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Bradford Libraries is to drop all fines for items borrowed from Friday, 1 July.

More than 70 girls and boys that represent Ben Rhydding Hockey Club in the under 12s, 13s, 14s and 15s teams have benefited from a smart new kit, thanks to local property firm, Dacre, Son & Hartley's sponsorship.

Stylists from an award-winning hairdressing group in Ilkley and Skipton have completed a 100-kilometre challenge, raising over £6000 for a Yorkshire children’s charity.

Ilkley and Ben Rhydding District Councillors, Kyle Green and Andrew Loy, are delighted that after working hard with residents to improve safety on the A65 they have secured £50,000 funding from Bradford Council to introduce a puffin crossing on Leeds Road.

Caravans and vehicles have departed Skipton's Aireville Park tonight (Thursday) after three days, with their departure coming just hours after Craven District Council said it was applying for a court order.

Bosses at Airedale Hospital say a 2-hour urgent community response service aims to help keep people well at home and reduce pressure on hospital services.

North Yorkshire County Council has revealed an ambition to develop a tree planting masterplan and accelerate woodland creation.

Plans to improve a 3km stretch of towpath on the Craven-Bradford border have been shelved, after bids for more than £1.5 million in government cash failed.

Craven District Council says a group of travellers currently in Aireville Park in Skipton have been told to leave by Thursday afternoon.

The Ilkley Rugby Club 7’s Tournament kicks off for the 5th time this Saturday from 10:30 down at Stacks Field for a wonderful day of 7’s rugby, food, drink, and entertainment.

The annual Ilkley Cycle Races return on Friday 1 July and promises a great atmosphere as riders face a challenging circuit around The Grove with the tough climb of Riddings Road on each lap.

A prestigious match against Marylebone Cricket Club and a reunion of past players are the highlights of the celebrations planned to mark Olicanian Cricket Club’s centenary.

Burley-in-Wharfedale’s Wharfedale Refugee Response is running an auction of promises to raise money that will support asylum seekers and refugees in Bradford and Leeds.

Northern's fleet of Class 333 trains on the Airedale and Wharfedale lines have received digital upgrades, to offer an improved experience on board for customers.

Following a successful launch for Ilkley’s new contemporary art gallery, the Tinker Gallery will be introducing new artists and work to the space during the summer months.

The official opening of a Covid memorial park will take place in Ilkley this weekend.

Sam Bottomley, who fought in the Korean war and is a founder member of Skipton's Royal Naval Association, was presented with the Armed Forces Flag which was flown in the town last week.

A Yorkshire-based theatre company is bringing a production about the nation's obsession with the weather to Skipton's Aireville Park next month.

Cliffe Castle Park and Museum in Keighley is to host a family-friendly day next month where kids can go in search of fairies and dragonflies.

Bradford Council’s annual Bradford District Schools Football Festival is back after it had to be put on hold for the past two years due to the Covid pandemic.

A new way of involving local people in the plans for their area is being developed by councillors representing Keighley on Bradford Council.

Ilkley Playhouse is getting ready to open its final production of the 2021-22 season, Caroline Mutton looks at The York Realist and other events in July.

The Ilkley Half Marathon is returning on Sunday July 10 this year and will be bigger than previous years with the number of runners being increased and the return of the event village for spectators and entrants alike.

A new working partnership will see Ilkley & District Good Neighbours and the Booths store in Ilkley working together over the next twelve months.

Children’s community mental health services in North Yorkshire are in need of a root and branch review, the government has been told.

Last year saw Ben Rhydding Cricket Club (BRCC) achieve its Centenary year and despite the pandemic, the club were able to stage a highly successful and well attended event to celebrate in September.

Over 600 runners and walkers came together at the Bolton Abbey Estate last week to celebrate the summer solstice and make the most of the extra hours of sunlight.

At a public meeting in Keighley this week it was agreed to hold a parish poll on the future of the former college site in the town.

Plans to build housing on a former mill site in Haworth have been approved – almost four years after they were submitted.

The fire that gutted Keighley’s Dalton Mills was the blaze that required the biggest response in West Yorkshire in a 12-month period.

Detective Inspector Steve Menzies from the force's Major Investigation Team has been speaking after the sentencing this week of Brooklyn Bell, a Keighley drug dealer who stabbed a man to death in Skipton last year.

Staff, players, family and special guests star in a new video released by rugby league club Keighley Cougars ahead of the team's Pride fixture next week.

Keighley Picture House will host the world premiere of locally-filmed The Railway Children Return next month, as well as one of the country's first public showings of the film.

Plans to to build housing on green belt land in Burley-in-Wharfedale have been refused for a second time.

