC foreign correspondent and Independent MP Martin Bell talked about his new book at the Ilkley
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TV couple take time out from Tuscany
THEY ARE glad to be here but the Wharfedale couple who have famously made their home in Tuscany are certainly going back. Richard and Sarah Turnbull, formerly of Bradford Road, Otley, are back in Wharfedale for a two-week whirlwind visit of family, friends
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Soccer star's wife makes marathon charity run
A FORMER professional footballer from Menston has literally given the shirt off his back to support his wife's New York Marathon run. Linda Hendrie, of Whiddon Croft, will be joined by her neighbour, Debbie Holmes, when she sets off in the Big Apple race
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Public makes its views known on future of hospital
PATIENTS are continuing to ask questions about a future replacement for Ilkley's Coronation Hospital in the final stages of public consultation. Space for car parking, and details of moving services to the Abbeyfield Integrated Care Development in Ilkley
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Cash ruling has band on the run
A TWENTY-five year long tradition of inter-generation music making in Ilkley will come to an end because of new funding rules. The award winning senior concert band of Ilkley Music Centre has been told by Education Bradford officials it can no longer
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Letters to the Editor
Public's views on riverside are needed SIR, - Many people in Otley feel that as a town we don't make the most of our riverside, so Otley Town Partnership has commissioned Spawforth Associates to produce a vision and plan for the whole of the riverside
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All aboard for music and beer
You'd think folk fans would be among the least likely music lovers to get steamed up. But they will this weekend at the first folk 'n' beer festival on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. There will be live music, real-ale, morris dancing and special
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Lionel is a real Horror story
Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera Ruddigore concerns the ghostly past of the Murgatroyd family of East Riddlesden Hall. As a result productions of the show have been traditionally set a few hundred years in the past. Not so Haworth West Lane Baptist
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - Re the story headlines 'Autistic Boy, 6, is turned away from chosen school'. Whilst Laith Azeez is having difficulty at the moment getting his designated place at Denholme Primary, at least the opportunity is there for those with autism to be able
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Resident pleads for forum attendance
SIR - Community forum meetings are once more happening, and this is the public's chance to make their views known on such issues as rate increases, crime and education. It's important in a democracy that as many people as possible take part, so please
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Letters to the Editor
The EU certainties that are worrying SIR, - I have read with some interest Paul Langan's article regarding the EU, issue dated October 9. It was quite informative and ebullient. He mentions that with the enlargement, after the inclusion of the future
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Priest looks forward to his new job
The Canon pastor at Bradford Cathedral is to take the helm at a Bingley church. The Reverend Derek Jackson has been appointed as priest-in-charge of All Saints church, Bingley. He will work as team rector of the Bingley Team Ministry, which comprises
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Double from versatile Dibb eases the nerves for the Trojans
Burley Trojans 4, Harold Styans 2 Trojans bounced back from their cup setback to register an important league victory which sees them leapfrog their opponents into eighth place in the Premier Division. Once again Trojans made their supporters experience
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Otliensians get big boost from fine victory
Old Otliensians 23, Wakefield Cougars 13 Old Otliensians entertained Wakefield Cougars last Saturday in another league encounter, desperately looking for points to boost their tally in Yorkshire Division Four. Otliensians were able to field a much stronger
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Guiseley have a striking problem
Prescot Cables 1, Guiseley 0 GUISELEY fell to another narrow defeat when they visited league newcomers Prescot Cables on Saturday. They succumbed to a 56th minute penalty after having an early strike by Scott Jackson disallowed although everyone behind
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Down Memory Lane
A recent "Down Memory Lane" photograph of local Volunteers returning from the Boer War in 1901 has prompted Mrs Elsie Steele, of Fairway Crescent, Haworth, to seek out these family heirlooms in the shape of a menu and invitation to a banquet the following
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Niamh's family say thanks!
