A NEW £300,000 study will examine potential major improvements to road links between East Lancashire and towns including Keighley and Skipton. The Highways England-led project, due to begin next month, will consider what enhancements could be made
A STEEP, winding Keighley street targeted by volunteer cleaners is to receive further attention, this time from Community Payback workers. A section of Thwaites Brown Road, known as The Twines, was cleared by local residents who filled 40 sacks
A SLIMMING World consultant is celebrating a milestone. Pauline Howard has notched-up 25 years with the organisation. She founded the Cross Hills group in 1994 and still runs it every Monday, at 5pm and 7pm, at St Peter’s Church.
FINAL preparations are being made for a major annual fundraiser in aid of Manorlands. Organisers are in the home straight as the hospice gets set for the Keighley BigK 10K run and walk, on Mothering Sunday, March 31. The event is on course for
A MODEL-railway group is staging an open day. The Aire Valley Railway Modellers Club is opening the doors of its clubrooms – in Melbourne Mills, Dalton Lane, Keighley – to the public on Sunday, April 7. The free event – between 10am and 4pm –
A KEIGHLEY pair will carry out a sponsored skydive next month to support the charity Bone Cancer Research Trust. Selina McAndrew, 33, who said she was “petrified” at the prospect of taking part in the skydive, will complete the challenge near Lancaster
FORMER Bulls and Cougars forward Richard Moore has been forced to retire with immediate effect due to a serious head injury. The Keighley-born prop, aged 38, whose 18-season career began at Bradford in 2001 and included spells with Leeds Rhinos,
A HUGELY-successful scheme which is tackling social isolation across the district is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Champions Show the Way has helped transform the lives of thousands of people since it began. The initiative – spearheaded
FINAL pieces are being put into place for a town’s first-ever jigsaw festival. More than 60 volunteers, ranging in age from six to 86, have been working throughout the winter to create spectacular displays for the event. Jigsaw enthusiasts from
KEIGHLEY and Bradford-based housing association Incommunities has raised £250 million worth of new bonds following roadshows to investors. The association says £50 million has been retained to support the delivery of its ‘Improving lives to 2040
PEOPLE recognised Keighley's unsung heroes at an awards evening organised by the town council. They filled Victoria Hall for the inaugural Keighley Town Council Community Awards on Friday March 15. Guests enjoyed a meal and entertainment, along
DANNY McGee has warned his Keighley players they are not safe from relegation yet as they face a tricky test this weekend. Keighley host fourth-placed Beverley at Skipton Road looking to ease any drop fears, as they find themselves in 10th place
By Andrew Mitchell, Tax Partner IT has been announced by HMRC that penalty notices for taxpayers who failed to meet the 31st January tax return deadline will not be posted until April. HMRC have blamed this delay on Brexit! What else? These
OTTAWA has been revealed as the proposed new home of Hemel Stags. The man behind the move to the Canadian capital is Toronto founder Eric Perez, who completed a takeover of League One Hemel earlier this week and has been invited by the Rugby Football
AFTER a remarkable 28 days without a game, Silsden player-assistant manager Craig Bentham says it will feel weird when they return to action this weekend. Due to postponements because of the weather and their scheduled opponents being involved in
BRADFORD Council has refused to grant an alcohol licence to a businessman recently convicted of selling contraband cigarettes in a Keighley town-centre shop. Last month, Marhwan Najat was given a community order and fined after pleading guilty
ALREADY a club legend, James Feather is enjoying his new lease of life as a Keighley Cougars player second time around. The 34-year-old, nicknamed Buster, returned to the field this season after retiring in 2017 following 15 years at the club.
MAKING Cougar Park a fortress will help Keighley continue to erase their -12-point deduction, according to head coach Craig Lingard. Cougars entertain third-from-bottom North Wales Crusaders in Betfred League One on Sunday (kick-off 3pm) after picking
STEETON manager Roy Mason has been left to rue the wet weather and lost revenue as they look to play their first game in three weeks. Mason says he especially felt for his groundstaff who worked tirelessly to get last Saturday's clash with AFC
FREE Wi-Fi is to be launched across the centre of Keighley. The move will make the town centre among the first in the district to boast the blanket coverage. Currently, some individual premises – including the Airedale Shopping Centre and Keighley
HOUSING targets, infrastructure and the greenbelt were on the agenda at a special meeting in Silsden. The town council played host to leading Bradford Council officers who are progressing the district’s Core Strategy for housing and other land development
A KEIGHLEY tattoo parlour is offering special cancer ribbon tattoos to raise money for Manorlands. Mandala Tattoo Studio’s artists have created four new designs which they will put onto customers’ skin on May 11. All the money from each customer
