Casting has been announced for The Carole King Songbook which premieres in Yeadon in June before embarking on a UK tour. The production at Yeadon Town Hall will feature a host of local up-and-coming stars. Eve Kitchingman joins the cast fresh
OTLEY is preparing to host its big annual celebration of all things walking-related. The 2019 Otley Walking Festival will run from Saturday, June 22 to Sunday, June 30 and include more than 50 walks and walking inspired events. Many favourites like
ILKLEY Candlelighters May Ball took place at Rudding Park with the theme of ‘An Enchanted Evening’. Guests were greeted at the venue with a champagne reception and jazz music. They went on to dig deep into their pockets to win some fabulous prizes
125 Years Ago - 1894 Commencement of the Sewerage Scheme at Addingham - Mr. Pearson, of Cleckheaton, to whom the contract for the sewage works has been let, started a number of men to work on Tuesday morning, in Mr. Brear’s woodyard, behind the
Jenny Dixon Wharfedale Naturalists Society wharfedale-nats.org MY sister in the Scottish Highlands is an inveterate observer and recorder of her garden wildlife, just like me. The difference is that hers is rarer and, arguably, more exciting
Review: Edmund Hillary - A Biography by Michael Gill. Vertebrate Publishing. £24.00 I WAS too young to remember the actual day (29 May 1953) when Edmund Hillary became, with Sherpa Tenzing, one of the first two men to reach the summit of Mount
A WORKSHOP about the UK Parliament - and how to engage with it - will be given in Otley next month. Senior Education and Engagement Officer for Parliament’s North East region, Lynn Hobson, will discuss Empowering People: Discover the UK Parliament
ILKLEY Playhouse will play host to Mambo Jambo’s Nonsense Show on Sunday, June 16 at 3pm (tickets £6). The show promises to be lots of fun for children aged three to seven-year-old and their families. A show spokesperson said: “ Come and join
Ilkley and Otley Choral Societies concert, Saturday 11 May 2019 St Margaret’s, Ilkley Victoria Sharp (soprano), Helen Evora (mezzo-soprano), Michael Jones (tenor), Paul Gibson (bass). National Festival Orchestra (led by Sally Robinson), Yonni
Theatre Review: Educating Rita at Bradford Alhambra On national tour again, Willy Russell’s Educating Rita, stopped in Bradford where Leo Owen caught the show Designer Patrick Connellan’s set is a beautiful and extensive book-lined University
Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra, Leeds Town Hall, Saturday 11th May 2019 THE famous Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra from Siberia is currently touring the UK under the baton of Thomas Sanderling, the band’s chief conductor. Perhaps not surprisingly
By David Porter, Financial Planning Consultant, Armstrong Watson IT is common for employers to provide life cover for employees using Death in Service (DIS) schemes. These are structured under pension rules and therefore receive tax relief, but
A FRESH vision for Ilkley has been outlined by the new mayor after a political shake up at the town council. Liberal Democrat Mark Stidworthy spoke of the chance for change after the local election brought greater diversity of political outlook
GUISELEY AFC chairman Gary Douglas presented cheques to local charities. The cheques, for £666.66 each, were presented to three charities who benefitted from the FA Community Shield money, which the FA gave to Guiseley AFC. The money from the
ILKLEY Town will look to continue the club's successful season when they take on Shelley FC in the semi-final of the West Yorkshire League Cup next Wednesday. And Ilkley manager Simon Armstrong is looking forward to the match, even though his team
BRAMHOPE'S Shayan Siraj had to settle for the silver medal as he ended his junior career at the PG Mutual Cadet and Junior National Championships. Siraj was top seed in the junior boys’ singles and reached the final, thanks to a thrilling semi-final
THERE was some excellent scoring in the qualifying round of the Victory Cup competition at Otley Golf Club. There was no-one better than the nett 65 from leading qualifier, Howard Mould. The qualifiers extended down to Bill Clough, who finished
A SURVIVOR of the Manchester Arena bombing will run in memory of her best friend this weekend. Caroline Davis and Wendy Fawell, from Otley, had just walked into the venue’s foyer on May 22, 2017 when the bomb exploded. The pair had been shopping
WEST Yorkshire Police’s crime recording arrangements have been graded “outstanding” at the force's first inspection by the Inspectorate. In a report released by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) it sates
