THE FIRST-ever Collections in Verse showcase will launch next month at Leeds Central Library. The collaboration between the British Library and Poet in the City will celebrate the Caribbean community’s impact of the city’s cultural landscape. It
EAST Riddlesden Hall reopens on February 16 with half-term family activities and a new art exhibition. Children can weave a green igloo, find a secret garden, test their balance, and make dens, mud pies and bird feeders. The exhibition Traces
A CHARITY has been contracted to continue providing services for unpaid adult carers across the district for at least another three years. Carers’ Resource says it is delighted at the renewal. The organisation supports 16,000 unpaid carers in
STEETON Male Voice Choir members have been to London for a private viewing of a film they appear in. The singers attended a private viewing of the movie entitled Ilkley at the BAFTA headquarters in Piccadilly. They were among about a dozen members
MASKED raiders threatened a householder as they tried to steal the family's car. They forced entry to the house and demanded the keys to the vehicle, a Volkswagen 4x4. But the shocked homeowner managed to call the police, and the three intruders
A TATTOO artist from Cullingworth has joined forces with a fellow Bradford-based tattoo artist to launch a new city centre business. Lucy Thompson, who specialises in restorative tattooing for breast cancer survivors, teamed up with Luke Naylor
PEOPLE are being urged to get creative to celebrate this year's Tour de Yorkshire. A fourth annual land art competition has been launched ahead of the acclaimed cycle race, which takes place from May 2 to 5. Schools, community groups, businesses
THE XCERTS will perform songs from new EP Wildheart Dreaming when they play the Key Club in Leeds on March 31. The four-track EP was preceded last month by first single You Mean Everything. The band toured last year with The Goo Goo
OXFORD-based electronic group Low Island will perform at the Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds, on March 16 while touring to promote new single In Person. Formed in the early ‘90s, Low Island say they come from a generation that grew as social media took
KEIGHLEY team rector, the Rev Mike Cansdale, has been installed as an honorary canon of Bradford Cathedral. A special installation service was led by Bishop Paul Slater, who himself is no stranger to Keighley – he is a former curate at the Shared
A VILLAGE which lost its only cash machine when raiders destroyed it in late 2017 should have an ATM again within a few months. The Co-op says its brand new Halifax Road convenience shop, which will include a cash machine, should soon be complete
A SILSDEN town councillor will contest Craven ward for Labour at the May Bradford Council elections. David Loud, who works as a commercial flooring estimator in the construction industry, has voiced concerns about the "seemingly endless" volume
COUNCILLORS in Keighley said they were delighted with the response to an event held to ensure cyclists are properly lit up during the dark winter evenings. The "Lights for Dark Nights" session was hosted by Keighley town councillors in Bracken Bank's
ANOTHER set of Parkside School students have been busy in the kitchen. GCSE Business students from year 10 took part in the Trinity Kitchen Challenge while visiting Trinity Kitchen in Leeds. Business teacher Jenny Ashford, who accompanied the
TEENAGE boffins at Parkside School are monitoring earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and nuclear explosions. The A-level physics students have installed a TC-1 seismometer in a classroom at the Cullingworth school to monitor such events around the
