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Something for everyone with varied line-up of much laughter and drama
WITH just three (sell-out) performances remaining of its run, The History Boys has been yet another success for Ilkley Players. The director, Miranda Armitage, can feel justifiably delighted with the cast who have done Alan Bennett’s work proud
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Singers will add voices to festival
BRADFORD Festival Choral Society is calling on local choirs and singing groups to join it in a special event as part of this year’s Bradford Festival. The annual event will be held from Friday, June 12, to Sunday, June 14, in and around the City
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Be creative over Easter
A SERIES of creative art workshops for children will begin in Otley this weekend. Local artist Sue Dixon is leading the sessions, which include printmaking and painting, at the Woolpack Music and Arts Studios, on Bondgate. The first workshop
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Story of a death sentence foretold
AN Irish priest hearing confession is told that he will be murdered one week later. That is the startling beginning of Calvary, Ilkley Film Society’s next presentation on Sunday, March 29, at Ilkley Playhouse (8pm). In the week that follows, the
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Choirs join forces in celebration and dedication at festive time
THE combined choirs of Ilkley and Otley choral societies will perform at an Easter Celebration of Music by Mozart and Haydn this weekend, dedicated to the late Lydia Pettit. The choirs will be joined at St Margaret’s Church by celebrated soloists
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Fun for all the family
FREE Family Fun will be on offer during a messy church event in Rawdon. The event, which is open to all and will include crafts, activities and refreshments, takes place at Trinity Church, Rawdon, on Saturday from 3pm to 5pm.
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Learn about wildlife
NATURALISTS can discover more about red kites and other wildlife occupying Otley Chevin in an event organised by the RSPB in partnership with Leeds City Council. Running from today until Sunday staff and volunteers from the charity are setting up a
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Learn about wildlife
NATURALISTS can discover more about red kites and other wildlife occupying Otley Chevin in an event organised by the RSPB in partnership with Leeds City Council. Running from today until Sunday staff and volunteers from the charity are setting up a
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Mayor’s fundraiser
OTLEY’S Town Mayor will be holding a fundraising stall this weekend. Councillor Nigel Gill will be selling home produce, books and bric-a-brac under the Buttercross from 10am to noon on Saturday. All proceeds will go to Coun Gill’s Mayoral charities
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Have your say on maternity provision
A MATERNITY services focus group wants to hear what is important to Wharfedale people, who are using maternity services and identify improvements to be made, at a meeting in Ilkley tonight. A focus group session will be held at the Clarke Foley
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AGM with singing
NATIONAL Trust Airedale and Wharfedale Association stages its annual general meeting at Ian Clough Hall, Baildon, at 2pm on Saturday. After the business part of the event, barber shop singing will be performed by Straysound of Harrogate. Admission
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Rotary charity night
THE Rotary Club of Aireborough will be holding another Sheepstakes charity night on Friday at 7.30pm at Horsforth Golf Club. Sheep ‘winders’ will be selected at random from the audience giving everyone the opportunity to pick their winner from
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Live web chat session
Live web chat session WHARFEDALE and Aireborough residents are being invited to put questions directly to West Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner tonight. Mark Burns-Williamson will host a live web chat from 7pm to 8pm, where he will be
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Arrival of ultrafast 4G
VODAFONE UK has started to roll out its ultrafast 4G in Ilkley this week. The arrival of Vodafone 4G in Ilkley means that all customers on Vodafone’s Red 4G plans will be able to connect to the internet more quickly, more reliably and in more places
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MPs hear residents’ planning concerns
THREE MPs serving Wharfedale and Aireborough heard claims that major housing developers having a ‘stranglehold’ on the housing market – and the loss of the national ‘brownfield first’ policy – at a planning conference held in Ilkley. Shipley MP
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Spectacles wanted
OLD or unwanted spectacles are being collected by Otley Lions. The club is asking anyone with surplus pairs of glasses to support a global recycling scheme by dropping them off at its bookshop on Mercury Row. The donated spectacles will be sent
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Craft fair date
A DESIGNER craft fair will be held in Otley this weekend. Featuring products created by the stallholders, the event runs from 9.30am to 1pm at Otley Courthouse on Sunday.
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Maypole is back after absence of nine months
OTLEY’S ‘iconic’ Maypole is finally back in place. The Manchester Square landmark was removed last June after an inspection found it to be dangerously rotten. Calls for it to be reinstated began straight away, but the replacement pole was finally
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Deputy PM adds his voice to Sam’s fight
THE DEPUTY Prime Minister has vowed to ‘look urgently’ at the treatment funding crisis facing an Otley boy. Sam Brown, who has the rare genetic condition Morquio disease, will see his supply of Vimizim end on May 12 - with NHS England yet to say
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Keeping an eye on sky for eclipse
THOUSANDS looked to the sky to catch a glimpse of the solar eclipse on Friday morning and, although clouds meant few in Wharfedale got a perfect view, the event proved a spectacular sight. The partial eclipse, in which around 90 per cent of the
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Groups in running for museum revealed
ILKLEY’S All Saints’ Parish Church, a national Methodist art collection, a community enterprise and Ilkley Parish Council are in the running to take over the town’s Manor House Museum. With less than three weeks remaining until the historic Grade
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Speedy Tordoff gets 'in-house' help again
SAM Tordoff will have some 'in-house' help when it comes to sponsorship this season.GardX and his employers JCT600 are joint team sponsors of West Surrey Racing (WSR), who Tordoff and Rob Collard will drive for in the 2015 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car
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Supporters' backing is fantastic for Bower
WITH Guiseley homing in on yet another play-off berth in Vanarama Conference North, manager Mark Bower has showed his appreciation for the Lions fans.The Nethermoor club, who are third in the table with seven games left, took a decent following to Lowestoft
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Yarnbury defeat promotion chasers in a real thriller
Yarnbury 30 Malton and Norton 27YARNBURY made a welcome return to form to topple promotion candidates Malton & Norton at Brownberrie Lane.Yarnbury were challenging them in third place before Christmas but with injuries and a much-changed side they have
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Wingers speed in for seven tries as Otliensians tame the Pythons
Old Otliensians 47 Harrogate Pythons 18 ON a cold afternoon, the fumbles, knocks-on, misdirected passes and countless penalties, could perhaps be excused as the two sides did manage to provide flashes of running rugby which entertained the spectators
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Fowler strikes late as Ilkley halt Pool's winning run
Ilkley Town 2 Pool 2ILKLEY Town brought an end to Pool's run of 15 successive West Yorkshire League Division One wins in a dramatic finish at Ben Rhydding on Saturday.Pool looked to hace wrapped up another three points when their leading scorer Tom Fleming
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Otley members tackle a busy weekend
OTLEY AC had a busy weekend with lots of athletes out racing in different events and 40 members attending the annual training weekend in the Lake District. Howard Jeffery was back out in an Otley vest on Saturday. Jeffery has been keeping a light race
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Do you have depression?
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