CAMPAIGNERS opposing housing developments in Menston are celebrating a second victory in days after learning a judicial review is to go ahead. Menston is expecting to make history by being the first village in the country to instigate a judicial
WHARFEDALE Line train services were disrupted this morning after reports of a broken line near Menston.Rail infrastructure operator Network Rail was called in to check the tracks, and train services run by Northern Rail were replaced by buses between
“THE fight continues.” That was the defiant response from campaigners after hearing that Arthington has failed to make a list of potential new railway station sites. The Metro feasibility study, unveiled last week, considered the merits of more
A COLOURFUL mosaic created to celebrate Otley’s history has been officially unveiled. As this photograph shows, the town was battered by a sudden snowstorm just as the Otley Heritage Mosaic was displayed at Tittybottle Park last Thursday. Designed
VOLUNTEERS are needed for Horsforth Beer and Cider Festival on Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7. Contact horsforthbeerand cider festival@hotmail.co.uk. To help with food contact Diane Childs, 0113 2161844.
THE St David’s Day Concert at Christchurch in Ilkley on February 28 will be Steeton Male Voice Choir’s first date of the year. The choir will perform on The Grove, at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £8 from the church.
THE St David’s Day Concert at Christchurch in Ilkley on February 28 will be Steeton Male Voice Choir’s first date of the year. The choir will perform on The Grove, at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £8 from the church.
FIREFIGHTERS waded waist deep into the fast-flowing River Wharfe to rescue a dog walker who became trapped on an island with her two pets and became ill. Several fire crews were called to Beanlands Island, off Leeds Road, in Ilkley, last Wednesday
JUDGES are putting innocent people at risk by allowing criminals back on the streets to commit heinous crimes when they should be locked up, an MP has said. Shipley MP Philip Davies pointed to a report which said two rapes and one unlawful killing
CHILDREN who attend the nursery at Ashlands School in Leeds Road, Ilkley, have been busy taking part in some drumming sessions — thanks to funding from Ilkley’s Little Lane Children’s Centre. Twenty youngsters have attended a drumming session for
ILKLEY Camera Club’s Creative Light Exhibition 2015 will be formally opened by the Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Mike Gibbons, on Saturday, February 14 at 2pm. The exhibition of over 200 prints and projected images, will feature the work of
A POP-UP fashion store will launch in Otley this weekend. Local entrepreneur Kirsty Sharpe started up Closet Renaissance as a way of combining her love of fashion and getting a bargain. The new business focuses on selling unworn or nearly new
PEOPLE in Bramhope are being urged to object to plans for a housing development and changes to a public park. Local people have until February 13 to make their feelings known about the proposed four-home development on land at Leeds Road. The revised
A LOCAL GPs’ group has been named as a national pioneer in its efforts to make health and social care services work better together. Nationally, there is a push to make GP practices, hospitals and social care services work in a more co-ordinated
ILKLEY venue, The Yard, is hosting its fourth annual Beer Festival throughout February, celebrating some of the best of Yorkshire’s Breweries. The ‘Beerfest’ will showcase over 30 beers and give customers the chance to try as many as they wish in
“YOU’RE WRONG”. That is the blunt message Otley’s MP has delivered to Leeds City Council over its decision to refuse a Blue Badge to a charity. Otley Action for Older People (OAOP) has relied on a disabled parking badge for years to help its minibus
MORE than 250 people attended an event to find out about future plans for Guiseley Theatre. The ambitious redevelopment plans, which will cost more than £2m, have won widespread support with many offers of help from members of the public. Among
GROUSE shooting could be banned on Ilkley Moor next week if senior councillors are swayed by an anti-bloodsports campaign. The authority has a controversial ten-year arrangement which allows the Bingley Moor Partnership to shoot grouse on the Council-owned
ILKLEY-based Approach PR is pumping its heartfelt efforts into supporting a Yorkshire-based national charity in 2015. The award-winning PR consultancy is partnering Heart Research UK to carry out a number of fundraising activities throughout the
LIBRARIES in Ilkley, Burley-in-Wharfedale and Menston will he holding magical activity sessions next week as Bradford libraries hold their first Harry Potter night. Burley and Menston Library are doing a quick draw challenge, a Diagon Alley Hunt
SIX drivers have been issued with police warnings for rat-running at Old Pool Bank. The motorists were stopped by police on the access-only, upper section of the Old Pool Bank road during a 45-minute check on January 22. Officers had attended in response
ILKLEY resident and keen carriage driver of small native breeds, Joan Lawrence, is organising an equestrian table top sale at Bolton Abbey Village Hall on February 21 from 9am to noon. The event is in aid of Sports Driving Unlimited, a charity
BROWNIES learned important fire safety messages and got a close up look at the work of West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service in a visit to Ilkley Fire Station. The 3rd Ilkley Brownie Unit visited Ilkley Fire Station and talked to Alex Watson and
OPTICIANS are urging people in Ilkley and Otley to donate their old, unwanted glasses to their New Year appeal, which aims to improve the eye health of those less fortunate in the developing world. Ilkley and Otley Specsavers collected more than
FIVE wins in January have catapulted Ilkley to within three points of North One East leaders Sheffield.And as they prepared for Saturday's long trek to Alnwick, they received a further boost.Last-season's top try scorer Stuart Brewer, who hasn't played
