A drunken man who brandished two Samurai swords on Hanover Street was disarmed by a heroic shopkeeper, a court heard.
Saeed Saddique, 38, could hardly stand up as he carried the large Japanese ornamental weapons in the town centre street.

Bingley Music Live is enjoying record ticket sales after announcing this year’s headline acts.
Almost three quarters of BML tickets have already gone.

A paedophile who sexually abused a teenager in Keighley has been jailed for 23 years.
Perverted Ibrahim Hussain, 35, preyed on two young girls after plying them with alcohol and drugs, Bradford Crown Court was told.

Keighley College is to hold a Women in Engineering event to promote routes in to the sector.
The event, which is part of a wider project, in line with the Government’s long-term plan to encourage high levels of skills in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) to women, is scheduled for 26 April 2018 and will take place at engineering company, GESIPA in Keighley.

A drink driver destroyed a wall and wooden telephone pole after crashing on Bolton Road, Silsden, this morning.
The driver of the blue Ford Focus was breathalysed and found to be over the legal alcohol limit after smashing into the wall and pole.

Northern Gas Networks (NGN) and Bradford Council are thanking the people of Silsden for their resilience and community spirit during the recent loss of gas supply to their town.

The gas supply to over 3,500 properties in Silsden was cut off on the morning of Friday, 30 March, when a third party building contractor damaged a gas main in the area.

A fast track cancer centre at Airedale Hospital is set to revolutionise how symptoms of the disease are identified, diagnosed and treated.
The one-stop ‘shops’ are designed to give people with a range of potential but unclear cancer symptoms a definite answer - in some cases even on the same day.

Homes were evacuated in Steeton this afternoon after a First World War bomb was discovered. 
An Army Bomb Disposal Squad attended Summerhill Drive and destroyed the munition in a controlled explosion.

Police have issued an e-fit image of a scar-faced burglar they would like to identify in connection with a Keighley intruder. 
The suspect entered an address in Brigg Gardens at about 6pm on Saturday, 24 February but left empty handed when he was disturbed by the occupant.