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  • Labour's Tracy Brabin is re-elected mayor of West Yorkshire

    TRACY Brabin has been re-elected mayor of West Yorkshire. The Labour candidate, who became the region’s first-ever mayor in 2021, was declared the winner following the counts today at the John Charles Centre for Sport in Leeds and venues across

  • Coffee morning to raise money for Christian Aid

    A COFFEE morning is being held to raise money for Christian Aid. The event takes place at St Peter's Methodist Church, Cross Hills, on Wednesday, May 15, from 10am to noon There will be cake and book stalls. A spokesperson says: "There

  • LETTER: Maria's marathon effort pays tribute to late husband

    IF you’d told me on November, 9, 2022, that I’d be on the start line of the TCS London Marathon 2024 I would not have believed it. I woke up that day to find my amazing husband Arran had died in the night from a heart attack. I didn’t know

  • Conservatives reflect on lost Keighley-district council seats

    LABOUR retained control of Bradford Council – but with less seats – following the local elections as the Conservative group reflected on Keighley-district losses. In Keighley West, sitting Conservative councillor Julie Glentworth lost her seat

  • Ex-marine from Keighley jailed after attack

    A FORMER royal marine has been jailed after an incident of domestic violence against his ex-partner. Bradford Crown Court was shown video from the victim's phone of Lewis Lockwood looming over her in bed and pondering whether to "end her life".

  • MEMORY LANE: Machine makers were a driving force in Keighley

    Robin Longbottom looks at the growth of one of the town’s earliest industries UNTIL the last decades of the 20th century, many long-established industries in Keighley still referred to departments within the business as ‘shops’. Textile mills

  • Former Steeton player passes away after eight-year battle

    FORMER Steeton player, Nicky Trowers has sadly passed away. Nicky died on Tuesday, April 30, following an eight-year battle with a brain tumour. The club commented: "Our thoughts at this extremely difficult time are with Nicky's loved ones