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  • Concert cash for Ilkley twinning committee

    Following a successful tour of Normandy where St Peter’s Singers presented the best of English choral singing, audiences in Ilkley were treated to an evening of music that spanned five centuries of sacred choral music. Under the expert baton of

  • Residents rally around to stock up Ilkley foodbank

    Local people have rallied round to support the launch of Churches Together in Ilkley’s new food bank. The collection points are at Tesco’s Springs Lane store and Booths supermarket, Leeds Road. The food collected will be distributed to local

  • Planning laws may be relaxed for Tour de France

    Bradford Council is considering whether it will relax planning laws during next summer’s Tour de France. Harrogate Council has already announced a “planning amnesty” for the race’s Grand Depart, which will see it relax laws to make it easier for

  • Literature festival estimated to boost economy by £250,000

    The Ilkley Literature Festival, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, opens today, bringing a host of top writers, broadcasters and leading poets to the town over 17 days. In this landmark year the festival is bigger than ever and is