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  • Community Education courses at Otley

    CLASSES on everything from improvisation to Italian will start at an Otley school in September. Prince Henry's Grammar School has finalised details for this year's Community Education Programme, which begins on Monday, September 16. As always

  • Otley phone boxes are up for adoption

    OTLEY Town Council is considering adopting a pair of old telephone boxes. The Policy and Resources Committee will discuss the plan, to safeguard the future of the two red phone boxes in the Market Place, when it meets on Monday, July 22. The

  • Civic Service for Otley Mayor

    DIGNITARIES have attended the Otley Town Mayor’s Civic Service. Councillor Peter Jackson held the event at Our Lady and All Saints Church on Sunday, July 14. Those attending included Deputy Lieutenant of Yorkshire Roger Bowers, the Mayors and Mayoresses

  • Otley service honours railway navvies

    HUNDREDS of people have attended a rededication service for Otley’s Navvies Memorial. The ceremony took place beside the Grade II Listed monument, in the grounds of All Saints Parish Church, on Saturday, July 13. The model of the crenellated

  • Tabby’s cycle ride for teen cancer

    A TEENAGER who was diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer is giving back to the people who saved her life by embarking on a 250 mile sponsored cycle ride. Tabitha Wood, from Burley-in-Wharfedale, was just 13 when she was diagnosed with the

  • Hunters support children’s charity

    HUNTERS For Sale boards have a brand-new design as the company is sponsoring the Principle Trust Children’s Charity. Every sponsored board equates to a £10 donation made direct to the Skipton based children’s charity. Mike Davies, founder and chairman

  • New book tree event at Ilkley Book Fair

    THE Kings Hall and Winter Gardens is the venue for the annual Ilkley Book Fair (PBFA) to be held on Friday, July 26 from noon to 6pm and again on Saturday, July 27 from 10am to 4pm. Entrance to the event is free and about 50 dealers will be attending

  • Local runners trek north to tackle the fells of Scotland

    ON a fantastic weekend of British sport, the annual fell running pilgrimage to the famous Alva Games in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, did not disappoint. The weather was the best that Scotland could offer, being a gloriously hot, sunny July day.

  • Addingham Gala is a musical extravaganza

    THE theme for Saturday’s 2019 Addingham Gala was ‘A Musical Extravaganza’ and a lively parade, led by the Leeds School of Samba. The parade was made up of a School of Rock,the Spice Girls, a school of Baby Sharks, Nursery Rhymes nursery and after-school

  • Help for bereaved children

    CHILD Bereavement UK and Leeds City council are joining forces to help young people who have lost a parent or family member. A new service, is offering a telephone helpline, one-to-one support and group sessions. The charity’s director of regional

  • Concert band performs 100th gig

    THE Woolpack Concert Band based at the Woolpack Music and Art Studios in Otley performed their first gig for AVSED (Aireborough Voluntary Services for the Elderly, http://www.avsed.org.uk/), managed by Sarah Lunt, on Tuesday 22nd December 2015.