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Friends, family and colleagues of our presenter and director Stuart Clarkson have supported a fundraising effort for our local hospital following his recent health scare.

A film and arts festival in Keighley has been awarded a grant from Bradford Council as part of a £51,500 allocation of money.

Councillors on Craven District Council's policy committee have backed plans for refugees fleeing Afghanistan to be resettled in the district.

A report from Skipton Building Society suggests more than 18 million UK adults admit to believing financial advice from influencers and social media personalities.

Post Office Ltd has scrapped plans to close Haworth's main post office at the top of Main Street, but will go ahead with a new Post Office in the village's Co-Op.

A charity shop in Keighley set up by married couple Chris and Glenis Kounnas has reached a £100,000 milestone to support thousands of people across the world to access clean water.

This Sunday The Grove will be closed to mark global Car Free Day which takes place this year on Wednesday 22nd September. Organisers Climate Action Ilkley invite you to experience what Ilkley could be like with fewer cars.

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is inviting people to attend its Annual Members’ Meeting and Annual General Meeting on Friday 24 September, 1.30pm to 3.15pm.

A petition signed by almost 7,000 people calling for Haworth's main post office to be saved from closure has been presented in the House of Commons by local MP Robbie Moore.

Persimmon Homes has begun an online consultation this week ahead of submitting a planning application to build approximately 150 houses off Bolton Road in Silsden.

The first of two consultation events on keeping communities safe is taking place in Skipton this week, hosted by North Yorkshire PFCC Philip Allott.

There was major disruption to trains services this morning after a person was found dead on the train tracks between Guiseley and Ilkley.

We've got the times and locations for this week's local drop-in Covid-19 vaccination clinics - no appointment is required, just turn up.

A new Monday morning wellbeing cafe has been launched at the Glusburn Community & Arts Centre to support positive mental health.

Four new rainbow pedestrian crossings have been painted at the main entrances and car parks at Airedale Hospital and were unveiled during Pride in the NHS week.

Tickets have gone on sale for discodom’s Glitter Ball at The King’s Hall and Winter Garden in Ilkley on Friday 29 October in aid of Sue Ryder Wheatfield Hospice.

District councillors in Craven are being asked to support plans to create almost 9,000 hectares of new woodland locally by planting millions of new trees over the next 30 years.

Local people are being asked for their views on proposed new standards for regulating taxi and private hire vehicles across the Skipton area.

Keighley Cougars have held an official opening ceremony for a new gate at the ground that celebrate the life of Keighley-born Captain Sir Tom Moore.

Springbank Care Home in Silsden and Skipton's Craven Nursing Home have been named in the Top 20 care homes in Yorkshire and the Humber.

Pioneering women in literature are to be celebrated at the Ilkley Literature Festival this October.

This year’s committee for the Ilkley Business Awards have announced outline plans for the next event which will take place on 18th March 2022.

Library users in Skipton can now use computers for free for up to an hour a day - double the previous limit.

We've got the times and locations for this week's local drop-in Covid-19 vaccination clinics - no appointment is required, just turn up.

A six-week project to carry out maintenance work and improvements to Keighley Library will start by the end of September.

Ilkley Clean River Group and the Ilkley Great Get Together put on a post lockdown River Celebration and Community Picnic on Sunday in East Holmes Field.

The frequency of bus services from Keighley to Bradford and back is being increased on a Sunday from this weekend.

Families with 4 and 5 year olds starting school for the first time this month can borrow a special pack from Keighley or Ilkley library to help them get settled.

Airedale Hospital is getting a new unit to provide intensive care to seriously ill patients, and is looking for donations to provide the extras that the NHS costs don't cover.

Ilkley resident Antony Butcher is doing a marathon in 24 hours to raise money to support people with Multiple Sclerosis.

Fundraisers have a choice of six routes - the longest 36.1 miles - when the sixteenth annual Bronte Mountain Bike Challenge takes place on Sunday 19th September.

Tourism body Welcome to Yorkshire has confirmed that next year's Tour de Yorkshire cycling race will not be going ahead.

Local residents in the Craven district who are caring for a friend or relative are being invited to join lunch groups.

The Golden-Oldies Charity's sing and smile groups are to start up again in Cross Hills and Eldwick, after a break of sixteen months.

We've got the times and locations for this week's local drop-in Covid-19 vaccination clinics - no appointment is required, just turn up.

Work has started on new state-of-the-art accommodation facility at Airedale Hospital which will make a real difference to both patients and staff.

Ilkley Community Transport’s distinctive blue buses, which were parked up during lockdown, are back on the road again and have issued an appeal for volunteers to help with the popular service for local residents.

We've got the times and locations for this week's local drop-in Covid-19 vaccination clinics - no appointment is required, just turn up.

