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Raffle boosts Otley Action for Older People charity
A fundraising Easter raffle will be drawn at Otley's TSB bank today. The Manor Square branch has been selling tickets for the event, in aid of Otley Action for Older People, for the past few weeks. Prizes up for grabs include chocolate Easter eggs
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Killjoys take plants from Ilkley in Bloom sites
Ilkley in Bloom is asking people to look out for thieves taking plants from flowerbeds around town. The voluntary group is preparing for the visit of the Yorkshire in Bloom judges on April 16 but says flowers have been taken from two areas its
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Benton Park students reach new heights at climbing contest
Schoolchildren climbed high to win second place in a city-wide contest. Pupils from Benton Park, in Rawdon, retained second place in the Leeds Wall inter-school climbing competition. The event consisted of 16 pupils completing various bouldering
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Rider delighted with Horsforth road safety success
A woman who launched a road safety campaign after her horse was struck by a taxi is celebrating success with the planned introduction of tougher speed limits. A total of £30,000 is being spent to slow cars down on three roads in Horsforth where
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Volunteers revive Yeadon Tarn's Japanese Garden
An overgrown Japanese Garden at Yeadon Tarn has been brought back to life thanks to the work of volunteers. The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) have been working on the garden in the north east corner of the tarn site, digging out the overgrown ponds
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Otley Courthouse timeline details past and present
A permanent timeline documenting the rich history of Otley Courthouse will go on display next month. The project, by the Otley Courthouse Memories Group supported by a Heritage Lottery Fund award, documents the building’s past and changing roles
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Last chance for Pool youngsters to get on a Tour de France banner
Pool-in-Wharfedale’s younger citizens will have a final chance to star in an artistic Tour de France project next week. Banners over Pool will see 40 individually stylised signs, each featuring a photo of a local child on a colourfully sketched
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Otley devours Word Feast
The second Otley Word Feast has been declared a great success. This year’s three-day community celebration of the written and spoken word began with a Grand Opening Feast at Korks Wine Bar. The evening featured entertainment from local performers
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Terrific finale redeems issue of narrative voice
Mooncar by Edward Evans, Worthside Holdings, £12.99 The cover of Ted Evans’ latest novel shows a moonlit British Army armoured car used in Ireland during the First World War, before the island was divided and when southern Irish republicans fought
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Professor pens book full of wit and warmth
This week Mike Sansbury, of The Grove Bookshop in Ilkley, reviews The Unexpected Professor: An Oxford Life by John Carey Faber, £18.99 John Carey, Emeritus Professor of English at Oxford University, has never been afraid to say what he thinks;
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Mary Barry cooks
As the nation’s favourite home cook, Mary Berry (right) has a reputation to uphold. So before a dish can grace the pages of her books – which numbered 74 at the last count – she tries it out on her most discerning critics. The author and TV cook
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Ilkley butcher to join food and drink festival
Leeds’ annual food and drink festival is back for 2014 and this year organisers say they are aiming to make it even bigger and better than ever before. The Leeds Food and Drink Festival aims to become the biggest and best urban food festival in
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Workshop for lovers of singing
Ilkley Grammar School is looking forward to welcoming local choir Cantores Olicanae in May, when they will hold a music workshop in the school. The workshop will take place on Saturday, May 10, at the Grammar School and is free to take part. Other
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Otley Brass Band fundraising concert
Otley Brass Band will play a fundraising hometown show this month. The band will perform at Otley Methodist Church Hall from 7.30pm on Friday, April 25. Tickets cost £6 and are available from the Otley Lions bookshop, on Mercury Row, or on
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Callum sends everyone home with a smile
A young pianist played his first recital in front of a large audience at Christchurch in Ilkley to raise hundreds of pounds for two fundraising appeals Seven-year-old Callum Whitton, a pupil at Ashlands Primary School, managed to raise almost £450
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Thought-provoking and daring play is captivating from start to finish
Theatre Review: Spring Awakening at The West Yorkshire Playhouse Spring Awakening's first English staging in New York back in 1917 required a court case win before its "pornographic" material was deemed acceptable for public viewing. Over a century
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Shaun Williamson returns to Bradford in Two Guvnors cast
Casting has been announced for hit comedy One Man, Two Guvnors, coming to Bradford this summer. The National Theatre’s multi award-winning production – a West End and Broadway hit starring James Corden – is the comic tale of Francis Henshall who
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Duncan McFarlane trio at Otley Rugby Club
Stalwarts of Otley Folk Festival will play a special show next month. The Duncan McFarlane Acoustic Trio will be performing at Otley Rugby Club from 7.30pm on Thursday, May 1. The show has been organised to celebrate the visit of a delegation
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Grassington hosts stars and community acts
There’s a glorious mix of community and high-profile artists set to perform as part of Grassington Festival, which runs from June 13-28. Among the musical line-up will be Boomtown Rats, Heather Small, and ex-Rolling Stone Bill Wyman. The festival
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Fran shows a winter's work
An art shop and gallery in Ilkley has launched its latest exhibition. The latest display of work to go up at The Art Shop on Hawksworth Street is by Fran Elliott. However, Fran hasn’t always been a full-time artist. She said: “Art was my
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New director on track for film success
