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  • Ermysted's Grammar School

    MORE than 99 per cent of students at Ermysted's Grammar School achieved at least five GCSEs to A* to C grades. Headteacher Graham Hamilton said that while the percentage was lower than last year, 49.6 per cent of results were A* or A. He

  • Aireville School

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  • Skipton Girls' High School

    STUDENTS at Skipton Girls’ High school have achieved outstanding GCSE results. Twelve students achieved an impressive clean sweep of A* and A grades across all subjects with one student achieving a phenomenal 13 A* grades. And 64 per cent

  • Exam codes

    ad art and design; ap accounting; ar art; as applied science; ast astronomy; asc additional science; bi biology; btar BTEC diploma in art; btas BTEC applied science; btbu BTEC in business; btdsp BTEC sport; bteg BTEC first certificate in engineering;

  • Settle College

    TWINS Aspen and Tala Pattinson achieved 23 A* and A grades between them in a wide range of subjects including art, French, geography, graphics and history.They also achieved the top grades in triple sciences - biology, chemistry and physics - and in English

  • South Craven School

    A DETERMINED pupil who managed to sit her GCSE's despite recovering from a major spinal operation was among the students receiving their results at South Craven School. Lucy Brown, from Sutton, suffered from a condition called scoliosis and

  • Craven College

    CRAVEN College GCSE students have smiles on their faces after getting their results. French and German students achieved a 100 per cent pass rate – with A* and A grades. Principal Robert Bellfield said: "Congratulations to all on their

  • Upper Wharfedale School

    UPPER WHARFEDALE SCHOOLUPPER Wharfedale School is celebrating some tremendous achievements in this year’s GCSE results.Headteacher Andrew Taylor said: "We congratulate all our students on their hard work and commitment, which have now been

  • West Craven High Technology College

    WEST CRAVEN HIGH TECHNOLOGY COLLEGEWEST Craven High Technology College said it was pleased with its GCSE results.Headteacher Craig Baker said: "Despite the enormous volatility in results seen nationally, this year, we have not been affected as much

  • Giggleswick School

    GIGGLESWICK School is celebrating some excellent GCSE results with 42.4 per cent of entries graded A* and A. The school said the English and maths results were particularly pleasing with 96.4 per cent pass rate in English and 90 per cent in maths

  • Barnoldswick Town make miserable FA Cup exit

    Tadcaster Albion 5 Barnoldswick Town 0Town's miserable start to the season continued as they conceded five goals for the second-successive game to bow out of the FA Cup at the extra preliminary round stage.Town included new signing Ishmael Mills who

  • Fears are growing for the future of Skipton Magistrates' Court

    FEARS are growing for the future of Skipton Magistrates’ Court, less than four years after it was saved from closure. A senior local solicitor has claimed that plans to close the cells at Skipton Police Station will mean the end of the court. John Mewies

  • Crosshills pip Cononley for Skipton Bowls League championship

    CROSSHILLS A have won the Walker Foster Division One title after pipping long-time leaders Cononley A in the final round of fixtures. The two teams were level going into the last two matches and Cononley A looked to have seized the initiative when

  • Wharfedale give youngsters their chance

    Wharfedale and Stourbridge was the longest-running contest in National One until the Midlanders’ relegation two seasons ago. In each of those two seasons they missed promotion by the narrowest margin, but have recently renewed their links with

  • Show season is well under way

    CRAVEN is in the midst of its agricultural show season - with two more events due to take place over the next few days.Malham Show will be staged on Saturday - against the backdrop of the famous cove.There will be the usual cattle and sheep classes, rare

  • Genus sale tops at £2,520

    CHAMPIONSHIP honours at the annual Bentham Genus Dairy Sale was taken by Peter and David Knowles, of Cragg Farm, Kendal. The winner was a non-pedigree Holstein Friesian, 28 days calved giving six gallons, which sold for the day's top price

  • Garnett's Year

    THIS magnificent scene shows Broughton Hall couched within a rural landscape as a flock of sheep graze peacefully in the foreground and the late evening hues of a fiery sky provide an intriguing contrast to the bucolic scene.