The family of a three-year-old girl battling a rare form of cancer have raised £5,500 for the Candlelighters Trust - and hope that it is just the start. Marie Sedgwick, of Moor Lane Close, Queensbury, and six friends completed a 50-mile sponsored walk
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Party time as work starts on mill's new life
Hundreds of jubilant people will take to the streets of Manningham on Sunday marching behind the first bulldozers to roll into historic Lister's Mill. The marchers will meet to celebrate the beginning of a scheme to build luxury new flats which has taken
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Man, 24, guilty of sex with girl, 12
A 24-year-old man has been remanded in custody to await sentence after a jury found him guilty of having sex with a girl half his age. After an hour's deliberation a jury at Bradford Crown Court yesterday convicted Delwar Hussain on two charges of indecent
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Endeavour is the word for success
Naming a narrowboat Endeavour reflected the determination of a disability group to succeed against the odds, said disability minister Maria Eagle. Miss Eagle officially named the vessel - commissioned by Skipton & Craven Action for Disabled - at a
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Firefighter strippers are hot stuff!
Firefighters from Bradford have stripped off and lined up for some red-hot dates to raise cash for charity. Most of Bradford's Red Watch at the city's Central Fire Station have taken part in producing a fundraising calendar for 2004, which sees them in
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Walker dies after fall from crag
A 33-year-old-year-old Skipton man has died after he fell 100ft down a crag in the Dales. The man, who was an experienced walker, was taken to Leeds General Infirmary with serious head and chest injuries and a broken leg. He was well equipped and out
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End of an era for patients' watchdog
Members of a patients' watchdog reached the end of an era when they met for the final time yesterday. Bradford Community Health Council is to be axed on December 1 by the Government after 29 years putting patients' needs first. Part of the CHC's role
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Anti-drugs campaign scores a century
People in Bradford have helped police score a century and charge 100 people thanks to their Dob in a Dealer drugs hotline. Since the start of the scheme in August last year, 100 people have been arrested and charged by Bradford District Drugs Team for
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Labour Liz triumphs over Tories
Labour snatched Great Horton ward from the Tories in last night's by-election to become the largest party on Bradford Council. Labour candidate Liz Devlin, pictured, took the seat with a majority of 162 votes over the Conservative's Richard Milczanowski
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Speeding 999 driver's case dropped
A charge of speeding against a Bradford ambulance driver who was travelling at more than 100mph while delivering a liver for a transplant patient has been dropped. Mike Ferguson, was due to go on trial next week after being charged earlier this year.
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Table Tennis: Keighley & District League
The start of the season for the Keighley & District Table Tennis League brings with it the most fundamental change to the game of its entire history. The introduction of an 11 up best of 5 scoring system to replace the old 21 up best of 3 may serve
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Rugby League: Albion fly county flag
Albion are through to the last 16 in the Yorkshire Cup after beating fellow premier league side Westgate Redoubt . The Keighley side had to draft in several second team players due to holidays, injuries and work commitments and responded magnificently
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Rugby Union - Tough battle at Utley
Keighley 23 Malton & Northon 27 - In another improved display Keighley narrowly failed to overcome an efficient and unbeaten Malton & Norton side in an exciting match at Utley. The home side enjoyed territorial advantage for much of the game before
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Soccer: Wharfedale Sunday
Sandy Lane ran riot with a 12-goal rout of Esholt Victoria in the Wharfedale Sunday League. The one sided game saw four goals from R Hibbett, two from M Danconvich and a goal each from C Birk , A Fester, B Amelia, J Smith, A Weatherhead and A Ainsworth
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Soccer: Junior round-up
Silsden Under-7s A went 1-0 down in a tight first half at home against Wyke before Patrick Lee brought them level just after the break. Callum Hey scored the first of his two goals but the away side came back before finally going down 3-2. Dominic Mortimer
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Soccer: Silsden hit FA Vase trail
SILSDEN take their FA Vase campaign to Alsager tomorrow -- when they compete in the first round proper of the competition. Hundreds of fans are due to make the journey to the NW Counties club with two coaches and dozens of cars making the journey down
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Cougars: Rammy's last goodbye
COUGARS are to hold a bumper party night to celebrate their Grand Final victory - when New Zealand A play National League 2 on Wednesday. The international fixture was arranged long before Cougars clinched promotion to Division One, but is the ideal time
