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Conservative councillor Simon Myers has been elected as the last chairman of Craven District Council.

A report has found turmoil in children's services, “superficial” assessments by social workers, inexperienced leadership and poor communication between the organisations that were meant to protect her all played a part in the death of Star Hobson.

The Mayor of West Yorkshire has announced that bus travel across the county will be free on Sunday 5th June to mark the end of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee weekend.

Ilkley Town Council welcomes everybody to two events to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen on Sunday 5th June.

Work starts this week on a £175,000 refurbishment of the Haematology and Oncology Day Unit at Airedale Hospital.

Local fundraiser Antony Butcher recently completed the first leg of his solo bike ride across the United States, arriving in Chicago on Friday the 20th May.

A whole-day Pride festival will take place in Skipton's Aireville Park this summer as part of a programme of events in the town to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community.

A new £15m building at Airedale Hospital in Steeton has picked up a national award ahead of its planned opening this summer.

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore has spoken in the House of Commons chamber about the long-awaited bridge over the A629 at Steeton.

Runners and walkers are being invited to take part in a five-mile fundraiser in aid of Manorlands Hospice on the longest day of the year.

Talented Craven musicians at the beginning of their creative careers are being offered the opportunity to join a scheme to help them on the road to stardom.

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore put a question to Boris Johnson at this week's Prime Minister's Questions about plans for Airedale Hospital in Steeton to be rebuilt.

Officers from North Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses and information following a fatal collision near Lothersdale on Tuesday evening.

Craven District Council’s deputy leader has taken on an executive role on the new North Yorkshire Council.

A team of staff from Craven Leisure in Aireville Park are taking on the challenge of walking Pen-y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough in one day to raise funds for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Ilkley district councillors have called for Bradford Council to take proactive action after travellers took advantage of a broken barrier to set up camp in Ilkley at Ilkley Lido and swimming Pool.

Former Yorkshire and England bowler, Ryan Sidebottom, will formally open Olicanian Cricket Club’s new pavilion on Sunday, May 22.

Dementia Friendly Ilkley Action are holding events this week as part of Dementia Action Week.

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore wants Keighley and Ilkley to be part of a Government scheme to tackle illegally-modified vehicles and help make local streets quieter.

The Ilkley Trail Race makes a welcome return after a three-year absence over the Platinum Jubilee weekend on Bank Holiday Friday 3 June.

Craven District Council is to have its biggest power taken away next week, some 11 months before being dissolved and a new county-wide unitary council being formed.

The Leader of Bradford Council has called for Northern to reinstate rail services on the Airedale and Wharfedale lines as soon as possible after cuts introduced this week.

Trainee Nursing Associate Jamie Barnes who works on Ward 13 at Airedale Hospital has won an outstanding educational achievement award for his work during the pandemic.

Buses across Keighley are more running more often a part of the new Spring timetable which has come into effect.

Registration for the Ilkley Grammar School PTA Ilkley Colour Rush on Sunday 26 June is now open.

Officers have been made aware of a number of thefts that have occurred at IIkley Cemetery over the past week.

Skipton's Stanforth Butchers and celebrated pork pie shop has teamed up with a marketing agency to launch a range of cards which will raise money for the town's food bank.

With less than a month to go until the Jubilee Spinathon, The Clarke Foley Community Centre in Ilkley is delighted to announce that getting the event underway will be husband and wife Bob and Shelia Prosser.

Craven District Council is celebrating after being given £150,000 by the Arts Council England to create sound recording and green-screen studios in Skipton.

Guns and illicit knives can be handed in to police in Skipton over the next two weeks, as part of a national effort to tackle serious crime.

Several roads around Devonshire Street and West Lane in Keighley - and in the north of Silsden are becoming 20mph zones.

People in Ilkley have voted with a resounding 'yes' in favour of the adoption of the Ilkley Neighbourhood Plan.

A £2 per journey cap on bus fares and a £25m fund to improve services in areas hit by recent bus cots have been announced today.

