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  • Oakbank and Parkside serve up a curtain-raiser cracker

    KEIGHLEY Rugby Union Football Club have staged another tasty schools' match between Parkside and Oakbank as a curtain-raiser to a first-team match.Parkside, whose forwards made good use of their early possession, triumphed 30-24 in the Year Eight contest

  • Bury face mighty Atoms

    QUEENSBURY have a trip to the seaside for their first round BARLA National Cup tie next month.They are at west-coast side Heysham Atoms on Saturday, January 10, while Keighley only have to go south east of Leeds to face Methley Royals.Brighouse host Hindley

  • Free places for new Keighley parents on first aid course

    NEW PARENTS in Keighley are being offered free places on a First Aid for Babies course.Keighley-based first aid organisation KFA Medical will not charge the first 12 people who book a placeA sp.okesman for KFA Medical said the course would be particularly

  • Keighley district's schooling 'not good enough', says Ofsted

    MORE than half of secondary students and a quarter of primary pupils in the district are studying at schools judged to be not good enough, the country's education watchdog has revealed.The Ofsted annual report shows that Bradford-district schools are

  • Airedale sitting pretty for new year

    AIREDALE Hockey Club men's first team go into the Christmas break in second place in Yorkshire Division One despite a frustrating defeat away to Wakefield-based Slazengers. The ladies first team are improving with every game in a tough Yorkshire

  • Lund is top Bradford finisher

    KEIGHLEY swimmer James Lund was City of Bradford's highest finisher at the North East Region Senior and Junior Short Course Championships in Sunderland. He had a sixth place junior placing in the 50m breaststroke, a seventh place in the 100m breaststroke

  • Yule love this scrummy alternative to Christmas pudding

    IT’S THE time of year for festive cakes, drinks and fun, so for this month's recipe I want to share with you a rather fancy version of the traditional Christmas Yule log. My latest creation includes dark chocolate, which is both rich and creates a shiny

  • Cranberry and Dark Chocolate Yule Log recipe

    Recipe Cranberry and Dark Chocolate Yule Log Ingredients50g plain flour5 eggs110g caster sugar (plus 2tsp extra for dusting)25g cocoa powder1tsp baking powder40g ground almond100g cranberries (plus extra to scatter on top of the cake)250ml whipped cream

  • Keighley's Okeh Soul Club prepares for New Year's Eve party

    KEIGHLEY Okeh Soul Club will again be hosting its annual New Year’s party at the town’s Victoria Hall.The event, named the Okeh Cokey, is in addition to the club’s popular monthly soul nights at the Keighley venue.A host of DJs well-known on the regional

  • Prize-winning accordionists to play in Cross Hills

    TOMORROW will see prize-winning local accordionists show off their talents to families, friends and other fans.Craven Accordion Orchestra, along with soloists, will perform at Cross Hills Social Club from 7.30pm.Proceeds will help pay the club’s costs

  • Familiar duo perform at new blues and roots venue in Haworth

    THE BLACK Bull in Haworth might be a new venue for local Blues and Roots nights but there are familiar faces to watch.Gerry Cooper and Phil Snell are returning following successful appearances at previous Blues and Roots venues in Haworth and Keighley

  • Latest Oakworth community news

    Oakworth Jackie McGinnis Tel 01535 643849 jacquelinemcginnis@hotmail.com Today: Oakworth playgroup is held in Oakworth Methodist Church on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings from 9.15am to 11.40am every week during term time

  • Latest Haworth and Stanbury community news

    Haworth and Stanbury Jens Hislop 01535 644444 jensandrea@blueyonder.co.uk Thursday: Churches Together Advent Group, St James’s Church, Cross Roads, last meeting at 2pm. Friday: Ladies badminton, Haworth Community Centre, 1.30pm

  • Latest Cullingworth, Harden and Wilsden community news

    Cullingworth, Harden, Wilsden Angela Holmes Tel 273265 angela9haven@hotmail.com Christmas church activities include: St John’s, Cullingworth – Sunday, 10am service and carol service at 6.30pm; Monday, making Christingles in St John’

  • Latest Exley Head community news

    Exley Head Jackie McGinnis Tel 01535 643849 jacquelinemcginnis@hotmail.com Today: Line dancing classes at Exley Head Methodist Church – beginners/intermediates from 6.30pm to 7.30pm, £1.50, intermediates/advanced from 7.30pm to 9.30pm

  • Latest Silsden community news

    Silsden Linda Berry Tel 654643 linda-berry@sky.com Today: Citizens advice, Health Centre, 9.30am to11.30am. Drop in for advice on any subject. Monday: Ladies dance and exercise class at the Methodist Church between 11am and noon

  • Latest Ingrow community news

    Ingrow A carol service takes place at St John’s Church, Ingrow, at 11am on Sunday. Mince pies, tea and coffee will be served afterwards. A Holy Communion service will be held at 11pm on Christmas Eve and at 11am on Christmas Day.

