A campaign has been launched by the district's GPs to raise awareness of options available to the public in health emergencies. It follows concern that many people were attending accident and emergency departments when they should have used another service
Braithwaite residents must find cash to repair their damaged community centre. Bradford Council owns the Whinfield Centre, in Keighley, but will not fund structural repairs to the roof and wall. The volunteer management committee - made up of residents
A Thai boxing instructor from Steeton has been named as manager of the England Thai boxing team. Robin Shepherd, 29, who was born at Embsay and runs Thai boxing gyms at Eastburn and Bingley, steps into the position which was vacated by previous manager
Silsden 2 Winsford United 1 Two fox in the box goals from Lee Reilly midway through the second half of the game at Cougar Park on Saturday have taken Silsden to sixth place in the league. Always a tough nut to crack, Winsford led at half-time but a
Young Sarah Johnson is showing some star qualities as the Oakworth girl won two silver medals at the Wellow House Open Table Tennis Tournament in Nottingham at the weekend. Nine-year-old Sarah, a pupil at St Anne's School in Keighley and a member of
Keighley Cougars head coach Barry Eaton is targeting an improvement in defence when his side travel north for their Northern Rail Cup tie against Workington on Sunday. In two matches in the cup competition the Cougars have suffered losses to National
TWO Keighley area footballers have missed out on the chance to play with David Beckham at Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy. John Butcher of Keighley and Thomas Dibb of Denholme were among four footballers from Yorkshire who were invited back for trials
This week I'd like to talk a little bit about a great experience for two of our local footballers. John Butcher of Keighley and Thomas Dibb of Denholme are flying back to Yorkshire today after finishing a football journey in sunny Southern California
Sheffield 12 Keighley 0 Keighley's relegation anxieties deepened after their defeat at Sheffield. With the sides on level points before the game it was a crucial encounter and the loss leaves the Utley men only three places off the bottom of the league
* Baccapipes Folk Club hosts singers' night (Friday) and Flossie Malavialle (February 22), in Keighley Ukrainian Club, 9 Henry Street, off Cavendish Street. Phone 01535 605310. * Simon Kaylor Quartet plays jazz at Welcome Home Sexy club at New Beehive
Hundreds of young people have been making the most of a gym especially aimed at the under 16s. Bradford Council's sport and leisure service opened the district's first junior gym in January last year, at Keighley Leisure Centre. And since then its popularity
Pantomimes continue in four local villages until the weekend. * Harden Players present Alice in Wonderland runs from tonight until Saturday (7.30 pm) and Saturday at 2p in Harden Congregational Church. Book at Harden Post Office. * Cinderella is at
* Bradford Gallery, Yorkshire Craft Centre, Carlton Street, Bradford: Create a Vision exhibition (Monday-February 29. Phone 01274433334. * St George's Hall, Bradford: Bootleg Beatles (March 22); Russian State Opera of Siberia in Puccini's Madam Butterfly
A labourer who failed to pay off a £100 fine for breaching a community rehabilitation order imposed in September 2005 is facing a prison sentence. Craig Walsh, 32, of Elliott Street, Silsden, had paid only £50 of the fine in over two years, despite having
Anti-social behaviour on the district's rail network has been slashed. Incidents in the British Transport Police (BTP) Bradford neighbourhood policing area, which includes the Airedale line, have fallen by more than 40 per cent. In the period between
A 25-year-old man who assaulted a pub manager and caused damage estimated at more than £2,500 has been jailed for a year. Recorder Ian Graham said David Whittingham appeared to have gone almost berserk as he swung around bar stools, smashing beer pumps
A British Transport Police officer has said that Steeton and Silsden Railway Station is being monitored for anti-social behaviour. Sgt Richard Price attended a meeting of Steeton with Eastburn Parish Council last Wednesday and spoke about his powers
Women members of a church have raised more than £1,000 for the Airedale Hospital children's unit appeal. Fundraisers from the Worth Valley Community Church officially handed over the cash to a representative from the hospital on Sunday. The women collected
The deputy town mayor of Denholme has admitted working while claiming more than £5,000 in benefits. Dennis Bibby, of Station Road, Denholme, pleaded guilty at Bradford Magis-trates' Court last Thursday to receiving housing benefit and council tax relief
