LABOUR’S candidates for Leeds City council and Otley Town Council, have announced that dealing with traffic congestion and improving public transport will be major priorities if they are elected. Lucy Nuttgens and Richard Davies say Otley faces
A BEN Rhydding street famous for its fundraising is at it again. The residents of St John’s Road are running a marathon on the street on Saturday, April 24, which will raise money for the charity Carers’ Resource, which supports unpaid carers.
A YORKSHIRE-headquartered business which bakes chocolate brownies and sells them online and in shops and cafés across the UK has announced a major expansion which will see it almost double in size inside the next ten months. Love Brownies, an award-winning
BRADFORD Council says it is making improvements to parking in Ilkley today and tomorrow in time for the weekend in a bid to support shops and businesses reopening as part of the Government’s roadmap out of lockdown. The changes being introduced
NINE pubs with beer gardens opened in Otley on Monday with the partial relaxing of Covid restrictions. Drinkers returned to The Black Bull,The Royalty, The Yew Tree, The Fleece, The Black Horse Hotel, The Otley Tap House, The Bowling Green [Wetherspoons
A POOL in Wharfedale farm is set to be the site of bespoke micro festivals for small groups this summer. Glorious Glamping events - for groups of between 16 to 30 people - are expected to be offered at Fairmead Farm. Organisers say the initiative
Otley councillors were on site visits this week to identify the best locations for a new batch of Speed Indicator Devices set to be put in place this year. The programme, which has been delayed because of Covid 19, aims to prioritise the safety
ILKLEY Literature Festival are virtually welcoming journalist and writer Anita Sethi to Ilkley for a special book launch event for her book I Belong Here. Anita was on a journey through Northern England when she became the victim of a race-hate
OTLEY Bridge may get an 800th birthday present courtesy of a local transport group. The bridge is one of the oldest in the country and it is believed it will be 800 years old next year. Otley Town Partnership Transport Group members have been looking
A FORMER West Yorkshire Police staff member has been given a community order after admitting possession of indecent images of children. Carl Hardcastle, 57, appeared at Leeds Crown Court on Monday where he was given a two year community order.
HUNDREDS of Yorkshire schoolchildren who have suffered during lockdown are to get subsidised visits to an outdoor education centre to help them with their physical and mental recovery. Research carried out in Bradford has shown that youngsters
