Keighley has failed to make the final 20 areas which will be the first to start local TV stations.

The list of “pioneer areas” were chosen from a shortlist of 65, including Keighley, which were identified to possibly run the schemes. The aim is to create a series of “commercially viable” stations carrying locally-made programmes and news across the UK.

Keighley MP Kris Hopkins said: “It is obviously a let-down that Keighley did not make the list of 20 but, given the Government's stated commitment to local television, I hope it is not the end of the story.”