THE GROUP trying to save Queensbury Tunnel so it can be used as a cycle track has urged the public to register their objections to a planning application to fill it in before it is too late. Queensbury Tunnel Society says that 4,400 people have
WE’VE enjoyed a great autumn with a really varied range of events, from the wizardry at Halloween, or travelling back in style to the 1920s in a Gatsby-themed murder mystery evening, through to the annual Beer and Music Festival. We now turn our
DENHOLME sailors have bailed out their counterparts in Halifax who lost access to water for their boats. Halifax Sailing Club lost the use of their home at Warley Moor Reservoir because of low water levels and maintenance work. So Denholme Sailing
Northern was forced to cancel a "huge" number of services last month amid staffing problems created by the need to send drivers for training on its new fleet of trains. The district's biggest rail operator has been gradually introducing state-of-the-art
KEIGHLEY personality Charlie Bhowmick MBE, has raised more than £2,000 for charity with his colourful autobiography. Yorkshire Cancer Research has benefited from Charlie giving away copies of From Calcutta To Keighley in return for donations.
A STAR of Strictly Come Dancing and Hollyoaks will switch on the Christmas lights in Keighley this year. Ashley Taylor Dawson will share the button-pushing moment on Sunday December 1 with a local ‘Young Hero’ nominated by a Keighley News reader
START this walk from the centre of Pateley Bridge. From the bridge at the foot of High Street head up the main thoroughfare, swinging right at the top to level out. After the Methodist church a path heads up a flight of steps to the
PUPILS from a Sutton school have a year of sports contests against each other. The Intra School Tournament sees key stage two children competing in seven different sports against children from the same academic year. Teaching assistant Anneli
TWO SISTERS have held a ball in aid in aid of Manorlands for the second year running. Sophie and Emily Baker organised the event at the Coniston Hotel, where they work, and raised £3,052. Sophie and Emily, from Long Preston, who are studying
CHILDREN at Sutton Community Primary School have set out to fill 50 shoeboxes for charity. The pupils were issued the challenge as part of efforts by the village’s St Thomas’s Church to fill and distribute 150 shoeboxes to Keighley Women’s Refuge
A TEACHER from Steeton Primary School has been raising money to buy reading books for the school. Claire Redman, the deputy head and year five and six teacher, ran the 13.1-mile Lancaster half marathon earlier this month. After her run she said
HAWORTH man Herbert Scarborough will be the subject of the latest free talk at Cliffe Castle Museum. His son Michael will speak about ‘Yorkshire Bred – A Page A Day’ on Saturday November 23 at 1.30pm. Cliffe Castle Support Group, which
A NURSE who has spent much of her career in Airedale has been given a key role in the Bradford District Care NHS Trust. Phil Hubbard has been appointed the new director of nursing, professions and care standards for the trust, which provides
THE work of Bradford as the world’s first UNESCO film city over the past decade was highlighted at a special event in Paris. David Wilson, Bradford UNESCO City of Film director, delivered a presentation on Bradford and how culture is used to drive
BRADFORD Council has been awarded £324,038 to draw up proposals to regenerate Keighley and Shipley. In September the government announced that the two towns would share up to £25 million in investment as part of the Towns Fund. Over 100 towns
BRADFORD Council has little power to force landowners to build housing on their sites - a planning chair has said. Councillor David Warburton was responding to a call for affordable housing to be built on a vacant site in Keighley town centre, rather
FIREFIGHTERS in Keighley once again came under attack on Bonfire Night - but the town and wider district escaped largely unscathed on what has become a dreaded event for many. West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said attacks on fire engines unfolded
CARE home staff in Keighley are being encouraged to get the flu jab this winter. The NHS believes such efforts will help reduce some of the 8,000 people each year who die in England from flu-related complications. It says staff who work
EIGHTY people in Silsden will be trained to use the town’s array of strategically-placed defibrillators. The Friends of Silsden Town Hall have won a £10,000 grant to pay for emergency first aid courses in the New Year. The Keeping Silsden