Ilkley's Olicanian Cricket Club will throw open the doors of its new clubhouse when the building is officially opened on Sunday, May 22.

Summer may only just be starting, but plans are already in place for one of Skipton's biggest annual winter fundraising events - The Great Skipton Santa Fun Run.

The family of Smokie founding member Terry Uttley have made a donation of more than £2,500 to Airedale Hospital following collections in memory of the musician and his wife.

A judging panel has been in Keighley today (Tuesday) as part of a tour of the district for Bradford's bid to be named 2025 UK City of Culture.

A temporary fire station in Keighley will have to be removed within six months of the permanent station being finished.

The Wharfedale District Scout and Explorer Scout Sam Ives Torch Race took place again last Friday after a three-year gap.

Celebrities and authors have come together to doodled, drawn or paint bookmarks for the 1st Burley Brownies bookmark project which is in its sixth year.

Outline planning has been submitted for a new bridge adjacent to the existing Denton Bridge between the A65 Coutances Way and Denton Road.

Local elections for Bradford Council and the new North Yorkshire Council were held on Thursday 5th May 2022, as well votes to select some town and parish councillors.

Independent candidate Andy Solloway has been elected to the new North Yorkshire Council following a drawing of straws after he and another candidate received the same number of votes.

West Yorkshire Police have appealed for witnesses after a road traffic collision in which a man died late on Thursday night in Oakworth.

Ilkley's Pat's Party team have returned from their trip to refugee centres in Eastern Poland where they sought to bring humanitarian aid to the Ukrainian refugees there, and to those suffering untold hardship within their own country.

Ilkley has become one of the first towns in the county to have its own digital and physical gift card.

Ilkley Literature Festival is delighted to announce Dylan Thomas Prize winner Kayo Chingonyi as the 2022 Poet in Residence and offers opportunities for emerging poets.

Residents of a proposed apartment development would have a “dismal” view from their windows of a neighbouring car park.

Voters go to the polls this week in what is Craven’s most crucial election in almost 50 years.

Free activities ranging from a Tai Chi session to a ‘Campfire Breakfast’ are on offer at a special health at wellbeing morning at Keighley’s Cliffe Castle Park this Saturday, 7 May.

Local group Ilkley Tools for Africa is appealing for new premises or may have to stop the operation.

Residents across Keighley and Ilkley will be voting elect district councillors this week - and we've got the election pitches from the main parties.

The day before Ilkley Carnival once again saw 100 children and families from the LS29 and AWARE support groups enjoy two hours of free rides.

In the biggest post pandemic event to be held in Ilkley, record crowds turned out to support Ilkley Carnival on May Day.

Children with disabilities are being given a helping hand to explore Nell Bank outdoor education centre, thanks to the delivery of a new, fully electric and wheelchair accessible vehicle.

A group of local health and fitness businesses have created a schedule of free activities for next week to help improve mental health.

Brian Verity, who set up local housebuilding firm Skipton Properties, has died aged 72.

Work to build a new fire station in Keighley will start later this year, and is expected to take two years.

Craven residents are being reminded not to place recyclable items in black bags before putting them into their recycling bins.

The multi-award winning Ilkley Triathlon takes place this year on Sunday 25 September at Ilkley Lido.

ISSUE (Ilkley and Surrounds Support Ukrainian Evacuees) are holding a meeting for hosts/sponsors, on Thursday May 5th at Ilkley Moor Vaults, 6.30 -7.30pm.

Madeleine O'Reilly is joining local arts charity Keighley Creative to run its programme of events and festivals over the next two years.

Five hundred Scouts & Leaders attended The Annual Scout St George’s Day Parade & Celebration held this year for the first time since 2019.

Rotarians in Skipton are collecting unwanted bikes to help raise money for local children's charities.

A miniature manuscript book handwritten by Charlotte Brontë in 1829 is being donated to the Brontë Parsonage Museum after being bought by a charity for $1.25m.

