Keighley Cougars 10 York City Knights 42 For the fourth time this year the Cougars and the Knights met in combat. For the fourth time the Knights took the spoils. The loss effectively ended the Cougars slim play-off aspirations. On each occasion
The frustrations for many cricketers continued when the 20 hours of rain fell on Friday and Saturday morning to put paid to all but six games in the Craven & District Cricket League on Saturday. Many squares and outfields were left more like paddy fields
STEETON turned in one of the upsets of the season when they beat Collingham by five wickets in an exciting Waddilove Cup semi-final at Harewood Road on Sunday. In a game reduced to 40 overs, Steeton, won the toss and put Collingham into bat. Steeton
A massive turnout of local teams participated in the first annual Steven Allen Memorial Tournament held on Sunday at Marley. Tournament organiser Gareth Wilson, who was Steven's manager when he played at Keighley Royal, said 32 teams played in the five-a-side
Keighley Ladies have had a busy summer period off the pitch. The club's appointment of Andy Gaertner as joint manager from Ossett Albion Ladies was shortly followed with the news that club had secured a £6,423 grant from the Local Community Network.
Eight races make up a quality card at York on Saturday, providing the incessant wet weather does not intervene yet again. Tonight's evening meeting on the Knavesmire was under threat at the time of writing, with the ground described as soft, heavy in
Keighley Cougars and their fans this week will be feeling some mixed emotions this week after long-time Cougar veteran Matt Foster called an end to his playing career. The popular Foster announced his retirement from rugby league, which comes into effect
This year's dismal summer weather relented in timely fashion to allow for a sun-bathed annual charity cricket match. A Keighley Cricket Academy XI, made up of club members and local personalities, took on a Keighley Cougars team in a friendly 20-over-a-side
Long-time Keighley Cougar veteran Matt Foster, pictured, has announced his intention to retire at the end of the season. Foster, 31, has decided to go out in style after spending 11 of his 13 professional seasons at Cougars. "I've been thinking about
With just a few days to go until the TMX Grand Prix Great Britain at Hawkstone Park on Saturday and Sunday, final preparations are under way to deliver an event worthy of the tag the third and final home coming'. As well as this being the last British
A seventeen-year-old lad from Stanbury is celebrating his call up to the Yorkshire Schools U-19s squad. However young Max Davidson, who plays for Keighley Cricket Club's first team, is hoping to impress so he can reach a longer term goal of playing for
Motorists are paying more for fuel in Keighley than in Bradford due to a 2p a litre price hike. The Keighley News this week carried out on-the-spot checks after a reader raised the price differential just a few miles up the Aire Valley. The scandal
This summer's destructive heavy rain has evoked traumatic memories of the floods that struck Keighley in 2000. Stockbridge residents, whose lives were turned upside down when the Aire burst its banks, have voiced relief that the same thing has not happened
Michael Day is sitting down on the job while trying to save the planet! He's made a giant garden chair out of recycled wood as part of a new environmental project. Michael, from Keighley, has become the first trainee on the Timber Exchange and Manufacturing
Burglars have stolen five pet chihuahua dogs from the home of a Cross Roads resident. Sean Windle, 38, returned to his house in Halifax Road on Saturday to find his front door kicked in and the dogs gone. As well as taking the pets, the burglars made
A bill to outlaw forced marriage, spearheaded by Keighley MP Ann Cryer, has passed its third reading in Parliament and will now become law. The Civil Protection Bill means victims can seek an injunction in the civil courts against anyone who is forcing
A teenager stole a £600 Stihl saw and later sent a letter of apology to the owner, a court heard. Skipton Magistrates were told last Friday how Leigh Joseph Collins, 18, entered premises in Cononley on July 7 while the saw owner was doing building work
A man who had a police identity card and stolen tax disc in his car came across both items by chance, a court heard last Friday. Darren Paul Allport said he had found the police employee's badge in Cross Hills Working Men's Club and forgot to hand it
A prominent businesswoman has died at her home in Oakworth. Edna Sexton died - aged 80 - at Newsholme Manor restaurant, only four weeks after being diagnosed with cancer. Mrs Sexton began her entrepreneurial life in hairdressing, owning two businesses
The countdown has begun for the decision to determine whether 124 new homes will be built on a Silsden conservation site. And as D-Day approaches, residents are angry that advice from Bradford Council's conservation team has been "ignored" by the planning
A woman accused of helping herself to part of her ex-husband's £200,000 collection of original book covers said they "ended up on Keighley's council tip". Kelly Harte, of Canal Road, Riddlesden, has denied that she helped herself to the art work, which
A 36-year-old man charged with seven rape offences has made his first appearance before a crown court judge. Richard Gill, of Hawshaw Clough, Lothersdale, was originally remanded in custody by magistrates, but Judge Roger Scott was told on Tuesday that
An MP met staff and patients at a hospice which she says is being short-changed by NHS bosses. Ann Cryer told them that her experience of the hospice movement, when her late husband fought his battle with cancer, convinced her of their tremendous value
Tonnes of rubbish was removed from Fell Lane in a mass community effort to clean up the streets of that area of Keighley. About ten van loads of rubbish, plus graffiti and weeds, were removed from the area. The clean up was organised by volunteer Noreen
POTTER-Mania cast a sleep-breaking spell on children and adults at the weekend. Keighley's branch of WH Smith opened at 7.30am to a brood of queuing fans as they eagerly awaited their copy of the final book - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Nicole
