AN artist has demonstrated her skills to a village group. Laura Dawes displayed her use of gouache painting to members of Oakworth Art Club. Using just two brushes, Ilkley-based freelance artist Laura illustrated her various stages of preparation
AN association that has a branch in the Worth Valley is giving a fundraising lift to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Yorkshire Countrywomen’s Association (YCA) members have coined-in more than £15,000 for the charity. A cheque will be handed over
JOSHUA Burnside will take his rumbling, brooding, powerful and magnetic music to Victoria Hall in Settle on November 16. The Sunday Times said there was an indefinable quality and charm to Joshua, as he played music that is not typical Irish folk
TWO FRIENDS embark upon a series of time travel adventures in the latest fiction from former Keighley man Terry Cavender. Terry’s ninth book Tinkering With Time features three stories taking inspiration from true events and futuristic science.
CHRIS Cleverley will perform songs from latest album We Sat Back and Watched It Unfold at the Topic Folk Club. The alt-folk songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist is promoting his second studio album at the club’s venue, the Merchant Bar in Peckover
THE EMILY Brontë Song Cycle returns to the district this month following its premiere in Haworth earlier this year. Folk group The Unthanks created the song cycle as part of celebrations for last year’s 200th anniversary of the birth of the Wuthering
A COMMUNITY rail partnership has won a coveted national accolade for its work with people who have dementia. The Leeds-Morecambe Community Rail Partnership, known as the Bentham Line, beat off strong competition to take the Influencing Positive
CRAVEN League heavyweights Crossflatts have failed to get into the Aire-Wharfe League for the 2020 season. The Division One champions and Wynn Cup winners only gained nine votes at the senior league’s council meeting last night at Otley Rugby Union
PEOPLE have been queuing up to praise Keighley Cougars for the marquee signing of Jake Webster, after the shock news broke yesterday that the experienced and popular centre had joined the club from neighbouring Bradford Bulls. Webster was one of
A RECIPE used in a bustling kitchen more than 70 years ago is being given a new lease of life. The ‘secret’ recipe for ginger beer has been tweaked and transformed by baker Mike Armstrong. And the new creation, a ginger beer scone, features in
A BAND of young South Craven School students are hoping for great things following their debut performance at Fallfest. Revolver played the Glusburn arts festival last month and landed two potential bookings for next year. Singer and guitarist
BRADFORD and Airedale Youth Choir is launching its third choir group, this time for 16 to 24-year-olds. Formed in April this year, BAYC already has more than 50 members in its Junior (six-11 years) and Senior (11-16 years) choirs. Spokesman Becs
THE future of a former museum building with strong links to the Brontes will be debated next week. Red House Museum, at Gomersal, which closed nearly three years ago due to budget cuts, will be discussed at a meeting of Kirklees Council on Wednesday
EMOTIONS turn savage as Keighley Playhouse stages a timeless masterpiece this month. Tennessee Williams's modern classic A Streetcar Named Desire explores emotions with daring honesty from October 21 to 28 at the Devonshire Street theatre. A
Barnoldswick Town 2 Silsden 0 SILSDEN made the short trip to the Silentnight Beds Stadium last night for the opening round of the West Riding County Cup. The Cobbydalers were missing Jay Benn and Jay Taylor-Mountford. Chris Wademan made
THREE brothers – two of them from Keighley – have been ordered to pay more than £20,000 for failing to ensure a former school site plagued by fires and anti-social behaviour was secure. Atsham Ul-Haq, 39, of Highfield Lane, Keighley; Azhar Ul-Haq
PLANS to create a South Pennines Park – which would encompass Keighley, the Worth Valley and South Craven – have won widespread backing. Those spearheading the initiative say it would help raise the area’s profile, improve protection of its landscapes
