RACE and religious hate graffiti was sprayed on council flats in Otley. A shocking slogan directing violence towards Jewish and Muslim people — though both words were spelt incorrectly — appeared on a wall at Fairfax Flats last Saturday morning
RESTORERS of a historic locomotive have secured a loan of up to £46,000 to enable the completion of work on the 112-year-old vehicle. The Transport Trust has agreed to provide the 1903 NER Autocar Trust with a loan facility as it continues its
HEALTH bosses in Leeds are being urged to back a campaign aimed at cutting suicide rates. MP Greg Mulholland (Lib Dem, Leeds North West) is asking Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to review how it treats people with depression. The MP’s call
STUDENTS from Guiseley School learned about careers in electronics during a visit from a training, technology and resource centre. Teenagers met with representatives from Horsforth-based Electronics Yorkshire, which supports the electronics industry
A POLITICAL party which wants more powers for Yorkshire has chosen a candidate to fight Leeds North West in May’s General Election Physics teacher Dr Bob Buxton, of Rawdon, will be one of several Yorkshire First candidates standing across the county
A FAMILY lawyer from one of the country’s best-known specialist firms has joined Newtons Solicitors to top another year of continuing expansion. Rachel Baul, a former partner at national firm, Stowe Family Law, Harrogate, will work out of all nine
NEW street lights have been approved by Bradford Council to replace ageing lamp posts on Grove Road. The council’s Keighley Area Committee agreed to go ahead with the work last week, after officers recommended the replacement of the lighting columns
THE New Year has kicked off to a sporting start at Westville House School in Ilkley. Snow and chilly conditions did not dampen the enthusiasm of the pupils who took part in the annual cross country Catterall Shield event at Giggleswick School.
OTLEY Courthouse held its first Baby Cinema this week. The new monthly event, for parents with children aged two and under, launched on Monday, January 26, when American Hustle was shown. The next film to be screened will be The Book Thief,
A FUNDRAISING cake sale will be held at Otley Buttercross on Valentine’s Day. The sale, for premature and ill baby charity Bliss, is from 10am to noon.
BELLE will be the next matinee shown at Otley Courthouse. The film, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw in the title role, will be screened by Otley Film Society at 2pm on Thursday, February 12. Inspired by a true story, it follows the life of an illegitimate
AN OPTICIAN is urging people in Guiseley to donate their old glasses to help people in the developing world. Guiseley Specsavers collected 30,000 pairs of glasses for Vision Aid Overseas in 2014 and is once again asking for unused frames to be
A NEW law on the introduction of plain packaging for tobacco could come into force by next year after it was announced MPs will be asked to vote on the plan before May’s General Election. The measure is expected to pass despite Conservative objections
THE FRIENDS of Ilkley Moor are looking for members to help distribute copies of its events programme, in an effort to keep the events well supported. A series of events is being planned through the summer months, including practical and educational
AN ILKLEY pub is seeking planning permission to retain three sheds in its beer garden and courtyard area and build a new smoking area. The Black Hat, which recently opened at the former Rose and Crown premises in Church Street in the town, has
POLICE in West Yorkshire have revealed details of people’s abusive past to current partners on 21 occasions in less than a year, using legislation known as Clare’s Law. The law was introduced under a year ago, after Clare Wood was murdered in 2009
ILKLEY Civic Society is behind a bid to get four key inter-related buildings in the town protected as assets of community value. The nomination for the Town Hall, Library, King’s Hall and Winter Garden states that they “are at the centre of Ilkley
PEOPLE are being asked to share their views on Boxing Day bus services. Last year, the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) funded more than 40 bus routes on Boxing Day, many aimed at getting shoppers to big retail centres for the sales.
MP Philip Davies has urged ministers to ensure jobcentres back job fairs organised by MPs to help people back into work. The Shipley constituency MP held a jobs fair in November which saw businesses and organisations come together with 300 vacancies
THE introduction of free public Wi-fi at Otley Library looks likely to be delayed until spring. Leeds City Council has been rolling out the service at public buildings across the city, with most due to be in place by the end of this month.
THOUSANDS are expected to take part in a mass cycle ride along the route of the first ever Tour de Yorkshire, which passes through Ilkley, Menston, Otley, Pool-in-Wharfedale and Arthington. The Tour de Yorkshire Ride will give cyclists the chance
WALKERS are warning that someone could be killed unless urgent safety measures are put in place on a stretch of the Dales Way. Members of the Dales Way Association are stressing the danger on a section of Bolton Road in Addingham, which links two
Mike Sansbury, assistant manager of The Grove Bookshop, reviews The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins A NUMBER of factors contribute to a book’s journey up the bestseller charts; in the most honourable cases this ascent is a result of word of
Review of Queen & Adam Lambert, Leeds Arena IT is 40 years in November since I bought my first Queen album, A Night at the Opera, having heard the remarkable Bohemian Rhapsody on Kenny Everett’s show on Radio 1. Over the next year or so I added
ART lovers still have time to visit an exhibition of early David Hockney work at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery in Bradford. Looking is a Very Positive Act examines the early work of David Hockney, and is approaching its final weeks, with the exhibition
THE King’s Hall will play host to A Night of Dirty Dancing in April. Reliving Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey’s sizzling performing in the ultimate coming of age romance, the show is brought to Ilkley on April 16 by Ilkley-based Wicked Lady Promotions
THE Full Monty movie cost about £3 million to make and earned more than £160m at the box office, making it is one of the highest-grossing British films. But Keighley screenwriter Simon Beaufoy reportedly got no royalties for his story. Now Simon
