Newly-turned professional Liam O’Neill takes on some of the best up-and-coming golfers in Europe next week, insisting he is not just there to make up the numbers. The Keighley and Branshaw member tees off in the second stage of the European Tour Qualifying
An outstanding performance from Cougars hooker Jamaine Wray couldn’t prevent Jamaica from losing 36-26 to the USA in their Atlantic Cup opener on Tuesday night. Wray led by example and scored a second-half try but was also involved in a bizarre incident
Keighley Albion 44 West Bowling A 14 Albion strolled to another victory over the Bradford side despite giving them a six-point lead in only the second minute. A missed tackle let in hooker Danny Loxham for a try at the posts and centre Ash Wood converted
A special batting award was presented to Haworth’s prolific run-scorer Jamie Rowell at the club’s annual dinner last week. Rowell, who scored 1,160 runs last season and became the highest scorer in the club’s history, was presented with a special framed
Mewies Solicitors have extended their backing of the Craven & District League for the 2011 season – but Bradford Central League club Salem Athletic will not be among the teams competing. They officially applied after showing initial interest last month
Selby 38 Keighley 15 A depleted Keighley team were outplayed by an energetic Selby side, who ended the visitors’ three-match winning streak. With four regular players missing – including skipper Leigh Sugden, fly half and goal-kicker
Night-time revellers who spend a penny in Keighley town-centre streets could be hit with an £80 fine. Police are cracking down on people caught urinating in shop doorways and open public spaces. The action is part of an initiative to tackle disorder
Cullingworth’s Jack Hawksworth was only treating the 2010 Formula Renault UK Winter Series as an opportunity to pick up some experience ahead of the main championship in 2011. But after storming to pole position and then finishing fourth in his first
Silsden’s Damien Smith and Keighley’s Frazer Hutchinson had a torrid time on the demanding Welsh stages on the British round of the World Rally Championship last weekend. The Skipton Ford Rally pair drove a Fiesta ST, prepared by local rally preparation
Three plaques which honour soldiers of the First World War have been re-located to Silsden Town Hall. The plaques, which show the names of Silsden soldiers who served and died during the 1914-18 war, had been stored in the former Silsden Methodist Church
The building of a new school complex on the former Greenhead High School site has been hit by delays. The new University Academy Keighley campus was due to open next April, next to the existing school buildings. Beechliffe School, which will replace
A major sports retailer is opening a store in Keighley – with the creation of 30 jobs. Sportsdirect.com opens in a unit at Cavendish Retail Park, Cavendish Street, next Saturday and is recruiting staff at various levels. The company, which has more
Telemedicine technology successfully employed by Airedale Hospital to diagnose prison inmates via video link could be extended. The move was revealed by Ann Wagner, director of strategy and business development with Airedale NHS Found-ation Trust, at
A counsellor found to have been “unjustly” treated by her bosses has revealed that her ordeal to clear her name was worse than having cancer. Sandra Goad, who battled against breast cancer in 2001, was awarded £8,000 damages by an employment tribunal
Police have seized £360,000 from criminals in the Airedale and North Bradford division in six months. The seizures by Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) investigators included one lump sum of £102,486.54 taken from a convicted drug dealer at the end of last
A lorry driver left brain-damaged after being crushed at work by a quarter-tonne industrial saw has won his High Court battle to prove his employer was partially responsible. Nick Holmes, 49, of Thornton, Bradford, was unloading the 290kg panel saw from
In order to scrape together cash to attend a family funeral, Barry Howgate pawned a television and two laptops he had not paid for, magistrates were told. The 55-year-old was still paying instalments to Bright House, the shop where he bought them, when
Sutton Community Primary School is celebrating after receiving an Investors in Pupils Award. For the past 12 months the whole school community has worked together to achieve the award and it is one of only a handful of schools in North Yorkshire to get
Pupils at Oxenhope Primary School have been rewarded for their entry in a district-wide competition. They have received a certificate and two flip-cameras in the “My Learning, My Future” contest, organised by Education Bradford. Entrants were asked
The Yorkshire Dales is to be turned into an extra classroom for pupils at a primary school. Youngsters at Our Lady of Victories, in Guard House, Keighley, will be learning all about conservation, map-reading and flora and fauna — and be in line for a
An Airedale Hospital doctor has been fined £450 and his licence endorsed with six penalty points for speeding. Dr Konstantinos Michalopoulos rushed though temporary roadworks on the A1, at Rainton, because he was concerned about his elderly father, Skipton
Cullingworth Primary School children are learning the recipe for business success. The young entrepreneurs are raising money by publishing a book of recipes from parents and other villagers. They treated the book project as a business venture to accompany
Cliffe Castle Museum, in Keighley, has been closed until further notice due to flooding. The Keighley News understands water seeped in following the theft of lead from the roof. Bradford Council yesterday refused to confirm whether lead had been stolen
Keighley district schools have signed up for Manorlands’ second business enterprise challenge. Fundraising initiative Mind Your Own Business has been revived following its successful introduction last year. Students vie to become the district’s best
Oakworth boy Charlie Hiscock plays the leading role in a major TV drama starting next week. The 11-year-old Oakbank School student stars in Combat Kids, which will be shown on BBC1 and CBBC. He gained the role of army brat Jed after
Pupils from Nessfield Primary School booked in for a visit from a mobile library. The Bradford Council vehicle made a rare school visit to help foster a love of reading among children and families. The Keighley school wanted to highlight the wide range
Schools are being invited to get in the picture for next year’s Keighley Festival. Students can paint life-size portraits of kings and queens from British history for the revamped festival. The paintings are the latest annual Schools
Police seized drugs during a raid on a Keighley town centre restaurant. Officers swooped on the Balti House, in Albert Street, and recovered a quantity of suspected cocaine plus cash. Three men were arrested following Tuesday’s dawn raid. Two were
Whoever would have thought it? A truly inspirational, technological-medical development may have an unexpected side-effect — easing a hospital’s car parking problem. The process is called “telemedicine” and is used to diagnose conditions via a video
Billy Clayton St Barnabas Church, Thwaites Brow writesSometimes a friend or acquaintance will tell me it is possible to worship God without going to church and I agree with them. Yes you can, but the question is “do you?” There is always something
This postcard view of Haworth from Bridgehouse seems composed to show off the new War Memorial unveiled in 1923. A Haworth War Memorial committee had been formed early in 1923, pledged to commemorate those “who paid the supreme sacrifice during the recent
