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  • "Talk and thrive" is the mental health message

    A CROSS Hills support group for men with mental health issues has become so successful that it has now inspired two new spin-off groups. Jimmy Vaughan and Andrew Williams began Talk & Thrive sessions at the village's Social Club on Main Street

  • Bantams fan nets £900 for Manorlands hospice

    MANORLANDS is high in the pecking order of Bantams fan Nick Kitchen. He staged a raffle and raised £900 for the Oxenhope Sue Ryder hospice. Nick chose to support Manorlands as a thank-you for the care and support it gave to his grandmother

  • Build me up buttercup - the Foundations play Ilkley

    THE FOUNDATIONS perform their soul hits at King's Hall in Ilkley on Friday February 28. The Foundations emerged in the mid-1960s from a ska/reggae group known as The Ramongs, who met up in the back room of a pub in Edmonton. In 1960

  • New mental health group for men to be launched in Keighley

    A NEW men’s mental health group is being launched in Keighley. The #ItsWorthTalkingAbout group will meet every Monday at the Hop On Worth micropub, in Cavendish Street, between 6.30pm and 8.30pm, from March 9. A spokesman said: “Men can come

  • A leap of faith to boost Oxenhope Sue Ryder hospice

    A HOSPICE is urging the community to help it cover the cost of an extra day of care. The leap year means Manorlands will have to find funds to provide its services on February 29. It costs the Oxenhope Sue Ryder hospice £9,000 a day to maintain

  • A day of change for young climate campaigners

    GLUSBURN Community Primary School pupils looked at climate change during this year's UNICEF Day of Change. Lynn Ashton, the school's Head of Values and Ethos, said the Day of Change supported children's rights to good nutrition, an education, sanitation

  • A spell of magic at Parkside's Harry Potter Night

    WITCHCRAFT and wizardry returned to Parkside School for the annual Harry Potter Book Night. School librarian Lesley Watson organised the night with support from enthusiastic pupils who acted as team leaders. Lesley said the event was celebrated

  • Indulgent biscuit for the one you love all the time

    FEBRUARY is here already and with it brings two dates that feature food at their hearts - Valentine’s Day and Pancake Day. In Italy Valentine’s Day is known as La Festa Degli Innamorati (the day of lovers). Some believe the tradition  dates back