THE HILLBILLY Honkytonk is returning to Glusburn for a second jamboree of down-home country music. Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash tribute acts will take to the stage along with the Holborn Hillbillies and Jessica & The Ragged Company. Glusburn
TODDLERS took to the sky in their music sessions to raise £2,000 for children with autism. The sponsored flying challenge involved children from Skipton, Keighley, Ilkley, Otley, Burley in Wharfedale, Guiseley, Saltaire and Baildon. They dressed
SUTTON children visited the centre of British democracy during a day in London. Year five pupils from the village’s Community Primary School visited the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey. Setting off from Skipton railway station in the
AN ELDERLY, bed bound woman with dementia suffered at the hands of two carers neither of who had any formal qualifications, heard Skipton Magistrates Court. Zaria Bi, 48, raised a clenched fist and threatened the 85 year old woman at her home in
A FANTASTIC end to a previously underwhelming season saw Silsden Under-18s retain the Craven Aire and Wharfe Junior League’s Premier Cup competition. Silsden went into the game on the back of some indifferent performances against a pacy and combative
SILSDEN artist Hildred Harpin’s renown has spread as far as the USA. A woman living in Des Moines, Iowa, has spoken of her father’s fond links with the distinguished painter of Silsden landscapes. Sue Overend Koehler’s father John Overend was
THE SONGS and humour of Jake Thackray will be brought back to life in Farnhill on June 7. Singer and musician John Watterson will present his acclaimed show Fake Thackray recalling Jake’s glory days performing in folk clubs and on television.
DAVID Cope has been appointed Steeton's reserve team manager. He has been manager of Littletown FC most recently and brings a wealth of experience from his involvement with clubs at NCEL level. Cope's current role is with Leeds United Development
SKIPTON Town Council is to review the use of its mayoral chains after several diamonds from the 90 year old civic badge went missing. Two years ago, the pendant badge of the original Skipton Urban District Council had to be repaired at a cost of
