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  • Get set for this year’s Skipton Santa Fun Run

    ONE of Skipton’s most colourful events is readying itself for another bumper turnout. The 10th Great Skipton Santa Fun Run, organised by the Rotary Club of Skipton Craven, takes place on November 24 and will be followed by the Christmas Lights switch-on

  • Kirby brace not enough as Silsden share spoils

    Albion Sports 3 Silsden 3 SILSDEN made the short trip to Throstles Nest for their encounter with Albion Sports, who were three points clear of Silsden at the start of play in the Toolstation Northern Counties East League Premier Division.

  • Strong Stourbridge start dooms Wharfedale to defeat

    Stourbridge 43 Wharfedale 19 AN excellent start helped Stourbridge secure a 43-19 victory against Wharfedale on Saturday. Stourbridge started strongly and had a 14-point lead after 10 minutes. Callum Morris and Dan Rundle scored the tries,

  • Spies and revolutionaries in story of the wool trade

    A MUSICAL-theatre show portraying the story of the West Yorkshire wool trade is being is being revived by its original director and performer. Follow the Fleece will be performed in South Craven and the Worth Valley as part of a tour this month

  • New book highlights renowned Silsden artists

    RENOWNED Silsden artists of the 19th and 20th centuries are showcases in a book due to be launched this weekend. Silsden art enthusiast and retired university lecturer Colin Neville will sign copies of Past Silsden Artists during the coffee morning

  • Lightfoot leads the way with win at Manywells test

    THE rain did not deter 34 competitors from heading for Glusburn and the first Manywells Novice and Beginners trials championship of the winter months. The Bradford organisers have six events pencilled in for the series which bears the name of the

  • Skipton to Colne line campaign to hold meeting

    THE latest information about the campaign by SELRAP (Skipton- East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership) to have the Skipton to Colne railway line reinstated will be available at the next open meeting of the group. The meeting will be held on November

  • Take a virtual trip to Victoria Cave near Settle

    SETTLE Stories has created the first Google Expedition in the national park, with support from the authority’s Sustainable Development Fund (SDF). The expedition is a virtual reality journey from Settle Market Place to one of the park’s landmark

  • Forrest frustrated following derby day draw

    SILSDEN manager Danny Forrest was left to curse his side's errors as they battled to a 3-3 draw, but they quickly have the chance to go one better this weekend. The Cobbydalers battled to the high-scoring draw at neighbours Albion Sports in the

  • Steeton miss out in eight-goal thriller

    Chadderton 5 Steeton 3 STEETON failed to build on their run of good results when they went down to Chadderton in the North West Counties League Division One North. The hosts started brightly on a heavy pitch as Daniel McLaughlin headed over

  • Film review: Redmayne and Jones re-unite in hot air adventure

    IT’S a match made in acting Heaven. Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones reunite on screen for this week’s biggest release, Tom Harper’s pleasingly adventurous The Aeronaughts. Hoorah. Spinning the yarn as real life scientist James Glaisher and fictional