OTLEY Sailing Club has added another prestigious award to its collection. The club has been presented with the Duke of York Community Initiative Award in recognition of its Sailfree programme. The volunteer-run scheme allows young people with disabilities
125 Years Ago - 1894 A polluted well - At the Skipton Petty Sessions on Saturday, the Skipton Rural Sanitary Authority made an application for an order on four residents of Addingham to close Batty Well, which was stated to be in a polluted state
A NEW play explores the brief and defiant life of the writer of hit 1980s comedy Rita, Sue and Bob Too. The play by Bradford teenager Andrea Dunbar was famously filmed in locations including the city’s Buttershaw estate and Haworth. Lisa Holdsworth
HIT musical Les Miserables returns to Bradford Alhambra for a five-week run from July 9. Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed production of the Boublil and Schönberg musical will be at the Alhambra as its only Yorkshire venue in the UK tour. Joining
PRESIDENT John Brash of the Ilkley Wharfedale Rotary Club welcomed two new members to the club at their meeting on Tuesday, May 21. David and Janet Sleightholme have been attending club meetings for some time and said: “We are pleased to be joining
AN OTLEY school has apologised after students sat a GCSE exam containing a topic they hadn’t been taught. Pupils at Prince Henry’s Grammar School encountered the problem when they were taking their Religious Studies test on Monday, May 20. That
BRADFORD’S Sikh community has helped to support a key local bus service in the Yorkshire Dales. Working closely with the Friends of the Dales (Yorkshire Dales Society) and Dales & Bowland CIC, all six Gurdwaras (Sikh Temples) in Bradford have combined
WHARFEDALE residents are being invited to welcome the summer solstice with a song. Otley Singers are holding a workshop at Clifton Village Hall on Saturday, June 22 to greet Midsummer. The event, run by the choir’s musical director Lorraine Cowburn
AN OTLEY club has celebrated its 29th Charter Dinner. The Inner Wheel Club of Otley Chevin held the event at the Chevin Country Park Hotel on Tuesday, May 21. President Jennifer Angus welcomed the District Chairman Suzanne Brindley, Rotary Club
ILKLEY BID Ltd has announced that Helen Rhodes has been appointed as BID Manager with effect from June 1. The role was advertised both locally and nationally and applications were received from candidates from a wide variety of backgrounds. The
WITH Midsummer’s Day fast approaching it must be time for some more Midsummer Brass. Ilkley’s popular and longest-running brass band fixture brings the City of Bradford Brass Band back to the town on Friday July 5 for Ilkley Wharfedale Rotary Club
CAMPAIGNERS including Otley’s MP are calling on Sainsbury’s to do more to tackle plastic waste. MP Alex Sobel (Lab, Leeds North West) and Town Councillor Mick Bradley (Green, Danefield) were part of a group who protested outside the company’s Otley
By Rhys Davies, Armstrong Watson Skipton WE HAVE all heard many of the following phrases when discussing the requirement to have an audit: ‘We have to have one’ ‘It’s just an overhead’ ‘A necessary evil’ ‘A box-ticking exercise’ But what if
A GOLFER from Bramhope is set to make history. Kimberley Hill will become the first female captain of Headingley Golf Club when she takes over in March, 2020. Founded in 1892, Headingley is the oldest golf club in Leeds. Kimberley, currently
TWO of the biggest sporting clubs in Ilkley are set for a fundraising "grudge match" of 20/20 cricket this weekend. Players from Ilkley Rugby Club and Ilkley Cricket Club will go head-to-head in The La Casita Jeff Martin Memorial Trophy 20/20 Cricket
GUISELEY Vixens is set for liquidation this summer. A Guiseley AFC spokesman said: "It is with great regret that the club can confirm that the 2018/19 season was the final chapter in our history, and that Guiseley Vixens will be liquidated this
A NEW Zealander is implementing England and Wales Cricket Board coaching sessions for Ilkley's boys and girls. Kiwi James Gifford is overseeing the 2019 All Stars cricket sessions, which began at Olicanian Cricket Club’s Denton Road ground on Friday
