A CANCER charity is searching for quiz organisers in Wharfedale, Horsforth and Aireborough. Macmillan Cancer Support wants to set up events for The Macmillan Mammoth Quiz on Friday, February 27. The annual fundraiser, which sees quizzes being held
WOMEN are being urged to get the New Year off to a great start by signing up now to Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life 2015. Every hour, more than three people are diagnosed with cancer in Yorkshire and the Humber and that is why Cancer Research
ILKLEY organisations are being urged to stage debates in the run-up to the general election. The plea has been issued by John Grogan, who will challenge the Ilkley seat for the Labour group on May 7. So far two debates had been provisionally
A THAI boxing world champion has been been putting pupils in Otley through their paces. Rachael Mackenzie gave an inspirational talk about overcoming prejudice against women competing in contact sports when she visited Prince Henry’s Grammar School
BUDGET airline Ryanair is launching a new route from Leeds Bradford to Riga, with services to Germany and Scandinavia expected to follow next year. The latest addition means the airline will have 21 routes from the Yorkshire airport, attracting
BURLEY and Menston MP Philip Davies says a suggestion that the EU would stop free trading with the UK if it left the European Union is “scaremongering”. Shipley MP Philip Davies said claims by Business Secretary Vince Cable that free trade would
BUSINESS leaders in Otley have celebrated a busy 12 months of achievement. Otley Chamber of Trade held a wide and varied programme of events during 2014. Its activities included entering an Otley Carnival Shop Local Float, launching a Facebook
POLICE are appealing for information after a bogus caller tricked his way into an elderly woman’s home in Yeadon. At about 1.35pm on Tuesday the man called at the 87-year-old victim’s home in Otley Road and claimed to be from the council to check
AN URGENT appeal has been made for blood donors to come forward in January to help maintain healthy blood stocks. All blood types are needed, but particularly O Groups. With heavy demand for blood and many people taking extended holidays over
AN ILKLEY primary school has been chosen to take part in an exciting new initiative to inspire school children to take an interest in their local environment. As part of a wider campaign by Bettys to promote the value of native trees and woodland
MP Kris Hopkins is calling on retail outlets in Keighley and Ilkley to submit their applications to the Best Small Shops Competition, an initiative promoted by the All Party Parliamentary Small Shops Group in partnership with the Independent Retailers
VEGETABLES may be seen as boring in some quarters but there is nothing dull about these specimens. Fruit and veg take on a new lease of life in the hands of culinary sculptor Alex Matthews, who is on a mission to teach children about environmental
A GUISELEY skin clinic has been successful in national aesthetic awards. Good Skin Days was deemed the best clinic in the North of England and was one of 21 winners from around the country. Staff from the clinic attended the Aesthetics Awards
A FREE ten-week snooker course for young players is to begin at a Menston club this month, under the auspices of the Paul Hunter Foundation. The Foundation was set up in memory of professional snooker player, Leeds-born Paul Hunter, who died of
THE cancer charity Clic Sargent has thanked a talented musician and cancer survivor from Ilkley who organised and performed in a concert in the town which raised £1,950. The concert of English Music for St Cecilia’s Day took place at St Margaret
STAFF at a landmark Craven hotel are celebrating after its restaurant became the only one in the country to be given a prestigious “four rosettes” award by the AA . Judges said the highly-coveted award showed The Burlington Restaurant at Bolton
MENSTON MP Philip Davies's campaign to get the man behind Yorkshire’s Grand Depart knighted has been backed by House of Commons leader William Hague. Mr Hague said the New Year’s Honours list was not the only one of the year and he would be speaking
CAMPAIGNERS fighting for better consultation over major developments in Menston head into the first stage of a High Court legal battle on Monday. Menston Action Group (MAG) raised £5,000 for its fighting fund in a week and has enlisted a barrister
BOYS from Year 1 at Ilkley’s Moorfield School ventured down to the school grounds to inspect progress on their new sports facility. The boys were pleased to see the diggers hard at work, moving away huge mounds of soil and rock to make space for
