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A typical haul of weapons handed in. File photo

Two-week gun and knife amnesty launches
MEMBERS of the public who find they have guns and knives in their possession they shouldn't have, can hand them in to the police during a two-week amnesty which began on May 12.

Ingleborough: the CRO challenge is returning

Cafe plan - half way up Ingleborough

Letter: Changes to voting

Letter: Photo ID at polling stations will erode democracy

Helen Carter and Emma Field, of Dale Eddison

Estate agents Dale Eddison prepare for 24-hour challenge

Richard Simmons in his youth with his bike

Snowy cycle ride one man won’t forget

Parish Church School pupils are excited about the jubilee

Jubilee to remember for Skipton youngsters

A Skipton Boat Trips’s Dalesman boat on the canal

Dalesman takes to the water for dining cruises

Old Bibby's coach at Ingleton's 1940s event in the past

Get ready for Ingleton's 1940s weekend

Austwick Cuckoo Festival and Street Market

Village prepares for Street Market and Cuckoo Festival weekend

A nest of hen harrier chicks in 2021

Trial reports ‘significant’ success in hen harrier breeding

Skipton Rugby Club young players with their medals

Skipton rugby club's young players round off excellent season

Car boots, bike auctions, walks, fairs, coffee mornings, clubs. See them in the village news section

B&M Lorry overturns onto wall

Landowner's anger after B&M lorry flattens wall

Six Skipton Street Angels on patrol in the town in the past. The group is now disbanding

Town’s Street Angels group decides to fold

Events for the Queen's platinum jubilee are taking place in Bell Busk and Coniston Cold

Bell Busk bells to ring for jubilee celebrations

Some of the stories and poems in the window of Gargrave Co-op

Students blend art with nature

Preston Magistrates' Court

Driving ban and fine for Skipton driver who failed to provide an ID

Gargrave Dental Practice

Dental practice is sold after 32 years in same hands

Skipton Magistrates' Court

Skipton man thought possessing liquid codeine was legal

UK Today

What is today’s Wordle? May 16 hints

UK drivers issued warning that Platinum Jubilee parties 'could cause havoc'

Ryanair boss issues warning over summer holiday price hikes amid airport delays

Greggs customers issued warning over potential price hikes

Ofgem changes to energy price cap could see your bills rise four times per year

Harry Styles set to host special CBeebies Bedtime Stories

News

One analyst said on Monday that this could ultimately help Greggs. (PA)

Greggs customers issued warning over potential price hikes

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker ‘legally wed at Santa Barbara courthouse’ (PA)

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker ‘legally wed at Santa Barbara courthouse’

A group of would-be hosts, sponsors and supporters of Ukrainian refugees, hold a Vigil for Visas outside the Home Office (PA)

New Ukrainian language and course launched for UK families hosting refugees

The Genesis G70 Shooting Brake on test in West Yorkshire, pictured outside the listed New Hall building on Rooley Lane, Bradford (top left) and near Digley Reservoir, Kirklees (top right)

Genesis G70 Shooting Brake is a genuine head-turner

Could the UK host Eurovision 2023? (PA)

Could the UK host Eurovision 2023?

Zelensky vows Ukraine will host Eurovision in occupied Mariupol (PA)

Zelensky vows Ukraine will host Eurovision in occupied Mariupol

The Hyundai Kona N on test in West Yorkshire

Lots to like about hot Kona with aggressive persona

Folk-rap group Kalush Orchestra gave a powerful performance of their song Stefania during Eurovision grand final. Picture: PA

Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra give powerful Eurovision 2022 performance - see it here

Alesha Dixon uses her final Golden Buzzer for Flintz & T4ylor - Watch here (ITV)

Alesha Dixon uses her final Golden Buzzer for Flintz & T4ylor - Watch here

Are the Subwoolfer band members Eurovision 2022's worst kept secret? Picture: BBC

Is A1 singer Ben Adams really Norway’s Eurovision 2022 entry Subwoolfer?

ITV viewers find BGT audition hilarious as Stefano Paolini performs unique act (ITV)

ITV viewers find BGT audition hilarious as Stefano Paolini performs unique act

Britain's Got Talent viewers praise young comedian with Cerebral Palsy (ITV)

Britain's Got Talent viewers praise young comedian with Cerebral Palsy

Where is Britain's Got Talent? ITV show delayed leaving viewers confused (PA)

Where is Britain's Got Talent? ITV show delayed leaving viewers confused

Where you can see the Red Arrows displays in summer 2022 (PA)

Where you can see the Red Arrows displays in summer 2022

Britain's Got Talent - What time is it on TV tonight? (PA)

Britain's Got Talent - What time is it on TV tonight?

