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  • Otley school bus changes delayed

    POLITICIANS have welcomed a decision to delay the start date for changes to an Otley school’s bus services. The current bus services to Prince Henry’s Grammar School are subsidised by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA). That arrangement

  • Showstopping events at Yeadon Town Hall this February

    YEADON Town Hall has announced a packed programme of events ranging from Macbeth to Showaddywaddy in February. The venue will also be holding its first ever beer festival this year. The town hall will welcome The Aireborough Gilbert And Sullivan

  • Rotary comes to the aid of Ilkley Food Bank

    A NEW ‘one-stop’ shop for Ilkley Food Bank within All Saints Church is one step closer after members of the Rotary Club of Ilkley Wharfedale gave up their time to put up new shelving. Ilkley Food Bank was first up on May 7, 2013 under the auspices

  • Police launch new 'phone-in' system for witnesses

    WEST Yorkshire Police has launched a new system to allow witnesses to provide telephone statements. Initially being piloted across the Leeds and Bradford Districts, the service will save those taking part from having to travel to a police station

  • Upstagers panto is a triumph from start to finish

    Review: Upstagers Production of Sinbad at the King’s Hall, Ilkley, Friday, January 24 THE Upstagers annual pantomime returned to the King’s Hall in Ilkley last weekend with their production of Sinbad, which was, once again, a triumph from start

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    A LITTLE piece of Greece will come to Yeadon in April in an event inspired by the film Mamma Mia. The town hall will be transformed into a giant taverna as it hosts an immersive dinner and show, featuring Greek food and ABBA music performed by a

  • Ilkley Playhouse’s new spring/summer programme revealed

    Ilkley Playhouse Spring/Summer Programme 2020 ILKLEY Playhouse has been producing great drama in our beautiful town since 1928. We are a community theatre tucked away on the banks of the River Wharfe but we are very much at the heart of Ilkley’s

  • MP backs bid to protect rights of child refugees

    OTLEY’S MP has vowed to support continuing efforts to protect child refugees. A House of Lords amendment to the Government’s Brexit bill would have restored a clause that guaranteed the rights of refugee children to join their families in the UK

  • Guiseley net tough point but Aaron Martin sees red

    GUISELEY banked a hard earned point from a tough away day but it did neither them nor hosts Brackley Town any favours as they both lost ground in the Vanarama National North table. It was a goalless stalemate at St James Park and in truth the game

  • Neighbourhood Plan referendum for Otley

    OTLEY residents are being urged to vote for a plan which will give the town ‘more control over its future’. A referendum on the Otley Neighbourhood Plan, which has been seven years in the making, will be held on Thursday, February 20. If a