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  • Bracken Bank community centre activities on display

    KEIGHLEY community centre groups hunting for new members have shown off what they can offer in an Airedale Shopping Centre display window. The installation, put together by organisations based in the Sue Belcher Centre, in Bracken Bank, was in

  • Coast to coast cycle to fight cancer

    CYCLISTS from in and around Keighley rode 170-miles for Cancer Research UK. 15 cyclists set off from Morecambe on the west coast, with two more riders joining them on the second day to complete the coast-to-coast route at Bridlington. Among

  • Kittens rescued after being dumped at the roadside

    A CROSS ROADS-based charity is caring for three kittens, who were snatched from their mother at birth and left to die in a box at the side of a road. A spokesman for Yorkshire Cat Rescue said a total of four kittens were originally abandoned. They

  • Silver for Keighley cadet

    A KEIGHLEY sea cadet was rewarded for his prowess in a regatta staged in London this month. (Sept) 1st Class cadet Adam Feaviour won a silver medal in kayaking at this year’s national sea cadet regatta. He had been entered into the junior boys sprint

  • Oakworth dad's heartfelt meningitis warning

    AN OAKWORTH father has warned parents not to “drop their guard” against the dangers of meningitis, despite advances in vaccines available to treat it.Ian Wilkinson, 53, lost his son Kyle to pneumococcal meningitis in 1999 when he was just

  • Gym users flex their muscles for Keighley boy

    A KEIGHLEY gym raised nearly £300 to help a young Keighley boy who is battling an aggressive form of cancer. People who attend Frank's Gym, in Devonshire Street, raised the cash by taking part in a series of sponsored physical challenges at the

  • Back to the 60s for older people in Keighley

    KEIGHLEY pensioners will go back to the Sixties during a special event on September 30. They will be invited to recall the days of the Beatles, hippies, VW camper vans, peace campaigning and the Summer of Love. The Swinging 60s celebration