STEETON has today decided to part company with reserve team manager David Cope. The club said in a statement: "While David’s efforts are appreciated, it has become clear that the current situation was not right for either party. "The club would
HISTORY is coming alive for a Cross Roads novelist as she develops the success of her books about the English Civil War. Carol Fellingham-Webb has been visiting medieval events in costume appropriate to the Wars of the Roses settings of her novels
A FAMILY fun day in one of Keighley’s biggest parks has been hailed a success. The event in Lund Park was one of this summer’s Great Get Togethers in Keighley in memory of the murdered MP Jo Cox. The Get Togethers adopt the theme that “we have more
THE RAIN held off and the sun shone for most of the afternoon as hundreds of people packed into the playground for Oakworth Primary School’s summer fair. Children, parents, grandparents and other family and friends joined school staff in an afternoon
INGROW butcher Chris Herd has created special Yorkshire Day pies to sell at a celebration event on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. He will be nearby Ingrow station – centre of the Yorkshire Day festivities on Thursday August 1 – with his
RIDDLESDEN’S anti-plastic campaigners are championing their local greengrocer. Plastic Free Riddlesden has hailed Val Holmes’s long-established shop in Hospital Road as the village’s biggest asset. Group spokesman Jill Burghardt said the shop
WEST Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service has launched its ‘Be Moor Aware’ campaign to prevent moorland fires this summer – after a series of blazes in the first half of 2019. There have been 11 large moorland fires in six months across West Yorkshire
PLANS to build 35 homes on a field in Eastburn have been approved, despite the objection Keighley’s MP. John Grogan was one of several objectors to raise concerns over the plans for land between Croft House and Green Lane. The application, submitted
SOLDIERS past and present gathered with volunteers and politicians to honour a Keighley soldier wrongly branded a deserter during the First World War. The Men of Worth Project hosted a ceremony at Utley Cemetery to dedicate a new headstone at Gunner
A VEG Fest is coming to Braithwaite with lots of free food, fun and games for the whole family. The Cabbage Club are hosting the event at the Keighley Urban Meadows, on the North Dean Allotments, on August 10 from 1pm. The volunteer-run club
PARKSIDE School’s year 11 prom was “fantastically” popular with students and staff. The teenagers headed off to the Headley Venue in Thornton for the plush event to mark the end of their time at the school on GCSE studies. School spokesman Majella
AIREDALE Opticians will raise money for charity with an open day offering canapés and summer punch on Wednesday July 31. The opticians, based in Keighley town centre opposite the bus station, is inviting people to call with queries about their eyes
KEIGHLEY’S Morrisons store has raised more than £10,000 to help children fighting cancer. Staff and customers have rallied round for events and collections, raising £10,128 so far for Clic Sargent Young Lives Against Cancer. Nicole McGuinness
DETECTIVES investigating the death of Bradford man Mohammed Feazan Ayaz in Denholme have released details of a vehicle they are keen to trace. The grey-coloured Ford S-Max was last seen in the Denholme area on Monday July 1, bearing the registration
THE CROSS Roads and Lees parish church is helping families buy and sell children’s clothes and school kit. St James’s Church has organised a tabletop sale Saturday, July 27 as part of its St James’s Day celebrations, from 10am to 2pm. The Rev
AN OUTDOOR music festival this weekend will raise money for the Long Lee and Thwaites Brow Defibrillator Appeal. The Dickie Bird pub in Thwaites Brow will hold the event on Saturday July 27 from 1pm to 9pm with non-stop live music from local
SHIPLEY MP Philip Davies has been re-elected to the House of Common’s powerful Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee Mr Davies was a member of the committee from 2006 to 2015 but chose to stand for re-election to hold the BBC to account over
KEIGHLEY poet Bernie-the-Bolt has launched a monthly spoken word poetry night in Haworth. She is welcoming writers who wish to perform their poems as well as other creative people who want an outlet for their work. Bernie, real name Bernadette
BROWNIES from a Worth Valley pack followed in the footsteps of England’s World Cup heroes with a game of cricket. Girls from the 1st Cross Roads Brownies took part in a training session at Haworth Cricket Club, taking part in activities such as
