| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Compact (Tabloid) |
| Owner | Newsquest[1] |
| Editor | Nigel Burton[2] |
| Founded | 1862[3] |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Keighley,England |
| Circulation | 2,535 (as of 2023)[4] |
| ISSN | 0961-1924 |
| Website | keighleynews |
TheKeighley News is a weekly newspaper based inKeighley,West Yorkshire,England. As well as Keighley, its circulation area includesCross Hills,Cullingworth,Denholme,East Morton,Haworth,Oxenhope,Silsden andSteeton.
The newspaper was a broadsheet until March 2007 when it became a tabloid.[5] The same year it also changed its publication day from Friday to Thursday. It is the sister paper ofTelegraph & Argus.
TheKeighley News is owned byNewsquest,[1] the second largest publisher of regional newspapers in theUnited Kingdom. Its circulation figure for the period from January to December 2018, according to theAudit Bureau of Circulation, was 5,419.
From September 2007 to July 2012 half of the Keighley News building was leased to Bradford College who operated a community learning centre from the premises. The Keighley News reception desk closed its doors permanently on 29 January 2013 with all reception services and editing now being carried out at the Telegraph & Argus offices in Bradford. The whole building at Keighley has been sold off to a local businessman. The Keighley News staff now work from Newsquest's office in Skipton.
On 21 November 1914, theKeighley News publicised a letter which was received by William Morley, from his son, the explorer,Herbert Morley. The letter was dated 27 July 1914, (one day before theFirst World War broke out and about a month before theOccupation of German Samoa operation), therein Herbert tells of sixGerman warships docking in Samoa; "probably… just a bit of a show-off".[6]
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