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  • TV gardener is guest at flower club

    GARDEN designer and presenter of ITV’s Love your Garden, Katie Rushworth, will be sharing her knowledge, experience and love of gardening with other garden lovers and floral enthusiasts at Embsay with Eastby Flower Club. Living in Yorkshire she

  • Father and son’s 124 mile challenge

    A FATHER and son are part way through a walk of the entire length of the 124 mile Leeds and Liverpool Canal to raise money for Skipton based The Principle Trust children’s charity. Matt and Simon Thomas, of Otley, set off from Liverpool on Monday

  • Husbands knock of 59 leads Settle to victory

    SETTLE padded their lead at the top of the Ribblesdale's League's Senior Division Section A when they beat derby rivals Earby by 71 runs. Settle's overseas amateur and opener Danyl Husbands set a good platform for the home team, top scoring with

  • Walking the Dales Way, by DalesBus!

    A SIMPLE guide to walking the Dales Way in day stages using bus and train services has just been published as part of the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the popular 81-mile Dales Way walk. Colin Speakman, chairman of the Dales Way Association

  • Speed Watch groups visit Craven

    A RECORD number of Community Speed Watch groups were deployed across the county today to improve road safety and reduce speeding, and included two villages in Craven - Carleton and Embsay. PCSOs also visited one location in Skipton to provide further

  • Firm pledges its support for bereavement group

    A CROSS Hills company has pledged its support to a bereavement organisation. Airedale Chemical aims to raise £5,000 for the Sunbeam Support Group. A series of fundraising activities will be staged, beginning with a golf day later this summer.

  • B&B to host Farm Stay UK fundraiser

    FARM Stay UK members in Yorkshire are staging their annual charity fund-raiser on Friday, September 6. As in 2018 it will again be hosted by Lindsey and Will Hitchen at St George’s Court B&B, Old Home Farm, High Grantley, Ripon. They are

  • Spring lamb prices up on week

    A MUCH increased entry of 3,740 prime sheep passed through the sales ring at Skipton Auction Mart’s weekly Monday sale. T he 3,466 spring lambs among them took an anticipated lift in price on the week when selling to an overall average of 186.8p

  • Strong demand for prime cattle at Skipton auction

    ALAN Beecroft, of Countrystyle Meats Farm Shop & Restaurant in Lancaster, returned to the prime cattle ringside at Skipton Auction Mart’s weekly Monday sale to claim a trio of under 30-month entries, among them the two leading per kilo prices in both

  • Malhamdale Show this Saturday

    THOUSANDS of visitors are expected to descend on Malham this Saturday as the annual agricultural show takes place on the showground. A huge number of events have been planned and take place all day, with a number of main ring events starting at

  • Addingham gain ground on leaders Otley

    WITH leaders Otley losing and second placed Follifoot's game rained off, third placed Addingham gained ground in Division One of the Aire-Wharfe League with a win on Saturday. Addingham's Ted Haggas mowed down Adel's bottom order, taking 5-20 in