  • Latest Fell Lane community news

    Fell Lane Trinity Church Baptist and United Reformed Today: Fellowship groups meet for Bible study, prayer and song at the manse and Steve’s House, 7.15pm. Tomorrow: Coffee morning, 10.30am to noon. Sunday: Family carol service, 10.30am

  • Latest Denholme community news

    Denholme Kath Cook Tel 01274 832744 There will be Family All Sorts at the Shared Church on Sunday, with a carol service starting at 6pm. A Christingle service will be held at 4pm on Christmas Eve. The church is staging a Festival

  • Latest Cowling community news

    Cowling The James William Dawson Christmas bequest will be administered to all residents aged 70 and over at St Andrew’s Methodist Church on Saturday, from 10am to noon. This will probably be the last time the event is held. Festive refreshments

  • Latest Farnhill and Kildwick community news

    Farnhill and Kildwick Joyce Wood Tel 01535 635880 There will be a service of Holy Communion at St Andrew’s Church at 8.15am and 10am on Sunday. The Christmas carol service by candlelight will take place at 4pm, and children are invited

  • Latest Steeton community news

    Steeton A coffee morning at Steeton Methodist Church on Saturday raised £436 for church funds. Thanks are expressed to everyone who gave their support. There will be a family carol service and Nativity, led by the Junior Church and the Rev Alan

  • Latest Morton and Riddlesden community news

    Morton and Riddlesden Sunday: Morning worship – led by B Dransfield – and Church Fellowship at Riddlesden United Reformed Church, 10.30am. Monday: Exercise class at Riddlesden United Reformed Church, 10.30am. Morton Women’s Institute held

  • Latest Laycock community news

    Laycock Jackie McGinnis Tel 01535 643849 jacquelinemcginnis@hotmail.com Sunday: Today’s Christingle service at Keighley New Church, Braithwaite, starting at 3pm (please note there will be no morning service today) will be led by the

  • Latest Oxenhope community news

    Oxenhope Edward Denby Tel 646479 teddyflyboy@msn.com Today: Yoga at the community centre, 2pm to 3pm; Worth Valley Contact Point, Changegate, Haworth, noon to 4pm; choir practice at St Mary’s Church, 7pm, and Compline Quiet Time at

  • Latest Thwaites Brow, Long Lee, Parkwood community news

    Thwaites Brow, Long Lee, Parkwood Desmond Jackson Tel 607234 deslonglee@gmail.com Parish Communion takes place at St Barnabas Church at 10am on Sunday, and there is a joint carol service at 6pm. There is a Nativity service at Long Lee

  • Latest Cross Roads community news

    Cross Roads Kathryn Gower Tel 642965 kathgower@btinternet.com Christmas church services include: Today – Lees Primary School carol service, St James’ Church, Cross Roads, 9.30am. Christmas Eve – Our Lady of Lourdes RC Church Midnight

  • Oakworth's 'Grand Old Man'

    SIR Isaac Holden, "the Grand Old Man" of Oakworth House, served as local MP till 1895 and the age of 88, when his "elastic step and no less elastic mind placed him on a par with many younger members."Born in Scotland to a Cumberland

  • Mystery around history of Haworth Old Hall

    HAWORTH Old Hall, one of the village's oldest surviving buildings, is seen here in its more mundane guise as a farm.It is sometimes called Emmot Hall, having been bought in the 18th century by the Emmot family from over the Lancashire border, who however

  • Bronte museum's first home

    THE Bronte Society, founded in 1893, housed its first museum on the upper floor of this prominent building at the top of Haworth Main Street, formerly the Yorkshire Penny Bank and now the Tourist Information Centre, before moving into the Parsonage in

  • Mum's the word at Keighley primary school

    MUM'S the word when it comes to computers at a Keighley school.Nine mothers of pupils at Keighley St Andrew's CE Primary have been in the school learning about ICT.They have successfully completed an eight-week basic community course, run with Bradford

  • Oakbank pupils go global with computer science

    PUPILS at a Keighley school have been learning more about computer science as part of a global event.The Oakbank students took part in the Hour of Code, during Computer Science Education Week.The initiative was designed to promote the importance of the

