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  • Bentham Primary School gets set for Olympics

    Inspired pupils at High Bentham Primary School are getting set to commemorate the London 2012 Olympics. The Olympic organising committee has accepted the school into its national Get Set Network in recognition of its commitment to the Olympic and Paralympic

  • Kettlewell school to be hub for internet boost

    Kettlewell Primary School is set to benefit from faster internet access as high-speed broadband comes to Upper Wharfedale. Residents and businesses in Littondale will also feel the benefit from the Connecting North Yorkshire (CNY) initiative. CNY is

  • Hellifield teenager selected for Junior Olympics

    Hellifield teenager Beth Wright has been selected for the Under-18 girls’ inline hockey Junior Olympics this summer. This is her third year of selection to the GB teams – but she cannot go to the Games in Los Angeles without securing sponsorship

  • Hot foot it over coals for cancer charity

    Craven’s bravest residents are being invited to join Ribble Valley & White Rose Ladies’ latest and most daring fundraising feat – a barefoot walk across hot coals. The charity fire walk is the latest in a series of events organised on behalf of the Skipton-based

  • Comments sought on Dales housing plans

    Organisations and the public are being given six weeks to comment on changes to a plan aimed at increasing the amount of affordable housing in the Dales. Members of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority voted on Tuesday to accept a number of changes

  • Magazine’s comic take on school’s past

    Giggleswick School has a long and proud history dating back more than 500 years. Editor Adrian Braddy uncovered two contrasting magazine articles about the school that were published almost 100 years apart. Giggleswick is a name that always raises a

  • Readers' Letters

    Sir – This morning children from the local nursery school went back to school with dog dirt all over the soles of their Wellington boots. Doubtless the same will happen to this afternoon’s group. These children plan to come down onto the Wilderness site