There was a magical treat in store at Glusburn Primary School for the pupils who had been the most kind, considerate and well mannered during the term before Christmas. Members of Pendle House were entertained by magic man Truffles the Magician
Deprived youngsters in north-west Africa received a gift this Christmas thanks to the generosity of year seven pupils at Holy Family Catholic School. Students decorated, filled and dispatched shoeboxes of goodies to the Samaritan’s Purse charity
Caring Oxenhope Primary pupils put their best foot forward to help elderly people keep warm this winter. Year five youngsters donned Christmas hats for a sponsored mile-long fun run in aid of Age UK. The event raised more than £100 to boost the
Youngsters from a Keighley school were among hundreds of children from across the region treated to a day of festive season fun. They gathered at Pudsey Civic Hall for a charity Christmas party staged by the group Variety. Variety has been
Youngsters from a Keighley school were among hundreds of children from across the region treated to a day of festive season fun. They gathered at Pudsey Civic Hall for a charity Christmas party staged by the group Variety. Variety has been
Staff and students at Lees Primary School donned seasonal sweaters to raise cash for Save the Children. The 210-pupil school gave its backing to the charity’s Christmas Jumper Day before the festive holidays. “All the children were asked to
Top folk acts will perform the first music night of the New Year at the Great Northern. Rum Doodle will headline tomorrow’s concert at the Ingrow pub, with support from Jon Harvison. The show is the latest in the monthly Blues and Roots programme
Film buff Alix Coughlin is hoping to bring movie magic to Bradley. With the help of a £5,000 Big Lottery grant, the mother of two is launching a film club in the village. It will be based at the village primary school – where her two children
South Craven residents who have contributed to a museum’s oral history collection are being sought. Craven Museum & Gallery is trying to trace people it has interviewed during the past 40 years. Supported by a £3,400 Heritage Lottery Fund
A Cornwall resident is searching for family members of a man originally from Keighley who had his ‘fascinating’ life story recorded in print. Brian Arrigoni, who used to run a small word-processing business, said he was visited by a man called
An elaborate frame surrounding a portrait of Queen Victoria at Cliffe Castle has had its gilded, carved crown re-made and restored. The crown’s restoration concludes a 20-year project to locate the portrait and display it at the museum. The
The Keighley News today begins a weekly tribute to the bravery of district residents during the First World War. We will showcase the stories of courageous members of the armed forces, unearthed through research by Keighley’s Men of Worth group
Keighley groups supporting pensioners are being invited to help each other improve their services and reach more people. They can join dozens of groups already members of the town’s Older People’s Mutual Support Networks. The projects are run
Dozens of older people enjoyed a festive spread laid on by Keighley Town Council. They were invited to attend the Christmas lunch for pensioners, staged in the North Street Civic Centre – the first event of its kind organised by the local authority
Free wellbeing sessions for carers are being held in Keighley. ‘Caring Confidently My Own Health’ on January 23 will explore how to improve your health and prevent illness. And Caring Confidently My Own Life & Feelings on January 30 will
An 84-year-old Cross Hills woman is on a mission to show age is no barrier to keeping fit. Pauline Wellard has been attending a Keighley gym for the past 17 years. “Exercising keeps the pain of my osteoporosis under control and it keeps me fit,
Patients using Airedale Hospital’s orthotic service are helping shape a new range of footwear. A special forum was held in the hospital’s education centre to get people’s views on current orthotic shoes and to suggest possible improvements.
A Glusburn woman diagnosed with multiple sclerosis will run this year’s London Marathon to raise cash to combat the condition. Melissa Joy, 25, is being sponsored to fundraise for the Multiple Sclerosis Trust. She was diagnosed with the illness
by the Rev Fred Rich, of Riddlesden United Reformed Church and Trinity Church, Keighley At Christmas most of us give and receive presents. In the words of Dr Sheldon Cooper (from the Big Bang Theory) we have created a social contract where we obligate
Finally, we have seen what has been expected from Keighley Town Council for some time now. The precept tax that is added to council tax will soon be raised again, possibly making it double what it had been – ‘Council tax rise warning’ (Keighley
Re Councillor Sally Walker’s statement – ‘Council tax rise warning’ (Keighley News, December 19). As a founder member of the group that worked to give Keighley a unified voice and the formation of the town council, one of the main requirements
With reference your report – ‘Council tax rise warning’ (Keighley News, December 19) – could someone with the relevant knowledge from Keighley Town Council please answer the following questions, which will be of interest to everyone who will be affected
It is not very often I find myself in agreement with Keighley’s Member of Parliament, but in respect of the article in this newspaper on December 19 – ‘Council tax rise warning’ – Kris Hopkins’s comments could almost make one consider voting for him
