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9:54am Thursday 17th May 2012

Councillors will need to discuss new options

Letters to the Editor

11:45am Friday 11th May 2012

Access to information is not always so easy

It’s time for action over 20mph ‘respect zones’

Should Watford be a 20mph zone?

10:25am Thursday 26th April 2012

Whoever is successful in the forthcoming election, in compliance with national road safety advice to protect our children, can we hope progress will be made with regard to the installation of 20mph zones around schools in Ilkley?

Eager to cast a vote on controversial subjects

10:23am Thursday 26th April 2012

Documents published by the Department for Communities and Local Government make it very clear cities with elected mayors have more chance of getting what they want than those without.

Elected mayor would be a disaster for the district

MOTION: MP Kris Hopkins

10:15am Thursday 26th April 2012

Next Thursday, the people of Keighley and Ilkley will face arguably our most important vote in almost four decades. It was 1974 when both towns lost their independence and were frog-marched into the new Metropolitan Borough of Bradford.

Time to take the plunge over public toilets for Ilkley

Ilkley Station

10:17am Thursday 26th April 2012

Northern Rail recently upgraded Ilkley Railway Station facilities, providing a new ticket office, waiting room and waiting areas but no new public toilet facilities.

Parish council working hard for community

Parish councillor Heathcliffe Bowen wants to set up an organisation to help Ilkley Library

10:19am Thursday 26th April 2012

The time seems right to set the record straight regarding some of the recent ill-informed comments made about Ilkley Parish Council.

MP all set for challenge

Mike Tomlinson (left) and Greg Mulholland prepare for the event

10:52am Thursday 12th April 2012

This Sunday I will be lining up on the Champs Elysees to start my attempt to complete the Jane Tomlinson Appeal 10th Anniversary Challenge.

More than willing to debate on local issues

Anne Hawkesworth

10:53am Thursday 12th April 2012

May I please request the courtesy of your columns to reply to the letter of Edward Wild from last week?

Is mayor move a bid to ‘muzzle’ our residents?

10:54am Thursday 12th April 2012

Having received a leaflet this month I now know I will be asked to take part in a referendum in May which will ask whether I want an elected mayor.

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