IN the lead up to Easter, Ilkley Cycling Club's Camilla Boyton rode the Bronte Wheelers evening time trial and recorded 37 minutes 9 seconds on the tough 12-mile Skipton-Bolton Abbey-Skipton course. On the same evening over at Preston, Jim Adamson
IT may have been a Bank Holiday weekend but that didn’t mean time off for a contingent of Ilkley Harriers who were in action around the country. And it was indeed a Good Friday for Bradford 10K winner Jemima Elgood who continued her stellar form
A FOLK band from Otley is looking forward to performing at a Washburn Valley church. Summercross - or at least the group’s acoustic incarnation - is one of the acts that will play when Norwood Methodist Church holds Folk @ Norwood on Friday, May
WHILE firefighters battled with four moorland fires three miles east of Addingham Moorside on Sunday, the 56 competitors in the Yeadon-Guiseley club’s third closed to club championship trial at the Silsden venue sweltered in almost tropical heat.
OTLEY’S MP has declared his backing for the Otley 2030 campaign. The group is pushing to ensure that the town is carbon neutral - by pursuing a strategy for offsetting CO2 emissions - by 2030. Leeds North West MP Alex Sobel. who sits on the Environmental
AN OTLEY schoolgirl has had her poem declared ‘best in Yorkshire’. More than 25,000 primary school children from across England and Wales entered the second annual Premier League Writing Stars poetry competition. Themed on diversity, this year
ILKLEY Town, playing their final league fixture of the season, drew 1-1 at Knaresborough Town on a sweltering day over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend for . From the start the game had a slow tempo, as Town tried to play their passing game and Knaresborough
Review: Trail and Fell Running in the Yorkshire Dales by Pete Ellwood LAST year readers will recall I reviewed a similarly titled book about Trail and Fell Running in the Lake District. Cicerone Books have now produced a second book in this series
EATEN BY LIONS, the award-winning and critically-acclaimed British comedy feature which was released in cinemas last month, is coming to Ilkley in May for special Q&A screenings with Britain’s Got Talent’s Jack Carroll, who stars in the film.
AUDIENCES in Bramhope and Adel can look forward to some dramatic murder mystery fun. Adel Players is preparing to stage two murder mystery evenings - the first at Bramhope Village Hall on Friday, May 17 and the second at Adel War Memorial Hall the
OLD Otliensians 2nds lost 53-17 to Roundhegians 2nds in the Aire-Wharfe Cup Plate semi-final last Wednesday. The opening five minutes looked very promising for ‘Ensians with John Offer making good yards and Matty Tenniswood taking play to the home
GUISELEY AFC Academy ended their league season with a 5-1 win at Farsley Celtic to confirm their status as National League Under-19 Alliance Division One champions by a nine-point margin from York City. They now go into the Alliance Champion of
ONE of the world’s best-known gypsy jazz acts is preparing to perform in Wharfedale. The Robin Nolan Trio will take the stage at Otley Courthouse at 8pm on Friday, May 17. Lauded by musical giants such as Willie Nelson, Rolling Stones bassist
OTLEY began defence of their Aire-Wharfe Cricket League title with a comprehensive eight-wick win over Horsforth on Saturday. Skipper James Davies, new opening bowler Damon Reeve and David Hester all took three wickets for Otley as they bowled Horsforth
THE bikers of Aire Valley UK Harley Owners Group visited the residents of Straven House and Glen Rosa in Ilkley on their annual Easter Egg Run. Each resident and members of staff were presented with an Easter Egg and had their photos taken with the
Music for Good Friday at Leeds Minster, The St John Passion JOHANN Sebastian Bach’s settings of the most emotive Christian story, the betrayal and crucifixion of Jesus, belong to an elite handful of transcendent sacred works. St John is the shorter
Theatre Review: Rita, Sue and Bob Too at St George’s Hall Domestic abuse, poverty, unemployment, infidelity, dysfunctional families and the ill-effects of Thatcherism are all explored as the expletives fly in Dunbar’s darkly comic play, impressively
Daring audiences to embark on their own adventure, Around the World in 80 Days, comes to the Leeds Playhouse pop-up theatre where Leo Owen caught the show WITH its cast of four playing multiple parts, this adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days
THE Ilkley and District Good Neighbours charity has appointed a new co-ordinator for its popular project Moving On, which offers companionship, guidance and support to over-60s in the community. “We’re really pleased to welcome Amy Robinson to our
A CONCERT of flamenco, opera arias and popular song will take place at Christchurch on The Grove, Ilkley on Friday, May 3 from 7.30pm. The concert will feature flamenco guitarist Samuel Moore. Having recently been described as “A fantastic flamenco
FIVE West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue appliances and crews remained on Ilkley Moor yesterday and spent all night monitoring three sectors of the moor in the aftermath of the weekend's fire. Councillor Mike Gibbons (Con, Ilkley), who was on the moor
A HISTORICAL walk across Otley Chevin is detailed in a new information leaflet. The pamphlet was recently presented to Town Mayor Mary Vickers by the Friends of Chevin Forest and Walkers are Welcome Otley. It provides information about a route
STRIKING images captured by local photographers will be on show at Otley Parish Church this weekend. Otley Camera Club's 2019 Annual Exhibition takes place from 1pm to 5pm on Saturday, April 27 and from 1pm to 4pm on Sunday, April 28. Admission
SCOTLAND Yard have charged 71 people in connection with the Extinction Rebellion protests, including one from Ilkley. They will appear in various London courts over the next few days charged with offences including breach of Section 14 Notice of
