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Oxenhope hospice Manorlands' plea to cyclists
Manorlands is urging people to get on their bikes to support Sue Ryder, which runs the Oxenhope hospice. The charity is appealing for cyclists to take part on its behalf in next year’s Prudential RideLondon-Surrey, a 100-mile ride. The ballot for places
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Keighley Art Club in the frame for police station job
Few art clubs will have painted a mural but Keighley Art Club’s achievement appears permanently in the old police station at the Civic Centre. This unpaid work resulted from an enquiry after our last exhibition in Cliffe Castle Museum. Myself
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The Ramblers and Rock Bottom Risers feature at Keighley Gala
Two bands performing at Keighley Gala will show fellow residents how they’re making names for themselves outside the town. The Ramblers and Rock Bottom Risers will provide live entertainment alongside the funfair in Victoria Park on Sunday evening
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What's On
Music Baccapipes Folk Club 01535 605310 baccapipes.org.uk Summer singarounds (Fridays until August 30, 8.30pm) Keighley Gala, Victoria Park The Ramblers and Rock Bottom Risers (Sunday, 7pm) Bingley Arts Centre 012740567983 ticketsource.co.uk
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Keighley rock band Indianic launches new free app
Keighley rock band Indianic has launched a new free app for Android smartphones. IndiAppic lets fans listen to music, check out photos and videos, read blog hosts and get exclusive push notifications. It also displays a list of dates. Visit
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Driver jailed for causing smash near East Morton
A father-of-three seriously injured another motorist after overtaking on the brow of a hill near East Morton, a court heard. Rodney Weston, 61, suffered a punctured kidney, fractured sternum, severe whiplash and multiple bruising when his van was
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Jacky heads to moors for new post in church
The Methodist superintendent of the Airedale circuit is leaving to take up a post on the North York Moors. The Reverend Jacky Hale, who oversees 19 churches in the Airedale circuit, has held her final service at Silsden Methodist Church. Mrs
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Mormon Church picks Keighley man as new leader
Keighley’s Mormon Church leader has been promoted to head 3,000 worshippers across West Yorkshire and Craven. James Stewart is bishop of the Keighley congregation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The 36-year-old preacher
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Cowling charity project helps support good causes
A charity project launched to recycle unwanted goods into community cash has made more donations to good causes. New2U, based at St Andrew’s Methodist Church in Cowling, has presented £250 each to the village newsletter to help with running costs
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Keighley music studios Jam on Top host a Summer Bash with three bands
Keighley music studios Jam on Top are hosting a Summer Bash on August 17 with three bands at their base in Dalton Lane. The gig will see Bradford band Man Can’t Fly return to Keighley following their appearance at the weekend’s Aire Do. Rock
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Sword fights and sorcery in family adventure at York Theatre Royal
The Legend of King Arthur is this year’s family adventure staged at York Theatre Royal. Arthurian legends are brought to life on stage with live music, sword fights and sorcery until August 31. Audiences will discover how Arthur was given his
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A life that’s worth living...
by Mick Lockwood, Hall Green Baptist Church, Haworth The Bible teaches us that not only did God create us but he made us to have a relationship with himself. We must all live for something and if it is not for God then we substitute him with our
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Sounds of Bavaria in concert
Sounds of Bavaria will be put on hold for half an hour this Sunday afternoon. Herr Jens Oompah Band will begin its performance on Cliffe Castle Park’s bandstand at 2.30pm instead of 2pm. The free concert, which is intended to go on until at
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Young people’s Question Time in Keighley
Health, education and employment were among issues raised by young people at a Question Time event in Keighley. The gathering at the town hall allowed teenagers to quiz decision-makers, such as politicians, business leaders and educationalists,
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Who are the lost soldiers? ask Silsden historians
Silsden historians want help to put names to the faces of these two First World War soldiers from the town. The duo – one a young recruit seen with possibly his wife or sweetheart, and the other an officer – were snapped by local photographer of
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Councillors hopeful repairs to Oxenhope road will keep disruption to a minimum
Councillors are now hopeful repairs along a main route through Oxenhope will keep disruption to residents and businesses to a minimum. Proposed work initially sparked an outcry after it emerged Bradford Council wanted to close Denholme Road to
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Keighley's 'flag of the World War One brave' gets a safe home
A standard honouring Keighley district men who were among the first British troops to serve on the First World War’s Western Front has been found a safe new home. Keighley Town Council’s Civic Centre is looking after the standard of Keighley branch
