Archive

  • Consultation on closure of Ellar Ghyll

    A PUBLIC consultation has begun on the closure of Otley's Ellar Ghyll Household Waste Recycling Centre. Leeds City Council is looking at the closure as a way of saving £110,000 per year. The council says it faces significant challenges with its

  • Call for local key workers to be prioritised for Covid jab

    OTLEY'S MP is calling for key workers to be prioritised for the Covid-19 jab. Labour MP Alex Sobel is also stressing the need for everyone to accept the vaccine when it is their turn. Writing in a New Year newsletter Mr Sobel said: "The approval

  • Burley's Christmas lights

    THE MAN behind Burley-in-Wharfedale's Christmas lights is thanking everyone who helped make the display possible. Tom Sumner who has organised the village's festive lights displays for decades said: "The Christmas lights are over for another year

  • Picture of the Week

    THIS week’s Picture of the Week is of an Otter and was taken by Morgan Caygill in Otley. If you have a photograph you would like to see published in the paper please email: claire.lomax@nqyne.co.uk

  • Pupils in Burley Woodhead dig in for trees

    CREATING an area of woodland in their school grounds helped pupils learn more about sustainability. The project - carried out in conjunction with Trish Mersh, a volunteer with the local environmental group Burley Tree Project - enabled the year

  • Police are being ‘hung out to dry’ over Covid restrictions

    THERE are claims police officers are being made “scapegoats for poor policy and law writing” amid the Covid-19 crisis. Brian Booth, chairman of the West Yorkshire Police Federation has spoken of the challenges the third national lockdown is bringing