CAROLS in the Park will be staged again in Horsforth in the run up to Christmas this year. The “simple, family-friendly event” will take place at the bandstand in Hall Park from 4pm to 4.30pm on Saturday, December 14. Local band The Stroke of
Ilkley Town 5 East End Park 0 FIVE goals by Tom Smith saw Ilkley Town advance to the next round of the West Yorkshire League Cup. On a freezing cold Saturday afternoon, Ilkley Town dominated East End Park in the cup match and they were rewarded
OTLEY’S pubs have been praised for making an ‘immense’ effort for the Victorian Fayre. Many of the town’s licensees and their teams dressed in period costume and decorated their inns to support the event on Sunday, December 1. Otley Pub Club
NINETEEN charities took part in a Grand Charity Christmas Fayre on Saturday at the Clarke Foley Centre in Ilkley. The Fayre was opened by Ilkley Town Crier, Isabel Ashman whose rhyming declaration included the names of several charities taking part
THE former chief of Bradford City has been appointed as chief executive of the group responsible for promoting Yorkshire to the world. James Mason will join Welcome to Yorkshire early in the New Year, bringing with him a wealth of experience in
THE Ilkley Manor House Trust welcomed volunteers and supporters of the house on the evening November 26. The guests had gathered for the Trust’s annual meeting where they heard what has been happening over the last 12 months and plans looking ahead
COUNCILLORS in Ilkley have agreed to pay thousands of pounds to help fund the area’s Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme. Burley-in-Wharfedale Parish Council has been running the scheme for Wharfedale after Bradford Council was no longer able to fund
YOUNG rugby players in Otley will be burning off their Christmas dinners at a fundraising Boxing Day match. Otley RUFC will host the fourth annual Prince Henry’s Barbarians vs Otley Invitational game at Cross Green on Thursday, December 26. The
A LUKE Cowdell hat-trick aided in Old Otliensians advancing to the next round of the Yorkshire Silver Trophy as they proved too much for table toppers Baildon, beating them 27-13 at Chaffers Field. The fourth-placed side gained much needed revenge
THIS week’s Picture of the Week is entitled ‘Frosty Leaves’ and was taken by Hollie Rushton. To see more of Holly’s work follow her on Instagram: hols_photography86 If you have a photograph you would like to see published in the paper please
Review: Wind in the Willows at Ilkley Playhouse MESSING about in boats, dappled water, woodland walks and creatures, conjure up a quintessentially English atmosphere which is so reminiscent of our countryside and culture, it is impossible not to
Ilkley Playhouse IT is the month of Advent and calendar doors are being opened to reveal a feast of festive delights. On Thursday night we will be revealing our festive family show with Alan Bennett’s adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s classic The
A NEW member has been welcomed onto Ilkley Town Council. Jonathan Walsh took his seat at a meeting this week. Leader of the Green Party councillors Ros Brown said: “We would like to congratulate Jonathan for winning the Ilkley North Ward by-election
YARNBURY were knocked out of the National Cup Regional after suffering a 27-23 defeat to Wetherby at Grange Park. The visitors had beaten their inner city rivals the previous week in Yorkshire League 2 action to move five points clear, however they
A REARRANGED ‘environmental hustings’ will take place in Otley this weekend. Originally due to be held on Saturday, November 30 the event had to be rescheduled in the wake of last Friday’s terrorist attack on London Bridge. The hustings, designed
THEATRE-GOERS are being invited to pay what they can to enjoy a magical Christmas show in Guiseley. The affordable entertainment is being staged by Spotty Socks - the theatre company of social enterprise Codswallop CIC. Molly and Madeleine: The
BURLEY-in-Wharfedale has this year marked 38 years of its famous Christmas Lights display. They say, “mighty oaks from little acorns grow” and that is certainly true of the Christmas display! It started 38 years ago when village resident Tom Sumner
ESSENTIAL maintenance work is to be carried out on Bramhope’s historic Puritan Chapel. A £3,750 grant from the Outer North West Community Committee will cover half the cost of repointing the Grade I Listed building, which dates back to 1649.
THE Ilkley Christmas Tree Festival brought the community together for a festive celebration. Visitors were invited to visit St Margaret’s Church on November 21, 22 and 23 to enjoy the spectacle of 25 real Christmas trees on display, each decorated
DELAYS in the reopening of the pool at Aireborough Leisure Centre are to be examined in detail early in the New Year. Leeds City Council will be identifying lessons for the future when it looks at why it took a year longer than expected to re-open
A WHARFEDALE village’s Christmas lights display has been given extra sparkle thanks to a funding boost. The Outer North West Community Committee has made a grant of £1,500 towards the hiring of six Christmas motifs for Pool-in-Wharfedale’s display
A FUNDRAISING runner from Otley is hoping to round off 2019 with a race in Malaga. Danny Cooney has been raising money this year for local dementia charities and The Friends of St Joseph’s School by running in marathons around Europe. A recent
Review: Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, Leeds Town Hall, Saturday 30th November 2019 THERE are really three characters in Hungarian composer Bela Bartok’s dark impressionist opera. Three that is, counting the shadowy gloom laden castle of the title. Bluebeard
