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  • Primary pupils take part in climate change day

    PRIMARY school pupils in Guiseley played a part in the Global Climate Strike when they staged a demonstration in their playground. Youngsters from Tranmere Park Primary School added their voices to the millions around the world with a day of activities

  • Exotic new personas for Otley's pubs

    OTLEY'S pubs are adopting exotic new personas. All of the the town's bars are renaming themselves and adopting the colours, flags and flavours of their adopted nation to celebrate the UCI Road World Championships. The big cycling event gets underway

  • Resuscitation gift for Otley first aiders

    ‘A MAJOR help for our training’. That is how St John Ambulance volunteers have described the new resuscitation model they have received from Sainsbury’s Otley. The model - a Practi-man Advance - will allow the local St John Ambulance team to

  • Digital and tech recruitment fair to take place in Leeds

    AROUND 2,000 jobseekers are expected to descend on Leeds for the North’s biggest digital and tech recruitment event. Fifty exhibitors will be taking part in the Leeds Digital Job Fair 5.0 at the First Direct Arena. The event will take place from

  • Bridge club to celebrate

    MEMBERS of a Menston bridge club will mark its 45th anniversary with a celebratory dinner. Founding member Dorrie Waugh - who has also been the Kirklands Bridge Club’s president for the whole of the 45 years - will be among those enjoying the dinner

  • OBITUARY: A fitting farewell for rugby hero Alf Burnell

    A RUGBY club has paid a graveside tribute to one of its heroes. Former players from Hunslet RLFC donned green blazers to attend the funeral of Alf ‘Ginger’ Burnell at St Wilfrid’s Church, Pool-in-Wharfedale, on September 12. Mr Burnell, who

  • Festival reaches Shakespearean heights

    ILKLEY Literature Festival has announced a new event for its epic 17-day line-up of author talks and creative workshops. ‘Performing Comedy: A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ will explore one of Shakespeare’s most popular and influential plays. Led

  • Guiseley physio in NHS role

    A GUISELEY and Leeds physiotherapy company has saved an NHS Trust more than £250,000 over 12 months. Physio Med has helped employees at the Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust - seeing them within days. Trust HR director Dean

  • Yeadon show for Roy Wood

    THEY’LL be wishing it could be Christmas everyday when Roy Wood and his live band take to the stage at Yeadon Town Hall this December. An evening of non-stop hits is being promised at Roy Wood’s Christmas Rock-tacular. A founding member of ELO

  • Engineers help conservation on Ilkley Moor

    A TEAM of engineers from a Leeds based firm have volunteered to help with a conservation project on llkley Moor. Twenty members of staff from Adept Civil and Structural Consulting Engineers spent two days volunteering with The Friends of Ilkley

  • Zip wire fun for Otley pupils

    SCHOOLCHILDREN from Otley have been enjoying the thrills of a brand new double zip wire. Pupils from Ashfield Primary School were the first official group to try out the new attraction at Herd Farm Residential and Activity Centre. They visited

  • Steeton Male Voice Choir coming to the King’s Hall

    STEETON Male Voice Choir is limbering up for its annual concert at King’s Hall in Ilkley on October 26. The 7.30pm concert will see the return of guests Bradford Brass Band under the musical direction of Lee Skipsey. Choir spokesman Eric Parker

  • Grand piano to be installed for Priory concert

    YORKSHIRE Pianos, a leading manufacturer of upright and grand pianos and renowned for delivering outstanding quality of sound, is installing a grand piano for a charity concert in the Priory Church at Bolton Abbey on Saturday, September 28 starring

  • Acclaimed comedy show coming to Ilkley for one night only

    ACCLAIMED Yorkshire comedy sketch show Land of Nod is coming to Ilkley for one night only. The Leeds-based comedy group is taking over Church House at All Saints Church on Saturday, October 5 at 7pm. The Edinburgh Fringe Review said of a recent