THE Lister Arms, Malham, is planning a day of celebration on Sunday (September 15) after being named Yorkshire’s Favourite Pub. Live music and a complimentary hog roast will be on offer throughout the afternoon, while Callum Spencer and Blue Star
SKIPTON MP Julian Smith has been included in Theresa May’s resignation honours list. The Conservative MP has represented Skipton and Ripon since 2010, as well as serving as Chief Whip for almost two years and is the current Secretary of State for
'CLOSING down' signs have appeared on Skipton's House of Fraser store, Rackhams. The signs appeared on the High Street department store, on the same day Mike Ashley, of House of Fraser parent company, Sports Direct, was due to meet with shareholders
LAST week’s curiosity was a stone marking the site of West Marton Creamery. The dairy - now a housing estate was opened in 1900 by Col Richard Foulis Roundell, then owner of the Gledstone Estate. It closed a hundred years later, just before Christmas
WRITER Diane Allen's new book is a sweeping family drama set in the Yorkshire Dales. The Miner's Wife follows the life of a young woman who falls in love with a man, who is not all that he seems. 19 year old Meg Oversby often dreams of a more
A HEALTHY dose of common sense was put into action at this year’s Muker Fell Race as the River Swale had swollen to the point where crossing it to reach Ivelet side and then the summit of High Kidson was deemed unsafe. The thrill-seekers among the
