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A TEENAGE archer from Otley is celebrating a medal-winning performance in Europe. Joe Fairburn, a Year 13 student at Prince Henry’s Grammar School, won the Bronze Medal in the Junior Men’s Recurve category at the European Field Archery Championship

by Ian Brand I AM standing in the checkout queue at the supermarket with four cheap bottles of gin, something I do every October. I have already had several disapproving looks. So I am relieved when the friendly cashier asks, “Are you making damson

A CAMPAIGNER from Otley has been named as one of the most influential people with a disability in the UK - for the second year running. Chloe Tear has again been included in the Shaw Trust Disability Power List 100, which is compiled by an independent

NEW Girlguiding research reveals 88 per cent of girls and young women aged seven to 21 say it is urgent we all do more to protect the environment. As part of ‘Future Girl Acts’ week which ran from from September 30 to October 6 Rainbows, Brownies

AWARD-winning Ilkley-based author, Alan Reynolds’ latest novel, Exfil has just been published by Pool-in-Wharfedale based publishers, Fisher King Publishing. The story was inspired around news items covering the tensions between Iran and the USA

MORE details about Otley’s very first Coffee Festival have been revealed. The event will take place on Saturday, April 25, 2020 and local residents, businesses and councillors attended a launch evening on Tuesday, October 8 to find out more.

BURLEY-in-Wharfedale and District Probus Club presents a charity concert in aid of children’s cancer charity Candlelighters on Saturday, October 19 at 7pm in St Mary’s Church, Burley-in-Wharfedale. The concert will feature Wharfedale Male Voice

125 Years Ago - 1894 On Sunday evening the sudden death took place of Harriet Richardson, wife of James Richardson, quarry-owner, residing in Wellington Road. It appears that the deceased, who was thirty-nine years of age, retired to bed as usual

PARTS of the main road at Arthington are to be resurfaced to improve safety. A high friction surface will be laid on the approach to the A659 Arthington Lane’s junctions with Warren Lane and Creskeld Lane and also outside the St Mary and St Abanoub

ILKLEY Film Society’s next screening, the vibrant Kenyan film Rafiki, on Sunday October 20 (8pm at Ilkley Playhouse) is a film banned in its own country. “Rafiki” is the Swahili word for “friend”, and that is how same-sex couples often refer to

SINCE Lister Horsfall’s expansion in to Ilkley in 1974, the family-owned business has been committed to bringing only the very finest jewellery and highest quality Swiss-watches to its regional customers. Now, 45 years on, the business has committed

FASHION and interior design enthusiasts should find a trip to Pool-in-Wharfedale rewarding this month. Marton Mills Co Ltd, which produces fabrics for commercial clients, is holding a two-day ‘pop-up shop’ where the public can browse and buy products

BRADFORD Council is to start charging for car parking at Ilkley Pool and Lido in spring next year. The council’s executive approved plans to introduce the controversial parking charges in 2018 saying they were needed to offset the effect of Government

A DIABETIC will tell a forthcoming voluntary group meeting how she is successfully managing her condition. Nikki Moon, who is a Type 1 diabetic, will recount how she discovered she had the condition and how she came to change her eating regime after

By Andrew Mitchell, Tax Partner, Armstrong Watson Skipton AS many will be aware, the government have restricted the tax relief available to landlords from increasing Land and Buildings Transaction Tax and restricting the amount of loan interest

RUSS O'Neill is looking for his Guiseley side to cement their play-off place this weekend as they look to bounce back from their surprise FA Cup exit. The Lions crashed out of the sport's oldest competition following a 1-0 defeat at Peterborough

A £2.5 million improvement scheme for a busy Wharfedale crossroads is set to start next Spring. Leeds City Council has been consulting over plans to improve traffic flow and reduce congestion at the Dyneley Arms junction, where the A660 meets the

ILKLEY want the Birtwhistle Cup to revert to its original format of 45 overs per innings. For the past two seasons the Aire-Wharfe League’s second-team knockout competition has been a T20, but league secretary Matthew Grimes told the league’s council

SKYRAC AC’s under-17 men’s team took top honours with a one-two finish at the first race in this year’s West Yorkshire Cross Country League at Cliffe Castle park in Keighley. Despite the heavy rain in recent weeks, the weather stayed dry and course

BEN Rhydding put on an impressive and slick performance away at Leeds 2nds to win 4-1 and climb up the North Premier Table to fifth place. Myles Locke posed an immediate threat with his ability to make long connections and Leeds had no answer to

BRADFORD Council is to start charging for car parking at Ilkley Pool and Lido in spring next year. The council’s executive approved plans to introduce the controversial parking charges in 2018 saying they were needed to offset the effect of Government