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  • Answer needed for 'out of control' parking

    RESIDENTS hit by parking problems are being urged to share their concerns with Ilkley Parish Council, as councillors press for long-term solutions.A wide range of concerns with parking across the town - ranging from all-day commuter parking in and around

  • Otley grocer summoned to court for failing to close shop at 8pm

    125 years ago - 1889Harvest operations in Mid-Wharfedale are now in full swing, and there are indications of average crops. Wheat is not extensively grown about Ilkley and Otley and what there is is in the outlying villages and is somewhat deficient owing

  • Eighties hunk to bring classic glamour home

    WITH his neat moustache and slicked back hair, Maxwell Caulfield looks every inch the golden era movie mogul."I'm playing him bombastic and cigar-chomping, those guys are still around," says a charming and chatty Maxwell, of his role as

  • Feast of live music in store at Otley Courthouse

    OTLEY Courthouse is looking forward to hosting "a great month of music" in October.Award-winning Celtic folk-rock outfit The Roving Crows will kick proceedings off with a show on Friday, October 3.The performance starts at 8pm, with doors open

  • Ilkley man pedalling to Paris for baby charity, Tommy's

    AN Ilkley man has set off on his very own Grand Depart bike ride from Leeds to Paris to raise money for the baby charity, Tommy's.Rob Pratt, a member of Ilkley Cycle Club, left Leeds Town Hall at 7.30am on Wednesday and is aiming to rise the 450miles

  • Your view: letters

    ‘MAJORITY are in favour of a shoot ban’, Ilkley Gazette August 28, was a misleading cover for a dismally devised ‘survey’. Ask perverse questions and you get perverse answers.If Ban Bloodsports on Ilkley Moor had asked visitors

  • Rethinking parking is a tricky manoeuvre

    PROBLEMS with parking will not come as much of a surprise to anyone used to living, working or doing business in Ilkley.It’s probably fair to say difficulties with finding places to park - and with the fallout from people parking wherever they can

  • Thought for the Week

    Thought for the WeekMgr Kieran HeskinParish Priest, Sacred Heart Parish, IlkleyRembrandt’s Aristotle is a painting in which the great Greek philosopher and teacher stands in his study. His lips are pursed in thought as he weighs in his mind the

  • Mindful craft sessions this autumn

    MINDFUL craft sessions at Ilkley's Outside the Box cafe this autumn will encourage participants to 'switch off' and live in the moment.Art and craft events organiser, Gillian Murgatroyd, is working with Nicola Murray of Bingley-based arts

  • Norah celebrates her 100th birthday

    ILKLEY resident Norah S Haswell celebrated her 100th birthday last Wednesday (August 27) with a party at Troutbeck Nursing Home attended by her family, friends, staff & residents. Mrs Haswell spent most of her life in Middlesbrough, until moving

  • Norah celebrates her 100th birthday

    ILKLEY resident Norah S Haswell celebrated her 100th birthday last Wednesday (August 27) with a party at Troutbeck Nursing Home attended by her family, friends, staff & residents. Mrs Haswell spent most of her life in Middlesbrough, until moving

  • Norah celebrates her 100th birthday

    ILKLEY resident Norah S Haswell celebrated her 100th birthday last Wednesday (August 27) with a party at Troutbeck Nursing Home attended by her family, friends, staff & residents. Mrs Haswell spent most of her life in Middlesbrough, until moving

  • Norah celebrates her 100th birthday

    ILKLEY resident Norah S Haswell celebrated her 100th birthday last Wednesday (August 27) with a party at Troutbeck Nursing Home attended by her family, friends, staff & residents. Mrs Haswell spent most of her life in Middlesbrough, until moving

  • Norah celebrates her 100th birthday

    ILKLEY resident Norah S Haswell celebrated her 100th birthday last Wednesday (August 27) with a party at Troutbeck Nursing Home attended by her family, friends, staff & residents. Mrs Haswell spent most of her life in Middlesbrough, until moving

  • Cavalry riding over the hill for Guiseley

    GUISELEY are hoping to receive a much-needed player boost before Saturday's tough Vanarama Conference North fixture at Brackley.After keeping four clean sheets in securing three wins and a draw, the Lions have slumped to successive heavy home defeats

  • From the party boy prince to heroic king

    THINK of Shakespeare's History Players and you'd be forgiven for thinking of dry school texts."Tell me about it," says Alex Hassell, who stars as Prince Hall in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Henry IV Parts I and II