Keighley news
Here are the latest stories about Keighley - if you have a local news story for us you can send it to news@rombaldsradio.com
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MP's petition calls for district-wide inquiry into child grooming
Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore has opened a petition for residents to sign if they back his calls for a full inquiry into child sexual exploitation across the Bradford district.
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Keighley businessman fined £10,000 for breaching enforcement notice
A Keighley businessman has been fined £10,000 for failing to put right unauthorised engineering works at a rural site that began in 2017.
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Keighley businesses vote in favour of second term for town's BID
Businesses have voted for a second five-year term of the Keighley Business Improvement District (BID), following a ballot of town centre firms.
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Role play and gymnastics centre in Cross Hills set for approval
North Yorkshire Council has recommended that councillors approve an application for a children’s role play and gymnastics centre on a farm in Cross Hills.
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Keighley dental practice announces expansion plans
Taylored Dental Care in Keighley has announced the opening of a third surgery at its Cavendish Street practice this month to deal with increasing demand.
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Historic river pathway set to be upgraded
A local environment charity is set to start work on improving an historic pathway to enable more people enjoy the River Worth, following a boost of almost £60k from the Keighley Towns Fund.
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Disruption expected to train services at the start of December
As a result of ASLEF strike action, Northern services will not operate on the Airedale and Wharfedale lines on Friday 8 December, with additional disruption expected between 1-9 December due to action short of strike.
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Free festive activities to get creative at Keighley Market
Keighley Market is giving people the chance to get creative and crafty in free festive activities over the coming weeks.
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Can you fix it, or drive it? Keighley bus firm opens its doors to offer jobseekers a new career
Local bus operator The Keighley Bus Company invites new starters and career switchers to find out more about working for the company at the depot open day next month.
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Airedale Hospital launches Christmas Gift Appeal
Airedale Hospital and Community Charity, the official charity of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, is looking for donations of gifts for patients who are in hospital on Christmas Day.
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£140k boost for Keighley's Good Shepherd Centre charity
A charity that works to support economically and socially disadvantaged people in Keighley is set to modernise its facilities after a £140,000 boost.
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Gripping Thriller "Dead of Night" Takes Centre Stage at Keighley Playhouse
This December, theatre enthusiasts are in for a treat as Peter Whalley's compelling play, "Dead of Night," unfolds its gripping tale at Keighley Playhouse.
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Jobs boost as Keighley gets £20m for robotics and engineering centre
Keighley has been awarded £19.8 million of government funding which will help the town become a national leader in advanced engineering, manufacturing and robotics.
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Business volunteers paint Keighley community centre mural
Creative volunteers from Emerald Publishing Ltd have painted an eye-catching mural on Keighley’s Hainworth Wood Community Centre, as well as giving the interior a fresh coat of paint.
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Local Co-op shoppers help provide £8,500 donation to Airedale Hospital charity
Airedale Hospital and Community Charity has received a total of £8,681 through the Co-op's Community Fund in the past year thanks to local shoppers.
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Plans for Keighley and Stockbridge flood defences on show
Proposals for a new flood defence scheme for Keighley and Stockbridge are going on show at a community event this week.
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Keighley's Sangat Centre celebrated at Downing Street reception
Representatives of the Sangat Centre in Keighley have attended a Levelling Up Champions Reception at 10 Downing Street.
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Keighley and Ilkley Libraries to reduce opening hours
The public libraries in Ilkley and Keighley will only stay open past 5pm two nights a week as part of a shake-up of opening hours by Bradford Council.
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Voices of Yorkshire record Christmas Album for Dementia UK
Voices of Yorkshire has choirs in Bingley, Pudsey, Skipton, Menston, Oakworth and Silsden, with members from Ilkley, Skipton and Keighley.
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Plan to build 25 homes on Keighley site is approved
A 25-home development on a former football pitch in Keighley has been approved.
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Winter Solstice Strider returns in support of Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice
The Winter Solstice Strider is set to return on the shortest day of the year in support of Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice based in Oxenhope.
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New 'Admiral Nurse' role created at Airedale Hospital
Laura Hughes has been appointed as Airedale NHS Foundation Trust's first 'Admiral Nurse' to deliver relationship-centred dementia care at the hospital.
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Tributes paid following death of local retired GP
Tributes have been paid to retired GP Dr William Thorburn, who was a partner at the Farfield Group Practice surgery on West Lane in Keighley for three decades.
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Baby Week marked with event in Keighley's shopping centre
Keighley's Airedale Shopping Centre is hosting the team from local GP surgeries Modality AWC as part of a celebration of Baby Week Bradford.
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Children's ward team raises £7,500 with charity Peru trek
A team of staff from Airedale Hospital's children's ward have raised more than £7,500 to improve the ward's outdoor play area after completing a 46km trek through Machu Picchu.
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Robbie Moore becomes minister at Defra in Rishi Sunak's reshuffle
Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore has been appointed as a minister in the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs as part of the latest government reshuffle.
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Former Bradford Council Chief Executive named City of Culture chair
Bradford Council’s former Chief Executive has been announced as the new chair of the team that will run Bradford’s City of Culture year.
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MP calls for government review of Silsden housing plans
MP Robbie Moore has asked the government to intervene following Bradford Council's decision to approve plans for another 138 houses in Silsden.
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Skipton Town Hall to host Airedale charity festive fair
Airedale Hospital and Community Charity is bringing its annual Festive Fair to Skipton Town Hall later this month to raise money for the hospital's Emergency Department Appeal.
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Carriages to be cut on some Airedale and Wharfedale Line train services
Rail operator Northern says the number of carriages on some of its local services will be reduced when a new timetable takes effect from 10th December.
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Keighley businesses receive £275k from Towns Fund
Businesses across Keighley have received a total of £276,000 so far as part of a fund aimed at helping them to grow - and creating 44 new jobs.
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Airedale midwife wins national award for bereavement care
Gemma Sayer, who works as a Bereavement Support Midwife at Airedale Hospital, has been named as the winner of a national award by baby loss charity Sands.
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