TRAINS will run on the Airedale line on Boxing Day. Rail company Northern says services will operate, to a special timetable, between Skipton and Bradford. Its trains will also run on two other routes – between Ilkley and Bradford, and Bolton
POTENTIAL improvements at Marley sports centre have been revealed as part of Bradford Council’s shake-up of the district’s sports facilities. Proposed investment in cricket and soccer facilities at the facility are revealed in a report on the council
IT’S CLOSING-IN on the season of ‘reviews of the year’, so let me be one of the first. We are nearing the end of our 51st year of operation of the ‘Railway in Preservation’, which is quite some milestone as we are in our second half-century of operation
TV ACTOR and singer Freddie Bolt is opening a youth drama school in Keighley after a long search for a hometown venue. Classes will be taught by industry professionals including performers from TV soaps, including Bradley Johnson who plays
A KEIGHLEY funeral director is supporting Child Bereavement UK. David Gallagher Funeral Directors has donated £1,000 to the charity, which is one of the causes being backed through the current Lord Mayor’s Appeal. Also, the Skipton Road firm
SANTA gave his reindeer a rest when he visited the Haworth Riding for the Disabled (RDA) annual Christmas fair. He arrived at the event, at the group’s Vale Mill Lane stables, in a pony and trap. Hauling the trap was Murphy, with one of the group
THE BOSS of Coversure Keighley reached the finals of a national insurance industry awards scheme. Reana Bashir was shortlisted in the Insurance Broker of the Year category of the Women In Insurance Awards. Reana, the owner of Coversure Keighley
A SCHOOL took part in a Santa fun run – and boosted funds for additional outdoor play resources. More than 30 children, staff members and parents from Stanbury Village School joined nearly 2,000 other participants in the five-kilometre event at
YOUNGSTERS spread festive cheer at a Steeton nursing home. Children from Bridge House Day Nursery & Pre-School (BHDN) performed their annual carol sing-a-long at Steeton Court. Donna Barnes – senior manager at BHDN, which is based in the village
NEW support is being provided to young people across the district who are experiencing emotional and mental health issues. The Safety Nets initiative will highlight the links between physical activity and mental wellbeing and enable youngsters to
DISTRICT health chiefs are urging people with symptoms of norovirus – also known as the winter vomiting bug – not to visit hospitals or care homes. The plea follows a surge in cases across the Bradford district and Craven. Anyone showing signs
SANTA Claus arrived in a sleigh for Parkwood Primary School's recent Christmas fair. School spokesman Jelena Allsworth said the Christmas fair had been an annual highlight of the school's Christmas season for more than 10 years. She said: "It
PLANS to build 11 homes at Eastburn have been approved. Members of Bradford Council’s regulatory and appeals committee gave the go-ahead for the scheme, off Holly Fold. More than 30 objections had been submitted, including a claim that the three-bed
CHRISTMAS is a time for tradition, and while these traditions may vary from family to family they form the basis of how we spend the festive holidays. Most families will know what their Christmas Eve looks like. Some will always eat the same foods
CRAVEN Speakers Club hosted speech and evaluation competitions. Four clubs – Craven, Wharfedale, Bradford and Halifax-and-Huddersfield – took part in the annual event, at Cross Hills Methodist Church. Both contests were won by Halifax-and-Huddersfield
