A SUTTON choir is once again setting out to showcase some of the brightest talent in the area. KVU Singers will take the stage at Christ Church in Skipton for its annual Young Musicians Concert. The concert will feature Tom Bennett who started
RESIDENTS of Cross Roads and Lees hope to snag the world record for knitting bunting. Members of Lees Cum Cross Roads Village Association have to knit five-miles worth of bunting in order to officially become record holders. Association
PASSENGERS are being warned of major disruption on the Airedale railway line as improvement work continues at Leeds Station. Over a weekend next month, some services will not run at all and others will operate on a reduced timetable. And Leeds
TWO GROUPS of Parkside School students successfully completed the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge. The year 11 groups headed out on their expeditions on July 6 and July 11 to climb Pen-y-ghent, Ingleborough and Whernside. Derek Radcliffe, the
A HAWORTH woman will this month compete in the finals of the Miss Voluptuous beauty contest. Amy Walker, 19, will take to the catwalk in Warrington on September 29 for the competition for plus-sized role models, while trying to inspire others.
BLUES music is returning to Ingrow railway station with an informal event on Saturday September 28. Blues Jam in a Box Car will feature blues and Olde Tyme American music played by leading performers from the area. The informal event runs from
NOW SUMMER is over, let’s see what movies are coming this autumn to the Picture House! The Goldfinch (15), released in the UK on September 27, is an American drama film that stars Ansel Elgort as young man Thodore Decker whose troubled childhood
KEIGHLEY GP surgeries are introducing high-tech measures to help patients access medical advice more quickly. Phone and online initiatives being rolled out through the autumn aim to reduce pressure on oversubscribed appointment systems. The measures
MANORLANDS is in the loop. The Oxenhope Sue Ryder hospice will receive the proceeds of a 10.5-mile event – in the Yorkshire Dales – on October 12. The Settle Loop – organised by the town’s Manorlands fundraising group – is open to walkers, runners
CHINESE painting expert Anne Allen returned to Keighley Art Club to run a ‘workalong’ workshop. She has over 20 years’ experience in the style, regularly appears at art clubs, and was one of this year’s resident workshop turns at Ilkley Art Show.
DID YOU know oats are super healthy because they contain the whole grain? Nothing has been stripped away and they are more than just a convenient breakfast food to kickstart the day. As we move into another season the colder autumn weather
SOUTH Craven people are being invited to attend meetings launched as part of a scheme to combat loneliness and isolation in communities. A ‘hub’ has been set-up at No. 1 Tea Room, in Birtwhistles Yard, Devonshire Place, Skipton, where meetings take
STEETON Male Voice Choir is limbering up for its annual concert at King’s Hall in Ilkley on October 26. The 7.30pm concert will see the return of guests Bradford Brass Band under the musical direction of Lee Skipsey. Choir spokesman Eric Parker
A KEIGHLEY railway group’s book of condolence for Bahamas storm victims has received top-level civic backing. The Bahamas Locomotive Society’s book has been signed by the Lord Mayor of Bradford, Keighley’s MP and the Keighley town mayor. And
WITNESSES are being sought to an accident in which a Cross Roads man died. A lorry driven by Ken Sugden, 63, crashed after he suffered a suspected heart attack at the wheel. He was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead shortly afterwards