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Pawson maintains proud tradition in Scotland
SKIPTON Athletics Club's ever growing list of title wins was further enhanced at the weekend thanks to a virtuoso performance from Jonathan Pawson, who won the British Isles Under 14 Fell Racing Championships. Pawson, who lives at Flasby, pulled off his
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Skipton swimmers set new standards
SKIPTON Dolphins squad swimmers were in action at the Yorkshire Amateur Swimming Association Age Group Championships at Pond's Forge, Sheffield last weekend and the cascade of personal best times posted in a tremendous team effort underlined the rapid
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Referee crisis reappears in Craven FA cup
THE refereeing crisis which is blighting all sections of local soccer at the moment bites as hard in the Craven District as anywhere, with matches regularly needing to be staffed by team officials to get them played. Tomorrow the situation will probably
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Council criticised for lack of cultural facilities in Ilkley
COUNCIL-run cultural services in Ilkley have been heavily criticised in a report by a Government watchdog. A team of inspectors from the Audit Commission gave Bradford's district-wide cultural service a one star out of a possible three rating. While a
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Cash ruling has band on the run
A TWENTY-five year long tradition of inter-generation music making in Ilkley will come to an end because of new funding rules. The award winning senior concert band of Ilkley Music Centre has been told by Education Bradford officials it can no longer
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First National League point for Rhydding
Ben Rhydding 1 , Bedford 1 Ben Rhydding Ladies claimed their first National League point with a hard fought draw against an experienced Bedford side on Saturday. Aided by some vocal home support, Ben Rhydding were made to work from the outset, and put
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Reserves let result slip away
Clifford & Bramham 1, Ilkley Reserves 1 As Ilkley rushed back from Clifford to catch the start of the England-Turkey game, they had the time to reflect on how they had not managed to win this game after almost complete domination. It was certainly
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Hard-fought victory for Ilkley FC
Ilkley 2 , Boroughbridge 1 Back to league action and a hard-fought victory for the Booth's sponsored Ilkley who had debutant Jamie Barrow to thank for two second-half goals that stole the points from a spirited Boroughbridge team. The recent feast or
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How does Otley see the future of the riverside?
OTLEY'S Partnership Group has brought in consultants to look at an almost two-mile stretch of the town's riverside. The feeling is that not enough is made of the riverside and that there is potential for so much more. But what should be done? Otley once
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Craven through the years
100 years ago SETTLE Rural District councillors were asked to send details of roads where cars should be prohibited or restricted. The clerk reported that West Riding County Council had the power to declare certain roads closed to motor cars (an interesting
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Fight to stop business closure
Some you win, some you lose. That could be a cynical view looking at the two business issues this week. The good news is that the long-established textile company Woodrow Universal Limited is to consolidate all of its manufacturing in Cross Hills. The
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Safety is a price we have to pay
NEWS that 80 per cent of the headstones at Skipton's Waltonwray Cemetery are dangerous will come as a shock to many. It was only three years ago that a six-year-old boy was tragically killed when a five-foot headstone collapsed on him at a cemetery in
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Bulls: Withers returns at perfect time
Bradford's hat-trick hero from the 2001 Grand Final drubbing of Wigan, Michael Withers says he feared for his career when his rehabilitation from a third operation on a persistent abductor muscle problem was failing. "There were low times," said Withers
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Bulls: Big Joe heading for Grand Final showdown
Big Joe Vagana will be carrying on his massive shoulders the hopes of a city, as well as hosts of Wigan tacklers, when he bashes his way down the middle of the Old Trafford pitch tomorrow. Two of the men trying to stop him, his opposites in the front
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Nicky's apology to Bantams fans
Nicky Summerbee has said sorry for swearing at City fans. Summerbee was today writing letters of apology to supporters who complained following his four-letter outburst in the Crewe match. The winger has expressed his regret for the incident, which happened
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Veteran reporters share experiences and attract crowds
TWO distinguished television news reporters were the latest authors to pass on their wisdom at the Ilkley Literature Festival. On Saturday afternoon former BBC foreign correspondent and Independent MP Martin Bell talked about his new book at the Ilkley