  • Skipton hit by power cut

    QUICK thinking by cafe staff at Skipton Auction Mart's Art in the Pen event kept visitors fed when part of the town was hit by an electricity power cut on Saturday morning.The cut, which lasted for two hours, would have shut down the cafe if staff

  • One man's campaign to save railway artefacts

    AS part of the ongoing celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the saving of the Settle-Carlisle Railway, The Folly at Settle is displaying an important collection of memorabilia preserved by the late Derek Soames, who died last October. Derek, a much-loved

  • Big wall event pulls in crowds at Gargrave Show

    CROWDs turned out in force for Gargrave Show on Saturday, which remained dry despite threatening clouds and a stiff, almost autumnal breeze. Held in front of stately Eshton Hall, people queued to get in to a showfield packed with entertainment

  • Albino swallow spotted in Craven

    A rare albino swallow has been spotted in Craven. This picture was taken by reader Maureen Nicholas in the garden at her Eldroth home on Friday. The internet tells me there's a one-in-18,000 chance of albinism affecting a bird, making this swallow

  • Driver fined after nearly colliding with police car

    POLICE nearly collided with a Fiat Abarth being driven in the middle of a road in Wigglesworth, heard Skipton magistrates. Sarah Moorhouse, 26, was driving home an unwelcome late night caller when she had lost control on a bend, the court heard

  • Coniston Cold YFC show is hailed a success

    NUMBERS and standards were extremely good at Coniston Cold Young Farmers' Club's 68th annual show. Paddy Capstick won the overall championship with a British Blue bullock, as well as the beef and cattle trophies, while the sheep championship

  • Tot Lord and Victoria Bone Cave

    AN exciting moment for me was one lunch-time when Freda, my wife, met me at the front door of our home in High Hill Grove, Settle, and - with a quiver of excitement in her voice - remarked: “J B Priestley and Jacquetta Hawkes are in the front room

  • Different ways communities marked start of Great War

    OVER the weeks leading up to the commemoration of the "war to end all wars" Craven people have been delving into their collective past , exploring how great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers, their extended families and communities coped

  • Thieves steal exhibition donations

    THIEVES have stolen donations collected at an exhibition commemorating Skipton's part in the First World War. The exhibition is being staged at town's Holy Trinity Church and visitors are invited to leave donations in a carboy. However

  • Bad weather blamed for drop in show entries

    RECENT inclement weather and an early season have been blamed for a drop in entries at Grassington and District Horticultural Society on Saturday.But organisers said the quality of exhibits remained high.The event was staged at Grassington Town Hall and

  • Car parking charges rejected for now

    STRONG opposition to proposed car parking charges in Cross Hills and Bentham has led to a stay of execution. Charges at two currently free car parks in Cross Hills, one in Bentham and one in Gargrave were expected to be approved on Tuesday

  • Councillors call for flood investigation

    LIBERALcouncillors in Barnoldswick have called for an investigation into the causes and possible cures for the flash flooding that took place in the town on Thursday. The group has demanded answers on why areas previously unaffected by flooding were inundated

  • Burnsall Sports welcomes back former winner

    A FORMER fell runner will return to the scene of one of his victories 75 years ago.Bob Newbould, now in his 90s, won the classic fell race at Burnsall Feast Sports in 1939, just prior to the outbreak of the Second World War.Now, Mr Newbould, from a well-known

  • Banger munching world record bid to be held in Silsden

    A WORLD record attempt on banger-munching will be part of a Sausage and Cider Festival this Bank Holiday Weekend.The three-day food and drink extravaganza is the brainwave of new landlords Darren and Sue Robinson of the Robin Hood pub in Silsden.And the

  • Prime lamb finish now vital to processors

    ANOTHER increased entry of 4,159 prime sheep at Skipton Auction Mart’s weekly Monday sale produced a visible change in the market place, as processors sought to secure well-finished lambs, demonstrated by their willingness to bid well for good meated

  • Auction mart looks forward to pedigree season

    SKIPTON Auction Mart is looking forward to its high profile pedigree sheep and cattle autumn highlights, which continue to attract both vendors and buyers from many parts of the country. The pedigree season starts next Saturday, August 30,

  • Skipton road rage driver handed suspended prison sentence

    A ROAD rage incident in Skipton resulted in one man being handed a suspended prison sentence and 40 hours unpaid work. Simon Kneeshaw leapt out of his car and armed himself with a wheel brace following an exchange of hand gestures with another

  • Approval set for school's sports air dome

    SOUTH Craven School's plan to build a sports air dome on the site of four existing tennis courts is recommended for approval next week.The planned 193ft by 127ft dark green and white dome is intended as a multi-purpose sports hall for both the school

  • Skipton Market open all bank holiday weekend

    SKIPTON Market will be up and running throughout the entire Bank Holiday this weekend. In addition to the usual Friday and Saturday trading days, the market will also be running on Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday. Traders have been given

  • VJ Day is commemorated

    A SMALL group gathered alongside the war memorial, in Skipton High Street, on Friday, at 11am, to commemorate Victory in Japan (VJ) Day.It marked the end of the 1939-45 conflict in the Pacific with the surrender of the Japanese in August, 1945. The service

  • Man admits making indecent images

    A GRASSINGTON man uploaded indecent images of children and one extreme pornographic image involving an animal, Skipton magistrates were told.At court on Friday, Joe Azzopardi, 65, admitted three charges of making indecent images of a child at his home