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• Otley hospital ward to get new services

  A CLOSED ward is set to be back in full use by 2008 in a move being hailed as the "first step" in restoring confidence in Wharfedale Hospital's future. read more

• Horsforth among towns delighted by bloom awards

  GREEN-fingered volunteers in Wharfedale, Aireborough and Horsforth are celebrating after the announcement of the Yorkshire in Bloom spring and summer judging results. read more

• Ex-Bramhope pupil stars in Last Night of the Proms

  A FORMER Bramhope Primary School pupil will perform to an audience of millions this weekend when he sings at the Last Night of the Proms. read more

• Guiseley student must stump up cash in future years to check damaged teeth

  The rock fan who lost three of his teeth at the Carling Leeds Music Festival was left gobsmacked this week after hearing that he will face a life-time of bills to keep his smile gleaming. read more

• Call for action after biker is hurt in crash at Wharfe blackspot

  A LOWER speed limit could be imposed on one of the main roads out of Otley after another serious crash left a motor cyclist in hospital. read more

• Tiny calf makes her mark on Esholt farm

  She may only be two feet tall but a newborn calf at Esholt Farm Park is making her mark in a big way. The tiny rare breed short-legged Dexter Cow, who is still unnamed, is proving a big hit with staff and visitors alike. read more

• Otley domestic violence unit in cash crisis

  An organisation which supports victims of domestic abuse is at risk of folding because of a funding crisis. read more

• Wharfe householders warned about 'costly' solar panels and wind turbines

  THE planning chief for Ilkley has warned this week that it would be more cost effective for householders to burn five-pound notes than install domestic wind turbines and solar panels. read more

• Wharfe councillor gives dancing cats a new home

  LIFE has just got better for two abandoned kittens who were found shivering and hungry on a Menston doorstep. read more

• Golf pro seeks challenge to help Yeadon wheelchair mum

  Golf professional and marathon man Allan Shutt is asking readers of this newspaper to set him a new fundraising challenge. read more

• Guiseley author on the scent of her family's perfume history

  Intriguing snippets of information about a great-aunt have led to the publication of a book set in the fragrant world of the perfume business in the 1920s. read more

• Burley-in-Wharfedale woman helps pal on internet - and logs on to love

  MATCHMAKER Julie Johnson found the man of her dreams as she surfed the net to find a new love for one of her friends. read more

• Menston teenager offers five-star holiday hotel treatment - for rabbits

  A teenage entrepreneur is hoping to make her fortune by opening up an hotel - for rabbits. read more

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