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  • Ilkley Moor bike ride is prelude to mass event

    A challenging 27-mile ride across Ilkley Moor is part of the build-up to a mass participation cycling event taking place later this month. Bradford is playing host to the spectacular Sky Ride on Sunday, August 29, when the city centre will be closed

  • Addingham's speed golfers get into the swing of fundraising

    Members of an Addingham golf club expect to raise more than £500 for charity after speeding their way to a record round. More than 130 golfers at the Bracken Ghyll course took part in the fastest round of golf – or Frog – challenge on Saturday to raise

  • Ilkley Moor should not become an urban park

    I am writing in connection with dog poo bag scheme which is being proposed by Bradford Metropolitan Council (or the attempt to turn Ilkley moor into a park!) I have been a regular visitor to Ilkley moor for almost 60 years, bah’t dogs but mostly with

  • FoIM will continue to press for bracken spraying

    Janet Austin (Letters, July 29) may be pleased to learn that Natural England has now given consent for 36 hectares of bracken to be sprayed on Ilkley Moor. Because the moor is an SSSI, no spraying can take place without their consent. Unfortunately, although

  • We must work together on school places policy

    I read with great interest the front page article (Gazette, July 29) regarding a meeting with Education Bradford and representatives of a pressure group from Addingham. As a parent of a year 7 pupil at IGS I fully understand the anxieties of waiting

  • Parish councillors are weak custodians of our money

    Ilkley Parish Council should not charge any taxes next year. Partly because selecting any tax (or precept) next year would be unlawful. Mostly because Ilkley’s Council can’t spend the £216,000 it had in its bank accounts last month. More than twice its

  • Monty Python on Ilkley Moor

    The problem: Dog owners irresponsibly disposing of completed dog bags on Ilkley Moor. The solution: Six dispensers strategically placed at car parks adjacent to Ilkley Moor at a cost of at least £1,200 per annum, providing biodegradable dog bags made

  • Low Mill stages street party

    A street party brought together people of all ages at Low Mill village on the outskirts of Addingham. Around 80 people are thought to have attended the party on Sunday, organised by a group of Low Mill residents. They set out tables in the street on

  • Continental treats on the market at Ilkley Summer Festival

    The centre of Ilkley will be transformed to a continental-style marketplace this weekend for one of the most popular events of the annual Ilkley Summer Festival. Olives, French cheese and street treats from abroad are again expected to be among the many

  • Ilkley Summer Festival Timetable

    Events for the week ahead at Ilkley Summer Festival: Thursday, August 5 10am to 5pm, Festival Focus 5, summer exhibition by Graeme Willson, Riddings Hall, Riddings Road Friday, August 6 All day, Continental Street Market, The Grove 10am to 5pm,

  • Stories from our files

    1885 On Saturday morning last, Mr T Clarkson, of Bridge Lane, met with a serious accident. He was assisting to convey a large boiler weighing ten tons, from Ilkley station to Mr Watson’s new mill at Addingham, when within 20 yards of their

  • In Bloom judges have work cut out in Ilkley

    The growing talents of gardeners have given Ilkley in Bloom judges some tougher decisions to make this summer. Rising standards meant that judges had some difficult choices to make as they named the winners of the 2010 competition for the most decorative

  • Tuneful ways to celebrate region's proud heritage

    Yorkshire Day had a tuneful welcome in Ilkley as choirs descended on the town to help celebrate the region’s heritage. Sunday, August 1, traditionally the first day of the Ilkley Summer Festival, was celebrated in the usual style outside the town hall

  • Film fun on the bill at Burley Summer Festival

    Tickets are selling fast ahead of the Burley-in-Wharfedale Summer Festival. Some of the children’s events at the ten-day festival, from Saturday, August 21, to Monday, August 30, are already fully booked, while others are close to selling out. And

  • Youngsters bowled over by cricket school

    More than 40 children have been emulating some of their heroes by putting bat to ball in Ben Rhydding this week to improve their cricket skills. The youngsters have been taking part in the eighth annual coaching week run by the Ben Rhydding Cricket

  • Last Night of the Proms line-up finalised

    The full line-up for the open air concert finale to Ilkley Summer Festival has been revealed. Tickets are still available for seats at tables in prime positions at the Last Night of the Proms Concert, which will take place on The Grove, Ilkley, on Saturday

  • Ilkley woman's wartime memories

    The wartime reminiscences of an Ilkley woman are a major part of a new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. Edith Kup was an intelligence officer with the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) during the Battle of Britain, plotting the movements of aircraft

  • Brassington serves up a double tonic

    Ilkley’s Kyle Brassington made his second successful return to his home town in three weeks last Saturday. Just 21 days after winning the club’s men’s singles closed title, the 23-year-old added the JM Glendinning Group Ilkley Open crown, which

  • Ilkley homes hit in crime surge

    A summer surge in burglaries across Ilkley has prompted a call to householders to be extra-vigilant. Nine houses were broken into in the town last month, compared to two in June, and eight homes in Burley-in-Wharfedale were targeted in one