A very happy New Year to every reader. As we enter 2014, I wanted to look back on one of the main topics I have been working on, and the one which will probably dominate for many this year – the Tour de France coming to Yorkshire. It is 12 months
I am acutely aware that 2013 has been another tough year for many people as the country gradually digs itself out of the huge economic and financial hole we were in. Unfortunately there are no painless ways to get ourselves out of such a mess and
The year 2013 will be remembered as the year when growth returned to the local and national economy. Since 2010, the government has cut Labour’s deficit by a third, helped to create more than 1.6 million private sector jobs and pursued the rightful
Re the article ‘Tributes to care team’ (Keighley News, December 19). Firstly, my sympathy and admiration goes to Mr Whitaker. I am sole carer for my wife, Margaret, who has multiple system atrophy, a little-known disease that affects the whole body
The ferocious blaze that ripped through a building in the Lawkholme area of Keighley this week caused massive damage to the premises. Its close proximity to houses must have struck fear into the hearts of nearby residents, some of whom were evacuated
School standards in Keighley and across Bradford district as a whole often come in for a bit of a caning. With one or two exceptions, the latest SATs performance tables – published last month – did not make particularly pleasant reading. Harden
A student who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for charity received a big lift from a Steeton firm. Acorn Stairlifts sponsored 19-year-old Olivia Gordon for more than £2,600. She was among a group of 30 students who took part in a four-day ascent
A jumper sale in Keighley raised more than £700 for a church refurbishment fund. Gabrielle Ramsden – a member of St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Cross Hills – staged the event to boost efforts to raise up to £40,000 for desperately-needed work on
Lantern parades could be held in several Keighley parks at the end of this year. Organisers of a successful parade in Lund Park last month hope to expand across the town. They hope residents living near each park will prepare their own events
A Silsden midwife will be swapping the lush Aire Valley for the dirt tracks of Uganda. Emily Hill will spend three months working at a community birth house in Atiak, 20 miles from the South Sudan border. Emily said: “One of the reasons I trained
A Denholme lorry driver has been enjoying a winter break with a difference – helping to train Ugandan soldiers in East Africa. Army reservist Sergeant David Midgley has spent 11 days in temperatures of up to 32°C testing the Ugandan People’s Defence
Controversial plans to close Keighley’s main post office and move facilities to the town’s WH Smith store have come under renewed fire. John Grogan, who will fight Keighley for Labour at the next general election, said the relocation had nothing
Bradford and Airedale’s new top cop truly has policing in his blood and believes in no-nonsense action to protect decent people and punish wrong-doers. As a pupil at St Joseph’s Primary School in Keighley, when Simon Atkin strolled into a sweet
A 33-year-old man saw in the New Year behind bars after a court heard he breached his bail to take money to his penniless family on Boxing Day. The Keighley man, who is awaiting sentence for assaulting his ex-partner and their teenage son, broke
Keighley Community Transport will stage its annual meeting early next month. The event will be held at the Keighley Disabled People’s Centre in Temple Row at 10.30am on February 5. Group manager Mary Beanland said this will be a members-only
Keighley firefighters came under attack from yobs more than a dozen times in a 34-month period, new figures reveal. The town’s crews were targeted on 13 occasions between January 2011 and October 2013, according to the West Yorkshire brigade.
Keighley rail passengers face a 2.8 per cent hike in fares from today. Northern Rail – which operates trains on the Airedale line – said the increase would help fund improvements to stations, trains and services across the network. But campaigners
Tributes have been paid to a Cononley pub landlord who has died aged 54. Ian Savoury ran the New Inn and also spent five years at the helm of the Snooty Fox in Oakworth. “He was a wonderful man and loved being with people,” said Jane Savoury
Keighley’s free Christmas Day bus service proved just the ticket with the public. Nearly 600 passengers took advantage of the initiative. “It wasn’t a record number but it was up on last year and everything went very well,” said Graham Mitchell
Speed humps have put the brakes on drivers on a notorious Keighley town centre rat run, claim councillors. They are delighted with the success of the traffic-calming measures introduced last year in the Mornington Street area of Highfield.
More than 200 crimes were recorded in Keighley between the start of November and the first nine days of December, it has been revealed. Acting sergeant Adam Beecroft delivered the figures during the latest Keighley Town Council watch and transport
Injunctions designed to help curb gang-related activity in Keighley have been confirmed against two men suspected of involvement in this type of crime. The injunctions – known as ‘gangbos’ – were finalised in Leeds County Court on December 18.
