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Pupils are angry at stone thefts

Thieves have stolen £3,000 worth of stone from the walls surrounding the grounds of Haworth Primary School Head teacher Janet Parkinson said pupils were “incensed” at the criminals and they have expressed their disgust by writing and sending nearly

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Pantomime characters will parade through the village’s Main Street

Visitors and residents in Haworth will be entering into the spirit of the traditional Christmas pantomime this weekend. The annual panto’ celebrations — organised by Haworth Village Association — will feature parades up Main Street on Saturday and Sunday

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Record takings at fair in flood-hit school, say organisers

A Christmas fair at flood-hit Lees Primary School could end up with record proceeds. Organisers have not yet worked out the takings from last Saturday’s event. But they say people flocked to support the school in its time of need. Friends chairman

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Now probe starts on flooded road

Yorkshire Water employees are investigating the scene of a flooded road in Keighley one year after the problem was first reported. Recent heavy rain has created a dangerous “lake” of water outside a Byworth Boilers site in Thwaites Brow Road, forcing

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Fire officers give festive warning

Fire chiefs in the region have launched a festive safety campaign. They are urging Keighley householders to ensure they have a working smoke alarm. And motorists are being warned to take extra care on the roads. Two hard-hitting images are appearing

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Hair-raising stint in cancer battle

Patients might have noticed something a little odd about some of the doctors at Kilmeny Surgery as they confessed to contracting Mo-madness. Three doctors and the group practice manager decided to spend a month growing and grooming moustaches in different

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Trees decorated by youngsters

Children from Strong Close Nursery decorated Christmas trees at Keighley’s Salvation Army headquarters on Monday. Five youngsters enjoyed beautifying the trees, which were provided through sponsorship money from businesses and individual donors. Proceeds

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'Freakish' luck with injury sees Brown leave Cougars

Cougars have reluctantly parted company with prop Craig Brown, although the door has been left open for a potential return. Following an injury-hit 2009, both player and club have decided against a new deal. Brown missed much of Keighley’s Championship

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Don't panic, insists Keighley Cougars chairman

Keighley Cougars chairman Neil Spencer is confident the club’s winding-up order is no cause for serious alarm. HM Revenue and Customs initiated proceedings after the two parties failed to come to agreement on the repayment of a long-standing tax bill

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Hospital is best in England

A national report assessing patient safety has given Airedale Hospital the Small Trust of the Year award. Monitoring body Dr Foster Hospital Guide has controversially named 12 hospital trusts in England as “significantly under performing”, despite eight

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Town’s one and only wool queen dies at the age of 89

The woman who served as Keighley’s first and only wool queen has died. Joan Elizabeth Kirby, of Braithwaite Road, died suddenly at home on Friday, aged 89. She was born in Leeds but had lived in Keighley since she was eight years old. In 1938 she

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Keighley seek finishing touches after derby joy

Rock-solid Keighley want to add a cutting edge to their attack. The Rose Cottage Club beat neighbours Skipton 21-6 in Saturday’s big local rugby union derby to claim a fifth victory in their last six Yorkshire Division One matches. The sixth-placed

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DVD: Star Wars Clone Wars

This boxset of season one of the new TV series, set between films two and three of the second trilogy, is an unmissable treat for all Star Wars fans. This is Star Wars as it should be -- fast-paced, action-packed, edge-of-the seat exciting,

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Fred the Oyster headline Christmas gig

Keighley band Fred the Oyster headlines the Grand Christmas Cracker on December 10. The Fables will also perform, while Hush frontman Don Gaudiosi will make a rare acoustic appearance. The gig is at the New Variety Club, Russell Street, from 7.30pm

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MUSIC from December 3

Vine Tavern, off South Street, Keighley: The Taking (tomorrow); singer Leanne King (December 11); The Beerhouse Boys (18). Cricketers Arms, Coney Lane, Keighley: Last Orders (tomorrow), Irish night with Phoenix (Saturday); comedy singer Captain Hotknives

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Tom plays folk in Halifax

Steeton fiddle maestro Tom McConville plays the Square Chapel, Halifax, tomorrow at 8pm. The legendary Tynesider this year won the Musician of the Year Award at the BBC Folk Awards. He has played on albums by the likes of Barbara Dickson, Richard Thompson

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Keighley's defence wins the plaudits against Skipton

Keighley 21 Skipton 6 Few spectators could have been disappointed by the quality of play served up by two energetic and in-ventive teams in this hard-fought derby. In the end, Keighley’s forward strength and pace in the backs prevailed, although, despite

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GAME: Medieval Games

Verily, What a great idea for a party game -- jousting, archery and sword fighting against your pals. Not to mention throwing cows with catapults, pig-trussing, dancing, dragon fighting and puppet duels. There are 30 games in this collection

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A Christmas Carol -- Grand Theatre

The distinguished Northern Ballet Theatre is closing is 40th anniversary season with Christopher Gable's superb production in Leeds. Nearly 20 years old, the ballet has become a classic thanks to the combined talents of the composer Carl Davis, choreographer

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GAME: Spore Hero Arena

Create unique creatures from dozens of body parts and send them on a quest to do battle with other monsters. It's like Pokemon crossed with Lego, and sounds ideal for boys of around seven to 10. But they'll probably already own a couple of Pokemon

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GAME: A Christmas Carol

I know that nowadays every children's movie requires a tie-in game, but honestly, who thought of this Christmas turkey? Everything looks nice and plays smoothly, basically a point-and-click portrayal of the classic story with occasional mini-games

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DVDs: The September Issue, Inside, Casper's Scare School

