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  • Buckden stages its annual art exhibition

    More than 150 original paintings will be on show when Buckden Art Group stages its annual exhibition in the village institute. And there will be a special section for the Flowers of the Dales Festival which will include summer meadows, wildflowers

  • Youngsters in training for Skipton junior triathlon

    Young athletes bidding to step into the shoes of Yorkshire’s Brownlee brothers Alistair and Jonny are preparing for their next triathlon which is expected to attract up to 180 competitors from throughout Yorkshire and the north of England. The

  • Happy ending for rejected miniature pony Ralph

    Time was running out for miniature spotted pony Ralph after his mother rejected him when he was just two days old. His owner, Christine Jackson, from Steeton, tried to rear him by hand, but after ten days after refusing to eat, the tiny, 18ins

  • Craven hotels nominated for White Rose Award

    Two Craven hotels have reached the finals of the White Rose Awards 2013. The Coniston Hotel at Coniston Cold is shortlisted in the large hotel category and the Rendezvous Hotel, Skipton, is hoping for success in the section for outstanding customer

  • 'Get on your bikes for Manorlands hospice'

    Manorlands is urging people to get on their bikes to support Sue Ryder, which runs the Oxenhope hospice. The charity is appealing for cyclists to take part on its behalf in next year’s Prudential RideLondon-Surrey, a 100-mile ride. The ballot