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  • Keighley ballet kids join the professionals

    Eleven young ballet dancers from the Keighley area will take to the stage next week with professional dancers from around the world. The students from local dance schools have spent 10 days in York intensively rehearsing their parts in the classic ballet

  • Oakworth soldier in tribute to bomb dead

    A former Oakworth man serving as an army lieutenant in Afghan-istan is planning a special tribute to three colleagues killed by a roadside bomb. Simon Wright and 11 members of his platoon are taking part in a gruelling 22km challenge to raise money

  • News from Cross Hiills

    Some places are still available for an outing to Haydock Park on July 6. The cost is £22 and to book places contact the social club in Cross Hills.

  • Bradley family show ‘saved’

    A village event has been saved after an SOS from organisers brought forward new volunteers. More than 30 people attended a crisis meeting held by the Bradley Family Show Day committee in the village hall. “The response was excellent and we

  • Former Keighley mayoress features in exam question

    Author Cath Staincliffe will visit Keighley Library next month as part of National Crime Writing Month. The Bradford-born writer is famous for her Scott and Bailey novels, the Sal Kilkenny private eye stories and is the creator and scriptwriter

  • Keighley drop-in session plea

    Keighley people are being invited to help with a range of tasks at Central Hall in Alice Street. A drop-in session will be held on Wednesday at the community centre run by Keighley and Ilkley Voluntary and Community Action. The 2pm to 5pm event

  • Riddlesden sale's success grows

    A Riddlesden fundraiser’s annual plant sale has raised £1,000 for three good causes. Linda Clegg held the event at Riddlesden War Memorial on Sunday, and the sunny weather helped bring in the customers throughout the afternoon. Money raised

  • Oxfam supporter fashion show aid

    A Keighley teenager who volunteers in the town’s Oxfam shop organised a fashion show in aid of the charity. Asima Bibi, 18, planned the event at University Academy Keighley, with support from staff and fellow students. The event – entitled

  • Airedale Hospital’s new safeguards in wake of Savile scandal

    Airedale Hospital managers approved a series of objectives and actions designed to protect vulnerable patients. The hospital – along with other NHS trusts – was asked to review its arrangements governing access to patients by volunteers following

  • News from Thwaites Brow, Long Lee, Park Wood

    There is bingo on Tuesdays at the Dickie Bird pub, 8.30pm and a quiz on Wednesdays, 9pm. Sunday lunch from 12.30pm. First Sunday in the month, breakfast 10-noon. The charity bottle at the Dickie Bird has been opened and counted. The sum of £575.58p

  • One-stop shop to try volunteering

    You’ve gotta get to Greggs if you want to offer your services as a volunteer! A free cuppa will be given to anyone who goes along to a Volunteers’ Week information morning on Wednesday. Several organisations that recruit volunteers will have

  • ‘Dragon’ fires up company’s profile

    A Wilsden company has received a boost thanks to ‘Dragon’ Theo Paphitis. Squashed Pixel Ltd owners Tom and Claire Gatenby tweeted the Dragons’ Den star during his weekly ‘Small Business Sunday’, in which he re-tweets selected businesses’ messages

  • Amreen’s caring touch wins award

    A Keighley care home has launched an annual award. Herncliffe has introduced the accolade in memory of its founder, Betty Kennedy, who died last November. The first winner of the honour, which will be given to the home’s top health care worker

  • It's Strawberry Fields forever!

    The owner of a fruit and veg wholesale company is in a field of dreams after support from a scheme created to help firms expand. Richard Musgrave moved to new premises in Keighley last July with his business, Straw-berry Fields, receiving assistance

  • Surprise party marking 30th anniversary of Danny’s post

    A surprise party was staged to mark a worker’s three decades at the Airedale Shopping Centre in Keighley. Previous centre managers were among the guests at the event, celebrating Danny Carter’s 30-year milestone. The gathering was held at the town

  • Get on your bike to reap Tour de France benefits

    Oakworth woman Caroline Pullich – Barclays’ head of relationship banking in Yorkshire – has welcomed a new partnership between the bank and the county’s marketing body. Barclays has joined Welcome to Yorkshire’s Y30 corporate membership scheme,

