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Valley's digital dream unveiled
Far-reaching plans were revealed today to turn Airedale into Europe's centre of digital communications. And the consultants employed by regional development agency Yorkshire Forward to create the masterplan believe its success could lead the area to
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Take cars off the uninsured drivers
THERE will be more than a few readers who have suffered the distress and considerable financial loss involved in being in a car accident, often without any fault on their part, with an uninsured driver. Offences involving failure to hold a valid insurance
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Further comings and goings at Yorkshire
Darren Lehmann has been selected for Australia's short home series against Sri Lanka and will play his last match for Yorkshire in the championship clash with Leicestershire starting next Friday. Lehmann - who has only just arrived back at the club, along
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Three more fly the City nest
Michael Branch is joining Chester City after all - to be nearer his Merseyside home. City have reluctantly agreed a deal with the Football League new boys for the former England under-21 international. And Rob Wolleaston, another player they had hoped
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Homes planned for pram firm site
A world-famous pram factory site could be transformed into a state-of-the-art housing and commercial development. Leeds-based The Woodford Group is at the early stage of planning to redevelop the old Silver Cross factory site in Guiseley with approximately
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Sex simulation case is halted
A 45-year-old man who was alleged to have breached a restraining order by simulating sex acts with inflatable animals at his bedroom window has had his case halted by a judge. Stefan Halan was due to stand trial yesterday on a charge of breaching the
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Special awards for outstanding teachers
TWO Craven teachers have been honoured in the 2004 Teaching Awards. Janet Lassey, of Settle Middle School, and Catherine Greenbank, of Threshfield Primary, received special commendations at the North of England ceremony. Each was presented with a £250
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Bid to save phone boxes from the axe
OBJECTIONS have been raised after plans were unveiled to remove five pay phones in Barnoldswick. Town councillors want to save at least two of the public phones and have recommended that one of them - a traditional red phone box on Walmsgate - is listed
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Protestors join forces in battle to revive police station
MORE than 40 Silsden residents launched a "Save our Station" campaign outside their dormant police station. Fed up residents joined councillors and representatives from the town's Business Watch to kickstart a campaign to get the site operational, either
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Assault has changed victim's life forever
A WOMAN, who was attacked and sexually assaulted in her wheelchair in Skipton, has spoken of her ordeal in the hope that it will help find the gang responsible. The victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the Herald her life had been changed
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Ex-soldiers develop internet helpline for bullying victims
A FORMER soldier from Cross Hills has set up a website for victims of bullying within the armed forces. Spurred on by his own experience of physical and mental abuse and reports of the deaths of soldiers at Deepcut Barracks, Malcolm Thorn, of Wheatlands
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Friends pay tribute as landlord is found dead
THE body of a young landlord was found in his pub - after locals complained of a smell coming from upstairs. The village of Sutton is in shock after Jamie Stubbs, 26, was found hanged at The Black Bull in Sutton in the early hours of Wednesday by one
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The Curmudgeon
OUR Reverend Rupe is not by any means a violent man. Indeed, he is a patient, forgiving sort of fella, as one would expect of a man of the cloth. But he came very near to boiling point on a hot day in the churchyard this week when the men with the machine
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Why no ceremony to mark D-Day?
