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  • Awards pride for housing site manager

    A SITE manager has scooped a coveted award in his first year working for housebuilder Redrow.Andrew Wilson, from the firm’s Manor Fields development in Steeton, has received a Pride in the Job Quality Award.The 39-year-old was among a record number of

  • Partridge sings in fabulous birdcage

    La Cage Aux Folles – Bradford AlhambraI WAS not quite sure what to expect from this stage musical as I had previously only known the story from the film Birdcage starring Robin Williams.What I got was a truly amazing theatrical experience that not only

  • Early Hickson Trophy exit for Skipton

    THERE was rather a jaded effort by Skipton Veterans in the annual one-day event for the Hickson Trophy, which was held in the Leeds area, when they were well beaten by Bradford at East End Park.The players never got to grips with the slow playing surface

  • Keighley businesses blast A-boards ban

    KEIGHLEY traders have hit out at a decision to ban A-boards from the district’s pavements. And the businesses are backed by the town’s Business Improvement District (BID) manager, Paul Howard. He says that provided the advertising boards –

  • Cut-price fares for local people are on the cards

    SUMMER’S here and school’s out! This is a great time of year to live on the doorstep of one of the country’s finest steam railways, not least because of the discounts offered to local residents in the postcode areas of BD20, BD21 and BD22. We have so

  • You’ll be hired, cohort is told

    A NEW set of apprentice healthcare support workers has started at Airedale Hospital.Following an intensive induction, the group will serve in a variety of departments across the NHS foundation trust, from A&E to the stroke ward.They will work alongside

  • Celebratory prize-giving evening at University Academy Keighley

    KEIGHLEY pupils were inspired and rewarded at a prize-giving evening at their school.University Academy Keighley’s (UAK) annual celebration and prize-giving evening took place on July 18 to celebrate the achievements of its students for the past year.More

  • New recruit at solicitors’ firm

    A NEW recruit has joined the Keighley conveyancing team at AWB Charlesworth Solicitors.AnneMaria Morrin qualified in 1994 and has over ten years’ experience specialising in residential purchases, sales, re-mortgages and shared ownership.She is dual qualified

  • Gearing-up for Silsden Gala

    SILSDEN is gearing-up for its gala.The event takes place at the town's park on Sunday, July 30.Kick-starting the extravaganza as usual will be the procession, which will assemble in Howden Road at noon.There will be four entry categories – best general

  • Snake plays Leeds fest

    SEVEN Jazz will be branching out from Chapel Allerton into the city centre on August 3 for the first Leeds Jazz Festival.There will be six free-entry live performances in Millennium Square and ticketed workshops including How To Learn Jazz at the nearby

  • Crime conference

    MEMBERS of Keighley's voluntary – or third – sector are being invited to an annual conference.The event – at Halifax on November 9 – is being hosted by the West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Mark Burns-Williamson.There will be speakers,

  • Young Oakworth cricketers bowled over with tournament success

    YOUNG cricketers from Oakworth Primary School are bowled over with their latest success.Members of the year-six cricket team have been crowned county champions.They won through Keighley, Bradford and regional rounds to reach the Yorkshire finals of the

  • Bronte birthplace for sale

    THE birthplace of Haworth's legendary literary siblings is up for sale. Anne, Charlotte and Emily Bronte – and their brother Branwell – were all born and raised in the Thornton building between 1815 and 1820, before the family moved to Haworth.

  • Keighley teen's TV Blind Date gives her a lift!

    A KEIGHLEY teenager hoped to bounce into love on the revival of hit TV show Blind Date.Former Holy Family School student Amy Tough appeared on the show last Saturday and had to choose her favourite from three young men hidden behind a screen.She and beau

  • Keighley Cougars coach confident in play-off challenge

    CRAIG Lingard says belief is strong within the Cougars camp that they can claw back a five-point deficit and reach the League One play-offs.Keighley will start their Super Eights campaign with a trip to Doncaster on Sunday, July 30, having confirmed a