Is public transport viewed as a last resort?

5:12pm Thursday 6th December 2007

LIKE many green' initiatives, ensuring developers use some of their profits to provide a bus service on a new housing estates, seems like a great idea. Since the deregulation of bus services in the 1980s, many routes have been slashed because of the lack of a profit margin for operators.

Why wait until people complain?

4:16pm Thursday 29th November 2007

IT may well be a successful system of communication for some but Bradford's text a problem' scheme is not the ideal solution to deteriorating local infrastructure.

Burglaries bring new concerns to Ilkley

12:54pm Thursday 22nd November 2007

The fact that Ilkley has been the target of a spate of burglaries recently is not something that should be ignored or swept under the carpet, particularly as the town can hardly be regarded as a hotbed of crime in the first place.

Young faces in Remembrance Day crowds are heartening

1:02pm Thursday 15th November 2007

Once again we reach the time of year when the tradition of gathering around the cenotaph to remember those who laid down their lives for their country is observed.

One part of a vast tapestry of small changes to help the environment

3:56pm Thursday 1st November 2007

IT may only be a small step in the right direction but a small group of drivers has decided to test the market by ordering their own fuel from a supplier of bio-diesel.

Anonymous minority have discredited anti-Wharfedale trail campaign

9:42am Thursday 25th October 2007

TO oppose the creation of the Wharfedale Trail for whatever reason is entirely reasonable: to use dishonest and offensive tactics to further that opposition is not. Lurking in the shadows behind the public and legitimate campaigners against the trail, there has been an anonymous minority desperately seeking to smear the consultation process at the same time as engaging in the attempted character assassination of those associated with it.

The last thing they want in libraries is books

1:27pm Thursday 11th October 2007

IT may be just a coincidence, but Mr Cunliffe's suggestion that the Ilkley Library should make at least a passing reference to the Ilkley Literature Festival seems to come at a time when the very future of local authority libraries seems uncertain.

A culture which encourages binge drinking

4:59pm Thursday 4th October 2007

THERE has been a lot of publicity over the last few years about the issue of spiked' drinks. Obviously there is a threat and there are people who deliberately use drugs to try to gain influence over others who have no idea they have ingested extra narcotic substances.

Dutch show they haven't forgotten that wartime relationship

10:18am Friday 21st September 2007

THERE has been a lot of debate in the last few years about the Royal Air Force tactics of the Second World War. With the benefit of hindsight many have looked back on those years and criticised the policy of blanket bombing of German cities.

Why are we stifling the individual?

10:32am Thursday 13th September 2007

THE members of IRATE, the group formed to co-ordinate opposition to the creation of a new large Tesco store in the heart of Ilkley, can be excused for feeling a little let down by the parish council.

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