AN ILKLEY motorist has been fined £400 for speeding. Aleksandra Despotova, 29, of Sunset Terrace, Ilkley, was caught exceeding the 30 mile per hour limit on a restricted road by an automatic camera device. The defendant was travelling at 41mph.
A MENSTON man has been fined £196 after being caught exceeding the speed limit by just six miles per hour. Marlon MacFarlane, 46, of Bingley Road, Menston, was travelling at 36mph in a 30mph zone on the A6177 Mayo Avenue in Bradford, between Manchester
AN Ilkley woman has been fined after pleading guilty to a charge of drink driving. Jayne Whitaker, 58, of Tivoli Place, Ilkley, drove a motor vehicle while over the legal alcohol limit on November 9, 2021, on Leeds Road, Harrogate. She had
AN Ilkley motorist has been fined £340 after pleading guilty to drink driving. Keiran Kurtalan, 22, of Hampshire Close, Ilkley, appeared before Bradford and Keighley Magistrates Court on Tuesday, November 23, charged with driving a motor vehicle
A CHARITY which helps older people is seeking new trustees. AVSED is the local Neighbourhood Network scheme providing activities and support to residents over the age of 60 living in Aireborough to live happy, healthy, and independent lives and
A RECORD 72 runners took park in a park run in Ilkley organised by Primary Care Networks Modality & WACA, which offer GP services across Airedale, Wharfedale & Craven. The group took over Ilkley Junior Park Run on Sunday November 21 as it promoted
THE CHANGING face of Yeadon over more than 100 years can be seen in these images from different parts of the town. Striking photographs from the 1920s and 1950s show the local gasworks - which is now long gone. While early images of Henshaw Lane
SACRED Heart Catholic Primary school in Ilkley launched their very own space balloon which consisted of a lightweight capsule, camera , tracker and parachute. All attached to a helium balloon, this carried the camera to the edge of space. The aim
AN INDEPENDENT shop in Ilkley has been nominated for a national award. Little Beacon, a hand printed textiles store, and it's neighbouring shop under the same roof, Community Cutlery, on Leeds Road, Ilkley has made it to the top 20 of the Holly
A WONDERFUL selection of reader photographs. If you have a photograph you would like to see in the paper and online please email: claire.lomax@nqyne.co.uk
I THOUGHT when I saw the authors of this book that the names were familiar and also the fact that the foreword had been written by Steve Birkinshaw gave me an additional clue. Karen and Dan Parker are in fact the sister and brother-in-law of Steve
BARCLAYS is to close its Ilkley branch next year. Customers who use the bank at 9 Brook Street have received letters informing them of the decision to close the branch on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Councillor Anne Hawkesworth (Ind, Ilkley) received
THE ANNUAL Prince Henry’s Rugby Fundraising Festival is back after a two-year hiatus. The event, which is hosted by Otley RUFC, with support from Otliensians Rugby, traditionally attracts a crowd of over 500 supporters. The charitable festival
ILKLEY-based Composite Prime, the UK’s largest sustainable decking and cladding brand, has more than doubled its company headcount during the pandemic, with six new recruits from the local area, including two senior appointments. A product development
YORKSHIRE law firm Holden Smith has announced it will expand with the opening of a new office in Ilkley town centre. The firm, co-founded in 2019 by James Smith, David Bancroft and Jamie Megson, will open its fourth office at 9 The Grove in January
JULIA Titus is bringing “Ma Bessie and her Pig Foot Band” to Otley Courthouse this month. Building on her passion for the “Empress of the Blues”, Julia Titus formed her Pig Foot Band in mid-2015 to share the music of “Ma” Bessie Smith and her contemporaries
THE FUTURE of Horsforth's Forum 2000 is looking secure after volunteers came forward to keep the group going. The way ahead for the forum was discussed as its AGM in October after it was announced that the team of chair, treasurer and programme
A TABLE top sale will be held in Otley at the beginning of December to raise money to help people with cancer. Otley Fundraising Group for Macmillan Cancer Support will hold the event at The Core from 10am to 1pm on Friday, December 3. The
