ILKLEY firefighters were called to a bin fire in the play area at Ilkley Riverside Park on Monday, June 20. Ilkley resident Mike Ridgway captured the incident on camera. He said: "At about 8pm the Fire Brigade were called out to an incident
ILKLEY-born celebrity gardener Alan Titchmarsh returned to his former school to unveil a brand new outdoor classroom and wildlife garden on June 15. The TV presenter and author was given a warm welcome from parents, pupils and teachers at Ashlands
FOLLOWING the sell-out success of Otley Players’ March performance of two of Alan Bennett’s best loved monologues, Otley Players are thrilled to be producing two more monologues from Alan Bennett’s classic Talking Heads series first produced in 1987
AN event, organised by the Friends of Ilkley Moor, to learn about the plants, trees, mosses and lichens that are found on the moor took place on June 19. The group walked the lower slopes of the moor, up to the upper tarn, down to the lower tarn
LINKS between Ilkley and its twin town of Coutances have taken a few steps forward recently. During the visit of a civic delegation from Ilkley to the French town in late May, Jenny Howarth, secretary of the twinning committee, met Sophie Escalmel
JUNE 30 marks the end of the calendar year for Lions International and with-it Otley Lions club president Richard Phillips steps down after his second year in the position. Over the last year the club have made donations to Prince Henry's, Wheatfields
FOLLOWING its pioneering declaration of a Climate Emergency in 2019, Otley Town Council last week became one of the first councils in the country to declare a Biodiversity Emergency. The declaration, proposed by Councillor Paul Carter (Lib Dem,
A new column by Otley 2030 about the small and simple changes we can make to reduce our carbon footprint and save money too. Some meat and dairy foods are part of our tradition, culture, family get-togethers and childhood memories: meals like roast
THE developer behind a plan to convert the former Otley Civic Centre into 35 apartments has spoken of his shock and disappointment after the application was refused. Simmy Sekhon, CEO of the Bradford based Sekhon Group, who now own the property
A MUM has been left devastated after thieves targeted her baby’s grave at the weekend. Moira Finlayson, from Addingham buried her 30-minute old daughter, Ariella at St Peter’s Church, Addingham in June. Bu she said when she went to visit it
FOLLOWING the recent passing of Ilkley Tennis Club Head Groundsman Richard Lord, his footballing colleagues gathered to play a game in his memory. Richard was a popular member of The Wheatley Sunday morning team, excelling over a number of years
IT'S regarded as "one of the best sevens tournaments this country has to offer"so where better to be than Ilkley Rugby Club on Saturday July 2? That's right, the La Casita Ilkley Summer Sevens Tournament is making its return almost a year after
HARRIER Lawrence McCourt stormed to the finish to win the Beamsley Beacon fell race this week in a superb time of 33:58. This 5.5 mile fell race, with 110ft of climbing organised by Wharfedale Harriers, is another race in the BOFRA (British Open
