FORMER Ilkley and Keighley MP Ann Cryer will talk about being a woman MP at an event this month.

Mrs Cryer, who was an MP from 1997 to 2010, will speak at a coffee morning organised by the friends of Ilkley Manor House on October 25.

Coffee will be available at 10.15am for the talk which starts at 10.30am. Admission is free but donations are welcome.

Other events at the Manor House this month include a retrospective exhibition to celebrate the work of the late artist, Graeme Willson. The exhibition runs until October 27.

From October 26 to November 24 the Manor House will stage an exhibition of photographs of local wildlife taken by Steve Westerman. The exhibition will be staged in the housebody every weekend.