THE funeral cortege for Smokie legend Terry Uttley is to pass through his home town of Ilkley. Terry, a founder member of the Bradford rock band, died in December, aged 70, after a short illness. His daughter Holly said the family had been
OTLEY'S MP is calling on the government to cut VAT on domestic energy bills to help ease the burden of spiralling costs. Alex Sobel spoke out, along with other Labour MPs, amid warnings of massive increases in bills from April. Mr Sobel, who
LAST month proved to be one of the busiest for charity Ilkley and District Good Neighbours in the run up to the festive season. In addition to its popular Christmas Parcels Project, which provided one hundred personal gifts delivered at home to
HAVE you ever thought of churches as cold and unwelcoming? Think again. On Sunday, January 16th Blubberhouses Church is open for morning worship, but not before serving hot chocolate and refreshments to walkers and others who may be passing. The church
Ilkley Playhouse by Caroline Mutton WE are sorry to announce that our production of Frost/Nixon scheduled to open on January 13th is now cancelled. Sadly, the current Covid situation has affected our plans to run this production. We are all
A MAN who completed a skydive to raise money for Parkinson's UK has embarked on another challenge to raise awareness of the disease. Arthington resident Hugh Robinson completed a sky dive in 2020 after his diagnosis the previous year. Now he has
ILKLEY Rugby Club was founded in 1899, although there are records of a rugby club in Ilkley much earlier than that. The earliest references to rugby in Ilkley go back to the early 1870s and in the Ilkley Gazette of March 25, 1875, there is a description
IT'S not a sight you would normally expect to see in Otley - and anyone who remembers this striking scene is being asked to take part in a local project. Otley Courthouse and Leeds 2023: Year of Culture, supported by the National Lottery Heritage
EACH New Year we all tend to look into the future a little, perhaps making resolutions to change, or maybe just hoping that good things lie ahead. Yet, life is always full of uncertainty - coronavirus, climate change, economic pressures, and our health
PEOPLE have once again been urged to only use the district’s accident and emergency departments if “absolutely necessary” as staff absences continue to rise. Latest figures show a third of NHS staff absences at Bradford Teaching Hospitals Trust
