THE King’s Hall and Winter Garden will become the home of fine beers and ciders for two days starting tomorrow. Ilkley Round Table is hoping to raise thousands of pounds for charity when it holds the Ilkley Beer Festival. As in previous years
A ROAD lining truck ended in a field following an incident involving another vehicle on the A65 at Coutances Way, Ben Rhydding, on Friday morning. Police said nobody was injured in the incident, which happened at around 9.47am. The truck left
THE Lady Mayoress of Bradford, Elizabeth Sharp, is hosting an International Women’s Day Lunch for the Lord Mayor’s Appeal. Anne Morrison, the chairman of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), will be the guest speaker at the
THE new Bishop of Bradford is to spend five weeks living in different parts of the region as part of an innovative programme of visits to get to know his area better – starting in Ilkley. Bishop Toby Howarth, who became the new area bishop of Bradford
OTLEY’S MP has criticised the government for opposing a change that would have increased planning protection for pubs. Currently inns can be turned into supermarkets or offices, or demolished, without planning permission — a loophole the Parliamentary
A WHARFEDALE MP has signed a Book of Commitment pledging to never let the lessons of the Holocaust be forgotten. Last Tuesday, January 27, marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau
LABOUR’S local Parliamentary candidate has hailed a city council scheme to get free Wi-fi into public buildings in Otley and Yeadon. Leeds City Council is currently rolling out free internet access at more than 100 libraries, children’s centres
OTLEY Lions raised more than £20,000 for good causes last year. The group, which supports local, national and international charity and community projects, generated the money through book sales, sponsorship, public donations and collections. Publicity
POLICE are appealing for information after a 13-year-old girl was approached by a man at an Otley park. The teenager was with friends in the play area off Tealbeck Approach just after 3pm on Sunday. The girl was alarmed when the man, who was in
A STUNNING looking stone cyclist has started greeting motorists as they enter Otley. The figure is the centrepiece of a new dry stone wall gateway that has been installed beside the A660, near the turn-off for Wharfebank Business Centre. Created
CONTROVERSIAL plans to change a council’s sibling policy for school entrance are set to be scrapped. The proposal to take away priority status from children with brothers or sisters already at the same school caused consternation when it was announced
THE BODY of a 72-year-old man was pulled from the River Wharfe in Otley last weekend. Emergency services were called to Pool Road just before 6.15pm on Sunday, with the body retrieved from the water around an hour later. The man’s identity
THE next meeting of the Wharfedale Naturalists Society will take place at Christchurch in Ilkley on Tuesday February 10. The evening, starting at 7.30pm, will feature two presentations, the first being an introduction to the Yorkshire Wildlife
ILKLEY Children’s Centre is keen to find interested parents to be part of their advisory board and to attend their Parents’ Forum, which takes place on Wednesday, February 11, starting at 11am and lasting an hour. The centre will be open and services
THE future of a proposed town council for Guiseley is in the balance with a recommendation that the scheme should be rejected. Councillors are being told the request should be turned down because people living in Hawksworth and Menston do not want
MP STUART Andrew stood behind Strangers Bar in the Houses of Parliament to pour the first pint of Blistered Feet in aid of Little Heroes Children’s Charity. Little Heroes is a Shipley charity which provides thousands of pounds of distractions and
POLICE are monitoring routes in and out of Ilkley for criminals following 13 house burglaries last month. Residents are being asked to make sure their homes are secure – and to report anything suspicious to the police – after the unusually high
CITY hall chiefs have been accused of refusing to reveal how much council tax cash is being transferred from richer to poorer parts of the Bradford district. Shipley MP Philip Davies, whose constituency includes Menston and Burley-in-Wharfedale
CHILDREN had an exciting morning when they learned about and handled rain forest mini-beasts. David Cocks, central ranger for Yorkshire from Zoolab, visited Moorfield School in Ilkley last week, and brought with him snakes, a tarantula, giant millipedes
ILKLEY Summer Festival has welcomed £7,000 of funding from Bradford Council, as cutbacks take their toll on other local authority spending. Festival managing director Anne Hawkesworth, who is also a ward councillor, said it was a ‘pleasant surprise
OTLEY’S MP is urging people to take a few minutes to talk about mental health. Today is Time To Talk Day – a national awareness-raising event to break down stigmas attached to mental health issues. Research shows that one in four people will
