A call has gone out for people to help celebrate neighbours who make life in their community a better place. Housing group Incommunities has asked for nominations for its annual Gerry Pickersgill Award, which celebrates local heroes with plenty
One of Keighley’s main annual events will go ahead as planned despite fears it might be axed as part of continuing cost-cutting measures. Keighley residents are invited to get in touch with their continental side next week for the town’s annual
Haworth Festival organisers staged a planning meeting in the village to give people a chance to start debating ideas for next year’s event. Volunteers got together at Cobbles and Clay cafe in Main Street last Thursday evening. Festival chairman
Ever been frustrated that you’ve bought a second-hand jigsaw only to discover one of the pieces is missing? East Morton residents have solved the problem with an innovative venture that allows people to check jigsaws are complete. St Luke’s
Students have hit a high note with success in London College of Music exams held in Keighley. Results were: pianoforte – early learning (stage two) distinction Kallie Czajka, Eliza Tognetti-Shaw and Matthew and Zoe Wright, and merit Libby Bennett
A Riddlesden mother whose young daughter died of blood poisoning has raised £110 for the Meningitis Research Foundation. Andrea Walker hosted a stall in Keighley’s Airedale Shopping Centre to raise both money and awareness of the dangers of meningitis
This was Stanbury, seen from Enfield Side long before the Sladen Valley Waterworks Scheme transformed the middle distance into a reservoir. When local photographer William Ingham recorded this view, the Sladen Beck was still flowing along the valley
‘Expect the unexpected’ – a piece of advice uttered so frequently we forget who first said it, and at the latest Writers’ Circle meeting, a useful phrase to summarise our evening. I thought I would be telling you about an evening with a guest speaker
How do you decide what to paint? Inspiration is easier at Keighley Art Club, as we have themed weeks chosen by members. Reference matter varies, from paper to tangible objects, even a skeleton and a bicycle, so it can be fun. Keighley Show took
Autumn could herald a slump in blood stocks, donor chiefs fear. Now people across Keighley district are being urged to attend sessions this month to boost supplies. NHS Blood and Transplant said dark nights and the onset of the cold and flu
Amended plans to demolish a row of shops at Main Street in Cross Hills and replace it with a mixed development have been given the go-ahead. The proposed redevelopment of 19-25 Main Street now features the whole block, including offices occupied
Mum passed on to me a scrap of treacle-stained paper with notes in the margin found in her 1975 hand-written cookbook for a wonderful old Parkin recipe in pound and ounces handed down from my grandma, and probably hers too. These are more than
Music Baccapipes Folk Club 01535 605310 baccapipes.org.uk Singer-guitarist Paul Downes (tomorrow 8.30pm); Longhill Ramblers (October 11) Exchange Arts Centre, Russell Street, Keighley 01535 661591 exchangearts.co.uk Battle of the Bands heats (tomorrow
Thieves stole a mobile phone from a red Vauxhall Corsa parked at Heath Crescent in Bradley overnight on Saturday. They forced the nearside front window, reached in and took the Sony Experia phone from the door pocket. Anyone with information
A man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing a vehicle from outside a house in Wheatlands Lane, Cross Hills, on Friday. Owners of a red Suzuki Jimny heard it being driven away in the early hours. The car keys had been taken from inside
York Military Wives – Haworth Parish Church The church was packed to capacity as 350 people enjoyed the 19 ladies of this fine choir, conducted by Ruth Sladden. They performed a rich variety of songs in unison, two, three and four-part harmony
Halle – St George’s Hall The new Bradford International Orchestral Concert Season got off to a splendid start on Saturday with the Halle under their music director Sir Mark Elder. The orchestra won a Gramophone choral award quite recently with
A district councillor has welcomed plans to paint double yellow lines on several roads in the Thornhill Road area of Steeton. Andrew Mallinson hopes the new waiting restrictions will solve long-running problems caused by parked cars on the housing
Refurbishment of Silsden Town Hall will take a month longer than expected due to the discovery of damage to the floorboards. But Bradford Council has pledged the building will reopen in time for Silsden’s Christmas fair on November 24. Contractors
An artist from Cowling has completed a piece that will soon go on display at the Royal British Society of Sculptors. Sam Shendi won the society’s annual First@108 award for his colourful sculpture ‘Evolution’ in March. He was given £10,000 to transform
Silsden Band perform at the town’s Methodist church on October 12 from 7pm. Tickets to see the group, which reformed in 1990, will cost £5 on the door. The musicians will play alongside the Oxnop Singers at their Our Kind Of Music concert in
It’s all in a name for Cullingworth’s theatre group as it stages its autumn show from October 10 to 12. CADS will present a collection of well-known songs from across the years that all mention boys’ or girls’ names. Name That Tune will feature
