THANKS to the initiative of a small group of folk musicians in the Yorkshire Dales, live music is returning to the Buck Inn in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales. Hawes based leading Dales folk music and dance historian Bob Ellis said: “In the mid
GUISELEY based photographer Lizzie Worley, who owns Luminosa Photography, won the Child Photographer of the Year award at the Newborn and Portrait show, Europe’s biggest family photography show on May 17, 2022. Lizzie beat hundreds of other entries
SIXTEEN ramblers celebrated their mountaineering club’s 130th year by gathering at Otley Chevin’s high point to mark completing visits to 130 of Yorkshire tops. Despite almost being named the Three Peaks Club in 1892 they chose to be called The
VISITORS to Ilkley’s Christchurch café were treated to half an hour of songs accompanied by “the happiest instrument in the world” as The Grove Ukulele Players performed in public for the first time since their inception last year. The 16-strong
Today we launch Your Money Matters - our campaign to help you overcome the surge in the cost of living. This year has seen a whole host of household of price increases - from the energy price cap rise to surging inflation and food prices - costing
TWO hundred water voles released into Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) by Yorkshire Water are thriving in their new habitat. Surveys of the area have found signs of the endangered animals up to 1km away from the original release
TOWN criers from across the country descended on Barnoldswick for the first national championships in three years. Overall winner was Otley crier Terry Ford, who beat off competition from criers coming from as far away as Bishop's Stortford, near
THE UK’s largest sustainable composite decking and cladding brand, Composite Prime - which is based in Ilkley - has reported the sharpest growth in stockists since its inception in 2015. The brand, which has made two new hires to accommodate growth
AUDRIC’S Way is a new fiction novel from a first-time author and Ilkley resident. Like many others, Ken Souyave sat down midway through the pandemic lockdown and began writing a story. A year on and several edits later, the book is published as an
POPULAR weekly teas run by the Friends of St Peter's, Addingham (FOSPA) on Sunday afternoons have restarted in the church hall after a break of two years caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. This is the 39th year that teas have been served by the Friends
PLANNING permission has been granted for a scheme to make Menston Railway Station accessible for people with limited mobility. An application by Network Rail for prior approval to install lift towers, a revised footbridge and approach stairs (Access
IT’S NOT very often that you hit a century but end up on the losing side, but that’s exactly what happened to Waleed Akhtar. His 125 included 16 fours and a six but was not enough to help newcomers New Rover to victory against Division 1 favourites
