A GOVERNOR is being sought to represent Keighley, Shipley and Bradford West constituencies on the Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust council. The trust – which includes Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke’s Hospital – is also recruiting
A NIGHT of music and songs struck a chord with villagers. The Young at Heart event, which showcased the talents of Lothersdale youngsters, has been hailed as a huge success. A wide range of material was performed. There was also a bar and
THE COBBYDALE Singers are celebrating their 25th anniversary with a charity concert at Silsden Methodist Church. The concert on Saturday October 26 will feature a nod to the past because their guests, a group of male singers called Partners In Harmony
A KEIGHLEY community group is setting up an arts and crafts class for people with dementia and their carers. Artist Gemma Hobbs will hold an open session on October 28 for anyone interested in joining the classes organised by Keighley Dementia Friendly
A NEW ‘one stop shop’ for survivors of domestic and sexual abuse in the district has been launched. The new consortium, Bradford Survive & Thrive, has been created with the aim of transforming services across the area. Behind the initiative are
FIRE investigators have confirmed the cause of a ferocious blaze which ripped through a Keighley building. Firefighters from across West Yorkshire tackled the inferno, which severely damaged a three-storey premises in South Street. The blaze
A KEIGHLEY woman’s latest bun sale in support her disabled granddaughter raised a record amount. June Wormald holds three sales a year to help fund 12-year-old Charlotte’s life-enhancing trips to a medical facility in the Czech Republic. And
TESCO is urging customers to cast their votes for a favourite community project to receive cash aid. Three shortlisted causes are in the running for funding in this region – the Children’s Heart Surgery Fund, Yorkshire Air Ambulance and Youth Work
PARKSIDE School students have handed over the proceeds of their charity walk across the Yorkshire Three Peaks. Amy Farrar, from hospice charity Marie Curie, visited the Cullingworth school to collect a cheque for £1,360. The group of year 11
AN annual event being staged in Keighley will be music to the ears of young people. The town’s Rotary club is holding its young musician competition, at the Shared Church, on Saturday, November 16. It is open to solo instrumentalists and vocalists
KEIGHLEY householders are being urged to ‘jump to it’ if they suspect fleas may have invaded their home. The British Pest Control Association says that while pets are the most likely culprits to introduce fleas, the pests can settle in any house
A DIABETIC will tell a forthcoming voluntary group meeting how she is successfully managing her condition. Nikki Moon, who is a Type 1 diabetic, will recount how she discovered she had the condition and how she came to change her eating regime
‘URBAN explorers’ have taken shots of work carried out inside the old Queensbury Tunnel. Campaigners are pressing for the 1.4-mile-long structure to be reopened to form the centrepiece of a cycle path network connecting Halifax to Bradford and Keighley
BONKERS about conkers? A conker-themed afternoon is being staged at Haworth’s West Lane Baptist Church. The event – on Sunday, October 20, from 4pm to 6pm – will include a conkers tournament and soup. People should take along their own conkers
WEST Yorkshire Police have been allocated 256 officers out of the first tranche of 6,000 nationally as force strengths are boosted. And the number of recruits is expected to reach around 800 over the next three years, depending on the outcome of
FREE support is being offered to people across the district who have obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). MyWellbeing College, run by Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust, is providing self-help treatment. Over a 12-week period, participants
By Andrew Mitchell, Tax Partner, Armstrong Watson Skipton As many will be aware, the government have increased the tax burden on property landlords through increasing Stamp Duty Land Tax rates on buy to let properties and restricting the amount
A TOTAL of 188 competitors will battle round miles of unforgiving moors on Saturday in the annual Scott Trial. The entry features the cream of British trialling, from all parts of the British Isles; the Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Scotland, Northern
GUARDIOLA, Klopp and co would all be in for a culture shock if they took charge of Steeton. That's the view of the man synonymous with the club for the last 12 years and counting in that particular hot seat, but he wouldn't have it any other way
A PAIR of Keighley Cougars players will put friendship aside for 80 minutes when they battle against each other for their countries in a World Cup qualifier. Jason Muranka and Kieran Moran have been included in the Serbia and Scotland train-on squads
ILKLEY want the Birtwhistle Cup to revert to its original format of 45 overs per innings. For the past two seasons the Aire-Wharfe League’s second-team knockout competition has been a T20, but league secretary Matthew Grimes told the league’s council
THE EXTENSION of the low carbohydrate programme in Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven has been warmly welcomed by a group of local campaigners. The voluntary group Low Carb Skipton, which has members in Keighley and Skipton, believes the initiative
A TRAILBLAZING scheme to reverse type 2 diabetes is being extended across Keighley and Craven following “astonishing” results among test patients. The revolutionary eating plan saw an 85% drop in diabetes medication for people who took part in
THE OWNER of a pub on the moors between Oxenhope and Hebden Bridge has been hit by a double whammy of road closures. Claire Atkinson claims the Waggon and Horses lost customers due to closures of the A6033 Hebden Bridge Road – the only vehicle
