Keighley Blues Club has rearranged its postponed February gig by the River Devils for March 4. Wang Dang Delta -- described as "one of the best six-piece bands you'll ever see" -- play the club on February 18. The Perth-based promises a subtler sound
Woolpack, off South Street, Keighley: Puretones (tomorrow). Vine Tavern, off Street, Keighley: Singer Graham Gee (tomorrow). Keighley Ukrainian Club, Henry Street: Baccapipes Folk Club hosts singers night (tomorrow); unaccompanied traditional singer
This weekend's three performances of the latest Keighley Amateurs pantomime are expected to sell out. Tickets are unlikely to be available on the door for the Saturday and Sunday performances of Red Riding Would. The group has added extra matinee performances
Folk in the Hills is the new name for the BD22 Folk Network e-mail newsletter. The missive publicises music events in villages such as Stanbury, Cross Roads, Haworth, Sandbeds and Cowling. Organiser Jim Pickles, one of the regulars at the Wuthering
Folk singer Martha Tilston has released a live album featuring new tracks and songs from her previous albums. Martha, daughter of Keighley singer-songwriter Steve Tilston, recorded Real during a performance at the Union Chapel. The disc is available
It's Never Too Late is one of those plays that amateurs can -- and Keighley Playhouse definitely goes -- present well. It takes an everyday situation and provides a solid evening's entertainment with lots of laughs. Director Kevin Moore and his strong
They appear in musicals, dance shows, dramas and comedy plays at the Bradford theatre throughout the winter and spring. First up after the pantomime Snow White will be the Imperial Ice Stars with Swan Lake on Ice on February 22-26. The interpretation
This paperback original is getting a big push from Random House as "the year's most exciting thriller debut". But with a villain copying the styles of famous serial killers, a young female FBI haunted by her past and a retired profiler pulling strings
Last Monday, Opera North unveiled their striking new production of Bizet's masterpiece, for the most part in the best sense of the word. Maybe the director, Daniel Kramer, tried too hard with his tasteless horseplay within the soldiers' ranks but in Heather
A street urchin falls for a princess with the help of a Genie in this year's pantomime from Upstagers. Lucy Hutton plays Aladdin and Alice Goddard is Princess Lotus Blossom in the family show at King's Hall in Ilkley. Joining the pair is a large cast
Keighley Playhouse: light comedy It's Never Too Late (until Saturday, 7.30pm). Phone 08451 267859. Victoria Hall, Keighley: Keighley Amateurs in pantomime Red Riding Hood (Saturday-February 5). Phone 08456 252550. Oakworth Methodist Church: Sunday
Thomas Chalenor, the Earl of Clarendon's private spy, returns in another absorbing adventure in 17th-century London. The country faces war with the Dutch and while some men work to avoid it others are determined there will be conflict. A Dutch delegation
A Keighley couple who first met in a small town in southern Italy in 1950 will celebrate 60 years of marriage tomorrow. Giuseppe and Domenica Consoli lived in Pomarico, in Matera province. They were married there in 1951. Giuseppe, who is now 84, moved
Cougars chief Jason Demetriou has warned there will be no more Mr Nice Guy when his side host neighbours Bradford Bulls tomorrow night (7.30pm). As he prepares to make his Keighley debut against the Super League side, the Aussie admits his
Yorkshire Division One secretary Alden Phillips believes it was the right decision to call off Keighley’s home match against Castleford last Saturday. The in-form Utley side were hoping to make it eight wins from nine games but the game was postponed
Hunslet Hawks 22 Keighley Cougars 4 Anybody going to Hunslet hoping to watch a fast-flowing, open game was bound to be disappointed – this was tough, uncompromising rugby league at its rawest. Cougars coach Jason Demetriou’s stated aim to play all
Ian Holmes’ 15-year reign in the Soreen Stanbury Splash was ended by Chris Steele last Sunday. The Keighley runner had won every race since 1996 but was finally forced to hand over his crown to the 29-year-old Steele from the Lake District. The Cockermouth
An ex-army paratrooper has narrowly avoided prison for assaulting his wife. Skipton Magistrates heard on Friday that Michael Dunbar, 35, attacked Helen Dunbar, in Cowling, on Boxing Day, leaving her with a split lip and suspected broken tooth. Mrs Dunbar
A man who took part in a violent clash between football fans on the day of his stag party has been jailed. Joshua Gornall, 22, of Northview, Eastburn, kissed his pregnant wife in the public gallery before being sentenced to two years and three months
A suspended doctor blamed the heartbreak of her husband’s cancer and the stress of a dispute with her fellow GPs in Keighley for her devastated state of mind when she impaled her car on a stone wall. Jane Hornsey was found guilty of drink-driving in
Rocketing into a Keighley primary school was Leeds author Tony Frais. He joined pupils at St Joseph’s Learning Support Centre who are currently reading his book Noah’s Rocket. Tony read extracts from his books and answered questions on story writing
Keighley’s MP is backing Manorlands’ campaign for fair treatment over VAT charges. Kris Hopkins has demanded the Government investigates whether it can allow the hospice to reclaim VAT. Such a policy change would save millions of pounds
An emergency operation has been carried out on a 15-year-old boy who was injured in a car crash following a police pursuit in Keighley. The teenager suffered multiple injuries, including extensive head injuries, when the Seat Leon crashed on South Street
A small group of pupils has been chosen to travel to a school in Sri Lanka. The four students from Holy Family Catholic School, in Keighley, wrote application letters to win places on the trip to Matara Central College. Elsie O’Dwyer and Harriet Purvis
South Craven School head teacher Andrew Cummings has expressed his real concerns about the cuts in public expenditure and how they would impact so unfairly on the current year 12 cohort. Speaking at the annual presentation evening, Dr Cummings said the
A Keighley pensioner has been jailed for causing a horrific head-on smash in which a motorcyclist lost a leg. A judge said it was a miracle Jean Kelly, 44, survived the accident, on the A65 near Hellifield, on September 12 last year. She was airlifted
Parents of pupils at Keighley’s newest special school have set up a support group. The Friends of Phoenix School will raise money for school equipment and an adapted minibus. They will also provide support for parents and carers and run holiday playschemes
Parents and friends were invited into Oxenhope CE Primary School for a “Wonderful Wednesday” to celebrate the success of last term’s work and try their hand at some of the skills learned by pupils. The children had been investigating the theme of “Who
Parents and other adults can now go on a star trek as Keighley’s pioneering science centre opens to the public. The STAR Centre will open up on special days for family groups, local businesses and tourists. They will boldly go where thousands of Keighley
Test centre must include motorcycles Keighley MP Kris Hopkins must be congratulated on his efforts to fast-track the building of a new driving test facility at Steeton. I notice however there is no mention of motorcycle testing facilities
Charitable health care providers such as Manorlands are being hit hard in the current economic situation. One simple way to ease their financial burden would be allowing the hospice to reclaim VAT. This is not asking for special treatment — it would
A Keighley girl has paid tribute to the brother she lost in Sunday’s horrific car accident on South Street. Aysha Iqbal hailed 20-year-old brother Sayeed as hard-working, selfless, caring and a great friend to many people. Sayeed’s death
George Jarvis Airedale Church writesThe most important thing in my life, and has been for 50 years, is my faith in Jesus Christ and his death and resurrection. I came into a realisation of the significance of this when I was a young man and it has
This crowd gathered below Stanbury on a glorious August day in 1925 to witness the official inauguration of the Sladen Valley Waterworks which, because of its location astride the Sladen Beck and near the site of Lower Laithe Farm, is also known as Lower
