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  • Photography exhibition will showing the beauty in decay

    A NEW exhibition showing the district’s once-loved mills and abandoned attractions in a new and hauntingly beautiful light is set to open at Cliffe Castle Museum in Keighley. Ilkley-born photographer, Simon Sugden’s The Beauty In Decay features

  • Memories of Uncle Ken inspires first novel

    A WOMAN, who lost her parents at a young age, has used her relationship with her uncle, who became her guardian, as inspiration for her first novel. Mary Andreasson - who has penned her novel ‘Uncle Ken and I’ under her maiden name of Mary Tomlinson

  • The kindness of pupils is rewarded by businesses

    THE anti-bullying team at Ilkley Grammar School has handed out the first ever Kindness Awards. The awards recognise, through student nominations, two students in each year who have shown exceptional care and kindness towards other students over

  • Bicycle prizes for Guiseley school

    THE QUICK thinking of a Guiseley teacher has won a new bicycle for every pupil in her class. Louise Williamson, who teaches at Green Meadows School, triumphed in radio station Heart Yorkshire’s Big School Showdown. Miss Williamson was one of

  • ‘Gem of a school’ rated Good by Ofsted

    BEN Rhydding Primary School has been rated as Good by Ofsted. It is an improvement for the Ilkley school which had previously been rated as Requires Improvement. In a report published on July 18 the school watchdog says ‘parents and carers rightly

  • Oktoberfest at Yeadon Town Hall

    YEADON Town Hall is to hold its first ever Oktoberfest! On Friday, October 18 and Saturday, October 19 the venue will be transformed into a Bierkeller. Audiences will be transported to Bavaria for a weekend of fantastic food, drink and live entertainment

  • Otley Mayor’s minibus appeal

    OTLEY’S Town Mayor is inviting residents to back his school minibus appeal. Councillor Peter Jackson announced plans to raise enough to buy a new minibus for the Otley ‘family of primary schools’ earlier this year. Cllr Jackson needs to raise