The Ilkley Gazette and its sister paper, the Wharfedale & Airedale Observer, have a new editor.

Malcolm Hoddy, who has been editor of the Keighley News since 1994, has been appointed editor of both newspapers.

Sixty-three-year-old Hoddy, who has been a journalist for 43 years, will retain his Keighley News role while taking control of the other two weekly papers.