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Sign up for the Three Peaks Challenge
THE British Heart Foundation (BHF) is calling on people in Wharfedale to take part in their Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge on Saturday, July 11. The challenge takes in 24 miles of the Yorkshire Dales and about 3000ft of climbing up Pen-y-Ghent
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MP to do honours as firm celebrates
ILKLEY MP Kris Hopkins will officially open a new conservatories and refurbished showroom of a long established window and conservatory installation business in the town this month. Mr Hopkins will help Ilkley Windows unveil its new look on Saturday
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Warning over ‘police’ scam calls
RESIDENTS in Wharfedale and Aireborough are being warned to watch out for a new telephone scam. The ruse involves people being called up by someone impersonating an officer who tells them that their bank account has been compromised. The householder
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Tribute to Fab Four are just the ticket
THE Bootleg Beatles have been around considerably longer than the Beatles themselves. The tribute band will be celebrating with a UK tour, significant as 2015 is also the 50th anniversary of the release of Ticket To Ride. The Bootlegs have
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Seamstress turns fabric into art
EVOCATIVELY symbolic dresses created by a seamstress from Otley are now on display in Bradford. Creative designer Jo Palmer was invited to work with printmaker Ruth Fettis and Mich-elle Wren for the Here We Live exhibition, at Cartwright Hall Art
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A world of therapies and remedies
HEALING therapies, remedies, products and talks will return to Ilkley’s King’s Hall and Winter Garden next weekend as the two-day Ilkley Complementary Medicine Festival brings visitors from far and wide into town. Now in its 27th year, the festival
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Historian rewinds clock for military battle lecture
THE single most bloody day of combat ever contested by Britain’s armed forces will be in focus in Ilkley on Saturday. Local historian and Towton Battlefield Society member, Christopher Murphy, will tell Ilkley and District U3A about the Battle
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Deal gives doctors better access to medical records
DOCTORS will have access to millions more online medical records following a technology sharing agreement deal between the UK’s two leading West Yorkshire-based GP software suppliers. Systems operated by Horsforth-based TPP and Yeadon-based EMIS
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Bus ratings among lowest in country
BUS services have drawn mixed ratings in a new passenger satisfaction survey. In its latest findings, independent watchdog Passenger Focus puts overall satisfaction in the West Yorkshire Metro area at 86 per cent. But the county’s transport
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Talented singers urged to join event
AWARD winning female choir Opus 44 is hosting an upper voice choral workshop and is inviting women from across the region to attend. It is an opportunity to sing with Opus 44’s choral director, Alison Pryce-Jones. Alison studied at the Royal
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Folk gig and finest fiddlers in store
CRITICALLY acclaimed Scottish group Blueflint will be showcasing their new album at Otley Courthouse this weekend. Stories for Home, produced by Paul Savage — of King Creosote, From Scotland with Love, and Mogwai fame — sees the band moving in
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‘Step forward’ plea as stage is set for swashbuckling musical
YOUNG people aged between nine and 19 years and who love to sing are invited to join the swashbuckling performance of The Pirates of Penzance at this year’s Gilbert & Sullivan Festival in Harrogate. The show will be performed in Harrogate Theatre
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Concerns on future of tip site
COUNCILLORS in Otley fear a city-wide review could spell bad news for the town’s rubbish tip. Leeds City Council is reviewing its waste recycling sites in light of plans to open a new incinerator, at Cross Green, next year. The local authority
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Pedalling up the pounds for charity
BUILDING society branch colleagues in Ilkley are getting in the saddle to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care. The colleagues are raising money for Yorkshire Building Society’s Hour of Need campaign, which will enable Marie Curie Nurses to
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New project director for firm
GLENTROOL Estates, the Ilkley-based property developers has appointed Andrew Gardner as project director. Mr Gardner joins Glentrool from Leeds-based property consultancy Fox Lloyd Jones, where he was a senior surveyor. He previously worked for
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No Labour SNP coalition says Ed
ED Miliband has vowed there will be no Labour coalition with the SNP in the event of a hung Parliament. The Labour leader ruled out any alliance with the Scottish party during a question and answer session in Guiseley. His categorical statement
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Driver admits causing injury
A 21-YEAR-OLD man will be sentenced on March 31 after pleading guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving in Ilkley last year. Jamie Baldock admitted the charge at Bradford Crown Court on March 11. He had already pleaded guilty to careless
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Hand-crafted eggs from historic Bettys
FOR nearly 100 years Yorkshire family business, Bettys has been hand-crafting Swiss chocolate, keeping alive the skills and traditions of its founder, Swiss Master Chocolatier, Fredrick Belmont. Bettys chocolate is made from the finest Swiss Grand
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Tip row: ‘Knock heads together’
A TOP government minister and former leader of Bradford Council has waded into a row over tip permits. Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles, has said Bradford Council must sort out its differences with Leeds Council to stop Menston residents having
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Book early for the best rates, urge organisers
FANS of the great outdoors are being urged to book their camping pitches for this year’s CLA Game Fair at Harewood House before the end of April to get the best rates. The show runs from Friday, July 31 to Sunday, August 2, and camping pitch rates
