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  • Family realise business dream with new cafe venture

    A SKIPTON family have realised their business dream - opening Mamma J’s Cafe and Takeaway and Little Munchkins Children’s Activity Cafe on the town's Cavendish Street.It is the brainchild of Jo Jennings, her son Carl Wain and daughter-in-law Sara

  • Judge buys champions at Skipton prime lamb show

    A SPECIAL Whitsuntide prize show and sale of Spring lambs at Skipton Auction Mart saw Richard Frankland, of Frankland Farms in Rathmell, secure the champion’s rosette with a brace of Beltex-cross-Texel lambs, while Robert Towers, of Camp House Farm, Farleton

  • Rescuers attend weekend incidents at local beauty spots

    MEMBERS of the Clapham-based Cave Rescue Organisation were called to two Craven beauty spots at the weekend.They assisted a local man who was taken ill on the Nature Trail at Clapham on Saturday evening.They drove him to the village where he was handed

  • Cash aid still on offer for Craven flood victims

    CRAVEN householders and business owners hit by the Boxing Day floods could still be eligible for cash aid.That's the message from North Yorkshire County Council, which says it and the district authorities have Government funding to provide grants

  • Two men arrested in connection with Skipton burglary

    TWO men have been arrested in connection with a burglary on Cumberland Street, Skipton, in the early hours of Saturday.Police say entry was gained through an insecure front door between 1.30am and 7am and taken were a grey DNKY handbag, a red circular

  • Land Rover Discovery damaged in Embsay

    OFFENDERS smashed the driver's door window and windscreen of a silver Land Rover Discovery, parked on Brackenley Drive, Embsay, on Saturday night.The incident occurred at about 11.40pm and the police would like to hear from anyone who heard or saw

  • Former Skipton bar manager found guilty of assault

    A FORMER Skipton bar manager of the Yorkshire Rose Pub attacked the landlord like a 'whirling dervish' and 'fought like a girl' hours after being sacked, the town's magistrates were told.Craig Borrill, 36, denied assaulting Steven

  • Gisburn Auction Mart stages its anniversary sales

    GISBURN Auction Mart staged its anniversary sales, judged by Jenny Dale, of Howden.The cattle champion was a British Blue heifer from T Robinson and Son, of Slaidburn, which sold for £1,140 to Richard Critchley.There was increased throughput, with good

  • Craven women honoured at Yorkshire Achievement Awards

    THE Rylstone WI Calendar Girls have received a Yorkshire Rose Award. The women were recognised for their fundraising efforts during the past 17 years. They first bared all for a charity calendar in 1999, in memory of national park officer John

  • Clapham and Cononley artists show their work

    TWO Craven art groups will be showcasing members' work over the Spring Bank Holiday.Cononley Institute will host an exhibition by village art group and on show will be work in oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolour and collage, many of which will be on

  • Hospital unit benefits from HML fundraising

    SKIPTON-based mortgage company Homeloan Management have been busy raising money to help babies in the neonatal unit at Airedale Hospital. The HR team at HML in Skipton held a month of fundraising, with the aim of collecting £3,000. Samantha Allen, recruitment

  • Nine-year-old Samantha takes over as Skipton's Rosebud Queen

    NINE-year-old Samantha Durdey has been chosen as Skipton's 2016 Rosebud Queen.A pupil at the town's Christ Church School, she was selected after gala organisers met at the Rendezvous Hotel and spent an afternoon chatting to the young applicants

  • Czajka employees serve as ambassadors for care industry

    FOUR members of Czajka Care Group have become ‘I Care Ambassadors’ to inspire and encourage more people into the industry. John Carrington, Jean Robinson, Lynne Taylor and Janet Fryer are part of a national team of ambassadors, which was formed by the

  • Penalty pain as Steeton suffer cup final heartache

    West Riding County Amateur Premier Division League Cup Final: Huddersfield YMCA 2 Steeton AFC 1 (after extra time)STEETON came agonisingly close to beating the league champions and clinching the cup but a disputed penalty proved costly.Sam Rooke had given

  • Paint vandals target parked car in Carleton

    VANDALS sprayed paint over every panel and window of a Ford Mondeo car, parked on Beckside, Carleton.The incident occurred between 6pm on Saturday and 9.15am the following morning.Anyone with information is asked to contact Skipton Police on 101.