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GUISELEY Art Club is staging an exhibition at Rawdon Community Library. The exhibition began on Tuesday, July 16 and will run until October 14. Entrance and parking are free.The library will benefit from any sales made.

JAGUARS and electric vehicles are going on sale in Guiseley following a £4 million refurbishment of the Farnell Land Rover site. Operations director Jatinder Aujla said: “This is an incredibly exciting time for the Farnell division, a name which

YORK-based education recruitment agency, Supported Recruitment Ltd, is opening a new office in Otley this summer. As the agency nears its second anniversary, they welcome Helen Russell on board, as co-director at Supported Recruitment Leeds. She

WHARFEDALE schoolchildren have been given a gift to help them with the next stage of their education. The Rotary Club of Otley Chevin has presented pupils at primary schools across the area with Dictionaries 4 Life. The illustrated books are

LITTER bins in Otley will soon be sporting a specially designed message for dog owners. Otley in Bloom asked schoolchildren to create images for a sticker to support a campaign against dog fouling. The result is a design featuring a picture of a

A LOCAL garden designer was delighted to meet Ilkley’s Alan Titchmarsh at the 70th RHS Harlow Carr Flower Show. Helen Taylor, based in Burley-in-Wharfedale, who works as a garden designer in the Ilkley area, was invited to meet Alan at the opening

IT is time for a break for Otley Chamber Orchestra . Sunday, July 14 was the final rehearsal of the season for the orchestra, as its members prepared for the summer after a very demanding but thoroughly enjoyable year. It is now ten years since

BRENDA Edwards will play the lead role in the latest version of hit musical Sister Act when it comes to Leeds grand on May 12-23 next year. Edwards first came to the public’s attention when she was a semi-finalist in the 2005 series of ITV1’s The

FORMER employees at what was once one of the largest water powered cotton mills in Europe are being invited to meet up prior to a tour of the mill in August. Greenholme Mill in Burley-in-Wharfedale, which at its heyday in the late 19th century employed

125 Years Ago - 1894 An accident befell Jasper Barnes, of No, 6, Clifton Terrace, Ilkley, on Friday afternoon last at the Wells House Hydropathic Establishment. He was engaged by Messrs. Dean Bros. in the work of excavation, necessitated by extension

STAFF at Bettys Ilkley marked the 100th anniversary of Bettys Café Tea Rooms yesterday. Customers were treated to limited edition centenary fondant fancies and had the chance to win centenary-themed spot prizes as they joined in the celebrations

WEST Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS) is today launching a hard-hitting campaign in Ilkley to prevent moorland fires this summer - after a series of blazes in the first half of 2019. There have been 11 large moorland fires in the last six

by Helen Tansley, of Armstrong Watson WHEN working with clients at Armstrong Watson we take time to establish what they want to achieve from running their business and their financial future. Many say that they want to be ‘rich’ and others say they

ILKLEY Rugby Club say Saturday’s annual Rugby 7s Festival was the ‘best one yet’ following record numbers of money raised and supporters in attendance. The club, who organise the fundraising event, say that over 1,000 people visited the club to

DESPITE no wins for Ilkley Cycling Club last week there was still plenty of racers in action and some promising performances. In closed circuit racing, Alba Rosa CC promoted their latest youth event and the Ilkley placings were: Under-12s 7 Alfie

MARCUS Bignot says regular pre-season games will only make his Guiseley side sharper for the forthcoming season. The Lions face three friendlies in the next five days, starting with a trip to Yorkshire Amateur (7.45pm kick-off) tonight. This is

WORK to improve road safety at Old Pool Bank is finally underway - though part of the scheme has been dropped. Residents and councillors had been demanding action at the hamlet, which the busy A660 Leeds Road passes through, for years. But it