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  • Ilkley traffic lights take the weekend off for bank holiday

    TEMPORARY traffic lights which have led to congestion on the main A65 through Ilkley over the past few weeks are to be taken out for the bank holiday weekend. Northern Gas Networks, which is carrying out ten weeks of work to replace underground

  • Fundraising hits the catwalk in style for Macmillan event

    A STYLISH ballroom at The Craiglands Hotel in Ilkley was packed with over 200 guests to enjoy the tenth anniversary fashion show for Macmillan Cancer Support on Thursday.The fashion show has become a go to evening to celebrate spring and summer fashions

  • Nature Notes

    Nature Notes by Brin BestWharfedale Naturalists' Societywharfedale-nats-.org.ukTHIS week, for the first time in my life, I felt some sympathy for a magpie. I know that many readers will find this hard to believe, as this pied member of the crow family

  • Picture of the Week

    THIS week's Picture of the Week was taken by Steve Davey on Saturday, April 23 of the River Wharfe at Otley Mills. If you have a photograph you would like to see published in the paper please email: claire.lomax@nqyne.co.uk

  • Thought for the Week

    Thought for the Week byMgr Kieran Heskin Sacred Heart Church, IlkleyA FEW years ago one of our bishops was dying and when an old friend visited him he said: “Jack, the greatest thing we can do in life is to love and care for each other”. Jesus gave a

  • Work starts on new homes scheme in Menston

    BUILDING work has started on a new £8 million homes scheme in Menston.Yorkshire house builder, Chartford Homes, is developing 12 four, five and six-bedroom detached homes on land at Bingley Road, at its junction with upper Cleasby Road.Construction work

  • Enough primary school places for Wharfedale children

    PRIMARY schools in the Ilkley area have found places for local children without needing to formally increase their official Pupil Admission Number (PAN) this year, it has been confirmed this week.Allocations of primary school places were made and confirmations

  • Cafe to discuss end-of-life wishes

    A SPECIAL cafe is being set-up where people can discuss end-of-life wishes.The facility will be provided at Airedale Hospital on Wednesday, as part of Dying Matters Awareness Week.Members of the palliative care team will be available in a section of the

  • NHS 'vigil' held outside Wharfedale Hospital

    AN NHS 'vigil' was held outside Whafedale Hospital this week in support of the junior doctors' strike.About 60 people attended the event, which was organised by Otley and Yeadon Labour party, in cold conditions in Otley on Tuesday night.The vigil took

  • Family says thanks with Love the NHS charity badges

    A FAMILY'S gratitude to the NHS is being marked with the sale of fundraising loveheart badges.Derek Marshall came up with the idea of 'Love the NHS' emblems to thank the service for caring for his wife, Betty, who had dementia and suffered from a catastrophic

  • Tour de Yorkshire trophy on display at Otley

    THE TOUR de Yorkshire trophy has been impressing residents during a whistle-stop tour of Otley.The Y-shaped silverware made its way to venues across the town on Friday – little more than a week before the high-profile cycling race rolls into town. People

  • Otley church on Tour de Yorkshire route all set for busy day

    OTLEY Methodist Church is expecting to be very busy during Tour de Yorkshire day.The church stands in Boroughgate, where the women's race and stage two of the men's competition will both start on Saturday.It will be serving Fairtrade tea and coffee, bacon

  • Otley all set for 'fantastic' Tour de Yorkshire

    WITH only days to go until the 2016 Tour de Yorkshire Otley is buzzing with excitement.Preparations for Saturday are all in place with council chiefs promising a "fantastic" spectacle.Otley is hosting the start of both the women's race, featuring

  • Walk will retrace the steps of the 'Pals'

    A ROUTE taken by the Leeds Pals will feature in this year's Otley Walking Festival.The 2016 festival runs from June 25 to July 3 and, as always, will feature a wide variety of themed walks designed to cater for differing abilities.New this year, though

  • Ben Rhydding under-14s pipped for place in National finals

    BEN Rhydding’s under-14 girls were in action at the England Hockey North championships on at Alderley Edge on Sunday where the winners of the four-team event would qualify for a place in next month's National Championships.Ben Rhydding started tentatively

  • King who wants to help Otley's cycling queen win Olympic gold

    THE rider who wants to help Lizzie Armitstead to win gold in Rio will be trying to plot her downfall in Saturday's Tour de Yorkshire Ladies Race.Dani King, who knows what it is like to win an Olympic title as a member of Great Britain's winning women's

  • Tigers tamed as Ilkley roar to victory over league champions

    Sheffield Tigers 27 pts, Ilkley 28 ptsIlkley have produced some outstanding results in recent times and this one counts among the best. The Tigers were celebrating their National Three North title triumph and had an unbeaten home record until the Dalesmen

  • Lions boss Bower: Beat Torquay and see where it takes us

    Guiseley will be fighting for their National League future against Torquay at Nethermoor on Saturday. The Lions are facing the prospect of relegation after just one season following a disastrous set of results last weekend. Mark Bower’s men

  • Golden girl Lizzie Armitstead at home for Tour de Yorkshire

    IT’S back to work for Lizzie Armitstead on Saturday as she takes to the start line for the women’s Tour de Yorkshire.And the streets of her home town of Otley will be packed with her admirers as she bids to capture the £15,000 first prize in the race

  • Ilkley schoolboy barred from classroom for "extreme" haircut

    THE FATHER of an Ilkley schoolboy placed in 'isolation' because staff labelled his haircut "extreme" is to make a formal complaint to Ilkley Grammar School.Callum Rhind, 13, was removed from his lessons on Friday and made to continue with schoolwork