POLICE have named a motorcyclist who died following a collision on the B6255 Hawes to Ingleton Road on Sunday, September 14. He was John Grahame Harrington, known as Grahame, aged 59, from Penrith in Cumbria. The inquest into his death was
POLICE are appealing for information after a 19-year-old woman was injured in a single vehicle collision on the A59. It happened at around 7pm yesterday (Thursday), at Kex Gill Farm near Hazlewood, between Skipton and Harrogate. A white
THIS is a good wet weather horse ride, which is also a popular route for cyclists as it uses quiet country roads. Some of the route is on a fairly rutted path though, so mountain bikes rather than road bikes might be wise. A fair amount of it is along
EXPANDING rural practice chartered surveyors Windle Beech Winthrop have appointed a new director - agricultural specialist John Akrigg.John, 29, has worked at the firm’s headquarters at Skipton Auction Mart for the past seven years and himself comes
A POLICE officer has spoken of his frustration and sadness that a woman, found dead in a stream near Horton-in-Ribblesdale ten years ago, still remains unidentified.It was on September 20, 2004, that the woman's body was discovered in Sell Gill Beck
A FORMER schoolteacher and resident of a Barnoldswick care home has celebrated her 100th birthday.Florence Wright, who now lives at Cravenside Home for Older People, was born in Earby on September 10, 1914, the daughter of well-known local plumber Ebor
A BUS company has come to the rescue of Silsden schoolchildren stranded by council spending cuts. Transdev is diverting one of its buses every day to pick up Silsden students travelling to schools in Skipton. The bus – which does not
LAST week's mystery object was an interesting one.It was a wooden plough plane, used to cut grooves into blocks of wood rather than to flatten or smooth the wood. And it brought several guesses.Michael Rooze, from Grassington, suggested that the plane
A TELEVISION programme about the horrors Allied soldiers faced during the evacuation of the British army from Dunkirk in 1940, has changed Eva Axon's life.It has set her out on a path to discover her biological father, a man she never met and who
Keith Blackwell, a senior local lawyer, sets out his concerns for the future of Skipton Magistrates' Court - and considers moves to close the cells at the town's police station Once again concerns have been raised about the status of Skipton
HEBDEN resident David Joy relates the fascinating saga of a recent discovery – and the questions it posed.AN historic milestone that had long lain undiscovered alongside an old road in Hebden has been discovered. Jonathan Longthorne, of the haulage
THE opportunities for young people to live and make a living in the Yorkshire Dales will be at the heart of a national conference next month. The Yorkshire Dales Society is to host the annual National Parks Societies Conference from October
