DAVID Beckham step aside. Guiseley AFC's footballing twins Ben and Tom Wilkinson are set to have trials with LA Galaxy the club the Real Madrid superstar is set to join. No multi million pound deal for the 18 year-old Menston St Mary's School pair though
Last weekend, a number of Otley AC members travelled to Heaton Park, Manchester to take part in the North of England Cross-Country Championships. A few dry days before the race meant that conditions were not as boggy as in previous years but there were
Aireborough 62,Roundhegians 12 After being given such a hard time by Roundhegians in the EDF Vase only a few weeks ago Aireborough will have been somewhat surprised to almost have this game dead and buried after only 11 minutes. Aireborough have been
Otliensians 3York St John's 0 With other teams chasing Otliensians' position in the league, this was a must win fixture. Otliensians took advantage of the opposition's late arrival and lack of preparation when a well positioned Hannah Holmes tapped
Otley Town 2 Hartshead 1 In a dire game spoiled by a strong wind and difficult pitch conditions Otley Town made it six wins out of seven with this hard-fought victory over a resilient Hartshead team in this West Yorkshire League Division One encounter
A HEALTH chief has admitted that the axing of a ward at Otley's Wharfedale Hospital was a public relations disaster. More than 300 angry residents heard Brian Godfrey, Leeds Teaching Hospital's clinical centre director for clinical support services,
ANGRY residents and hospital staff attacked health trust managers for failing to communicate over the closure of a ward at a public meeting called by Otley MP Greg Mulholland on Monday. They also asked for reassurances over the future of Wharfedale Hospital
ANOTHER defeat in their next game and Otley will really be in trouble according to their Coach Peter Clegg. He said: "If we lose against bottom club Waterloo the pressure is really on. "Against Moseley we had our strongest side out since we beat Cornish
OTLEY Library has started banning anti-social youths in the same week a mother and daughter were nearly run down outside the building. Nicola Mackintosh and her nine-year-old daughter Ashleigh were crossing Nelson Street last Wednesday when a youth on
EVEN at the grand age of 102, Otley's oldest resident never goes out without looking her best. Amy Marston celebrated her birthday yesterday with her friends and family and after a hearty breakfast, made plans for a trip out for a pub lunch. "I like
TWO teenagers who have been locked up for a 'ferocious' assault at Otley bus station have been told the attack could have left their victims disabled 'or worse'. Judge Kerry Macgill told Leeds Crown Court he hoped sentencing 19-year-old Daniel Clark
The parents of an RAF pilot killed in Iraq two years ago are hoping the pre-inquest review into his death will be held this month. Richard and Pauline Stead, laid flowers at the war memorial this week on the second anniversary of the death of their son
A PLAN to convert a Menston cottage into a 150-seat pub and restaurant is cooking up a storm in the village. Peter Ward, chairman of the Menston Community Association and Wharfedale Councillor Chris Greaves have been notifying nearby residents and advising
SIR, - I would like to reply to two letters in last week's issue criticising my comments welcoming the proposed new Netto store. Mr Hogston thinks that as chairman of the Planning Committee I should not comment as it might signal prejudice on the impartiality
125 years ago THE general meeting of the shareholders of the Otley Coffee Tavern Company was held. The directors said they were sorry that they could not report a profit for the past year, but since the closure of the Wharfedale Cocoa House there has
Leeds health bosses can have no doubt about the strength of feeling people in Otley have about Wharfedale Hospital. Many at Monday's meeting were almost moved to tears as they spoke of what they saw as the steady loss of services at the hospital. Many
We are into February at last. The month of snowdrops and aconites and all sorts of signs of growth that remind us that spring is on its way. I look forward to watching the flowers and birds but most of all I look forward to longer days. It is interesting
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EACH day, countless children around the world are exposed to dangers that hamper their growth and development. They suffer immensely as casualties of war and violence; as victims of racial discrimination, aggression, foreign occupation and annexation
THE opening number of Beauty and the Beast' Comedy Tonight' gives the audience an immediate idea of what this panto is all about. In fact the programme describes the show as an enchanting musical adventure for all the family. That is an apt description
The third concert in this very successful and exciting series saw The Kenwood-Herriott Duo, supported by the string section of Die Musicii II, provide a programme of musical items to suit a variety of tastes. Guest soloists were Martin Binks on the organ
Daniel Slater's animated production of Donizetti's enchanting operatic comedy updates the action from the early 19th century to La Dolce Vita' Italy in the late 1950s. Capricous landowner, Adina, is the proprieter of the Hotel Adina where the lovelorn
A rare thing this - a play that actually gets better as it goes on. Unusual and innovative, Mind Game' by Anthony Horrowitz (you may know him as the man who wrote Stormbreaker' and the rest of the Alex Rider books, or alternatively as a creative brain
Burley Millennium Theatre Group's latest production starts tonight, Thursday, for three nights at the Queen's Hall. They are staging Close Encounters of the Absurd Kind', or A Millennium Night's Dream', a really entertaining show. Close Encounters'
WHEN Ilkley Amateur Operatic Society decided that their 2007 productuion would be West Side Story' they realised that to do justice to this prestigious show it was essential that they engage a first-class production team together with a young cast. To
A Rawdon schoolgirl is making her mark after becoming the country's top English student. Sixth former Emily Darley was also among the top ten in the country for dual award science and was one of only 12 students to gain 100 per cent in her Spanish exam
FRIENDS and past teachers of Wharfedale Montessori School gathered for the official opening of a new classroom. The Log Cabin will house infants at the Bolton Abbey school. Friendswho were there for the opening included Barbara Isaacs, executive head
Two Benton Park schoolgirls have been selected for Leeds City Netball team. Megan Howard, 14, and Katy Blyth, 15, - pictured right - were spotted at the U15 netball tournament and were invited to city trials where they successfully completed a number
OTLEY students held a dress down day to help seriously ill children and young people. All pupils at Prince Henry's Grammar School paid a £1 fine to come in the clothes of their choice and donated the money to the Martin House Hospice at Boston Spa.
