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• Theatre: Stephen's happy to be home

  Brother and sister Stephen and Letitia Dean will pass through Bradford like ships that cross in the night.

• Theatre: Wives may make merry at the Mill

  In the late spring of 1993 Barrie Rutter's newly-formed theatre company Northern Broadsides was rehearsing The Merry Wives of Windsor in one of the big empty upper rooms at Salts Mill.

• Rock: Festival's heady brew of bands

  Somehow Wood-stock wouldn't have felt the same if it had been brought to you by Burger King.

• Capital showcase for Spotlight kids

  Twenty-two pupils of the Allerton-based Spotlight Stage school have been chosen to appear in a one-off charity show in London's West End at the end of June.

• Scouts go Batty to raise cash!

  Soccer star David Batty's shorts, Coronation Street star Beverley Callard's clothes and a novel signed by author Jeffrey Archer - they're all under the hammer in a celebrity auction in aid of Bradford scouts.

• Jess is hoping to collar village votes

  Canny canine Jess Jackson will be giving her two-legged rivals a run for their money in next week's Sutton Parish Council elections.

• Tragic Mark 'given drugs far too early'

  The nursing profession's leading regulatory organisation is probing allegations that drugs were incorrectly administered to an 18-year-old Keighley man, who later hanged himself.

• New call to back cameras for town

  Business leaders and community groups are being urged to help bring closed-circuit television to Otley.

• Nursery staff try to find new home

  Children at an Ilkley nursery could be "homeless" next month unless an alternative venue is found.

• Cycle path to run on former rail line

  A cycle path is to be created on a disused railway line between Bradford and the Spen Valley.

• 'Time to go' vicar rapped by playgroup

  Playgroup volunteers have branded as unchristian a decision to force them out of a church hall where they have met for 20 years.

• Mystery of girl on moors

  A fresh appeal was issued today after an inquest failed to establish the cause of death of a 15-year-old girl whose body was found at a beauty spot three years ago.

• Plane crash kills boss

  A Bradford businessman who was one of four people killed in a plane crash in North Yorkshire, had recently bought back his company to save jobs it was revealed today.

• Henry eases Bulls injury fears

  Kiwi ace Henry Paul finally allayed fears on his fitness when he reported back for training with Bradford Bulls yesterday.

• Goldthorp in double mission for Farsley

  Bradford League: New skipper John Goldthorp has a double mission tomorrow - to sink his old club Bradford & Bingley and keep Farsley at the top of the Secure Trust Bank Bradford League First Division.

• Silverwood makes early breakthrough

  Chris Silverwood made a much-needed breakthrough for Yorkshire as they struggled to make an impression on the second day of the PPP Championship match against Somerset.

• Ipswich can still do it - Sheepshanks

  Chairman David Sheepshanks has issued a rallying call to his Ipswich Town side as they look to overhaul Bradford City in the fight for automatic promotion.

• Focus on the opposition: Oxford

  The midweek results in the First Division may have given Oxford United hope as they bid to avoid relegation, but manager Malcolm Shotton has urged his side to concentrate on their own task of winning the final two games of the season.

• Face to face: Rchard Sutcliffe talks to John Dryer

  Ask Bradford City defender John Dreyer to name the most memorable character he has met during his playing career and he will flash back the answer - Robert Maxwell.

• Burley is upbeat about his chances

  George Burley believes his Ipswich side can still control their automatic promotion fate.

• We're not there yet!

  As Bradford City bid to clinch a place in the Premiership, boss Paul Jewell has warned his players: "We've won nothing yet."

• Boost for the heart of the city

  The announcement that a new developer has been found for the prime Vicar Lane site in the centre of Bradford is excellent news. Eddie Healey's Stadium Group has a proven track record, not least in household-name projects like Meadowhall which has been…

• Nick Oldham: Rights and Wrongs

  Members of the Bradford and Bingley Building Society have been warned to take extra care with the shares they will receive if the conversion to a bank goes ahead.

• New police chief sets himself double target

  Community partnerships and raising the national profile of Bradford are two of the goals set by the city's newest police chief.

• 'Close loophole for fireman in prison'

  Home Secretary Jack Straw is being urged to close a legal loophole which will enable a former Bradford fireman convicted of sex offences against children to claim long-service benefits.

• School's spade work meant a lot

  The hard work of green-fingered staff and youngsters at Lidget Green Middle School has had many beneficial effects.

• Dad's clean-up vow

  An estate agent has promised for the second time in as many weeks to clear up his son's house after residents said it had stood as an eyesore for three years.

• Benefits chiefs may be sued over 'stolen' Giro

  A woman is considering legal action against the Benefits Agency after spending a year trying to reclaim some cash.

• Extra help for young homeless

  The most vulnerable homeless youngsters in Bradford will receive extra help from a new project, funded with more than quarter of a million pounds of National Lottery cash.

• Council must tackle chemical 'timebombs'

  Bradford Council will draw up an action plan to deal with a chemical time bomb which could lie beneath the surface of land across the district.

• Cash crisis could call time on youth football

  Bradford Schools Football Association - which has nurtured the talents of the district's rising soccer stars - has warned lack of funds may force it to shut down.

• John puts himself right in the news

  A charity worker is gearing up to fly to Albania to help the refugees of the Kosovo crisis.

• Tobacco package sparks bomb alert

  An innocent packet of tobacco from a Skipton store sparked a major security alert - after postal workers mistook it for Semtex.

• Eager to snare the fox killers

  The officer investigating fox killings near Odsal Stadium said the public response to the crimes had been "amazing".

• Plan for Pakistan exchange

  A new schools exchange programme between Bradford and Pakistan may follow a fact-finding trip to the region by former Bradford youth worker Mohammed Amran.

• Rays of hope for tramway

  The boss of Baildon's Shipley Glen Cable Tramway says there could be light at the end of the tunnel for the famous attraction following moves to restore trackside lighting.

• These are your rights, website tells children

  Vulnerable children in care are today being urged to check out a new Internet website which aims to tell them their rights.

• Delight comes by return of post!

  Villagers are celebrating after a shopkeeper has fulfilled his pledge to reopen a post office which has been closed for four years.

• Whole city up for the big finish!

  The Only Way is Up - and with less that 24 hours to the Bantams' crunch match, the city is gripped by football fever.

• Cabdriver is jailed for sex kidnapping

  A private hire driver who subjected a woman passenger to a terrifying ordeal has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.

• Battle to keep bulldozer off 'treasured' land

  Leeming residents are refusing to allow a housing developer to take a bulldozer on to land next to their homes.

29th April 1999    1st May 1999