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TV spot is just reward for Craig

Craig Harper

8:31am Thursday 12th June 2008

Six months ago Craig Harper was another struggling comic trying to make a name on the northern club circuit.

A smaller taste of Lee’s big tour

9:23am Thursday 29th May 2008

Madcap comic Lee Evans is coming to Bradford this summer, giving audiences a taster of his new biggest UK tour yet.

A dark and dirty world of laughs

Nick Stanley

8:26am Thursday 22nd May 2008

Bradford-born actor Nick Stanley has been forging a new career for himself as a stand-up comic over the past year or so.

Frank Sidebottom's back in town

12:31pm Thursday 8th May 2008

Frank Sidebottom, below, is back on the comedy scene and he'll be tickling the funny bones at The New Beehive in Bradford this weekend.

Frank Sidebottom's back in town

Frank Sidebottom and Little Frank

12:31pm Thursday 8th May 2008

Frank Sidebottom, below, is back on the comedy scene and he'll be tickling the funny bones at The New Beehive in Bradford this weekend.

Paddy wants you to join him on tour...

Phoenix Nights star Paddy McGuinness

8:19am Thursday 17th April 2008

Paddy McGuinness is hitting the road - and he wants you to join him.

Birthday bash is barrel of laughs

1:26pm Thursday 3rd April 2008

Tomorrow night Bradford's New Beehive Inn celebrates a year of stand-up comedy in the Westgate Columbus Comedy Cave.

Lucy Porter's quest to find love is a laugh

11:54pm Wednesday 20th February 2008

Valentine's Day may have been and gone, but comic Lucy Porter still finds herself pondering: What exactly is this thing called love?

Once more for Lock...

6:28am Thursday 21st February 2008

Looking at Sean Lock's itinerary for his forthcoming tour, I noticed that after the show in Galway there are two weeks before the next one in Birmingham.

41st hand laughs with Stewart Lee

Stewart Lee

4:32pm Thursday 14th February 2008

Comic Stewart Lee is kicking off a season of comedy at the West Yorkshire Playhouse this month.

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Market towns tops for house prices

House price growth fell to lowest level for 12 years

Updated 3:06am Saturday 19th July 2008

Home-buyers are prepared to pay more for properties in market towns to benefit from the high quality of life the towns offer, research shows.


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Bradford rocker Tom Bairstow is back beating the drums after a road accident almost cost him one of his kidneys.

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Vanda batters airline over lost bags

Fish and chip shop owner Vanda Bardgett is naming and shaming budget airline Jet2 as she serves customers.

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Gatehaus voted building of year

Flagship Bradford regeneration project The Gatehaus has been voted building of the year at the Bradford District Design Awards.

Defence Secretary Des Browne is visiting British troops in Iraq
Hundreds of MoD laptops stolen

The Ministry of Defence is facing fresh security questions after admitting that 658 of its laptop computers had been stolen over the past four years - nearly double the figure previously claimed.

House price growth fell to lowest level for 12 years
Mortgage lending at two-year low

The rate at which mortgage lending is falling has accelerated as the credit crunch tightens its stranglehold on the market, figures show.

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Chambers loses Beijing Games battle

Sprinter Dwain Chambers has lost his High Court bid to be allowed to compete at next month's Olympic Games in Beijing.

Greg Norman
Norman rolling back the years

Twenty two years after first lifting the Claret Jug, Greg Norman today set a testing clubhouse target in the second round of the 137th Open Championship.

Experienced goalkeeper Nick Colgan rejected a coaching position with Ipswich
Decision day looms for Colgan

Nick Colgan will find out if he has any future with City after tomorrow’s friendly against Bradford Park Avenue.

Menzies joins Bulls 'to win trophies'

Record-breaking Aussie superstar Steve Menzies today told Bulls fans: “I want to do it all again in Super League.”


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