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  • Work on Central Hall nearing end

    Keighley’s Central Hall is preparing to open its doors as its transformation into a community centre nears completion. The first meeting will be held in the Alice Street building on December 15, followed two days later by a planned open day. The building

  • Play area targeted by vandals

    “Disgusting” graffiti is forcing parents to keep their children away from a £8,000-plus playground. Vandals attacked the play equipment in Central Park, Haworth, within a week of it being installed. The rundown playground was rebuilt last month in a

  • DVD: Merlin

    As the BBC's Robin Hood disappeared into the dark ages this young magician stepped effortlessly into his place. And with the series being a success across the world it has attracted a bigger budget and some top talent. It's this care -- script, performances

  • BOOK: Edge -- Jeffery Deaver

    A Washington police detective and his family become the targets of a killer contacted to grab them and extract information. Sent in to protect the family -- and discover who is paying this ruthless "lifter" -- is government protection officer Corte

  • GAME: Call of Duty: Black Ops

    The new Call of Duty is here for the Xbox 360 and once again it blows every other first-person shooter out of the water. Black Ops takes place over the Cold War as you play a number of characters performing top-secret missions to thwart Communist

  • GAME: The Sims 3

    Finally console owners get a decent version of a Sims game -- and this Wii version makes the most of the machine's controls. You can spend hours just creating your people -- bodies, clothes and a seemingly endless list of personality traits. Then

  • GAME: Disney Channel All Star Party

    Kids who love Disney TV shows like Wizards of Waverly Place, Suite Life and Camp Rock are sure to like this Wii party games compilation. No wonder, because they get to either compete as their favourite stars -- like Demi, Selena, Miley and Jonases

  • DVD: Doctor Who Complete Series 5

    Still not sure whether about Matt Smith as the new Doctor and whether latest companion Amy Pond is brilliant or annoying? Then have another check by watching all 13 episodes again and see how well new boss Stephen Moffatt's series-long story arc works

  • BOOKS: Christmas releases from Scholastic

    Kiddie monsters, soppy dragons, singing cats and fluffy baa-lambs feature in the latest children's books from Scholastic. One Fluffy Baa-Lamb, Ten Hairy Caterpillars is a colour hardback for young children by illustrator Nick Sharratt. It's a bright

  • BOOK: Borrowed Light -- Graham Hurley

    Over several investigations Portsmouth cop Faraday has stepped into the vacancy left by Inspector Rebus and he's shaping up quite nicely. Hurley's crime novels lack Ian Rankin's humour but they're dark, intricate, gritty, topical, credible, and almost

  • BOOK: The Horrible History of Britain and Ireland

    Many histories of Britain are Anglo-centric -- the other bits getting mentioned only when England fights them -- but not this addition to the Horrible Histories series. Terry Deary delves into 300,000 years of people and events from England, Ireland

  • BOOK: Popular Errors Explained -- Stewart McCartney

    This modern version of a popular 19th-century book is a great one to dip into before bedtime or at odd moments. McCartney, a leading TV and radio question setter, has taken 200 "facts" that many people think they know but are actually wrong about.

  • GAME: N3II: Ninety-Nine Nights

    Ninety-Nine Nights is a role-playing-style game where you fight off mass of waves of enemies in some seemingly plotless mush of quest. The fighting is in real time as opposed to turn-based attacks, and you can customise your weaponry, but this is very

  • BOOK: Postcard Killers -- James Patterson & Lisa Marklund

    The top US thriller writer teams up with a leading Scandinavian crime author for this tale of a couple murdering young lovers across Europe. All a result there is a slightly different flavour to the usual Patterson release -- still short chapters,

  • BOOK: Cross Fire -- James Patterson

    One of the better outings in recent years for detective Alex Cross with his nemesis Kyle Craig making a long-awaited return. The main plotline sees Cross tracking two snipers terrorising Washington by taking out crooked public figures with long-range

  • Well known village barber dies of leukaemia at age of 59

    A popular village barber has died aged 59. Smith Gill, who lived in Riddlesden, worked opposite Haworth Railway Station for 17 years, but was a barber in Haworth for a total of 25 years. He died in Airedale Hospital on Sunday. Before he died he asked