A FUND which has helped countless Keighley-district groups since it was set-up five years ago has launched its latest round of grants. A further £200,000 pot has been made available through the West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC)
A DELEGATION of hospital workers from Romania has been on a four-day fact-finding visit to the district. The team, from Satu Mare Hospital, learned more about the services provided by Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust. During its trip
THE land for Lund Park was given to Keighley corporation in 1888 by James Lund, of Malsis Hall, as part of his planned new workers and artisans development of Holycroft – which linked with his mill, North Beck Mills. The park was laid out and planted
GRASSINGTON United's busy end-of-season schedule continues as they advanced to the semi-finals of the Skipton Body Repair Centre Craven & District League's Premier Division Cup with a 4-1 win against FC Sporting Keighley at Marley. The Craven
Station Hotel 1 Crossflatts Village 2 GOALS from Michael Garnett and Craig Morris saw Crossflatts Village crowned as Bradford Sunday Alliance Premier Division champions at the first time of asking, and the win leaves the club on course for a
Steeton 0 Bacup Borough 2 A JORDAN Villette own goal proved costly as Steeton lost 2-0 to Bacup Borough at Cougar Park in the Hallmark Security League Division One North. Both sides had an even amount of possession in the opening quarter with
Oxenhope 2 Howden Clough 1 AFTER two defeats, Oxenhope got back to winning ways in West Yorkshire League in a hard-fought game against Howden Clough winning 2-1, which condemned the visitors to relegation to Division Two. Oxenhope had five
HUNDREDS of people flocked to Silsden Town Hall for a jigsaw festival over the weekend. The event, arranged by a team from Friends of Silsden Town Hall, raised more than £2,000 to help fund the building. The festival also featured a cafe, tombola
CRACKING Easter celebrations take place in Keighley on Saturday. An Easter egg hunt is being staged in Cavendish Street, from 10am to 4pm. Families will be invited to find clues as part of the free event. Two giant Easter eggs
THE BIG top will go up in Silsden again this month as Circus Starr returns to town for two performances on one day. The circus will be performed on Friday April 26 at 4.45pm and 7pm to audiences of local children in need, on the car boot sale site
GRASSINGTON United's busy end of season schedule continues as they advanced to the semi-finals of the Craven League's Premier Division Cup with a 4-1 win against FC Sporting Keighley at Marley on Saturday. The Craven side, who also still have four
BELLYDANCERS from Keighley are currently staging an exhibition about their art form. Members of the bellydance group Northwind Tribal devised the exhibition which has been displayed on recent weekends at Keighley Creative Space. The art gallery
RESIDENTS of a Keighley sheltered housing complex have opened their own café. The elderly residents of Hanover Court, Utley, run the ‘chat café’ open to both themselves and other local people. Each month the café adopts a new theme where residents
A HUGE haul of suspected illegal cigarettes and tobacco has been seized in Keighley. Police say 13,000 cigs and 227 pouches of tobacco, together worth over £9,000, were found. The discovery came after three teenage girls were approached
HIGHFIELD volunteers hope to take over the neighbourhood’s Redcliffe Community Orchard. They are inviting fellow residents to a meeting this month to set up a Friends group to look after the land. The landowners, social landlord Incommunities
Birkenshaw Bluedogs u15s 54 Keighley Albion u15s 12 REGISTERING two players prior to the game to get a full complement on the field, meant Keighley Albion Under-15s were always going to be up against it with an in-form Birkenshaw side and so
CLASSIC coming-of-age movie Dirty Dancing is at the Victoria Theatre in Halifax this week. Dirty Dancing– The Classic Story on Stage, running until Saturday, April 20, is part of the theatre’s new season. The story of Baby and Johnny, which starred
