INTEREST in the new Green Homes Grant appears to be high in Wharfedale. The recently announced Government scheme involves £2 billion being provided to support work that makes homes more energy efficient. Councillor Barry Anderson (Con, Adel &
WHARFEDALE’S wordsmiths have been selecting their favourite poems for a new online collection. Otley Town Poet Matthew Hedley Stoppard is among the writers who have contributed to Poetry Keeps. The project was inspired by both Radio 4’s Desert
THIS week’s picture of the week was taken by Steve Davey and shows a sunset over Moor Top, Guiseley. If you have a photograph you would like to see published in the paper please email: claire.lomax@nqyne.co.uk
AN OTLEY author will give a free online talk this week. Heather Dawe’s High Inspiration describes the adventures that she had while running around the Tour de Mont Blanc - a classic mountain tour in the heart of the Alps - in 2014. The book also
ILKLEY BID have a series of initiatives planned for their second year of operation to promote footfall in the town and one of these will be the launch of a brand new consumer-friendly website, Discover Ilkley and associated social media channels.
FIRST details about how travelling to school in September will work have been released by transport bosses. WYCA (West Yorkshire Combined Authority) has been working on plans to ensure local travel options ‘support a safe return to education’.
THIS year’s ‘Independence Day’ protest at Menwith Hill was a mainly online affair. People from around the country head to the base on July 4 each year to take part in the Independence from America Day protest. Due to the coronavirus pandemic
‘APPALLING’. That is how a Wharfedale MP has described comments by the Prime Minister which claimed that many care homes ‘didn’t really follow the procedures’ for preventing the spread of COVID-19. Boris Johnson’s remarks sparked fury within
TICKETS are now on sale for Chicago ‘the sexiest musical ever’ (Metro) which comes to the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford next autumn 2021. Set amidst the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s, Chicago is the story of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an assault in Otley that left an 18 year old man seriously injured. Officers were called to Kirkgate at about 9.30pm on Saturday, July 11 when the victim was found in the street. He was taken to hospital
