A woman was taken to hospital with serious injuries after the car she was driving veered off a 15ft embankment near Huby. The incident which happened on the A658 road between Harrogate and Pool Bridge involved one vehicle, a silver Seat Altea car
Would be sailors and windsurfers are being invited to Push the Boat Out with an event at Yeadon Tarn this weekend. The Yeadon Sailing Club open day, which takes place on Saturday, is one of a number taking place across the country under the auspices
Otley Film Society has invited two of Wharfedale’s youngest budding directors to show their own short film in town next week. Westgate Primary School pupils Esther Newell and Maisy Dixon won a Leeds Young Filmmaker Golden Owls award earlier this
Ida Hillas celebrated her 100th birthday on Tuesday, May 7 with family, friends and staff at Ghyll Court Residential Home in Wells Walk, Ilkley. Among the guests were her daughter Christine Barraclough and her great grandson Alex Boocock, who celebrated
Police investigating an attempted street robbery in Ilkley have released an e-fit of a man they would like to trace in connection with the incident. At around 10.55pm on Thursday, May 9, a 19-year-old woman was walking up Wells Walk listening to
A rapist who used “unnecessary violence in achieving his desires” has been jailed for five-and-a-half years by a Bradford Crown Court judge. Ashley Edward Williams, 39, was sentenced after he was unanimously found guilty by a jury of seven men
Ilkley Dynamo produced an impressive performance to lift this season’s Wharfedale & District FA Sunday Cup. They beat the Wharfedale Triangle’s Premier Division champions Yeadon Veterans 3-0 on Sunday. And it completed a great cup double
The following planning applications have been submitted to Bradford Council. ADDINGHAM: Side elevation, gable / dormer extension enlarging the current box bedroom and creating a home office/study and front door canopy plus associated external and
With French fever building ahead of next year’s Grand Départ, primary pupils from Aireborough and Wharfedale enjoyed a day of Gallic culture and food. The young Francophiles, dressed in the red, white and blue of the tricolour, gathered at The
The considerable guilt of a man who killed a much-loved wife, mother and grandmother in a car smash in Ilkley will be his gravest punishment, a Crown Court judge has said. Judge Robert Bartfield said Michel Vanderburgt would always have to live
The Ilkley fundraising group for Marie Curie Cancer Care, supporting the Bradford hospice, are holding a pamper night tomorrow, Friday, at Ilkley Rugby Club, from 8pm to 10pm, with doors open from 7.30pm. Admission is £5, to include a complimentary
Ilkley Police Station is closing its doors to the public two days a week as the West Yorkshire force tightens up on spending. The Riddings Road police station closed its front helpdesk on Monday and Tuesday this week, cutting its opening hours
