A woman has arranged a charity night of rock music, dancing and fun in memory of her mother – from Sutton – who died of heart failure. Nicola Dobbie returned from holiday to find her mum, May Marshall, 56, had passed away, when she went to visit
Sarah Browncross is The Brontë Society’s newly-appointed communications officer. Here she pens the first in her monthly Parsonage Museum columns We have had a wonderful warm summer at the Brontë Parsonage Museum with loads of visitors – and
Whilst most visitors to East Riddlesden Hall are aware of all the fantastic history to explore within the property, all too often our beautiful grounds and gardens can be overlooked. Now is the perfect time to come and discover a hidden slice of
There is little to beat the satisfaction of making your own bread when you create something scrumptious from a bowl full of unpromising ingredients. Kneading dough is a fabulous stress-buster, and making your own bread is a genuinely pleasurable
Music Snooty Fox, Oakworth 642689 Elvis tribute Steve Jeffries (Saturday); Catch-22 (September 6) Baccapipes Folk Club 01535 605310 baccapipes.org.uk Summer singarounds (Fridays 8.30pm) Bingley Arts Centre 01274 567983 ticketsource.co.uk Jimi Hendrix
The Great Northern pub is to host blues, roots and traditional music nights each month. Ben Waters, one of the organisers, promised the best music from Yorkshire plus well-known acts from further afield. The autumn season kicks off on Saturday,
Last weekend’s Blues Festival didn’t mark the end of summer music events in Colne. The town will host its popular Green-Rock Concert on Saturday with seven hours of music on the Millennium Green. Festivities will begin at noon with Draks Drum
Born Thief will be one of the first bands playing during the Sunday session of Bingley Music Live. The group, which has two members from Wilsden, can be seen on the second stage on Sunday, September 1, from 1pm. Born Thief will follow their
An up-and-coming alternative metal band – made up of musicians who met at Leeds College of Music – hopes to make a big impact in and around Keighley. Five-piece outfit Dear Atria has already played locally, impressing audiences with performances
Members of the Bronte Blues Club are being offered special benefits for the upcoming All Star season. In addition to priority access to tickets, every member will receive a new CD unavailable anywhere else. One Night In Laycock has been produced
An Oxenhope businesswoman who holidayed in Greece and The Canary Islands on the proceeds of a £144,000 VAT fraud has been jailed for 15 months. Katherine Devlin put her hands to her face as she was led to the cells at Bradford Crown Court today. Devlin
The owner of a Keighley live music venue is looking forward to an exciting new season of entertainment. The Exchange Arts Centre in Russell Street has been closed for refurbishment for part of the summer, but will be back in action from Tuesday
Mid Wales Opera is returning to Huddersfield to celebrate the centenary of the birth of leading British composer Benjamin Britten. The company will perform Britten’s comic chamber opera Albert Herring in a co-production with the Opera Theatre Company
An evening of witty entertainment is promised in Halifax in an adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic The Pickwick Papers. The Trials and Tribulations of Mr Pickwick will be related by Nigel Nevinson in the one-man play at the Square Chapel
A hit tribute to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons comes to the Alhambra Theatre next month. New Jersey Nights was conceived in the USA and is described as a nostalgic musical journey through the iconic group’s career. The show features dozens
A fresh translation of Strindberg’s classic drama Miss Julie will be performed in Halifax on Saturday, September 28. UK Touring Theatre successfully took the play around the country last spring, and is now back on the road for 17 further performances
The bad girl of CBBC will play the all-American girl next door as the Rocky Horror Show returns to Bradford Alhambra. Dani Harmer played Tracy Beaker on children’s television before going on to reach the finals of Strictly Come Dancing 2012.
