A WOMAN who started her working life as a junior with Mewies Solicitors in Skipton has retired after 43 years with the firm. Janet Iveson, of Skipton, has worked for the practice continuously, with just a short maternity leave to have her sons,
CITIZENS Advice Craven has issued advice to holidaymakers as they prepare to set off on their summer holidays. The office says August usually sees a surge in people with issues including flight delays, cancellations and delayed, and lost luggage
A COMPANY of consultants based at Broughton Hall, Skipton, is celebrating after winning three categories in the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) regional awards. JBA Consulting won all three awards the firm had
TAKE a Yorkshire summer evening (with a threat of thunder), picnics, a Shakespeare play generally acknowledged as being "difficult" because of it the strange mix of themes it contains, a cast of only four (and all of them female!) a mish-mash of
A DESIGN inspired by both loft-style living and traditional Yorkshire farmsteads has won a competition to design new homes on a council owned site in Horton-in-Ribblesdale. London-based McMullan Studios and its ‘Flexstead’ design was the winner
PLANNING and development specialist Rural Solutions has expanded its head office, leasing the last available space at the Belle Vue Square development in Skipton. Rural Solutions first relocated from the Broughton estate into the development's Canalside
AN OPTOMETRIST in Skipton helped spot and refer a young customer to hospital after finding swelling of the optic nerves on the back of both eyes while carrying out a routine test. Ellie Harrison, 19, had gone to Specsavers with her mother for nothing
A FAMILY fundraising event has given a boost to Manorlands. The evening of entertainment raised £5,106 for the Oxenhope Sue Ryder hospice. The Rocket Blues Band performed at the event, at Gargrave Village Hall. Sponsorship was provided by
GLUSBURN Institute Community and Arts Centre is holding its annual general meeting on September 4 in the building’s Meeting Room. The 7.15pm meeting comes amidst extensive lottery-funded refurbishment work to improve disability access. All residents
THE 20 year old driver of a Landrover Discovery put out a plea for help in the early hours of this morning after he got stuck on the moors above Settle. Unfortunately for him, he was on Gorbeck Road which is subject to a Traffic Regulation Order
