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  • Police warning over replica guns

    Police are warning people in Craven not to carry replica and BB guns in public – or they may face police armed with real guns. The warning comes after an incident in York when two youths were reportedly seen pointing realistic-looking pistols

  • Church’s link to national tour of revered saint's relics

    The remains of a famous saint are currently on a nationwide tour, but a Catholic church in Barnoldswick has its own “relics” of the revered French nun. A casket containing the thigh and foot bones of St Thérèse of Lisieux, a French Carmelite nun who

  • Midwife gives hope to new mums in Africa

    Shona Featherstone will never forget the first time she delivered a baby in a rundown schoolroom in a Nigerian village. “The delivery bed was nothing more than a table. There were women lying across desks,” she says. Shona, a midwife at Airedale Hospital

  • RAF team to visit Skipton

    The Royal Air Force Presentation Team will visit Skipton as part of its UK tour to demonstrate the vital role the RAF plays in providing security and acting as a force for good around the world. The presentation will illustrate the roles, equipment and

  • Eco group hosts film screening

    A powerful film with a strong environmental message is to be screened in Settle. “The Age of Stupid” showcases at the Victoria Hall on Tuesday at 7.30pm. The showing of the film, using equipment provided by TRAMPS – The Ribblesdale Area