A TRIO which has left behind other jobs to pursue teaching has achieved a milestone in its new career path. All three – Helen Frewin, Jayne Johnson and Simon Webster – have completed their first placements, at South Craven School in Cross Hills
MERYL Streep and Tom Hanks star in a political thriller coming to Glusburn Institute & Community Arts Centre on March 8. The Post is set in 1971 when major newspapers like the New York Times and Washington Post made a brave stand for freedom
ALEXANDRA Burke will return to the star role of Rachel Marron in the award-winning musical The Bodyguard when it returns to Bradford this autumn. She will play the superstar singer who falls for the man protecting her from a stalker, in some performances
A MILESTONE in the district’s CV as a film production hotbed is being celebrated. A series of events is planned to mark the 10th anniversary of Bradford’s designation as the first UNESCO City of Film. The packed programme will include festivals
A KEIGHLEY mosque will host an open day early next month. The Madinah Mosque, in Spencer Street, Highfield, is participating in the Visit My Mosque Day initiative. People are invited to visit the building and meet some of the Muslims who worship
IT’S NOT very often an actor went to school with a man whose family inspired the play he is performing in. But that’s the unlikely link that brings a twist to the latest production by Bingley Little Theatre at the town’s Arts Centre. The group
A KEIGHLEY opticians has signed the Armed Forces Covenant, pledging to support serving personnel, veterans and their families. Specsavers has announced several initiatives, including a commitment to hire veterans. Working with the Career Transition
AN end of an era is looming for Keighley with news that a business which has traded as a camera shop since the 1950s is to close. Cavendish Cameras, in Cavendish Street, will shut after March 30. The owner of the shop, Roy Lambert, who runs the
PEA climbers and dragonflies will be created at the next willow weaving workshop in Cliffe Castle Museum. Joe Gregory from Todmorden-based Creative With Nature will return to the venue on April 24 for an event organised by the Friends of Devonshire
VOLUNTEERS are sprucing up the gardens at a Keighley community centre. Local joiner Steve Blaythorne volunteered his time to repair and renew flower and vegetable beds at the Sangat Centre in Eastwood. As a result, Keighley Healthy Living
STRONG Close Nursery School received praise from Keighley MP John Grogan after he visited the facility. He described it as an excellent example of a community nursery school, supported by the local authority, that provided the highest-quality
KEIGHLEY and Ilkley MP John Grogan has voiced concern after a surge by about a half in unemployment levels within the constituency. He spoke out after figures revealed there were 1,575 claimants last month, compared to 1,050 in January last year
A MENTAL health charity which supports people across the district has won backing from a business. The Cellar Trust has been chosen to benefit from the fundraising efforts of staff at ACS Business Supplies. Harry Stevenson, the company's commercial
A BRADFORD rugby union player with a rich family history has helped his club strike to a second successive title. Prop James Whitcombe, who hails from Keighley and studies at Woodhouse Grove, is a member of the Leicester Tigers youth squad that
