Guiseley boss Mark Bower is confident his squad is approaching full strength as they prepare for two games in three days over Easter.The Lions lost 1-0 at Chorley on Tuesday and travel to Colwyn Bay on Saturday before hosting Stalybridge at Nethermoor
ILKLEY coach Rhys Morgan was delighted with the way his North One East promotion-chasing side demolished Northern 62-0 at Stacks Field on Saturday.The result extended their unbeaten home record to 28 games – a run that stretches back two years to the
A CREATIVE celebration of Easter has inspired people across Ilkley to reach for their cameras and capture images of natural and man-made crosses for a church exhibition. All Saints Parish Church invited local people to spot and photograph as many
To Kill A Mockingbird, West Yorkshire Playhouse THE cast are intermingled with the audience; a whistle signifies the start of the show as actors turn-take reading sections of To Kill a Mockingbird’s opening. They embrace Director Timothy Sheader
GOOD Friday shoppers in Otley will be offered a hand while they are packing. Otley Lions is holding a fundraising bag-pack at the town’s Sainsbury’s store between 9am and 5pm on Friday, April 3. Proceeds will help the club’s bid to create an
WHARFEDALE and Aireborough residents are being asked to give blood, as well as chocolate, this Easter. NHS Blood and Transplant is hoping people will consider making a donation over the Easter holidays to support life-saving medical work. The organisation
CAR boot sales will restart in the grounds of Airedale Hospital on Easter Sunday. The sales will then run on the first Sunday of every month through summer. The cost is £10 per car and anyone interested in booking a space should email airedalefriends
A CYCLISTS only one-way system for Otley was Tweeted as an April Fool’s Day joke. A prankster using the name “robw” posted the message. It read: “Shock decision by #Otley council last night to make the one way system into a cycle path only - pedal
DROP in to Christchurch in The Grove, tomorrow, Good Friday, between 10am and 10.45am, to take part in the Easter egg trail. Follow the egg trail to go through the Easter story, watch a short Easter film and enjoy hot cross buns in the cafe.
A TALK about the history of Old Pool Bank’s quarries will be given next week. The History of Pool Group will also be briefed about a future Pool Bank Quarry walk when it meets on Tuesday. Running from 7.30pm to 9pm, the event takes place at
KIDS can hunt Easter eggs on Easter Sunday and Easter Monday with special trains departing between 10.30am and 5pm at Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam railway, Skipton. More information at embsayboltonabbeyrailway
A GOOD Friday Walk of Witness and a watching of the sun rise at the Cow and Calf Rocks on Easter Sunday are planned by Churches Together in Ilkley. On Good Friday participants will meet outside All Saints Church, on the corner of Church Street
A FUNDRAISING ‘buns and bakes’ sale will be held at next week’s coffee morning in Timble. The event takes place at the Robinson Library from 10.30am to noon on Wednesday, April 8. Buns and tray bakes made by local schoolgirl Emma Dickinson
THE FINAL Friends of the Manor House talk at the Ilkley museum before it closes will take place tonight. Hans van Lemmen will talk about Decorative tiles in Yorkshire, and show examples. The talk will start at 7.30pm.
A COLOURFUL new mosaic has been unveiled in Otley. The artwork, featuring a Tour de France cyclist as its centrepiece, has transformed a disused doorway on the side of Otley Courthouse. Created in conjunction with the local community arts group
THREE more people, including men from Otley and Guiseley, have been charged over an international drugs bust off the coast of Ireland last year. The luxury yacht Makayabella (pictured) was intercepted in September after crossing the Atlantic with
BESSIE and Ernest McGivern had no idea of the surprise awaiting them when they arrived at the Clarke Foley Lunch Club as usual last Thursday. In celebration of their Diamond Wedding anniversary, the hall at the Ilkley community centre was decorated
A SENIOR carer suffered “life-changing” injuries when her car was hit almost head-on by a drink driver after he had been on a night out in Ilkley. Paula Parker, who had to be cut free from her Ford Fiesta car following the early morning collision
GLUSBURN builder and stonemason Nathan Wrigglesworth won the Ilkley Grand National Trial for the fourth time.Eighty eight years on since Bradford's Eddie Flintoff rode a Sunbeam motorcycle to victory, the cross country timed event is still thriving.Wrigglesworth
JONO McMillan has announced that he is stepping down as assistant coach to Ben Rhydding's men's first team.He has spent three tough years working alongside coach Demy Dowley and steps down after the side were relegated from the North Men's Premier League.During
Featherstone Colliery 4 Ilkley Town 1AFTER recent promising performances Ilkley suffered a relapse and were comfortably beaten in their Division One clash.They had trouble adapting to a tricky pitch and blustery conditions and their only reward was a
BEN Rhydding under-10 boys’ produced a battling performance to finish second in the North Finals.Their first group game was against eventual winners Deeside and they lost 4-0 with all the goals coming in the last six minutes despite a fine performance
BEN Rhydding’s under-14 girls continued on their victorious ways by winning the Yorkshire Youth League play-offs for the first time in 13 years after beating Doncaster on penalty flicks at Wakefield on Sunday.Rhydding began the day with their first pool
