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  • Serving-up support to region's school breakfast clubs

    CASH support is being served-up to the region’s school breakfast clubs. Cereal giant Kellogg’s is offering £1,000 grants which can be spent on any aspect of the club. Chris Silcock, for Kellogg’s, said: “We have supported breakfast clubs in

  • Keighley bus firm ups its recruitment

    KEIGHLEY Bus Company is stepping-up recruitment as a shortage of drivers hits the industry UK-wide. The firm says it’s “always ready” to speak to potential newcomers At the latest meeting of West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s transport committee

  • Airedale health trust backs plea over organ donation

    AIREDALE NHS Foundation Trust is backing calls for people to speak to their loved ones about organ donation. A change in law last year means that all adults in England are now considered to have agreed to be an organ donor, unless they’ve recorded

  • Aiming high to support Silsden community centre

    PEOPLE are being urged to scale new heights in support of a community centre. The public is being asked to pull on its walking boots to help The Hive, in Silsden. Collectively, people have been challenged to walk to Nab End – which stands 1,000

  • Keighley Macmillan coffee morning raises over £400

    A COFFEE morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support was a huge success. The event – at Hillworth Village, in Oakworth Road, Keighley – raised over £400. It was hosted by Mrs Valerie Wallace. Although it was just the second to be held at

  • Keighley clergyman’s latest crime tale

    A KEIGHLEY-born clergyman-turned-author has penned a new novel. Methodist minister the Rev Malcolm Lorimer has set his latest book on the Settle-Carlisle Railway. Murder on the Ribblehead Viaduct is based in the 1970s. Seven young friends embark

  • Appeal to Keighley people for unwanted clothing

    A CHARITY is urging Keighley people to donate unwanted clothing for sale through its shops. Scope’s outlet in the town shut earlier this year, but it has branches in Skipton and Ilkley. The charity issued the plea after research showed that

  • 'Catalyst' hope as empty Keighley store is redeveloped

    NEW life is being breathed into an empty former department store in Keighley. And it is hoped the scheme could provide a catalyst for more similar initiatives to bring vacant units across the town centre back into use. That's the hope of Airedale

  • Melling makes final and looks to Blackpool for next big event

    CHRIS Melling is in great form, but he came up just short over the weekend, losing the Ultimate Pool Pro Series Event 3 final. The Keighley potter was beaten 7-1 by Shane Thompson, who completed a remarkable weekend by winning both of the Pro Series

  • Steeton bring former Campion midfielder into the ranks

    STEETON have signed a midfielder who may be a familiar face to those who follow Bradford non-league football closely. They have brought in former Campion star Tom Robinson, and he made an impressive debut for the club over the weekend in their