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Water company warns of reservoir dangers
YORKSHIRE Water is warning people not to swim in the district's reservoirs. The warm spell has sparked the plea from the company, which has produced a DVD to reinforce the message to young people. The DVD - "Dying to be Cool" - has been shown to students
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Two die in A65 crash
TWO men have been killed in a head-on crash on the A65 near Austwick today. The passenger of a car was confirmed dead at the scene and the driver died later in Lancaster Royal Infirmary. A police spokesman said it was believed they were both local.
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Doll's house falls to highest bidder
JACK Perry was the highest bidder for a beautiful furnished dolls' house at Martin House's charity shop in Sheep Street in Skipton. Mr Perry intends to give the house to his granddaughter Katie. He picked up the house from the shop's manager Barbara
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Village children design their own road sign
SPEEDING motorists are being stopped in their tracks - thanks to Cononley schoolchildren. A 20mph speed zone has been created in a bid to stop drivers speeding through the village and using it as a rat run. And to help hammer the message home, Cononley
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Billy Elliott puppets tell it how it is
YOUNG people in North Yorkshire have been expressing their views of life through puppets used in the theatre production of Billy Elliot. The Wright Stuff Theatre of Puppets has been working with young people aged 12 to 19 from the Skipton area in a consultation
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Bargain jewellery is probably not all you expect
POLICE in Skipton are warning people not to buy jewellery from street sellers. A police spokesman said they had been informed sellers believed to be Eastern Europeans had been approaching shoppers with their wares. He said: "If someone is selling jewellery