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  • Ilkley Quaker joins UN body

    ROBERT Gibson, a long standing member of Ilkley Quaker meeting, has been appointed a trustee/director of the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) committee in Geneva, Switzerland. He is becoming the honorary treasurer and the role will involve attending

  • Letter: Moorland is 'very vulnerable'

    The Devastation of Ilkley Moor This morning (Monday April 22) I walked up to Ilkley Moor to view at first hand the fire destruction caused to our beautiful moor by fire. Rather than the green swathes of growing grasses and leaves I was greeted with

  • Otley Singers don Easter bonnets for care home show

    OTLEY choir members donned Easter bonnets while entertaining residents at a local care home. Otley Singers visited Spring Gardens, on Westbourne Grove, during the weekend before Easter to spread some musical cheer. Choir members sang a selection

  • Easter fun at Rawdon allotments

    VICTORY Garden Allotments, Rawdon, had their annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday. The rather odd school holiday timings made it rather difficult to organise but Charlotte Waldron (a plot-holders) stepped in at very short notice to organise the event

  • Find out how to join Ilkley BID board

    THE Ilkley Business Improvement District Development Board are holding an information evening on Wednesday, May 1 at Banyan in Ilkley as part of the process of recruiting directors for the new BID company. Volunteers are needed on the board, who

  • A Timothy Forster exhibition at Ilkley Manor House

    FOR the first weekend of May the Manor House in Ilkley welcomes ‘Periods in Landscape’ an exhibition by Timothy Forster. A spokesperson said: “Timothy Forster is a watercolour artist, fell and ultra-runner based in Ilkley who is primarily concerned

  • Charities benefit from Cornerstone Cafe money

    ON April 7 Cornerstone Café held a coffee morning to present cheques to a number of local charities. Cornerstone Café is run entirely by volunteers and opens for light refreshments and lunches on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday (10am to 1.30pm) and on

  • Parachute jump for Lady Mayoress

    OVER the past year the Lady Mayoress of Leeds has been involved in a variety of fundraisers for St Gemma’s Hospice. Next week, however, Councillor Pat Latty will be taking things to literally a new level - when she jumps out of a plane. Cllr

  • Bramhope team marking decade of fundraising

    ‘INSPIRATIONAL’ volunteers in Bramhope are celebrating raising more than £40,000 for Candlelighters. Team Bramhope has generated the money for the children’s cancer charity by taking part in runs, walks and other events over the past decade.