A NEW virtual support programme has been launched to help smokers in the region quit the habit. The initiative – funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research and delivered by NHS specialists – offers 12 weeks of free personalised help, including video or
SILSDEN-born Jack Clarkson achieved renown for his pictures portraying the dying days of the Potteries towns. He created an iconic legacy of industrial paintings that now hang in prestigious galleries across South Yorkshire and the Midlands
AIREDALE Hospital has announced a further death from a coronavirus-related illness bringing the total to 101. The patient, who had tested positive for the virus died on May 25. The total number of casualties in the Bradford District now stands
A KEIGHLEY community organisation has received £500 to support its work helping people during the coronavirus crisis. The Sue Belcher Centre – run by Bracken Bank & District Community Association – will buy toiletries, puzzles and activity books
TICKETS can once again be booked on the phone for performance venues in Bradford and Ilkley. Bradford Theatres has arranged for a small number of box office staff to take incoming calls from customers. For the past few weeks people could only
PEOPLE are being urged to have their say on a new devolution deal for the region. Public consultation is now under way into the £1.8 billion deal, which the Government announced in March. Under the initiative, a raft of decision-making would
THE RUMOUR is that a Fleetwood Mac tribute band has been forced to rearrange its concert in Bradford a second time. Rumours of Fleetwood Macwere originally due to the format St George’s Hall on April 22 foot coronavirus caused the gig’s postponement
DAVE Spikey has rescheduled his Leeds City Varieties show for February 25 next year. The stand-up comedian and TV star was originally due to play the historic, venue on Friday June 5 this year. A Funny Thing Happened is the title of
WHAT is your lockdown habit that you should make permanent? The internet - and your own social circles - have probably been awash with friends and family reviving or discovering hobbies to do at home. The big question is: which ones
PEOPLE across the district are being asked to share old family photos and details of heirlooms to become part of a new online archive. The initiative will showcase objects, stories and pictures in a celebration of the Bradford district. And the
A CHOIR with groups in Silsden, Bingley, Skipton and Oakworth has gone online with one of its songs to raise money for the Martin House children’s hospice. Members of Voices of Yorkshire each recorded themselves separately for the “lip sync” to
HEATHERS The Musical is due to hit Leeds Grand in the mid-autumn with its tale of dark deeds in an American high school. The national tour follows two record-breaking seasons at London’s The Other Palace and West End transfer to the Theatre
RESTRICTIONS on the number of mourners allowed at funerals in the district are set to be eased from June 8. Changes will be made to the number of mourners allowed to enter crematoria buildings, and a new limit on the total number of mourners allowed
FOODBANKS across Keighley have joined forces as the coronavirus crisis sees demand soar. Several organisations helping the needy have pooled their resources to support the hundreds facing food poverty. Since the pandemic took hold, the new Keighley
SEVERAL sports have been going virtual due to the coronavirus pandemic, and taekwondo is no different, with a worldwide competition seeing a Keighley youngster achieve great success. The KickCovid Taekwon-do Tul challenge saw children and adults
