OTLEY Film Society is to screen a film about Parkinson’s to raise money for charity. Kinetics tells the story of the unlikely friendship between a teenage boy who is into free running and a middle-aged woman with Parkinson’s. A spokesperson
FISH and chips will be served up with a taste of seaside holidays when a show about Butlin’s is performed at Guiseley’s Wetherby Whaler. Delighting audiences with seaside tales and holiday camp magic, Mikron Theatre Company is touring with Redcoats
A CHARITY football tournament set up in memory of a a talented player who died at the aged of 19 has raised £3,000. Former Guiseley School pupil Murray Watson was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of brain tumour in his spinal cord in
A FUNDRAISING event is planned for a charity which helps refugees. Retired Keighley GP Dr Richard Solomons spent Christmas as a volunteer in Greece with the charity, Kitrinos Healthcare, supporting people who have fled from conflicts in Syria and
YEADON is preparing to rock - with a fundraising gig in support of Help for Heroes. The very best pop and rock tunes will be brought to the stage of Yeadon Town Hall to raise funds for the charity. Total Productions will perform in the town for
FOR decades Yeadon fountain stood proudly on Victoria Avenue - until it simply disappeared. Various theories sprang up to explain what happened to the landmark, which was erected to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1898. Some believed
MANY exceptional students at Bradford Grammar School have gone above and beyond expectations in their GCSE results this year. They included Olivia Mitchell, 16, of Ilkley who swept the board with nine 9s. “I feel very, very happy,” said the
GUISELEY School students are celebrating receiving their hard-earned GCSE results. Amongst a strong set of results were excellent achievements by a number of students receiving multiple top qualifications of Grade 9. Alice Bowden received eight
HORSFORTH School has enjoyed a record breaking GCSE year for top grades. A school spokesperson said: "We are delighted to announce that our students have once again achieved fantastic GCSE results, reflecting their hard work and dedication. Fifty-nine
A PERSON has died on the tracks near Menston Railway Station. Emergency services were called at 9.21am this morning. A British Transport Police spokeswoman said: "Officers were called to Menston station at 9.21am this morning (23/08) following
AN ADDINGHAM artist has teamed up with a gallery in Filey to raise money for Filey Lifeboat. Artist Tony Dexter and Gavin and Lisa Wilson, of Neil’s Gallery and Framing on John Street, Filey, are looking to raise funds for Filey Lifeboat by selling
125 Years Ago - 1894 A very hazardous kind of entertainment is being indulged in by a certain class of, to all appearances, fearless youths at the Tarn. The pastime hinted at is rafting by means of the employment of crossed planks, which perhaps
NORTHERN Rail have announced they are going to run Boxing Day trains on several lines in the north of England in 2019. Trains will run on the Wharfedale Line from Ilkley to Bradford. Ilkley’s MP John Grogan, who has campaigned for two decades to
THE leader of the 1st Burley-in-Wharfedale Guides Sue Vint and her husband Gordon are opening their garden at 19 Menston Old Lane to the public on Sunday, September 1 from 1pm to 5pm. Sue and Gordon have opened the garden many times. Sue said: “
TWO Wharfedale students from The Grammar School at Leeds are celebrating a clean sweep of four A* grades in their A-levels, confirming their places at top universities. George Foster, from Rawdon, achieved A* in chemistry, maths, further maths and
WOODHOUSE Grove is celebrating after another year of "great" GCSE results. Almost a quarter of pupils have achieved at least six top grades (A grade equivalent), with 86 per cent obtaining 5 or more GCSEs, including English and Maths. A spokesman
JAMIE Smallbone, from Bramhope, has enjoyed a successful year - not only has he notched up ten top grades at GCSE, he is one half of the youngest team to compete at this year’s prestigious Oxford Schools Debating Competition. A student at The Grammar
ONCE again, St Mary’s Menston students have achieved excellent GCSE results this year. In keeping with previous years, they have excelled in their performance and demonstrated high academic standards in key attainment and progress measures. The
