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Restaurant owner puts Italian lessons on the menu
It's not an entirely usual aperitif -- but pre-dinner Italian lessons are going down a treat with diners in an Otley restaurant. Visitors to Buon Apps have been eagerly digesting a selection of handy Mediterranean phrases before and alongside their pizza
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Kind souls at Pool send shoes to Africa
HUNDREDS of pairs of shoes from Pool-in-Wharfedale will soon be winging their way to Africa. Pupils at Pool C of E Primary School collected more than 300 boxes of old shoes for Shoe Biz, the Blue Peter appeal to provide footwear for children in Malawi
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There's a sense of adventure at Yeadon Westfield
CHILDREN at Yeadon Westfield Infants School are enjoying a new adventure playground - thanks to their parent teacher association. Parents and friends of the school raised £3,000 to pay for the playground which was installed at the school last year.
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Burley Oaks is hoping for sporting repeat
A primary school in Burley-in-Wharfedale is hoping to repeat its sporting successes this year. Last year, four of Burley Oaks Primary School's sports teams came tops in competitions organised by the Ilkley cluster of schools. Its indoor athletics team
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Prestigious award for Ilkley Grammar School
ILKLEY Grammar School is celebrating after winning a prestigious sporting award. The Sportsmark Award, given to just 16 per cent of secondary schools, recognises the amount and variety of sporting activities in a school's curriculum. The awards are
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Opera North’s ‘The Magic Flute’ at Leeds Grand Theatre
Mozart's final opera is a bewildering hybrid of buffoonery, magic, mysticism, and the solemnity of Masonic ritual. The work has provoked controversy ever since its Vienna premiere on September 30,1791, less than three months before the great composer's
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Vienna PA Minor Event of Ilkley Concert Club at The King’s Hall
Emma Kirkby is a much admired singer, not only in early music circles where she specialises but with a much wider audience as well, so her visit to Ilkley was something keenly anticipated. That it turned out to be a disappointment, not only for me but
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Pensioner Ian gives his one-man show an airing
It's more than 60 years since well-known actor, singer and director Ian Wilson first trod the boards in amateur theatre. And his varied experiences provided the material for a one-man show, One Damned thing After Another', which he presented in Ilkley
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Fencing the river off would make my mother turn in her grave
SIR, - I was born and bred in Otley, leaving when I joined the WRMS in 1943, still have an affection for the town and the paths and pay at least an annual visit there. My mother, Florence Bellerby, wrote to your paper for many years (I still have the
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College's new log0 sends out the wrong signs
As a branding exercise it may have been a success but Bradford College's new logo is surely a PR disaster. At a time when the public are complaining of closures and cutbacks it does seem to defy belief that the organisation would consider spending £200,000
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Change in law enabled men to marry dead wife's sister
125 years ago A discussion took place at the Liberal Club, Otley, on Monday evening, the subject being the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill. The arguments were based principally upon the text in Leviticus, which the opponents of marriage with a deceased wife's
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Rev Michael Burley, vicar of St Mary's Burley-in-Wharfedale
On the day of writing this I am celebrating my birthday and, to be honest, feeling my age. I will let you into a secret. I am 49 today and entering my 50th year - there is no cure for the common birthday! George Burns, the actor said "Every morning
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Chicken and broccoli pasta bake with a cheddar almond crust
After spending a large amount of time in the kitchen prior to Christmas, the thought of yet more cooking does not seem appealing. Here is a very tasty dish which is a meal in itself. It is relatively quick and easy to put together and can also be made
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Why a piece of war time history will live on in Wharfedale
There is an image in an Otley school of St Jospeh and the baby Jesus. And that simple carving is one of the few reminders of wartime camps in the town which was once occupied by thousands of German prisoners. The identity of the man who created the poignant
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It's a chance to cash in on BPs price
BP - 536p BP is one of the largest UK-listed companies with a market capitalisation of more than £100 billion. It is an instantly recognisable brand and certainly one of the most popular shares amongst private investors - the company has well in excess
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Driver crushed as lorry runs into Rawdon cottage
A RAWDON pensioner has spoken of her lucky escape' after a 51-tonne lorry smashed through the wall in front of her house - killing its driver. The accident happened just before 5pm on Friday when the articulated trailer vehicle - which had been parked
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Horsforth councillor to be next Lord Mayor
Horsforth councillor Brian Cleasby is to be the new Lord Mayor for Leeds. Coun Cleasby, who has been a member of the council for 12 years, has been announced as the Lord Mayor elect for 2007/8. The decision was due to be formally announced at yesterday's
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Deputy mayor slams selfish motorists for estate's traffic problems
SELFISH motorists are to blame for problems with Otley's Cambridge estate, it has been claimed. Otley's deputy mayor, Councillor Neville Birch, says motorists must cut their speed and residents need to be persuaded to use their driveways rather than
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Christmas lights spark Civic Centre fire safety alert
OTLEY'S Christmas lights may have to be stored in a transport container to avoid causing a fire risk. Following a damning report on possible fire risks at Otley Civic Centre, the town council is in the process of removing storage and upgrading its fire
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Riverside fence will deter visitors says Otley councillor
PLANS to build a fence between Otley's Wharfemeadows Park and the River Wharfe could turn visitors away. The town's three ward councillors say they are against plans to build a safety barrier along the stretch of river from Otley Bridge to the skatepark