125 Years Ago - 1895 On Wednesday morning, shortly after the female attendant at Otley Railway Station had lit the gas of the third-class waiting-room, there was a terrific report and a smashing of windows, glass &c., not only in the room where
A GUITAR virtuoso will demonstrate his skills at a Valentine’s Day show in Otley. Eduardo Niebla is returning to the Courthouse on Friday, February 14 due to popular demand. Niebla, who is also a composer, has been acclaimed as one of the most
AIRECENTRE Pacers were in action across the region last weekend scoring several personal bests along the way. Two important races took place on Sunday – the Brass Monkey half marathon held in York and the Temple Newsam 10 miler run in the grounds
THE deluge of rain on Sunday added an extra dimension to both of the day's feature races but it didn't prevent two of Ilkley Harriers' star names from adding to their long list of achievements. Tom Adams collected his latest victory at the aptly-named
A WHARFEDALE cricket club is praying for its President following a serious accident overseas. Charles Dracup is currently in a coma in a hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa - but showing signs of recovery. The 59-year-old, who is President
BRADFORD Council is proposing to invest £975,000 to improve and extend its CCTV infrastructure, including a plan to bring high-tech cameras to Ilkley. The local authority currently operates over 450 CCTV cameras across the district that are used
AN UP-AND-COMING student band from Otley is enjoying a busy start to 2020. Men in Glass Houses, who reached the final of Breeze Has Talent last year, played a successful show at the Hyde Park Book Club in Leeds this week. The group - made up
PLANS to create 'one of the most environmentally efficient terminals in the UK' have been unveiled by Leeds Bradford Airport. The airport (LBA) says the proposals, to be submitted this Spring, will replace its previously approved terminal-expansion
AT a meeting on January 9 meeting Ben Rhydding WI welcomed John Rhodes from Mercy Ships, a charity which funds a fully equipped hospital ship which travels around the coast of Africa. John gave an interesting and thought provoking presentation highlighting
BURLEY Scouts and Guides Group would like to say a massive thank you for all the support they have received over the last five years as they complete a £500,000 fundraising campaign which has enabled a new headquarters to be built in Peel Place.
A SURVEY of Ilkley’s new parking scheme has found that around 40 per cent of people are broadly satisfied with it while 60 per cent are unhappy. Ilkley Town Council launched its survey in October to gauge public reaction to the Bradford Council
1224 (Wharfedale) Squadron, Royal Air Force Air Cadets are currently recruiting. A squadron spokesperson said: “We are looking for young people who might be interested in having a go at flying, gliding, target shooting and adventure training and
ADDINGHAM Christmas market, hosted by Addingham Totally Locally together with the Parish Council raised £900 for The Green Heart of The Village, a project to develop Addingham Primary School grounds as a resource for community use, habitat exploration
A WHARFEDALE MP has backed calls for an urgent review of the use of isolation booths in schools. The Governmnent is being urged to overhaul its guidance on the use of the disciplinary booths over concerns about their impact on mental health.
A NEW trial date has been set for two teenage girls accused of destroying a swan’s nest and attempting to damage a swan. The pair, Katie Mellor, 18, of Hawthorne Drive, Yeadon, and Davina Morrow, 18, of Dockfield Place, Shipley, face charges relating
A MAN has escaped a driving ban after magistrates at Skipton agreed he would suffer ‘exceptional hardship’. Ashfaq Hussain, 48, was at risk of an automatic six month ban as a totter after receiving seven penalty points, which took him over the maximum
CAMPAIGNERS claim revised plans for new road and rail infrastructure around Leeds Bradford Airport are ‘incompatible’ with climate change targets. The comments follow an announcement last month that a planned link road to be built near Leeds Bradford
A WHARFEDALE farmer will soon be heading to destinations around the world thanks to a Nuffield Farming Scholarship. Alastair Trickett will use the award to study the benefits of introducing livestock on arable farms. Alastair runs a sheep farm
IT was business as usual for JST Gas Gas teamster Richard Sadler, who won the Filtrate Trophy Trial at Fellbeck on Sunday. Sadler rode the 14 sections in his usual calculating style on lap one with a mark in Burtons, where four sections in the wood
