AN exciting pre-Christmas lunchtime recital is promised at Airton Friends Meeting House near Malham on Sunday (December 22). Cellist and former Ermysted's pupil Ben Finlay together with fellow Royal Academy student, soprano Milana Sarukhanyan, will
BARNOLDSWICK Town got knocked out in the second round of the West Riding County Cup against a strong Harrogate Town side on Monday. Hosts Harrogate got off to fast start when Edson Prata put them 1-0 up in the second minute. However, Barnoldswick
A STRONG home performance against a combative Barnsley saw North Ribblesdale claim a 24-8 win and claw their way up two places to give them a real chance of avoiding relegation. Ribb's pack were on top most of the game but once again they were on
SETTLE Swimming Pool is closing for an extended Christmas shutdown to allow for modernisation. The management is having a new energy saving boiler to be fitted during the break which will save money on energy costs and pave the way for more improvements
SKIPTON rounded off the first half of the Yorkshire Three season with a much-improved performance on the previous week which, despite the 28-10 loss at Hemsworth, gave their supporters some encouragement for a turnaround in the side’s fortunes after
SCHOOLBOY Logan McCredie was first over the line at the seventh annual Barnoldswick Santa Fun Run in aid of the Bosom Friends cancer support group. The 12 year old pupil of West Craven High School was one of more than 220 adults and children who
Hull 12 Wharfedale 9 TWO tries from one of Wharfedale’s old boys, Latu Makaafi, were enough to win a close hard-fought encounter on a bitter, windy day down at Hull in National Two North. Wharfedale, playing with the wind, dominated territory
MULTI million pound plans to build a new section of road to bypass the notorious, landslip prone, stretch of the A59 at Kex Gill - which at the weekend was temporarily closed because of snow , and which remains a ‘significant risk to road users’ -
THE Right Reverend Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell is to be the next Archbishop of York, it was announced earlier today. The current Lord Bishop of Chelmsford will take over from the Most Rev and Right Hon Dr John Sentamu, who is due to retire in June
A WINTERY, seasonal dusting of snow gave this year’s Stoop Fell race that extra Christmas appeal, to add to the compulsory Santa hat for all runners. The moors above Haworth can always be described as moody, the snow lending atmosphere and challenge
"ELF and happiness to all" was the message from staff, residents and their families at the Gables Nursing Home. The home, in Silsden, took part in the Alzheimer's Society's elf-themed fundraising campaign as part of their annual Christmas party
A TEENAGE boxer faced a tough Challenge head-on and was crowned county champion. Louis Brow, 19, of Ilkley representing Eastburn ABC, took on Yorkshire Challenge belt holder Joe Stilgoe, representing Henry Wharton's Gym of York for the Yorkshire
A LAYER of snow and frozen ground failed to halt the Yeadon-Guiseley Club’s 10th club championship trial at Dob Park. The 10 sections totally in Brown’s Wood failed extract a single penalty from Dougie Lampkin who put his Vertigo in front of cousin
