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Leap Year proposal heard by millions
When Leap Year lovers, Judith Duffy and Gary Parker, plighted their troth they were overheard by millions of people. Judith, the 46 year-old workshop service adviser and mother of two adult daughters, proposed to her 38 year-old boyfriend Gary on the
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Crime novels set for small screen
Keighley crime writer Sophie Hannah has signed a lucrative deal to bring her novels to the small screen before one of them is even written. Sophie, who lives in Utley, saw her third novel, The Point of Rescue, published by Hodder and Stoughton earlier
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Midnight walk
Manorlands hospice is urging women to do something a little different on a Saturday night to help raise vital funds. The charity will host its first women's-only sponsored walk - backed by the Bradford & Bingley bank - on May 17. The event will begin
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Celebrating use of mother language
A celebration of linguistic diversity and culture entertained about 150 people in Knowle Park, Keighley, on Sunday. The Bangladeshi Community Association (BCA) organised the event to mark International Mother Language Day. Guests at the association's
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UFO sightings over Keighley were only lanterns
Strange balls of fire were spotted floating across the dark night sky over Oakworth Road last night. The hovering lights were not UFOs but Chinese lanterns, let off by pupils at Oakbank School to celebrate Chinese New Year. Pupils stayed behind
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Mums join children in English classes
Mothers in Keighley are attending school with their children to take English language lessons. Twenty parents of pupils at St Andrew's C of E Primary School have signed up to weekly English classes run by volunteers from Soroptomists International, in
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Top Tory Eric comes back to his political roots
Eric Pickles - a former leader of Bradford Council and now a top ranking Tory MP - has been back to his roots. The Tory Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government visited Haworth last Thursday. He met a group of people from Bradford
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Centre urgently needs helpers
Volunteers are needed to ensure activities can be organised at Long Lee Village Hall. Residents who run the centre desperately need more people for their management committee. The building is now available for activities following work to stop long-running
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Outstanding cadets honoured
Outstanding Keighley Sea Cadets have been rewarded for their achievements during the past year. The unit staged its annual awards evening at its Waddington Street base. The event was well attended by parents, friends and supporters. Guests included
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Healthy children’s club split in two
A children's health club in Bracken Bank, Keighley, has proved so popular it has had to be split into two. Each member of Well Wednesday can now only meet once a fortnight. The 40-plus youngsters' activities include cooking healthy meals, fitness, cycling
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Thoughts for the day from Guides
The Girlguiding movement in Keighley turned out in force on Sunday for its annual Thinking Day parade and service. There was a procession through the town, led by the Thornbury Cadets' Drums Corps, and a service at Keighley Shared Church. Rainbows,
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Tea party marks fair trade event
Customers paying a visit to Keighley's Broomhill Co-op on Tuesday might have had a surprise. They were greeted with staff dressed up as characters from the Mad Hatter's tea party - a famously surreal scene from the novel Alice in Wonderland. The costumes
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Community centre closed
Activities at a Braithwaite community centre have been moved to the Keighley estate's Sure Start complex. Regular sessions for toddlers, pensioners and teenagers normally run at the Whinfield Centre have now been moved to the Rainbow Centre, in nearby
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Ambulance unit to stay in town, pledge bosses
Keighley's St John Ambulance unit will not close, brigade bosses have pledged. South and West Yorkshire commander John Shortland assured a heated public meeting that while the future of the town's HQ needed resolving, the branch itself was not under
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Open for interaction at Arts Factory
The annual open exhibition at Keighley Arts Factory, this year entitled Interaction, runs from today to March 19. Exhibits by Yorkshire artists will include painting, printmaking, sculpture, installation, ceramics, glass and photography. The gallery
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Rattlesnake Shake to reform?
Eighties rock band Rattlesnake Shake may soon be back on the local rock scene. The popular Keighley band's former members are considering getting back together. Five of the musicians are understood to be in favour of a Take That-style reunion. To