  • Christmas productions at Keighley schools and nurseries

    KEIGHLEY schools and nurseries are in the midst of Christmas activities.Nativities and festive productions are being staged across the district.And the Keighley News is planning to spotlight the seasonal events in its bumper Christmas Eve edition.Don't

  • Riddlesden pupils prepare for cracker of a Christmas

    CHILDREN at Riddlesden St Mary's Primary School are preparing for a cracker of a Christmas.A nine-foot tree delivered by Woodbank Nurseries at Harden now has pride of place in the main hall.And it is adorned with decorations made by the pupils."Teachers

  • Airedale Enterprise Services team visits Parliament

    STAFF from Airedale Enterprise Services (AES) have been given a guided tour of the Houses of Parliament.They were in London to attend a National Enterprise Network conference, at the British Library.While in the capital they were invited for a parliamentary

  • Keighley gym flexes its muscles in bodybuilding world

    A KEIGHLEY gym is flexing its muscles in the bodybuilding world.Nick Hindle, who co-owns NRGym with Rousel Chowdhury, was fourth in a UK Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation event in Leeds.Competing in only his second show, he was up against a 25-strong

  • Sheer delight for Manorlands at sheep sale result

    WOULD ewe believe it?A charity sheep show and sale raised £3,337 for Manorlands.About 30 lambs and donated items including walking sticks were auctioned off in aid of the hospice at the annual Addingham & District Sheep Breeders' Association event.Craven

  • Keighley taxi firm clocks up £200 for Manorlands

    TAXI drivers have given a fundraising boost to Manorlands.Metro in Keighley has handed over a £200 cheque, proceeds of a collection can at the firm's Church Street head office.The collection was the idea of driver, Mohammed Shafiq.The firm's general manager

  • Keighley News Christmas deadline

    NEXT week the Keighley News will be publishing a day early, on Christmas Eve.As a result, the deadline for material from our correspondents and other contributors is coming forward.All copy should be with us no later than 9am on Monday to ensure consideration

  • Keighley's Timothy Taylor bitter is the toast of Parliament

    KEIGHLEY brewery Timothy Taylor has received a certificate marking a parliamentary appearance by its award-winning Boltmaker bitter.The popular tipple featured as a guest ale in Strangers' Bar at the House of Commons.Now Keighley MP Kris Hopkins, the

  • Grants on offer to Keighley youth projects

    KEIGHLEY-district groups working with young people could receive cash aid.Green-energy and recycling specialist Leo Group Ltd, whose sites include Omega Proteins at Denholme, is offering grants of up to £2,500 from its community fund.Any voluntary organisation

  • Free Christmas Day bus services in Keighley

    Buses will once again operate in Keighley on Christmas Day.The popular free service, which began in 1995, is run by volunteers from Keighley Bus Museum Trust. Financial support is being provided by Keighley Town Council.Four services will operate from

  • Boxing Day buses in Keighley

    KEIGHLEY bus company Transdev is again operating Boxing Day services.The firm says buses will run on five routes around Keighley and the Worth Valley.Services being provided are the 66A Keighley-Steeton-Airedale Hospital, 703 Keighley-Guard House-Braithwaite

  • Airedale Hospital nurse a finalist in prestigious awards

    AN AIREDALE Hospital nurse was among the finalists in a prestigious regional awards scheme.Julia Nixon, an advanced nurse practitioner in acute medicine, was nominated for a leadership recognition award from the Yorkshire and Humber Leadership Academy

  • Latest Keighley Bridge Club results

    KEIGHLEY BRIDGE CLUB Monday December 1 – Evening North/South 1 Alan & Diane Dean, 2 Mac Viney & Christine Hull, 3 Mike Rattenbury & Charles Burton; Evening East/West 1 John Spencer & Freda Conquest, 2 Mark Stead & Stephen Pollard

  • Simple answer to Sandbeds nightpot noise problems

    RE THE noise problem at The Octagon in Sandbeds – Noise is still a hitch at venue (Keighley News, November 13). Cost-free, easy-peasy answer. Turn the volume down to a reasonable level! BRYAN MILLER Sandbeds

  • Who will foot the bill for Keighley Town Council audit costs?

