A SKIPTON man has been sent to crown court to face charges of possessing and distributing indecent images of children and of one extreme pornographic image. Jordan Leigh Courtney, 18, of Cawder Road, is charged with two charges of distributing
A BANNED driver took his girlfriend's Fiat Punto without her permission and collided with another car, Skipton Magistrates' Court was told.Jimmy Rodgers, 35, admitted taking a car without the owner's consent on March 10, and driving on Westmoreland
A SKIPTON woman who went uninvited into a couple's home while they were asleep, has been given a six-month suspended prison sentence by magistrates.Adele Evans, 39, knew the couple who live in Greatwood Avenue, but on April 10 went through an unlocked
A DRIVER stopped by police in Keighley Road, Skipton, after he came up behind them at speed, was over the drink-drive limit, the town's magistrates were told.The officers pulled over to let Paul Green pass in the early hours of May 10, but caught
A COWLING man who had cannabis plants growing in his home has been given a conditional discharge from Skipton magistrates. In an unrelated visit to Andrew Rogerson's home in Keighley Road on March 19, police discovered two containers, one containing
A MAN charged with burglaries in Skipton and in Sutton-in-Craven has been sent to crown court. Zane Bashir, 19, faces a charge of burglary with another man of a house in Princes Crescent, Skipton, on April 16, and of a second house in Park Avenue
MAURICE Grumbleweed will perform at the Foresters, Grassington, next Friday, June 3.He will entertain with "a bit of this, that and the other".The event starts at 10pm and there is a suggested donation of £10, with proceeds going to the Upper
PUPILS at Eastburn Junior & Infant School have a new kit for cross-country running.The vests have been presented by Mike and Suzanne Woodhead, parents of a class-one pupil.Their company, CQrity, sponsored the kits."We badly needed the new vests for
SKIPTON Building Society workers swapped the office for the open air to walk 16 miles along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal to raise money for charity.The hike from Skipton to Saltaire took about seven hours and raised more than £1,000 for Down Syndrome
PENDLE Council is urging residents planning to celebrate The Queen’s 90th birthday in June to have a look at the street party guidance on its website. The council's website at pendle.gov.uk/streetparty sets out what people need to think about, such
LIBRARIES acroos Craven are celebrating an annual Festival of Learning.The event – previously known as Adult Learners' Week – is bringing together organisations across the county, offering people opportunities to learn something new.Libraries are
PEOPLE in and around Silsden can look forward to a busy programme of entertainment this July.Neil Whitaker, a member of Silsden's Grand deParty group, said that as well as the newer events inspired by the 2014 Tour de France visit, more established
REAL-LIFE tales of murder, delusion and despair – including a Steeton shooting – are featured in a new book. David Scrimgeour’s volume, entitled Proper People, shines a light on patients held in a Wakefield mental asylum 200 years ago.The Wakefield resident
SKIPTON-based AKA PR has been appointed by the British Furniture Manufacturers (BFM) to handle its public and media relations plus its social media accounts to help raise its profile.The BFM is a trade association that has represented the interests of
THE Craven Trust has approved grants totalling £7,800.The beneficiaries include Settle Area Swimming Pool, which is trying to find new funding sources after Craven District Council removed its £16,000 handout in a bid to combat its own financial squeeze.The
SILSDEN’s former public toilets will go under the hammer next month with a guide price of £10,000.The facilities have been added to the town’s former library and council offices on a list of lots at Leeds auction house Pugh and Company.The other two buildings
THE new chairman of Lancashire County Council is Councillor Janice Hanson, who represents the Morecambe West division. A county councillor since 2005, Janice is particularly keen to highlight the important role of volunteers and the value of giving something
RESIDENTS and organisations in Addingham have shared their thoughts about making representations to a Government planning inspector in hearings regarding Bradford Council's Local Plan.As communities prepare for another series of meetings regarding
A FUNDRAISING ceilidh will be held at St Mary and St Michael’s Church Hall, Tillman Close, Settle, next Friday, June 3.It is being organised by the St Vincent de Paul Society in Settle to raise funds to aid refugees and asylum seekers. The event - which
