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  • Church in spotlight of village history

    A former Denholme man has written a history of the village centring on the now disused St Paul’s Church. Terry Hanson has spent more than 25 years working on his 152-page paperback The Minster in the Hills. His first print run of 100 copies sold out

  • Keighley gig for the man from The Icicle Works

    The singer from acclaimed 1980s band The Icicle Works will perform in Keighley on May 5. Ian McNabb was regarded as one the greatest singers/songwriters to emerge from the decade's Liverpool music scene. His hits included Love Is A Wonderful Colour

  • Search of collapsed building finds no one

    Fears that someone could be trapped beneath rubble following a roof collapse earlier this morning have proved unfounded. A specialist fire service search and rescue team - with a sniffer dog - was called in after part of the derelict Harold Town building

  • A Groovy Happening brings monthly music and comedy to Haworth

    A Groovy Happening is planned every month at the Parkside Social Club in Butt Lane, Haworth. The music event organised by local volunteers will raise money for Manorlands. The premiere on February 4 will feature the Liam Newton Psychonaut Experience

  • Alice in Wonderland recreated at Eureka!

    Halifax children's museum Eureka! will be transformed into Wonderland over the February half term holiday and visitors can join Alice. Characters like the Mad Hatter, the March Hare, the Queen of Hearts and the Cheshire Cat will roam around the museum

  • Waiting for Godot with an all-black cast

    Modern classic Waiting for Godot is performed by an all-black cast at West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. Samuel Beckett’s play is described as a funny, poetic and tragic masterpiece contemplating humanity and friendship. Jeffery Kissoon and Patrick

  • Barrel of laughs and a taste of heaven in Bradford theatres

    A barrel of laughs and a taste of heaven are among treats this winter and spring at St George's Hall. Elsewhere in Bradford the Alhambra audiences are being offered three shows for fifty quid. Eighties pop star Belinda Carlisle, queen of the big hair

  • Blithe Spirit -- Keighley Playhouse

    The third play in the Playhouse current season was billed as "an improbable farce by Noel Coward". Perhaps it was too improbable to work as the playwright intended. The fault at last Tuesday’s first night lay at his door rather than at the performance

  • BOOK: The Piccadilly Plot -- Susanna Gregory

    Nothing's ever simple for 17th-century spy Thomas Chaloner as he is thrust into several investigations within hours of returning from Tangier. His main consignment seems petty: discovering who has been stealing bricks from the house being built for his

  • KITCHEN REVAMP BROUGHT TO BOIL

    Tourists visiting a Harden park will be given a flavour of 150-year-old recipes following the restoration of a kitchen rarely seen since Edwardian times. Heritage experts are close to restoring two rooms, including the kitchen, at the old coach house

  • Rescue under way after building collapse

    Part of the roof of a derelict building has collapsed, sparking fears someone could be trapped beneath the rubble. A specialist fire service search and rescue team, with a sniffer dog, is currently at the scene in Chesham Street, Keighley. The alarm