Updates on the future of Ilkley’s Manor House Museum and on the food bank in the town will be heard at the next Ilkley Parish Council meeting.

The Parish Council will hold its first meeting of 2014 at Ilkley Town Hall on Monday (January 6).

Chairman, Councillor Mike Gibbons, is expected to update councillors on the ongoing discussions over the future managements of the Manor House. Bradford Council aims to pass the museum’s management over to the community.

And Councillor Brian Mann will talk about the food bank collections set up recently by Churches Together in Ilkley.

Other business to be discussed includes office cover at the Parish Clerk’s Office, and a proposal to buy a new Welcome to Ilkley sign.

Updates are also expected from local police. The meeting starts at 7.30pm.