Keighley news

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.

At last week’s full Bradford Council meeting, petitioner Laura Kelly presented her green space petition to full council, its aim is keeping the old Keighley college site on North Street as green space.

Like the Prime Minister, Chancellor and Health Secretary, Robbie Moore says he will be working from home this week while self-isolating.

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

Health, police, council and other district leaders have joined forces to urge residents to remain vigilant and cautious as COVID-19 restrictions ease from Monday, 19 July.

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.

The family of Captain Sir Tom Moore have brought his ashes back to his hometown of Keighley.

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.