PEOPLE across the Bradford district and Craven are being given the chance to learn more about their local health service. All three of the area’s NHS clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are staging their annual general meetings next month. And
SUFFRAGETTES and pioneering Bradford lasses will be in the spotlight on Saturday, September 14 when St George’s Hall, Bradford, takes part in England’s largest festival of history and culture. The doors of one of the oldest concert halls in Europe
RAWDON'S Sam Tordoff claimed his first win of the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship season at Thruxton on Sunday. Tordoff, Josh Cook and Dan Cammish all stood on the top step of the podium on Sunday after a thrilling day of racing that saw
GLUSBURN’S acclaiming travelling theatre company Falling Stars will tour the Yorkshire Dales next month with its latest play Here I Belong. The tour of 10 venues, including Lothersdale, Cononley and Bradley, comes after the group’s success this
ILKLEY Manor House is thrilled to be hosting a retrospective exhibition to celebrate the life’s work of the renowned artist, the late Graeme Willson. There will be works on display that cover the whole of Willson’s extraordinary artistic career,
JAZZ in the Village is coming to Leathley Village Hall on Friday, September 13 at 7.30pm. With Ian Millar on saxophone and Dominic Spencer on piano, the duo have been performing together for a number of years playing melodic improvisations on jazz
NOMINATIONS have opened for the 2020 Child Friendly Leeds Awards. The awards aim to celebrate the work being carried out by individuals and organisations to make Leeds the best city for children and young people to grow up in. The Awards, which
AIRCRAFT enthusiast, Ken Cothliff, who lives in Yeadon, has published a new book charting the 88-year history of Leeds Bradford Airport. Produced with the co-operation of the new owners of the airport, AMP Capital, ‘Yeadon Above and Beyond’ spans
TALENTED young singer Zweyla Mitchell dos Santos will join Steeton Male Voice Choir at a concert on September 14. She will perform with them at Silsden Methodist Church at 7.30pm in aid of Manorlands. Zweyla won the Steeton Male Voice Choir Arthur
ILKLEY Film Society will open its 51st season on Sunday, September 8 (Ilkley Playhouse, 8pm) with the captivating Spanish feature Summer 1993, which provides a rare chance to see a film in the Catalan language. This film topped the annual members’
Ilkley Cinema: Blinded By The Light, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Playmobil: The Movie, Apollo 11 BASED on the memoirs of Sarfraz Manzoor, Blinded By The Light catapults audiences back to 1987’s divide-ridden reign of Margaret Thatcher. One teenager
OTLEY’S Mayor Peter Jackson has presented two Pubwatch awards at a meeting in the town. Mr Jackson, who is the Regional Representative of National Pubwatch, gave the star awards to Tony Garwood Chairman of Otley and District Pubwatch and Mick Waters
ILKLEY Town rescued a point by securing a 2-2 draw against title contenders Beeston St. Anthony's at Ben Rhydding on Saturday. Ilkley came into the game off two wins to start the season, including a 6-2 win away to Huddersfield Amateurs last Wednesday
SALTAIRE cruised to a six-wicket victory against Calverley St Wilfrids to win the 20/20 Awards Galore Cup at Nethermoor on Sunday. Saltaire, captained by Usman Munir, were in fine form with both bat and ball coming off an upset loss to Ben Rhydding
POLICE are investigating after more cases of lasers being aimed at planes coming into Leeds Bradford Airport this week. On Monday night air traffic control staff reported two separate incidents involving aircraft over the Kirkstall area of Leeds
GLOBAL adventurer Anna McNuff was cheered on by brownies when she ran through Ilkley as part of her latest challenge. Anna is running 2620 miles, the distance of 100 marathons, without shoes. She began Barefoot Britain in the Shetland Islands on
A STUDENT has been ranked 11th in the Baton Twirling World Championships after overcoming injury to compete. Leeds Trinity University student Casey Hamill, 21, represented England in the Women’s Two Baton event, despite tearing two ligaments six
BOOTHS grocery chain has launched an initiative encouraging customers to bring their own reusable containers to purchase fresh meat and fish from their counters. Booths Brand and Innovations Manager, Matt Bruno said: “We’re constantly striving to
SPEED and stamina were to the fore for Ilkley’s runners last weekend - with Euan Brennan setting a new club record for 5k, while four Harriers successfully completed the 83-miles Dales Way. Brennan’s feat came at the Podium 5k in Barrowford where
POOL responded well to their first match defeat in the West Yorkshire League's Division One with a hard-fought 2-1 victory at home to Salts. They made hard work of the early stages. Keeper Andy Doey lost the ball close to his right post, but the
BEN Hemingway was on another planet on Sunday at Yeadon-Guiseley Motor Club's Kathleen Cockshott Memorial Trial at Dob Park He rode 14 sections in Brown’s Wood for a single penalty, which he incurred on the third section where the steep incline
