CRAVEN College has partnered with workplace services provider, Apogee Corporation, to undertake a £1.5m overhaul of its Information Technology equipment. By upgrading its existing, tired, devices, the college has transformed its IT department and
TWO rail fare dodgers who each failed to buy a £7.50 ticket have been fined over £1,000 between them. Joseph Martin, 30, of Market Square, Settle, travelled between Keighley and Giggleswick on October 14 last year but could not produce the fare
CARLETON Endowed Primary School has received a fantastic technology boost thanks to a generous donation of 40 laptops from Skipton Building Society for pupils to hone their ICT skills. Interim headteacher Susan Marshall said: "Skipton Building
A COWLING man has been ordered to pay £2,295 in a fine and costs for assaulting another man in the village's Bay Horse pub last year. Adrian Green, 60, denied common assault at the Bay Horse on December 9 last year, and also using threatening,
DESPITE being a wading bird, the oystercatcher can chose some unusual places to build its nest which isn't particularly close to water. Here James Wellock captures two videos, one of a parent bird which has built a nest in a hollowed out fence
SUE Ryder Manorlands Hospice has taken the difficult decision to cancel this year’s annual garden party, which was due to take place in the hospice grounds on Sunday July 10. Although wider Covid-19 restrictions have ended in England, as a hospice
POACHER has been fined after trespassing on land on the Bolton Abbey Estate and taking hares. Adam Colderley, 28, of Poplar Avenue, Horwich, Bolton, pleaded guilty before Manchester and Salford magistrates on June 18 to one charge of trespass at
PROPOSALS for a new footpath in Skipton have been put on hold after councillors agreed spending £100,000 of public money would not go down well with residents. The 'permitted path' would link Gargrave Road to White Hills Lane, passing across the
A SKIPTON driver has been handed a hefty fine and penalty points after using a car without insurance. Aykut Filiz, 40, of High Street, had the case proved in his absence at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates' Court on June 9. The offence occurred
THE Canal and River Trust says it is urgently trying to clear a large amount of rubbish that has built up next to the canal close to Skipton Bus Station before the weekend. Sacks of rubbish on the canal side of Gallows Bridge have built up, looking
A COUNCIL finance boss has revealed North Yorkshire’s new unitary local authority is facing a possible black hole of close to £50m a year, largely due to deficits it will inherit from district councils and high inflation. North Yorkshire County
THE swimming pool at Craven Leisure, Skipton, will not suffer as a result of a national chlorine shortage. Chlorine shortages have meant some swimming pools across the country having to close, with others being forced to restrict use. The shortages
LOVE them or hate them, those in the former camp will argue that Skipton town centre butchers sell some of the best pork pies by a country mile. But which are the favourites of Skiptoners? As a bit of fun I purchased four this morning. They
CRAVEN College has thrown open its doors and welcomed people in for the Creative Industries annual arts exhibition at its Aireville campus, Skipton. The exhibition, called ‘Eat This’ brought together a multi-media mix celebrating a diversity of
A VACCINATION bus is due in Barnoldswick on Friday (June 24) to give residents an opportunity to get protected from Covid this summer. The bus will be in the Co-op car park, Rainhall Road between 10am and 4pm. It will be offering first, second
AWARD winning Upper Wharfedale Arts group (UWALS) is to serve up a double helping of summer attractions in coming weeks with a pair of entertaining events featuring renowned food historian Dr Annie Gray and writer/broadcaster Ian Clayton. First
ALL Creatures Great and Small fans have the chance to live in part of the fictional Skeldale House after a flat in the privately-owned Grassington building used for filming has come up for rent. The two-bed flat at £575 per calendar month is being
CLASSICALLY trained Ukrainian musicians Julia Kogut-Kalynyuk and Kateryna Trachuk will give a concert at Bolton Priory Church on Tuesday (June 28). The pair, who perform as Dvi Doli, have been in Oxford since May after fleeing the war in Ukraine
A DRUG dealer who went on the run because he faced a minimum seven-year jail sentence as a ‘third striker’ was apprehended when he stepped out of the shadows by opening a bank account and claiming benefits. Richard Mason was arrested in London
IT was another clean sweep for Settle’s Ribblesdale League teams at the weekend, including a Ramsbottom Cup quarter-final victory. The first team have now won all ten Senior Division matches this season and are eighteen points clear with a game
STEETON are through to the semi-finals of the Waddilove Cup, bouncing back from their league loss on Saturday against Pool to post another mammoth cup total at Beckwithshaw. This time it was openers Jack Ramage (102) and Mat Nutter – who hit 18