Coronation Street star Katy Cavanagh stars in a short film following a train journey from Bradford to London. Bradford-Halifax-London, screened on Sunday as part of Bradford Film Festival, was directed by Francis Lee, who grew up on a sheep farm
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Food bank to benefit from Otley performance
A series of live music benefit shows for food banks will continue in Otley this weekend. Young singer-songwriters Sabrina Piggot and Stephanie Stephenson will be the latest performers to support the cause when they play at The Philip Coyne Labour
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Bronte films to be shown at Parsonage
To coincide with the Bradford International Film Festival, the Bronte Parsonage Museum is screening classics rarely shown on the big screen. This week saw a screening of the 1939 film version of Wuthering Heights, and tonight the 1943 version of
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Opening band plays again for celebration
A double bill of live music will help Otley Courthouse celebrate its tenth anniversary next month. The New Rope String Band and Bayou Gumbo will both take the stage on Saturday, May 3. Performing in the first, seated half of the show – from
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Ayckbourn farce peeps into bedroom
The next major production in the Wharfeside Theatre at Ilkley Playhouse is Alan Ayckbourn’s highly popular Bedroom Farce which opens for a fortnight’s run on Monday, April 28. The comedy has attracted huge audiences since its first performance
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Magic of Motown bringing hits to Royal Hall
Celebrating 50 years of UK hit singles, the Magic of Motown brings its brand-new Reach Out tour to the Royal Hall in Harrogate. Songs like Dancing In The Street, My Girl, Where Did Our Love Go, My Guy and Baby Love rocketed Motown to the top of
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Touching film about friendship
A soulful and moving drama from Hong Kong, A Simple Life, is Ilkley Film Society’s next screening on Sunday at 8pm at Ilkley Playhouse. Ah Tao has been working as a servant for one family for 60 years. Only one member of the family, film producer
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Ilkley GP with a talent fro photography
An Ilkley-based GP’s photographic work has been recognised after being shortlisted for two prestigious national art awards. Ross Brown’s Icelandic exhibition showing photographs from his 2013 visit to the country’s glaciers is currently showing
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Catching a glimpse of Cuba's unique wildlife
By Denis O'Connor, Wharfedale Naturalists' Society In early March I escaped English wind and rain for the blue skies of Cuba. The trip started with a glimpse of Cuba’s colourful past, courtesy of Havana’s Seville Hotel. Lobby photos included
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Picture of the Week
This week’s picture of the week comes from James ‘Jim’ Baxter, of Mayfield Avenue, Ilkley. It is of the north and south chapels at Ilkley Cemetery, which is on Ashlands Road and backs onto the River Wharfe. Mr Baxter said: “When taking my daughter
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No secret I have become increasingly disillusioned
I have, after much thought, decided that now is the right time for me to retire, so I will not be seeking re-election when my term of office comes to an end this May. It is no secret that I have become increasingly disillusioned with the present
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Leeds Bradford Airport links
The shocking scenes that unfolded in Ilkley town centre a week ago are a startling reminder that there are no lengths criminals will not go to in order to try to line their own pockets with ill-gotten gains. Shoppers, visitors and residents looked
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Bower and Boshell get new Guiseley deals
Guiseley manager Mark Bower and assistant player-manager Danny Boshell have been rewarded for transforming the Nethermoor club’s fortunes with new deals. An unbeaten run of 13 games has propelled the Lions into one of the Skrill North promotion
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Planning file - 10 April 2014
The following planning applications have been received by Leeds City Council: Bramhope: two-storey and first-floor rear extension, 9 Meadow End. Guiseley: T1 Cherry. Crown lift and thin to allow for more light, 14 Moorway. Guiseley: various
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£100,000 raised for Martin House children's hospice by Otley team
A fundraising group has thanked the people of Otley for helping it raise a massive £100,000 in just eight years. Martin House Children’s Hospice’s Otley Area Friends Group reached the landmark figure during one of its regular collections last Sunday
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Rawdon Fun Day call for volunteers
Volunteers are being sought to help organise an annual event which has raised more than £65,000 for good causes. Rawdon Fun Day desperately needs helpers to lend a hand organising the event or to assist on the day. Last year the charity Bethany
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First same-sex wedding is for an Otley couple
An Otley couple have become the first in Leeds to have a same-sex wedding. Julie Carrack and Vicky Parkinson were declared wife and wife at Leeds Town Hall on Friday. The couple had picked the first available date but, with it being nearly
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Councillors pay tribute to Bramhope colleague
Tributes have been paid to Bramhope councillor Clive Fox who died on Tuesday. Coun Fox, who lived in the village for more than 60 years, had been a Conservative councillor on Leeds city council since 2000. He initially represented Otley and Wharfedale
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Tour de France sheep set to welcome campers near Otley
Multi-coloured sheep and helicopter rides will be among the attractions at a Tour de France campsite near Otley. A trio of sheep at the Tour Camping campsite on Pool Road have been dyed yellow, green and red polka-dots to mimic the jerseys worn
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Yeadon and Guiseley Gas Company complex dominated Aireborough
In the days when gas was supplied locally – instead of from as far away as Russia – this complex dominated the Aireborough landscape. The Yeadon and Guiseley Gas Company was formed in 1845 with a capital of £6,000 which was raised by public subscription
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Try an old weather test and ponder the robots controlling traffic in 1939
125 Years Ago – 1889 Those who have lost all faith in the daily “weather forecasts” of the Meteorological Department – and there are many such – are recommended by a correspondent to try a very simple experiment. All that is necessary for this
