WHARFEDALE and Aireborough residents are being invited to support this year’s Candlelighters Awards. The event, which sees the achievement of the children’s cancer charity’s top volunteers recognised, takes place at New Dock Hall, Leeds from 6:30pm
A WHARFEDALE councillor has cautiously welcomed plans to prevent Kirkgate Market from suffering further water damage. Rainwater was discovered to have been getting into the fabric of the market buildings at Leeds following a refurbishment in 2016
NEARLY 40 residents have attended a public meeting about a 55-home development at Pool-in-Wharfedale. The event, held at the Memorial Hall on July 29, saw Leeds City Council officers answer a range of questions about the Taylor Wimpey scheme for
MARIE Drysdale describes her decision to skydive for her bowling club as a ‘moment of madness’. Nevertheless the 60 year old, of Burley-in-Wharfedale Bowling Club, went ahead with her pledge - and has raised more than £2,000. The tandem skydive
A CAMPAIGNER from Otley has started a petition calling on the Government to ‘follow through’ on its climate change commitments. In June the Government set a legal target for the UK to achieve ‘net zero’ carbon emissions by 2050, following a recommendation
125 Years Ago - 1894 Ilkley - There has been on a visit to the host and hostess of the Rose and Crown Hotel quite a prodigy, in the person of “The Crosland Moor Giant.” Master Harry Hall, for that is the baby giant’s name, is fourteen months old
A BREWERY is seeking a new team to take over the Dyneley Arms pub. The inn, near Bramhope, has been closed for some time and Samuel Smith Brewery has told Councillor Barry Anderson (Con, Adel & Wharfedale) it is seeking a couple to take it on.
THE EXPANSION of Leeds Bradford Airport is ‘incompatible’ with commitments to tackle climate change. That is the conclusion of researchers at the University of Leeds as outlined in a new piece published on The Conversation - a website featuring
