Keighley news

A report has found turmoil in children's services, “superficial” assessments by social workers, inexperienced leadership and poor communication between the organisations that were meant to protect her all played a part in the death of Star Hobson.

The Mayor of West Yorkshire has announced that bus travel across the county will be free on Sunday 5th June to mark the end of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee weekend.

Work starts this week on a £175,000 refurbishment of the Haematology and Oncology Day Unit at Airedale Hospital.

The former CEO of the Care Quality Commission has been appointed to lead the trust taking over Children’s Services across the Bradford district.

A new £15m building at Airedale Hospital in Steeton has picked up a national award ahead of its planned opening this summer.

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore has spoken in the House of Commons chamber about the long-awaited bridge over the A629 at Steeton.

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore put a question to Boris Johnson at this week's Prime Minister's Questions about plans for Airedale Hospital in Steeton to be rebuilt.

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore wants Keighley and Ilkley to be part of a Government scheme to tackle illegally-modified vehicles and help make local streets quieter.

The Leader of Bradford Council has called for Northern to reinstate rail services on the Airedale and Wharfedale lines as soon as possible after cuts introduced this week.

Trainee Nursing Associate Jamie Barnes who works on Ward 13 at Airedale Hospital has won an outstanding educational achievement award for his work during the pandemic.

Buses across Keighley are more running more often a part of the new Spring timetable which has come into effect.

Several roads around Devonshire Street and West Lane in Keighley - and in the north of Silsden are becoming 20mph zones.

A £2 per journey cap on bus fares and a £25m fund to improve services in areas hit by recent bus cots have been announced today.

The family of Smokie founding member Terry Uttley have made a donation of more than £2,500 to Airedale Hospital following collections in memory of the musician and his wife.

A judging panel has been in Keighley today (Tuesday) as part of a tour of the district for Bradford's bid to be named 2025 UK City of Culture.

A temporary fire station in Keighley will have to be removed within six months of the permanent station being finished.

The Glusburn Institute Community & Arts Centre is to hold a special gala event featuring the Airedale Symphony Orchestra next month.

Bradford Council is putting a call out to all stitchers and crafters to help them to decorate the district for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee next month.

Local elections for Bradford Council and the new North Yorkshire Council were held on Thursday 5th May 2022, as well votes to select some town and parish councillors.

Labour has tightened its grip on Bradford Council in this week’s local elections, while the Green Party doubled the number of councillors it has in the district.

West Yorkshire Police have appealed for witnesses after a road traffic collision in which a man died late on Thursday night in Oakworth.

Residents of a proposed apartment development would have a “dismal” view from their windows of a neighbouring car park.

Free activities ranging from a Tai Chi session to a ‘Campfire Breakfast’ are on offer at a special health at wellbeing morning at Keighley’s Cliffe Castle Park this Saturday, 7 May.

Police in Keighley say they have made an arrest and recovered what are thought to be Class A drugs along with a significant quantity of cash during a search of the suspect.

Residents across Keighley and Ilkley will be voting elect district councillors this week - and we've got the election pitches from the main parties.

Work to build a new fire station in Keighley will start later this year, and is expected to take two years.

Madeleine O'Reilly is joining local arts charity Keighley Creative to run its programme of events and festivals over the next two years.

Keighley Cricket Club is planning to create a new indoor sports facility on its site in the town.

A man from Leeds has been charged with two counts of criminal damage at two properties on Ferncliffe Drive in Utley near Keighley.

Paul Ellis, Chief Executive of Ecology Building Society, is leaving the company this week after almost 40 years.

A miniature manuscript book handwritten by Charlotte Brontë in 1829 is being donated to the Brontë Parsonage Museum after being bought by a charity for $1.25m.

Police say a man has admitted outraging public decency and apologised after images were shared on social media showing someone urinating outside the Keighley Jamia Mosque.

The Platinum Jubilee celebrates 70 years of Her Majesty the Queen’s reign and to mark this occasion Bradford Council is offering small grants, of up to £250.

An order that makes it easier for police and council wardens in the Keighley and Ilkley areas to crack down on nuisance drivers has been extended for another three years.

Fares for Hackney Carriage journeys in the Bradford district will soon rise for a second time in six months due to spiralling fuel costs.

There has been a decline in the number of arson incidents West Yorkshire Fire Service is called out to in the past year.

