OTLEY'S MP Alex Sobel has branded the Government’s social care reforms an attack on those most in need. On Monday night, MPs voted through Health and Social Care Bill plans, by 272 to 246, to exclude means-tested council support payments from a
HUNDREDS of people turned out to see Yeadon Town Hall lit up at its annual Christmas lights switch on. The impressive turnout on Saturday was at the culmination of a busy day when around 2,000 people flocked to the indoor market in the town hall
THE long wait is nearly over! This Saturday Father Christmas will arrive in his carriage to switch on the Christmas Lights in Ilkley. It is two years since he last came to Ilkley and Ilkley Town Council has planned a day of celebration to mark
A TEENAGE equestrian is a step closer to fulfilling her dreams of riding for Great Britain after being selected for British Dressage’s prestigious Foundation Academy and being placed fourth in a national schools’ competition. Tabby Wood, 17, of
THE beloved Ilkley Beer Festival is returning in 2022, after missing a year due to Covid. The 14th annual event will now be held on Friday 11th and Saturday 12th February 2022 at the King’s Hall. Organised by Ilkley & District Round Table, the
A FREE talk on allotment gardening will be given in a zoom event hosted by Aireborough Civic Society next week. National Allotment Society President Phil Gomersall will be guest speaker at the talk at 7.30pm on Tuesday, November 30. Phil will
AN ANALYSIS of some of the threats facing the West was given by Paul Rogers, Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University, in a talk to Forum 2000. The talk analysed the last year from the point of view of peace and war. A Forum
THE members of Guiseley Brass Band, having been kept apart due to Covid for 18 months, are pleased to be back playing and ready for a busy Christmas. They will be playing at the following events: The Lights Switch-On in Ilkley on Saturday, November
NATIONAL Grief Awareness Week will be marked in Guiseley with a series of events. The Good Grief Guiseley Cafe is aiming to raise awareness of the support available, both nationally and locally, when a loved one dies. Organiser Heather Cooper
HORSFORTH amateur actor Fiona Yeadon has played some great musical roles across West Yorkshire (including the title role in Evita at Guiseley, in Nine to Five at Yeadon, in 42nd Street at Leeds Grand and in Footloose at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
Review: Airedale Symphony Orchestra, King’s Hall, Ilkley, Sunday 21st November 2021 THE orchestra’s first public concert in twenty months and an audience hungry for live music virtually guaranteed a joyous reception. John Anderson, the ASO’
Ilkley Playhouse IF you are looking to enjoy a bit of original theatre this weekend, then head to Ilkley Playhouse. On Friday and Saturday night National Theatre acclaimed actor William Ilkley returns to his home town of Ilkley to premiere Alexa
A Leeds Trinity University student and Team GB athlete is preparing to compete in the 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships. Charlotte McGuinness will compete for Team GB at the championships, which begin this weekend, in the women up to 50kg
THE Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has announced the latest round of Culture Recovery funding, which will benefit Ilkley Cinema. The cinema has been awarded almost £150,000 from the fund, which will help the cinema build back
