THE STEAM Spectacular began today on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. Seven locomotives are in operation today, tomorrow and Sunday during the popular annual weekend. Highlights on the Railway Children line today have included a special
THE SOUTH are back on tour and will perform at the Brudenell in Leeds on Sunday.The South, which feature members of 1980s pop band The Beautiful South, are trekking around the country following a successful summer playing festivals.They will perform Beautiful
KEIGHLEY Blues Club will tomorrow host a performance by Finland’s Queen of the Slide Guitar.Erja Lyytinen headlines the club’s latest concert at the Cougar Park Hall of Fame as she tours to promote her latest album.The Sky Is Crying is described
SINCE signing to a US label and achieving success in the States, not least with an appearance on the Jay Leno Show, The Dunwells have gained a reputation as a band with an Americana sound. But according to singer Joe the band, who wowed their audience
THE NATIONAL Theatre’s award-winning comedy One Man, Two Guvnors is coming to the Grand Theatre.The play, seen by more than one million people worldwide, will be at the Leeds theatre from November 4 to 8Nicholas Hytner’s production tells the
A FAMOUS war poet’s time in Yorkshire will be highlighted in a play next month.Former Brookside star Dean Sullivan is directing and narrating the show about Wilfred Owen. Dean, who played Jimmy Corkhill in Brookside, is taking Bullets And Daffodils
THE BRADFORD Catholic Players need men to climb aboard the merry-go-round of their latest show.The historic society is staging popular musical Carousel and needs more men for the cast.The show is about mill girl Julie Jordan, who falls for and marries
ONE of Keighley’s best-known community workers has taken charge of domestic violence issues for Bradford Council.Noreen Akhtar has become the district’s top-level co-ordinator for all issues relating to violence against women and girls.She
Keighley's MP has said Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative Party conference pledges show why a Conservative Government is "vital" for Britain's future.Kris Hopkins highlighted Mr Cameron's commitment to cut tax for
A COUNCIL is calling for people to "show more respect" to the Sutton war memorial.Parish councillors are upset that the memorial in Sutton Park is being climbed and ridden on by bicycles.A ceremony was held in early August to celebrate the addition
CYCLISTS from around Keighley rode 170 miles for Cancer Research UK.Fifteen 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 the riders was
A SPONSORED crawl, toddle and run raised £830 for good causes.Dozens of children at Bridge House Day Nursery, in Steeton, took part in the event.They were raising cash for Oxenhope Sue Ryder hospice Manorlands and a charity called CORE, which helps
A MOVING performance outlining the ordeal faced by conscientious objectors during the First World War will be given in Haworth next week.Peace campaigner and storyteller Simon Heywood will bring to life the often forgotten tales of 'conchies',
AN11-year-old boy was in hospital last night after being involved in a collision with a car in Ingrow, Keighley, yesterday. Police said the boy had suffered a “minor fracture to his skull”, but that his injuries were not deemed serious or life-threatening
RECENT inspections of preschools across the district have raised concerns about how children are safeguarded.But Bradford Council says procedures are in place to help nurseries improve.Dradishaw House in Silsden is the latest early years provider to be
AIREDALE Hospital’s Emergency Department Appeal has been given a bumper £10,000-plus boost.A Great Gatsby-themed ball coined-in a whacking £8,000 for the Keighley News-backed fundraising campaign.And Keighley Rotary Club has donated
A NEW drinks festival in Keighley could be just your cup of tea.You can either sit back with a refreshing cuppa or sink a pint of real ale.Cafe Choux Choux is hosting its first Tea and Beer Festival from October 23 to 26.The cafe bar, at Keighley railway
A LOS Angeles-bound athlete from Keighley has met the lord mayor of Bradford.East Morton teenager James Crossley will represent Great Britain in next year’s Special Olympic Games in the USA.He and fellow power lifter Chris Woodhead, from Haworth
A GOLF tournament in Keighley to help in the fight against prostate cancer has raised more than £1,600.The charity contest was hosted by Keighley Golf Club and organised by club member John Brownless, who was himself diagnosed with prostate cancer
A KEIGHLEY woman has joined high-achieving graduates in a prestigious exhibition at an Oxford University college.A portrait of Shahnaz Ahsan hangs prominently in the great hall at Hertford College, along with 19 other renowned ‘old girls’.
