A SERIOUS assault took place in Skipton last week and police are seeking witnesses to come forward. It occurred along the canal towpath near Belmont Bridge at around 11.20pm last Friday, June 24. Police are appealing for people who were in
FOLLOWING two years of absence due to the Covid pandemic the SCAD boat Endeavour has returned to the Leeds Liverpool canal in Skipton. Boat trips have been operated by SCAD for over 35 years, the first with the original boat The Marjorie Charlesworth
COUNTRYSIDE communities at the epicentre of a housing crisis will be put at the forefront of planning policies to shape strategies for new homes, the chairman of a rural taskforce has pledged. The affordable homes crisis in North Yorkshire is particularly
THE Leeds-Morecambe Community Rail Partnership (CRP) has once again helped to provide the focus for Northern's Year In Industry students - the fourth successive year that the Bentham Line has supported the project. The students enthusiastically
THIS year’s Gargrave Open Gardens was packed full with over 600 visitors across the weekend, clutching their yellow passports, eager to tick off as many of the 28 open gardens as possible, and en route taking in the 36 quirky containers organised by
OWNERS of second homes could face paying a premium on their properties in North Yorkshire to provide a multi-million pound windfall to help to tackle the affordable housing crisis in the county. The Government is considering new legislation to
SUE Ryder Manorlands Hospice in Oxenhope has welcomed a new ward manager to its team. Michele Corcoran, from Rochdale, brings over two decades of experience to the role and joins the hospice from Marie Curie, where she worked as an inpatient ward
A WARRANT has been issued without bail for a Skipton man charged with driving whilst disqualified. Shaukat Hayat, 49, of Ruskin Avenue, had been due to appear this morning (Friday) before magistrates in Skipton but did not attend. He is charged
A BUILDER'S labourer was found to have more than the permitted level of cannabis in his system when he was stopped in his car. Finlay Darwin, 20, of Burnside Avenue, Skipton, was stopped by police in Rockville Drive, Embsay, on April 24 this year
THE National Park is reminding Dales Three Peaks walkers not to rearrange stones they find on the route either into impromptu cairns or to spell out their name. A two-year-old picture on the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority's website was
HAVING now received this year's interest payment for my Skipton Building Society account, I recall with outrage how at the end of April - with SBS members facing the prospect of losing various extremities this winter due to frostbite after they run
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ON the evening of Friday, May 22, 1936, eight-year-old Joyce Oxley was playing out in the street at Holmfield, Sutton-in-Craven. It was warm for the time of year and there was a clear blue sky. Her play was suddenly interrupted by the extraordinary
A CLEAN-up will begin today to prepare Aireville Park for the Pride in the Park festival, now that an illegal encampment of travellers has vacated the site. Around 20 caravans appeared early on Tuesday morning after forcefully entering through
