A POPULAR Keighley clergyman is leaving the town to take-up a new post. The Rev Dr Jonathan Pritchard, Keighley’s town chaplain and team vicar, has been appointed team rector of Witham and Villages in Essex. He came to Keighley in 2004 as priest-in-charge
THE 60th anniversary of Ilkley’s Manor House Museum will be marked with events this month. Local historians Alex and John Cockshott have written a piece outlining the museum’s story. They said: “In the 1890s a movement arose to find somewhere
A PRIMARY school has been forced to close this week due to Covid-19. Bradford Council issued an alert about the closure of Oldfield Primary this morning, saying further information would follow once PCR results were received. Gill Holland –
A CALL has been made for a “pause” to road-building plans across West Yorkshire. Green Party councillors in the region are seeking a review of schemes funded by West Yorkshire’s combined authority. A spokesperson said the move followed publication
COVID safety measures, including masks, are being kept in place at Specsavers as the company says it will follow NHS advice. The company made its announcement as the government dropped most legal restrictions on so-called 'Freedom Day'. Following
VOLUNTEERS are being sought to help relaunch popular mother and toddler groups in a village. It is hoped to get the groups up and running, at East Morton’s institute building, in September. A spokesperson said: “Before the pandemic we had two
ANOTHER splash of colour is being added to Manorlands fundraising. A fifth annual PaintRush is taking place to coin-in cash for the Oxenhope Sue Ryder hospice. Participants will run or walk a five-kilometre course – at Marley playing fields
A PLEA has been issued to mountain bike enthusiasts after a spate of damage to woodland sites across the district. Trees have been cut to make tracks, logs stacked-up for jumps and wildlife disturbed. Areas have also been littered with debris.
THE next Silsden car boot sale takes place at the riverside field on Sunday (July 25). It will run from 7am to 1pm, with catering and parking onsite. The cost is £10 for cars and £15 for vans and cars with trailers. Covid protocols will
