HOME-shopping giant Damart has set-up a new charity foundation. On Senior’s Side will provide funding to registered organisations focused on senior citizens. The company, whose warehousing operation is at Steeton, kicked-off the initiative with
HARDEN sports turf research firm STRI Group has appointed an agronomic consultant. Gary Smith has worked in the industry for over 25 years, mainly in a professional technical support role. He has been involved in various product launches in the
SILSDEN-based Ecology Building Society has announced record profits of more than £1 million. Latest figures show a profit after tax of £1.022m for last year – the first time the total has broken through the million-pound mark. And there was a
YOUNG people spoke of their hopes and aspirations during a visit to Keighley College by a former special advisor to The Prince's Charities. Dame Julia Cleverdon spent a day at the Bradford Road site, speaking to staff and students and holding discussions
STAFF from housing group Incommunities are taking the plunge to raise money for charity. Group chief executive Geraldine Howley, management team colleagues Adrienne Reid and Greg Robinson and apprentice plumber Mark Crane are tackling the Great
AUTHORITIES have been accused of “dragging their feet” over plans to provide desperately-needed extra car parking at a railway station. Councillor Adrian Naylor is calling for work to get started on the scheme, which could see up to two new decks
A FORMER rugby league player has been given a life-transforming lift by a Steeton company. Acorn Stairlifts stepped in after it heard how crippling rheumatoid arthritis meant Darrell Grounds was virtually a prisoner in the upstairs of his home.
A KEIGHLEY brewery is toasting two coveted accolades. Bridgehouse Brewery's Porter and DandyLion tipples both scooped silver at the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) North East Beer Awards. A presentation ceremony was held at Gateshead Rugby
KEIGHLEY-based Keybury Fire and Security has been crowned a 'plastic free business champion'. The company is among the first in its sector to be awarded the accolade, by Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) – a Cornwall-based charity which is tackling plastic
THE Worth Valley held their first events of the season at Highfield where the condition of the green left a little bit to be desired. These comprised two handicap events for the Foster Cup and Ogden Trophy and attracted quite a good entry and they
KEIGHLEY MP John Grogan says the Government should take back responsibility for free TV licences for the over-75s. He was speaking during a Commons debate on the issue. Mr Grogan says there are 6,680 households in his constituency, which includes
LOCAL athletes again showed their prowess at the 2019 Yorkshire Track and Field Championships, held at the Dorothy Hyman Stadium in Cudworth near Barnsley. In addition to being the largest county in England, competition is made even tougher at these
ONLY six league matches were completed in the Aire-Wharfe Cricket League on Saturday. In Division One, Horsforth beat Addingham by 56 runs. In the first innings, Horsforth opener Ben Heritage and Jonny Bell shared a fourth-wicket partnership
DESPITE the almost monsoon conditions prevailing in the Aire Valley on Saturday, the pastures at Town End Farm, Ickornshaw, on Sunday morning were almost dusty for Bradford and District Motor Club's third club championship trial. Even the Ickornshaw
