Keighley news

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore has explained his decision to vote against an amendment to the Environment Bill which would have legally compelled water companies to reduce their discharge of raw sewage into rivers and seas.

Inspector Khalid Khan, the man in charge of neighbourhood policing across Ilkley, Silsden, Keighley and the Worth Valley, has announced his retirement from West Yorkshire Police.

A new broadband provider launching in Keighley has connected its first customer to a gigabit-capable broadband service.

Bradford Council has issued a warning to people in Keighley and Ilkley that bonfire night shouldn't be used as an excuse to dump rubbish illegally.

Robbie Moore has reacted to news of the death of the Southend West MP who was stabbed during a constituency surgery on Friday lunchtime.

On Friday 5 November, four brave people will enter the old Keighley Police cells to be locked in for three days for charity.

Haworth's Bronte Society, the Ilkley Literature Festival and Keighley Creative are among the recipients of culture grants awarded by Bradford Council

Keighley's Cliffe Castle park and Central Park in Haworth are among the local recipients of the Green Flag Award, recognising that they're well-managed.

Organisers of Keighley Arts and Film Festival deemed the weekend a success, with more than 3,000 people visiting at least one of its events.

A team from local estate agents Wilman & Lodge have done a 27.5 mile walk from Apperley Bridge to Steeton and raised £2325 for Airedale Hospital's Haematology and Oncology Day Unit.

People from across Keighey, Ilkley and the wider Bradford district are coming together for Hate Crime Awareness Week to help make the area more tolerant.

Ilkley, Haworth and Keighley could be part of Bradford's potential City of Culture status in 2025 as the bid has moved onto the next stage of the process.

Ilkley and Keighley are to benefit from an award of £1.28 million in Covid-19 grants to local Business Improvement Districts (BIDs).

Keighley’s MP, Robbie Moore and local campaigners have launched a major grassroots campaign to protect the green space on North Street in the centre of Keighley.

Speech and Language Therapist Angela Penny, who works at Airedale Hospital, has taken on an extra role to encourage people across the region to get more active.

A Keighley arts charity is looking for a new leader to head its team of volunteers as it prepares to expand following a £2.8m grant.

Engagebdc.com is a new website launched by Bradford district and Craven NHS to better engage with local people. The website is a place for anyone living in the area to sign up to and interactive with.

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore has called for house builder Persimmon to hold an in-person event for local people to discuss plans for a 150-home development in Silsden.

Individuals and teams at Airedale Hospital have been presented with awards to celebrate their outstanding work over the last year.

Plans have been submitted to the government that would see Airedale Hospital in Steeton transformed into Europe's first carbon neutral hospital.

A six-week project to carry out maintenance work and improvements to Keighley Library will start on 29th September.

A major project to widen the A650 along the edge of Keighley has been recognised at at the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation Awards.

Police are appealing for witnesses following the tragic death of a nine-year-old boy in a collision near Sutton-in-Craven on Friday night.

Local people making a difference to their town have been celebrated at the Keighley Community Awards 2021, with 10 awards presented.

We're being encouraged to have a conversation with our families about what we want to happen to our organs when we die.

At the start of Recycle Week, Bradford Council is sending teams out on to the streets to remind us how to recycle more and help reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.

AGH Solutions has swapped diesel vehicles for new electric cars and vans to collect and deliver medical equipment and patient samples around the local area.

Friends, family and colleagues of our presenter and director Stuart Clarkson have supported a fundraising effort for our local hospital following his recent health scare.

A film and arts festival in Keighley has been awarded a grant from Bradford Council as part of a £51,500 allocation of money.

More than 30 Bradford manufacturers have registered for this year’s Bradford Manufacturing Weeks initiative, despite the continued constraints of Covid-19.

Post Office Ltd has scrapped plans to close Haworth's main post office at the top of Main Street, but will go ahead with a new Post Office in the village's Co-Op.

A charity shop in Keighley set up by married couple Chris and Glenis Kounnas has reached a £100,000 milestone to support thousands of people across the world to access clean water.

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is inviting people to attend its Annual Members’ Meeting and Annual General Meeting on Friday 24 September, 1.30pm to 3.15pm.

A petition signed by almost 7,000 people calling for Haworth's main post office to be saved from closure has been presented in the House of Commons by local MP Robbie Moore.

Persimmon Homes has begun an online consultation this week ahead of submitting a planning application to build approximately 150 houses off Bolton Road in Silsden.

Keighley Cougars have held an official opening ceremony for a new gate at the ground that celebrate the life of Keighley-born Captain Sir Tom Moore.

Springbank Care Home in Silsden and Skipton's Craven Nursing Home have been named in the Top 20 care homes in Yorkshire and the Humber.

The frequency of bus services from Keighley to Bradford and back is being increased on a Sunday from this weekend.

Families with 4 and 5 year olds starting school for the first time this month can borrow a special pack from Keighley or Ilkley library to help them get settled.

Fundraisers have a choice of six routes - the longest 36.1 miles - when the sixteenth annual Bronte Mountain Bike Challenge takes place on Sunday 19th September.

The Golden-Oldies Charity's sing and smile groups are to start up again in Cross Hills and Eldwick, after a break of sixteen months.

Work has started on new state-of-the-art accommodation facility at Airedale Hospital which will make a real difference to both patients and staff.

A new support service launched this week will benefit people recovering from Covid-19 across the Bradford district and Craven.

An exhibition at Keighley's Cliffe Castle of work by local artist Mike Moor has been extended until the end of September.

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore has spent the night shadowing a team of firefighters on their shift from Keighley Fire Station.

Keighley's Cliffe Castle Park has held its first family event since lockdown, which included a fairy door hunt featuring stories about dragon flies and dragons.

