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Electoral Commission to monitor voting in Bradford district
9:00am Saturday 25th May 2013
Beamsley Project chief says farewell
2:00pm Saturday 25th May 2013
Trustees of the Beamsley Project have said farewell to their chairman Peter Shields.
Otley campaigners' trip to London to support stop hunger rally
1:00pm Saturday 25th May 2013
Campaigners from Otley will head to London next month as part of a new drive to end world hunger.
Grand opening of Ilkley community cafe draws closer
1:00pm Saturday 25th May 2013
Ilkley allotments back in parish council's hands
11:00am Saturday 25th May 2013
Guiseley salon achieves four-star rating in Good Salon Guide
10:00am Saturday 25th May 2013
A Guiseley hairdressers has been awarded a four star rating in the Good Salon Guide.
Otley schools get help with growing own vegetables
9:00am Saturday 25th May 2013
Former Ring o' Bells pub will be Otley Tavern after opening night
9:00am Saturday 25th May 2013
Appeal to get Otley business booming
9:00am Friday 24th May 2013
Bradford district's healthcare consumer champion scheme launched
4:00pm Friday 24th May 2013
Meditation day on Ilkley Moor
12:15pm Friday 24th May 2013
Otley Chevin to host national dry stone walling contest
12:00pm Friday 24th May 2013
Dry stone wallers from across the country will take part in a competition at Otley this year.
Bramhope Arts Club holds outdoor exhibition
11:38am Friday 24th May 2013
Horsforth pub holds pint and pie festival
11:36am Friday 24th May 2013
Pool-in-Wharfedale Feats king and queen are crowned
10:00am Friday 24th May 2013
The new king and queen of Pool-in-Wharfedale - or at least its 2013 Feast - have been crowned.
Number of development sites in Ilkley doubled by Council
9:00am Friday 24th May 2013
Hunt is on for Ilkley Literature Festival resident poet
9:00am Friday 24th May 2013
Submit your Tour de France poems for Otley anthology
9:00am Friday 24th May 2013
Yeadon
12:48pm Friday 24th May 2013
Wharfedale
12:48pm Friday 24th May 2013
Rawdon
12:47pm Friday 24th May 2013
Pool-in-Wharfedale
12:45pm Friday 24th May 2013
Otley
12:44pm Friday 24th May 2013
Menston
12:43pm Friday 24th May 2013
Ilkley and Otley
12:42pm Friday 24th May 2013
Guiseley
12:37pm Friday 24th May 2013
Horsforth
12:38pm Friday 24th May 2013
Burley-in-Wharfedale
12:36pm Friday 24th May 2013
Bolton Abbey
12:35pm Friday 24th May 2013
Ben Rhydding
12:33pm Friday 24th May 2013
Addingham
12:31pm Friday 24th May 2013
Pool-in-Wharfedale school caretaker faces charges of raping young girl
9:10am Thursday 23rd May 2013
A primary school caretaker has been charged with a catalogue of sex offences against a young girl.
Bid to raise profile of ‘Cinderella’ landscape of South Pennines
4:20pm Thursday 23rd May 2013
To Natural England’s database of landscape character assessments it is known simply as Area 36.
Bank holiday repeat prescription warning
2:52pm Thursday 23rd May 2013
Fun day for little Harry from Otley raises £6,000
2:11pm Thursday 23rd May 2013
More than 1,000 people turned out to give a five-year-old from Otley an unforgettable fun day.
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