NEW powers to tackle the anti social behaviour, drug taking and “tomb-stoning” around a District beauty spot could be approved next week. In recent years warm weather has brought crowds of people to the Ilkley Riverside area, which police say has
A FUNDRAISING appeal has been launched to raise money to install a permanent tribute to those who have tragically died during the coronavirus pandemic in Ilkley and Ben Rhydding. Ilkley District Councillors Kyle Green (Con, Ilkley) and Anne Hawkesworth
AN ASTHMA charity will meet with the government over its call for sufferers to be prioritised in the Covid vaccination rollout. Many people with the condition say they are being put at risk after being removed from priority group six - despite
LEEDS will be the home of the country’s first-ever infrastructure bank. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, today used his Budget speech to announce that the city has been chosen as the location for the bank, which will invest in public
MEMBERS of Ilkley Soroptimists have taken on challenges for International Women’s Day. The theme for International Women’s Day on March 8 March is Choose to Challenge and in lockdown Ilkley members have focused on the UK sub theme: Raising Awareness
A DISTRICT councillor has slammed Bradford Council’s “raid on Addingham’s green belt”. The Council is currently consulting on its Local Plan which has identified six sites in Addingham for the building of 175 new homes. Five of the sites are in
A LAW firm is warming up ahead of its latest challenge that aims to get all of its 15 branches and over 100 employees on the move. Leeds-based law firm Ison Harrison has launched the Yorkshire Law Firm Challenge which encourages staff from its branches
A DELAY in the resumption of the brown bin service in Leeds has been criticised by Guiseley and Rawdon councillor Paul Wadsworth. Cllr Wadsworth, Shadow Spokesperson for Environmental Services, said there was confusion about the new date which was
THE new post of West Yorkshire Mayor should come with an annual allowance of £105,000 - a panel has recommended. Voters will decide on who will become the first West Yorkshire Mayor in the local elections this May. The role has been created
THE deaths of two women at their home in Leeds have been confirmed as not suspicious following post-mortem examinations. The woman, aged 78 and 81, were found at their address in Stonegate Road, Moortown, on Sunday, February 28, after a neighbour
PEOPLE in Otley are being encouraged to use a new recycling facility - which is one of the first of its kind in Leeds. Leeds City Council has obtained a grant to introduce WEEE Banks (Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment) for reuse and recycling
TWO young residents of Grange Close in Ben Rhydding are raising money for Comic Relief. Sisters Daisy Lowe, aged eight and Heidi Lowe, aged six, both pupils of Ashlands Primary School, have been using their free time in lockdown to keep fit by