A 59-year-old man has been remanded in custody charged with grievous bodily harm with intent after a woman was found with serious injuries in a field at Cowling. William Robert Davies, of no fixed address, but from the Colne area, appeared at Bradford
The deputy town mayor of Denholme who has admitted working while claiming more than £5,000 in benefits, has resigned from teh town council. Dennis Bibby, of Station Road, Denholme, pleaded guilty at Bradford Magis-trates' Court last Thursday to receiving
Plans to turn a derelict warehouse at Riddlesden into flats have been rejected. Keighley Area Planning Panel voted by three votes to two last Thursday to turn down the application for the canal-side plot, off Bar Lane. Members said they feared the development
Breastfeeding mums are being welcomed at Keighley Leisure Centre. Bradford Council is offering facilities at all its sports centres and swimming pools. It is supporting a Bradford and Airedale Teaching Primary Care Trust (tPCT) campaign to encourage
Community workers now go for a paddle when they want to talk about their work. They certainly keep their balls in the air as they plan joint projects in Keighley. They're thrashing out the details over a ping-pong table rather than a conference table
An Oakworth man's careful restoration work has brought him success at a major motorcycle show in the Midlands. Colin Cooper won the "Best Honda" category in the eighth Japanese Motorcycle Show, staged at Donington Park. The judges were highly impressed
A 21-year-old man who used to play rugby league for Keighley Cougars attempted to bite a man's ear during a disturbance. Christopher Clough, of Western Street, Keighley, admitted at Bingley Court on Tuesday to being drunk and disorderly outside the Old
More than 350 Silsden residents are petitioning for greater road safety for their children when walking to school. Parents Garry Wilkinson and David Driver are leading the campaign, which calls for the speed limit in Elliott Street, near Aireview Infants
More than 350 Silsden residents are petitioning for greater road safety for their children when walking to school. Parents Garry Wilkinson and David Driver are leading the campaign, which calls for the speed limit in Elliott Street, near Aireview Infants
Two former teachers at the former Brontë Middle School are about to chalk-up a place in history. And ex-pupils at the Keighley school, which became redundant during the shake-up from a three to two-tier education system about seven years ago, will decide
A Keighley man has been committed for trial accused of murdering a baby boy 21 years ago. Stephen Knox, 50, of Ingrow Lane, will face trial at Leicester Crown Court on November 3. He has pleaded not guilty to murdering Mark Harrison, in Leicester, on
A 17-year-old girl who killed a man by plunging a knife into his groin has been sent to detention for three years. The teenager drank a bottle of vodka and smoked cannabis before she struck the fatal blow, Bradford Crown Court heard. Her victim, Anthony
Keighley's St John Ambulance headquarters is to close. The organisation says the sale of the Russell Street building will not affect its training or coverage of public duties. But the move has angered Keighley Town Council, which has voiced its opposition
Cowling is in Craven - not BradfordIt is very kind of Bradford Council to send us their "Community Pride" newsletter and I do, in fact, read it - however Cowling is in Craven district and not Bradford. I have complained two or three times already about
Stephen Smith of Airedale Church writesJesus taught his followers to pray "Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on Earth as in heaven". Those are words prayed, recited or muttered regularly by Christians across the globe - yet all too often without
This scene shows neither York nor Bath, but Haworth - and it's all indoors in the former Hipperdrome Cinema, in Belle Isle Road! The Bygone Days Memorabilia Museum was officially opened by actress Kathy Staff (Nora Batty in Last of the Summer Wine)
A teenage girl has admitted filming the death of a Keighley man who was killed by her friends in a so-called "happy slapping" attack. Gavin Waterhouse, 29, died from a ruptured spleen following the "unprovoked and cowardly" attack in the Beckside area
Bradford is only ten miles from Keighley - those words should come back and haunt Philip Gee, the executive director for South and West Yorkshire St John Ambulance. He was commenting on the rightful anger and concern at the decision to close the organisation's
