THE PUBLIC are being invited to a meeting this week to find out about a new group to make Ilkley and Ben Rhydding stations more welcoming. The Friends of Ilkley & Ben Rhydding Stations meeting will take place on Thursday evening. Organisers say
YOUNGSTERS at an Otley school have done their bit to protect wildlife by raising funds for a local group. Pupils at St Joseph's Primary created landscape and meadow art as well as sculptures to represent the town. They then created a gallery and
A MANORLANDS fundraising group has launched a sunflower photo competition in support of the Oxenhope Sue Ryder hospice. The venture follows on from a sunflower-growing contest launched earlier this year by the Wharfedale group, which raised over
KEIGHLEY parliamentary constituency could become known as ‘Keighley and Ilkley’. MP Robbie Moore is lobbying the Boundary Commission to make the name change – and is encouraging residents to add their voice. The commission is currently running
KEIGHLEY Bus Museum is opening to the public again this weekend. Following a successful open day earlier this month, the venue – at Riverside, off Dalton Lane – will welcome back visitors on Sunday (August 1) for a Yorkshire Day celebration.
STEETON are set for their final pre-season clash tomorrow night, as they welcome neighbours Field to Marley. It is unlikely to be as glamorous as Saturday, where their 3-1 friendly defeat at home to Maine Road saw none other than Premier League
PEOPLE across a health trust and in the community staged a special celebration of NHS workers – and raised cash for charity at the same time. Colleagues throughout many departments at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust organised activities to mark a
WHARFEDALE RUFC has paid tribute to one of its playing members who died after getting into difficulties in the River Wharfe at Grassington last Thursday Ben Marklew, 19, from Glusburn, an apprentice bricklayer with RN Wooler & Co Ltd, was a Bradford
PEOPLE are being urged to have their say as the battle to save a village post office gathers momentum. Residents have rallied round after it was revealed last week that the branch at the top of Haworth Main Street is earmarked for closure.
TRAINS are having to be cancelled after a bomb was found near the railway. Services between Guiseley and Ilkley Railway Stations are being disrupted after the discovery close to the line serving the two locations. The item has been described
A KEIGHLEY community stalwart is retiring on Thursday after nearly 18 years with the town’s Salvation Army. Community manager Chris Bown took-up her role with the High Street church in October 2003, although she’d previously helped as a volunteer
AN ONLINE social history archive is going from strength to strength with thousands of followers and visitors from around the world. Carlo Harrison who launched the Back-Chat Collection website https://back-chat.org.uk/ a year ago says it has 6,140
KEIGHLEY Cougars recorded their first point on the road this season as a late comeback saw them salvage a 20-20 draw in the West Yorkshire derby against Hunslet. Trailing by ten points heading into the final eight minutes of the game, two late
ALTHOUGH the pandemic has made it a difficult year for fundraising the Rotary Club of Ilkley Wharfedale has seized every opportunity to help good causes. The club’s six female members collected hundreds of pounds for Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice
NEW mobile CCTV cameras have caught several fly-tippers in the act at Worth Valley hotspots. Bradford Council says the equipment has resulted in a number of offenders, filmed dumping rubbish in and around Oxenhope, being landed with £400 fixed
A HISTORIC engine which once powered a South Craven mill will be in operation at the weekend. The 300HP Smith Bros & Eastwood engine, built in 1901, used to provide power for the former Peter Green's Cross Lane Mill at Bradley. It was 'rescued