    HOW considerate of Keighley Town Council to apologise for their mistakes in 2012/13 and to accept the findings of the independent investigation – Keighley Town Council issues public apology (Keighley News, December 4). That will keep many people

  • Health Secretary visits Manorlands Hospice

    HEALTH Secretary Jeremy Hunt has visited Manorlands Hospice. He was shown round the Oxenhope Sue Ryder hospice and met staff and patients. Keighley MP Kris Hopkins, who accompanied him, afterwards tweeted: "Thanks to Health Secretary Jeremy

  • Concerns about Bronte Society president Bonnie Greer

    AS A Brontë Society member, I am concerned about our president, Bonnie Greer, and her great plans for Haworth – Greer looks to celebrate anniversaries (Keighley News, December 11).  Do the residents of Haworth really want the village to “buzz all the

  • Green drivers in Keighley with 'warm smug glow'

    I DO hope the greenest driver in Keighley gets a warm smug glow as he plugs his £30,000 electric car into the town’s £10,000 charging point – Electric car charge point coming (Keighley News, December 4). He might reflect on the following. Britain

  • Attack on Keighley Mayor is 'ridiculous'

    YOU MAY imagine I would be delighted by demands for Councillor Graham Mitchell to stand down as mayor of Keighley because I was the other candidate and was defeated by him. You would be wrong. I see an attack on Keighley’s mayor as an attack on

  • Haworth can't survive cuts

    AFTER joining a protest in Haworth against a raft of cuts to hit the village during the past year, I am calling on Kris Hopkins to take urgent action. The protest, organised by local gardener Steve Thorpe, was supported by people across the area.The protest

  • Embarrassed to declare Keighley is my birthplace

    WHILST I have no connection with any member of the Cavetown gang or Keighley Town Council (KTC), I wanted to say the recent audit report makes me embarrassed to declare Keighley is my birthplace. Whether the audit report states guilt or infers

  • Can you make room at the inn for Jesus?

    AT CHRISTMAS we read the Bible passages about the birth of Jesus. In Luke’s version we read that ‘there was no room’ at the inn, and so Jesus was born in a manger in Bethlehem, rather than a fancy delivery suite at Airedale Hospital, or the First Century

  • Retrograde step not the answer after Keighley rape horror

    RAPE ranks among the most abhorrent crimes in society.The effect on the victim can be absolutely devastating and the scars lifelong.The fact the boy convicted this week of a rape in Keighley, and his victim, were both just 15 at the time of the offence

  • Keighley needs to pull together

    I ATTENDED the extraordinary meeting of Keighley Town Council on December 2 in my district councillor capacity, as an observer. I attended as I am very concerned the past couple of years have brought bad publicity and negative national as well

  • Lessons have not been learned by Keighley Town Council

    NO ONE could argue against a desire to preserve our historic buildings.The last thing anybody wants is to see architecturally important or attractive structures stood empty, slowly falling into a state of disrepair.But you have to seriously question the

  • Fox a class act as Keighley youngsters shine

    YOUNG Keighley riders were to the fore at Bradford District Motor Club's Autowbars Novice and Beginners Championship trial at Harden last Saturday. Joe Fox won the Youth Class A category from Ilkley’s Daniel Hole and Gisburn’s Sam Peel, while Jacob

  • Menston put wind up Cullingworth despite top show

    Premier Division Cullingworth Youth 4 Menston Town 5 YOUTH gave their best performance of the season yet lost out by the odd goal in nine in a cracker of a game which was a credit to both teams. It was obvious from the beginning that the

  • Slow start costs Sutton

    SUTTON Rascals under-15s were made to pay for a slow start as visitors Keighley Shamrocks under-15s beat them 3-1.Playing against a strong wind, the Rascals were 3-0 down at half-time.Sutton put in a better performance in the second half and had the Shamrocks

  • Oakworth rider Moses gets double bonus after third place

    ALFIE Moses may only have finished third in the fifth round of the National Trophy Series in Bradford on Sunday.But the Keighley teenager had a double bonus.The Paul Milnes Cycles-Bradford Olympic RC member not only wrapped up the overall junior men's

  • Silsden paper made of write stuff

    SALES of Silsden Football Club's 1914-style newspaper, which was produced to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the start of World War One, has raised more than £500. The club's commercial manager Barry Thomas and sports club chairman John Lohan

  • Cononley warm the cockles with fast and furious start

    CONONLEY Sports were hot on a cold day as they beat the weather and their opponents in the Mastab's Craven League Premier Division. They defeated next-to-bottom visitors Embsay 5-0, scoring four goals in the first 20 minutes on the way to only

  • Ice-cool Lampkin tackles Arctic Tundra

    TWELVE times FIM Trials world champion Dougie Lampkin has been putting his riding skills to the test in the frozen wastes of Lapland. The Silsden ace tackled a special Tundra Trial which is the biggest filming project he has ever undertaken.

