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Crime Writing Festival

Get ready for the crime wave of the year For one long weekend in July, the world of crime writing will descend again on this sleepy Yorkshire town. The body count is set to soar as hordes of authors, publishers, agents and fans decamp for the biggest and very best crime writing festival. The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate is a not to be missed event. Let’s examine the evidence: George Pelecanos, Val McDermid, Laura Lippman: a roll call of cool. Hang on for your life as many of the biggest authors in crime fiction gather for Europe’s most gripping ...

Airship over the Aire Valley

Keighley lads find mystery gift dropped from The Hindenberg in 1936 Seventy three years ago German aerial reconnaissance airship, the Hindenberg, made unscheduled flights over Bingley and Keighley. From one of these flights someone on board dropped a posy which was picked up by two local boys. Here Alan Cattell, an amateur historian, takes up the tale. On May 23 1936 the airship Hindenberg altered her course from her regular route and made the first of what were to be three flights that year up the Aire Valley. Other flights were made on June 30 and October 12. The Hindenberg flight paths on ...

Give your bra to charity

Baildon Ladies Circle says your bra could boost Air Ambulance appeal Baildon Circle in conjunction with Baildon Tangent and Curves Lingerie of Baildon invites women and girls of all ages to bring in their old bras to support a very good cause! Rachel Deluca from the Baildon Circle explains why the bras are needed. Your cast-off bras (whether worn or nearly new) will raise funds for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance who help to save hundreds of lives each year. Did you know that a staggering 2,470 patients have been rescued since 2000? The ‘Bag It Up’ Bra campaign for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance was ...

FROM SEATTLE TO BINGLEY!

Christopher's Still Rocking In The Free World This Dreamchaser is the inspiring tale of a veteran American musician who has always innovated, blazed his own trail and embraced change. For over three decades, he has followed his dream uncompromisingly and is now taking on fresh challenges with characteristic gusto and confidence. At the age of 59, when most people are winding down into quiet, comfortable routines in familiar surroundings, Christopher Anderson is preparing to move some 6,000 miles in order to pursue his musical dream in the UK. The Vietnam veteran has combined a career in legal and probation services ...

GEORGINA’S SITTING PRETTY!

‘Model Teenager's' Busy Professional And Home Life Stunning Georgina Johnson, of Bingley, always attracted a lot of attention, but recently the schoolgirl has been making a name for herself as a serious catwalk and studio model. At just 15, she is juggling the demands of a pressurised professional life with that of any lively teenager. Studying for her GCSEs at Bingley Grammar, Georgina is also signed up to the prestigious Bond modelling agency and a Miss Teen Queen UK 2008 finalist. With many fashion shows and photoshoots already under her belt, she keeps her feet on the ground away from the glamorous ...

HIS CAREER’S GOING DOWNHILL!

Slippery Slope Is The Right One For Ollie Ilkley might be a long way from the world's best snowboarding runs, but that hasn't stopped one young resident chasing his dream and carving out a career in the exciting sport. Twenty-one-year-old Oliver Street, of Ilkley, has travelled tirelessly to qualify as an instructor and will soon be clocking up yet more Air Miles as he jets off to the other side of the world for further challenges. His is a story of single-minded dedication and great sacrifice, but now the rewards for all his hard work are starting to appear. Snowboarding probably began in 1929 ...