A SPECIALIST team’s work with children across the district will be spotlighted next Thursday (Apr 25). The monthly board meeting of Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust will hear about the service provided by the special needs school nursing
CYCLISTS across the region rode to victory in a national initiative. Nearly 600 people from Keighley district and throughout West Yorkshire took part in last month’s Ride to Work Week. Together they clocked-up more than 20,000 miles and saved
A FAIRYTALE was brought to life this month in a South Craven village by children and teenagers from a Silsden dance school. Children from the Elizabeth Phillips School of Dance recreated the famous story the Elves and the Shoemaker at Glusburn Institute
THE 2019 king and queen have been chosen for this year's Lees cum Cross Roads village gala. Oliver Battle and Tabby Atkinson, who are both in year six at Lees Primary School, were selected by their fellow pupils on April 12. The pair were crowned
SOUTH Craven ‘unsung heroes’ could win recognition. North Yorkshire County Council has launched its fifth annual community awards. The initiative honours volunteer organisations and individuals who make a difference in their communities. Awards
A WORTH Valley village post office has closed for the last time. Cross Roads Post Office, in Halifax Road, shut its doors for good yesterday. (April 16) Beverly Underwood, of Lees cum Cross Roads Village Association said: "Our association's
MEMBERS of Keighley Association of Engineers were given a museum tour. A 25-strong contingent was shown around Bancroft Mill, Barnoldswick. The group enjoyed cotton-weaving demonstrations and saw engines in steam, including a historic machine
JESSICA Lee Morgan is playing a free-entry show at Ilkley Black Hat with support from Otley singer Carys Crow on Sunday May 5. Jessica, an “honest and playful” singer-songwriter raised on a diet of folk and rock, will play Ilkley Carnival the
A KEIGHLEY company was selected by Keighley Town Council to supply, install and support new IT systems. Cosurica will equip the council’s 11 office staff – based in Keighley Civic Centre – as well as its 30 councillors. It will install products
THERE’S another sitting for former Keighley man Nick Ahad’s play about life behind-the-scenes in a busy curry house. The Chef Show is part comedy play, part cookery demonstration, as a meal is prepared during the performance on the fully-working
WANNABE is a new Spice Girls tribute show coming to St George’s Hall in Bradford. The girl power concert celebrates the career of the world-famous girl group. A spokesman said: “The Spice Girls and their ‘girl power’ defined a generation, becoming
AUDIENCES being taken on the ultimate adventure this month as Leeds Playhouse stages Around the World in 80 Days. The fantastically fun new production, with a cast of four actors playing dozens of characters, is at the Playhouse’s Pop-up Theatre
KEIGHLEY people can join in the creation of a sculpture in Bradford based on Mexico’s Day of the Dead. Leeds artist Ellie Harrison and Mexican artists will be in the city on April 30 to work on the structure as part of her Grief Series. Elly
WET WET Wet are back on the circuit but without original lead singer Marti Pellow. The hugely-popular 80s and 90s band features musicians Graeme Clark, Tommy Cunningham, Neil Mitchell and Kevin Simm. Bursting onto the scene in 1987, Wet Wet Wet
THE WAR memorial in Keighley Town Hall Square was unveiled in July 1922. The funds for it had been raised through public subscription. The sculptor was HC Fehr and the statues were cast by JW Singer & Sons Ltd. The memorial commemorates members
TAKE That tribute band Shine, whose member Freddie Bolt hails from Keighley, will play Victoria Hall in Saltaire on June 21. Freddie, who performs as both Robbie Williams and Howard Donald, will perform alongside close friend Bradley Johnson as
AN underground electrical fire cut power to 772 homes and businesses in Keighley. Emergency services were first called to a fire at a manhole cover in Dalton Lane, shortly after 5pm yesterday. (April 16) A spokesman for Northern Powergrid spokeswoman
A KEIGHLEY councillor said young people are regularly and openly smoking cannabis in the centre of Keighley. Speaking during Keighley's latest Annual Town Meeting, town councillor Emanuele Bernardini said he encountered this problem recently while
Carlisle City 4 Steeton 3 TEN-MAN Steeton crashed to a midweek defeat at Carlisle City in the Hallmark Security League Division One North. Roy Mason's side fell to an 88th-minute winner to suffer late heartbreak on Tuesday night. The
KEIGHLEY Bus Company is demonstrating it's a class act. It has named a fleet of its Keighley Jets buses in honour of primary schools. Six schools – Laycock, Haworth, Beckfoot Nessfield, Ingrow, Oakworth and Long Lee – now have their names emblazoned
