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Settle captain calls for more production from top order
Settle were narrowly beaten by a competent Whalley outfit in the first round of the Ramsbottom Cup on Saturday. Water had seeped under the covers at one end and batters failed to come to terms with the two paced track. The best of the struggling Settle
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Skipton fortunes are on the up
THINGS are on the up for a Skipton Cricket Club side that finished second bottom last season with only three wins to its name. They have already notched a win and on Saturday earned five points from a drawn game with Ilkley. Losing the toss for the
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Transformed wickets put Craven bowlers back on top
The rain of the past few days transformed wickets so much so that the bowlers in the JP Mewies Craven & District League were on top for the first time this season. The was only one score in excess of 200 on Saturday with a couple of close finishes and
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Silsden Ladies win final on penalties
Silsden Ladies 3 Morley Spurs 3 (aet) (Silsden won 4-3 on penalties) Silsden Ladies FC made it a hat-trick of victories in the West Riding Open Age Football Shield. Their opponents in the final were Morley Spurs, who were slight underdogs as they
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Skipton receive Seal of Approval
SKIPTON RFC, having enjoyed one of its best seasons for many years, has won a major national award from Sport England for the way it trains and teaches almost 200 youngsters to play the game in its mini and junior sections. And the award, the Active
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Doherty lifts cup for Yorkshire
WHARFEDALE RUFC player James Doherty captained the Yorkshire u-20 side to victory in the National U-20s Championship final at Twickenham. The White Roase side gave their coach Bob Hood a great send off as he now retires from the position he has held
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You can help preserve a rare Dales butterfly
IT IS already unique - but is it in decline? This is the question being studied by scientists about one of Britain's rarest butterflies, the green hairstreak, and they are asking for help from people in the Yorkshire Dales to ensure that it survives.
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An imported tree has become a British favourite
May is the perfect month to enjoy the flowering of the horse chestnut tree. This stately tree is now in blossom across much of the Dales, lighting up the countryside with its candelabra flower-spikes. Most people do not realise that the horse chestnut
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Police swoop on Tesco petrol station
TEN people have been arrested by police investigating dozens of incidents of card fraud at Skipton's Tesco filling station. Officers say that over the past month, the filling station, on Craven Street, has been the target of people using cloned cards
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Firkins at the ready for Skipton tug of war
SIR - As the organiser of the Tug of War contest for the Skipton Gala, this year held on Saturday June 9, I am writing to drum up some more entries into the contest and to clarify a couple of points. You may have seen the posters in all of the pubs in
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100 Years Ago
VILLAGE blacksmith Stephen Clark was hailed as a hero after he saved a young boy from drowning in the River Wharfe at Burnsall. Three-year-old William Stockdale was playing with a friend on some boats near Manor House Gardens when he fell into the river
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60 MPs back rail restoration project
MORE than 60 MPs have now backed a campaign to reopen the Skipton to Colne railway line as part of the National Rail Network. SELRAP - the Skipton to East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership - has the backing of 61 MPs from all parties including Pendle's
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Lazy, arrogant, and thoroughly selfish
DO you, like me, find it really irritating when shop assistants block the supermarket aisles with stock carts, causing you to struggle through narrow gaps with a heavy shopping trolley? Or how about the opportunist who "steals"the last High Street parking
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The Thai House at Skipton
THEY don't usually see me for dust at the weekends, so I thought I would use the dining out review as an opportunity to put some time in with the parents. In fact I even let them choose the venue. My mum wanted to go to the Thai House restaurant on Keighley
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Deirdre battles to the end for Settle
EVEN in a cynical trade like mine, there is a shorthand tag given to a certain type of story that makes me gag. It is called a "good weepie" and it is often put forward as an excuse to probe into some terrible happening in some innocent family's life
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Search starts for Skipton's best gardeners
THE search is on again to find some of Skipton's best gardens. Skipton Town Council is, once again, running its popular Gardening Competition to tie in with work on the town's entry into the Yorkshire In Bloom competition. Local residents, businesses
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'I carry on' says long distance councillor
A COUNCILLOR who has moved to the Shetlands says he will continue to represent his Cowling ward for the rest of the year. John Alderson has taken up a post with a Harris tweed mill in Stornoway in the outer Hebrides. Originally he hoped to make a decision
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Identity parade blunder ends flasher prosecution
THE case against a man accused of exposing himself to young girls in a series of incidents in Craven has collapsed because police failed to hold a prompt identity parade. This week a caring dad whose "detective" work led to the man being arrested told
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Human rights claim is rubbish says 'yob zapper' makers
THE makers of a device to stop anti-social behaviour has poured scorn on a council which has ordered its removal from Earby School. The Mosquito emits an annoying high pitched whine which cannot be heard by people over the age of about 25. When installed