Keighley Gala is on despite rumours that it has been scrapped because the traditional funfair has pulled out.

Gala committee chairman, Brian Hudson, said it would go ahead today as planned with the events in Victoria Park and as the kick-off to Keighley Festival.

"If I have to go out with a loudspeaker on the roof of my van to tell everybody, I will," he said.

He confirmed the funfair had been called off by Marshall's Amuzement because of the forecast of bad weather.

He said: "When people heard that the fair was not coming, they wrongly assumed the Gala was off, but the Gala is not the funfair - that is just part of it. The Gala is the crowning of the Queen and the parade."

He said Marshall's Amuzements had cancelled fearing the forecast of heavy rain would make Victoria park too boggy.

"All I'm asking is that the people of Keighley show their loyalty and come out and support us, " he said.