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  • Fears for future of green belt in Keighley area

    Huge swathes of greenfield sites could be swallowed up for housing under Bradford Council’s proposals for future land use, opposition councillors have warned. To satisfy government requirements, the council has to earmark enough land in its Core

  • Personal midwife scheme launched at Airedale Hospital

    Call the midwife – and get the same one! That’s the message for mums-to-be as a new scheme is launched across Airedale and Bradford. My Airedale Midwife (MAM) will provide personal one-on-one care to pregnant women throughout their pregnancy

  • Chance to quiz boss

    Parents of Keighley district children with autism can quiz Bradford children’s services boss next week. Councillor Ralph Berry will visit the Keighley and District branch of the National Autistic Society on Monday. Family and individuals living

  • Groups cash offer in Keighley

    Community groups are being invited to apply for cash help. Grants of up to £500 are on offer under a new council scheme, Connecting Communities. Bids should be from two or more organisations wanting to carry out a single project to bring communities

  • Engine was purring for Keighley feline

    Paramedics avoided a potential cat-astrophe when they carried out a routine vehicle check! Perhaps thinking they had a faulty catalytic converter, the Keighley crew discovered a feral feline cowering in the engine compartment of the ambulance!

  • ‘Change tax rules’ plea by Keighley candidate

    Disabled people living in specially-adapted homes should be exempt from the bedroom tax, it is claimed. John Grogan, Labour’s prospective parliamentary candidate for Keighley, said many people could not afford to lose the £14 a week from their

  • Housing advice in service ‘relaunch’ in Keighley

    Keighley’s new advice service for homelessness and other housing issues opens on Monday. Advice has been provided through the Open Moves service, run by social landlord Incommunities, for the past few years. This is being replaced by Housing

  • Cancer scare over illegal colouring found in sweets

    A warning has been issued after illegal colouring – which could cause cancer – was discovered in some traditional Asian sweets. West Yorkshire Trading Standards said samples taken from several outlets across the region were found to contain dyes

  • Farnhill's Maggie 'scared' by relief mission

    Aid worker Maggie Tookey – who has just returned from Lebanon where thousands of people are seeking refuge from the fighting in Syria – doesn’t claim to be brave. But she admits her latest venture to the Middle East had been “very, very scary”.

  • Flood help work is led by Keighley doctor

    A Keighley doctor has led a rescue mission by young Yorkshire Muslims to a flood-hit village in Somerset. Dr Aziz Hafiz and fellow volunteers from the Ahmadiyya Muslim community travelled to Burrowbridge last week to help build barriers with sandbags

  • Raising concerns at Keighley coffee morning

    Residents from all cultures will be welcomed to Keighley Muslim Association’s first coffee morning. The group has specifically invited residents living near the Muslim Community Centre to the event on Saturday at 11am. These include elderly residents

  • Asbestos ruled out as reason for Riddlesden woman dying

    A woman who died aged 81 was a victim of natural causes rather than an asbestos-related disease, an inquest heard. Kathleen Atkinson, of Bar Lane in Riddlesden, died in May 2013 at Airedale Hospital after being admitted with a lower respiratory

  • Keighley man dies 14 years after accident

    A drink-driver suspected of causing a crash that left a Keighley man with devastating injuries later fled to Spain to evade justice and then hanged himself on his return to the UK, an inquest heard. The suspect, who was not named, is believed to

  • Former Keighley centenarian Clara dies

    A former Keighley woman who led dressmaking classes at the town’s college until she was 93, has died. Clara Bailey – who was a resident at Currergate Nursing Home in Steeton, where she celebrated her 100th birthday last year – was born in Ayrshire

  • ...and adding a touch of the French reality to the Tour!

    Congratulations to those councillors attempting to add to the authentic ambience by arranging a complete Gallic experience for all those who will visit the area for Le Grand Depart. Closing public conveniences in tourist areas will give us Tykes

  • Business support offered, and especially for women

    I applaud Heather Winter’s initiative in setting up a new networking group, but was very sorry to hear she has felt unable to find an existing group to meet her needs – Heather firms up networking idea (Keighley News, February 6). In fact, there

  • We have to take back what is ours on the subject of Europe

    We have a choice in this May’s European elections and council elections. We can have more Labour politicians, who would do anything Brussels wanted and not fight for our sovereign powers, or for our border controls or to plan for the size of the

  • Relief as cemetery work starts

    It’s not often I’m moved to write to the newspapers about something, but the Keighley News article that work has finally begun to rebuild Oakworth’s Dockroyd Cemetery wall and gates makes me very pleased – ‘Owner to pay for a new grave wall’ (February

  • So will they let us have a referendum on the EU?

    In reply to the letter – We have never had grown-up debate about being in the EU (Keighley News, January 30) – by Leo Robinson. This is one of the main reasons why we do need to get out of the EU, as Mr Robinson clearly does not fully understand

  • School-run parking causing danger in an emergency

    In response to Lisa Sanderson’s letter about school parking – People have to drive there when it’s a village school (Keighley News, February 13) – may I offer a different view. I moved into my property 40 years ago when it was all green fields.