  • King is new queen of Beauty Boutique

    Keighley woman Niomi King hopes to make a success of her new business by proving she’s a cut above the competition. Her shop – the Beauty Boutique in Skipton – specialises in wigs, extensions and hairpieces, as well as hair accessories. The

  • News from Sutton

    Sutton WI welcomed Anne Thompson, who gave an illustrated talk on Florence Nightingale. The next meeting is on June 10 at 7.15pm in the community centre. Visitors and new members are all welcome. Coffee morning at the community centre on Saturday

  • News from Silsden

    Coffee, Cakes and Cameraderie at the Methodist Church, Saturday, 9.30am-11.30am. Refreshments including home made cakes and bacon sandwiches plus all the usual stalls. The car boot sale will be held at Airedale Hospital on Sunday in the West Car

  • News from Morton, Riddlesden

    Sunday: Morning Worship, Riddlesden United Reformed Church led by Major Alison Gardner, 10.30am. Tuesday: Keighley and District Photographic Association, Riddlesden United Reformed Church, 7pm. Wednesday: Luncheon Club, Riddlesden United Reformed

  • News from Oxenhope

    Saturday: Breakfast with God for four to 11-year-olds and families at St Mary’s Church, 9.30am-10.30am, followed by craft activities, songs, games and prayers for the children. Sunday: This is the first Sunday after Trinity. There will be a “Book

  • News from Denholme

    Our village cricket second eleven will play Skipton second eleven at home on Saturday, starting at 2pm. This week’s match ball sponsors are Jack Spencer and Tesla Alarms. Refreshments available all afternoon and sandwiches in the tea interval

  • Harden farm burglary plea

    Police are appealing for information about a burglary in which a number of heavy items were stolen from a Harden farm. Between 4.30pm on May 12 and 12.30pm the following day, a burglary took place at a farm in Hill End Lane. Property including

  • News from Cullingworth, Harden, Wilsden

    The inaugural meeting of the Cullingworth Friends of the Dell is on Monday, 7.30pm, at the Methodist Church, Dellside Fold. It is hoped that this group will continue and oversee the work of remediating the area, which had fallen into decay over the

  • News from Cross Roads

    The Haworth, Oxenhope, Lees & Cross Roads Allotment Holders Association will be holding their 95th Annual Flower, Vegetable and Produce Show on Sunday, August 18, at Haworth Community Centre on Butt Lane. Please contact Geoff Wilkinson on (01535

  • Cancer charity boost

    Yorkshire Cancer Research Keighley & Craven Committee received a £500 boost. The donation from HSBC comes after committee member Tracey Jowitt, who works for the bank, helped organise a fashion show last October. The show, which she and

  • Former Keighley special school site for sale

    A derelict school site in Keighley and its 8,228 square metre playing fields will soon be sold off by Bradford Council. The former Braithwaite Special School site has been empty since April 2010 when it relocated to purpose-built premises. The

  • News from Cowling

    The Annie Driver charity no. 529484 is awarded each year to promising ex-pupils of Cowling Primary School who are either already receiving or are about to receive full-time further education. Contact the headmaster at Cowling County Primary School

  • Will Aid fundraising

    Keighley-district solicitors raised nearly £3,000 for charity through the latest Will Aid campaign. The figures were revealed this week as organisers announced the initiative, in which solicitors’ normal will-making fees are waived in return for

  • Keighley marathon man Syed’s success

    Running one marathon this spring just wasn’t enough for a Keighley restaurateur! Syed Ahmed, who completed the London Marathon last month, has also successfully crossed the line in this year’s Edinburgh Marathon, despite having a long-term spinal

  • News from Fell Lane

    Sunday: 10.30am, Trinity Family Worship will be led by our minister, Rev Fred Rich and will include Holy Communion. Monday: 2pm, Meeting Point will be entertained by The Holme Singers. Wednesday: 10-11.30am, Trinity Toddlers.

