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Otley & Aireborough News

• Popular pub saved as a drinking establishment

  OTLEY'S Bowling Green Pub has been saved from being turned into flats - by one of the country's largest pub chains. read more

• Husband accused of murdering wife in pub blaze

  A husband murdered his estranged wife when he created a "death trap" by setting fire to a pub whilst she was asleep upstairs, a jury were told yesterday. read more

• Residents' victory over complex plans

  A 20-month battle to save a Pool-in-Wharfedale sheltered housing complex has ended in victory for the residents. read more

• Mother claims footpath has been ‘taken over by drug dealers’

  A YEADON mother is demanding action to tackle a footpath she claims has been taken over by drug dealers and out-of-control youths. read more

• MP calls for councils to consider the cost of airport sell off

  An MP is calling for the "windfall" from the proposed sale of Leeds Bradford airport to be used to tackle its impact on local communities. read more

• Lots of memories go under the hammer

  HUNDREDS packed into the courtyard outside Otley's Bowling Green pub on Saturday for the sale of the century. read more

• Colleague prescribe a name tribute to retiring doctor

  A Yeadon doctors' surgery has been renamed The Thakur Practice in recognition of one of its retiring partners. read more

• Sports Editor Rachel rewarded for long service

  ENGLAND'S World Cup triumph was not the only big event in the summer of 1966 -it was also the time that Rachel O'Connor joined Wharfedale Newspapers as a trainee reporter. read more

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