The death of Councillor Alan Hickman, a former Mayor of Skipton, has been announced by the town council.

Thousands of visitors are expected to flock to Ilkley on Bank Holiday Monday (2nd May) for the return of the town’s historic carnival.

Following the new playground re-opening on Friday 8th April with phase 1 work now complete, Ilkley Town Council have announced a significant donation towards the phase 2 development work.

Police say a man has admitted outraging public decency and apologised after images were shared on social media showing someone urinating outside the Keighley Jamia Mosque.

The Platinum Jubilee celebrates 70 years of Her Majesty the Queen’s reign and to mark this occasion Bradford Council is offering small grants, of up to £250.

The Ilkley Clean River Group (ICRG) held an Earth Day and Water Action Day event in town on Saturday which had great support.

A man from Ilkley has raised over £5,000 for Manorlands Hospice after pulling on his walking shoes to complete the full length of the Dales Way in just three days.

The Skipton Choir has raised £1,000 for the 'This is Luke' appeal at its first public concert in more than two years.

Ilkley's set to be Yorkshire’s number one tennis and social destination (as well as the Sunday Times Best Place to Live) thanks to the Ilkley Trophy grass court tennis tournament this summer.

A scheme to train police to prevent people drowning in the area's rivers has proved so popular it may soon be extended to council staff.

Fares for Hackney Carriage journeys in the Bradford district will soon rise for a second time in six months due to spiralling fuel costs.

Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice is again running the popular zip wire ride over Ilkley Moor to raise money for the charity.

The sites of the former Aire View Infant School and Hothfield Street Junior School in Silsden have gone up for sale and are likely to be redeveloped as housing.

Robbie Moore has secured a meeting with rail company Northern following the announcement that the frequency of some local train services will be cut from next month.

Bradford Council workers have been upgrading and repairing public paths, parks and greenspaces across the Bradford district which experienced higher levels of use over the Covid lockdown.

Ilkley resident Antony Butcher is preparing for an adventure of a lifetime as he cycles from New York to San Francisco in aid of The MS Society.

Ilkley Clean River Group is holding a joint Ilkley Water Quality Summit and Earth Day Celebration Street Party this Saturday, 23 April.

A national heritage body says it is working with Bradford Council to bring a fire ravaged mill in Keighley back into beneficial use for the area.

Organisers of Ilkley’s Pat’s Party are heading off to Poland in an effort to provide essential support to Ukrainian refugees and people still stranded inside the war zone.

Chris Mason, who grew up in Skipton, is to take over from Laura Kuenssberg as the new Political Editor for BBC News.

After two full seasons playing out of temporary units, the new Olicanian Cricket Club pavilion hosts its first match on Saturday.

Ilkley Carnival will be donating 50% of any profits raised from this year’s event to the charity The Friends of Ilkley Moor. Money raised will assist in their continuing efforts to restore the peatlands of this precious local resource.

The organisers of the Ilkley Litter Picker of the Year Awards are planning to approach councils in Otley and Skipton following the success of the inaugural event.

The Ilkley district is showing its support for those affected by the war in Ukraine.

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore has used a parliamentary debate to call for a ban on the use of disposable barbeques in public places where fire risk prevails, citing the damage they can cause through fires on local spaces such as Ilkley Moor.

A cancer support charity which was forced to close as a result of the coronavirus pandemic has donated its remaining funds to a local hospice.

An empty Ilkley store will be converted into a gin lounge and hotel after new plans were approved.

Well known Addingham resident and local Rotarian Geoff Maldwyn-Jones has been elected to succeed Simon Manley as the President of the Rotary Club of Skipton Craven for the year 2022/2023.

Six local business and industry representatives have been appointed as new Deputy Lieutenants of West Yorkshire.

Bradford Council has launched an exemption programme to help Bradford householders, businesses and organisations adjust to the Clean Air Zone which is due to launch soon.

The Home Secretary, Priti Patel, made a visit to Keighley today (Saturday), where she met with the town's MP Robbie Moore as well as local police and families affected by crime.

