Keighley people with severe sight problems are being urged to ensure they claim their cut-price TV licence. Last year more than 70 people in the town obtained a concessionary licence, which – at £72.75 for colour – is half the normal fee. TV
A leading voluntary sector boss in Keighley is retiring next month after 16 years in the town. Caroline Schwaller has run Keighley and Ilkley Voluntary and Community Action (KIVCA) since 1999. She decided the time was right to step down from
Most patients referred to Airedale Hospital feel they are treated with dignity and respect, a new survey has shown. The latest inpatient department survey published by the Care Quality Commission rates the hospital highly in several areas.
A group which helps Keighley people and others across the district have their say on health and social care has celebrated its first birthday. Healthwatch Bradford and District marked the anniversary with a cake at an event which put NHS organisations
Five duvets and two dilapidated tents are among items removed from Park Wood this year. Friends of Park Wood have reported on a productive year, which saw them collect 45 bags of litter and remove fallen trees from footpaths. The group has involved
A retrospective application for an agricultural building at an Oxenhope farm has been recommended for refusal. Members of Oxenhope Parish Council expressed opposition to the shed at Marsh Top Farm, Marsh Lane. They asked for the application
A UK Independence Party candidate has won a by-election seat on Keighley Town Council. George Firth, 48, won the poll for the vacancy on Fell Lane and Westburn ward by a big margin, picking up 366 votes. The sole rival candidate, Mohammed Ansar
A 24-year-old woman who recklessly threw a pint glass hitting her friend in the face has been sentenced to nine months imprisonment suspended for 12 months. Laura Jalil left Adele Greenwood scarred for life in the incident outside Muldoons pub
Location: Bank Newton Start: Gargrave Distance: 5.25m miles Map: OS Explorer OL2 Yorkshire Dales South/West Gargrave is an attractive village on the edge of the Dales, its busy main street running alongside spacious greens by the River
It is really disappointing to have to open with bad news, but so much upset has been caused by the theft of a number of benches from Ingrow Station (widely reported by the Keighley News) it would be remiss of me not to mention of it. So much volunteer
Last month’s Clandestine Cake Club meeting was great. The theme was ‘places’, and although at first I struggled to decide what type of cake to make, eventually the answer seemed obvious to me. I would make a Manchester Tart Cake! I love Manchester
Music Exchange Arts Centre, Russell Street, Keighley 01535 661591 exchangearts.co.uk Rebel Tea Party featuring local bands (tomorrow); Morderstein tribute to Ramstein (Saturday); Howlin’ Johnny and the 59 Sound (Sunday) Keighley Ukrainian Club,
Keighley’s annual town meeting has been rescheduled again. The meeting was previously put back from March 19 to April 30, due to a lack of availability at the intended venue – the civic centre, in North Street. The date has had to be shifted
A couple are drumming up support for a girl with a rare condition. Steve Janetta and partner Marina Waymouth are walking 100 miles around West Yorkshire – playing a drum. Their effort is to back nine-year-old Bingley girl Grace Hitchens – who
The UK premiere of short film Parakeets was the highlight of a pop-up cinema in Keighley. Organisers of the town’s RATMA film festival hosted last weekend’s event in the Airedale Shopping Centre. The shopping centre provided an empty unit to
Keighley people will gather later this month to remember those who have lost their lives in the workplace. The town’s Trades Council is again leading commemorations locally for international Workers Memorial Day, on April 28. At 11am a ceremony
A fall in which a leading Keighley-born lady jockey was paralysed contributed to her death more than 20 years later, an inquest heard. Sharron Murgatroyd, 54, died in the West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds on March 28 after being admitted
Drainage fears prompted councillors to defer an application to build four new houses in Utley, Keighley. Members of Keighley & Shipley Area Planning Panel said they wanted to see a full drainage report for the proposals, which relate to a sloping
Work on the final phase of a £1 million-plus development at a Keighley company is nearing completion. Keighley Laboratories has installed a new heat-treatment facility at its South Street base. The state-of-the art furnace has been commissioned
Plans to demolish derelict buildings on disused council-owned land in Keighley and replace them with houses have been approved. The outline application for the land next to Utley Cemetery, in Skipton Road, was submitted by Bradford Council’s asset
A Facebook page has been launched dedicated to new parents across Airedale. Behind the initiative is the Bradford and Airedale Child Health Information team. Team member Rebecca Munden said: “Becoming a parent can be a daunting experience with
A health boss has come under fire for plans to axe a ward for dementia patients at Airedale Hospital and shift it 14 miles to Bradford. Allison Bingham, Bradford District Care Trust’s deputy director of adult services, was told the plan to relocate
Further action is planned to tackle parking problems caused by visitors and staff from Airedale Hospital. Bradford Council imposed parking restrictions on the Thornhill Road estate, Steeton, where indiscriminate parking was said to be causing dangers
More than 70 cuddly characters from across the UK took part in the Manorlands Mascot Gold Cup. Sunday’s event – at Wetherby racecourse – raised about £15,000 for Sue Ryder, which runs the Oxenhope hospice, and a further £5,000 for other causes.
A Keighley supermarket worker has climbed England’s highest peak to raise money for Sport Relief. Mohammed “Mo” Usman was among staff of Sainsbury’s who last week took part in the company’s Big Climb. Staff at English stores climbed Cumbria
