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  • Humour is secret of success for golden couple

    Laughter has been the best medicine for a Keighley couple for the past 54 years. Valerie and Gordon Thompson celebrated their golden wedding this week with a visit to their favourite hotel in St Anne’s. They attribute the success of their 50 years of

  • Diamond couple is dancing on air

    A pair of keen sequence dancers have been married for exactly 60 years as of today. Harry and Florence Greenwood first met at a dance event in Prince Smith’s canteen, in Keighley, in 1945. They got married seven years later at St Peter’s Church, in

  • £27.5k grant ensures club has got roof issue covered

    Steeton Cricket Club is bowled over with its latest delivery. It has received a £27,540 grant from WREN to help fund the replacement of the clubhouse roof. The club’s vice-chairman, Jonathan Best, said he was “over the moon” with the award. “Currently

  • Stuart's marathon effort

    Keighley runner Stuart Preston (pictured) is gearing up to take part in the London Marathon as part of a campaign to raise £10,000 for Parkinson’s UK. Mr Preston, 34, who is a finance manager at Bradford University, will take part in the 26-mile race

  • Safety plans drawn up for busy junction

    Safety measures have been introduced at a busy road junction. Double yellow lines are now in place at the junction of Bar Lane and Bradford Road, Riddlesden, where parked cars had been causing problems. Keighley East district councillor Dorothy Clamp

  • Family sees stars for good cause!

    A Cross Hills family will trek for charity as a team thanks to the re-launch of a popular event which was formerly for women walkers only. For the past four years the Birch family, who live in Clayton Hall Road, has been involved in the Sue Ryder Manorlands