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  • Ilkley come up short on long trip to Carlisle

    Carlisle 26 Ilkley 23 ANOTHER teamsheet with a lot of new names presented itself to those Ilkley followers who made the 100-mile trip to Carlisle on Saturday. Not so new was Paul Petchey, who was welcomed back to Ilkley colours as a loan player

  • Car-free street party for Otley

    A STREET party will be held in Otley this weekend to mark World Car-Free Day. The event will be held on a section of Boroughgate that is being closed to traffic between 11am and 5pm on Sunday, September 22. The street will be lined with picnic

  • Tuck and Sparkes claim victory in battle of the duos

    IT was business as usual at the sharp end of the ACU Wessex Plant Hire British Sidecar championship at Fellbeck, where 20 crews contested Mel Harrison Trial at Kingstone Farm. Jon Tuck and Matt Sparkes cruised to victory ahead of Baildon’s Nigel

  • Review: The Greek Passion at Leeds Grand Theatre

    Review: The Greek Passion, Opera North at Leeds Grand Theatre, Saturday 14th September 2019 BOHUSLAV Martinu’s final opera begins on a traditional Easter Sunday in the Greek village of Lycovrissi where the elders have gathered to allot principal

  • A great night of laughter guaranteed

    Ilkley Playhouse STAGEFRIGHT comedy nights at Ilkley Playhouse have a loyal local audience. Aficionados keep coming back because they know they’re in for a guaranteed great night of laughter, regardless of whether you know all the names in the line-up

  • Trails return to scare and delight

    ILKLEY’S biggest Halloween event will be returning for its fifth year of ghosts, ghouls and frightmares this October. This year’s Ilkley Scare Trail is set to be bigger than the last. With three trails there is going to be something for all the

  • 'Roman' play coming to Fewston

    A MUSICAL comedy about a village's fight to stop new housing will performed at Fewston next month. Badapple Theatre will present The Frozen Roman by Kate Bramley - featuring songs and music by Jez Lowe - at Fewston Parochial Hall from 7.30pm on

  • Rawdon talk on beauty

    BEAUTY will be the subject of a talk in Rawdon this month. Wakefield Civic Society chairman Kevin Trickett will give the talk at Rawdon Community Library at 7.30pm on Thursday, September 26. Mr Trickett will examine the idea of beauty in our lives

  • ‘More’ laughs on first anniversary for comedy night

    ILKLEY’S monthly comedy night ‘Moor Laughs’ is marking its first anniversary on Sunday, September 22 at The Ilkley Moor Vaults with a specially commissioned birthday cake. Headliner Milo McCabe aka “Troy Hawke,” recently returned from his headline

  • Chance to learn about heritage of cemetery

    GUISELEY Cemetery will be the setting for a Heritage Open Day this month. The event, on Sunday, September 22, is being staged by the Friends of Guiseley Cemetery. It follows on from the success of the cemetery’s first Heritage Open Day last year

  • Walkers break records at festival

    MORE people that ever attended walks organised by Burley in Wharfedale’s Walkers are Welcome group as part of the recent Burley Summer Festival. The thirteen walks attracted a record 340 participants, up from 300 last year. A number of walks booked

  • Two Voices entertain

    THE Washburn Valley resounded on Saturday evening to the sound of Opera, Pop, Swing and Songs from the shows when the Norwood Methodist Chapel hosted an evening with Two Voices – Il Due Voci. This was the second of the social events that the Chapel

  • Quirky comedy at Leeds Theatre

    Theatre Review: Police Cops in Space at The Carriageworks Theatre FROM the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Police Cops in Space tours the UK, stopping at The Carriageworks Theatre where Leo Owen caught the show Following the success of their multi

  • BRADFORD COUNCIL: Ilkley apartment plans approved

    PLANS to demolish a grand building in Ilkley and build a block of apartments in its place have been approved. Yorplace had applied for planning permission to demolish 27 Kings Road, a building in the Ilkley Conservation area and next to Grade I

  • Ilkley photographer captures national award

    PHOTOGRAPHER Rich Bunce has scooped a first place in this year's British Wildlife Photography Awards. Prizes for top pictures were awarded in 14 categories, including ones that focus on the coasts, close-up images of the natural world, the same