Ed Balls, Bernadine Evaristo, Gyles Brandreth, Susie Dent, Sarfraz Manzoor, Jackie Kay and Anita Rani feature at the Ilkley Literature Festival.

We've got the times and locations for this week's local drop-in Covid-19 vaccination clinics - no appointment is required, just turn up.

A new support service launched this week will benefit people recovering from Covid-19 across the Bradford district and Craven.

Former British Olympic racing cyclist Dudley Hayton is teaming up with a local businessman next week to raise money to help underprivileged children.

We've got the times and locations for this week's local drop-in Covid-19 vaccination clinics - no appointment is required, just turn up.

Staff, patients and visitors who cycle to Airedale Hospital can now make use of new equipment and facilities for their bikes.

We've got the times and locations for this week's local drop-in vaccination clinics - no appointment is required, just turn up.

Craven District Council has agreed to set aside up to £100,000 to cover the costs of being the start location for next year's Tour de Yorkshire.

Three arrests have been made after a man in his 40s died in Aireville Park in Skipton.

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore has spent the night shadowing a team of firefighters on their shift from Keighley Fire Station.

A huge piece of work will be created live at Skipton's Art in the Pen next month by street artist Roo.

Craven District Council has stopped all its face to face committee meetings for a month after two members of staff tested positive for Coronavirus.

Olympic-themed games, a climbing wall and a bouncy castle are all coming to Victoria Park, Devonshire Park, Lund Park and Hainworth Rec through the holidays to keep kids active.

Young people aged 12 to 17 are being invited to consider joining the local branch of the RAF Air Cadets.

The Wharfedale Fundraising Group for Manorlands Hospice is now offering prizes for the best photographs of sunflowers after a successful contest to grow the best in the area.

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore is staging a summer tour around the constituency and holding 18 surgeries to meet local residents.

Extra investment in mobile CCTV cameras to catch fly-tippers is already paying off for Bradford Council.

A single unitary authority covering the whole of North Yorkshire will run all council services for Skipton and Craven in future following a decision by the government.

Campaigners are calling for Haworth Post Office to remain open, after plans were announced to move the branch to inside the new Co-Op supermarket.

Keighley Town Council has begun the process to identify the town's unsung heroes for 2021 with its Community Awards.

Visitors to the St Ives estate between Harden and Bingley will have to pay to park from this weekend.

Residents in Keighley with a household income under £30,000 can benefit from new government grants aimed at making homes more energy efficient.

Tea party events earlier this month across the Aire and Wharfe Valleys to celebrate the work of the NHS have raised more than £1,000.

Ilkley came alive on Sunday 11 July with the return of the Ilkley Half Marathon, organised by Ilkley and District Round Table, after a one-year hiatus due to Covid-19.

We've got the times and locations for this week's local drop-in vaccination clinics - no appointment is required, just turn up.

Neighbourhood plans in the Aire Valley and Worth Valley have been adopted by Bradford Council, while draft plans have just been submitted for Ilkley and Oxenhope.

People accessing GP surgeries, hospitals and health centres across the Aire and Wharfe Valleys must continue to wear face coverings, despite a change in the law from 19th July.

On Friday 23rd July, the second round of British Cycling’s HSBC UK National Circuit Series will be coming to the streets of Ilkley.

Skipton's two Rotary clubs have teamed up to donate more than £5,300 to pay for a stretcher chair for patients at Airedale Hospital.

A team from Airedale Hospital that teaches CPR and basic life-saving skills has been Highly Commended in a national NHS awards ceremony.

We've got the times and locations for this week's local drop-in vaccination clinics - no appointment is required, just turn up.

The bee-friendly Cliffe Castle Museum is celebrating a special week to raise awareness of bees and other pollinators this week.

A campaign has been launched to encourage Silsden residents to help save a popular playing field in the town from being built on.

Skipton Town Council has put out a call for new traders to take stalls on the market.

Three aspiring writers who host a podcast are hoping to create the 'greatest story ever written in the history of the whole world ever' when they appear at a live event next month.

Taken into safe keeping in 2015 by Bradford Council the artefacts that were on display in the heritage space of Ilkley Manor House are at last being returned.

People in Bradford district and Craven are invited to hear about the progress and plans of their local NHS at an annual general meeting (AGM).

Local daredevils are invited to take on a thrilling zip wire ride over Ilkley Moor this summer to raise vital funds for Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice in Oxenhope.

We've got the times and locations for this week's local drop-in vaccination clinics - no appointment is required, just turn up.

Improving Ilkley is a charitable trust that has been set up with its main aim is to improve areas of Ilkley that are in need of attention by securing funding through council and public donations.

Ilkley Literature Festival are delighted to announce the Forward Prize-winning poet Ian Duhig as the festival’s 2021 Poet in Residence.

