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Andy is top Elvis impersonator
A premier Elvis Presley tribute artist from Addingham outshone dozens of other singers to take top prize in a prestigious contest. Congatulations from both sides of the Atlantic have been pouring in for local musician Andy Wood since his recent victory
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Ilkley venue for thought-provoking new play
Chocolate and Quakers will be the unusual mixture going into a thought-provoking new play coming to Ilkley next week. Acclaimed duo Plain Quakers will be performing their witty play, The Chocolate Paradox, at Ilkley’s Friends Meeting House, Queens Road
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New IGS pupils take on sharks and wasps - and win!
Shark-infested custard and hungry wasps were among the challenges faced by new Ilkley Grammar School pupils at a team building event. Year Seven pupils have been taking part in team building days at the Nell Bank Outdoor Education Centre, Denton Road
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Writers give their take on great Yorkshire mystery
Some of Yorkshire’s finest writers have put pen to paper to offer their take on a mystery dating back more than 90 years. The likes of Sir Alan Ayckbourn, Jilly Cooper, Alan Titchmarsh, and Barbara Taylor Bradford are among the contributors to a new
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‘Festival is such a great accolade for Ilkley’
In her ninth year of organising the North of England’s biggest literature festival, Rachel Feldberg shows no sign of flagging. The festival director is full of excitement and energy as she completes the finishing touches to this year’s Ilkley Literature
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Anger as Menston planning meeting cancelled
Campaigners and councillors have slammed Bradford Council after a major meeting to discuss plans for 300 new homes in a village was cancelled. The Council has been accused of an “utterly appalling” waste of time and public money and of conducting a
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Board game makers put £60 value on Ilkley's pride and joy
The world famous Ilkley Moor has been given the lowest grading in a new version of Monopoly. The landmark will fill the space usually taken by Old Kent Road in a Bradford edition of the game due out next month. But the makers of the game insist they
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Nervy Town are hit for six by Headingley
Ilkley Town 1 Old Headingley 6 A disastrous 15-minute spell midway through the first-half condemned Ilkley Town to an ignominious home defeat. While the scoreline was harsh this was yet another reminder of how goals enhance confidence and conceding
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Ilkley's Siân makes a real splash and wins three medals
Siân Morgan is celebrating after winning a silver and two bronze medals for Wales at the Common- wealth Youth Games in the Isle of Man. The 17-year-old from Ilkley swam in three individual races and two relays and admitted afterwards “It was a fantastic
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Golden-girl Georgia's peak performance for England
Ilkley’s Georgia Malir marked her international debut by helping England’s under-16s to win the team gold medal in the Commonwealth Mountain Running Championships in Llanberis North Wales. Georgia was the fifth-placed girl and second England counter
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Ilkley's Josh delighted to be number one
Josh White clinched the 2011 British Formula Kart Stars (FKS) series MiniMax title at Ellough Park in Suffolk last weekend. The 15-year-old Ilkley Grammar School pupil went into the final meeting of the year with a comfortable 64-point cushion in the
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Purvis at the double as Ben Rhydding triumph
Wigton 1 Ben Rhydding Ladies 3 Having missed out narrowly on promotion to the National League in each of the past two seasons, Ben Rhydding were delighted to get their new North Premier League season off to a winning start. The Ilkley side looked
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French polishes off students as Ben Rhydding triumph
Ben Rhydding Men’s 1sts 2 Leeds University 1sts 0 Ben Rhydding were delighted to make a great start to their North Premier League campaign with a win a tough opening fixture. The home side looked in control from the outset and
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Dalesmen show true grit to preserve perfect home record
Ilkley 14 Pocklington 7 Ilkley maintained their 100 per cent record at the new-look Stacks Field with another satisfying win. Just as they had against Keighley in their previous game, Ilkley started brightly and put Pocklington under