Olympic-themed games, a climbing wall and a bouncy castle are all coming to Victoria Park, Devonshire Park, Lund Park and Hainworth Rec through the holidays to keep kids active.

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore is staging a summer tour around the constituency and holding 18 surgeries to meet local residents.

Extra investment in mobile CCTV cameras to catch fly-tippers is already paying off for Bradford Council.

Residents of Silsden are being encouraged to gather on the recreation field behind The Hive community centre tonight to send a message to Bradford Council that the land is not for sale.

Campaigners are calling for Haworth Post Office to remain open, after plans were announced to move the branch to inside the new Co-Op supermarket.

Keighley Town Council has begun the process to identify the town's unsung heroes for 2021 with its Community Awards.

Visitors to the St Ives estate between Harden and Bingley will have to pay to park from this weekend.

Residents in Keighley with a household income under £30,000 can benefit from new government grants aimed at making homes more energy efficient.

Neighbourhood plans in the Aire Valley and Worth Valley have been adopted by Bradford Council, while draft plans have just been submitted for Ilkley and Oxenhope.

Bradford Council is appealing to mountain bike enthusiasts to stick to appropriate routes, tracks and dedicated areas for their bikes.

A team from Airedale Hospital that teaches CPR and basic life-saving skills has been Highly Commended in a national NHS awards ceremony.

The bee-friendly Cliffe Castle Museum is celebrating a special week to raise awareness of bees and other pollinators this week.

A campaign has been launched to encourage Silsden residents to help save a popular playing field in the town from being built on.

New broadband provider, Brsk, has announced that it is rolling out 1 gigabit full-fibre broadband to more than 25,000 homes and business across all of Keighley from the end of July.

People in Bradford district and Craven are invited to hear about the progress and plans of their local NHS at an annual general meeting (AGM).

Local daredevils are invited to take on a thrilling zip wire ride over Ilkley Moor this summer to raise vital funds for Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice in Oxenhope.

Eight local schools are to receive funding for work to improve their facilities from the government's Condition Improvement Fund.

Around two thousand people have signed a petition calling for the former Keighley College site in the town centre to be retained as a green space.

The operator of local bus services across Keighley, Skipton and Ilkley says more 8 out of 10 of its fleet already meet the toughest clean air zone standards, and it's promising to go even further.

Keighley & Ilkley MP Robbie Moore tells Rombalds Radio why he thinks it's time for a full rebuild of Airedale Hospital in Steeton.

Police have reminded people of the dangers of swimming in open water after a man died at Ponden Reservoir on Tuesday evening.

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore has launched a campaign to secure government funding for Airedale Hospital in Steeton to be fully rebuilt.

Currergate Nursing Home has been awarded the highest award possible by Bradford Council's department of health and wellbeing, with 100% of staff having had a Covid-19 vaccination.

Ilkley resident Anne Longfield - plus scout leader Ronnie Pickles and magistrate Margaret Smith from Keighley - have been recognised in the latest Honours List.

A project to help older people in Silsden improve their technology skills is to return in the summer after proving a hit.

Skills training schemes, town centre improvements and real-time bus information are among the projects set to benefit from £33 million awarded to Keighley.

Network Rail is to run a local outreach programme to highlight the dangers of walking on railway tracks, following the release of images from the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

An event's taking place next month to help local businesses in Keighley and Ilkley better understand the government's Kickstart Scheme, which supports young people into work.

The return of the 5km Parkrun events at Skipton's Aireville Park and Cliffe Castle in Keighley have been put back until 26th June.

On Thursday 20 May, Keighley Town Council elected its new Town Mayor and Deputy Town Mayor for the forthcoming year. Cllr Julie Adams was elected as Town Mayor and Cllr Luke Maunsell was elected as Deputy Town Mayor.

A new one-mile sensory walk has been created in the grounds of Cliffe Castle and is being launched this week as part of Dementia Awareness Week.

9-year-old Bella from Oldfield Primary School in Keighley was this week crowned winner of Robbie Moore MP’s poster competition in memory of the late Captain Sir Tom Moore.

Two men and a woman from Keighley have been charged as part of an investigation into right wing terrorism following raids in the town earlier this month.

Ten charities and community groups have been awarded funding through a new grant scheme run by the Rotary Club of Haworth & Worth Valley.

The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway will once again take a starring role as plans are announced for a sequel to the iconic 1970 film, The Railway Children.

Two men and a woman have been arrested in Keighley and two properties in the town are being searched as part of an investigation into suspected right-wing terrorism.

Co-op stores across Ilkley, Adddingham, Silsden, Steeton, Cross Hills and Riddlesden are inviting local groups to apply for their Community Fund.

Bradford Council is starting some new outdoor activities aimed at children under 5 years old - with the first sessions taking place at Keighley's Cliffe Castle.

The NHS in Bradford District and Craven is urging people aged 16 and over who provide vital care and support for others to come forward for their vaccination.

Keighley's MP has called on the authorities to do more to tackle trespassing on railway lines, after the emergence of more pictures of people walking on the tracks of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore and his counterpart in Shipley are to meet with government ministers to discuss a plan to remove the areas from Bradford Council control.

Positive news for families requesting primary school places for September across the Aire and Wharfe Valleys.

Keighley's heroes are to be celebrated in a new exhibition being put together by the town council - and your suggestions are needed.

Cycling enthusiast Chris Riley and his fiancée Elle have been announced as the winners of a campervan offered as the prize in a crowdfunding effort to save Stump Cross Caverns in North Yorkshire.

West Yorkshire Police say an unlicensed music event was shut down in Keighley over the weekend.

Former Mastermind and BBC radio and TV news presenter John Humphrys is to make a virtual visit to the Worth Valley when he takes part in an online event.

A picture shared by MP Robbie Moore on social media has provoked outrage after it showed a family walking along a local railway line.