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  • Movie and cartoon characters heading to Keighley

    POPULAR movie and cartoon characters will descend on Keighley’s Airedale Shopping Centre on Saturday (Feb 23). Children will have the chance to pose for photos with the VIP visitors. There will also be free prince and princess face painting

  • Whitham revving up to return to the saddle

    SILSDEN teenager Gabby Whitham competed in the Bradford Motor Club's Timperley Cup Trial on February 10 and two days later was a patient in Airedale General Hospital recovering from an appendix removal operation. Her mother Kim said that she was

  • No home comforts for poor Silsden

    Silsden 0 Litherland REMYCA 2 FOLLOWING wins on the road at City of Liverpool and Squires Gate, Silsden returned to the Cobbydale Construction Stadium to face Litherland REMYCA for the first of five home fixtures on the run in the Hallmark League

  • Battling Cougars lose season opener

    KEIGHLEY Cougars' 2019 Betfred League One campaign started with a spirited 28-16 defeat at Whitehaven. After a troubled off-season had robbed them of preparation time, it was a brave effort from Craig Lingard's side, who had just one pre-season

  • Joe McFadden steps on disco fun bus in musical Priscilla

    TV ACTOR Joe McFadden will star in the upcoming new production of glittering musical Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. The Strictly Come Dancing winner will don the dresses when the show comes to Bradford Alhambra in September 17-21. The

  • Kimberley brace leads the way for Skipton Town

    A BRACE from Sam Kimberley saw Skipton Town beat FC Sporting Keighley 4-1 at Engine Shed Lane in the only Skipton Body Repair Craven & District League Premier Division game played. Goals by Miles Thompson and Andrew Nicholson completed the scoring

  • Imposing Keighley legend remembered

    TRIBUTES have been paid to former Keighley RLFC player Syd Phillips who has died aged 87. Phillips was born in Widnes in 1933 but signed for arch rivals Warrington RLFC in 1952. He played 95 games in his time there, from 1952 to 1956, scoring

  • Free bus from Keighley to World Autism Day event

    A KEIGHLEY community café is running a free bus to a World Autism Awareness Day event in Bradford. Cafe Eden is offering the shuttle bus local residents for the drop-in information event at the Richard Dunn Sports Centre in Bradford on April

  • Kimberley brace leads the way for Skipton Town

    A BRACE by man of the match Sam Kimberley saw Skipton Town beat FC Sporting Keighley 4-1 at Engine Shed Lane in the only Premier Division game played in the Craven League on Saturday. Goals by Miles Thompson and Andrew Nicholson completed the scoring

  • Rebranding launch for Keighley College

    KEIGHLEY College has rebranded. Bosses at the Bradford Road campus are heralding a “strong, new visual identity”. A launch event for the initiative, labelled The Next Chapter, was staged at the college. Among those present were representatives

  • Reilly hits form in Oxenhope's seven-goal thriller

    Kirk Deighton 3 Oxenhope 4 OXENHOPE dented Kirk Deighton’s promotion ambitions when coming out on top of this seven-goal thriller in West Yorkshire League Division One. Earlier in the season the home side had handed out Oxenhope’s heaviest

  • Silsden girl's planned head shave for Cancer Research UK

    A YOUNG girl from Silsden will have her head shaved next month in support of people who have cancer. Lani Newby, 11, is doing this to raise money for Cancer Research UK. And her hair will be donated to the Little Princess Trust, to be made

  • Plucky young Keighley run out of steam against leaders

    Moortown 65 Keighley 21 A RESOUNDING victory for Yorkshire Division One leaders Moortown against a much-depleted Keighley, who gave all they had, and were competitive up until the last 10 minutes of the game. With six teenagers in the squad