POLICE investigating a three-vehicle crash at North Rigton are appealing for the ‘Good Samaritan’ who stopped to come forward. The accident happened at about 4pm on Friday, March 13 at the junction of Dunkeswick Lane and Hall Green Lane on the
MORE than 100 people turned out to help raise the Chevin Cross last weekend. The 30ft-tall symbol was pulled into position at Surprise View, overlooking Otley, on Saturday morning. Otley Methodist Church secretary John Burland said he was delighted
The History Boys at Ilkley Playhouse MOST of us have seen The History Boys, either on stage or on film. It is a play that needs an ensemble cast to play the eight schoolboys, with four contrasting teaching styles embodied in the adult parts. Set
Sir Mark Elder and the Halle at St George’s Hall, Bradford THIS concert marked the 150th anniversary of the very first performance in St George’s Hall of Sir Charles Halle’s Manchester-based orchestra. Sir Mark Elder, the Halle’s current music
ST PETER’S Church, Addingham, will be hosting afternoon teas, from 2pm until 5pm, on Easter Sunday, April 5. All are welcome to attend.
ST PETER’S Church, Addingham, will be hosting afternoon teas, from 2pm until 5pm, on Easter Sunday, April 5. All are welcome to attend.
AN Ilkley butcher is among seven to be chosen to compete for the title of Premier Young Butcher 2015 this summer. Joe Smith, who works for Lishman’s of Ilkley, has been shortlisted by the National Federation of Meat and Food Traders to compete
ILKLEY’S own ‘railway children’ will mark the 150th anniversary of the railway arriving in the town this August. The anniversary falls on August 1 – Yorkshire Day – and Ilkley Summer Festival managing director, Anne Hawkesworth, hopes to unite
A MAN who was head of marketing for a major sports shop chain, has been cleared of helping his chairman father to use a forged bank statement. A jury at Leeds Crown Court this week found 40-year-old Stuart Jones not guilty of aiding and abetting
FOLLOWING a successful campaign to keep its funding from Bradford Council, Ilkley Literature Festival is looking ahead to a programme of spring events, including the Words in the City Festival in Bradford and a one-off event with David Starkey at the
This ride takes in beautiful countryside and one of our most ancient rights of way, the scenic Mastiles Lane. THIS wonderful 13-mile horse riding route takes you into Malhamdale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, is of medium difficulty
THE FOLLOWING planning applications have been received by Leeds City Council: Bramhope: summerhouse to rear, 83 The Birches. Bramhope: two-storey and single storey side/rear extension, 10 Hilton Grange. Bramhope: detached house to garden, alterations
DETAILS about more than 200 benches in Otley have been documented by the town council. The work is part of an ongoing survey to help the council establish the ownership of the town’s seating and identify which benches it is responsible for.
THE family of an Otley teenager killed by a drink driver are backing a new manifesto on dangerous driving. The document, calling for tougher penalties and better victim support, was drawn up by local MP Greg Mulholland (Lib Dem, Leeds North-West
A TEAM from Prince Henry’s Grammar School is celebrating reaching the final of a prestigious debating contest. The sixth form students came second overall in this year’s Benjamin Franklin Fellowship Debate Competition. Students from 11 schools
ONE of Otley’s busiest roads has been closed to allow urgent repairs to a collapsed sewer. The work began on Bridge Street, near its junction with Cattle Market Street, on Wednesday morning and is expected to take three days to complete. Yorkshire
ILKLEY Labour Party will begin its campaign for the general and local election campaigns on Sunday. Tom Watson MP will launch Labour’s Election Campaign in Ilkley from noon to 1pm at the Craiglands Hotel, the day before Parliament is dissolved.
CENTRAL Ilkley shopping street The Grove is to get a £13,000 revamp in the coming months with joint spending by the town’s three ward councillors. Repairs to pavement flagstones by the bandstand, a detachable post to prevent unwanted pavement parking
THE following planning applications have been received by Bradford Council: Burley-in-Wharfedale: Construction of 3/4 bedroom detached house, land at 22 Mansfield Road, Burley-in-Wharfedale. Burley-in-Wharfedale: Construction of single-storey rear
EXPERTS at the British Museum have confirmed they want to buy two early Bronze Age flat axes unearthed in a Silsden field by a Bradford fastfood worker. When Edward Hannon isn’t serving up burgers and chips he is out and about in all weathers with
