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Wharfedale & Airedale Observer
  Still no justification for Otley river fence(20/12/07 editorial)
  Commonsense still needed (20/12/07 letter from WAG)
  Scrutiny Board delays Otley river fence report (13/12/07)
  Otley river fence row erupts again over legal advice (06/12/07) See the advice.
  Safety expert under fire as he defends Otley river decision (15/11/07)
  Fence campaigners say Leeds City Council have only themselves to blame for vandalism (18/10/07)
  Anger as work begins on Otley's controversial river fence (11/10/07)
  Why are councillors so defensive? (letter from WAG 27/09/07)
  Scrutiny Board widens scope of Otley river fence inquiry (13/09/07)
  Scrutiny Board orders inquiry into Otley river fence (19/07/07)
  When making your voice heard can count (19/07/07 Editorial)
  Probe demanded as hated Otley river fence plan is approved (14/06/07)
  Otley Town Council demands control of all its parks (31/05/07)
  Sink your pride Leeds and come off the fence (letter 24/05/07) See also Under pressure on same page
  Fence for Otley weir and play area to go ahead despite protests (24/05/07)
  'Take over river safety' offer stuns Otley Town Council (17/05/07)
  Hint of climbdown over Otley river fence plan (03/05/07)
  Otley river fence protest wins pledge from city council (19/04/07)
  5,000 sign petition against Otley riverside fence (12/04/07)
  Jobsworths and opportunists cast a shadow over our lives (05/04/07)
  Council promises not to fence off Yeadon Tarn (05/04/07)
  Fence protest group given council cash backing (29/03/07)
  Otley protesters claim major advance (22/03/07)
  WAG launches legal challenge (15/03/07)
  RoSPA offers Otley fence options to council (08/03/07)
  Readers letters (08/03/07)
  Otley erupts in anger at plan to fence off river (01/03/07)
  Readers Letters (01/03/07)
  Safety plan reveals that Otley river fence will be put up in the spring (08/02/07)
   
Yorkshire Post
  MP joins beauty spot fence row (15/10/07)
  Snub to river fencing objectors (23/07/07)
  Riverside fence decision to be reviewed (19/07/07)
  Anger as river fencing approved (15/06/07)
  City may pass over control of river to halt row (14/05/07)
  New row over beauty spot fences (11/05/07)
  Protests force U-turn on fencing (02/05/07)
  River fence plan would hit tourism, says group (19/04/07)
  Safety experts 'have blundered' (23/03/07)
  Fight to scupper river fence plan (23/02/07)
   
Yorkshire Evening Post
  Councillors split over river fence (15/01/08)
  Fence: Council failed to consult people (10/01.08)
  Carter owes town an apology in railings row (letter from WAG 19/12/07)
  Lib Dem MP's attack on council leader (14/12/07)
  River fence decision 'was based on errors' (13/11/07)
  Debate call in row over river fencing (letter from WAG 18/09/07)
  Scaremongering over railings (letter 07/09/07)
  Inquiry to rule in row over riverside fence (18/07/07)
  Fencing row rumbles on as go-ahead given (14/06/07)
  Talks over riverside safety fencing plan (12/05/07)
  Reasons to be angry (23/04/07)
  Crackers! Lake fence blocking off life belt (21/04/07)
  Out of balance (19/04/07)
  5,000 sign petition to stop fence at Wharfe (14/04/07)
  Swell of protest against fence (04/04/07)
  Campaigners step up fight against river fence scheme (29/03/07)
  Council rethink over river fence (15/03/07)
  Freedom eroded by compensation culture (14/03/07)
  Council not to blame (07/03/07 letter from Coun. Mark Harris. See Responses to LCC)
  City is facing £1.3m bill over danger lakes (13/02/07)
   
The Guardian
  Outrage in Otley (22/02/07 - third item in article)
   
Daily Mail
  H&S killjoys ruining UK life - says H&S chief (21/08/06)
   
BBC
  Radio 4 - You and Yours - Fencing off the River Wharfe (07/03/07)
  Look North (19/02/07)