Silsden plasterer Tom Rennolds has been pipped to the title of Masterchef 2012 – but the 26-year-old has the world on his plate after last Thursday’s final. Tom, of Silsden, lost out in the last programme of the BBC1 series to Shelina Permalloo, but
A Keighley pub is to stage a ten-hour charity pool marathon to raise money for Sport Relief. At least 15 staff and regular customers at the Royal Oak, in Damside, have so far come forward to take part on Sunday. The pub’s assistant manager, Liam Gregg
A young mother-of-two formerly from Keighley was strangled to death after being stabbed at her home, an inquest has been told. The body of 24-year-old Fozia Ahmed, the mother of a toddler daughter and a seriously-ill baby boy, was found last month at
An initiative to restore a historic Haworth building has received a £2,500 boost. Worth Valley ward councillors have allocated the money from the ward investment fund to support Bronte Spirit, which is campaigning to ensure the long-term future of the
A 23-year-old man arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft by shining a laser into the cockpit of the police helicopter has been bailed pending further police investigations. Officers arrested the man in Keighley after the force’s X99 helicopter
Manchester United and England footballer Tom Cleverley is set to kick off a season of centenary celebrations at Oxenhope Recreation FC, following the completion of a £45,000 redevelopment of the club’s ground. The former Bradford City youth midfielder
Housing workers have joined forces with a community to build an outdoor play area at a school. The Incommunities volunteers gave up part of their weekend to help school staff, governors and parents with the project at Aire View Infant School in Silsden
A teenager burgled a family’s house to steal a car to try to get home from a New Year’s Eve night out, a court heard. Joshua Davies, 18, got into the home of Angela Mountain and her family, near Skipton town centre, through a garage door in the early
Police are appealing for witnesses following an attempted robbery in Keighley last Sunday. Airedale and North Bradford CID want to speak to anyone who witnessed an incident at about 1.30am on Kensington Street in Keighley. The victim, a 49-year-old-man
