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A Cross Roads-based charity successfully introduced two orphaned kittens to a mother cat after she lost most of her own offspring
A Cross Roads-based charity successfully introduced two orphaned kittens to a mother cat after she lost most of her own offspring. Hattie, who is being cared for by Yorkshire Cat Rescue, still had one kitten of her own, called Nemo. But she
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Haworth, Oxenhope, Lees & Cross Roads Gardeners and Allotment Holders Association flower and veg show results
Trophies (Results, as supplied) Silver Challenge Cup, most points veg: N Kitchen Alderman G H Norton and NVS silver medal, best exhibit veg: A S McInnes (stump carrots) Chairman’s Trophy, best exhibit class 1 and 2: N Kitchen Silver Challenge Cup,
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Balancing progress and past is difficult
Keeping the railway relevant and interesting to our passengers is a constant challenge, particularly as we work hard to balance the needs of the modern visitor with our charitable objects and heritage roots. Passengers expect to see the traditional-looking
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Visitors to a Keighley beer and gin festival next month will have a snug place to try a tipple
Visitors to a Keighley beer and gin festival next month will have a snug place to try a tipple or two. The Exchange Arts Centre in Russell Street will launch its new snug bar during its annual festival. During the September 13-16 event the tiny
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What's On August 23 2013
Music Baccapipes Folk Club 01535 605310 baccapipes.org.uk Summer singarounds (Fridays until August 30, 8.30pm) Bingley Arts Centre 012740567983 ticketsource.co.uk Jimi Hendrix Experience (September 7) Parkside Social Club, Haworth facebook.com/
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Special ‘Story Tellers’ night in Keighley
A professional singer-songwriter and music promoter will host a special ‘Story Tellers’ night in Keighley next month. John Bedford, who busks under the name of Johnny B, said the event would be taking place at Pilky’s Sports Club on September 20
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Radio favourites My Forever headline at weekend's festival in Silsden Park
My Forever – whose song The World Won’t Wait was named as Record of the Week on BBC Radio One – is one of the headline acts at Silsden’s own mini Glastonbury Festival next weekend. The band (right), whose lead singer Sebastian Santabarbara hails
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Room on a Broom play at Victoria Theatre in Halifax
A rock ‘n’ roller and a witch open the new season at Victoria Theatre in Halifax. Room on a Broom is an enchanting and colourful family adventure from the creators of The Gruffalo. The show, which is packed with music and laughter, is presented
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An Oakworth pub will host an afternoon and evening of entertainment in aid of Manorlands Hospice on Sunday
An Oakworth pub will host an afternoon and evening of entertainment in aid of Manorlands Hospice on Sunday. The Snooty Fox aims to contribute to the Keighley News Million for Manorlands appeal. Starting at 2pm, people will be able to enjoy
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Keighley Playhouse season offers an eclectic mix
Keighley Playhouse’s new season of performances promises to range in style from the farcical to the sublime. The venue says theatre-goers can look forward to one of the most exciting selections of plays it has ever chosen. Playhouse chairman
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A Keighley firm has helped one of the country’s largest private aviation companies overhaul its security operation
A Keighley firm has helped one of the country’s largest private aviation companies overhaul its security operation to allow high-profile visitors to continue using the site. Multiflight, next to Leeds-Bradford International Air-port, has combined
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A Keighley company is launching a scheme for secondary schools, designed to provide students with vital life skills
A Keighley company is launching a scheme for secondary schools, designed to provide students with vital life skills. Webanywhere has developed ‘Skillsanywhere’, which features online courses for schools to help teach young people about issues such
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Beauty shop venture is looking good for Keighley's Niomi
A beauty shop owned by a Keighley woman is going from strength to strength. Niomi King said The Beauty Boutique – which specialises in wigs, hair extensions and hairpieces – was expanding its services and product range after opening earlier this
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A Keighley shop is seeking permission to sell booze.
