AN ALL-SINGING, all-dancing concert-style show celebrating the music of Steps, S Club 7 and the Spice Girls will be premiered at Yeadon Town Hall in November. 7 Spice-y Steps: Bring It All Back to the 90s features a cast of professional vocalists
PUDSEY MP Stuart Andrew has attended a Pride Reception at 10 Downing Street to celebrate the first twelve months of the Government’s four-year LGBT Action Plan. Mr Andrew said: “I was very pleased to be able to attend the Pride Reception and I was
LEEDS artistic photographer, Gemma Wood had always aspired to take photographs. Little did she know her journey would take her thousands of miles to Canada and back again. “Moving to a small farming town in Perdue, Canada ten years ago offered me
A WOMAN who took on a feral Romanian canine so traumatised by human brutality he had to be sedated or netted before being approached, will be at the Grove Bookshop, Ilkley from 11am to 2pm on Saturday, July 27, accompanied by her dog Ursu, to sign
MASSIVE celebrations were held in July 1919 as people across Britain marked the end of the First World War. The nation had already celebrated after hostilities came to an end in November 2018. And they took to the streets again for Peace Day, on
WHARFEDALE residents are being urged to nominate local sites that are going the extra mile to improve accessibility. Harrogate-based charity Open Country’s Good Access Scheme award recognises the best countryside ‘access for all’ projects across
A NURSE who ensured her ovarian cancer patients had access to a new drug giving them extra months of life has won a prestigious UK award. Amy Dugdale, who works for Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, recognised that her patients could access the life-prolonging
DOZENS of families and their pets have enjoyed a Doggy Day Out in Ilkley in support of Candlelighters. The children’s cancer charity held the event at the Riverside Gardens on Sunday, June 23 when a 2.5km sponsored dog walk was the highlight event
WALKERS and runners in Burley-in-Wharfedale will find footpaths a little more accessible thanks to recent work by the village Walkers are Welcome group. A joint working party in June with Lower Wharfedale Ramblers recently installed two kissing
A COMPANY founded by a former Ilkley Grammar School pupil is in the running to be named one of the best rural businesses in the UK after being shortlisted for a regional Rural Business Award. Comms Kick, which was founded by Chloe Hampson Ward in
LABOUR is ‘still a party of Brexit’ despite a recent policy shift. That is the claim being made by the Liberal Democrats Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Leeds North West, Kamran Hussain. It follows Labour’s recent announcement that it will
125 Years Ago - 1894 The Education Department says that Ben Rhydding ought to have a board school. An inspector who has been down to the spot confirms the Ilkley School Board’s estimate of the number of children in the locality - twenty to thirty
OTLEY Lions Club has appointed its new President for the year ahead. David McDowell was welcomed into the role at a special presentation event which was held recently at Leathley Village Hall. Mr McDowell was presented with his chain of office
TOURIST guide Maria Glot will be back in Otley next month to discuss the history of Saltaire. Maria gave a talk about the earlier part of the World Heritage Site’s story, from 1803 to 1876, when she visited Otley Courthouse in April. It will
THE 113th Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts 2019 started with verse speaking classes for children and adults held at the Craiglands Hotel in Ilkley. Some of the younger classes were so oversubscribed that they needed to be split for ease of
AIRECENTRE Pacers runners have been notching up the points throughout Yorkshire and beyond, with wins as far north as chilly Aberdeen. Debbie Bland set a new course record at Armley Parkrun for the over 65 women, in a time of 24 minutes and 33 seconds
THE St Mary’s Menston intermediate girls’ athletics team became champions of Leeds last week, winning the Leeds Schools’ Athletics Association finals. Thirty-six secondary schools from across the city started the competition which, through qualifying
HE’S back. That was the cry after the Blackfell Race, an event which proved to be a memorable one for Ilkley. In what was an English Championship Fell Race counter and also incorporated the 2019 Yorkshire Senior and U23 Championship races, things
GUISELEY'S Marcus Bignot says he's excited about pitting his managerial wits against Leeds United head coach Marcelo Bielsa in a friendly tonight. The Lions host the Championship giants tonight (7.45pm kick-off), followed by the visit of League
ILKLEY Cycling Club riders competed in big events against national level opposition last week. Wednesday evening saw another excellent promotion of the Otley Town races, which were held in great weather and drew large crowds. A large Ilkley contingent
TRIBUTES have been paid to a former Otley police inspector who has died at the age of 56. Richard Coldwell was the Otley-based Neighbourhood Policing Team Inspector for Outer North West Leeds for seven years. The father-of-two died suddenly on Friday
ILKLEY residents are being urged to not panic if they see the town’s river or one of its becks turn green on Friday or over the weekend. A fluorescent green tracing dye is being put into a watercourse that comes off Ilkley Tarn to try to better
