THIS is the day: Your favourite newspapers are launching a new, improved on-line service for everyone connected to the Internet.

Our new web site, This Is Bradford and District, carries the best of the news, views and entertainment you expect to find in our newspapers.

But there's more. This Is Bradford and District also carries a wealth of information about your county, your town and what's going on in the region.

And you'll be able to tap in to the same comprehensive guide to counties across the country as our sister papers launch similar services in the coming months.

The Keighley News, together with the Craven Herald, Ilkley Gazette, Wharfedale Observer and Telegraph & Argus have published on-line editions since last year.

Tens of thousands of you, across Yorkshire and across the world, have been logging in to read our daily news, sport, features and business reports as well as searching for bargains and jobs.

Now we are introducing you to a regional news service plus the day's national news and sports stories.

And we're using the vast resources of the worldwide web to focus on the detail of your county, town or village with information guides on your locality: schools, colleges, hospitals, councils, chamber of commerce, clubs, transport and much more.

At the heart of the service is a comprehensive business directory which can literally point you in the right direction whether you're looking for an accountant or a dentist, a cinema or a restaurant.

You'll find everything you could possibly need listed in the directory and a click of a button even displays a map showing a precise location.

If you're planning a day out or a night at the theatre you can tap into our What's On guides, choose your venue then look up the nearest restaurant, if that's what you fancy, and book a table. If it's fast food you're after you'll find takeaways listed, too.

And if you're in business, you can make our directory work for you: call our representatives for full details.

The Internet is the fastest growing communications medium ever and it's estimated that there are more than one million new users worldwide every month.

It's certainly a big 'place': the world wide web is not an understatement, it's packed with information from all over the world. Our aim is to provide information you can use.

The concept behind This Is Bradford and District and similar launches by our partner newspapers across the country is what we've called a digital community. Your regional home page is the starting point of that digital community.

Our newspapers have always produced essential reading for our communities.

Now you can define the boundaries of your own digital community with whatever and wherever interests you: your home town, holiday destination, hobby, football club - anything. You can visit the site through www.keighleynews.co.uk or www.thisisbradford.co.uk

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