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No joke, Alexei shows he is 'proper and serious'
AROUND 200 people were at the Ilkley Playhouse on Saturday night to hear Alexei Sayle read from and discuss his 'first proper serious' novel, Overtaken. The Wildman Theatre is a suitably intimate venue for an audience to feel that authors are giving less
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TV couple take time out from Tuscany
THEY ARE glad to be here but the Wharfedale couple who have famously made their home in Tuscany are certainly going back. Richard and Sarah Turnbull, formerly of Bradford Road, Otley, are back in Wharfedale for a two-week whirlwind visit of family, friends
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Eyesore fear for disused school
CONCERNED residents are calling for urgent action to stop a closed Otley school from becoming an eyesore. The former Thomas Chippen-dale Primary School, which closed in August last year, is to be sold off by Leeds City Council and its playing fields preserved
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Scrap metal wagon overturns and causes traffic chaos
TRAFFIC was diverted thro-ugh Pool in Wharfedale and Otley last week after a 38-tonne lorry overturned at Old Pool Bank. The accident happened at the Bar House corner, near the turn-off for Old Pool Bank road, at 5.45am on Thursday, October 9, and involved
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Protesters make their point loud and clear
MORE than 300 people marched through Otley at the weekend to protest against gravel lorries using the town centre's roads. Residents, town councillors and children all took part in Saturday's march which followed the route of the HGVs down Newall Carr
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John gives shirt off his back for Big Apple bid
A FORMER professional footballer from Menston has literally given the shirt off his back to support his wife's New York Marathon run. Linda Hendrie, of Whiddon Croft, will be joined by her neighbour Debbie Holmes when she sets off in the Big Apple race
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Police accused by ex-officer
A former scenes of crime officer is criticising the police for its investigation into a fire at one of Burley-in-Wharfedale's most well-known landmarks. The blaze at the Roundhouse in April caused more than £20,000 worth of damage - but no forensic examination
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Hundreds march as lorry protest gets MP's support
HAROLD Best MP is pressing ahead with a total lorry ban for Otley. Mr Best said yesterday his ultimate aim was to prevent lorries, with the exception of those based in the town and those making deliveries, from using Otley as a short cut to major routes
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Patients must have a voice
The chairman of the axed Bradford Community Health Council, Mr Les Vasey, has every right to be proud of its work over the last 29 years. Among the significant improvements to which it has made a major contribution have been the acceptance by hospitals
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On This Day
In 1880, cheese company co-founder Charles H. Kraft was born. In 1962, The Beatles made their first TV appearance on Granada TV's People and Places show. In 1985, the House of Lords voted to allow doctors to prescribe contraceptives to girls under 16
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Wedding: Boden-Johnson - Rowe
Married at Hagerstown in the USA were Jamie Matthew Boden-Johnson and Kristi Leigh Rowe. Jamie - formerly employed at Harrison and Clough in Keighley - is the only son of Lawrence David and Stephanie Ann Johnson, of Long Lee Terrace, Keighley. Kristi
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Wedding: Ettenfield - Grange
Married at Keighley register office were Derek John Ettenfield and Susan Grange. Derek -- an engineer at Olicana in Ilkley -- is the younger son of Arthur and Vera Ettenfield, of Keighley. Susan -- a housewife -- is the only daughter of Ray and Ivy Broughton
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Budding stars go through their paces
Possible future England international footballers were put through their paces at a Keighley school this week. Pupils at Parkwood Primary School took part in a football community programme, the Schools Football initiative, on Monday. Children at the school
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Playground pupil power
Pupil power will have its say in how a new £40,000 village playground is set up. The 97 pupils at Stanbury Primary School are to vote on which of four alternative schemes they would like. The ballot will take place on Friday, October 24, the day after
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Tractor run pulls in cash
Vintage tractors took to the streets of Bront country at the weekend. Thirteen vehicles converged on the Worth Valley on Sunday for a fundraising run. It is hoped the event will raise about £1,000 once all sponsorship money has been collected. The cash
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Super shopper opens new-look store
Stalwart shopper Kathleen Smith had more reasons to call at Morrisons on Monday -- because she was opening it! She was invited by the supermarket giant to cut the ribbon at the revamped Keighley store. Her husband, Colin, had secretly written to the company