19 year old Brooklyn Bell stabbed Simon McMinn in Aireville Park last summer after an argument about Bell trying to sell cocaine to children.

At the Friends Of Ilkley Moor event on Sunday, walkers learnt about the plants, trees, mosses and lichens that are found on the moor.

Plans for a circular walk around Skipton have been shelved after concerns were raised over how taxpayers would view the spending of public money on the project during the cost of living crisis.

Ilkley Literature Festival’s Summer Fringe is back! Taking place this July and August at the Ilkley Manor House Courtyard, this year’s line-up includes an exciting and eclectic mix of artforms with something for everyone to enjoy.

Ilkley’s holiday club for young people with additional needs LS29 Time will be an independent charity soon.

A book which was borrowed from Keighley Library in 1946 has gone on display after being returned.

A council finance boss has revealed North Yorkshire’s new unitary local authority is facing a possible black hole of close to £50m a year.

There are "significant gaps" in provision for children with special educational needs in the Bradford district, a highly critical report has found.

The Armed Forces Flag has been raised at Holy Trinity Church in Skipton to mark the start of Armed Forces Week.

Ilkley-born celebrity gardener Alan Titchmarsh unveiled the brand new outdoor classroom and wildlife garden at Ashlands Primary School last week and planted a tree with the help of the schools newly formed ‘Eco Committee’.

Thanks to Ilkley Firefighters, what could have been a major incident on Ilkley Moor was prevented on Sunday evening, 19 June 2022.

Ilkley resident, Val Appleton, embarked on a high flying challenge last weekend and is now known as the ‘Official LS29 Stuntwoman’.

The Riverside Gardens Junior Parkrun in Ilkley takes place every Sunday morning at 9am and is coming up to its first anniversary in August.

Train services run by Northern to and from Skipton and Ilkley will be severely reduced this week as members of the RMT union go on strike across the country.

A Craven District Council project to better manage the flow of water along Gallow Syke in Skipton's Aireville Park and provide additional protection to premises downstream is now complete.

People across the Aire and Wharfe Valleys are being invited to join the nation's biggest tea break next month and help raise money for Airedale Hospital's charity.

Antony Butcher from Ilkley is making progress in his challenge to cycle 4,000 miles across the US to raise money for people living with multiple sclerosis.

Gardener and broadcaster Alan Titchmarsh was back in his home town this week to officially unveil the revamped Ilkley Station Plaza area.

Zoe Smith, who works at Airedale Hospital, is fundraising for the hospital charity by running along the full length of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal later this summer

Campaigners say the fight to keep the Post Office at the top of Haworth's iconic Main Street open will continue, despite its scheduled closure next month.

A large Ilkley home could be flattened to make way for a development of apartments.

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore took a piece of aerated concrete with him to a meeting at Number 10 Downing Street this week as part of his campaign to get Airedale Hospital rebuilt.

Young people on the Kickstarters scheme at Bradford Council’s Youth Service in Keighley are putting on a brilliant Culture Festival at Keighley Creative.

Next week marks a year since Skipton Town Hall reopened its doors after a £5 million restoration project.

Craven is preparing a bid to be recognised as a district of sanctuary that welcomes people fleeing war-torn countries.

Local Neighbourhood Policing Officers in Ilkley are aware of two reports of a man allegedly exposing himself in the Ben Rhydding area of Ilkley.

Keighley Cricket Club has been granted planning permission to build a new facility on its grounds, which will include indoor nets and gym space.

The Skipton Choir is getting ready for two summer performances next month in support of good causes.

As part of Ilkley Pride 2022, local school children were asked to produce a patch to represent what made them ‘unique’.

Residents of Haworth are being urged to show their support for the village's main post office to prevent its permanent closure next month.

Measures to improve safety on a stretch of road linking Eastburn and Sutton-in-Craven are being proposed following the death of a 9 year old boy.

Carers from across the Aire and Wharfe Valleys have enjoyed a number of events to mark Carers Week.

A council conservation officer says building homes next to a listed Haworth mill site will "cause harm and destruction to industrial archaeology".

Safe swimming campaigns will be ramped up before Summer in a push to reduce the number of child deaths in the Bradford District.

Ilkley will hold its first Pride event in July and Sara Jane Perovic has been finding out why it is so important to the town and its LGBTQIA+ community.

Northern has advised customers not to travel during the RMT union strike action planned for 21st, 23rd and 25th June.

The 'Celebrating the Courtyard' exhibition opens on 26 June at Ilkley Manor House.

West Yorkshire Police have made arrests in connection with burglaries in the Ilkley area.