  • News from Haworth, Stanbury

    Saturday: Craft and gift fair, Haworth Parish Church Hall Schoolroom, 10am–4pm. Saturday: Scar Top Chapel revival prayer meeting, 7-8pm. Hall Green Church Book Point, 1-4pm. Zumba class, 10am at West Lane Methodist Church’s Grimshaw Centre. Fortnightly

  • News from Farnhill, KIldwick

    St Andrew’s Church – Holy Communion at 8.15am and 10am. Tea and scones will be served in the Parish Rooms and the Church will be open for visitors from 2.30-4.30pm. The Computer class will be held in the lower hall at Farnhill Methodist Church

  • News from Exley Head

    Sunday: Today’s service, at Exley Head Methodist Church will be at 10.30am, with Sunday Gang for the children. Monday: An Offsted-inspected playgroup operates every day, Monday to Friday in the room below the Exley Head Methodist Church, from 9.15

  • Teams sign up for Oxenhope race

    More than 50 teams have signed up for this year’s Oxenhope Straw Race. But organisers of the July 7 race are still seeking more entrants. The popular event raised £13,000 for charity in 2012. Competitors – organised into two-person teams –

  • Special reason to take leap of faith

    A 17-strong team from the Mitchell Farrar Group took the plunge to raise money for Guide Dogs. Staff from the company – including Debt Advisory Line at Cross Hills and Investor Compensation in Keighley – made a leap of faith with a sponsored skydive

  • Law firm expands

    A Bradford law firm is expanding into a new office in Highfield, Keighley. Williscroft & Co Solicitors has opened the centre in New Devonshire House, Devonshire Street, to deal with increasing demand from this area. The firm specialises in

  • Tickets go on sale for the tenth Proms on the Farm at Silsden

    Tickets go on sale this weekend for the tenth Proms on the Farm at Silsden. This year’s event will take place on July 20 and will once again feature the Skelmanthorpe Band playing favourites from the Last Night of the Proms. Soloist will be Sarah

  • News from Oakworth

    Keighley Youth Theatre, KYDZ meets every Thursday at Oakworth Methodist Church. Oakworth playgroup, Oakworth Methodist Church, is open on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings, 9.15-11.40am, during term time, call 07748425182. Sunday

  • Diamond years double delight for Clough and Company

    Keighley chartered accountancy firm Clough & Company is marking its 60th anniversary. Founder, Harry Clough, visited the company’s offices to help launch a series of celebratory activities and to enjoy a special milestone of his own – his 90th

  • Keighley delivery worker is given driving ban

    A Keighley driver caught for the second time without insurance was banned from driving for six months. Delivery driver Ahmed Iqbal, 24, was stopped by police driving a Ford Mondeo in Ryeland Street, Cross Hills, at 1.40am on April 14. Iqbal told

  • News from Laycock

    Sunday: Keighley New Church, Braithwaite village service, 10.30am, led by Rev Christine Bank. Tea and coffee will be served after the service in the church hall. There is also home made produce on sale after the service. To hire the church hall, contact

  • Crime author in Keighley library talk

    Author Cath Staincliffe will visit Keighley Library next month as part of National Crime Writing Month. The Bradford-born writer is famous for her Scott and Bailey novels, the Sal Kilkenny private eye stories and is the creator and scriptwriter

  • Keighley pub landlord scraps plans for stripper shows

    A Keighley pub landlord’s plan to bring strippers back to the town has had to be put on hold. People will be keeping their clothes on for the foreseeable future at the Great Northern, which is run by Mickey Thompson. He revealed his cheeky

  • Keighley area plans

    Planning applications received by Bradford Council include: Cullingworth – 7 Hallowes Grove, single-storey rear extension Denholme – Hill Top Farm, Pit Lane, non-material amendment to permission 06/00162/COU to include installation of rooflight to

  • Denholme wind turbine plan gets the green light

    A 20-metre-tall wind turbine can be built in Denholme, with Bradford Council deciding the presence of other nearby turbines made it a suitable location. The application is for Shay Farm in Brighouse and Denholme Road. And despite a recent report

  • Asda’s fresh bid for extra stores in Keighley

    Although the global recession derailed its plans the first time around, supermarket giant Asda still wants to build two large shops at its Keighley site. The company first announced its intention to build two new ‘bulky goods’ shops next to its

