People seeking a better job or new career defied the rain to attend the Keighley News recruitment and training fair. Although the weather might have put off some, employers and services were impressed by the “good quality” of applicants who did turn
A charity for the disabled says its recent success in gaining lottery money is discouraging further donations. Haworth Riding for Disabled, in Vale Mill Lane, which offers therapeutic riding lessons to people with a range of disabilities, announced in
Keighley Cougars’ head coach Barry Eaton is one of three nominations for the National League Two Coach of the Year award. The name of the winner will be revealed at the Co-operative National League’s Awards Dinner at Elland Road, Leeds, on Tuesday, September
A 13-year-old Silsden girl has been selected to join the Blackburn Rovers Centre of Excellence. Bethany Millgate, who played for Silsden Girls U-14s last season, is no stranger being noticed by big ladies football clubs. Her mum Kirsti Millgate said
The race for promotion from Division Two of the Aire-Wharfe League took a dramatic twist when former leaders Knaresborough were deducted 24 points for a violation of an English Cricket Board rule. The league found Knaresborough had used 18-year-old Australian
The horrendous weather throughout the week left many cricket grounds awash. The appearance of the sun during Saturday just added to the frustration of players who were desperate to play some cricket before the season ends next week. However amongst the
Great Britain maintained the feel-good factor from the Beijing Olympics by gaining more gold medals in the European Track Championships. And West Yorkshire played a major part in the glory at Pruszkow in Poland by getting four golds. Two went to Cullingworth
The weather put paid to Keighley Cricket Club’s chances getting promoted to the First Division as all games in the Bradford League were washed out on Saturday. “It’s was very disappointing,” said Keighley all-rounder Richard Robinson. We’ve had a good
Silsden 1 FC Halifax Town 3 An excellent FA Cup replay at Cougar Park saw Silsden go down to Halifax Town at the preliminary stage last Wednesday. The visitors took the lead midway through the first half when Ashley Stott netted a super diving header
Keighley Albion are celebrating their 60th anniversary this Saturday evening with a joint reunion and presentation evening at Victoria Hall in Keighley. Doors open at 7pm and tickets costing £12.50 and are available from Richard Fryers on 01535 655876
Keighley Cougars 32 Workington Town 14 Keighley and Workington met for the fifth and final time this season, for the prize of play-off progression - the winner meeting Rochdale Hornets, who defeated York City Knights on Friday evening. Town’s troops
Keighley 68 Whitehaven 9 Missing the first match of the rugby season because of a waterlogged pitch was too difficult to contemplate for Keighley rugby club members. This meant that the committee worked hard with garden tools to ensure that there was
A 40-year-old man found tied up in a caravan in Silsden has been fined after he claimed to have been abducted. The man was given an £80 fixed penalty notice for disorder by West Yorkshire Police. He falsely claimed he had been abducted and that his
Keighley Cougars head coach Barry Eaton has delayed until tomorrow (Friday) naming his team to play Rochdale Hornets in the Co-operative National League Two Elimination Semi-Final at Cougar Park on Sunday, kick off 3.00pm. Eaton has named
Hundreds flooded into Airedale Hospital’s restaurant area on Tuesday afternoon to see lively demonstrations of a range of medical treatments Stands focusing on specialisms such as maternity, accident and emergency and surgery gave young and old alike
A 22-year-old man who made drug deliveries for a dealer in order to pay off a large debt has been jailed for two years. Amar Bashir, of Bradford Road, Riddlesden, was arrested by police after being stopped in a car in Keighley last November. Prosecutor
Plans to build a 65-bedroom hotel and 18 apartments at Haworth have been withdrawn. The proposed scheme, for land to the west of Weavers Hill, had been recommended for refusal by Bradford Council planning officers. The application was due to be considered
The vice-chairman of Silsden Athletic Football Club is furious after fans were clamped at their much-hyped FA cup replay match. More than 400 fans descended on Cougar Park on Wednesday of last week hoping for a win against Halifax Town in the FA cup
A family has been targeted by malicious vandals who draped dead cats on the bonnet of their car and rammed knives into the tyres. Hayden Tennant, 37, of Silsden, said his wife was badly shocked when she made the discovery as she got into the car early
A fundraising evening raised £1,000 to help terminally ill children. Last month’s event was hosted by Bocking Working Men’s Club, in Cross Roads. The idea for the evening came from resident Gemma Binns who organised the fundraiser with the help of
Another event has fallen victim to the weather. Hainworth Fun Day, due to be held this Sunday, has been cancelled because of the wet conditions. The event was originally planned for August 17 but was postponed then owing to the rain. Annie Berrington
Bradley Family Day at the weekend was hit by the bad weather. Despite sunshine on the day, the wet condition of the playing fields led to the cancellation of most of the activities due to take place on them. Luke Bayer from TV’s The X-Factor sang to
A Keighley man who stole several bottles of strong spirit from a Skipton store was one of life’s unfortunates, a court heard. Daniel Hill, 30, stole two bottles of Malibu, together worth £25.98, from Sunwin House on June 24 and a further five bottles
Representatives from Yorkshire Water have advised Steeton on what to do in the wake of a sewer crisis. Michael Denney and Mat Pollard from the company were asked to attend the meeting of Sutton with Eastburn Parish Council after streets in the village
More than 1,000 reception class youngsters starting primary school this month are being offered free school meals. Youngsters aged four and five at 90 per cent of Bradford district primaries which use the council’s in-house catering service will be given
A former murder squad detective with the Metropolitan Police is heading a new team — but in a rather different field. Marcus Peel has taken over as the new headmaster of Malsis School, Cross Hills. Married with two grown-up children, he has been a schoolmaster
A motorist who refused to stop for a flock of sheep, forcing two farmers to jump clear and breaking an animal’s leg, has been convicted of dangerous driving. A judge warned Nigel Walton he will almost certainly go to prison. A jury at Bradford Crown
Villagers have been left stunned by the sudden death of their former vicar. The Rev Tom Allen, who left Christ Church, at Oakworth, in May to take up a post with the Mission to Seafarers in Scotland, died this week aged 51. He had served at Oakworth
Silsden residents will have to wait until February to get their new park bridge, the town council has been told. Bradford Council engineer Richard Todd went to the town council meeting to discuss plans for the bridge into the town park, which
A car containing a gang of bag-snatchers dragged a “brave” woman 20ft across a Keighley supermarket car park as she tried in vain to stop the theft. The 42-year-old woman had just returned to her car at Morrisons, in Worth Way, Keighley, when a red Ford
A request for a donation from Silsden Responders, a team of volunteers on standby to give CPR (rescue breaths) before paramedics arrive, ignited a debate at the town council. Silsden Responders had written to the council clerk requesting money to buy
A veteran of the war against Japan who died earlier this month has been praised for his dedication to the community. Noor Dad, who was 90, died on September 1 following a short illness. He was born in Kashmir and joined the British Indian Army
A woman was stunned to discover a brand new pair of shoes she wore on a shopping trip had been badly corroded by a mystery toxic substance. Bridget Smith, of Ingrow, returned home one day to find the soles of the £40 shoes — which she had bought
A former teacher at a Keighley school has appeared before magistrates accused of sexually abusing girls as young as nine. Graham Walter Nichols, 62, of Storr Hill, Wyke, Bradford, faces 10 charges of indecent assault against children under 14 dating
