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  • Wharfedale Gold Launches With Australian Twist

    WHARFEDALE Brewery, housed at the back of the Flying Duck Brew Pub in Church Street, Ilkley is launching a new beer called Wharfedale Gold to its range this weekend, following an approach from a former Ilkley resident who now lives in Australia.Home brewing

  • 380 home housing scheme for Bramhope thrown out

    A 380 home housing scheme for Bramhope has been thrown out by planners.Miller Homes had applied to create the houses, along with a convenience store, off Breary Lane East - and claimed they would help address Leeds' housing shortage by providing &

  • Lions put on a safari hunt around hunt

    Otley Lions recently organised a Safari Hunt around the town. No wild animals were endangered in the process: the “hunt” entailed following a set of clues to track down images of a lion in shop windows. The participation rate was very high

  • Is your garage a member of the Good Garage Scheme?

    IF YOU need some work done on your car you want to choose a reliable garage that will provide an honest and fair service without overcharging you or doing work that wasn't required.Advice from the AA is to look for garages that have signed up to the

  • Hunters new Otley branch expands staff with apprentice

    HAVING opened their new Otley office on Kirkgate just under three months ago, Hunters have now expanded their team with the recruitment of an Apprentice, James Hendry. James has a wealth of local knowledge, as he lives in Otley, and is settling in well

  • Property of the Week

    Wheatley Lane, Ben Rhydding£600,000Dacre, Son & Hartley, Ilkley(01943) 600655SET IN spacious mature gardens, this four bedroom home has ample scope to be enlarged.With pleasant views to the rear up to the Cow and Calf rocks and to the front

  • Sunday school teacher denies sex assaults on child

    A SUNDAY school teacher subjected a young churchgoer to repeated sexual assaults as he read stories to a room of children, a Bradford jury was told.Bradford Crown Court was told that John William Laister, now 72, held the story book in one hand while

  • Love and War Exhibition in Leeds

    Time is running out to view a moving exhibition in Leeds exploring the theme of love during war.The Love and War display which opened in the Leeds Today area at Leeds City Museum in December 2013 marked the start of the First World War commemorations.

  • Saddened to learn of death of Ilkley teacher

    I WAS saddened to learn in last week’s Ilkley Gazette of the death of Miss Mary Weatherall, an influential part of the lives of so many local young people, whether or not they appreciated it.Yes – she did teach at Ilkley Grammar School but

  • Young people get head start to find a job

    Hundreds of young jobseekers in Leeds are being given free bus travel as part of a £1.2m scheme to help them get back into work.More than 800 young people aged 18-24 are being offered free weekly bus travel cards to help them get to college and