Technology used to improve the care of Airedale Hospital patients will be showcased at a major national conference. The hospital’s chief executive, Bridget Fletcher, and endocrinology consultant, Dr Richard Pope, will be running two seminars at
Two posts are being created to help people find the best health care services. ‘Community health navigators’ will help vulnerable patients access support. The roles – one full-time based in Keighley, the other part-time in Skipton – form part
Airedale Hospital’s stroke ward has received a £475 boost. The cash was raised through last year’s sponsored swim challenge, launched by the then-chairman of Craven Council, Chris Harbron. A cheque for the same amount has also gone to Parkinson
Work has started on a £400,000 refurbishment of Airedale Hospital’s pathology department. The scheme – to produce extra space and deal with a soaring workload – is being carried out in several phases, and should be complete by August. The new layout
Silsden residents can receive training on Saturday in how to use defibrillators. Town councillor Lawrence Walton has organised the session at St James’s Church Hall, from 2.30pm to 4pm. The initiative follows a decision by the council to buy
Oxenhope Parish Council hopes to develop up to ten new allotments on land in the Worth Valley. The site off Hebden Road will help meet the demand from at least 20 villagers for plots. The council has been negotiating for about a decade to use
Top-level assurance has been given that the Tour de France caravan – a cavalcade that accompanies the world-famous cycle race – will go through Haworth. Fears had been voiced vehicles involved in the long procession may struggle to negotiate the
Harden-based STRI has been shortlisted in two categories of the inaugural Sports Technology Awards. The firm is among the finalists in the sections for best technology in a single sport and use of technology by a governing body. The sports
Reef Cosmetics has moved into a Silsden business park. The cosmetic distribution firm has taken a five-year lease on a 4,000 sq ft unit at the Marrtree Business Park in Ryefield Way. And the company has been granted first refusal on an adjacent
Keighley brewer Timothy Taylor has appointed a pub estate operations manager. German-born Heike Funke will be responsible for the smooth running and profitability of the company’s managed pubs. And she will oversee the operation of several tenanted
New office space has been made available for small businesses inside a former East Morton Sunday School building. The facilities are being offered by the typesetting firm Prestset Ltd, which occupies the rest of the same converted property – Bethel
An historic Keighley-built loom is at the centre of a project to celebrate West Yorkshire’s textile heritage and teach skills to designers of the future. The 1921 Hattersley Standard Loom will be the centrepiece of a micro manufacturing project
A food firm run by a chef from Haworth is going down a treat in the capital. Swaledale Foods is tantalising the tastebuds of diners at some of London’s top restaurants. The company is supplying more than 30 high-profile eateries with traditional
Cononley Parish Council has objected to plans to build 15 new homes in the village. Farmer John Teal is seeking permission to build a mix of 15 two-storey terraced and detached houses on a field at Meadow Lane. The proposed development would
Planning applications received by Bradford Council include: Cullingworth – Lower Heights Farm, Keighley Road, single-storey lean-to extension; Sunnygarth, Ellar Carr Road, demolition of existing flat-roof extensions and construction of living and sleeping
An appeal has been lodged against Bradford Council’s refusal of plans for a wind turbine at Denholme. Town council members and MP Philip Davies were among those who objected to the proposal for a 250kw turbine – on a 30-metre mast – at Upper Bradshaw
A Tory politician has accused Bradford Council of “sitting on millions of pounds”. Councillor Simon Cooke – whose Bingley Rural ward includes Cullingworth and Denholme – said the unspent money had been given by developers for improvements to education
Extension plans at a Keighley hairdressers have been approved despite a clump of objections from nearby residents who claimed it could become a magnet for “intimidating young men”. The owner of a barber’s shop on the corner of Skipton Road and
Changes are being made to a £120 million scheme for a ‘clean energy’ complex in Keighley. But those behind the pioneering project, which could create about 500 jobs, say the proposed amendments will not affect the initiative hugely. Permission
A drink-driver from Denholme had been travelling in excess of 115mph in a 30mph zone through a village before he lost control and crashed, killing himself and his two passengers, an inquest heard. In the hours before the late-night tragedy, married