Magistrates have urged a woman to seek help after she admitted being drunk and disorderly in a hospital. Victoria Walker, 36, of Kirkgate in Silsden, pleaded guilty to the charge following an incident at Airedale Hospital on December 11, when she
A driver stopped on the A629 at Kildwick had been unaware his motor insurance had expired just hours before, Skipton magistrates heard. Daniel Granger, 25, of Hebden Road in Haworth, was told by the police officer to produce his insurance documents
A 37-year-old Keighley woman was over the drink-drive limit when she was stopped by police in Skipton as she drove her friend home, a court heard. Magdalena Panek was stopped by police in the early hours of December 6 driving a Fiat Punto in Keighley
Former Keighley district councillor Robert Payne has been jailed for two years for pocketing more than £90,000 by setting up crooked companies to swindle income tax and VAT. Judge Peter Benson told Payne, 38: “You are a thoroughly dishonest man
Four people were taken to hospital after a car accident in Keighley town centre at Friday lunchtime. A Toyota people carrier flipped onto its side in the incident at the junction of Oakworth Road and West Lane. Keighley firefighters had to
A £400,000 scheme is being carried out in Keighley to reduce the risk of sewer flooding. Work will start on Monday on the Yorkshire Water project. A large underground storage tank will be installed in the council depot grounds off Spring Gardens
A Haworth children’s centre at risk of losing its funding will be the subject of a public meeting in the village next week. Treetops in Rawdon Road is among seven children’s centres across Bradford district that face having funding withdrawn in
Haworth Parish Church’s magazine has ceased production after 114 years. The final edition of the magazine – covering December and January 2013/14 – has been printed, and the publication’s last editor – Jackie Rolston – has stepped down after 30
Carol-singing schoolchildren have helped raise funds for Airedale Hospital’s endoscopy appeal. Steeton Primary School youngsters sang carols in the hospital’s outpatients department, and were joined by staff from the endoscopy unit and members
Objections to Keighley Town Council’s 2012-13 accounts will be investigated, according to an auditors’ letter seen by the Keighley News. Two of the people objecting confirmed they have received letters from the council’s external auditor – London-based
Haworth and Oakworth are due to feature in a television series exploring Britain’s complex, enduring relationship with the railways. The Bronte Parsonage Museum and the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway will appear in an episode of Great British
A Keighley-based diesel locomotive has returned from its visit to the Great Central Railway. The class 20 engine no 20031 can normally seen at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. It journeyed to the East Midlands last autumn for the diesel
A new community-based funding programme could attract more than £1 million of European cash to Keighley. Voluntary and community groups are urged to get involved in the Community Led Local Development (CLLD) initiative. Keighley councillors
Silsden’s Dougie Lampkin made one of his rare trial appearances on Boxing Day at Howden Wood, where he won the hard-course class riding his Gas Gas machine in the Bradford DMC contest. He lost a single penalty in his winning ride, beating his cousins
A grandmother is celebrating her “gift of life” 40 years after she was given a donated kidney. Kathleen Hart underwent a transplant at St James’s Hospital in Leeds in December 1973. The 70-year-old, from Meadow Lea in Sutton, is believed to
The district’s community and voluntary sector has been left reeling from the sudden death of stalwart worker Richard Spencer. The former Cullingworth and Wilsden resident died on December 23 at the age of 63. Friend and colleague Alan Watkinson
Keighley residents are urged to make a New Year resolution – to give blood. NHS Blood and Transplant is staging another series of donor sessions across the region. Venues include Victoria Hall, Keighley, today, from 1.15pm to 3.15pm and 4.15pm
Cougars player-coach Paul March is predicting another tough clash when his side open their pre-season campaign at rivals Halifax on Sunday (3pm). Fax have emerged as one of the strongest sides in the Championship in recent seasons and drew 30-30
Steeton boss Roy Mason hopes Saturday’s crunch cup tie with Oxenhope can give Keighley football a ‘shot in the arm’. A place in the last eight of the West Riding County FA Challenge Cup is at stake when his side host their Worth Valley neighbours
Barnoldswick Town 2 Silsden 1 The Cobbydalers travelled to Barlick for the Boxing Day derby with clear instructions from manager Andy Geary to expect a battle rather than a classic. His words went unheeded in a first half when their only Christmas
A Christmas comedy aimed at both adults and children is staged in East Morton Village Institute on Sunday. The Mice Who Ate Christmas is a delightfully upbeat Christmas story based on the true story behind the writing of the carol Silent Night.
Staff at Kadugli House in Steeton – the Bradford Diocesan office – have bid a fond farewell to senior administrator Jonathan Smith. He has retired due to ill-health. Diocesan secretary Debbie Child said: “He has been a hugely valued colleague,
Police have made arrests in Keighley in connection with a burglary in Ilkley. Two men and a woman from Keighley were arrested and interviewed in connection with the incident. They were released on bail as enquiries continue.
Ex-marine Andrew Burden is Silsden’s Firefighter of the Year. He won the accolade following a vote among the retained station’s 12-strong crew. The award was presented during a special event held in Silsden’s Sunnybank Social Club on Friday
Keighley is top of the class in this year’s New Year’s Honours list! CBEs have been awarded for services to education to a former Keighley school head and a woman born in the town. Louise Smith retired 12 months ago as the executive headteacher
Cullingworth’s Jack Hawksworth proved himself to be ‘as good as any of the current top five championship drivers’ as he took to the track in an IndyCar with Dale Coyne Racing at Sebring International Raceway in Florida. Having caught the eye with
