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  • Gardening and food evening at Burley-in-Wharfedale

    GARDENING and food enthusiasts should enjoy a Burley Gardeners’ Association event next month. Horticulturalist, television gardener and RHS judge Martin Fish will explain how to get the best from a fruit and vegetable plot when he appears at the

  • School pupils lead Otley litter pick

    SOME of Otley’s youngest citizens have been helping to keep the town clean. Pupils from All Saints C of E Primary school donned high visibility jackets as they set off for a recent litter pick on the Cambridge Estate. Teacher Vicki Binks, who

  • Ilkley brand among group’s next targets

    DEVELOPING a brand for the town will be one of Ilkley BID’s next initiatives. BID Manager Helen Rhodes gave a round-up of what the group has achieved since starting in June, 2019 when she addressed this month’s Ilkley Business Forum. Its activities

  • Change at Leeds Trinity

    THE VICE-CHANCELLOR of Leeds Trinity University is stepping down this summer. Professor Margaret House, who joined the institution in January 2013, said: “I am extremely sad to be leaving Leeds Trinity. It is a university with an exceptional community

  • Mass heard once again at Wharfedale church

    SERVICES are being held at an Addingham church where parishioners feared they would never hear Mass again. Our Lady and English Martyrs Church closed at the end of last June with the Bishop of Leeds, the Right Reverend Marcus Stock, citing the

  • Plea for volunteers to help with garden

    VOLUNTEERS are being sought to help at a popular local garden. York Gate, at Adel, is a highly respected site that crams 14 different gardens into its one acre plot. Councillor Barry Anderson (Con, Adel & Wharfedale) was recently given a tour

  • Otley school's Reading Cafe is a hit

    AN OTLEY school is celebrating holding a successful Reading Cafe. Ashfield Primary held the event for parents, carers and relatives of Year 1 and Year 2 pupils on Friday, February 14. Year 2 teacher Linda Morison was delighted with how the children