The full list of candidates who will fight to take our area's Bradford Council seats next month has been announced.

Cliffe Castle Museum and Park in Keighley has received the ‘Bees’ Needs Champion’ award for the second year in a row after staff and volunteers declared 2021 the ‘Year of the Bee’ and redoubled their work to communicate the importance of pollinators to visitors and the community.

Ilkley has come top in this year's Best Places to Live guide, being published by The Sunday Times this weekend.

A quarry last worked in the 1980s could be re-opened to provide over 500,000 tonnes of stone over the next two decades.

There are warnings that Craven will fall further behind on climate targets unless the government steps up support and brings forward new legislation.

To celebrate the Queen’s platinum Jubilee in June, the Clarke Foley Community Centre in Ilkley will be running a Spinathon fundraising event.

Ilkley Civic Society has announced the return of its Design & Conservation Awards after a break of 2 years on Thursday 24 March to local businesses, organisations & individuals.

The playground in Ilkley's Riverside Park is scheduled to re-open from Friday in time for the Easter school holidays.

North Yorkshire Police is looking to recruit around 30 volunteer officers over the next year to join the ranks of its Special Constables.

Crowds will be treated to a spectacular stunt display from the main act booked for this years Ilkley Carnival on Monday 2 May.

The Head of Academy at Skipton Girls' High School, Mark Turner, has decided to leave the role to begin a study of Theology.

Keighley MP Robbie Moore has raised concerns over drug misuse and anti-social behaviour locally during a meeting with the Home Secretary Priti Patel.

Ilkley's Simon Thomas and friend Darren Hirst have completed their 130-mile cycling challenge from Sheffield to the Lake District via Haworth and Skipton.

Artwork is popping up in Ilkley and Keighley town centres as part of Bradford Council’s Spring Back 2022 campaign.

Four acts - Cressa, Backspace, Reece Beck and Red Shakes - have been selected to play at this year's Gateways Festival following the Battle of the Bands final in Keighley.

Applications are now open for Ilkley Literature Festival’s Summer Fringe taking place this July and August 2022.

The chaplaincy team from Airedale are hoping to raise enough money for a specialist wheelchair for the hospital's new intensive care unit during Ramadan which starts this weekend.

The Friends of Wharfedale Greenway (FOWG) held an online public meeting this week to launch the group’s website and membership scheme. FOWG support the vision of creating a long traffic free Greenway corridor that will be perfect for getting active.

New safety measures could be put in place to prevent people jumping into the River Wharfe from the suspension (swing) bridge on Denton Road, Ilkley.

Down at the River Wharfe the ducks are assembling for another spectacular race as part of the Ilkley Carnival programme of events to be held on Monday 2 May.

The latest events as part of the Bradford Council’s Spring Back 2022 campaign campaign to encourage people to rediscover their local high streets included Keighley’s K-Town Shopper event and the Ilkley Family Takeover Day.

Craven District Council says a recent spate of vandalism to public toilets in Skipton bus station has left the authority with a £2,000 bill.

This Saturday, 2 April, everyone is welcome at All Saints’ Church in Ilkley for a free family event between 11am –1pm to celebrate the official launch of the Discover Ilkley app.

Ilkley businessman Simon Thomas and his friend Darren Hirst are hoping to raise £3,000 for Skipton-based The Principle Trust Children's Charity with a bike ride from Sheffield to Windermere this week.

A commemorative tree was planted last week at Holme House Wood on the outskirts of Keighley.

Calling All Talent! Ilkley Pride & Diversity is to hold its first event at The Kings Hall and Winter Garden on Saturday 2 July and performers are needed.

Residents of West Yorkshire have ten weeks to have their say on the future of the region’s fire service, following the launch of a public consultation today.

Local residents are being invited to join a 'virtual roadshow' to find out about the new North Yorkshire Council which is replacing Craven District Council from next year.

