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Skipton meeting on re-opening of rail line
The Skipton East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership (SELRAP) will hold an open meeting for members at Herriots Hotel, Skipton, on Monday, January 13. Those attending will hear about the group’s response to a report by the engineering company ARUP
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Get moving to snap up Bradford gym offer
People have until the end of January to take advantage of a gym membership offer at Bradford Council Clubactive gyms. The annual memberships are available for £299 with three months free at Richard Dunn Sports Centre at Odsal, The Leisure Centre
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Forest of Bradford hedge laying course at Cullingworth
Bradfordians will have chance to work off that New Year excess on a hedge laying course. The traditional skill will be taught by expert hedger Edward Kyrke on a weekend course organised by the Forest of Bradford. Taking place in a beautiful
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Movie set to look at life on a small Keighley farm
A film exploring the lives and livelihood of people on a small Yorkshire farm is to be shot in and around Keighley. Film maker Francis Lee has been scouting for suitable locations in Keighley and Haworth for his planned feature film called God’
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Group achieves Mirfield library challenges
A scheme to encourage young adults with learning disabilities to use their local library has been deemed a success. Members of Ambitions4 Kirklees in Mirfield will be attending an event at Mirfield Library on Tuesday to be presented with their
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Volunteers dig in at Rawdon bulb planting
Volunteers put on a blooming good show when they turned out to do some planting in Rawdon. Despite the wind and rain, they did their bit by planting on the grassed area between Over Lane and Larkfield Road. Parish councillor Phil Gomersall
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Uriah Woodhead's Bradford site storage plan is approved
A Bradford builders’ merchants has been given permission to store building materials on a neighbouring field so it can expand. Uriah Woodhead was given permission to change the use of a site off Valley Road that will allow it to move some materials
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Water filter cash floods in at Keighley charity shop
Keighley volunteers are looking forward to helping to save more lives after raising more than £50,000 for people without access to safe drinking water. Since it was established nearly four years ago, the Fresh Waters Christian charity shop has
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Cross Hills slimmers gain the pounds for charities
Members of a weight loss group near Keighley have raised more than £900 for a trio of good causes. The people who attend the sessions run by Slimming World consultant Pauline Howard in Cross Hills have collected £409 to support research into pancreatic
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Shipley Pool set to reopen after improvement works
Shipley Pool will re-open next Saturday after being closed for major electrical and mechanical works. The facility, in Alexandra Road, closed on September 9 to allow the £878,000 energy efficiency improvements to be carried out. The Bradford
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Last church magazine in Haworth after 114 years
Haworth Parish Church’s magazine has ceased production after 114 years. The final edition of the magazine – covering December and January 2013/14 – has been printed, and the publication’s last editor – Jackie Rolston – has stepped down after 30
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A royal’s search for excellence renewed in Bradford district
A Royal award scheme has renewed its search for local excellence. At the beginning of each new year the Duke of York’s Community Initiative starts its search to seek out, reward and support outstanding community organisations. The scheme strives
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First-time buyer rise brings good news for Bradford housing time-bomb
A big rise in the number of first-time buyers could herald good news for a ‘housing time-bomb’ in Bradford. The outlook for the district’s housing market was also boosted by figures showing that this region has most affordable homes in the UK and
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Resolving to get a gas safety check in Bradford
People in Bradford have been urged to make a New Year’s resolution that could save their lives and sign up for a free gas safety check. The Gas Safe Register made the call, saying that one in six British homes have been found to have unsafe gas
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Cold weather aid for old, ill and frail in Bradford and Airedale
Thousands of vulnerable people across Bradford and Airedale are set to benefit from an initiative aimed at keeping them warm and well this winter. First Contact, which is designed to banish suffering and hardship caused by the cold weather, will
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North Yorkshire police chief in new year chat on web
North Yorkshire Chief Constable, Dave Jones is hosting his first webchat of 2014 between 5pm and 6pm on Monday. Residents are invited to take part in the live question and answer session which allows people to directly raise the crime and anti-social
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Cummins backs Bradford Bulls to quickly resolve ongoing ownership issue
Bulls coach Francis Cummins is hopeful that the club’s ownership saga will reach a positive conclusion next week. The Bulls’ future has been wracked with uncertainty since the club’s three-strong board of directors announced they were stepping