The competition is open to airlines, fuel producers, aircraft or engine manufacturers and fuel suppliers (PA)

Transport secretary promises first net-zero transatlantic flight by next year

A report found that if GPs prescribed local leisure services to one million inactive people over the next decade this could avoid thousands of cases of disease (PA)

Obese and inactive people should be prescribed fitness classes, councils say

See Sky's new content coming to its channels and NOW in June 2022 (PA)

See Sky's new content coming to its channels and NOW in June 2022

Retro games consoles in your home could be worth more than £21,000 - full list

Retro games consoles in your home could be worth more than £21,000 - full list

Nature Notes

Looking good: The new Mercedes C-Class

The best premium small saloon? That'll be the Mercedes C220d

Wave Spa Atlantic Grey Wood Hot Tub (Food Warehouse)

Iceland's Food Warehouse is selling a hot tub for £300 in perfect time for summer

Tributes are flooding in for the Golden Globe-winning actor Fred Ward who has died aged 79 (PA)

Golden Globe-winning actor, Fred Ward, dies aged 79 – tributes flood in

Eurovision 2022 stage. (PA) Woman on her phone (Canva)

Can you beat the Eurovision 2022 quiz? Test your knowledge

Sport

Skipton Town FC

Cup competitions see football victories for Skipton Town , Rolls Reserves and Grassington FC
THE District Association cup competitions have reached their conclusion with all three finals being played before large enthusiastic crowds.

Former Australia player Andrew Symonds has died (Gareth Copley/PA)

Australian cricket hero Andrew Symonds killed in Queensland car crash

Skipton Rugby Club young players with their medals

Skipton rugby club's young players round off excellent season

Martyn Dalby (green) struck for Cowling against Otley Thirds

AFC Crossleys conclude league and cup double as Cowling claim dramatic victory

Joe Hayes (red) for Skipton will represent Yorkshire U17's this weekend. Pic by: Declan Hayes

Skipton youngster given Yorkshire shot

Danny Ellis has taken up a player-manager role at his former club Guiseley.

Guiseley appoint new manager and snap up Bradford district club's boss as his assistant

Upper Wharfedale's lightning fast start continues

Upper Wharfedale's lightning fast start continues

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National Sport

Laura Robson has admitted defeat in her efforts to return to tennis

Former British number one Laura Robson announces retirement from tennis

Chelsea’s Andreas Christensen missed the FA Cup final

Chelsea’s Andreas Christensen stood himself down from selection for FA Cup final

Football rumours: Juventus confident of signing Paul Pogba again

England captain Paul Collingwood (centre) lifts the trophy as they celebrate winning the ICC World Twenty20 final

On this day in 2010: England beat Australia for Twenty20 World Cup final glory

Kostas Tsimikas

The sporting weekend in pictures

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Letter: Changes to voting

Letter: Photo ID at polling stations will erode democracy

Mayor Robert Heseltine and mill owner Andrew Mear with actor Hannah Hobley in 2010

50 years ago, the restored water wheel at Skipton's High Corn Mill began turning again

One analyst said on Monday that this could ultimately help Greggs. (PA)

Greggs customers issued warning over potential price hikes

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National News

Travis Scott, left, and daughter Stormi Webster arrive at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, May 15, 2022, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas

Travis Scott and Morgan Wallen give controversial performances at music awards

Safeguarding minister Rachel Maclean said people should consider working more to pay for rising prices

Work more or get better paid jobs to afford rising prices, says minister

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, centre, visits a pharmacy in Pyongyang

Kim Jong Un blasts pandemic response as North Korean outbreak surges

A No Entry sign outside Parliament Buildings at Stormont in Belfast (David Young/PA)

Boris Johnson to hold talks in bid to break Stormont deadlock

Harel Hershtik pose for a photograph at his labs in Rehovot, Israel

Convicted killer turned tech whiz confronts his sordid past

Smart Meter Energy Usage

Cap on energy bills could be reviewed four times a year under Ofgem plans

Sturgeon to warn of ‘catastrophic’ consequences of failure on Cop commitments

Sturgeon to warn of ‘catastrophic’ consequences of failure on Cop commitments

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