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Outline plans for ten houses off West Lane in Sutton approved
Outline plans for ten houses on a field off West Lane in Sutton have been approved despite concerns about a difficult access and parked cars. Objectors close to the site told Craven District Council’s planning committee they believe the proposed
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Controversial plans for a new care home in Keighley have been rejected
Controversial plans for a new care home in Keighley have been rejected. Neighbours had objected to the scheme, for land at Leeds Street, claiming it would decimate a wildlife haven and create traffic turmoil. But the site owner said the development
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Keighley Islamic education centre appeal after plan is rejected
The applicant behind plans for a new religious education centre in Keighley is appealing against a decision to reject the proposals. Keighley & Shipley Area Planning Panel voted in June to refuse an application submitted for the Reg Thompson
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Keighley protesters call for living wage for all
A campaign has been launched in Keighley demanding all the town’s workers be paid a living wage. Outside London the living wage, which is calculated according to the basic cost of living, is £7.45 an hour. More than 100 people signed a petition
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Group's reunion gig raises vital cash for Keighley father in coma after attack
A reunion gig by members of a 1960s group has raised more than £1,500 for a Keighley teacher left in a coma after being attacked in Thailand. Forty-five years ago John’s Followers were five mates from Keighley, including Andrew Pickles, the father
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Co-op vodka was stolen ‘on trip out’ to Cross Hills
A 48-year-old woman stole a £15 bottle of vodka from the Co-op in Cross Hills during a trip out with friends from Bradford, Skipton magistrates were told. Yvonne Lees was with her daughter and two other women on their way to Silsden to a hairdressers
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28-day ban given to 100mph Steeton company boss
A company boss who accelerated to 100mph in his Audi to pass three cars at Low Bradley has been handed a 28-day driving ban. Stephen Greenwood, 61, who was also fined £500, activated a police safety camera stationed on the A629 at 6.40pm on June
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Concerns about future of iconic hotel in Keighley
Concerns have been expressed about the future of one of Keighley town centre’s most iconic buildings. Ward councillor Abid Hussain called for investment in the Victoria Hotel pub so it could be quickly brought back into use. And local regeneration
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Presentation heartbreak for Haworth mother and her student daughter
A Haworth mum said her student daughter was left “heartbroken” after her efforts were allegedly ignored at a presentation evening. Cath Bacon and her daughter, April Stephens, attended the event after the 17-year-old finished a cabin crew course
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'I was spied on for sick leave', says Denholme Gate mum
A tracking device was secretly fitted to a Denholme Gate mum’s car by private investigators brought in by West Yorkshire fire chiefs to discover whether she was moonlighting while on sick leave from her job as a 999 call handler. Anthea Orchard
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Bradford and Keighley Magistrates’ Court judgements file
Andrew Richard Varley, of Flat 1, 3 Russell Street, Keighley, was given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £100 for producing cannabis plants. An order was made for the plants to be forfeited and destroyed Mohammed Mahmood Ali, of
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Keighley area planning file
Planning applications received by Bradford Council include: East Morton – Highstead, Street Lane, variation of conditions two, three and seven of permission 12/03732/FUL Hainworth – Windyways, Hill Top Road, non-material amendment to permission 12/
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Cannabis grown by Keighley man, 33
A 33-year-old Keighley man who grew cannabis to help his severe back pain has been ordered to do 160 hours of unpaid work for the community. Police Community Support Officers passing David Booth’s flat in Church Street detected a strong smell of
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Lines are drawn in Haworth parking row
Worth Valley parish councillors have urged drivers not to obstruct Haworth’s historic Main Street. They have warned that since the road’s setts were repaired and re-laid, there have no longer been any double yellow lines on the street, which has
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Bradford Council is still investigating spillage of animal parts in Denholme
Bradford Council is still investigating who was responsible for a spillage of animal parts in Denholme. Residents reported piles of entrails in Main Road at about 10am on June 26, just yards from the village post office. Council officials were
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Keighley's Liane is turning her life around by becoming a volunteer
A Keighley woman who has turned her life around by becoming a volunteer wants to give other people from troubled backgrounds a second chance. Liane Feather, of Park-wood, said she has gone from drinking too much and being arrested by police to
