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Vigorous progress on work to build asylum at foot of Rombalds Moor
1884 A special meeting of the West Riding Magistrates to carry into effect the resolution to erect an asylum at the foot of Rombalds Moor, Menston, was recently held in Leeds Town Hall. The contract for excavating and for completing the structure
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Choices will have to be made
Now that the plans to rebuild Ilkley Grammar School are fully in the public domain, those with grave concerns, or a burning desire to support the scheme, can finally have their say. Ilkley is no stranger to planning applications which get emotions running
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Plans finalised for Ilkley Grammar School rebuild
THE first major battle in the push to redevelop Ilkley Grammar School is under way, as blueprints for rebuilding the school in Ben Rhydding are opened up for public consultation. Almost six months after plans for a state-of-the-art new school building
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Two Addingham streets to get grit bins
Two streets in Addingham are set to get their own help-yourself grit bins in a trial scheme. Addingham Parish Council has agreed to fund the £35-a-time refills for new ‘comm-unity grit bins’ under a scheme recently announced by Bradford Council’s Keigh-ley
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A thankyou and an apology
Following Sunday evening’s Concert for the Street Children, held for the first time at Ilkley Baptist Church, we would like to thank not only the young singers who turned up from miles away, through blizzards and ice, in order to perform, but to
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Ilkley mum's anger at hospital delay
A mum has criticised an ‘under-staffed’ hospital trust after being told her son might have to wait two months for a special splint he needs for a medical condition. Paediatric nurse Lisa Wright was dismayed when Airedale NHS Trust said her eight-year-old
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Watchdog investigation clears Ilkley councillor on disrepute charge
A senior Ilkley councillor has been cleared of bringing Bradford Council into disrepute and using his position to advantage. But an investigation by Standards for England has found that Councillor Martin Smith (Con, Ilkley) failed to register
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Ilkley shops warned of break-in threat
A business owner has joined police in warning shops to be vigilant after weekend break-ins in Ilkley town centre. Burglars stole the staff’s Christmas tips when they broke into Elliot’s Hairdressing on Wells Road, and another salon had cash and stock
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Ilkley schools back in council control
Schools in the Ilkley area will come back under the management of Bradford Council in 2011, after Schools Secretary Ed Balls agreed to lift the restriction that took education out of local authority control almost ten years ago. Ed Balls
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Archaeology dig at site of Roman fort
Archaeologists are to dig up part of the grounds of an Ilkley church which stands on the site of a Roman fort. Permission is being sought for excavations at All Saints Church to clear the way for an extension on its neighbour, Church House.
