News from across the Yeadon district from the Telegraph and Argus

Keighley and Saltaire women plan a ramble - in pyjamas!

7:00am Monday 12th November 2012

A pair of fundraisers are rambling in pyjamas as they walk the wintry Leeds-Liverpool Canal in aid of Children in Need this week.

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Bingley's Lady Lane Park School pupils skip to it for charity

11:00am Wednesday 25th April 2012

Big-hearted pupils at a Bingley school are jumping for joy in their latest fundraiser.

Doubt cast by Bingley group on operetta link to East Riddlesden Hall

3:20pm Sunday 15th April 2012

New research has cast doubt on long-held links between East Riddlesden Hall and famous operetta Ruddigore.

New Bingley priest is former London stockbroker

9:30am Friday 3rd February 2012

A former stockbroker in the City of London, whose life changed dramatically after a year’s sabbatical in Africa, has been appointed priest in charge of a Bingley church.

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Bingley campaign group nears £60,000 appeal target

11:00am Wednesday 1st February 2012

Campaigners against a housing development on green fields near Bingley have almost raised the £60,000 needed to fight a planning appeal next month.

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Damart staff raise £5,000 for Heart Research UK

9:00am Friday 27th January 2012

Workers from Bingley-based home shopping fashion brand, Damart, have raised more than £5,000 for Heart Research UK.

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Sudden death shocks family

8:10am Friday 27th January 2012

Tributes have been paid to a popular Bingley jeweller and Bradford City photographer who died suddenly this week.

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Lock gate project swings into action

8:00am Wednesday 25th January 2012

Spectators gathered to watch a huge crane remove two sets of lock gates from the world-famous Bingley Five Rise Locks during an ongoing maintenance project yesterday.

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Bingley mum issues danger alert on ‘bling dummies’

8:00am Tuesday 24th January 2012

A warning about a fad of ‘bling dummies’ has been issued by a Trading Standards chief amid fears they could choke a baby to death.

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Plan to demolish Bingley swing bridge rejected

8:00am Thursday 19th January 2012

Developers were handed another blow yesterday in their bid to steal a march in one of Bradford’s longest- running planning sagas.

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Aire Valley parking proposals dubbed 'mad'

1:24pm Monday 16th January 2012

A senior councillor has criticised “mad” proposals to introduce on-street parking charges in Shipley and Bingley after an influential committee urged the Council to re-think its plans.

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Volunteer lock-keepers sought for Leeds-Liverpool Canal

12:10pm Monday 16th January 2012

Volunteer lock-keepers are being sought on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal as work continues on one of its famous landmarks.

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Plaque boost for struggling Bingley pubs

4:20pm Saturday 14th January 2012

A historic Bingley pub has been commemorated with a civic plaque as landlords in the town vow to fight back in the face of tough competition and difficult trading conditions.

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New bridge planned to improve access to Micklethwaite homes site

8:30am Friday 13th January 2012

One of Bradford’s longest-running planning sagas has taken a twist after developers submitted plans to improve access to the site.

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Five Rise Locks wonders revealed in renovations

8:50am Tuesday 10th January 2012

Visitors to Bingley’s world-famous Five Rise Locks will this month get a rare glimpse of parts of the engineering masterpiece normally hidden underwater.

Work gives a flavour of Bingley history

8:20am Monday 9th January 2012

Tourists visiting a Bingley park will be given a flavour of 150-year-old recipes following the restoration of a kitchen rarely seen since Edwardian times.

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Bingley Little Theatre takes on Bingley Arts Centre

8:00am Friday 6th January 2012

A theatre company has taken over Bingley Arts Centre and plans to transform it into a vibrant venue for professional and amateur acts.

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Bingley deaf dog finds a caring home

9:40am Wednesday 4th January 2012

A deaf sheepdog saved from death by a Bradford rescue centre has marked its first birthday.

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St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School continues its success

1:00pm Friday 16th December 2011

Pupils at a Bingley primary school continued their impressively high standard after once again being named in the top 200 in the country.

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Bingley woman's joy at winning body building contest

9:54am Friday 7th October 2011

Former glamour model Jodie Marsh may have hit the headlines this week when she unveiled her new muscular physique during a bodybuilding competition, but she was outshone in the contest by a woman from the Bradford district.

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Climbing wall is businessman's latest adventure

1:20pm Friday 12th August 2011

Rock climber John Beers is determined that his new £100,000 business venture will get off the ground.

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‘Bingley schools bursting at seams already’

9:20am Thursday 4th August 2011

Community leaders have warned that schools in the Aire Valley are already “bursting at the seams” and could not cope with more children if a proposed 400-home development is approved.

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Bingley Show date move hailed a success

7:10am Wednesday 27th July 2011

A combination of good weather and the introduction of equine classes helped Bingley Show to have one of its best years ever, organisers revealed today.

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The Coral to perform at Bingley Music Live

10:20am Friday 22nd July 2011

An indie band lauded by two of the country’s most talented guitarists has been added to the star-studded line-up appearing at this year’s Bingley Music Live.

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Bingley planning-row wedding shop finally opens

9:57am Thursday 14th July 2011

A wedding shop owner who won a long-running battle to expand her business has now opened a shop in a disused doctors’ surgery.

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Stereo MCs join Bingley Music Live lineup

11:06am Tuesday 12th July 2011

Five more acts have joined the line-up for the fifth Bingley Music Live festival in September.

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Anger at venue for Bingley planning decision

9:30am Friday 24th June 2011

Campaigners are angry that a major decision on a 400-home development on green fields near Bingley will be made in Bradford rather than the Aire Valley.

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Bingley horse owner is banned from keeping animals

9:10am Friday 24th June 2011

A man has been banned from keeping animals for three years after failing to properly look after a pony with a fractured skull.

Memorial ball to be held in honour of Bingley mum Joanne Cawthorne who battled cancer

7:25am Friday 24th June 2011

A charity ball is to be held in memory of a mum of two who has died from an aggressive form of cancer.

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Fire chiefs warn children 'don't play with fire' after Bingley mill blaze

8:50am Wednesday 22nd June 2011

Fire chiefs have warned of the dangers of playing with fire after two nine-year-old boys were questioned by police following a blaze at a derelict mill.