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  • Have say on local plan for Silsden and Steeton

    RESIDENTS of Silsden, Steeton and Eastburn are being urged to have a say on the three communities’ joint Neighbourhood Plan. The highly-detailed plan, which will guide development in the three communities over the next few years, was put out to

  • Cross Hills company’s £10,000 boost to cave rescue team

    A CROSS Hills company has given a £10,000 boost to the Cave Rescue Organisation (CRO). Skipton Properties made the donation in response to a fundraising appeal by the organisation, launched following the death of a caver in June. A massive operation

  • Businesses take steps to support Keighley dance school

    A VOLUNTARY-run dance group has received a funding boost. Revive, which trains at Keighley Civic Centre, has secured sponsorship from four businesses. The support is enabling the dance school to buy training kits plus costumes for regional and

  • Keighley BID cost-cutting scheme hits a milestone

    A SCHEME which cuts costs for Keighley Business Improvement District (BID) members has reached a landmark. Savings identified since the initiative launched have smashed through the £100,000 mark. The venture achieves price reductions

  • Edge of fashion comes to Bracken Bank

    LONG LEE resident Leanne Wrench has opened a second business on the Bracken Bank estate. Leanne has successfully run the Cutting Edge hairdressing salon for many years and has now opened the Edge Boutique alongside. The entrepreneur said it had

  • Train buffs support Bahamas storm victims

    KEIGHLEY railway enthusiasts are supporting the storm-ravaged islands that gave their name to a historic steam loco. The Bahamas Locomotive Society has opened a book of condolence in its museum at Ingrow station where people can express sorrow

  • Food help is served-up to holiday projects

    AN initiative helped ensure children across the district received nutritious meals over the summer. Food service provider Bidfood staged an Action Against Holiday Hunger campaign. Working with FareShare Yorkshire, it supplied surplus stock on

  • Steeton suffer cup penalty heartbreak

    Steeton 0 Oswestry Town 0 (3-5 pens) STEETON crashed out of the North West Counties League First Division Cup following a dramatic penalty shoot-out. The game got off to a lively start, with Steeton’s Ben Clarkson seeing his header fly just

  • REACTION AND STATS: Cougars raise bar despite defeat

    Keighley Cougars 22 Newcastle Thunder 32 KEIGHLEY Cougars' valiant last-day performance proved to be in vain as a five-minute spell late in the day proved the difference in a defeat to Newcastle Thunder in Betfred League One. On reflection

  • Keighley drug dealer is spared jail term

    A YOUNG father who “naively” took up Class A drug dealing to earn money to support his family has been spared jail. Patrick Gabor, 21, of Back Emily Street, Keighley, was 19 when he became involved in dealing crack cocaine and heroin on the streets