SIR - Well, the 60th anniversary of the D Day landings by the allies has come and gone. How did we show the debt we owe for the freedom we have enjoyed for the last 60 years, how did we show our children how much we owe the men who had to go fight and
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Lake and gardens on the way
A £40,000 transformation of Brad-ford's Centenary Square is to start next week as lorry-loads of turf, trees and plants arrive to create a magical garden in the middle of the city. Work to install an eight-metre lake surrounded by 2,300 square feet of
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Pupils' plea on Bradford's plight
A group of young scribes have proved they are in a class of their own after putting pen to paper to urge their parents to support the Telegraph & Argus Save Our City Appeal. Year Five children at Allerton Primary School were asked to produce letters
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Cabbie in sex attack is jailed for three years
A private hire driver who sexually molested a teenage girl in his cab has been jailed for three years. Naseem Abbas, 24, had denied indecently assaulting the 15-year-old girl but was convicted by a jury at Bradford Crown Court earlier this year. Placing
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'Accused cried at scene of murder'
A teenager accused of murdering a Bradford hospital care worker began crying when he saw a police tent at the scene of the killing, a jury heard. A witness told Bradford Crown Court he and the 17-year-old accused saw the tent in the grounds of Undercliffe
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Valley's digital dream unveiled
Far-reaching plans were revealed today to turn Airedale into Europe's centre of digital communications. And the consultants employed by regional development agency Yorkshire Forward to create the masterplan believe its success could lead the area to become
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Craven through the years
100 Years Ago THERE was a shocking tragedy at Eastby where a mother "acting during a fit of insanity brought on by weakness and depression" drowned her four month old baby in the wash tub then drank ammonia to kill herself. The mother had been in "feeble
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Yorkshire's promotion push hits top gear
Yorkshire claimed the extra half hour at Riverside yesterday and went on to crush Durham by 320 runs to register the sixth biggest runs margin win in the club's history. It was their second consecutive championship victory and they headed back down the
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Exciting plans for Airedale
The vision for the future of Airedale put forward by consultants Arup for the valley and its towns is an exciting one. The masterplan is packed with imaginative ideas for business, industry, leisure and transport which would transform the district into
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On this day
In 1935, Jerome Silberman, better known as actor Gene Wilder, was born. In 1981, The Queen opened the Nat West Tower in London, which at the time was the tallest building in Europe. In 1992, Marjorie Robb, "the last Titanic survivor", died aged 103. From
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Provident ready for a bad report
Provident Financial went on the defensive yesterday ahead of an anticipated probe into the home credit industry in which it is the market leader. Bradford-based Provident issued a statement to the Stock Exchange in an attempt to ward off criticism ahead
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Ex-businessman comes to terms with loss of sight
A SKIPTON man with macular disease is hoping more volunteers will come forward so other sufferers can receive the help and support that he has. Christopher Riddiough, of Park Wood, was diagnosed with the disease in 1988 and although he is not completely
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Planning rules headache for dad in the dark
A father-of-two who built a shed in his back garden was stunned when he was told to pull it down or apply for planning permission. Mark Mosley built the six by four foot wooden shed at the back of his home in School Street, Clayton, for his five-year-old
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MP wants to ban forced marriages
Parents who fly their daughters to Pakistan for "forced" marriages should be jailed, an MP said today. Ann Cryer said the possibility of prison would deter parents from threatening girls as young as 12 into living with relatives and preparing to become
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Victory for dad in battle with builder
A dad has won more than £5,000 from a builder who botched an extension for his disabled son. Lawrence Pickering has spent the past three years suing Ashley Deacon, of building contractor J A McConville, over a catalogue of faults he left at his home in
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Postal ballot hailed a success
Bradford's controversial election system has been hailed a success with 51.25 per cent of the district's 330,000 electorate casting their postal vote. But there have been more allegations of electoral irregularities with police today admitting they are
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I want to be a model footballer
A catwalk champ hopes his blossoming modelling career will enable him to start a prestigious football scholarship at a US college. Chris Ndukuba, who was a winner in the Telegraph & Argus Modelsearch 2004 competition last month, has been offered a
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Man who took great pains to get the hang of his job...
Bradford people's careers have taken some of them in strange directions. Few can be stranger, though, than that of James Berry who began his working life looking after the books in his father's wool warehouse, spent eight years as public hangman despatching
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Letters to the editor
Scooters such a noisy nuisance SIR - Summer is here at last. Just fine for sitting out and enjoying one's garden or the sound of birds. Unfortunately, we cannot hear the birds because, come warm weather, we also have music blaring out for the entire weekend
