JOAN Armatrading will visit Leeds Grand Theatre next month on her last major world tour. The singer-songwriter and guitarist, 64, has decided that after 42 years, there’ll be no more continuous long-haul travel. But not only is this her ultimate
AIREBOROUGH Camera Club is inviting people to take part in its second photographic competition. Non-professional photographers of any age can submit work on the theme of My Yorkshire, with images of town, countryside, coast, events, buildings or
ONE of the UK’s most versatile actors and performers, Brian Conley, continues his successful musical theatre career with Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Barnum at Leeds Grand Theatre in April. The musical follows the life and dreams of America
AN INTERNATIONAL organist and a soprano will join forces for a recital at St Margaret’s Church in Ilkley on Friday March 6. The church plays host to a monthly organ recital, usually performed by the church’s director of music, Christopher Rathbone
A BAND whose music incorporates sounds from around the world will take the stage at Otley Courthouse next month. Unfurl blend Indian ragas, flamenco and Arabian music and then add improvisation to create a unique experience each time they play.
Crazy for You by Guiseley Amateur Operatic Society at Guiseley Theatre THE tune-packed Crazy for You is a romantic love musical based on the book by Ken Ludwig, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and music by George Gershwin. It is being performed this week
A PIONEERING bid has been launched to secure protected status for all of Otley’s pubs. Otley Pub Club has submitted a multiple application, thought to be the first of its kind, to have all of the town’s 20 inns listed as Assets of Community Value
TRICIA Platts, secretary of Bradford’s First World War Group, looks at the Dean brothers from Ilkley and the strange case of the Steinthal brothers. Tom, Arnold and Arthur Dean came from the younger end of a family of seven children. Their father
TORY Shipley MP Philip Davies has been nominated the fourth most anti-EU MP in the Commons. The Bruges Group has graded MPs on their voting record. Mr Davies, who scored 82 per cent, said: “I am as passionate about leaving the EU as anybody.”
AMBULANCE chiefs are looking for volunteers to help save lives. Yorkshire Ambulance Service is asking people to come forward in Otley, Guiseley and Horsforth to join their Community First Responder (CFR) schemes. CFRs are volunteers who provide
A YOUTH Cafe Morning is being planned in Guiseley to raise funds for activities for young people. The event will raise money for two youth clubs, the Friday Night Project and the Thursday Girls Group at Aireborough leisure Centre. The clubs
A LONG serving councillor is standing down after 42 years — and could be opening up the way for a husband and wife team. Conservative Les Carter, who represents Adel and Wharfedale on Leeds City Council, would have been due for re-election in May
