CAR boot sale lovers will be pleased to learn Silsden car boot sales will be starting again later this month on the riverside field. Covid-19 safety measures will be in place. The first sale takes place on Sunday, April 25 with following sales
EARBY-based Contract Research Organisation, Broughton Nicotine Services, has launched its Blue-Sky Thinking Hub, an ‘open innovation community’ for companies to collaborate and develop ideas within the ENDS (electronic nicotine delivery systems) pharmaceutical
CRAVEN District Council has agreed a response to the Government consultation on the reorganisation of local councils in North Yorkshire and York. Craven is facing the biggest and most radical reform of local government since the 1970s - and people
A GARGRAVE mother of two has patented an adhesive bra especially for larger-busted women up to and including a UK ‘K’ cup. Amanda Smyth said she had spent the past seven years perfecting her creation, The Butterfly Adhesive Bra, which she has tested
A HELICOPTER is being used to carry stone flags to restore and repair 2km - just more than a mile - of public footpath at Ingleborough, and to help protect wildflowers from the feet of walkers. Limestone flags are being airlifted from Horton Quarry
LITTER picking group Wharfedale Wombles has redesigned an litter bin in Grassington Square to turn it into a dedicated recycling bin. Funding from Craven District Council has enabled the transformation. Most of the waste placed in the existing
ALMOST 95 per cent of parents of children due to start primary school in North Yorkshire this year have secured their first choice of school. Of all families in the county, including Craven, who requested a place for their child this September,
CRAVEN District Council has paid out over £7 million to local businesses from the Restart Grant scheme. The grant is a one-off grant, for businesses on the Ratings List only. It is anticipated that there will also be discretionary grants available
A CHAINSAW found in Park Road, Cross Hills, on April 1 has been reunited with its rightful owner following a police appeal. The Husqvarna chainsaw was stolen during a burglary in Glusburn earlier this year. North Yorkshire Police thanked people
A German U-boat commanded by a Skipton prisoner had been hit by a torpedo fired from a British submarine. Historian Alan Roberts investigates the short life of former Raikeswood Camp detainee Claus Lafrenz. It was sheer bad luck. British Naval Intelligence
A STEETON man battling cancer won a luxury campervan in a prize draw and declared: “It’s one of the most amazing things that’s ever happened to me”. Chris Riley, 29, scooped the £50,000 Volkswagen vehicle in a venture run by Stump Cross Caverns
PLANS to change the use of The Manse, Church Lane, Broughton, to holiday accommodation, has been approved by Craven District Council. It also includes the building of a conservatory at the side, replacement windows and other alterations. Other applications
A total of 712 cattle, up over 100 head on the previous fixture, the majority again feeders, went under the hammer at Skipton Auction Mart’s fortnightly midweek sale, with another solid trade seen across all sections. (Wed, April 14) Trade was very
IT’S hard to imagine the livestock market being held on the setts back in the day. Imagine the mess afterwards! This picture probably dates from the early 1900s, judging by the lime tree in the background which was planted with several others along
While it was grand to note that auctioneer John Pallister (letters March 25) is still in good blow, I am not so sure whether or not I needed to be reminded of my time in Skipton Parish Church choir. However, John's mention of what some of us got
THIS is a view from Canal Street looking towards Back Water Street, probably around the 1960s. There is an advert for Harp lager on the end of the building in the centre which is now a takeaway. The Irish lager was introduced around 1960. This
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I HAVE just heard that the locomotive shed down at the bottom of Engine Shed Lane, Skipton, is being pulled down. It's a part of Skipton that was very important during World War Two. The canteen at the side of Skipton Station was a part of it also
