A MENSTON mum is launching a national mental health campaign to promote ‘the power of kindness’. Tourism marketing professional and blogger Lyndsey Thomas has created Have a Heart to tie in with World Wellbeing Week (June 24 to June 28). The campaign
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OTLEY is to get its first electric car charging point. MP Alex Sobel (Lab, Leeds North West) and Otley and Yeadon’s ward councillors have been calling for the investment for some time. Leeds City Council has now confirmed that a charging point will
Ilkley Playhouse IMAGINE – or perhaps you don’t have to imagine! – having a passion for learning, and the intelligence and academic discipline to back it up. Imagine having the chance to follow that passion at one of the greatest seats of learning
BUSINESSES in Ilkley are being urged to collect evidence on the impacts of the parking changes in the town when they come into force on July 29. Ilkley BID Ltd, which operates the Business Improvement District in Ilkley, is appealing to local businesses
SOME 30 people have taken part in a climate change protest outside Leeds Bradford Airport. The event, organised by Extinction Rebellion, was held on Thursday, June 20 as part of a national push to publicise Clean Air Day. The protesters gathered
A LONG running campaign to build a bridge over the River Wharfe in Burley-in-Wharfedale continues as the stepping stones have been inpassable this month. The stepping stones are a public right of way linking Burley with Askwith and the extensive
THE Junior Leadership Team and Year 6 children at Westville House School enjoyed developing businesses Dragons Den style. Following an informative and encouraging Skype lesson from Nick Hewer the children pitched their business ideas to a panel of
AN outdoor activity centre at Yeadon is inviting everyone to have a go at sailing this weekend. One hour sessions will be available from Leeds Sailing and Activity Centre’s base at Yeadon Tarn on Saturday, June 29. Costing £5 each, there will
A PUPIL at Ben Rhydding Primary School was sponsored to have her hair cut for The Little Princess Trust. Ten-year-old Rebecca Bridgen wanted a haircut and realised it could be sent off to be used to make wigs for children with cancer. Rebecca
THIS year’s LOGCO Otley Cycle Races are set to be ‘carbon neutral’. The 2019 event, organised by Sonja Harper, takes place on Wednesday, July 3. Past winners have included Mark Cavendish, Adam Blythe, Jonny Clay, Scott Thwaites and Russ Downing
TWO of the team from Yeadon based Craven Jewellers, Malcolm Sparkes and Bev Warrior, are in training to take part in The Great North Run on September 8, 2019. They are running in support of two charities Children With Cancer and The Stroke Association
A SPECIAL match to raise funds for Wheatfields Hospice in Headingley and celebrate the Women’s World Cup will take place at Ilkley Town Football Club. Ilkley MP John Grogan visited Ilkley Town Football Club to meet some of the girls and women who
THERE was a dramatic end to the men’s singles final at the Ilkley Trophy. Runner-up Dennis Novak, who had a match point at 5-4 in the final set, broke his racquet over his knee after losing 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) to Germany’s Dominic Koepfer. Seconds
OTLEY remained top of the Aire-Wharfe League with a comprehensive 114-run victory at home against Collingham and Linton on Saturday. Otley won the toss and chose to bat, and after they found themselves 55-4, a tremendous fifth-wicket partnership
SOME Last Night of the Proms style entertainment will be served up at Horsforth this weekend. Leeds Symphony Orchestra will give its annual concert at St Margaret’s Church on Saturday, June 29. The show, conducted by Martin Binks and guest conductor
ST John’s Parish Church in Menston has received a Bronze Eco Church award from A Rocha UK as part of its commitment to improving the environment and combatting climate change. The award covers areas of life such as the management and maintenance
PERENNIAL finalists Otley and Burley-in-Wharfedale will meet again after high scoring victories in the semi-finals of the TB T20 Cup. All the teams entertained healthy crowds on a glorious sunny evening last Thursday. Ilkley visited Otley and
Jenny Dixon Wharfedale Naturalists Society wharfedale-nats.org.uk MY garden is looking particularly colourful at present with many different colours of geraniums along a dry border and two splendid rambling roses just coming into flower. I
NEW Guiseley signing, centre-back Hamza Bencherif, is looking forward to using his experience to help bring on the club's many young players. The former Algerian under-20 international joins a Guiseley squad with youngsters such as Scott Smith and
