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No silver lining for Otliensians
Old Otliensians 24 Castleford 33 Otliensians’ hopes of adding the Yorkshire Silver Trophy to the Yorkshire Division Four title they had already won were shattered in Saturday’s semi-final at Chaffers Field. The home side got off to a good start
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Lions roar into play-off final
North Ferriby United 0 Guiseley 1 (aggregate 0-3) Guiseley beat North Ferriby for the fourth time this season as they reached the Skrill North promotion pay-off final. A solitary goal from Wayne Brooksby sealed their victory in the second leg
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Debbie Bland from Menston keeps running for brother’s hospice
Menston runner Debbie Bland who was recently featured in this newspaper has broken through her £1,000 target to raise funds for Wakefield Hospice. Debbie, who runs for Baildon Runners, was completing her 11th London Marathon and was raising funds
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Dementia app gets backing of Ilkley singer Rupert Stroud
An Ilkley singer whose grandmother had Alzheimer’s is promoting a new social-media app designed to simulate some of the symptoms experienced by people with dementia. Rupert Stroud said the new app was a powerful tool which will make people realise
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Ilkley photographer's success in top competition
An Ilkley-based photographer and food writer took third place in a prestigious international competition with her snap of a gaggle of local geese. Joan Ransley, who is also an honorary lecturer in nutrition at Leeds University, was highly placed
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Otley fashion show helps make £500 for Macmillan Cancer Support
A fashion show in Otley has raised more than £500 for Macmillan Cancer Support. The charity’s Otley and Wharfedale Fundraising Group held the event at M&Co, on Orchard Gate, last Friday. Group members, plus family and friends, modelled
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Ilkley MP issues rallying call to manufacturing firms on back of CBI report
A rallying call has been issued to Ilkley manufacturing firms in the wake of a top-level report. The CBI document reveals that UK manufacturers are feeling more optimistic about their business prospects now than at any time in the past four decades
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‘Month of pain’ push by Cookridge dad to help charity
A couple are facing heartbreak after both their children were diagnosed with a degenerative condition which means they are unlikely to live into their teens. Duncan and Lynsey Brownnutt were given the devastating news that five-year-old Ellie Mae
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Lift-off for iPads that sparked row at Prince Henry's Grammar School
An Otley school’s iPad-per-pupil scheme will begin next week. Parents at Prince Henry’s Grammar School have been collecting the computer tablets for their children over the last couple of weeks and they are due to go live in school from next Tuesday
