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  • Leeds Scare Trails come to Golden Acre Park this Halloween

    OTLEY Zombie Apocalypse and Ilkley Scare Trail have joined forces to form Leeds Scare Trail to bring the excitement to Golden Acre Park in Bramhope. The Leeds Scare trails are a Halloween charity fundraiser consisting of two very different trails

  • TV series seeks aspiring make up artists

    ASPIRING make-up artists are being sought to take part in a new BBC series. Production company Wall to Wall - the makers of Child Genius, Long Lost Family and Who Do You Think You Are - is inviting applications. Senior researcher Darcy Dear

  • Successful recycling day held in Ilkley

    THE Rotary Club of Ilkley Wharfedale has once again held their annual recycling collection in Ilkley. The event on Saturday, October 2 in the main car park was held in association with The Margaret Carey Foundation which collects bicycles, wheelchairs

  • Ilkley lockdown quilt exhibition closes

    THE doors have now closed on the Ilkley lockdown quilt exhibition. The exhibition displayed the community project that had created 126 personal and unique reflections of the first lockdown in 2020. The exhibition also displayed the Scrubs sewing

  • Picture of the Week

    THIS week’s Picture of the Week was taken by Liz Powell who said: “Thought I might have met Alice tumbling through this tunnel of trees. It leads onto Addingham Bypass.” If you have a photograph you would like to see published in the paper please

  • Emma screening at Otley Courthouse

    JANE Austen’s Emma is to be screened at Otley Courthouse this month. The novel about finding your equal and earning your happy ending, is re-imagined in this film made last year. Handsome, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse is a restless queen bee

  • Green technology colleges

    THE YORKSHIRE Party is calling for green technology colleges to help solve the climate crisis. Party leader Dr Bob Buxton, who has previous devised a foundation degree in renewables, said: “Recent surveys tell us that young people are increasingly

  • Otley table top sale

    THE MACMILLAN Cancer Support fundraising group will hold a table top sale in Otley this week. The sale will take place at The Buttercross Stall from 10am to 1pm on Friday, October 15. Items will include bric-a-brac, books, handicrafts, gift ideas