Gawflat Bridge - which links Skipton railway station with Aireville Park - is closed for three weeks while delayed works to replace it are completed.

Contractors are now being invited to tender for the £60m scheme to realign the A59 at Kex Gill.

The Ilkley Manor House Trust is joining forces with Ilkley Literature Festival, Ilkley Playhouse and a range of local organisations to produce a programme of events for Summer in the Courtyard.

Eight local schools are to receive funding for work to improve their facilities from the government's Condition Improvement Fund.

Ilkley Clean River Group welcomed the Ofwat Chair Jonson Cox, and CEO David Black for a visit to Ilkley to secure the town's ambition to clean up the Wharfe at Ilkley.

A new parents ‘collective’ has set a target of raising £25k to help overhaul one of Ilkley’s best loved family facilities.

The Armed Forces Flag has been raised at Skipton Town Hall to mark the start of Armed Forces Week.

Ilkley Manor House will be opening inside to visitors again from Saturday 3 July.

After two years closed, the redeveloped Skipton Town Hall is preparing to open its doors from Monday 21st June.

Pupils getting swimming lessons in Skipton will receive water safety training next week as part of Drowning Prevention Week.

The operator of local bus services across Keighley, Skipton and Ilkley says more 8 out of 10 of its fleet already meet the toughest clean air zone standards, and it's promising to go even further.

Keighley & Ilkley MP Robbie Moore tells Rombalds Radio why he thinks it's time for a full rebuild of Airedale Hospital in Steeton.

Police have reminded people of the dangers of swimming in open water after a man died at Ponden Reservoir on Tuesday evening.

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore has launched a campaign to secure government funding for Airedale Hospital in Steeton to be fully rebuilt.

Members of the Friends of Wharfedale Greenway heard about the progress that has been made in planning the Wharfedale Greenway over the last year at their first general meeting recently.

Ilkley resident Anne Longfield - plus scout leader Ronnie Pickles and magistrate Margaret Smith from Keighley - have been recognised in the latest Honours List.

Ilkley’s historic hotel the Craiglands is re-opening its doors with a new team, a luxury new spa and a refurbished 700-capacity ballroom following a £2.2million investment.

Due to Covid the normal huge biennial Skipton International Puppet Festival cannot happen this year, instead the organisers have programmed a series of puppet events for the second weekend of every month from June to November.

Craven District Council has employed two new enforcement officers to tackle littering and dog fouling in the district.

Skills training schemes, town centre improvements and real-time bus information are among the projects set to benefit from £33 million awarded to Keighley.

Airedale Hospital has announced plans to build a new helipad so that patients arriving by air ambulance can be treated faster.

Ilkley Literature Festival organisers are planning a return to live events this October, alongside a programme of pre-recorded and live-streamed digital author talks - this will be the first hybrid festival.

Network Rail is to run a local outreach programme to highlight the dangers of walking on railway tracks, following the release of images from the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

Community groups in Skipton are being invited to apply for grants of up to £1,000 for local projects.

Airedale Hospital has launched a new menu for patients, including a famous take on a popular dessert with a local name!

At its Annual Meeting on Monday May 24th, Ilkley Town Council re-elected Councillor Mark Stidworthy as Ilkley Town Mayor (and Chair of the Council), and Councillor Ros Brown as Deputy Mayor (Vice-Chair) for the year 2021 to 2022.

Events will take place next week for the first ever Skipton Wellness Week, with organisers encouraging residents and local businesses to get involved.

West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service is launching an appeal to recruit on-call firefighters to support rural communities in Ilkley, Otley and Silsden.

Wharfe Walkers Patrick Godden and Jack Hanson returned to Ilkley on Thursday having walked from the source of the River Wharfe in North Yorkshire to London to raise awareness and funds for Clean River Campaigns.

Bakery firm Warburtons is opening a pop-up cafe in Skipton this week as it expands from bread to cakes.

Local people are being encouraged to join the NHS Big Tea event and help raise money for the health service in our area.

Musicians, singers and producers who are just starting out are being offered the chance to join a new programme called Craven Music Match.

The Federation of Burial and Cremation Authorities has given Craven District Council's bereavement services a rating of 98% while Skipton Crematorium has been awarded Gold standard status.

Skipton companies reopening following the lifting of coronavirus restrictions could get a visit from the council and safety inspectors.

Bradford Council says more than 200 small businesses have been helped via a free initiative providing support with challenges brought by the pandemic and Covid restrictions.

The return of the 5km Parkrun events at Skipton's Aireville Park and Cliffe Castle in Keighley have been put back until 26th June.

With summer, improved weather and visitor numbers fast approaching a trial scheme to manage litter better has been introduced in Ilkley Riverside East Holmes Field.