A Keighley shop is seeking permission to sell booze. An application has been submitted to Bradford Council for a licence to sell alcohol at Wisla International Foods in Cavendish Street. The submission, by Shahin Mohammad, would allow sales between
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A public meeting is being held in Cowling next month to discuss plans to refurbish the village recreation ground
A public meeting is being held in Cowling next month to discuss plans to refurbish the village recreation ground. And volunteers will be sought to serve on a committee to take the ambitious scheme forward. Current play equipment at the site
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Van and car in collision on Oakworth Road in Keighley
A van and a car were involved in a collision on Oakworth Road in Keighley on Monday morning. Police and ambulance crews were called to the scene of the accident (above) opposite the former Bronte Middle School at Bogthorn. Police kept traffic
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‘Resurrect bike route’ campaign starts in run-up to Tour de France
Councillors are calling for plans to create a cycle route between Keighley and Oxenhope to be resurrected. The ambitious scheme was first put forward 11 years ago, but never got off the ground. But now, with Le Tour de France Grand Depart heading
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Cross Hills Optician has an eye for business with expansion
An opticians opened in Cross Hills four months ago has seen business boom. The Main Street branch of Airedale Opticians was launched on a part-time basis. But demand has been so high, the practice now opens full-time. And four new jobs have
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Home shopping and thermal-wear giant Damart has renewed its sponsorship of the Bradford & Bingley rugby team
Home shopping and thermal-wear giant Damart, whose warehousing facility is at Steeton, has a buzz about the place. The company has renewed its sponsorship of the Bradford & Bingley rugby team, known as the Bees. Damart’s support of the
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Cross Roads diamond couple celebrate
A Cross Roads couple celebrated their diamond wedding on August 15. Dennis and Anne Bottomley, of Ruth Street, first met at a dance at the Keighley Mechanics Institute. They married at St James’s Church, Cross Roads, in 1953. Mr Bottomley,
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Appeal to planning inspectorate about Oakworth house
An inspector will decide whether Bradford Council was right to refuse plans for a house in Oakworth. The council rejected a bid by Peter Raghbir for a house at Abrol Farm, Mill Lane, last month. Officers said the property would overlook neighbouring
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Pensioners’ stone steps are stolen in Keighley
An elderly couple face a treacherous struggle to and from their house after thieves stole stone steps leading to the property. The material was taken from outside the house in Braithwaite Road, Keighley, earlier this month. In addition to the
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Keighley photographer to develop new 'digipod' idea
A former Fleet Street photographer is focussed on an innovative way of combining traditional with digital. James Jackson has created a so-called Digipod, which replaces the 35mm film in old single lens reflex (SLR) camera bodies. The 58-year-old
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Keighley restaurant officially reopens following major refurbishment
A Keighley restaurant has officially reopened following a major refurbishment. Lord Mayor of Bradford, Council-lor Khadim Hussain, and Keighley MP Kris Hopkins were among the guests at a celebratory event. Shimla Spice, in South Street, has
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Cowling recycling scheme clearance sale
A charity project that recycles unwanted goods into community cash is launching a summer clearance sale. Volunteer-run New2U, based at St Andrew’s Methodist Church in Cowling, has raised more than £2,000 for charities since it began earlier this
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Keighley Playhouse to host first rock gig
A Keighley theatre will host a rock concert for the first time next month. Local band We Are Atlas will perform at Keighley Playhouse on September 21 to raise money for Manorlands. The band was formed in February this year by former members
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New group launched to encourage more district cyclists before Tour
A new cycling group plans to get dozens of Keighley children and parents out and about together on two wheels. Cycle Keighley hopes to attract families whose interest has been sparked by the visit of Le Tour de France in 2014. The world-famous
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Keighley mum’s parachute jump for heart disease charity
A Keighley mum who has lost several family members to heart problems is supporting a charity that funds research into preventing such conditions. Andrea Shaw is taking the plunge with a sponsored parachute jump to raise money for the British Heart
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Cullingworth couple bank on success for next year’s Tour de France
A Cullingworth couple are gearing-up for next year’s Tour de France. Paul and Sandra Corcoran, who run Pennine Cycles, had a visit from representatives of their bank. And ways of maximising benefits from the world-famous cycle race’s Grand
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Giant artworks by Keighley schoolchildren could be seen by millions during Tour de France TV coverage
Giant artworks by Keighley schoolchildren could be seen by millions of people during TV coverage of the Grand Depart of Le Tour de France. Images in schoolyards would be seen from the air as TV crews in helicopters follow riders through Keighley
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Campaigners bid to preserve pub in Oxenhope
Worth Valley politicians have launched a campaign to save the Bay Horse Inn at Oxenhope. They want to ensure the historic building at Upper Town, still open for business but currently on the market for £295,000, remains a pub. Glen Miller,
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Craven College A-Levels
Keighley-district students are celebrating outstanding A-level results at Craven College. Tasmeah Zain, from Keighley, achieved an A* in government and politics and As in psychology and philosophy. She will now study psychology at York University
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One of the winners in Keighley’s best-kept garden contest results
Best Garden: Gold – Noel Kitchen and Mr & Mrs Parker; Silver Gilt – H Lowe and Mrs Sheila Driver; Silver – John Whittock and Mrs B Turner; Bronze – Mrs C Rickhards and Margaret Anderton; Certificate of Merit – Harry Plunkett. Best Small Garden
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Keighley brewery Timothy Taylor just missed out on a heady accolade at a leading festival in London
Keighley brewery Timothy Taylor just missed out on a heady accolade at a leading festival in London. The company’s Boltmaker – formerly Best Bitter – was among the finalists at the Great British Beer Festival, the flagship event of the Campaign
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Keighley-district students are celebrating top-class A-level results
Keighley-district students are celebrating top-class A-level results. University Academy Keighley chalked-up improved figures for the second year running, and achieved an overall pass rate of 98 per cent. The number of A-C grades increased
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Anger over steel steps at Harden beauty spot
A flight of steel steps recently built at a Harden beauty spot has led to disbelief from some walkers and calls to have them replaced with something more suitable. Bradford Council installed the steps near Goit Stock waterfall after receiving complaints
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Retrospective solar panels bid in Braithwaite
Planning permission has been submitted for solar panels on the roof of a Braithwaite house. Dr Marc Stanton has applied for retrospective permission for the 11 panels that have already been installed at 15 Braithwaite Village. He says no neighbours
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Fire chiefs praise workers at Keighley mill complex who helped avert potential disaster
Fire chiefs have praised workers at an historic Keighley mill complex who helped avert a potential disaster. People working at Dalton Mills in Dalton Lane, home to more than 20 businesses, helped move acetylene gas cylinders when a fierce blaze
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Joe is the proud winner of the Keighley News photographic competition
Stanbury man Joe White is snap happy. He is the proud winner of the Keighley News photographic competition, beating competition from more than 80 excellent entries. Judges – who were overwhelmed by the quality of the photos – managed to eventually