Eight acts will perform this Friday night in Keighley hoping to win a place on stage at the Gateways Festival in Skipton's Aireville Park this summer.

A boss from train operator Northern has assured passengers that a reduction in services on the Airedale and Wharfedale lines will only be temporary.

Plans to build 100 homes on a Silsden field have been withdrawn by a national housebuilder.

Contentious plans to build over 100 homes on a field in the Long Lee area of Keighley have been deferred after councillors raised numerous concerns about the plans.

A referendum will be held on Thursday 5th May to decide whether Bradford Council should adopt the Neighbourhood Plan for Ilkley.

An order that makes lighting barbecues on local moorlands illegal could be extended for another three years.

Yorkshire Water is holding a public meeting in Ilkley to provide further detail on timescales for its £13m investment in infrastructure upstream of the designated bathing water in the town.

Two firefighters based in Skipton have produced video blogs to share their experiences during Neurodiversity Week.

West Yorkshire Combined Authority has confirmed that work on a new multi-storey car park at Steeton and Silsden railway station will start in 'early April'.

West Yorkshire Police are highlighting that the law around using a smartphone is changing from this Friday (25th March).

The streets of Ilkley town centre are set to come alive this weekend with family friendly activities and performances at the Ilkley Family Takeover event part of Spring Back 2022.

Bradford Council says around 3,500 people went to this weekend's event in Haworth aimed at encouraging people to rediscover their local high street.

Flags will be flown at half mast on Keighley and Ilkley Town Halls following the death of a former district Lord Mayor and long-serving councillor.

The Art Shop in Skipton has pledged to give every penny from its takings to The Red Cross' Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal this Sunday.

Ilkley Grammar School’s Parent Teachers Association (PTA) is running Ilkley’s first ever Colour Rush on 26th June this year as a major fundraising event.

Silsden residents have pleaded with Bradford Council to scrap plans to sell a playing field in the town.

Another five acts are performing in Keighley this Friday night, hoping to win a place on the main stage at Skipton's Gateways Festival in July.

Northern have announced time table changes which will see a reduction in Bradford Forster Square train services in May.

Celebrating businesses within LS29, the winners of the Ilkley Business Awards 2022 were announced at the awards ceremony which took place at The Craiglands Hotel, Ilkley on Friday 18 March 2022.

Bus operator Transdev - which runs services across Keighley, Skipton and Ilkley - is making a 10p donation from every customer journey this Sunday to the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund.

A handful of local play areas will get much needed upgrades in the next stage of a multi million scheme to boost facilities.

The remains of the historic part of Dalton Mills in Keighley, gutted by fire earlier this month, do not currently need to be demolished for safety reasons.

North Yorkshire police is visiting schools with the award-winning author Christina Gabbitas to deliver key messaging about county lines drug dealing.

West Yorkshire Police are appealing for any information after a man exposed himself to a runner on the A65 between Ilkley and Burley-in-Wharfedale on Wednesday evening.

Ilkley Town Council is inviting residents to save the date for a Civic Service to enable residents in the town to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June.

Work on the £3m waste management depot and workshop at Engine Shed Lane in Skipton is expected to be completed by this summer.

The mother of Keighley toddler Star Hobson has had her jail sentence increased to 12 years following a review by the Court of Appeal.

Plans for an artificial sports pitch at Ermysted's Grammar School in Skipton have been rejected by Craven District Council, despite the planning officer's recommendation that the application should be approved.

A spellbinding day packed with fantastical magical fun has been planned for Haworth this weekend, with Keighley & Worth Valley Railway offering free travel for kids who dress up.

Skipton Gala is back on Saturday 11th June this year and organisers are looking for schools, community groups, businesses and more to join the parade.

This year's charity 5k and 10k runs in Keighley are taking place at the end of this month with all proceeds raised going to Manorlands Hospice.

Keighley's coronavirus test centre at Victoria Hall is to close its doors after almost two years of operation.

The third of four heats as part of a competition to select up-and-coming performers for this year's Gateways Festival is taking place on Friday night in Keighley.

