ULTRA-RUNNER Paul Tierney will talk about his record-breaking Lake District challenge at a fundraising talk in Otley next year. Mr Tierney set the new record for reaching the summit of all 214 ‘Wainwrights’ - Alfred Wainwright’s Lake District peaks
AN HISTORIC Wharfedale Unionist Club is closing. The club, in Burley-in-Wharfedale, is set to close down on Tuesday, December 10 due to a falling membership and lack of regular custom. Based on Main Street, it was founded in 1887 and at one time
PARENTS in Wharfedale and Aireborough are being asked to give away unwanted toys this Christmas. The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is hoping people will adopt a ‘one in, one out’ strategy as they go about shopping for their families. A survey
A PETITION has been launched to stop cuts to bus services in Guiseley and Otley. The petition, set up by local residents, has been signed by more than 900 people who are worried about reductions in the frequency of the 33 service to Guiseley and
Round one of the Ilkley and District Motor Club’s Skipton trophy navigational championship took place started at the Sun Inn Norwood. Fourteen competitors took on the challenge of what is essentially orienteering in cars using Ordnance Survey maps
125 Years Ago – 1894 On Thursday afternoon a fire, serious yet nothing to what it might have been but for timely assistance, broke out at Mr. Wright’s, the Grove Drapery. It appears that Mr. Wright proceeded in the usual way to light up his windows
Ilkley Film Society presents its Christmas double bill at Ilkley Playhouse on Sunday, December 15. At 6pm the film is Faces Places by the last of the French New Wave directors, Agnes Varda. The 88 year old tours rural France with her collaborator
By Denis O’Connor Wharfedale Naturalists Society My wildlife year had several highlights, among which a visit to Malaysia’s Taman Negara stood out. The national park protects about 1700 square miles of virgin tropical forest where the trees are
AN OTLEY school has been named as one of the ‘top 20’ in the north of England. Prince Henry’s Grammar School received the ranking, based on student performance at GCSE and A Level, in the latest Parent Power schools guide compiled by The Sunday
By Stephen Ferrie, VAT Consultant, Armstrong Watson BACK in the dim and distant past I began my tax career as an HM Customs and Excise trainee VAT officer. Armed with my brief case emblazoned with ‘ER’, I was often approached with suspicion,
Ilkley Town Council has declared a climate emergency - with a pledge to do everything it can to make the town carbon neutral by 2030. The emergency was declared at a meeting on Monday after Mayor Cllr Mark Stidworthy said the 2030 target would not
MARCUS Bignot says Guiseley's home league double header is a good opportunity for them to further their play-off charge in Vanarama National League North. The Lions joint-manager wants his side to target a six-point maximum haul from their clash
THE Ben Rhydding Over 50s men's team came away with a 2-0 victory when they travelled to Cambridge for the first match in this year’s national competition. As three-time winners of the national title, Ben Rhydding have a strong reputation and many
