Keighley news

A new 1,000 place Sixth Form college will open in Keighley in 2026, although the hunt is still on for a town centre location.

Cash boosts from the Keighley Towns Funds have recently boosted two local businesses creating four jobs plus two apprenticeships, and other businesses are still invited to apply.

An 18th annual black-tie dinner supported by local companies and held at the Craiglands in Ilkley has raised over £58,000 for Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice.

Midwives at Airedale Hospital are offering new and expectant parents a range of hand-knitted baby items to help keep babies warm this winter.

Young People aged 15 to 20 from the Ilkley and Keighley areas are being encouraged to put themselves forward to help shape the cultural celebrations across the district in 2025.

Councillors have approved an application to build a children’s role play and gymnastics centre on a farm in Cross Hills.

The family of a Silsden boy who died on Boxing Day last year are supporting Martin House Children's Hospice's Christmas appeal.

North Yorkshire Council has approved an application to build six homes on a neglected piece of land in Sutton-in-Craven.

Organisers of Haworth's Santa Fun Run are hopeful it will take place this coming Sunday, after the fundraising event was postponed at the weekend.

Bradford Council’s Cliffe Castle Museum and Park will be helping the people of Keighley to get into the Christmas spirit with two special weekends of festive activities over Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 and Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 December, between 11am to 3.30am on each day.

Airedale Hospital and Community Charity, the official dedicated charity of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, invited local funeral directors to meet with them for a Networking Breakfast Event on the 22 November.

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.

A Keighley businessman has been fined £10,000 for failing to put right unauthorised engineering works at a rural site that began in 2017.

Businesses have voted for a second five-year term of the Keighley Business Improvement District (BID), following a ballot of town centre firms.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Keighley Market is giving people the chance to get creative and crafty in free festive activities over the coming weeks.

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.

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.

A charity that works to support economically and socially disadvantaged people in Keighley is set to modernise its facilities after a £140,000 boost.

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. 

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.

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.