AN ARSON attack at a Guiseley school is being investigated by police.New pre-school toys worth around £4,500 were seriously damaged along with a shed. The toys were being stored at Guiseley Infant and Nursery School, in Oxford Road, in time for the start
GUISELEY play their final pre-season friendly tomorrow at Curzon Ashton’s Richmond Street Ground.The Nash are a division below Guiseley and are rivals of Bradford Park Avenue and FC Halifax Town in Vanarama National League North. Curzon have only been
WHARFEDALE pupils have been given an educational gift before they start secondary school.The Rotary Club of Otley Chevin has handed out a total of 220 illustrated dictionaries to local Year 6 school leavers.The books have been presented to children at
CORONATION Street legend Kevin Kennedy is to star in the West End hit musical The Commitments when it comes to Leeds.The UK tour features many of the cast from the show’s two year run at London’s Palace Theatre, including Brian Gilligan and Andrew Linnie.Kevin
A NEW cup in honour of Joe Maiden will be awarded at this weekend's Weeton Show.The 2016 event takes place in the village on Sunday and is expected to attract some 3,000 visitors.Attractions will range from show jumping and carriage driving to ferret
RENOWNED Ilkley butcher Lishman’s is celebrating its 30th birthday with a mini-festival of food.Customers, neighbours and residents are being invited to help mark the anniversary on Saturday, from 2pm to 8pm.The event will include live music along with
BUSINESSES should do more to help improve the district's schools.That was the message from one boss at a public forum to discuss the Bradford Education Covenant, drawn-up last year to highlight what needed doing to bring about improvements.Frank Clayton
AN AIREDALE Hospital charity has received £1,281 following the winding-up of a group earlier this year.The cash was left in the coffers of Silsden Civic Society when it disbanded in April.Friends of Airedale Hospital have been presented with the funds
SMALL-SCALE flytippers will be slapped with £400 spot fines if caught, council bosses have agreed.The size of the fines are the maximum allowed under new legislation which allows local authorities to hit offenders with fixed penalty notices rather than
MORE painful cuts will have to be made to council services in the years to come, a meeting heard yesterday.Bradford Council’s Executive met at City Hall to pore over the authority’s finances.The meeting heard that its annual budget had already shrunk
HUMAN resources staff from the care trust that runs the Centre for Mental Health at Airedale Hospital have won a top accolade.They have received an excellence in human resources award from the Healthcare People Management Association.The Bradford District
AN APPERLEY Bridge woman will be saddling up with her partially-sighted friend to set off on a 170-mile tandem ride coast to coast in aid of charity.Helen Williams, 50, from Apperley Bridge, is taking on the four-day challenge which leaves from Morecambe
AN ARTIST and teacher from Otley has set off on a 1,000-mile fundraising ride.Shane Green, whose public sculptures include the heritage trail carvings on Otley Chevin, is cycling from John O' Groats to Land's End for Martin House Children'
ILKLEY residents are being asked to dig out a range of unwanted items and donate them for recycling.Building on the success of last year's bicycle recycling event, Ilkley Wharfedale Rotary Club's recycling day on September 24 will be bigger than
