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Hospital staff earn plaudits
Hospital bosses owe an enormous debt of gratitude to their staff after an exceptionally tough few months, according to the trust’s chief executive. Adam Cairns told Airedale NHS Trust board the whole NHS had so far experienced a very difficult winter
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‘Well done’ to A&E unit
Airedale NHS Trust board members congratulated accident and emergency staff for recording excellent results in a national survey. Bridget Fletcher, director of nursing, said the 2008 Healthcare Commission patient survey showed Airedale’s A&E wing was
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Schools get reprieve on cash claw-back
Schools threatened with having unspent reserves clawed back by Bradford Council have won a reprieve. Five Keighley-area schools together had been told they would have to pay back more than £90,000 unassigned to specific purposes. But now they and other
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Project for disabled gets extra funding
A £38,000 project to involve more disabled people in community life is to be extended until at least April. Extra funding could be found to continue Mainstreaming Disability into the next financial year. Keighley Area Committee, part of Bradford Council
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Warning against mixed-sex wards
Airedale NHS Trust chairman Colin Millar reminded the board that from 2010/11 the hospital would face financial penalties if it continued to accommodate patients on mixed-sex wards without good reason. He was reporting back from a conference staged last
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Finances ‘are in good shape’
Airedale NHS Trust is currently in a financially healthier condition than at any other time in the last five years. The good news was delivered by Mark Dalton, one of two people who presented the trust’s audit evaluation and annual audit letter for 2007
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Outcry as Keighley Town Council raises precept by 8.8 per cent
Keighley town councillors have voted to accept an 8.8 per cent increase in the council's precept. The decision on the 2009/10 budget followed a heated debate in the town hall, during which some councillors described the increase as "a disgrace", "
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Young Olympians aim for gold
Disabled Keighley athletes heading to the Special Olympics could show off their medals to local politicians. They have pledged to visit Keighley Area Committee if they are successful in this summer’s games in Leicester. The pledge was made last week
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Chocolate seized in police raid
Police recovered a haul of stolen chocolate during a raid on a house in Riddlesden. More than £1,000 worth of goods were seized during yesterday's operation, carried out by Keighley neighbourhood police team (NPT). The haul – believed to be the result
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Recession is hitting hospice funding
Manorlands has launched a special plea for funds during its 35th anniversary year. The hospice costs £2 million a year to run and more than £1.1 million of this has to come from voluntary fundraising. Sue Ryder Care area fundraising manager Jodie Shepherd
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Designer ‘sad’ over sculpture
The designer of an award-winning sculpture has spoken out over a decision to move it from Keighley’s market entrance. Angela Mitchell, who was 17 at the time, designed the “Fire and Wheels” sculpture to go outside Keighley’s new market in 1971. She
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New ghostly tales are uncovered
Spooks haunting Long Lee and central Keighley have been revealed by local people. They have told writer and tour guide Malcolm Hanson about ghosts seen in the two areas. They were responding to an appeal by Mr Hanson in the Keighley News for supernatural
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Outrage at payment delays for students
A teenage college student has spoken of her struggle to receive education maintenance allowance since September. Raema Johnstone, 16, from Long Lee, is meant to receive £30 a week from the Government to help support her while she attends Shipley College
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Folk stars pick up ‘Oscars’ awards
Two leading performers based in Keighley were winners in this week’s BBC Radio Two Folk Awards. Steeton-based Tom McConville and the Demon Barbers — led by Haworth’s Damien Barber — won top awards. The BBC awards are regarded as the Oscars of the British