Queen of the British folk scene Kate Rusby again brings her autumn tour to St George’s Hall in Bradford. Kate, who last year celebrated 20 years in the music industry, promises much-loved classics from her back catalogue. A spokesman said Kate
The South Pennines Walk and Ride Festival will begin on Sunday, September 8, with a walk around Oxenhope. The circular walk on good paths will begin at 11am from the large chimney in Station Road, Oxenhope. The walk is expected to take five
The Cemetery Club will be the first play of the new season from Bingley Little Theatre. Ivan Menchell’s play, to be performed from September 16-21, is described as a comedy with poignant moments. It is set in Queens, New York, where three Jewish
Hairspray, at Leeds Grand Theatre, is one of those feelgood shows that will probably go into constant rotation around the UK’s theatres. It’s a real crowd-pleaser, a foot-tapping cheer-inducing spectacular that’s well worth watching more than once
A Keighley teenager will travel to the United States next year to compete in the world’s cheerleading championships. Sian Reid, 14, will take part alongside fellow members of the Panache Elite team from the Panache Cheerschool in Bradford. In the
It’s no mystery why the works of John Waddington-Feather are doing so well on the Kindle e-reader. He constantly writes new material, busily plunders his extensive back catalogue and relentlessly promotes his work. His murder mystery novels, set
Keighley Playhouse will open its doors to the public on Monday for its new 2013-14 season. When audiences arrive for Peter Quilter’s comedy, Duets, they will find those doors are new. The old heavy doors of the Devonshire Street theatre have
VOLUNTEERS explore links between the industrial revolution and the South Pennine uplands in a new book. Riches of the Earth: Over and Under the South Pennine Moors has been published as part of Watershed Landscape project administered by Pennine
Twenty-two youngsters – aged between six and 14 – enjoyed a summer drama school at Skipton’s Mart Theatre. It was run by the locally-based Bad Wolf Theatre Company and Angel Performance Arts, which used to run drama sessions in Oakworth. During
The latest novel by former Keighley woman Sophie Hannah has been published in paperback. Sophie, who lived in Utley until a couple of years ago, has received critical acclaim for her psychological thriller, The Carrier. The novel is the eighth
The Keighley-born organiser of an international conference on cultural tourism has spoken of the importance of new ideas in the field. Susannah Daley hopes the event in Skipton next month will expand the horizons of people working in heritage,
A local theatre group has looked to the ancient past for its first production under its new name. Sutton’s Green Hut Theatre Company is travelling to ancient Rome for the stage adaptation of the BBC sitcom Up Pompeii. For several decades, the
A Keighley fitness trainer will be putting on his running shoes next month to step up the fight against cystic fibrosis. Matthew McArdle, of Riddlesden, works with people who have the genetic condition, and will take part in the 2013 Great North
This one-man band was photographed in Keighley during the First World War. A notice on his drum reads: ‘I am an Italian subject and have lived in England 35 years, brought up a family of children, three of my sons are now serving under British
Not all commemorations of the First World War were locally well received. This gun lies not on a battlefield, but in the beck in Steeton’s then new memorial park in March, 1920. In the aftermath of the war Steeton, like many other communities
Keighley has enjoyed close links with France since 1905, when a local branch of the International Brotherhood Alliance was formed, with its non-political ideal “to band together men of all nationalities in a common organisation to promote friendly
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Keighley student Raju Miah was among those celebrating at Craven College in Skipton. He gained an A in GCSE chemistry and Bs in biology and maths, and will now study at A-level. Raju hopes to eventually go on to university. He said: “Throughout
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New 2U is having a summer clearance sale. This will run until Saturday, September 14. All items will be half price or less. Based at St Andrew’s, opening hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays 2pm to 4pm and Saturdays 10am to noon. Tea, coffee and
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You can’t lick the students of South Craven School when it comes to maths exams. Teacher, Lisa Woods, gave chocolate lollies to her students showing the grades they had received in their GCSE exams. Lisa said: “I had to make 66 cake pops because
Keighley-district schools are celebrating record-breaking GCSE results. Oakbank headteacher, David Maxwell, said his school’s figures were the best ever. “What makes the achievement of our students even more impressive is that these results
Public Events Today: Morton Meet, conversation, refreshments, £1, East Morton Memorial Institute, 2-4pm. Tomorrow: Coffee morning, Keighley Shared Church Hall, 10am-noon, shoppers’ service, 10.30-10.50am. Saturday: Coffee morning, Keighley
There is bingo on Tuesdays at the Dickie Bird now starting at 8.30pm, a quiz and Strike It Lucky on Wednesdays from 9pm. A free supper at both events. Sunday lunch from 12 30pm. Now open Tuesday to Sunday from noon. The Art Group meets on Tuesdays
On Saturday there will be a coffee morning in the community centre from 10am. This will include stalls and a raffle. The proceeds will go towards St Thomas’s Church. Sunday services at St Thomas’s Church include holy communion at 10.30am. Sutton
On Sunday, September 1, at 10.30am morning worship will be held at Riddlesden United Reformed Church, led by the Reverend Fred Rich; 6pm Riddlesden United Reformed Church and Trinity Church, Fell Lane, shared service, at Trinity. Monday: 10.30am
Sunday: Oxenhope Methodist Church has a service at 10.30am. There is an aerobics fitness class with Sam Reeday at 9.30am at Oxenhope Community Centre. Monday: West Drive Methodist Church, 8pm for prayer, a space to relax and be calm, all welcome
hursday: Oakworth Police and Community Contact Point: telephone number 647574. The Contact Point is open every Thursday, from 1.30pm to to 3.30pm in Holden Hall. Call (01535) 644001. Oakworth playgroup, which is situated in Oakworth Methodist Church