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Tribute to sporting stalwart
A DOUBLE funeral service was held for brothers-in-law Bill Spencer and Harry Carr after they died within two days of each other last week. The service was held yesterday at St Mary's Church, Riddlesden. Mr Spencer, 81, was a former director of Keighley
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Campaigners work will live on
CHARITY campaigner Jackie Dennis has died just 12 weeks after taking part in a 'Race for Life' to raise money for cancer charities. Jackie, 42, from Haworth, was already very ill with non-Hodgkins Lymphoma - a form of cancer - when she was joined by over
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Police slammed by pensioner
A 73-year-old pensioner has slammed police for time wasting after she was threatened with being arrested for refusing to return a training shoe to a five-year-old boy. The woman, from Haworth, who we are not naming, said the incident began when someone
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Emotional moment as Love Tree is axed
THORNTON-in-Craven was brought to a standstill this week as its landmark Love Tree came under the axe. Villagers looked on as the lime tree, which is thought to be more than 200 years old, was felled by Gargrave tree surgeon Jonathan Strange on Wednesday
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Death knell sounds for post office proposals
SKIPTON MP David Curry does not hold out much hope that Glusburn will get its sub post office back. Mr Curry had answered a call from Jill Wright, chairman of the Glusburn Institute Management Committee, to look into the possibility of re-establishing
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Village looks at employing toilet warden
SUTTON Parish Council is looking at ways to stamp out vandalism in the revamped park. The council has spent a lot of money on the park, but the new toilet area was mindlessly vandalised within a week of completion. The old toilets situated near the two
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Choir seeks songs from the Dales
THE newly formed Settle Voices community choir wants to hunt out traditional and modern songs about life in the Dales. The choir evolved from a series of free singing workshops organised last autumn by Craven College and Yorkshire Dales Workshops. The
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Community's new bus link takes to the road
A NEW bus service linking villages and towns in North Craven will be free during its first week. The transport will be free for one week only, starting on Monday October 20. The North Craven Taxibus and Settle Area Stationlink was launched on Tuesday
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Town hall work will raise council tax bills
MEMBERS of the public crammed into Bentham Town Hall to voice their concerns about a proposal to refurbish the building. The public meeting was called by Bentham Town Council, which plans to fund the refurbishment by adding an additional £25 a year to
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Oxfam moves to new shop
OXFAM has moved base to a bigger property at the corner of Skipton High Street. The shop had its official opening on Wednesday and there was steady stream of customers turning out to view the new property with coffee and cakes on offer. The first Oxfam
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New brewery celebrates festival win
REAL ale drinkers have raised their glasses to a new brew from the Dales by voting it the top tipple at a leading West Yorkshire beer festival. Folly Ale, from the newly-launched Wharfedale Brewery at Hetton, outshone more than 100 other traditional beers
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Minister names SCAD boat
GOVERNMENT minister for the disabled Maria Eagle was at Skipton Canal Basin for the naming ceremony of a new barge, purchased by the Skipton and Craven Action for Disability. The boat, called Endeavour, is a replacement for the charity's old boat which
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"Unsung heroes" win special jubilee award
THE "unsung heroes" who rescue victims of accidents on the moors within a wide radius of Grassington received a rare accolade from the Queen. The Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire and royal representative in the county, Lord Crathorne, presented the
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Walker dies in hospital after crag fall
A SKIPTON man has died after he fell 100ft down a crag. The 33-year-old man, who was an experienced walker, was taken to Leeds General Infirmary with serious head and chest injuries and a broken leg. He died in hospital two days later. Police say the
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No wind farms in beauty spots, demands CPRE
A national campaign has issued a challenge to the Government to prevent the building of wind farms in areas of natural beauty, such as Ilkley Moor. The Campaign to Protect Rural England is warning that the Government's push for renewable energy could
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Axe hovers over High Street trees
TREES on the High Street are withering away and were probably doomed since the day they were planted. These were the findings of the Craven Tree Trust, which looked into the possibility of replacing the trees on Skipton's main street. There are 14 trees
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Silver-haired Jacqueline is our fairy godmother, not a witch!
