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  • Ilkley conductor sets down his baton after 23 years

    A long-serving conductor has finally laid down his baton after 23 years with an orchestra for the over-50s. Stanley Evans recently retired from his role with Ilkley’s New Horizons Concert Orchestra, after conducting since the orchestra formed in 1988

  • Horror of man found with fatal burns in Ilkley

    An Ilkley woman last night told of the “awful” sight of discovering a 58-year-old man with fatal burns in an alleyway. The victim, who has not been named, died as a result of the serious burns he suffered in an incident after being found in

  • Pound for pound aid will help save lives in Africa

    Churchgoers in Guiseley are showing the true meaning of Christmas by giving the gift of life to some of the poorest people in the world. Members of Guiseley Baptist Church are giving more than £15,000 for a hospital in Chad – a donation which organisers