PEOPLE across the Bradford district and Craven are being given the chance to learn more about their local health service. All three of the area’s NHS clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are staging their annual general meetings next month. And
North Yorkshire Police have announced they have located and arrested Shaun Labrum who was wanted on recall to prison after breaching the terms of his licence. Labrum was said to have had connection to Skipton to Ingleton. An appeal was made on
PLAYERS at Skipton Walking Football Club over 50s are now sporting two new football kits thanks to sponsorship from LBS Horticulture. Chris McGrath, who runs the club, said they were grateful to the company. “It will help the club advertise themselves
A WOMAN who grew up on a smallholding in Craven has been selected as the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the Brexit Party to fight the Skipton and Ripon seat, currently held by Conservative, Julian Smith MP, the Northern Ireland Secretary.
A SKIPTON driving instructor is leaving the comfort of his car to take part in a marathon trek alongside his two brothers. Andrew Wroot, 56, who runs Wroot1 Driving School, will take on the 50km Trekfest speed march challenge in the Peak District
TALENTED young singer Zweyla Mitchell dos Santos will join Steeton Male Voice Choir at a concert on September 14. She will perform with them at Silsden Methodist Church at 7.30pm in aid of Manorlands. Zweyla won the Steeton Male Voice Choir Arthur
GLUSBURN'S acclaiming travelling theatre company Falling Stars will tour the Yorkshire Dales next month with its latest play Here I Belong. The tour of 10 venues, including Lothersdale, Cononley and Bradley, comes after the group’s success this
THRESHFIELD Court care home in Threshfield has been named regional ‘team of the year’ in the annual Barchester Care Awards. The awards celebrate the staff and volunteers who go the extra mile for the benefit of those living in Barchester Care homes
AS part of the annual Summer Reading Challenge, local youngsters were fascinated by Small Paul, a balloon entertainer, who made a special visit to Ingleton Community Library. The library was bursting to the seams with toddlers and mums as Paul skilfully
THE Tennants Arms in Kilnsey has come up with an idea to offer its visitors coming to the Dales for a break, to also learn how to fly-fish for trout, and be served up with the delicious results. It has teamed up with Kilnsey Park, which has two
THERE was a fabulous turnout at the 42nd annual show of the Grassington and District Horticultural Show, despite the efforts of ‘mother nature’ to dampen the spirits of all those involved, say organisers, Unperturbed by the near monsoon conditions
AMBITIOUS plans for a 60ft restaurant trip boat to be moored on the canal, in Skipton, is set to be sunk for a second time by Craven District Council planners. The boat, being built by Rendezvous Hotel owner Malcolm Weaving, is for private and
ROADWORKS which are again causing misery along the A629 between Skipton and Cross Hills, may last at least until the weekend. Last week Openreach, a division of BT, had dug up part of the road near the Cononley Lane Ends and the Farnhill turn off
A SOUTH Craven brass band is enjoying growing success after first getting together only a handful of years ago. Despite being a near fledgling band, Sutton’s Got Brass, managed to secure a place on the main stage at the Countryfile Live event at
CHORISTERS from Giggleswick School are making a name for themselves in sacred singing after performing professionally at Westminster Abbey and St Paul’s Cathedral. Schola Cantorum, the school’s chapel choir, sang Eucharist and Evensong in Westminster
Silsden 1 Thackley 2 SILSDEN, who entertained local rivals, Thackley hoping to maintain their 100 per cent record, fell short in the end of a pulsating match in the Toolstation Northern Counties East League Premier Division. Leading scorer
STEETON are back in action tonight when they face Cleator Moor Celtic at Cougar Park and the Chevron's will be looking to get back to winning ways following Saturday's defeat at Atherton LR. They are boosted with the return of last season's leading
SKIPTON Golf Club’s scratch team won their final game of the season to secure their place in the top flight. The team went into the final Bradford Scratch League match away at Baildon knowing that at least two points were needed to ensure survival
BEN Hemingway was on another planet on Sunday at Yeadon-Guiseley Motor Club's Kathleen Cockshott Memorial Trial at Dob Park He rode 14 sections in Brown’s Wood for a single penalty, which he incurred on the third section where the steep incline