There are shocks for adults and children in two new DVDs -- and fashion victims in another. The September Issue is a fly-on-the-wall film following one month in the life of world-famous fashion magazine Vogue. It's a real-life The Devil

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Hard-hitting insight into living in foreign country

School children across Keighley are being offered the chance to learn first hand what it is like to feel culturally excluded. Yasmien Rahman runs Amaali classes across Yorkshire to give young children an authentic, hard-hitting insight into what it is

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Children's books for Christmas

Easter bunnies are among the stars of new Christmas books from children's publisher Scholastic. The Dumb Bunnies are the creation of Captain Underpants writer Dav Pilkey hundred routers. The picture book tells of a family of rabbits who live in a

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Youngsters collect for Children in Need

Oakworth Primary School pupils collected bucketfuls of money at Asda on Children in Need day. Members of the newly-elected school council spent 90 minutes collecting money and packing bags at the Keighley supermarket. Many relatives of the children

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Crime books round-up

Four new crime paperbacks take readers to Birmingham, Glasgow, Illinois and the snowbound American countryside. Erica Spinder 's latest bestseller Breakneck is described as a taut thriller with adrenaline-fuelled prose. It features detective duo MC

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Balloons go up in anti-bullying campaign

Pupils at Wilsden Primary School released dozens of blue balloons into the sky to mark the end of their anti-bullying week. The children, pictured, all dressed in blue for the event, which brought to a close a week of events and initiatives to raise

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Gardening and cooking led to Haworth’s silver award

Haworth Primary School is celebrating achieving a prestigious Food for Life Partnership Silver Mark. It won the award for its commitment to reconnecting young people with growing, cooking and eating healthy food. The Food for Life Partnership (FFLP

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Pervert, 22, carried out ‘foul and vile’ act, says judge

A 22-year-old man has been jailed for 15 months for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl and threatening to kill her father. Craig Dean left the terrified child curled in a ball crying after molesting her at a flat in Bradford, a court heard on

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Teachers cement ties with Asia

Two schools in Sri Lanka have received a visit to cement ties with two South Craven schools. Chantelle Conlan, head of geography at South Craven School, and Derek Blackwell, extended schools co-ordinator, toured Udispattuwa Central College and Dharma

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Smallworld art workshop for teens

Young women from Keighley are taking part in a project with local arts agency Smallworld. The girls will run about graffiti, inspirational painting, batik, and creative textiles and recycled clothing. The 10 teenagers will work with professional artists

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Doodles stars in Halifax panto

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Jobs under threat at hospital catering unit

The firm in charge of catering at Airedale Hospital has announced it may shed some of its staff. On Tuesday afternoon a spokeswoman for the international food management business Sodexo confirmed the company was involved in discussions with workers likely

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Baubles and brassiness in Keighley Playhouse

It's just another peaceful Yuletide in the Bailey household. But various arrivals set the scene for a car crash Christmas in comedy play A Kick in the Baubles. Keighley Playhouse's production portrays everything that can go wrong with

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Nein days of Christmas!

A Haworth band is playing for the "nein" days of Christmas! Herr Jens's Bavarian Oompah Band is performing every night at the German Christmas market in Leeds. The long-established band is led by the Keighley News' Haworth correspondent Jens Hislop

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Businesses urged to sponsor a sheep

Keighley businesses are "flocking" to sponsor a sheep. They are paying for life-size sheep sculptures to be painted in distinctive styles and showcased around the town. The scheme is being run by Keighley Arts Factory, the art gallery at the Keighley

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WHAT'S ON from December 3

Sutton Village Hall: Sutton Amateurs in pantomime Mother Hubbard (until Saturday 7.15pm, Saturday 2.15pm). Tickets from Londis Stores, Sutton, or phone 01535 632289. St Andrew's Church, Cowling: Pinnacle Productions' pantomime Hansel and Gretel (tomorrow

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Jack climbs beanstalk in Bradford

Jack and the Beanstalk, this year's Bradford Alhambra panto, begins on December 12. The show features comedian Billy Pearce as Jack with Gaynor Faye as his sweetheart Jill. Tony Adams, who played Grandpa in musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, plays Dame

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Children could be the messengers of parental advice

The vast majority of motorists at some time will have sworn and gesticulated at another driver. When you have been cut up and had to slam on your brakes to avoid a collision it could be said to be understandable. But the golden rule — which is sadly

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A noble gentleman - to Thatcherism - your views

Impression of market was very positive There has been discussion about whether the Keighley Farmers’ Market and Oktoberfest benefit the town or not and so I talked to customers of various age groups and backgrounds who were at the events

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Picture postcard photographer emptied cottages

A postcard photographer setting up his tripod a century or so ago was enough to bring everybody out of their cottages at Scar Top, next to Ponden Reservoir. Glimpsed on the far right is Scartop Chapel, dating from 1818 when it was an undenominational

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Lauren is chosen as queen of the holiday camp

Sutton teenager Lauren Summerskill has won a holiday camp’s annual beauty competition. The former Oakbank School student was crowned Miss Searles at the end-of-season finals. Lauren, 18, who until recently lived in Ingrow, spent a week at the Searles

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Advent is reminder of Christ's second coming

Elained Appelbee of All Saints Church Highfield, writesAdvent — a time for wreaths, candles and calendars, a happy anticipation of celebrating Christ’s birth. For Christians it is also a reminder to direct their hearts and minds to await Christ’s second

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For the love of tragic Angie

Bracken Bank residents have rallied round to help the family of a neighbour who died of cancer. The big-hearted residents on the Keighley estate last weekend raised £3,674 for Angie Wilcock’s four children. The youngsters faced a bleak future after