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RETIRED nurses, GPs, dentists and vets have offered to help get Craven vaccinated against the coronavirus. The Modality Partnership of surgeries, which include practices in Skipton, South Craven and Keighley, on Saturday received one of the first batches in the country of the Oxford Astra Zeneca vaccine. It asked for retired health professionals and others interested in joining a huge volunteering effort to get the community vaccinated. And, it has been overwhelmed with offers of help - including from retired nurses, GPs, dentists and even vets. It even has a social media manager trai...

A CHARITY tractor run went ahead in tribute to its founder – and was a massive success. The Bronte Christmas Tractor Run yesterday was dedicated to the memory of Stanley Turner, who started the event 20 years ago. Mr Turner died last month. Just over 100 vehicles took part in the run, which set off from Colin Appleyard Cars in Keighley and followed a route of around 32 miles – taking in villages including Hainworth, Long Lee, Harden, Wilsden, Cullingworth, Denholme, Oxenhope, Cross Roads, Oakworth, Goose Eye and Stanbury, and finishing outside Central Park at Haworth. More than ...

ONE of Bradford’s most prominent buildings has been turned into a rapid Covid-19 testing site. St George’s Hall, in the heart of the city centre, is being used for the new testing programme, along with Airedale Shopping Centre in Keighley. Lateral Flow tests, which give results in 30 minutes, will be used in a bid to identify asymptomatic people who have Covid-19. #FastTesting site opens in Bfd #LateralFlowTests#30MinuteResults by #BradfordCovidResponseHub. No appointments - walk in #LetsGetTested. St George's Hall open today 8am - 5.30pm. Airedale Centre Keighley launch tomorrow op...

THREE more hubs in Bradford are now delivering the Covid-19 vaccine.  People are being invited to receive their vaccine in line with national guidance from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. Appointments are being offered first to people aged over 80 who are most at risk from coronavirus. That includes those who are already attending hospital as an outpatient, and/or who have been discharged home after a hospital stay, and people living in care homes. Woodryd Medical Centre, West Bowling; Barkerend Health Centre and Shipley Medical Practice are the latest sites. The...

WHILE the absence of the usual show classes prevented Northern Ireland’s Matthew Burleigh from picking up an unprecedented fourth consecutive title at The Northern Beltex Society’s ninth annual winter sale of pedigree in-lamb females at Skipton Auction Mart he did have the satisfaction of claiming the four leading prices. (Sat, Dec 12) Making his annual foray across the Irish Sea, this year with a quintet of shearling ewes, Mr Burleigh, who runs the Matt’s pedigree flock at Shanra, near Enniskillen in Co. Fermanagh, secured top call of 1,000gns with his home-bred Matt’s Endeavour,...