A NEW guide has been produced to help people look after poorly children. The Feeling Poorly? booklet is designed to offer guidance when a youngster has a common childhood illness such as a cough or cold. It has been published as children prepare
A FIRE in a Keighley chip shop spread to an upstairs flat this morning. Keighley and Bingley fire crews were called to Oxford Fisheries on Oakworth Road after ducting caught fire in an extractor fan. A Keighley Fire Station spokesman said:
A PROPOSED merger which it was feared could have led to the closure of a Keighley supermarket has been blocked. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has ruled against the £12 billion deal between Sainsbury’s and Asda, claiming it would result
COWLING cyclist Gemma Towell is hard in training as she gears up to tackle the National Three Peaks Challenge. Gemma, who works as a production co-ordinator for Whitakers Chocolates in Skipton, is running each of the peaks – Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike
A ‘VISUAL roadshow’ is being held in Keighley. The event, on Wednesday, May 8, will give people with sight loss the chance to learn more about products designed to help them with everyday living. Charity sight airedale is staging the roadshow
VOLUNTEERS have improved more than 2,000 metres of Keighley footpaths in memory of a kind-hearted fellow resident. Thwaites woman Maria Robertson suggested the Walk ‘n’ Sit project to help people with reduced mobility get out and about. She
PLANNED changes designed to speed up some services for patients in Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven are out to public consultation. NHS Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) wants people’s views on proposals for Airedale
A CHARITY has funded a heart monitor for the Airedale Hospital stroke unit. The device, provided by the Friends of Airedale, will help detect heart conditions and reduce patients’ risks of further strokes. The so-called Novacor can identify a
AROUND 30 volunteers took part in a litter pick at Long Lee. The team included youngsters from the village primary school. Members of the village hall organised the event, which is held annually. Seventeen bagfuls of rubbish were collected
THE tranquil surroundings of Cliffe Castle Museum will soon host a new series of Tai Chi for Health classes. The sessions, led by instructor Helen Parsons assisted by Val Preston of Keighley-based social enterprise Huntun Tai Chi, begin on May
KEIGHLEY-district schools are limbering-up for a fourth annual summer games. Beckfoot Oakbank, Holy Family and Parkside are among 16 secondary schools from across the region that have entered the event. The games – organised by Hanson School,
PEOPLE with asthma are being offered extra support in Keighley. On World Asthma Day – May 7 – respiratory nurses from Airedale NHS Foundation Trust will be at Keighley's Morrison’s Supermarket from 1pm to 6.30pm. They will provide advice, check
By Helen Tansley, Financial Planning Consultant, Armstrong Watson THE rise in the pension age will be phased in between 2037 and 2039, rather than from 2044 as was originally proposed. Those affected are currently between the ages of 39 and 47,
CRAIG Lingard believes rival sides are no longer underestimating Keighley Cougars after their strong start to the season. Cougars reduced their pre-season points deduction to -3 following a 26-18 victory over Doncaster on Good Friday in Betfred
A DEVELOPER has submitted fresh plans to build 41 homes on a former mill site – just over a year after similar plans for the land were refused. The Foreside Mill site just outside Denholme has been the subject of housing plans since 2010. Last
THE CO-OP must do more to ensure the safety of their staff following the fifth robbery in the past few weeks at a local store, says an MP. Philip Davies demanded action following the second “despicable” attack by axe-wielding raiders in less than
KEIGHLEY'S town mayor hit back at his critics after an annual town meeting meeting where he was publicly taken to task for failing to attend important civic events. Councillor Fulzar Ahmed said he had been "ambushed" by people at the meeting who