  • Response to the flooding is just electoral hypocrisy

    In response to the floods in the South and West of England, they have announced that ‘money is no object’ in assisting the people who live there. The hypocrisy of the Conservative and Lib/Dem government has reached new levels. This is the same

  • Power to the people

    People power has won the day after Bradford Council’s ruling executive decided this week to backtrack on some of its controversial planned service cuts. Campaigners who fought hard to prevent the public loos in Haworth’s Central Park going down

  • Dignity in face of loss

    The savage murder of little Riley Turner early last year caused shock and revulsion, not just across the Keighley area, but nationally. With the sentencing now of his brutal killer, the full horrific nature of the four-year-old’s death has been

  • Bracken Bank footpath is ‘dangerous’

    A Bracken Bank shopkeeper is backing a school’s campaign for safety improvements at one of its exits. Oakbank School has barred students from leaving at lunchtime via the sports centre entrance in Ingrow Lane. The ban was imposed due to safety

  • Keighley bookworms take on Readathon challenge

    Youngsters at Bradleys Both Primary School are being challenged to read as many books as they can during the February half-term holiday. And the pupil from each year who is the biggest bookworm during the Readathon will receive a prize. A school

  • Anger over roadworks at Cullingworth

    A district councillor has attacked plans to close a major route into Cullingworth at weekends. Coun Mike Ellis claims the closure of Keighley Road could seriously disrupt access for residents. He added: “They’re willing to upset people’s lives

  • New speed limit plans near Harden welcomed

    A new 40mph speed limit on the outskirts of Harden will be imposed on two roads. Details of the ‘buffer zone’ speed-reduction scheme were released by Bradford Council this week. There will be 40mph stretches on both Ryecroft Road and Hill End

  • MP backs South Craven junction safety plea

    A campaign for action at a South Craven accident blackspot is being backed by the area’s MP. Julian Smith has called for North Yorkshire County Council to look again at the notorious Cononley Lane Ends junction on the A629. Parish councillors

  • Old stone has begun re-appearing in Keighley

    While traditional stone setts have been surfaced over in one Keighley street, they are reappearing in other parts of the town centre. Potholes in roads around the town may be the bane of many motorists’ lives, but they’re uncovering elements of

  • Keighley council attacked for patching up historic street

    Council workmen who slapped asphalt on a ‘cobbled’ Keighley street have come under fire. Furious mum-of-three, Carole Oksuz, said she arrived home from work one day to find a large section of the stone setts in Cliffe Terrace had been surfaced

  • Survey approved for views on Cononley shop plan

    Cononley Parish Council will distribute a questionnaire to determine if there is interest in taking over the running of the village post office and shop. The council gave the go-ahead last Tuesday to print 650 copies of a survey that will be sent

  • Forest School branching out around Keighley

    A community development worker hopes to bring people from opposite sides of a Keighley valley together by getting them down into the woods. Karen Wadsworth will draw on her Forest School training as part of the project to revitalise Holme House

  • Smallest shop plans in Haworth

    The Smallest Shop in Haworth could close after more than three decades in busy Main Street. The owner of the shop, who does not want to be named, is giving up running the outlet after 28 years. He has put the premises, which sells a variety

  • Drawing line over double yellow bid in Steeton

    Councillors have hit back at claims by a fellow politician that proposed double yellow lines in Steeton are “overkill”. Adrian Naylor and David Mullen say the new parking regulations in Thornhill Road are the correct response to the building of

  • CCTV spots blaze in Keighley town centre

    An electrical fault sparked a blaze that damaged the bedroom of a flat in Keighley town centre. Fire crews from Keighley and Shipley were called out at 7.50pm on Tuesday to deal with the incident, at a first-floor apartment in Church Street. The

  • Free cakes for needy children in Keighley

    A Keighley group that makes free cakes for needy children is promoting its work around child welfare organisations. Free Kids For Cakes provides birthday cakes for families who find it difficult to make or buy cakes themselves. Rachel Eydmann

  • Power restored after storms cut off supply in Riddlesden

    Tribute has been paid to engineers who went to the aid of Riddlesden residents after a tree brought down a power line. Sixteen properties were left without power following the incident during storms last Wednesday evening. Those affected were

  • Kind readers help buy vital minibus for Keighley school

    A special school is celebrating after taking delivery of a brand new minibus – partially funded through a Keighley News appeal. Caring readers helped raise £24,000 towards the cost of the specially-adapted vehicle, which will enable Phoenix School

  • Keighley Albion Juniors given Cougars masterclass

    More than 100 youngsters were put through their paces by Cougars coach Paul March and members of his first-team squad last Saturday. Despite the winter weather, Keighley Albion Juniors players turned out in force for a special training session