The sites of the former Aire View Infant School and Hothfield Street Junior School in Silsden have gone up for sale and are likely to be redeveloped as housing.

Robbie Moore has secured a meeting with rail company Northern following the announcement that the frequency of some local train services will be cut from next month.

Bradford Council workers have been upgrading and repairing public paths, parks and greenspaces across the Bradford district which experienced higher levels of use over the Covid lockdown.

A national heritage body says it is working with Bradford Council to bring a fire ravaged mill in Keighley back into beneficial use for the area.

A Keighley store had a hidden chute that was used to move contraband cigarettes to the shop floor from a flat above.

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore has used a parliamentary debate to call for a ban on the use of disposable barbeques in public places where fire risk prevails, citing the damage they can cause through fires on local spaces such as Ilkley Moor.

A cancer support charity which was forced to close as a result of the coronavirus pandemic has donated its remaining funds to a local hospice.

Bradford Council has launched an exemption programme to help Bradford householders, businesses and organisations adjust to the Clean Air Zone which is due to launch soon.

The Home Secretary, Priti Patel, made a visit to Keighley today (Saturday), where she met with the town's MP Robbie Moore as well as local police and families affected by crime.

The full list of candidates who will fight to take our area's Bradford Council seats next month has been announced.

Cliffe Castle Museum and Park in Keighley has received the ‘Bees’ Needs Champion’ award for the second year in a row after staff and volunteers declared 2021 the ‘Year of the Bee’ and redoubled their work to communicate the importance of pollinators to visitors and the community.

A quarry last worked in the 1980s could be re-opened to provide over 500,000 tonnes of stone over the next two decades.

Plans to build new industrial units at a riverside business park have been refused due to the “probability” the site could flood.

A new list of high earning council employees has revealed the huge salaries of Bradford Council bosses.

Children aged 8 to 11 from St Anne's Primary School in Keighley are hoping to raise money for three charities when they walk Pen-y-ghent, Ingleborough and Whernside over the coming months.

Plans to flatten a care home in Riddlesden and make way for housing have been approved by Bradford Council.

Keighley MP Robbie Moore has raised concerns over drug misuse and anti-social behaviour locally during a meeting with the Home Secretary Priti Patel.

Artwork is popping up in Ilkley and Keighley town centres as part of Bradford Council’s Spring Back 2022 campaign.

The chaplaincy team from Airedale are hoping to raise enough money for a specialist wheelchair for the hospital's new intensive care unit during Ramadan which starts this weekend.

A free photography exhibition called Ilkley Camera Club Unlocked opened on Saturday at Cliffe Castle Museum in Keighley and runs until August 28. 

The latest events as part of the Bradford Council’s Spring Back 2022 campaign campaign to encourage people to rediscover their local high streets included Keighley’s K-Town Shopper event and the Ilkley Family Takeover Day.

Bradford Council is now forecasting it will spend £3.2m more than it budgeted to in the financial year ending 31st March 2022 - rather than the previously projected figure of £5.5m.

A commemorative tree was planted last week at Holme House Wood on the outskirts of Keighley.

Residents of West Yorkshire have ten weeks to have their say on the future of the region’s fire service, following the launch of a public consultation today.

Eight acts will perform this Friday night in Keighley hoping to win a place on stage at the Gateways Festival in Skipton's Aireville Park this summer.

A boss from train operator Northern has assured passengers that a reduction in services on the Airedale and Wharfedale lines will only be temporary.

Proposals to introduce a new concept in food production to Keighley town centre have been refused by Bradford Council.

A 32 year old man has been charged with a number of offences after two police officers were injured last summer.

Plans to build 100 homes on a Silsden field have been withdrawn by a national housebuilder.

Contentious plans to build over 100 homes on a field in the Long Lee area of Keighley have been deferred after councillors raised numerous concerns about the plans.

West Yorkshire Combined Authority has confirmed that work on a new multi-storey car park at Steeton and Silsden railway station will start in 'early April'.

Police in Keighley have charged a man after he twice breached the conditions of a court order for anti-social behaviour in the town centre.

Bradford Council says around 3,500 people went to this weekend's event in Haworth aimed at encouraging people to rediscover their local high street.

Flags will be flown at half mast on Keighley and Ilkley Town Halls following the death of a former district Lord Mayor and long-serving councillor.

