CRAVEN Museum will be dropping in on Settle and Ingleton libraries over the Easter holidays. While the museum itself in Skipton Town Hall is closed until early next year for its National Heritage Lottery Funded redevelopment, the museum team is
A PLANNING application for the conversion of a wedding reception venue with accommodation, known as the Wine Cave, to a restaurant with accommodation and associated car parking has been turned down by the Yorkshire Dales National Park’s planning committee
YOUNG visitors to a Silsden housing scheme this Easter will be encouraged to do their bit for wildlife. Free Friends of the Earth packs are being given away to children at Saxon Dene. The packs – available from the sales office at the Barratt
CHILDREN from Kirkby Malham School welcomed two feathered guests. Mark Presley, from The Coniston Estate, took two owls to visit the children who enjoyed getting close to them and asking questions. They enjoyed watching Ernie, the barn owl, flying
INGLETON Cricket Club is holding a family beer and music festival this Easter weekend at the Wheatsheaf Hotel. Shearstock '19 includes 16 bands, a barbecue, all day food and bar until late, with free entry over the weekend of April 19, 20 and 21
HILDRED (Harry) Harpin was a local artist, writer and teacher who in later life became a Catholic priest. Known as Padre Francesco in Assisi, where he spent the last 18 years of his life, he should perhaps be better known as the Painting Padre.
NOW in full swing, Skipton Auction Mart’s breeding sheep season attracted a larger turnout of 705 head, comprising 240 ewes with 465 lambs at foot, for the latest weekly Monday sale. It produced a very sharp trade for all Suffolk and Continental
AIRE-WHARFE CUP Wharfedale Development 41 Ilkley 2nds 17 WHARFEDALE Development beat close neighbours Ilkley 2nds in the quarter-final of the Aire-Wharfe Cup at the Avenue last Wednesday. This was the first match of the campaign for Wharfedale
THERE are just a few more days left to have your say on future priorities for North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service. A consultation by the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner is open until April 21. The results will be used to
A LARGE crowd turned out to watch Wharfedale Colts beat Luctonians 51-0 in the National Cup semi-final. These supporters were rewarded with a clinical display of attacking and verocious defending. Luctonians arrived with nearly the same squad
MOST North Yorkshire families get first primary school preferences from the list of choices they have, the education authority says. As high as 94 per cent of the county’s families of primary age children secured their first choice of school for
YORKSHIRE THREE Castleford 52 Skipton 0 SHORT-handed Skipton lost 52-0 at Castleford in their final league match of the season on Saturday. The Skipton team were shorne of players, with eight missing from the previous weekend's encounter
EMBSAY mum and keen paddle boarder Jo Moseley picks up litter around her home every day. But now she’s off to sunny Biarritz for a litter picking weekend at the beginning of May – as part of a European campaign to clean beaches and safeguard the
YORKSHIRE TWO North Ribblesdale 38 Old Grovians 17 NORTH Ribblesdale followed up a much-improved performance at Northallerton with a great display of driving forward play in a 38-17 win against Old Grovians at Grove Park on Saturday. The
SKIPTON Bridge Club held its AGM on 11th April with outgoing chairman Geoff Pipkin announcing the club was in a sound financial position. Members agreed to donate £500 to British Heart Foundation. Table money will remain at £2 and membership
Abbey Hey 1 Silsden 2 GOALS from Aidan Kirby and Joe Mitchell sealed a Silsden win over already-relegated Abbey Hey in the Hallmark League Premier Division. With Abbey Hey having lost their previous seven games, the game seemed set up for
YOUNGSTERS at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School in Barnoldswick have been inspired by a story by former Poet Laureate Ted Hughes. Class three children studied The Iron Man, written by Hughes in 1968, before writing diary extracts, and book reviews
THE winners of this year’s Skipton Business Awards are due to be revealed next week at a ceremony at the town’s Rendezvous Hotel. Winners of 12 categories, including best accommodation, best apprentice, and best market stall, will be revealed at
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WITH the continuation of the cold and often quite strong easterly wind over the past seven days, it has effectively put a stop to anglers who had only just started fishing the local length of the River Aire. During a visit to the river last weekend
