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Football club foundation’s Beer Festival is back
GUISELEY AFC Community Foundation’s Beer Festival is back after being postponed in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid. The event will take place at Coopers Bar on Otley Road, Guiseley, on Friday, March 4 and Saturday, March 5 and will raise funds for local
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Say I love you on Valentine’s Day… with A PIE
IT’S a case of Pie Love You this Valentine’s Day as Ilkley butchers realise the way to anyone’s heart is through their stomach. Lishmans, on Leeds Road, and JB Wilkinson, which has shops in Ilkley, Otley, Rawdon and Bramhope, have come up with
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Ilkley Camera Club members commended on high standard of work
THE Ilkley Camera Club annual open colour print competition was held on Friday February 4. The judge was Roger Poyser of the Bishopthorpe Camera Club. Roger Poyser, who is an experienced judge, said he had really enjoyed looking through the
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Awards to celebrate Wharfedale's family friendly businesses and individuals
TO celebrate Wharfedale & Craven Mumbler’s firth birthday in June they have launched the very first Wharfedale & Craven Mumbler Awards. Organised by local online parenting community, Wharfedale & Craven Mumbler, and sponsored by AMC Design, Yorkshire
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Pudsey MP made housing minster in cabinet reshuffle
PUDSEY, Horsforth and Aireborough MP Stuart Andrew has been made housing minster in Boris Johnson's cabinet reshuffle. Downing Street has announced that Mr Andrew will be a minister in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
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MP calls for creation of thousands of apprenticeships in Yorkshire and Humber
OTLEY’S MP Alex Sobel is calling on the Government to adopt Labour’s plan to create 12,970 new apprenticeships for young people in Yorkshire and the Humber. Labour says under the Conservatives these training opportunities have been disappearing
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Friends of Ilkley Riverside Parks calendar supports flowerbed project
THE Friends of Ilkley Riverside Parks inaugural 2022 calendar has been hailed a success after raising over £2,500 to support the group’s ongoing improvement works to the Riverside Gardens in Ilkley. Following a photographic competition during 2021
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Author visits at Burley-in-Wharfedale Library
BURLEY Library has two author visits in February. The first, on Tuesday, February 15 at 2 pm, is from prolific local author Colin Speakman who will be talking about his latest book 'Yorkshire: Ancient Nation, Future Province'. Colin is a walker
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Otley Brass Band to play Valentine's concert at Fewston Church
OTLEY Brass Band will be playing the Fewston Church Valentine's Concert at Fewston Church, Harrogate, HG3 1SU, on Saturday, February 12 from 2.30pm to 4.30pm. A spokesperson said: "Come along and be entertained by the sound of a traditional Brass
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Historical link connecting Ottawa with Yeadon leads to audio archive interview
A LINK between Yeadon and Canada stretching back more than a century has led to an interview in an online audio archive. James Powell, from Ottawa Historical Society, is the 69th interview to be published in The Back-Chat Collection. https://back-chat.org.uk
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Wharfedale cub packs battle it out in district quiz night
EIGHT teams from Cub Packs in Wharfedale met for the annual District Quiz night at Otley Bridge Church. The were lots of rounds including general knowledge, sport, scouting and mental arithmetic as well as a Lego round. The quiz was organised
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Otley trek to Alnwick worth it as they extend lead at summit
AFTER their longest journey this season, Kyle Dench had his Otley RUFC team walk the last 20 minutes from the town centre to Alnwick’s ground in readiness for this game. But it paid off, as they secured a fine 22-7 win to move four points clear
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Review: Handel’s Alcina, Opera North, Leeds Grand Theatre, Saturday 5th February 2022
HANDEL’S last great operatic success could almost be an 18th century version of I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Alcina is a sorceress who has transformed by magic an arid island into a verdant tropical paradise. The enchantress bestows favours
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'A sensitive, charming and honest play about village life'
MATT Hartley’s warm and moving play Here I Belong opens this Tuesday 8th February in the Wildman Studio. The play explores village life over six decades and all is told over a nice slice of cake. It is a play about the lifetime of a village. Elsie
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Table Top Sale for Macmillan Cancer Support
THE MACMILLAN Cancer Support fundraising group in Otley will hold a Table Top Sale at The Core this month. The event will take place from 10am to 1pm on Friday, February 18. There will be a variety of stalls, including a homemade cake stall. Organisers