With her silver hair and black clothes Jacqueline Wilson jokes she could be mistaken for a wicked witch. But her hordes of young fans could not disagree more - to them she will always be the fairy godmother. The prolific children's writer has a veritable
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No joke, Alexei shows he is 'proper and serious'
AROUND 200 people were at the Ilkley Playhouse on Saturday night to hear Alexei Sayle read from and discuss his 'first proper serious' novel, Overtaken. The Wildman Theatre is a suitably intimate venue for an audience to feel that authors are giving less
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Events bring wider canvas to artists
ARTOLICANA, the Ilkley based Art Organisation headed by Geoff Benson, has established an important initiative for artists and it is proving highly successful. With many years experience of selling art and staging art exhibitions, Artolicana has created
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Bradford Council presses for changes in High Royds plans
BRADFORD Council is to ask for several major changes to plans for a controversial housing scheme at Menston's old High Royds Hospital site. Councillor Chris Greaves sketched out the comments the authority has made to The Raven Group's 560-home proposals
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Burley is left £25,000 in generous villager's will
A wealthy benefactor has left £25,000 in her will to benefit the people of Burley in Wharfedale. Unknown to many in the village Mrs Daphne Sharpe had made annual donations of between £1,000 and £3,000 towards the work carried out by the communcity council
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'Worse than my worst nightmare'
It was the stuff of her worst nightmares and most wonderful dreams. When Pauline Brown decided to trek through the Andes in aid of charity nothing could have prepared her for the gruelling challenges she was about to face. Gasping for breath and desperately
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Council criticised for lack of cultural facilities in Ilkley
COUNCIL-run cultural services in Ilkley have been heavily criticised in a report by a Government watchdog. A team of inspectors from the Audit Commission gave Bradford's district-wide cultural service a one star out of a possible three rating. While a
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The Curmudgeon
THE Great Beggarsdale Blackout Party (GBBOP) took place last weekend and what a gas it was. It was helped in that particular area because some of the wrinklier guests turned up in gas masks. To them, you see, blackout meant The Blitz. To me and some of
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Skyrac athletes tackle the Langdale Horseshoe fells
The Langdale Horseshoe last Saturday (14 miles, 4000 feet) attracted the cream of fellrunning as the final counter in both the English Championship and the Lakeland Classics series, the latter co-sponsored by Skyrac's Graham Breeze. The weather was poor
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Injury-hit Otley Town unable to convert host of chances
Otley Town 1 ,Brighouse 2 On Saturday Otley Town entertained Brighouse who were joint top of the Premier Division. It was a classic game of two halves with Brighouse enjoying most of the first-half supremacy but Otley were far the better team for the
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Pirates are scuppered by battling Otley crew
Otley 33, Penzance/Newlyn 6 THE biggest crowd of the season so far were full of praise as Otley once again produced rugby out of the top drawer to sweep aside one of the fancied sides in League One, their forwards once again in control and their big backs
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Hunt for park sex attacker
Police are investigating an alleged serious sex attack in Hall Park, Horsforth. Police believe a 19-year-old woman was attacked by a man she had arranged to meet on Tuesday evening. Investiga-tions are at an early stage and inquiries are ongoing. Police
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'Scooters make our lives a misery'
Residents in a Bradford village say their lives are being made a misery by youngsters who tear up and down the streets on power scooters. And Baildon Community Council is urging young people to keep off the roads before there is a fatal accident. Member
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Traders furious at street market plan
Keighley market traders are angry that Bradford Council plans to hold a street market in adjacent Low Street. They say the November 20-22 market will snatch their regular customers and skim off Christmas trade. And traders believe Council cash spent on
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'Why did you kill my brother?'
The sister of a murdered Bradford man is to write to his killer to ask: "Why did you do it?" Craig Goulding is serving a life sentence after he admitted murdering 34-year-old David Hill during a street brawl. But Mr Hill's sister Carole Mathers said she
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MP calls for action on prison overcrowding
A Bradford MP is calling for more imaginative solutions to overcrowding in prisons, following a report that Armley jail has 60 per cent more prisoners than there should be. MP Marsha Singh spoke of his concerns shortly before the results of an unannounced
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The road to city's future starts here
Work has started on a £6 million scheme to breathe new life into the "gateway into Bradford". Workmen have moved in to dig up Leeds Road in the first phase of a two-year regeneration programme. The facelift will see Leeds Road between Birksland Street
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Mosque leader 'wouldn't hurt a fly'
A jury has heard how a mosque leader accused of hitting a young boy was a respected man who would not hurt a fly. Ayub Ibrahim Khalifa is alleged to have hit the boy repeatedly with a bamboo stick at the Masjid Uzman mosque in Upper Seymour Street, Bradford
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City masterplan attracts public interest
Public interest in the future regeneration of Bradford city has far exceeded expectations, according to regeneration organisers. A blueprint for future schemes was unveiled to the public on Wednesday. And staff from the Bradford Centre Regeneration team
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'Schools underfunded' claim
A Bradford secondary school would be £300,000 a year richer if it was in Birmingham, a head teacher told an inquiry into education finances. Vince McNicholas, head of Yorkshire Martyrs Catholic College, said he had compared funding available to schools
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Judge's dismay over addict policy
A senior Bradford judge has spoken of his frustration over the consistent failure of court orders aimed at weaning addicts off drugs. His comments came as figures revealed that about 95 per cent of criminals sentenced to Drugs Treatment and Testing Orders
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'Bullfight' for Rugby League friends
One started going to matches with her dad when she was five. The other worships the ground prop forward Stuart Fielden runs on. They're both big rugby league fans and usually best of pals. But tomorrow at 6.30pm housemates Ruth Grundy and Laura Blackledge
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Cycling: Tim springs surprise
TIM GILL of Aire Valley Cycles won Yorkshire Road Club's hillclimb event at Weardley Bank, near Poole in Wharfedale. Gill, covered the 1,200-yard course in 2min 5secs to beat Derby based rider James Dobbin by seven tenths of a second.
