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  • De Jager's brilliant knock leads Earby to victory

    A BRILLIANT innings by Girvacques De Jager led Earby to a five-wicket victory over promotion rivals Ribblesdale Wanderers on Saturday. Earby are now just one point behind the Wanderers for the second and promotion from Section B of the Ribblesdale

  • Cross Hills company’s £10,000 boost to cave rescue team

    A CROSS Hills company has given a £10,000 boost to the Cave Rescue Organisation (CRO). Skipton Properties made the donation in response to a fundraising appeal by the organisation, launched following the death of a caver in June. A massive operation

  • Skipton in battle to avoid relegation

    THE battle to avoid the final relegation place from Division Three of the Aire-Wharfe League is between Skipton and Menston. Just six points clear of the bottom two, Menston and already relegated Harden, Skipton lost by 26 runs at Alwoodley on Saturday

  • MP urges people to sign up to 'World's Biggest Coffee Morning'

    PENDLE MP Andrew Stephenson is encouraging people to host their own coffee morning to raise vital funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is due to take place on Friday September 27, and is Macmillan’s biggest fundraising

  • Mayor attends re-launch of Skipton hairdressing business

    SKIPTON’S Mayor Peter Madeley joined staff and friends for the re-launch of hairdressing salon West Row . The salon, in New Market Street was celebrating the arrival of new director Page Procter and manager and artistic director Sebastian McKenzie

  • Dementia ‘friends’ hold awareness event

    DEMENTIA Friendly Skipton and Dementia Forward are taking part in World Alzheimer’s Day later this month to raise awareness of the condition and to help support those living with dementia, and their families and carers. They will be holding an

  • Quality turnout at cattle show

    SKIPTON Auction Mart’s September prime cattle show on Monday attracted a high quality turnout. Twenty seven under 30-month entries, produced an overall steer average of £1,320 per head, or 236.28p/kg, across the 558kg weight average, and a heifer

  • Show success at last for Owain

    DALES sheep farmer Owain Chapman achieved his first major success at his local Skipton Auction Mart when consigning the first prize Continental pen at the latest fortnightly Wednesday store lamb fixture. Mr Chapman, who farms with his partner Jenny

  • Air ambulance urges people to download app to help save lives

    THE Yorkshire Air Ambulance is urging people across Craven to download a tracking app onto their mobile devices to help save lives. 'What3words’ is being used by a growing number of emergency services and rescue teams across the world and it is

  • Saved Dales primary school re-opens for new academic year

    PUPILS started the new academic year at Clapham CoE Primary School and Nursery last week - with parents delighted they still had a school to go to. Following a hard fought battle by parents and the community, the school, which had been threatened

  • Steeton suffer cup penalty heartbreak

    Steeton 0 Oswestry Town 0 (3-5 pens) STEETON crashed out of the North West Counties League First Division Cup following a dramatic penalty shoot-out. The game got off to a lively start, with Steeton’s Ben Clarkson seeing his header fly just