  • Silsden takeaway is refused new 2am licence

    A Silsden takeaway restaurant owner has had his bid to keep the business open until 2am blocked by Bradford Council. Chicago Hut in Bolton Road is currently allowed to stay open until midnight, but the owner had applied to expand the opening times

  • Magistrates' Court judgements file

    Steven Thomas Anderson, of 4 Valley Heights, Denholme, was given community and restraining orders and ordered to pay £145 for assault Vicky Joy Jane Walton, of 10 Hard Ings Road, Keighley, was given a community order and ordered to pay £115 for stealing

  • Mugger armed with a knife robs teenager in Riddlesden

    A teenager has been mugged at knifepoint in Riddlesden. Police officers are appealing for witnesses following the incident, which took place at the junction of Grange Road and Bradford Road yesterday. A spokesman for Airedale and North Bradford

  • Plea to villagers as Riddlesden Gala celebrates milestone

    Villagers are being urged to turn out in force to support their local gala. The Riddlesden event this year celebrates its 30th anniversary and profits will be donated to the village’s uniformed groups. Gala chairman Geoffrey Baldwin said: “They support

  • Attractions galore at Harden children’s gala

    A host of activities will be on offer at the annual Harden Children’s Gala. This year’s event – the 40th – takes place on June 15. A procession led by the New Orleans Jazz Band will leave the top of Long Lane at 1.40pm and will be joined, after

  • Digging deep to uncover Cliffe Castle’s hidden past

    Budding young archaeologists hope to unearth clues to the past when they get hands-on with excavations in Keighley and Bradford. Students from 20 schools will take part in the My Place Project, which is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and supported

  • Toddler group day change

    A Keighley group that arranges fun holiday entertainment for youngsters has been keeping children occupied during the half-term break. Play Rangers have organised days out for children and their families at Cavendish Pavilion in Bolton Abbey, as

  • Haworth ‘eyesore’ chapel safety concerns

    Bradford Council officers will assess the safety of a derelict old Haworth chapel following concerns raised by a Worth Valley ward councillor. Rebecca Poulsen is worried about the structural condition of the former Primitive Methodist Chapel in

  • What a shame pub has to stoop to strip shows

    What a shame landlord Mickey Thompson has to stoop to such means as stripping events in order to draw customers into his pub – Naked truth of pub’s stripper shows (Keighley News, May 23). He calls this ‘traditional adult entertainment’, and I am

  • An unacceptable gamble with ratepayers' cash?

    I was not surprised to learn of the large deficit incurred by Keighley Town Council of about £162,000 whilst on holiday abroad – ‘Shock’ over civic centre £160K deficit (Keighley News, May 16). When the council voted to buy the old police station

  • Be proud – and positive about our civic centre

    I want to try to go some way to addressing the balance in the debate about Keighley Civic Centre – ‘Shock’ over civic centre £160k deficit (Keighley News, May 16). I’m sitting in the light, bright, easily accessible cafe eating fresh home-made

  • Homes are a real threat to green fields of district

    Once again we see Bradford Council imposing its will on Keighley – Anger at shock housing report (Keighley News, May 23). The newly released figures for proposed new homes in Keighley district is 5,233. Of these, approximately 2,700 are proposed

  • We are overwhelmed with sadness at killing of Drummer Rigby

    We are overwhelmed with sadness at the senseless killing of Drummer Lee Rigby. We are acutely aware the perpetrators of this savagery expressed religious sentiments as justification for their crime. Well, let us once again set the record clear,

  • Keighley care company says it with flowers to thank staff

    Home care workers have been thanked with spring flowers for their winter dedication. The staff from care company HICA at Home were taken to the Flower Shop in North Street, Keighley, to receive bouquets. Bosses wanted to thank them for battling

  • Family can lay mum to rest as inquest into death is adjourned

    An inquest has been opened into the death of a grandmother killed after she paid a cab outside her home. Bradford Coroners Court opened and adjourned proceedings on Friday, meaning Mary Byrne’s family can now go ahead with their mother’s funeral

  • Inspiring help of Manorlands

    The inspirational story of Michael Cumbers, who has been courageously battling cancer for two decades, is proof, were it needed, of the fantastic services provided at Manorlands. And it highlights the importance of our £1million fundraising appeal