THE Grove Bookshop in Ilkley is having to be innovative in the way it runs its author events due to current Covid-19 restrictions. Mike Sansbury manager of the independent bookshop at 10 The Grove said: “In these strange times we are trying to keep
WASHBURN Heritage Centre has been asked to join a project that could help one of the country’s most at risk birds. The spotted flycatcher is a migratory species that breeds in the UK during the summer while spending the winter in Africa. Although
ILKLEY Business Improvement District (BID) has received £8,000 from the Town Council to develop a campaign called Discover Ilkley which will promote all that the town has to offer. Ilkley Town Council’s contribution will help fund a new website
NEIGHBOURHOOD Watch is keen to hear about people who go ‘the extra mile’ for others. The crime prevention organisation has teamed up with Co-op Insurance again to run the Neighbour of the Year Award 2020. It would particularly like to receive
A SOFT-play centre in Ilkley has tentatively re-opened operating within stringent government guidelines. Dan’s Den at Christchurch, which was closed for 25 weeks due to Covid-19, began welcoming back many familiar faces on September 9. New restrictions
Review: Walking in the Scottish Borders by Ronald Turnbull. Published by Cicerone £12.95 FIFTY years ago, Roger Purvis a friend and fellow student at Prince Henry’s and I undertook a two-week cycling holiday in the Scottish Borders. Part of this
IT was third time lucky for Guiseley as they dismissed their previous National League friendly defeats by recording a brilliant 1-0 win at Chesterfield. The Lions came into the friendly on the back of two losses to higher league opposition Halifax
THE Clarke Foley Centre in Cunliffe Road, Ilkley, officially opened its doors in January 1981 and has been serving the community over the last 40 years. To celebrate this landmark and to raise funds for the centre a memories book is being compiled
A PEACE group that regularly regularly protests at RAF Menwith Hill will help stage an online seminar next week. Keep Space for Peace Week is held each autumn by The Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power. This year Menwith Hill Accountability
A COFFEE morning at Otley has raised more than £500 for a cancer charity. Meg Morton organised the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning event at her home, on Bradford Road, on Friday, September 25. Meg, who is the Tower Captain for Otley Parish Church
WHARFEDALE and Aireborough residents are being warned to look out for romance-focused scams. West Yorkshire Trading Standards say that people are being left more susceptible to such scams due to the rise in online working because of the coronavirus
A COUNCILLOR who works as a hospital nurse is warning that the NHS will soon become overwhelmed and people will die "in large numbers" if Covid-19 infections continue to increase at the current rate. But Otley and Yeadon councillor Sandy Lay said
by Steve Westerman Wharfedale Naturalists Society I’VE started to visit the River Wharfe more frequently once again. It has been nice to get back and see what is going on with regard to wildlife. The level of the river has a lot to do with how