A touch of glass will be provided by Silsden artist Jo Whitehead during this weekend’s Making and Doing Festival! She will show people how she makes her decorative glassware during the festival’s Meet The Maker event in Haworth. Jo, who sells
Landmarks submerged under Lower Laithe Reservoir included this ruined Little Mill (above), also known as Robinson’s Mill after its first owner. It featured in Halliwell Sutcliffe’s novel A Man Of The Moors, published in 1897, when he called its
Ben Waters appears an unassuming chap when he stands in the corner of the Great Northern with just himself and his instrument. But he’s got a massive wealth of musical experience that ensures the audience soon realise he’s not just any old singer-guitarist
An illustrious son of Great Horton is returning to the district to show why he’s regarded as one of the UK’s leading blues musicians. John Verity, who has lived in Bedfordshire for the past few years, will headline at Keighley Blues Club on October
Chicago-based post hardcore band The Sky We Scrape perform at the Exchange Arts Centre in Keighley on October 12 as part of a UK tour. The band have just released their debut album, Divides, which is said to be packed with heavy guitars, superb
The chairman of the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway was re-elected to his post at the attraction’s latest annual meeting. Dr Matt Stroh said he was pleased to remain on the footplate to help take forward the planned improvements included in
The clock is ticking for a Worth Valley church... but not in a bad way! The 140-year-old Haworth Parish Church clock is finally back in action after it stopped eight months ago. This historic clock had been in good working order, but safety
The trial of a man accused of murdering four-year-old Riley Turner has been rescheduled for March 4. Anwar Rosser, 33, of Harewood Road in Bracken Bank, is accused of killing the youngster on January 20. The trial was originally due to take
A 44-year-old Oakworth man has been given an interim ban by Skipton magistrates after admitting drink-driving on the A59 at Broughton. Joseph John Manley was stopped on September 7 in Gargrave by a police officer, who had earlier seen him in Broughton
A Keighley teenager’s newly-bought car had illegal light-restricting film on some of its windows, Skipton magistrates heard. Police stopped Zain Hussain in Keighley Road, Skipton, on July 22, and tests revealed the driver and passenger windows
There’ll be shaking and shuddering at the shake shack in Haworth on Saturday! In other words, there’s a performance by Howlin’ Johnny and the 59 Sound at the Groovy Happening. Keighley’s favourite rock ‘n’ roll band headline the popular monthly
Hoping to give a perfect performance in Bingley next month will be 1980s acoustic music icon Eddi Reader. The Scottish songstress will perform at Bingley Arts Centre on November 18 just days after releasing her latest single. The song, Baby
Young Keighley folk singer Laura Hockenhull returns to town this month with her band the Long Hill Ramblers. The group headlines at the Baccapipes Folk Club on October 11 playing a selection of traditional songs from both sides of the Atlantic.
A drug addict who stole groceries from the Kildwick Co-op to sell to people in pubs has been given a conditional discharge from Skipton magistrates. Benjamin Lee, 28, was already subject to a 12-month community order from Bradford magistrates for
Classic songs from the 1960s will be played during a Mod Night at the New Variety Club next month. York band The 5:15’s will perform at the Russell Street venue during the November 16 show in aid of Manorlands. Best of British will play DJ
Keighley’s Battle of the Bands kicks off again this month with heats tonight and the following Friday at the Exchange Arts Centre. The long-running contest is organised by Keighley Musicians Centre, which is in the same building as the Russell
A visual theatre show using puppetry and dance will share real stories of young people’s mental health in Halifax. The “powerful and unusual” production, entitled Headcase, also involves object theatre, video and music. The critically-acclaimed
The spirit of glam rock icon Marc Bolan can be found at Burnley Mechanics this month in the shape of T*Rextasy. The T.Rex tribute band is taking its I Love To Boogie tour to the venue on October 26. T*Rextasy proclaims it is the only band to
Bradford Open 2013 art exhibition was launched last weekend and will run until January 19 next year. The popular bi-annual exhibition, described as an ‘unrivalled’ showcase for the district’s artistic talent, is at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery.
One of New York’s leading dance companies is to perform its only Northern England date at the Bradford Alhambra. Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet (left) will visit the theatre on October 15 and 16 to perform a triple bill. The company is said
The Festival of Britten continues at the Grand Theatre in Leeds this month with two more operas written by Benjamin Britten. Opera North began its season last month with a production of Peter Grimes, which continues on October 10, 16 and 26.
