AROUND 550 members of Keighley’s Scout movement are taking part in a major camping event. They will be among more than 6,000 young people and leaders at the West Yorkshire Big Camp 2020, in May. A huge range of activities will be on offer at
RUNNERS and their dogs are straining at the leash in readiness for another Manorlands fundraiser. The Running Riot group is staging a third canicross on April 5 in aid of the Oxenhope Sue Ryder hospice. Anyone can enter the event, which entails
A LAND art contest – won last year by a Keighley-district entry – has been launched again to celebrate the Tour de Yorkshire. Welcome to Yorkshire – organiser of the acclaimed cycle race – is urging schools, community groups, businesses and landowners
A STEETON-based motorbike club is revving-up for another charity show. The Girder Fork and Classic Motorcycle Club is staging its annual Big Bike Sunday at Skipton Auction Mart, on June 28. Proceeds will be split between the club’s chosen charities
A STUDENT who saved a man’s life using CPR skills she’d learned as a schoolgirl is urging secondary schools to sign-up for a training initiative. Martha Hogg – whose parents live at Cononley – is encouraging others to take part in the Yorkshire
ROYAL Mail has exceeded regulatory delivery targets for first-class post in the BD postcode area. Latest figures show that in the first three quarters of the current financial year, 94.2 per cent of mail sent first-class was delivered the next working
By Helen Tansley, Armstrong Watson, Independent Financial Adviser WHAT do we mean by protection? In simple terms, protection means insurance. It can be insurance against death, critical illness and ailments that prevent you from working. Who
A MAN seriously injured in a crash at Keighley has died. Conor Mitchell, 26, from Skipton, was taken to Leeds General Infirmary following the accident early yesterday. He died later in the day. Mr Mitchell was driving a silver Ford Focus
A SCHOOL on a Keighley estate has been rated ‘good’ by Government inspectors just over three years after becoming an academy. Worth Valley Primary, at Bracken Bank, has received glowing praise from Ofsted for the quality of the education it provides
STEETON boasts a rising national star in 16-year-old Alex Thompson, for whom athletics is a real family affair. Older brother Will competes alongside him for Ermysted’s Grammar School, while dad Geoff and mum Su, as well as being there to support
TOM Marshall was a footballer who was “good at everything”, but most at ease playing with pals rather than at a higher standard where winning was crucial, according to close friend Joe Gaughan. Marshall was just 25 when he sadly died last October
SILSDEN stalwart Chris Wademan is pushing for a first-team place again, and has re-adapted well to a chilly West Yorkshire. Wademan scored the equaliser in Silsden's fine 1-1 draw at Yorkshire Amateur in the Toolstation Northern Counties East League
KEIGHLEY will receive a share of a £33 million investment programme aimed at tackling social inequality. Bradford district is one of six places across the UK to win funds from Local Access, a partnership between Access - The Foundation for Social
ELECTRIC charging points installed in Silsden and at Airedale Hospital will provide free power for taxis. Hackney carriage and private hire drivers will be able to fuel-up for free until October 2021 at the machines in car parks at the hospital
BUILDING work on the new Steeton to Silsden railway station car park has been hit by yet another delay. Councillors were this week told that contractors – who were due to be on site this month – would not begin until at least April or May. It