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Silsden's Edward is new poultry club chairman
A Silsden man is the new chairman of the Poultry Club of Great Britain. Edward Boothman (pictured) had been acting chairman since last May and before that was vice-chairman for six years. During his term at the helm he will oversee the National
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Hopes are dashed of saving any jobs at Keighley firm
Any hopes of saving jobs at a festive decorations firm in Keighley which fell into administration shortly before Christmas look to have been dashed. A total of 187 jobs were lost when Fuzzwire shut down. And a union boss yesterday described
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Owners toast Keighley tea room success
A Keighley cafe and gift shop is celebrating being named tea room of the year. The accolade is being given to Lavender Fields, in Cavendish Street. The business won a category in the Teaclub Awards run by hashtagtea club.co.uk, a website set
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Killer dog mauls family's pet sheep in Wrose
A beloved pet sheep was discovered with its throat torn out after being fatally savaged by a killer dog. The pregnant ewe named Miggledy was one of 16 sheep kept by smallholder Charlotte Kitching at her family home of Oakbank Farm, Wrose, Shipley
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Church packed for funeral of Keighley mum Sarah O’Neill
A village church was packed for the funeral of a popular former school worker. Family, friends and colleagues of Sarah O’Neill filled St James’s Church, in Cross Roads, Keighley, for the service. Moving tributes from her sister and daughter
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New website launch for Airedale hospital
Airedale General Hospital has set up a new website. The site, developed over the past year, includes an interactive map allowing users to “walk” along the hospital corridors or seek out parking areas. Among other features are information about
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Nahki Wells future a dilemma for Bradford City finances
City will lose up to £1million on Nahki Wells if he is not sold during the current transfer window. The striker is pinning his hopes on landing a dream move to a higher-division club and has rejected any moves from the Bantams to extend his current
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Bradford charities scoop £113,000 grants
Four charity groups in Bradford are celebrating after gaining a share of £112,935 from the Community Health Lottery to reduce isolation and improve social cohesion within communities. The largest slice of money went to the Bangladeshi Community
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Police Chief Jawaid Akhtar ends career on the beat with son
The senior police officer who spearheaded the investigation into Bradford ‘Crossbow Cannibal’ Stephen Griffiths retires tomorrow. West Yorkshire Deputy Chief Constable Jawaid Akhtar also spent time as a divisional commander in Bradford during a
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Bradford's Dancing On Ice stars return for ultimate skate-off
Bradford’s Gareth Gates and Hayley Tamaddon are skating into the New Year by competing in the last series of TV’s Dancing on Ice. The ITV show returns tomorrow for a final series, reuniting winners and contestants from the last eight years – and
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Back-up fire crew rescues holiday man from lift scrape
It could not have been a worse time to get stuck in a lift – when you’re minutes away from setting off for the airport on holiday. But that’s what happened to business student Jack Pogson yesterday as he prepared to leave for Amsterdam with his
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Online controversy for UKIP Keighley councillor Samuel Fletcher
Keighley’s newly-elected UKIP town councillor is in the eye of a political storm caused by late-night messages on his Facebook page in which he implies enjoying an adulterous affair with a married mother in the town. Samuel Fletcher only won his
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Teenage drug dealer locked up for four years
A teenager has been locked up for four years for being “actively and extensively” involved in peddling Class A drugs on the streets of Bradford. Mohammed Saleem, 19, of Dorset Close, Great Horton, Bradford, pleaded guilty to 11 offences of supplying
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Appeal for witnesses after arson car attack in Skipton
Police are appealing for witnesses after a car was badly damaged in a suspected arson attack in Skipton. A dark blue BMW 320D was set on fire on Rombalds Drive in the town at around 11.30pm on Thursday. A man, described as about 5ft 9ins tall
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Gang terrorised men in raid on former Bradford pub
A masked raider who was part of a sword-wielding gang that brought terror to residents at a former Bradford pub has been jailed for seven and a half years. Waheed Khan, 26, was one of a six-strong gang brandishing weapons that broke into the former
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Family tells of their devastation at murder of new mum Ridda
The family of a young Bradford mother, who was murdered in her home, today issued an emotional appeal for information in the hope it will bring her killer to justice. Ridda Zanab’s husband of little more than a year, Danish Irfan, fled to Pakistan
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Lambert's lament another insult to FA Cup
There will be around 5,000 Sheffield United fans in the away end at Villa Park today – and no doubt many more at home. FA Cup third round day used to be one of the highlights of the season as the moment when a few of the big boys got their noses
