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Police warning to New Year revellers
Police are stepping up patrols in Keighley town centre from tomorrow to ensure New Year celebrations are trouble-free. And revellers have been warned that anti-social behaviour will not be tolerated. Chief Superintendent Allan Doherty, of Airedale and
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DVD: Above Suspicion
My wife tells me Lynda La Plante's novels featuring young murder squad detectives Anna Travis are excellent. Not so this first TV outing for the top cop's daughter which, despite a promising start, ends up a disappointing by-the-numbers crime drama
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DVD: Return to Cranford
A long overdue return to the little Cheshire market town in this DVD release of the two specials shown at Christmas. Several stories are entwined, some comic, some touching, some heartbreaking, over both bewitching 90-minute films. It's a who's who
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DVD: Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
By this gripping 10th series of the US crime drama the detectives of New York's sex crimes team have gathered a lot of baggage. The writers frequently draw on this as they put short-fused family man Elliot Stabler and crusading rape victim Olivia Benson
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Big Christmas Bash raises £200
A concert bringing together several Keighley rock bands raised £200 for Manorlands. The annual Big Christmas Bash was organised by Keighley rehearsal studio Jam on Top. Organisers Tracey and Brian Leech said three of the planned 12 bands had to pull
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Welcome the new year with folk
Gordon Tyrrall follows tradition by again being the first performer of the year at the Baccapipes. The Ilkley acoustic guitarist drops in on January 8 as the Keighley folk club reopens for the winter. Young guitar, oboe and fiddle trio Isambarde plays
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MUSIC from December 30
Oxenhope Social Club: classic rock covers band Splash Alley (New Year’s Eve). Phone 01535 643062. Vine Tavern, off South Street, Keighley: John Driver, January 8; Nomads, 15; Jumpstart, 22; Monitor, 29.
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Local museums to champion the South Pennines?
Keighley and Haworth museums could play a leading role in a planned Pennines arts programme. The South Pennines Watershed Landscape programme aims to encourage more people to become creative. Over three years it aims to bring professional artists and
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Haworth People's Art goes back to the 60s
Haworth people will rock and roll into the teddy boy era for the 2010 People's Art project. For the project's fourth year organisers will ask villagers to adopt a 1950s theme for their pictures. Residents can choose from a wide range of subjects as
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Blues tribute to Cowling musician
A major music festival will present concerts in memory of singer and former Cowling woman Jessica Foxley. The Colne Rhythm and Blues Festival will launch a new stage giving young aspiring singers and musicians the chants to perform in front of a live
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Chaucer goes folk!
Local folk artists are going medieval with a Chaucer Night at the Raggalds Inn. Geoff Chaucer Junior and Sundry Folk is led by Peter Morton and Nigel Schofield on February 7. Musicians are Keighley's Maggie Boyle and Alan Rose with Chris Parkinson
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Weather or not she's a Bronte!
Pictures inspired by Emily Bronte's descriptions of weather are to go on show in Haworth. Jo Brown will display abstract paintings which were inspired by the Wuthering Heights author's poems. The exhibition The Sunbeam and the Storm will be at the Bronte
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Grand return for Dreamboats and Petticoats
Nostalgia musical Dreamboats and Petticoats is returning to the Grand Theatre, Leeds, on March 15-20. The national tour of the show, inspired by a hit compilation album, has been extended due to popular demand. On offer is an evening of "pure hedonistic
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Haworth Band recruits new musicians
Haworth Band is inviting both inexperienced and experienced musicians to join. The recruiting drive comes as the brass band forges greater links with Silsden Town Band. Graham Richardson, the chairman, said new members would be made very welcome. He
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Terror novel for former college lecturer
A former Keighley College lecturer has switched from writing technical books to publishing his first thriller. Oakworth man Ron Puckering has focused on terrorism for his debut novel Threat Assessment. York-born Ron ran an electrical engineering firm
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Beauty and the Beast in Keighley
Keighley may be in the grip of winter but thoughts are already turning to a beast of a summer East Riddlesden Hall hosts an open-air performance of fairytale Beauty and the Beast on July 25. The National Trust manor house, which is closed for winter
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Winter at Otley Courthouse
Coming up at Otley Courthouse this winter: Cabaret Twilight; jazz artists Bach Reloaded, Tim Kliphuis Trio and Rafiki Jazz; Sex Patels singer Jacqui Wicks; folk artists New Rope String Band, Filska and Maire Ni Chathasaigh & Chris Newman; Otley Chamber
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WHAT'S ON from December 30
Bradford Alhambra: pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk (until January 31). Phone 01274 432000. Victoria Theatre, Halifax: pantomime Cinderella (until Sunday). Phone 01422 351158. Colne Municipal Theatre: pantomime Sleeping Beauty (January 8-24). Phone
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Moses continues form with Belgium win
Tom Moses followed up his National Cyclo-Cross Trophy triumph with success in Belgium. Just a week after clinching the junior men’s crown in the six-race series with one event to spare, the Oakworth rider kept up the winning habit on foreign
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Keighley head for Hills with pleasing half-term report
They might not have been able to have a full training session outdoors since mid-December but there is no talk about the wintry weather at Keighley Rugby Union Club. With five successive victories in Yorkshire Division One under their belts, the first
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Silsden squad playing for free
Silsden boss Chris Reape has revealed the extent of his players’ commitment – they are doing it for free. The Cobbydalers have lost this season’s main sponsor Link Telecom, who went into administration in October, and have been struggling for funds.
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Numbers add up right for Moss and Burton
Cougars new boys Craig Moss and Tom Burton have both been handed starting numbers in Barry Eaton’s 2010 squad. Former Hunslet utility back Moss has been handed No 2 and Huddersfield capture Burton No 3, suggesting the pair could team up on Cougars’ right
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Barras voted among best of British
Steeton-based Sid Barras is among 50 cycling heroes who have been selected for induction into British Cycling’s new Hall of Fame as part of the organisation’s 50-year anniversary celebrations. The sprint legend, who was national champion three times
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Heroes and villains in the snow - your views
'Santa' sends a thank-you messageMay I, Lions’ president Cyril Isherwood, take this opportunity to thank the public for their wonderful support and for the delight of hundreds of children who came to visit “Santa” at Stephen Smith’s Garden Centre
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Courts should add to this crushing blow for drivers
Each time we take to the roads the odds are that a number of fellow users will be driving without insurance. The current levels of people who are prepared to take the risk sends a shiver down the spine of all responsible citizens. Thanks to technology
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'Just-as-if-I'd' never sinned - it's simple
Steve Tunstall of Trinity Church (Baptist and United Reformed) writesSo, 2009 closes and 2010 beckons. Do we look forward to it with eager expectation? Life is a paradox! The paradox for the Christian is that the only two things our God guarantees us
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Writing was on the ball for this team
Mr Geoffrey Foster, of Steeton — who appears second from the right on the front row — has supplied this photograph of the Junior XI football team at Silsden County Secondary School during the 1962-63 season. His information is helpfully