A TRADITIONAL single ‘ghost light’ has been left on at arts and entertainment hub Settle Victoria Hall, which has been forced to close and to ‘pause’ all forthcoming events and activities because of the coronavirus emergency. A statement on the
POLICE are warning motorists to stick to the rules of the road after detecting highly-excessive speeds and other driving offences on key routes across North Yorkshire. Officers believe that less traffic on the road is encouraging some drivers and
A NINE year old from Skipton has won an art competition with her portrait of Shakespeare. Katy Hinchliffe, who goes to Bradford Grammar Junior School, won the individual entry, age eight to 11 category in the Children’s Shakespeare Portrait Competition
THE curlew, and its cur-lee song prompted action. As soon as I got to my desk I went to the Northern Upland Chain Local Nature Partnership (NUCLNP) website to find our interactive map. Here people are recording where they have heard their first curlew
TWO days after the country was locked down to try and halt the spread of coronavirus, we take a look at what you can buy on Skipton high street. Wednesday, one of the four market days, is generally busy with coach loads of sightseers and regular
ORGANISERS of the cancelled Hinterlands Film Festival, which would have taken place in Skipton in May, say they hope to reorganise it as soon as possible once things have returned to normal after the coronavirus. The four day celebration of everything
THE Skipton Choir is determined to croon its way through the coronavirus. The 80-strong choir, whose weekly rehearsals have been cancelled as a result of the government’s COVID 19 emergency measures, is planning to use virtual voices to stay on
A REDUCED entry of 3,346 prime hoggs hit trading levels seen only several weeks earlier when selling to an overall average of £94.63 per head, or 189.8p/kg on Monday, March 23. The smarter end achieved 250p/kg-plus, up to a top of 318p/kg or section
DOMESTIC abuse charity IDAS (Independent Domestic Abuse Services), which works across the county, says it is determined to keep its refuges and helpline open while the country is in lockdown through coronavirus. Chief executive Sarah Hill said:
RESIDENTS of Dales villages and towns popular with visitors are hoping people will heed the Prime Minister’s strong words to stay at home and not risk spreading the potentially fatal coronavirus. Last weekend saw huge numbers of people crowding
As schools closed last Friday, pupils, students and staff entered a new and strange chapter. Here's how it felt at Settle College... IT was really a strange day on Friday 20th March 2020. Although you could say the title race for the English
JUNIOR supremo Terry Thompson has sent out a timely and heartening message that cricket is not dead and will recover from the Coronavirus crisis. In a pre-season e-mail, ironically penned on the day that he completed his club contact list for the
A NORTH Craven teenager has successfully defended her judo title of British Schools Champion for the second year running. Esmeè Holgate, 14, of High Bentham, fought and beat her rivals in Sheffield on Saturday, March 14. Her mother, Cherry Holgate
