AN OTLEY writer’s poem has been highly commended in a major competition. Only ten highly commended awards were made in this year’s Bridport Prize international poetry competition, which attracted some 3,900 entries. Among them was Sharon Phillips
EDUCATION funding has become the latest ‘battleground’ for Parliamentary candidates in Leeds North West. Labour’s Alex Sobel has dismissed claims by the Conservatives that they are increasing school spending as ‘fantasy’. His criticism is based
A PARLIAMENTARY candidate has accused the Conservatives of introducing a ‘nurse tax’. Kamran Hussain, who is standing in Leeds North West for the Liberal Democrats, has used the term to describe the extension of a £400 per year immigration surcharge
OTLEY Action for Older People is in line to receive a funding boost courtesy of the Co-op. The charity has been chosen to benefit from the company’s Local Community Fund after applying last year. Project Manager Sue Trainor says the money generated
A TEENAGER has been jailed for a burglary in Weeton after his footprint linked him to the crime. Eighteen year old Daniel James Prague, from Harrogate, was sentenced to 13 months imprisonment for breaking into a house on Woodgate Lane earlier this
Theatre Review: One Under at The Leeds Playhouse Graeae Theatre bring a brand-new version of Winsome Pinnock’s award-winning 2005 play, One Under, to The Courtyard where Leo Owen caught the show Pinnock’s play mysteriously intertwines three seemingly
THREE very different films will be shown in Otley over the next few weeks. Otley Film Society will begin the screenings at the Courthouse with Jeremy Hardy vs The Israeli Army on Wednesday, November 27. The 2003 documentary shows the late comedian
AN annual dinner served-up a tasty amount for Manorlands. The Beef and Beer event raised a whacking £47,443 for the Oxenhope Sue Ryder hospice. Guests enjoyed a meal featuring prime sirloin beef, donated by Dovecote Park near Pontefract, and
FORMER Yorkshire Life Landscape Painter of the Year, Linda Mellin, will be showing her work at the AC Gallery, Skipton at the end of the month. Linda, a former graphic designer who was brought up in the Dales, and now lives in Ilkley, held the first
A LONG awaited consultation that will shape the future of the District’s shrinking library service has begun. Cuts of £1.05 million to the library service budget will be implements in 2020/21, and were first revealed in January, and have proved
A SCOUT leader for 20 years has narrowly escaped being sent to prison for the stalking of his former partner. Michael Lawson, 40, was told by Skipton magistrates he was being given a community order as a 'direct alternative' to custody for pursuing
THE Keighley and Ilkley Conservatives Association has decided not to contest the forthcoming Ilkley Town Council by-election saying it is "highly irresponsible" to hold it so close to the general election. Voters across Ilkley will be called to
By Rob Adamson, Restructuring, Recovery and Insolvency Partner, Armstrong Watson THOMAS Cook offered a one stop shop for consumers, known for their slogan “don’t just book it, Thomas Cook it!” However, the Thomas Cook collapse also illustrates
ILKLEY Town AFC are bidding for promotion to the Northern Counties East League for next season. This would be an historic achievement for the Ben Rhydding-based football club, as it would be the highest level Ilkley has ever played. Promotion
ILKLEY head of rugby, Rhys Morgan admits his side will not be favourites going into Saturday's clash with second place Blaydon but believes they will give it their best effort to try salvage a result. The Dalesmen are at the foot of the Northern
A HOUSING developer has been told to have a major re-think over its 56 house scheme for Pool-in-Wharfedale. Taylor Wimpey gained outline planning permission - at appeal - last summer for its proposals for a site south of Pool Road, behind Church
BRAMHOPE’S Shayan Siraj won silver and bronze for England at the Home Countries International Championship in Douglas, Isle of Man. As well as the host nation, England took on Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Jersey and Guernsey in team and individual
BEN Rhydding hosted Neston in an eventful and erratic game which ended in a 3-3 tie. Poor marking and loose concentration from Rhydding saw Neston take a 1-0 lead. Neston made it 2-0 minutes later with a free player in the circle. Rhydding replied
