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Accidental cash boost
Manorlands has received a £984 boost. The Oxenhope Sue Ryder Care hospice has been presented with the cash by Balfour Beatty Fleet Services. The money was raised through donations made by the Skipton firm for each week in which no accidents were reported
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Charity trekkers tracked by firm
A Keighley-based company has helped to track a fundraising team's trek to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. Rapid Innovations, a solutions and software developer in Devonshire Street, created a new mobile tracking solution called "Envision", which mapped
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All-ethnic shortlists are ‘dynamite’ - MP
Keighley MP Ann Cryer has warned against all-ethnic shortlists in elections saying it could be "potentially dynamite". The Government is considering a report commissioned by equalities minister Harriet Harman which calls for ethnic minority-only shortlists
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Trio of new magistrates are sworn in
Three new magistrates have joined the Keighley bench. The trio - Stephanie Bailey, Gary Marlow and Emma Smith - was sworn in at the courthouse in Bingley. Mrs Bailey was born and educated in Bradford, before moving to Bingley more than 20 years ago.
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Bygone artists recalled on film
The grandson of a talented painter is searching for family members of other 20th-century Aire Valley artists. After Dave Foster stumbled across the oil-painted works of his grandfather in the attic of his family home in Bingley, he began to investigate
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Minister to check on ‘squalid’ homes
The Housing Minister is to visit Keighley to see for himself the state of homes branded as "squalid". Iain Wright, Under Secretary in the Department for Communities and Local Government, has accepted an invitation from Keighley MP Ann Cryer. She intends
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Youths urged to get off streets
Youth sessions are being run in a Keighley community to deter bored children from engaging in crime and gang culture. Keighley Voluntary Services (KVS) has injected £18,000 into the Knowle Park community to encourage young people to get off the streets
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The Nutcracker -- Russian State Ballet of Siberia
Raymond Gubbay's brisk national tour arrived at Bradford's St George's Hall for two nights. The magic of Tchaikovsky's famous ballet was rather at a premium, given the logistical constraints of a hectic tour. The scenery was effective but neither inspired
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Bygone artists recalled in film
The grandson of a talented painter is searching for family members of other 20th-century Aire Valley artists. After Dave Foster, above, stumbled across the works of his grandfather in the attic of his family home in Bingley, he began to investigate similar
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Poorboys singer strikes a Chord
Former Poorboys frontman Johnny Friendly performs with Nick Procter in the duo Cowboy Chords next Thursday. They'll play acoustic alt:country, rock 'n' roll and urban blues at the Cricketers, Coney Lane, Keighley.