KEIGHLEY people of all ages and backgrounds are being urged to volunteer as Dementia Champions. Dementia Friendly Keighley is teaming up with the Alzheimer’s Society to run a training day to recruit new Champions. The charity said the training
PEOPLE across the district affected by flooding caused by storms Ciara and Dennis are to get compensation from Bradford Council. Letters are being sent to residents outlining the details and providing instructions on how to apply for a hardship
KEIGHLEY'S new MP has been elected to serve on the parliamentary Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee. Robbie Moore secured a place following a hotly-contested election. The committee is appointed by the Commons to examine the
LOTHERSDALE young farmers club held their annual dinner dance presentation evening at Skipton Golf Club. The event was well attended by members past and present, leaders, friends and families. Last year's chairman Oliver Barraclough thanked everybody
A POPULAR Christian Easter holiday club is to be held in Keighley for a seventh year. X:site Keighley – which sold out last year – is again being staged at the town’s Shared Church, with a huge range of activities on offer. Seventy children –
FORMER Keighley Cougars player-coach Jason Demetriou will succeed Wayne Bennett as head coach of South Sydney, the Rabbitohs have announced. Demetriou spent his entire 13-year professional career in England, most notably playing for Wakefield Trinity
THE Conservatives have unveiled some of their Keighley-district candidates for the Bradford Council elections on May 7. Serving councillor Russell Brown, a self-employed teacher, has been reselected to contest the Worth Valley ward. Julie Glentworth
A CONSULTATION session takes place in Keighley early next month as Bradford Council gathers views on its plans for a clean air zone. The event – at Central Hall, Alice Street, on Monday, March 2, between 1pm and 8pm – is one of a series being staged
A DONATION is music to the ears of Airedale Hospital’s cancer unit. Members of a ladies’ choir have visited the Steeton site to present a £500 cheque. The money was raised at a seasonal concert held by Ladies Please, a Menston-based choir.
CRAVEN Speakers Club member Judith Allinson is all talk – and she’s delighted! She took the individual runner-up spot in the Dales Topics (Impromptu Speech) competition, staged by the Association of Speakers Clubs. Judith is pictured far right
THE JUDGE in the Denholme murder trial will sum up the case next week before the jury retires to consider its verdicts. Closing speeches for the seven defendants will go into Monday before Mr Justice Goss reminds the all-women panel of the evidence
