FRESH funding support is on offer to businesses and charities in Leeds that are suffering financial problems due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Leeds City Council has already distributed more than £290m worth of assistance to the business and charity
MUSICIAN and conductor Frank Renton returned to his Yorkshire roots with the Hepworth Band for the annual Aireborough Rotary concert in Yeadon town Hall. A week earlier the band had taken part in the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain
TEAMS are being sought for The Annual Rotary Business Quiz night which takes place on Thursday, November 25 at 7.15pm at Ilkley Rugby Club. The event, now in its 27th year, is organised by the Rotary Club of Ilkley and sponsored by Ison Harrison
CHILDREN in Ilkley enjoyed a summer of fun in 2021 thanks to Ilkley Youth and Community Association (IYCA). In association with the Rotary Clubs of Ilkley, Ilkley Town Council, funding from the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme and Bradford
A FABULOUS selection of reader photographs. If you have a photograph you would like to see published in the paper please email: claire.lomax@nqyne.co.uk
A WONDERFUL selection of reader photographs. If you have a photograph you would like to see published in the paper please email: claire.lomax@nqyne.co.uk
A SERIES of leaky barriers and earth bunds are being built on Ilkley Moor as the next steps in Backstone Beck Natural Flood Management Project start this week. Timber is being used to create some new structures to slow drainage and help restore
A GRAPHIC designer is to present digital imagery workshops in Ilkley. Peter Falloon designed the Heritage Time Line of Ilkley, in the All Saints Church’s new link building. His talent for digital and computed generated design has led to working
by Mgr Kieran Heskin Sacred Heart Church, Ilkley A CHURCH minister once visited an old man who was dying. The minister, during the course of his Prayer Service, asked his parishioner, “do you reject Satan”? The ultra-cautious reply he received
Ian Brand Wharfedale Naturalists Society EACH morning, as I open the bedroom curtains, I am greeted by the sight of a beautiful old Ash tree. Standing 32 metres (105 feet) tall, it is indeed a gentle old giant. Sadly, it now has the early signs
A FREE service is offering help to small businesses in Leeds as they aim to bounce back from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Leeds MicroBusiness Support Service provides expert advice on everything from contingency planning and social
ILKLEY law firm, LCF Law, has appointed David Mattocks as finance director. Chartered Accountant, David joins LCF Law from Keebles LLP, where he spent 13 years as both finance director and chief executive. He previously worked as finance director
SHIPLEY MP Philip Davies is supporting a campaign by the Alzheimer’s Society to help improve the lives of thousands of people across the district affected by the condition. The MP, whose constituency includes Menston and Burley-in-Wharfedale, met
HAVING closed 2019 by winning the coveted BBC Scotland Traditional Music album of the year, Scottish folk favourites Breabach were looking forward to a busy 2020. 2020 marked a very special year in the life of the band, as it was their 15th anniversary
ALDI has announced it will open 100 new stores across the UK over the next two years. The supermarket has pledged to invest £1.3 billion by 2023 in a bid to further grow its retail estate, as it continues to push ahead with plans to open an average
A GUISELEY firm has scooped two national awards including the title of Funeral Director of the Year. Full Circle Funerals also won Green Funeral Director of the Year in recognition of its efforts to support people choosing sustainable funeral options
OTLEY Cricket Club have signed a new lease with Leeds City Council, safeguarding the use of their Cross Green headquarters for cricket until at least 2058. Local solicitors Newstead and Walker and Leeds-based surveyors Carter Towler have negotiated
THREE stalwarts of local football in the Wharfedale FA district have received awards from the Football Association to mark their 50 years service to the game. The presentations were made to Peter Wilkinson, Rachel O'Connor and Ray Tate by the Chairman
