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Year of the Rat -- West Yorkshire Playhouse
Cinema celebrates heroes with smoking guns, but in George Orwell, England gave the world a hero with a smoking typewriter. Chronically ill with TB, he fought for a better world and honed the language of his essays and novels to become the greatest
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Uniformed groups get cash from council
Cash awards totalling nearly £5,000 have been presented to uniformed groups in Keighley. Members of the Scout and Girlguiding movements and Sea Cadets have shared in the handouts, from Bradford Council children's services. In total 44 groups from across
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Students triumph in bridge challenge
Oakbank School has emerged top of the district's Scrapheap Challenge. A team of pupils from the Keighley school beat competition from across Bradford to win in the advanced category of the Rotary clubs' version of the hit television programme. Schools
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Longer and faster trains are needed
More capacity is needed on local railways to serve rising passenger numbers, says a transport campaigner. Aire Valley Rail Users' Group chairman Tim Calow also called for changes in attitude by rail bosses. He suggested solutions such as more, longer
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Trapped quintet saved by fire crew
Five people trapped in a lift at Quebec House in Westgate Gardens, Keighley, were rescued by firefighters last night. The lift had become stuck between the ground and first floor of the block of flats. One crew from Keighley Fire Station, called out
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Strong and strident at the Baccapipes
An unruly mix of humour, politics, love and social comment is promised by singer-songwriter Pete Morton. The Nottingham singer-songwriter will next month bring his "wealth of great songs" to Keighley's Baccapipes Folk Club. Pete started out as a busker
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Dead Funny comedy from Benny
A play set in the week following the death of comics Benny Hill and Frankie Howerd is performed by Bingley Little Theatre next week. Dead Funny, by Terry Johnson, follows the trials and joys of the Dead Funny Society, set up by a bunch of comedy fans
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Toczek's on telly!
A performance during last year's Haworth Arts Festival is due to be shown on television next Thursday. (March 27) Poet and storyteller Nick Toczek was filmed during the festival last September for an edition of ITV 1's My Yorkshire series. It is due