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  • Pupils add their voices to singing campaign

    Children from Ben Rhydding Primary School added their voices to a nationwide day of singing last week. Pupils brought a musical accompaniment to central Ilkley shopping street The Grove last Wednesday, when they sang at the Ilkley Bandstand. They were

  • Work starts on new Ilkley care home complex

    Work has begun on a major 56-apartment care home complex on the former site of an Ilkley school. Emmandjay Court is expected to be opened in the summer of 2012 to provide independent living with care homes for the over-60s. The project

  • Flagstones flown in for Ilkley Moor project

    Attempts to improve paving across Ilkley Moor and help protect the delicate landscape have begun after being thwarted by bad weather. A helicopter has airlifted flagstones to a path between Whetstone Gate and Trig point, after flights were called off

  • Mums in battle to save Ilkley children’s centre

    Parents fighting to safeguard the future of a children’s centre in Ilkley yesterday handed a 500-signature petition to the council. Campaigners fear the newly-built Little Lane Children’s Centre may be earmarked for closure as Bradford Council prepares

  • Yeadon Tarn re-stocked after cold weather killed fish

    Thousands of new fish have been put into Yeadon Tarn after stocks were wiped out by a big freeze last year. The Environment Agency carried out tests for pollution after numerous dead fish were found with the onset of the thaw. They concluded the fish