On Thursday 20 May, Keighley Town Council elected its new Town Mayor and Deputy Town Mayor for the forthcoming year. Cllr Julie Adams was elected as Town Mayor and Cllr Luke Maunsell was elected as Deputy Town Mayor.

Bradford Council is taking part in a national campaign to clean up and improve local public spaces ahead of the summer.

A former Ilkley resident is set to open a new specialist outdoor and bike store in the town he grew up in.

Craven District Council has been awarded just under a hundred thousand pounds to run a series of community-led cultural activities on Skipton's High Street.

93 year old Betty Spensley was guest of honour at The Fleece in Addingham this week, which has reopened with her grandson as its new Head Chef.

The Mill House project on Sackville Street will include 86 suites for residential care and 8 supported living apartments.

The Football Association has confirmed that Ilkley Town AFC will play in the North West Counties Division One North next season.

Skipton's Artisan Market has announced plans to take place weekly on the canal basin off Coach Street from the end of May.

Patrick Godden and Jack Hanson are walking to Westminster as part of fundraising for the Ilkley Clean River Campaign.

A new one-mile sensory walk has been created in the grounds of Cliffe Castle and is being launched this week as part of Dementia Awareness Week.

9-year-old Bella from Oldfield Primary School in Keighley was this week crowned winner of Robbie Moore MP’s poster competition in memory of the late Captain Sir Tom Moore.

Two men and a woman from Keighley have been charged as part of an investigation into right wing terrorism following raids in the town earlier this month.

Applications are now open for Ilkley Literature Festival’s annual poetry competition and festival Fringe events and they are inviting local poets and artists to get involved.

A new 'Edible Airedale' project to create a food forest in the grounds of Airedale Hospital has been completed, with 2,650 fruit trees planted.

The Prime Minister has announced that indoor hospitality will be permitted from next week - and the rule of six will apply in your own home.

The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway will once again take a starring role as plans are announced for a sequel to the iconic 1970 film, The Railway Children.

Local people are voting on Thursday 6th May 2021 to select representatives for Bradford Council, a West Yorkshire Mayor and a North Yorkshire Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner.

The highly anticipated Ilkley Half Marathon, organised by Ilkley and District Round Table, is set to be the largest sporting event in Yorkshire since 2019 when 2,000 runners take on the course on 11th July 2021.

Two men and a woman have been arrested in Keighley and two properties in the town are being searched as part of an investigation into suspected right-wing terrorism.

Dozens of flags are flying in Skipton Town Centre to officially launch of the new project to celebrate the high street.

The first three weeks of a Spring Clean of verges along roads in the Craven district has resulted in the collection of more than three tonnes of litter.

Co-op stores across Ilkley, Adddingham, Silsden, Steeton, Cross Hills and Riddlesden are inviting local groups to apply for their Community Fund.

Bradford Council is starting some new outdoor activities aimed at children under 5 years old - with the first sessions taking place at Keighley's Cliffe Castle.

The Friends of Ilkley Riverside Parks (FOIRP) are pleased to announce the planned works around the Memorial area in Riverside Gardens have now been completed.

The NHS in Bradford District and Craven is urging people aged 16 and over who provide vital care and support for others to come forward for their vaccination.

Keighley's MP has called on the authorities to do more to tackle trespassing on railway lines, after the emergence of more pictures of people walking on the tracks of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore and his counterpart in Shipley are to meet with government ministers to discuss a plan to remove the areas from Bradford Council control.

Skipton Town Hall will reopen on 21st June after the completion of a major restoration and redevelopment project costing £4.7 million.

If you do not have any symptoms of COVID-19 but want to get tested, you can now get a free Lateral Flow Test kit (LFT) from pharmacies in Ilkley, Skipton and Keighley.

Climate Action Ilkley is putting together a design brief to redevelop the land in front of the Playhouse between Castle Rd and the river. 

Positive news for families requesting primary school places for September across the Aire and Wharfe Valleys.

Friends of Ilkley Riverside Parks are partnering with The 2 Minute Foundation, a registered charity dedicated to encouraging people to do a small amount of litter picking when they are out walking.

Cycling enthusiast Chris Riley and his fiancée Elle have been announced as the winners of a campervan offered as the prize in a crowdfunding effort to save Stump Cross Caverns in North Yorkshire.

Following the easing of lockdown restrictions, Friends of Ilkley Riverside Parks are back and have started work on new memorial flowerbeds.

West Yorkshire Police say an unlicensed music event was shut down in Keighley over the weekend.

The latest phase of the roadmap out of lockdown has begun, with non-essential shops now able to reopen and outdoor hospitality permitted.

A picture shared by MP Robbie Moore on social media has provoked outrage after it showed a family walking along a local railway line.