Keighley Police Station has installed new surveillance equipment in a bid to improve standards. It has fitted a computer system featuring digital recording using specialist video servers and banks of hard-drives. It is an attempt to assist help desk
Keighley-born spin doctor Alastair Campbell, below, is to revisit the area. The former Utley Primary School pupil will talk at Ilkley Literature Festival about his just published diaries The Blair Years. Mr Campbell, 50, who kept his two-million-word
A voluntary group which rescues cats and kittens urgently needs to find new homes for the animals. Keighley Cat Care, which takes in many of the district's abandoned, stray and unwanted cats, says it is struggling to find new owners. Christine Rawnsley
A coroner has called for a review of safety on a busy road following the death of an 87-year-old man. Gulab Din, of Raven Street, Keighley, died when struck by a car after he walked between queues of waiting traffic on to North Street, near the junction
A famous steam railway is preparing to welcome its five millionth visitor. The milestone, on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway (K&WVR), should be reached early next month. And volunteers on the five-mile line will give the unsuspecting passenger
The official reopening of Doe Park Water Activity Centre created a splash with children. The Denholme site had been closed for a year allowing flood defence work to be carried out. It meant brining down the water level to allow the crews to work in
Two men have been arrested in connection with an alleged attempted theft at Riddlesden earlier this month. The duo was held as a result of information supplied to the police by a reader following a story in the Keighley News about the incident. A would-be
Success in an X Factor-style competition helped Keighley community groups win extra cash from other sources. Some of the groups expanded their projects after gaining an initial grant through Participatory Budgeting. Almost 50 Keighley organisations
A political row has blown up over Government claims that crime is falling in the region. Overall offences recorded by the West Yorkshire force fell by almost 4 per cent in 2006/7, although robberies soared by nearly a quarter, according to the Home Office
Walkers put their best foot forward on Saturday to raise cash for a blind association appeal. Fifty-nine people took part in the trek across Morecambe Bay. They were led by the Queen's Guide to the sands, Cedric Robinson. It is hoped the event will
Bradford Council could be forced to use residents in an initiative to survey traffic in Denholme. Following last month's desperate plea - by resident Steve Brooksbank - for action to be taken following an increasing number of accidents on the A629 at
Rising star Victoria Williams will be hoping to make a move on her dad's chess throne after reaching the finals of one of the UK's top championships. The talented Wilsden seven-year-old swept aside scores of competitors to secure a place in the northern
Haworth Scout group has new camping gear thanks to a lottery grant. The 14th Keighley (Haworth) outfit received £9,675 from the "Awards for All" programme. The cash has paid for new tents - including a mess tent and dining shelters - cooking equipment
Freemasons have presented more than £1,000 to the Sue Ryder Care Manorlands hospice, in Oxenhope. The money was raised through various social events at the Masonic lodge, known as the Three Graces, in Haworth. Past master, John Keighley, chose the charity
A pre-school group has created its own garden thanks to a grant from the Keighley Healthy Living Network. The Bramble Hedge pre-school, situated at Riddlesden St Mary's Primary School, spent the money on seeds for strawberry, runner bean and sunflower
A mobile phone base station is to be built at Steeton - after plans were allowed on appeal. Hutchinson 3G Ltd wanted to site the station, including a 15-metre-high mast, at Tower Gate Farm, Hollins Bank Lane, but its plans were turned down by Bradford
This year's Proms on the Farm was another roaring success, despite the rain. More than 400 people turned up with their picnic baskets and umbrellas to enjoy the sounds of brass band Innovate Skelmanthorpe and folk group For One Night Only. The Manhattan
Cononley Ladies Keep Fit Class has donated £350 to Manorlands hospice from the money it raised over the year. Margot Fletcher, who runs the class of 16 for the "over fifties", said: "Every week there is a small donation made into a box by people who
Plans to cut down Sutton Park's avenue of lime trees have not been properly thought out, it is claimed. The parish council held a public meeting to outline its plan to cut down and replace all 36 of the 100-year-old trees. Tree expert Ian Tavendale,
A specially convened church court will decide on plans to modernise Kildwick Church. A Consistory Court is due to meet in the autumn - possibly in Kildwick - to discuss plans for St Andrew's Church. And it will be down to the chancellor of the court
Keighley's MP Ann Cryer was never going to let go of the issue of forced marriages - no matter how unpopular it may have made her in some quarters. For eight years she has refused to relax her fight for action to stop what she says is a brutal crime
Searching for old palsI am hoping that you can help me, it is over 50 years since I last saw some of my army pals who served with me at The British Military Hospital, at Fayid (33 Coy RAMC), in the Suez Canal Zone, 1950-1956. I know that some of them
These seven Queen's Scouts were chosen to represent Keighley at the World Scout Jamboree, at Sutton Coldfield, in 1957. They are seen here on Keighley station, backed by an evocative selection of period railway posters. From left, they are Stuart Scott
Anne Mott of Keighley Shared Church writes When war broke out in 1939, the entire collection of paintings in London's National Gallery was taken for safety to a slate mine in North Wales. In 1942 it was decided that every month one picture should be
Airedale Hospital chiefs are to hold an infection summit after more than 30 people were struck down by a stomach bug. Although the hospital has hit the national maximum target of just one case of MRSA a month, since April it has recorded almost twice