Take on the challenge and descend 70ft down the iconic Cow and Calf rocks on Ilkley Moor to help transform the lives of people with Parkinson's.

Talks over building a footpath on a local road where a schoolboy was killed in a hit-and-run crash have failed to produce a breakthrough.

Ilkley Town Council resolved this week to support plans drawn up by Bradford MDC for 20mph speed limits in Ilkley and Ben Rhydding.

Outdoor galleries, performances and a showcase for independent businesses is the focus of an event taking place across Keighley town centre on 26th and 27th March.

As part of its campaign to deliver a brighter future for Ilkley by helping businesses to flourish, Ilkley BID is planning to launch a bespoke llkley Gift Card.

The inaugural Ilkley Litter Picker of the Year Awards have been launched to celebrate an unsung army of people who help keep the town and its surrounding areas tidy and litter-free.

Bradford Council has received funding from the government to put more EV chargers on council-owned land - including in Silsden, Steeton, Addingham and Haworth.

The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway has two visiting locomotives for an action-packed Steam Gala which is back for 2022.

Work from artists in Keighley ranging from ceramics to photography and prints to paintings is being exhibited at the Bradford Industrial Museum.

Skipton Beer Festival is heading back to the Town Hall for the first time since 2013 when it returns after a two-year Covid break.

North Yorkshire Police are appealing for information after a robbery in Sutton-in-Craven this weekend.

Skipton will host a large event in Aireville Park this June as part of a month celebrating diversity in the town.

Police and Fire officers say they are no longer on scene at Dalton Mills in Keighley, following the major fire that gutted the building last week.

Local residents are being given tips and advice on how to reduce household food waste as part of a campaign running across North Yorkshire.

The second of four heats as part of a competition to select up-and-coming performers for this year's Gateways Festival is taking place on Friday night in Keighley.

Carers who look after loved ones across Bradford and Craven are being asked to take part in a study to discover the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Ukraine crisis was discussed at the monthly Ilkley Community Network meeting, a group which engages the Ilkley Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS), local businesses and Ilkley/Bradford Councils, MP, all working together towards shared goals.

Five juveniles have been arrested on suspicion of arson after the fire at Dalton Mills in Keighley which has destroyed the inside of the historic building.

The winners of this year's Craven Community Champions Awards have been revealed in an event held at the Coniston Hotel on Thursday evening.

A new community-based service has been launched in Ilkley to help people access physical and mental wellbeing support, that also helps reduce some of the pressures being experienced by health and care services locally.

The organisation that runs Airedale Hospital has announced an ambitious 'Green Plan' - including more remote video consultations and replacing more vehicles with electric ones.

Firefighters have scaled back the operation at Dalton Mills in Keighley after spending several hours tackling a major fire on Thursday afternoon.

Firefighters are currently tackling a large blaze at Dalton Mills in Keighley.

North Yorkshire County Council is waiving the charge for road closures to enable local residents to wave their flags for the Queen's platinum jubilee this summer.

Calling all young bookworms, Ilkley Literature Festival’s children and family book events are back this month with Story Explorer Days taking place in Ilkley and Keighley.

A family from Keighley is enjoying the benefits of extra insulation in their home after getting some free work done through a Green Homes Grant scheme.

Chris Cunmins and Harry Morse from Embsay-based CrossFit Skipton are heading to Las Vegas in May after being selected to take part in the HYROX fitness championship.

A popular car boot sale held in the grounds of Airedale Hospital is returning next month for the first time since September 2019.

Local heroes from across the Craven District will be celebrated at an event on Thursday night this week (3rd March).

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore’s proposed parliamentary law to allow areas to form new local authorities has been rejected by the government in its current form.

Following the announcement of a new design for the playground in Ilkley’s Riverside Park, playground supplier Kompan have already begun work on phase 1 of the renovation.

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore has used a parliamentary debate to call for a house developer to address ongoing issues for residents of a new estate in Silsden.