Australian stop-motion animation writer and director Adam Elliot is among guests at the 20th Bradford Animation Festival next month. Adam created Oscar-winning short film Harvie Krumpet and full-length movie Mary & Max, which won top industry
A Keighley publisher has released a new anthology of more than 70 poems entitled Running Before The Wind. Poets featured in the collection of sea prose from Grey Hen Press read their work at the official launch in Lancaster last month. A Grey
Haworth’s Sarah Hutton is working as the artist-in-residence on the Settle-Carlisle Railway. She is visiting every station along the Yorkshire Dales line, as well as working on Northern Rail trains. She hopes to produce a body of work that captures
Tony Cross played dustman Alfred P Doolittle five years ago in a production of musical My Fair Lady (seen above, left, with actors Mick Duckworth and Jonathan Rookes). But this month he’s busy with one of his other theatrical roles, as a director
The Bronte Society’s executive director was among speakers during the recent North Kirklees Literary Festival. Professor Ann Sumner launched the festival at the Red House Museum in Gomersal with a talk about the Brontes’ connection with the railways
A man dubbed the world’s most adventurous cellist will perform at East Riddlesden Hall later this month. Matthew Barley will be at the 17th century manor house as part of his 100-concert Around Britten tour that began in January. Matthew is
Headmaster Jonas Bradley described this snapshot as showing some of his scholars surrounding a Birmingham school inspector at Smith Bank, on the future reservoir site. Jonas Bradley put Stanbury Board School on the Edwardian teaching map by taking
A well-known Keighley trader who “never retired” has died at the age of 88. Howard Brook passed away at his home in Long Lee. His son, Stuart, said his father had never fully recovered after breaking his hip in a fall two years ago. “He
Major Keighley charities are among 14 organisations across Bradford district vying for cash from a £140,000 fund. Bradford-based Sovereign Health Care will share the cash among the groups through its Good All Round Awards. But the proportion
A Keighley mum who cheated taxpayers out of about £17,000 has been given a suspended prison sentence for benefit fraud. Zahida Ejaz, 41, pleaded guilty in August to four offences relating to benefit and council tax fraud, and she returned to Bradford
Blocked drains could lead to flooding on a road between Haworth and Oxenhope if they are not cleared soon, a ward councillor has warned. Councillor Rebecca Poulsen said she and her two Worth Valley colleagues were concerned about weeds clogging
A paralysed Silsden teenager can finally look forward to a dream family holiday to America after eventually being able to secure travel insurance for the trip. Following an appeal for help from Nathan Cubitt’s family published in the Keighley News
Woodland activity sessions for children in Braithwaite have proved so successful they are being extended to Bracken Bank. District councillors representing Keighley West ward funded activities, such as river dipping and bug hunting, in the North
Bradford Council says it has no obligation to cut down its trees if they block light to neighbouring houses. After almost two years of complaints, the local authority agreed on Tuesday to chop down a tree on authority-owned land in Haworth.
Government plans to extend patient access to GP surgeries have been welcomed by Keighley MP Kris Hopkins. He said the initiative, which would see practices open seven days a week from 8am to 8pm, was necessary to relieve pressure on hospital Accident
A Silsden pensioner ran a stall outside her house through the summer to raise money for road repairs. Joan Brown sold items donated by neighbours to help pay the cost of filling potholes in unadopted Spencer Avenue. She raised more than £700
Details of the Tour de France Grand Depart route through this area will be confirmed later this month. Information will be officially announced at an event in Paris on October 23. But Bradford Council said it was confident about the likely
A group of Bradley pub-goers have got into the spirit of the occasion by stripping off to pose for a fundraising calendar. Landlord, Phil Cook, and regulars at the Slaters Arms are among 21 men, aged from 23 to 82, who are featured in a variety
News next July’s Tour de France will indeed race through the heart of Keighley district has generated a wave of excitement. Confirmation was officially announced following the 2014 Tour launch in Paris last Wednesday. Shortly afterwards, a
A Keighley woman said she is struggling to claim back hundreds of pounds fraudulently withdrawn from her bank account. Patricia Midgley, of Knowle Park, said she was “devastated” to discover £725 was removed from her Barclays account more than
A Keighley district resident is being sought to help ensure the views of the public are heard on a hospital body. The council of governors at Bradford Teaching Hospitals is seeking representatives from Keighley and Bradford West constituencies,
Plans to raise the road level at a busy zebra crossing in Silsden have been blasted as a waste of money by the town mayor. Silsden Town Council chairman Councillor Chris Atkinson claims the 10cm-high plateau outside the town hall in Kirkgate will
A list of protocols governing how members of the public film Keighley’s council meetings has been agreed, but not without a furious exchange last night. One member of the public pointed and shouted angrily at Councillor Tony Wright during yesterday
Baker Mike cast his expert eye over the cakes in a Keighley cafe’s charity baking contest. Mike Armstrong was joined by Keighley mayor, Councillor Sally Walker, to judge the competition at Lavender Fields. Coun Walker and Mike, the master baker
A Keighley man has been told he faces a possible high level community order for handling stolen mountain bikes, which together were worth more than £4,000. Jack Harrison admitted three counts of handling bikes stolen from garden sheds and a garage
Keighley is blooming when it comes to floral displays. And some of the town’s best were recognised on Monday night. Keighley in Bloom staged its awards evening at the North Street civic centre. Prizes were handed out to winners in this
A scheme to transform a traffic-choked Keighley main road into a dual carriageway has moved a step closer. The Hard Ings Road project is among a £14.5 million-plus package of measures given funding approval by county transport chiefs. West
A teachers’ strike caused major disruption to schools across Keighley district on Tuesday. The NUT and NASUWT unions held a joint one-day strike throughout Yorkshire, the Midlands and eastern England in a row about changes to pensions. More
Airedale Hospital is opening up its new state-of-the-art endoscopy unit to the public. People are being offered a tour of the facilities on Saturday. Specialist nurses will also be on hand at the 10am to 4pm event to offer information and advice
A massive logistical operation is being launched to keep people moving when the world’s greatest cycle race arrives in Keighley. Council bosses have warned roads right along the route of the Tour de France Grand Depart will be shut for up to seven
