A LATE surge helped Ilkley secure a bonus point in a 21-15 against high-flying Blaydon at the weekend. The Saturday morning weather had threatened to turn Stacks Field into a swamp, but by kick-off time, the sun was out and the playing surface
ILKLEY Soroptimists hold their meetings at the Clarke Foley Centre and now proceeds from their craft stall at the Bolton Abbey Mince Pie Fair has enabled the centre’s ladies and disabled toilets to be twinned providing for the building of latrines
THE Ilkley Scare Trail has presented a cheque for £2000 to the LS29 Special Needs Group. They were one of three beneficiaries of the £6,000 raised at last October’s Halloween event. Event organisers Paul Jennings and Daniel Rodley were at LS29’s play
YEADON Town Hall will officially come under new management next month. The 140-year-old building will come under the control of the Yeadon Town Hall Community Interest Company on April 1. The running of the building is being taken over from Leeds
THE Co-op at Bolton Bridge is the first supermarket in Ilkley to participate in a Mass Unwrap. A trolley full of unnecessary plastic was removed from purchases in just two hours on Saturday, highlighting the need to rethink packaging. Wharfedale
OTLEY’S MP is calling for a review of staffing levels in care homes. Alex Sobel (Lab, Leeds North West) made the plea after being contacted about an incident where a woman in a home had been sexually assaulted by a fellow patient. Addressing
A FAST start gave Ilkley Town a 5-1 victory against Headingley 5-1 at Weetwood Sports Park on Saturday. With it being the only Premier Division game to go ahead, Town had an opportunity to return to the top four. Despite the rain, the pitch was
THE British Transport Police have issued a statement confirming that the person who died on the Wharfedale railway line on Sunday was a woman in her 60s. The statement said: "Officers were called to Burley-in-Wharfedale station at 9.56am following
FEMALE firefighters at West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS) are inspiring the next generation to learn the fire service is a career for everyone, not just boys – after a young girl was told the opposite. Five-year-old Grace Spencer’s
POOL find themselves deeper in relegation trouble following a 2-1 defeat in a scrappy, wind affected match at Kippax on Saturday. As ever, when a team is down, the edge always seems to go to the opposition, and Kippax's winner came with virtually
ILKLEY Manor House Trust brings Trouvere - the Marshall’s Music to Ilkley Manor House on Thursday, March 21 from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. 2019 is the 800th anniversary of the death of William Marshal, often referred to as England’s greatest knights. He
LOCAL wind orchestra, Phoenix Concert Band, returns to St Margaret’s Church in Ilkley on Saturday, March 23, 2019, with a loud and lively evening of music to see off the winter and warm everyone up for spring. The programme includes Danzon No.2,
THROUGH this wet and windy March there is a rainbow beaming out. You won’t find it if you look up into the sky but it can be found in the King’s Hall at the end of March, when Wright Theatre Arts Dance Academy (WTA) bring The Wizard of Oz to the stage
A BRIDE has rung the bells at her own wedding - in what is believed to be a ‘first’ for Otley Parish Church. Suzanne Phillipson climbed the spiral stairs up to the church’s Ringing Chamber in her bridal dress following her marriage ceremony on Saturday
HORSFORTH Churches Together are hosting a series of Lent Talks during March and April. On the theme of How does my faith sustain me? a number of different speakers will share their experiences of challenging times in their lives and how their faith
MORE than 11,000 books have been given to children in Leeds to celebrate World Book Day. The donation was made to Leeds City Council by a national organisation which wishes to remain anonymous. The books will be distributed to families, nurseries
Theatre Review: Hamlet at The Leeds Playhouse’s Pop-Up Theatre Topically coinciding with International Women’s Day celebrations, Amy Leach’s female reimagining of Hamlet opens in the Playhouse’s Pop-Up Theatre where Leo Owen caught the show In
BUS passengers are being invited to flag up concerns about local services at a public meeting in Otley. MP Alex Sobel (Lab, Leeds North West) has organised the Thursday, April 4 event as a follow-up to a meeting that was held in Headingley in February
By Denis O’Connor Wharfedale Naturalists Society CROUCHED beneath the hedge five yards from our kitchen window recently was a male sparrowhawk, a blue tit clutched in its talons. It stayed a few seconds before lifting off over the hedge into
TORRENTIAL overnight rain failed to wreck the opening event in the Belle Trailers ACU British Ladies and Girls Trials Championship in North Berkshire on Sunday. The three lap trial took place at Seymours Arena in the village of Aston Tirroid, where
A MAD March mix-tape of music and magic is playing for you at Ilkley Playhouse. The Wildman Studio is gaining a strong reputation as a music and events venue, as the line up this month can attest. First, turn up and tune into Laurel Canyon Union
SCHOOLCHILDREN in Horsforth are celebrating receiving some brand new books. The town’s Morrisons store donated a selection of titles to Horsforth Newlaithes Primary School to mark World Book Day on Thursday, March 7. The books were given thanks
A LOCAL politician has praised an MP for raising the issue of bank closures. Tim Farron urged Theresa May to force banks to ‘compensate the communities they have abandoned’ during Prime Minister’s Questions last week. The Liberal Democrat MP for