  • Donations flood in to Keighley toy appeal

    DONATIONS are continuing to flood in to a Christmas toy appeal.Goods and cash are arriving every day in support of the Keighley Salvation Army initiative.The appeal – being staged in conjunction with the Keighley News and Sainsbury's – will ensure that

  • Sutton boundary book raises cash for Manorlands

    SALES of a new book spotlighting the history of an ancient boundary have raised £600 for Manorlands.All profits from the publication, Riding the Boundary of the Old Township of Sutton-in-Craven, went to the Oxenhope Sue Ryder hospice.Friends Robin Longbottom

  • Airedale Hospital coffee shop reopens after refurbishment

    A REFURBISHED coffee shop at Airedale Hospital has been officially reopened.The Friendly Coffee Shop, at the hospital's main entrance, has received a £60,000 facelift.Work included an extension into a former reception area, and new flooring.The shop is

  • Keighley fire attacks condemned

    MORE than half of attacks on firefighters across West Yorkshire between April and October occurred within the Bradford district, new figures have revealed.A total of 34 attacks on firefighters were recorded during the seven-month period, 20 of which were

  • Latest Keighley and Craven district planning applications

    PLANNING applications received by Bradford Council include:Denholme – Former Whitakers Joinery Works, Halifax Road, variation of condition four of permission 13/01113/MAFHaworth – 2 Massey Fields, part single and part two-storey rear extension; Hill Crest

  • Cononley man completes his Royal Navy training

    A 20-YEAR-OLD from Cononley has completed his transformation from a civilian into a Royal Navy sailor during a 10-week intensive training course at HMS Raleigh in Cornwall.Communications Technician Ben Brittain undertook a series of physical and mental

  • Keighley Shared Church to host civic carol service

    KEIGHLEY Shared Church is hosting a town civic carol service on Monday (Dec 22). The candlelit service will feature a choir, carols, readings and a brass band. The event starts at 6.30pm, not 7.30pm as inadvertently stated in last week's Keighley

  • Keighley soldier leads Ebola mission to Sierra Leone

    A KEIGHLEY soldier who led a seven-week mission to Sierra Leone as part of the British Army’s response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is back home.Lieutenant Colonel Phil Carter, of 5 Medical Regiment at Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire, was

  • Santa returns to East Riddlesden Hall

    SANTA returns to East Riddlesden Hall this weekend.He will be back at the 17th-century National Trust property after a successful event last weekend.The grotto will be open on Saturday and Sunday, with a gift for every child.Also, families are invited

  • Keighley civic carol service

    KEIGHLEY Shared Church is hosting a town civic carol service on Monday (Dec 22).The candlelit service will feature a choir, carols, readings and a brass band.The event starts at 6.30pm, not 7.30pm as inadvertently stated in last week's Keighley News.

  • Latest Keighley district court file

    Vincent Carter, of 15 Grove House, Red Holt Drive, Keighley, was given a community order – with a four-week electronically monitored curfew – and ordered to pay a £60 victim surcharge for stealing children's toys from ArgosJames John Molloy, of 10 Haincliffe

  • Kildwick jazz legend returns to Craven

    KILDWICK-born jazz sensation Clare Teal is back on Craven home soil tomorrow.She is performing her Festive Fiesta at Settle’s Victoria Hall.The show marks the finale of her musical director, Grant Windsor, who is heading back to his native Australia.Clare

  • Nine traffic accidents recorded in Keighley in one morning

    TREACHEROUS road conditions were blamed for causing a spate of accidents in Keighley over the weekend.A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said the icy conditions had contributed to nine road traffic accidents across the town last Saturday morning. (

  • Haworth 1940s Weekend in jeopardy amid funding crisis

    ORGANISERS of the hugely popular Haworth 1940s Weekend have issued a stark warning – next year’s 20th anniversary event will be cancelled if sufficient funds cannot be raised by the end of January.The nostalgic annual event, which draws huge numbers of

  • Oxenhope Parish Council in bid to cut 2015/16 budget

    OXENHOPE parish councillors have agreed a draft budget for 2015/16.Council members unanimously accepted the draft during their latest monthly meeting last Wednesday. (Dec 10)The budget features a £15,330 precept – £40 less than the previous financial

  • Rescuers help walker with chest pains in Cowling

    MEMBERS of Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue were called out to help with a 79-year-old man, who suffered chest pain while walking on the Pennine Way, near Cowling, around lunchtime on Sunday.Local members, along with colleagues from Calder Valley Search and