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“The water quality was really good at Bolton Abbey, but at the end of the day’s walk we tested again after Ben Rhydding and the results were the worst possible score on the chart. For the water quality to deteriorate so quickly was shocking.”
November 18, 2025 at 8:19 AM
“The water quality was really good at Bolton Abbey, but at the end of the day’s walk we tested again after Ben Rhydding and the results were the worst possible score on the chart. For the water quality to deteriorate so quickly was shocking.”
It's a duckin' good life ... new feature in the works. Sign up below to get it first 🦆
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
It's a duckin' good life ... new feature in the works. Sign up below to get it first 🦆
Is #Ilkley a bit of a dinosaur? We ask after it was revealed that Ilkley Town Council's planning committee had agreed to object to replacing the dated and very neglected phone box on The Grove with a modern BT Street Hub. Comment with your responses below.
November 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Is #Ilkley a bit of a dinosaur? We ask after it was revealed that Ilkley Town Council's planning committee had agreed to object to replacing the dated and very neglected phone box on The Grove with a modern BT Street Hub. Comment with your responses below.
“Our natural world, like the planet earth, is one of our kind. Everything it consists of, from the complex, delicate and harmonious balance of animals, plants, rivers and trees to all the phenomenon that takes place beneath the thin kármán line, is exceptional ..."
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
“Our natural world, like the planet earth, is one of our kind. Everything it consists of, from the complex, delicate and harmonious balance of animals, plants, rivers and trees to all the phenomenon that takes place beneath the thin kármán line, is exceptional ..."
On this day of remembrance, take a moment to learn more about the men and women from #Ilkley who served during the #firstworldwar on Ilkley Remembers, an archive put together by local resident Edward Wild: ilkleyremembers.blogspot.com
Ilkley in The First World War by Edward Wild
This blog has been created to record some 250 men and women from Ilkley who died whilst serving in WW1 or who were killed by direct enemy action. All the research contained he has been completed by me...
ilkleyremembers.blogspot.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
On this day of remembrance, take a moment to learn more about the men and women from #Ilkley who served during the #firstworldwar on Ilkley Remembers, an archive put together by local resident Edward Wild: ilkleyremembers.blogspot.com
“As a survivor of grooming gangs and now an advocate working to expose what went wrong, I’m constantly asked: why do we need a specific inquiry into grooming gangs? Here’s my response.”
November 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
“As a survivor of grooming gangs and now an advocate working to expose what went wrong, I’m constantly asked: why do we need a specific inquiry into grooming gangs? Here’s my response.”
It's #JournalismMatters Week. If you believe in the work we're doing, please sign up today to as a paid member. We really need your support to offer an alternative to local news in #WestYorkshire. Link below.
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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"I often think about what I’d fund in Keighley and Ilkley if someone offered me a million pounds to spend, no strings attached ..."
November 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
"I often think about what I’d fund in Keighley and Ilkley if someone offered me a million pounds to spend, no strings attached ..."
Living as we do in the long aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis and a post-meaningful world of growth – coupled with the anti-worker agenda of AI ...
October 31, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Living as we do in the long aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis and a post-meaningful world of growth – coupled with the anti-worker agenda of AI ...
Going live this week: race-related hate crime, immigration, identity and economics ... 🇬🇧
October 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Going live this week: race-related hate crime, immigration, identity and economics ... 🇬🇧
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🚰 Councillor Ros Brown is quoted in the @theilkleyjournal.co.uk talking about the 'essential' need to bring water back into public ownership.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🚰 Councillor Ros Brown is quoted in the @theilkleyjournal.co.uk talking about the 'essential' need to bring water back into public ownership.
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Our essay next week looks at how this kind of disturbing racist language is unashamedly being voiced without fear of reproach and no sense of shame …
To openly quote Hitler and call all non-white immigration illegal is, to quote the American journalist George Parker writing recently about the “depth of America’s moral collapse”, antihuman:
October 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Our essay next week looks at how this kind of disturbing racist language is unashamedly being voiced without fear of reproach and no sense of shame …
District council meetings are a big deal.
Especially the full council meetings.
The ones where most councillors turn up.
The ones where lots of important decisions get discussed and debated.
