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  • AdaptiVLE welcomes new head of platform development

    ONLINE training developers, adaptiVLE, continue to expand its team in 2020. Charlie Horton joins the Broughton-based business as head of platform development after 15 years at Leeds City College Group. His role at the company will see him pushing

  • Female Second World War veteran dies at the age of 101

    ONE of the last female veterans of the Second World War has died at the age of 101. Mrs Jean Ellis Livingston, nee Butchart, played a key role in the operations of the top secret radar defences of the UK. Born on May 2 in 1918, she died on February

  • Plan for new housing is turned down

    PLANS to create a housing development along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal have hit a major hurdle. A site off Hainsworth Road in Silsden has previously been earmarked for housing – and if the scheme went ahead around 30 homes would be built on

  • Farewell to Buckden’s ‘blonde bombshell’

    A DALES farmer’s daughter who was the star of Buckden Pageant in 1953 has died at the age of 92. Evelyn Ponsford (nee Horner) was born on July 17, 1927, at Redmire Farm, Buckden. She was the youngest daughter of John and Violet Horner and was sister

  • In-form Ribb and their pack dominant in win at Yarnbury

    IN-FORM North Ribblesdale and their pack were dominant in an impressive 29-22 at Yorkshire Two opponents Yarnbury on Saturday. Ribb travelled to Leeds in a rich seam of form on the back of four wins in the last five games. On the all weather