AN initiative has been staged to highlight the importance of talking about death. Airedale Hospital hosted an event, to coincide with national Dying Matters Awareness Week. The theme for this year’s campaign was Are We Ready, and it focussed
HIT musical Les Miserables returns to Bradford Alhambra for a five-week run from July 9. Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed production of the Boublil and Schönberg musical will be at the Alhambra as its only Yorkshire venue in the UK tour. Joining
STUDENTS of Spanish fear the sun will go down on their long-running class in Keighley. Members of the Spanish class at Keighley U3A need to find a new tutor or their group will fold. U3A, the University of the Third Age, has been running classes
KEIGHLEY householders are being urged to take simple steps to prevent an insect invasion this summer. Trade body, the British Pest Control Association, says people should act to deter species such as ants and flies from taking-up residence. Dee
A NEW play explores the brief and defiant life of the writer of hit 1980s comedy Rita, Sue and Bob Too. The play by Bradford teenager Andrea Dunbar was famously filmed in locations including the city’s Buttershaw estate and Haworth. Lisa Holdsworth
MORE than half of the district’s secondary schools have already signed-up to this year’s Bradford Manufacturing Weeks. The event, which was held for the first time last year, will run between October 7 and 18. And 29 of 45 secondary
AMERICAN Idiot, the musical based around songs from punk-pop band Green Day is coming to the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford next month. The ground-breaking, Tony award-winning rock musical with music by the Grammy award-winning band, can be seen from
AN ECLECTIC trio of artists will present a fusion of Sufi folk and Indian classical music in Bradford. The Kala Sangam arts centre will host a “stunning” performance by Ruhaani on Saturday June 1 at 7.30pm. The musicians will explore the threads
CRAIG Lingard has spoken of his shock at being sacked by Keighley Cougars despite a good start to the season. Cougars have only lost twice in their opening eight Betfred League One games and have clawed back 11 of their -12-point pre-season punishment
CULLINGWORTH children spent a day down on the farm without leaving the village primary school. ‘Farmer Ian’ took his mobile farm to the school together with a bevy of animals that the pupils might see on a real farm. School spokesman Janice Parfett
KEIGHLEY councillor Zafar Ali has been praised for his "incredibly hard work" as Lord Mayor of Bradford over the past year. And colleagues jokingly referenced his infamous stony expression on the scores of photographs taken during his time as civic
