An inquest into the death of an Addingham woman who died after a fire at her home will be opened in Bradford on Monday Police have not publicly released the name of the woman, who was taken to Airedale Hospital following the fire at a house on High Mill
I do hope that UKIP candidate Paul Latham knows more about politics than he does about me “standing on the sidelines”. Otherwise those who are misguided enough to fall for his AV voting claptrap may end up with a turkey instead of a representative
I hope no-one will take the mistaken advice of your recent correspondent to start cutting ivy from trees. Ivy uses trees as support to climb towards the light and does not suck nourishment from the tree. Ivy will climb on fences, brickwork and even
With Natural England, the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) and other authorities having to cut back on both staff and services due to the budget cuts, the Association of Rural Communities (ARC) wrote the following to the president
Congratulations to the Gazette & Observer for promoting libraries and reading; and thanks to Thomas Atkinson for organising the ‘Read In’ and petition at Ilkley Library against the proposed closure of Addingham Library. We are told that every visit
Well-known jazz and rock ‘n’ roll piano/vocalist Peter Gill and highly-regarded fringe actor Andrew Meller have joined forces to present a fabulous, new, 90-minute show dedicated to the satirical humour of American comic legends Bob Newhart and
I think it be very short-sighted for the council to consider closing the Rawdon Library for the following reasons. It houses the valuable historical records of Aireborough (and elsewhere in Yorkshire) in a room dedicated for this purpose. Some of the
The number of pupils being allowed to join a Menston school each year should drop from 60 to 45, a report recommends. And it comes after Menston Primary School headteacher Iain Jones asked Bradford Council to look at reducing admission to the school
Clevedon House School, at the top of Ben Rhydding Drive, was originally a boys’ boarding preparatory school, taking boys between the ages of seven and 13. During the 1980s the school went through major changes. It was bought in the early 80s by the
Sixth formers from Guiseley School are planning a visit to China to help orphans. Eleven teenagers, aged from 16 to 17, will also try their hands at teaching and will help with water distribution during their visit to a number of Chinese villages in
The ambitious owners of a flourishing brewery have revealed plans to create a visitor centre in Ilkley. Stewart Ross and Chris Ives are the men behind the success of the Ilkley Brewery, which was only founded in 2009. Now they have moved into new,
I write with reference to the article which appeared on page 26 of last week’s Gazette & Observer about the new housing scheme in Moor Lane, Addingham. Your article quotes an extract from the planning application about ‘consultation’ having
A leading sub-postmaster says a Government decision to withdraw a contract for processing benefits cheques is “another nail in the coffin” of post offices in the district. And Peter Finlay, sub-postmaster at Menston and a regional secretary