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Soccer: Ladies round-up
Silsden Ladies continued their great start to the season with a 9-0 victory over Farsley Celtic Ladies in the new West Riding County Womens League. The home team dominated the first half creating chance after chance and took their goals well. Farsley
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Soccer: Sunday Alliance
Keighley Athletic 14 Fleece 2 - Despite being under strength Athletic were too strong for a nine-man Fleece outfit. Fleece were without their regular keeper and also had players out of action with injuries and due to holiday commitments and attempted
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Soccer: County Amateur League
Silsden entertained Littletown in the WR County Amateur League on Saturday for only their second home league game of the season -- and pulled off a 2-1 win. They were slow to start, perhaps their minds were on this weekend's FA Vase encounter with Alsager
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Motorsport: Matt takes 600cc title
SILSDEN Formula 600 rider, Matt Horne, finished the 2003 championship in fine style at Snetterton. He led the championship from the first round, but bike trouble and a big crash in the penultimate round at Mallory Park saw a comfortable lead of 25 points
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Soccer: City snap up young stars
SCHOOLBOY footballers Thomas Allmark and Ryan Cox have been snapped up by Bradford City. They were both members of Oakworth Juniors and will be training - and playing - with the City development scheme teams. Both boys are also pupils at Nessfield School
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Skipton, Ribb are cup favourites
WITH six Yorkshire teams having won the RFU Junior Vase currently sponsored by Powergen and Skipton having reached the semi-final stage last season, there is plenty of incentive for the Sandylands men when they entertain Whitby in the second round tomorrow
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Hodgson injury is body blow for Green
WHARFEDALE hopes of pulling off a shock win tomorrow in the Powergen Cup Round Four match against Pertemps Bees at The Avenue suffered a body blow when they lost their most potent attacking weapon, skipper Andy Hodgson. The full-back has suffered a recurrence
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'Worse than my worst nightmare'
It was the stuff of her worst nightmares and most wonderful dreams. When Pauline Brown decided to trek through the Andes in aid of charity nothing could have prepared her for the gruelling challenges she was about to face. Gasping for breath and desperately
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Ilkley Harriers compete over the country and fells
On Saturday the cross-country season continued with the first event in the West Yorkshire Cross-Country League at Halifax. In the Ladies race Ilkley Harriers had: 22, Alison Bennett 22:06; 26, Cath Wolfenden 22:33; 44, Di Kitchen 24:35. And for the men
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Double from versatile Dibb eases the nerves for the Trojans
Burley Trojans 4, Harold Styans 2 Trojans bounced back from their cup setback to register an important league victory which sees them leapfrog their opponents into eighth place in the Premier Division. Once again Trojans made their supporters experience
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Ilkley beat Ripon with blistering try spree
Ilkley 59, Ripon 13 Even the more one-eyed of Ilkley supporters - and there are a few - could not but feel some apprehension as Nick Bell led his team out at Stacks Field on Saturday. After a severe mauling at the hands of West Park the week before, even
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - Alsops Architects with the Urban Regeneration Company and Bradford Council have presented a bold, creative, imaginative and, yes, aspirational picture of what our city could look like in the future. Now it's time for Bradfordians to be bold and