  • Keighley teenager Muhammad Ali one step from national glory

    Keighley boxer Muhammad Ali is bidding to claim yet another national title on Sunday when he takes on Brighton’s Kealon McFadden in the final of the class B 52kg England Youth Championships. The Bury Amateur Boxing Club teenager (pictured) used

  • Taekwondo champion Leah is special guest at Cougars

    Keighley's Taekwondo star Leah Moorby was special guest at Keighley Cougars for their first game of the season at the weekend against Whitehaven. The 14-year-old flies to Korea with the GB team for two weeks training at the University of Seoul

  • Keighley Cougars hit by 'Buster' blow

    Cougars player-coach Paul March is facing the grim prospect of being without captain James Feather for several weeks due to a groin injury. The long-serving hooker was struck down during last Sunday’s 36-14 opening-day victory against Whitehaven

  • Taxi driver racially abused by Cross Hills man

    A Cross Hills man racially abused a taxi driver following a night out drinking, Skipton magistrates heard on Friday. John Smith, 46, tried to give the driver just half of the £12 fare home from Keighley, and when challenged, responded with racist

  • Oxenhope residents invited to decide who receives funding

    The latest stage of a process to encourage members of Oxenhope’s community to get involved with making spending decisions will take place next week. For the first time in its history, Oxenhope Parish Council has been operating a participatory budgeting

  • Five men arrested in Cullingworth

    Police arrested a car full of men in Cullingworth after finding cannabis and items stolen almost a year ago in their vehicle. Officers patrolling the village stopped the car at 11pm on Saturday after they noticed “suspicious driving” in Manywells

  • Man is injured in Eastburn attack

    Police are appealing for information after a man was assaulted in Eastburn. The 53-year-old Shipley resident had been visiting a friend in Harewood Avenue on Saturday evening, and left to catch a taxi at about 1am on Sunday. He failed to meet

  • Relax tipped to reign at Newcastle

    It’s Eider Chase day at Newcastle on Saturday, with the 4m 1f handicap chase over 4m 1f at 2.55 likely to prove a real slog under anticipated heavy going, which has become the norm of late rather than the exception. David Pipe’s Junior, although

  • Keighley Magistrates’ Court judgements file

    Shelly Green, of 3 Acorn Street, Keighley, was banned from driving for 14 months – to be reduced by 14 weeks on completion of a course – and ordered to pay £175 for drink-driving Jordan Michael St Julien, of 140 Hainworth Wood Road, Keighley, was given

  • Keighley and district football fixtures

    Football fixtures SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22  North West Counties League, 3pm Reserve Division: Silsden v Glossop NE. West Riding CFA Challenge Cup, 1pm Quarter-final: Steeton v Brighouse Tn. West Yorkshire League, 2.30pm Premier

  • Keighley dad hits out over driver’s sentence

    A Keighley dad whose daughter was left fighting for her life after being mown down by a teenage driver fleeing police has hit out at the “lenient” sentence handed down by a judge. Haider Mumtaz, 18, who ran off after ploughing into the woman in

  • Public protests spare more cuts across Keighley district

    Council bosses have listened to public protests and found cash to save threatened services including toilets, children’s centres and waste recycling sites across the district. Leader Councillor David Green presented amended budget recommendations

  • Dramatic U-turn in fight for Haworth toilets

    Campaigners fighting to save Haw-orth’s Central Park public toilets are delighted budget changes could spare the facilities from the axe. Explaining the revised proposals on Tuesday, Councillor Andrew Thornton, executive member for environment,

  • World-famous concert pianist ‘sex abuse’ trial

    World-famous concert pianist John Briggs sexually abused five boys during a 25-year period, a jury at Bradford Crown Court has been told. Briggs, 65, of Little Lane in East Morton, is accused of ten offences involving two young piano students and

  • ‘We hope Riley's killer will rot in hell’

    Members of Riley Turner’s family supported each other as they bravely faced the cameras outside court after the little boy’s sadistic killer was told he would spend the rest of his life behind bars. The youngster’s mother, father, stepdad, grandparents

  • Violent past of ‘sadistic psychopath’ who killed Riley

    Anwar Rosser was a lying, deceitful child who grew into a sadistic psychopath. Adopted by a professional couple when he was five, he had set fire to a barn using petrol by the time he was 13. Aged 16, he smashed a trophy into a schoolboy’s

  • Riley's mum: ‘My kind heart cost me my son’s life’

    The heartbroken mother of Riley Turner has revealed how she would be always haunted by her act of kindness that unwittingly allowed Anwar Rosser to murder her treasured son. In a victim impact statement, Sharon Smith told how she wished she had

  • 'Relief’ as murderer of Keighley boy Riley, 4, given life

    The “psychopathic monster” who savagely murdered four-year-old Keighley boy Riley Turner must never be allowed to walk the streets again. That was the resounding message from community leaders this week as one MP told the Keighley News the sadistic