Long-running plans to bring new cafe facilities to Ilkley’s Cow and Calf Rocks viewpoint finally came to fruition at the weekend. Cafe owner Toni Falconi invited family, friends and visitors to the official opening of his new cafe in the car park off
More than 1,000 people are expected to visit a show to encourage support for their local businesses, according to organisers. The Ilkley Business Forum will hold its third Summer Showcase in the town on Saturday, June 16, as part of its campaign to stimulate
25 Years ago – 1987 Digger Drama – Playtime at Yeadon South View Infants School nearly ended in disaster when a JCB digger careered downhill, ploughed through a hedge and fence and then continued across the playing fields before smashing into a
Free Birds, a new play by Hull-based writer David Cortona, will be performed at Ilkley Playhouse and Otley Courthouse as part of a district tour next month. Do Lizzie and Ben (both unhappily married to other partners) just meet up to inject a little
A youngster has won a pen after impressing judges in a handwriting competition. Max Bradley, a year 4 pupil at Ghyll Royd School in Burley-in-Wharfedale, claimed the prize in the Rotary Club of Ilkley handwriting competition. First prize for the best
This week’s visit by the Princess Royal will hopefully provided an economic bonus, not just for the two businesses she visited, but also the whole of the town. To some in may seem a little odd that Princess Anne chose to visit a brewery and a butcher
Ilkley’s rugby players are preparing for their toughest test of the season. They take on RFU National Intermediate Cup holders Stoke at Stacks Field on Saturday knowing that a place at Twickenham is at stake for the winners of the semi-final. The Dalesmen
Newly-crowned Women’s North Premier League hockey champions Ben Rhydding are to say farewell to their top scorer Jo Ellis. The Great Britain international, who scored twice in Saturday’s 7-1 final game triumph over Wigton, is taking up a teaching appointment
Ilkley Town 0 Horbury Town 1 A drab end-of-season game was settled by a fluke goal mid-way through the first-half. Neither side fashioned a clear goalscoring opportunity in the entire 90
Scarborough 25 Ilkley 17 With more than one eye on Easter Saturday’s Intermediate Cup semi-final, Ilkley’s made seven changes to the side that had demolished Huddersfield YMCA the week before. Coupled with their wretched away form this
Ben Rhydding 7 Wigton 1 Ben Rhydding rounded off their Women's North Premier League championship winning campaign by scoring seven goals for the sixth time this season. The win was their 17th in succession
Ben Rhydding produced an impressive performance top come third in the National Under-16 finals at Cannock. They had fought hard to earn their place among the top eight teams in the country and produced a big effort to record three wins and a draw.
Union flags and well-wishers were out in force as Ilkley welcomed a royal visitor to town this week. The Princess Royal visited two of Ilkley’s most successful businesses to discover what makes them tick during a flying visit to the town.
Ilkley Harrier Tom Adams continued his amazing winning streak at the Baildon Boundary Way this weekend. This was a multi terrain half marathon with over 200 metres of climbing. Tom won by over five minutes in 1h14:32 which would be a
A community cafe providing work for people with learning disabilities could reopen at a former garage building this autumn. It is understood staff and volunteers behind Ilkley’s Oasis Cafe could open a bigger community cafe at the former Glover’s Garage
