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  • Easter egg hunt trail at Bolton Abbey

    Bolton Abbey’s annual Easter Egg Hunt is set to be bigger and better than ever. The Easter Bunny is busy preparing the trail, which starts outside the Cavendish Pavilion and follows the riverside footpath through Strid Wood. And new for this

  • Ilkley Cow and Calf cafe refused bid to create seating area

    Plans to extend a snack kiosk by the Cow and Calf Rocks landmark and create an indoor seating area for visitors have been turned down by district planners. Bradford Council’s Keighley and Shipley Area Planning Panel last week refused permission

  • Ilkley trio launch Get Up and Go

    Three fitness instructors are to launch new exercise classes, boot camps and training sessions with a family-friendly twist. Based at Ilkley Rugby Club, Get Up and Go aims to support and encourage adults and children towards a healthier lifestyle

  • Ilkley Brewery commissions Grand Depart jersey

    As the Grand Départ draws ever closer, Ilkley Brewery is setting its wheels in motion for the world’s greatest cycle race by commissioning its own yellow cycling jerseys. The jerseys, made by Ilkley-based cycling jersey manufacturer Spirit Cycling

  • Road closure for Ilkley Carnival

    The organisers of Ilkley Carnival are giving residents and motorists notice of disruption to traffic on Monday, May 5 2014. Ilkley Carnival committee wants to let residents know that roads in and around the town centre will be closed, and no waiting

  • Ilkley pensioner died after she was thrown on bus in town

    A coroner is to make a report to a Government vehicle standards agency after hearing how a 90-year-old woman suffered fatal injuries when she was thrown from her seat on a bus. Age UK charity shop volunteer Muriel Dawson, of Queens Road, Ilkley

  • Tourist essentials

    As a tourist town and busy town centre, public toilets are one of the essentials anyone would expect to find in Ilkley while walking, shopping, or visiting local attractions. Although the central car park toilets, as well as those by the riverside

  • Country living

    Easter for most of us – whether religious, firmly secular, or somewhere in between – is a time to celebrate rebirth and experience rejuvenation. It’s hard not to feel your spirits rise as the skies clear and nature starts to burst into life again

  • Borrowed from his rivals to ‘hide debts’

    Markets Act 2000, and one of using a false instrument, contrary to the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981. Yesterday (Wednesday), prosecutor Miranda Moore QC said Sir David lied about both loans to the board of JJB Sports and, as result, the company

  • Victory will give Ilkley league title

    Rhys Morgan will tell his Ilkley players to play with their heads not their hearts as they go into Saturday’s home game with York knowing that victory will give them the Yorkshire One title. The head of rugby is also urging them to cut out the

  • Ben Rhydding impress in Yorskhire finals

    Ben Rhydding’s under-16 girls produced an impressive performance to finish runners up in the Yorkshire League play-offs at Halifax on Sunday. It represented their best-ever finish in the competition and was a reward for some determined performances

  • Made in Chelsea stars take in what Ilkley has to offer

    Two stars of hit TV show Made In Chelsea could be spotted in and around Ilkley last Friday. Rosie Fortescue and Louise Thompson were in town to launch an extension to The Yard bar and restaurant – the Orangery and Garden Bar – as well as a new