A KEIGHLEY councillor has praised the support given so far to a campaign which aims to ensure all children can study at home in warm conditions this winter. The No Child Cold initiative has been launched to support disadvantaged families across
A CHRISTMAS tree recycling scheme raised £21,520 for Manorlands. Worth Valley Young Farmers Club led a team of volunteers which battled through wintry conditions to carry out a Covid-safe collection of 1,800 trees. Club chairman Joe Holmes and
A CHARITY has a one-bedroom terraced cottage available at Ingrow. Hebden Wright Almshouses is seeking applications for residency from single people or couples aged over 60 and currently living in the Ingrow/Hainworth/Hermit Hole area. The cottage
CASH seized from criminals is once again being offered to groups across the region. Grants of up to £6,000 are available in the latest round of the West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner’s Safer Communities Fund. A total pot of £140,000
COVID-19 vaccinations are continuing to be rolled-out across the district. Among the centres is one at Long Lee, operated by Modality Partnership. In a single week, the centre administered 2,850 vaccines – a mixture of Pfizer and Oxford Astra
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that England was entering a third lockdown period at the beginning of January. He ordered the country once more to stay indoors and ordered primary schools, secondaries and colleges to move to remote teaching
Here, Robin Longbottom examines how firms played their part in supporting British industry during its dependence for almost two centuries on leather “THERE’S nothing like leather” was once a popular saying used to dismiss ideas for change or innovation
A CHARITY which before lockdown was staging singing and activity sessions for older people across the Keighley district has increased its online offering. Goldies, like many other groups, had to halt live meetings at the start of the pandemic last
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a crash in which a 21-year-old woman died. The accident happened at about 12.35pm yesterday (January 19) in Colne Road, between Cross Hills and Cowling. A Volvo XC60 and a Kia Picanto were involved.
SILSDEN boss Danny Forrest admits he cannot see any league football going ahead now until August, but he did offer some tentative hope for fans wanting their fix sooner. It is a quiet time for sport in the district, with Keighley RUFC not set to
