A FORMER music teacher who went on a fact-finding mission to learn about the value of school and community choirs in America has met the Queen at a celebration marking the 50th anniversary of The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. Pat Smith, of
A COUNCILLOR has welcomed thousands of pounds of funding for free counselling sessions and crèche facilities, at Horsforth Children’s Centre. A total of £8,382 has been agreed for the service by Leeds City Council’s North West outer community committee
A LABOUR Parliamentary candidate has spoken out against plans to increase the number of new homes for Horsforth’s Clariant site. Permission was already in place for 400 homes to be built at Clariant Riverside Mills, but now a proposal to add another
A BURLEY-in-Wharfedale man, Mark Webb, 47, has successfully completed the Big Heart Bike Ride in support of the British Heart Foundation (BHF). Mark, who works for Santander, joined over 60 cyclists for the 430 kilometres challenge, which took
LEEDS is to push on with its bid to be crowned the 2023 European Capital of Culture. The council’s executive board agreed to support the move and now work on drawing up a detailed expression of interest bid, which must be submitted by December
IMPROVED links between Leeds Bradford and Heathrow airports are set to give regional businesses a £9 billion boost and create more than 11,000 jobs, it was announced this week. Heathrow Airport outlined a set of commitments to strengthen the connections
VOLUNTEERS were thanked for their community work in an awards ceremony. Keighley and Ilkley Community and Voluntary Action (KIVCA) presented certificates to volunteers of all ages in the Ilkley and District Volunteer Awards 2015. Ilkley Parish
ONE lucky person could scoop £6,000 if they pay their council tax by direct debit this year. Bradford Council has teamed up with Bacs, the organisation behind direct debit, for the draw. Bradford is one of three West Yorkshire local authorities
BRADFORD’S newest train station is on track to be up-and-running this summer. The under-construction £8m station, at Apperley Bridge, will open to passengers in five months’ time, 50 years after the old station there was closed. On Monday,
OTLEY’S MP has held a “productive” meeting with health chiefs over the future of Wharfedale Hospital. Greg Mulholland discussed how empty wards could be used when he met Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust’s chief executive, Julian Hartley, and
A CASH donation by councillors means special cafes for people with dementia will be able to continue. Otley Action for Older People has been running its Memory Lane Cafe sessions, to provide support and entertainment for those living with memory
RESIDENTS and staff of the Bupa Burley Hall Nursing Home were joined by the Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Mike Gibbons, to celebrate the completion of a £300,000 refurbishment to create a more dementia-friendly environment in Greenholme, a dedicated
THE HISTORY of Pool-in-Wharfedale’s quarries will be discussed at a meeting next month. The History of Pool Group will also hear an update about a forthcoming Pool Bank Quarry walk when it meets at Wharfedale Court on Tuesday, April 7. The 7.30pm
MORE than £3,000 is to be spent on new litter bins in Addingham, Silsden and Steeton. Craven Ward councillors Adrian Naylor (Ind) and Chris Atkinson (Ind) are spending the money from their ward members’ funding, to provide and install a total of
COUNCILLORS have approved an ‘eleventh hour’ deal to keep Otley Citizens Advice Bureau going. The agreement, hailed by Otley CAB volunteers, means some advice services will continue to be provided in the town after all. The Otley bureau was
LEEDS North West MP Greg Mulholland and Otley Town Mayor, Councillor Nigel Gill, helped Otley Sailing Club officially open their new facilities at Weston Water last Sunday. In glorious weather, the ribbon was cut on the £47,883 clubhouse upgrade
AN OTLEY car park could become one of the first in Leeds to get an electric vehicle charging point. Leeds City Council has received Government funding to create a network of charge points across the city – but only three are to be in council car
AFTER a blank Saturday, Guiseley can make ground on the top two in the Vanarama Conference North with a win at rivals Chorley tonight.It will be fourth against third at Victory Park as Mark Bower's Lions take on Garry Flitcroft's Magpies and the sides