The ones that affect us all.
But ask yourself: when was the last time you turned up to one?
Especially the full council meetings.
The ones where most councillors turn up.
The ones where lots of important decisions get discussed and debated.
The ones that affect us all.
But ask yourself: when was the last time you turned up to one?
October 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
District council meetings are a big deal.
Especially the full council meetings.
The ones where most councillors turn up.
The ones where lots of important decisions get discussed and debated.
The ones that affect us all.
But ask yourself: when was the last time you turned up to one?
Especially the full council meetings.
The ones where most councillors turn up.
The ones where lots of important decisions get discussed and debated.
The ones that affect us all.
But ask yourself: when was the last time you turned up to one?
Yorkshire Water 1 of 3 water companies “responsible” for 81% of serious pollution incidents ... discover more by tapping on the link below ...
October 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Yorkshire Water 1 of 3 water companies “responsible” for 81% of serious pollution incidents ... discover more by tapping on the link below ...
Katie Lam is a Conservative MP "tipped" as a future leader of the party. She is only 34. Her comments are just the latest example of how far attitudes about multiculturalism and the language around race, ethnicity and identity have changed in the UK ...
October 23, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Katie Lam is a Conservative MP "tipped" as a future leader of the party. She is only 34. Her comments are just the latest example of how far attitudes about multiculturalism and the language around race, ethnicity and identity have changed in the UK ...
“A breath in. A breath out. I thrust myself forward and I’m submerged in the chilled waters of the lake. It’s a shock to the system, but I manage to keep my breathing controlled …”
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October 20, 2025 at 8:20 AM
“A breath in. A breath out. I thrust myself forward and I’m submerged in the chilled waters of the lake. It’s a shock to the system, but I manage to keep my breathing controlled …”
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The latest news in Ilkley and West Yorkshire. Link below 🔗
October 17, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Yep. We're on YouTube now. It is what it is: www.youtube.com/@TheIlkleyJo...
October 16, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Yep. We're on YouTube now. It is what it is: www.youtube.com/@TheIlkleyJo...
Dropping next week – with a little pictorial teaser.
October 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Dropping next week – with a little pictorial teaser.
Ever heard of the Budget Reference Document?
The one for 2025–26?
Didn’t think so.
It’s around 375 pages long …
… and packed with approximately 30,000 words (and numbers).
It’s an important document about the council’s finances.
Which directly affects you.
Yet, we bet, no one knows about it.
The one for 2025–26?
Didn’t think so.
It’s around 375 pages long …
… and packed with approximately 30,000 words (and numbers).
It’s an important document about the council’s finances.
Which directly affects you.
Yet, we bet, no one knows about it.
October 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Ever heard of the Budget Reference Document?
The one for 2025–26?
Didn’t think so.
It’s around 375 pages long …
… and packed with approximately 30,000 words (and numbers).
It’s an important document about the council’s finances.
Which directly affects you.
Yet, we bet, no one knows about it.
The one for 2025–26?
Didn’t think so.
It’s around 375 pages long …
… and packed with approximately 30,000 words (and numbers).
It’s an important document about the council’s finances.
Which directly affects you.
Yet, we bet, no one knows about it.
“There was, as you’d expect in a small, reasonably well to do town like Ilkley, outrage when it was revealed that the household waste and recycling centre on Golden Butts Road, along with two other waste recycling sites in the district, were at risk of closure …”
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October 10, 2025 at 6:37 AM
“There was, as you’d expect in a small, reasonably well to do town like Ilkley, outrage when it was revealed that the household waste and recycling centre on Golden Butts Road, along with two other waste recycling sites in the district, were at risk of closure …”
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October 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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October 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Join Airedale’s community panel to help shape new hospital
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is inviting local people to play an active role in shaping the plans for the new hospital with the launch of a new Community Panel.
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is inviting local people to play an active role in shaping the plans for the new hospital with the launch of a new Community Panel.
September 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Join Airedale’s community panel to help shape new hospital
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is inviting local people to play an active role in shaping the plans for the new hospital with the launch of a new Community Panel.
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is inviting local people to play an active role in shaping the plans for the new hospital with the launch of a new Community Panel.