Sunday: Keighley New Church, Keighley New Church, Braithwaite village: Today’s service, beginning at 10.30am, will be led by Reverend Christine Bank. Tea and coffee will be served after the service in the church hall; everyone is more than welcome
Today: There is a book exchange at the Community Centre, 9.30am to noon, plus Little Ladybirds baby and toddler Group 10am to 11.30am. Contact Denise Gant on (01535) 645604. The Baptist Church hold a prayer meeting at Thornfield, Station Road, at 10am
St Andrew’s Church meet on Sunday for Holy Communion at 8.15am. and 10am. From 2.30pm. to 4.30pm, tea and scones will be served in the Parish Rooms and the church will be open for visitors. A demonstration of Christmas breads by award-winning Master
unday: Today’s service, at Exley Head Methodist Church will be at 10.30am, with Sunday Gang for the children. Monday: A playgroup operates every day, Monday to Friday in the room below the Exley Head Methodist Church, from 9.15 to 11.45, during
A graphic design class will be held at Bingley Youth Cafe from 7pm to 9pm on Friday. Contact Bingley Youth Cafe. Cullingworth Scarecrow Festival is on Saturday and Sunday, September 7 and 8. This year’s theme is ‘Cullywood’ (Hollywood comes to
On Monday, September 7, there is a full Haworth, Cross Roads & Stanbury Parish Council Meeting at West Lane Baptist Church, Haworth, at 7.30pm. On Tuesday, September 3, the Lees and Cross Roads Church and Chapel Ladies Group resumes its meetings
Thousands of people rocked on down to Silsden Park to enjoy the town’s very own mini-Glastonbury Festival. But while Silsdenbury Fest organisers said it was hugely successful, fears have arisen about its future funding amid poor donations received
Keighley MP Kris Hopkins says he feels “deeply uncomfortable” at the prospect of the UK doing nothing while people suffer in Syria. Speaking this afternoon, he described his regret at the result of last night’s Commons vote in which MPs rejected a motion
Planning applications received by Bradford Council include: Cullingworth – Land adjacent to East Manywells Farm, Doll Lane, stable block and hay store East Morton – 14 Buckstone Garth, single-storey rear extension; Fieldhead House, 9 Highfield Close
Plans for a 35-metre-high wind turbine on a Silsden farm have been refused because it would “substantially detract” from the surrounding landscape. Steven Turner had applied to site the turbine at Heights Farm in Heights Lane to help support the
Plans to site a 50kw wind turbine on land at Bent Laithe Farm in Lothersdale have been rejected. Using their delegated powers, officers at Craven District Council refused the scheme, saying it would have a detrimental impact on the character and
Owners of an animal rendering plant in Denholme have told government officers Bradford Council has been “illogical,” “irrational” and “unreasonable” in its dealings with them. The Leo Group, which runs Omega Proteins at Earling Works in Half Acre
Winners in the Keighley News photographic competition are in the frame. First-placed Joe White and runner-up David Smith each received a giant canvas of their entries on Saturday from the Max Spielmann outlet in Keighley’s Airedale Shopping Centre
Police are seeking information about the theft of Yorkshire stone taken from the tops of walls in the Cross Hills area. Investigating officer PC James Dykes said thieves struck in Boundary Avenue outside a number of houses, and also at one address
A woman householder watched in dismay as a white Transit van drove off with her York stone forecourt in the back, Bradford and Keighley Magistrates’ Court heard on Tuesday. But Maria Mutarelli was able to describe the van, with its distinctive
Boxer Amir Khan is due to make a special guest appearance at a Keighley charity night next month. He will be in town to help promote ‘A Night of Giving’ at Victoria Hall on September 9, which has been arranged to raise cash for orphans in Pakistan
Manorlands has shared in the proceeds of an annual charity bike show. The Oxenhope hospice has received a £700 cheque following the Yorkshire Classic Motorcycle Club event. Record-breaking crowds turned out for last month’s show at the Bronte
A golf day is being staged next month in memory of a 25-year-old man who died from meningitis. Keen sportsman Austin Reeve was struck down by the disease in January, 2011. Now his sister, Nikki Toon, is organising the fundraising open day at
Graduates on placements at a Keighley voluntary group will allow existing workers to focus on helping local people. Keighley and Ilkley Voluntary and Community Action (KIVCA) plans to give 20-week paid internships to five graduates. They will
An evening of dining and magic conjured up more than £1,500 for charity. The event, at the Pesto Italian restaurant in Wilsden, was in aid of Cancer Support Bradford & Airedale. Organiser Peter Comer, who has battled cancer for nine years
An MP is repeating his plea for the government to scrap tuition fees and pay for the most talented to study. Shipley MP Philip Davies, whose constituency includes Cullingworth and Denholme, was one of five Conservative MPs to vote against increasing
Three people from different parts of the globe have been united in friendship through a love of the Brontes. The trio has been meeting up annually in Haworth since 2010. And on their latest visit, the three – Flavia Vitale, from Naples, Kathleen
Bradley Family Show will be staged on Sunday. The fun starts at 1pm with a procession through the village to the playing fields. Show queen Freya Hampshire will take centre stage along with her attendants, Georgina Blandford and Iris Conroy
Business confidence and optimism are returning to Keighley, according to the town’s MP, Kris Hopkins. He said new figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) provided further evidence a brighter economic future lay ahead. Mr Hopkins
An application for Keighley to be awarded official Fairtrade accreditation will be submitted at the end of next week. A volunteer team, backed by Keighley Town Centre Association, has been busy recruiting businesses, schools and community groups
Making new furniture was child’s play for teenagers taking part in an enterprise ‘boot camp’. They took inspiration from children’s games in order to design and build furniture during the week-long holiday scheme. Nine young people worked at
The future of one of Denholme’s biggest employment sites could be secure. Whitakers Joinery in Halifax Road shut in 2009, leading to 50 job losses. Owners Denholme Storage have since transformed the empty site into a number of small industrial
