A DEVELOPER working on a controversial new housing scheme in Keighley has had an enforcement notice served against it by Bradford Council. Persimmon Homes West Yorkshire, which is responsible for the 124-home Branshaw Park Development, off Occupation
LEADING screenwriter and novelist Frank Cottrell Boyce has teamed up with the Brontë Parsonage Museum to celebrate Patrick Brontë’s 200th anniversary year. The church minister is following in his children Charlotte, Branwell and Emily’s footsteps
A SEVEN-year-old Keighley girl will tackle the Yorkshire Three Peaks to raise money for Mind and Shelter. Freyja Rhodes plans to complete the challenge over three days and camp overnight between each climb. She has already raised more than £460
A CARE trust's plans to develop a regional research hub will be outlined at a meeting next week. Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is proposing to widen its partnerships with higher-education providers to build on its research work.
DOUGIE Lampkin braved the dense fog hanging over Addingham Moorside to compete in the opening Yeadon-Guiseley club's opening closed to club championship trial, to win the championship route class, riding 40 sections without penalty. A typical Master
A CLUB which has been operating in Oxenhope since 1937 is shutting down. Oxenhope Social Club, known locally as “The Idiot Hut”, will cease trading from Sunday January 27 with the committee in charge citing a lack of revenue. An official statement
HAWORTH Road, one of the leading lights in the Mewies Solicitors Craven League, have not entered both of their teams in the Wynn Cup competition this season. Both their first and second teams would have featured in the premier cup competition due
A DROP-in session takes place in Keighley on Thursday (Jan 24) as part of public consultation into Bradford Council’s partial review of its adopted core strategy. The strategy forms part of the district Local Plan, which sets out the council’s strategic
TWO Skipton sporting events have the backing of both Craven District Council and Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice. The two bodies have agreed to form a partnership for Skipton Triathlon and Le Petit Depart. Sue Ryder Manorlands will be able to use
A PLEA for information has been launched after a van was broken into in a Keighley supermarket car park. Thieves forced the lock on the Suzuki Carry and took gardening tools worth more than £1,000. The incident happened outside the Asda
KEIGHLEY ANGLING CLUB TEMPERATURES finally began to dip after a mild start to the winter bringing enthusiastic pike anglers to river and stillwater banks. Last week, a small jack pike was netted before being returned to slow running waters on
Steeton 3 Ashton Town 3 STEETON were forced to take a share of the spoils after conceding a late equaliser in the Hallmark Security League Division One North. Ashton caused Steeton problems throughout the game. While the home side’s goal was
A MAN has been arrested after a stabbing in Keighley town centre. West Yorkshire Police confirmed they were alerted to the attack in Bridge Street at 11.55pm on Saturday night. (Jan 19) Paramedics were also called to the scene and an appeal has
TOWNSPEOPLE are invited to step out on Wednesday, January 30 to mark the launch of a new Keighley walks guide. Outdoors social enterprise Get Out More has created the Breathing Spaces Keighley guide with Big Lottery money. The free guide features
THE QUEEN of romantic fiction has a difficult choice to make in the latest comedy from Keighley Playhouse. Nobody’s Fool sees the return of Lenny, who writes romantic novels under the pseudonym of Myrtle Banbury, the hero/heroine of Simon Williams
Boroughbridge 2 Oxenhope 4 OXENHOPE produced their best performance of the season to beat West Yorkshire League Division One leaders Boroughbridge. They grabbed the lead after just five minutes, a long ball downfield from goalkeeper Ricky
A WELSH rugby legend who played for Keighley in the early 1960s has died at the age of 86. Garfield Owen played both rugby league and rugby union at international level during the 1950s and 1960s. Owen started out by playing amateur
DANIEL Hunt scored a hat-trick as Grassington United put seven past Rolls in a Premier Division Cup encounter at Barnoldswick on Saturday. Jan Ozdoba (2) and Oscar Canny were also on the scoresheet for the visitors in the 7-2 victory at Ghyll Lane
B&M has announced it is to open a new store and garden centre at Crossflatts – creating more than 45 jobs. The company will open up in the former Homebase site on the Ashfield Retail Park, Aire Valley Road, in what it describes as a welcome
FAMILY doctors staged a ‘takeover’ at Keighley’s Parkrun to carry out health checks and encourage people to become more active. GPs and other health professionals from across the town provided a range of services during the first Parkrun of