The first set of business cases for Towns Funds in Keighley and Shipley worth over £7million have been approved to proceed.

The Highfield area of Keighley and the Sue Belcher Community Centre at Bracken Bank have been selected to have trees planted as part of national project.

Silsden residents have pleaded with Bradford Council to scrap plans to sell a playing field in the town.

Another five acts are performing in Keighley this Friday night, hoping to win a place on the main stage at Skipton's Gateways Festival in July.

Northern have announced time table changes which will see a reduction in Bradford Forster Square train services in May.

Bus operator Transdev - which runs services across Keighley, Skipton and Ilkley - is making a 10p donation from every customer journey this Sunday to the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund.

Keighley and Ilkley residents are being asked what they think is the best way to commemorate local residents who have died from Covid.

A handful of local play areas will get much needed upgrades in the next stage of a multi million scheme to boost facilities.

The remains of the historic part of Dalton Mills in Keighley, gutted by fire earlier this month, do not currently need to be demolished for safety reasons.

Staff, children and volunteers at Strong Close Nursery School planted 60 trees, as the first nursery in Keighley to join Bradford Council’s Tree for Every Child project.

The mother of Keighley toddler Star Hobson has had her jail sentence increased to 12 years following a review by the Court of Appeal.

A spellbinding day packed with fantastical magical fun has been planned for Haworth this weekend, with Keighley & Worth Valley Railway offering free travel for kids who dress up.

This year's charity 5k and 10k runs in Keighley are taking place at the end of this month with all proceeds raised going to Manorlands Hospice.

Keighley's coronavirus test centre at Victoria Hall is to close its doors after almost two years of operation.

The third of four heats as part of a competition to select up-and-coming performers for this year's Gateways Festival is taking place on Friday night in Keighley.

A charity bike challenge taking place next month will see participants tackle local routes ranging from 12 to 36 miles.

A campaign is being launched to tackle isolation among local young carers, as part of Young Carers Action Day, taking place this week.

Talks over building a footpath on a local road where a schoolboy was killed in a hit-and-run crash have failed to produce a breakthrough.

The Golden-Oldies charity has restarted its Sing & Smile sessions aimed at older adults which take place monthly.

Outdoor galleries, performances and a showcase for independent businesses is the focus of an event taking place across Keighley town centre on 26th and 27th March.

Bradford Council has received funding from the government to put more EV chargers on council-owned land - including in Silsden, Steeton, Addingham and Haworth.

The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway has two visiting locomotives for an action-packed Steam Gala which is back for 2022.

Work from artists in Keighley ranging from ceramics to photography and prints to paintings is being exhibited at the Bradford Industrial Museum.

North Yorkshire Police are appealing for information after a robbery in Sutton-in-Craven this weekend.

Police and Fire officers say they are no longer on scene at Dalton Mills in Keighley, following the major fire that gutted the building last week.

The second of four heats as part of a competition to select up-and-coming performers for this year's Gateways Festival is taking place on Friday night in Keighley.

Carers who look after loved ones across Bradford and Craven are being asked to take part in a study to discover the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Five juveniles have been arrested on suspicion of arson after the fire at Dalton Mills in Keighley which has destroyed the inside of the historic building.

The organisation that runs Airedale Hospital has announced an ambitious 'Green Plan' - including more remote video consultations and replacing more vehicles with electric ones.

Firefighters have scaled back the operation at Dalton Mills in Keighley after spending several hours tackling a major fire on Thursday afternoon.

Firefighters are currently tackling a large blaze at Dalton Mills in Keighley.

Bradford Council is looking for community-spirited helpers to join its annual spring clean – this year the Great Bradford Clean Up.

Calling all young bookworms, Ilkley Literature Festival’s children and family book events are back this month with Story Explorer Days taking place in Ilkley and Keighley.

A family from Keighley is enjoying the benefits of extra insulation in their home after getting some free work done through a Green Homes Grant scheme.

A popular car boot sale held in the grounds of Airedale Hospital is returning next month for the first time since September 2019.

West Yorkshire’s Mayor has welcomed extra Government funding for bus companies, but has warned that it is still not clear what the funding will mean for local services.

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore’s proposed parliamentary law to allow areas to form new local authorities has been rejected by the government in its current form.

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore has used a parliamentary debate to call for a house developer to address ongoing issues for residents of a new estate in Silsden.