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Recycling centre saved from axe
Barnoldswick’s household waste recycling centre has been spared the axe – thanks to the efforts of West Craven’s county councillor. The Barnoldswick site, on West Close Road, is to remain open after an emergency meeting of councillors.
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Springtime awards as Craven blooms
Skipton has won a silver award after the spring judging of Yorkshire in Bloom. The town was up against Ilkley, which won gold, and Otley, awarded silver gilt, in the town category. Addingham, classed as a small town, was awarded silver gilt and Ingleton
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Local talent on stage at festival preview
Another curtain raiser for the Moor Music Festival will be staged on Saturday. Electro/house group Ocelot are playing at a festival social event at Skipton’s Rendezvous Hotel ahead of the main festival, which takes place at Heslaker Farm, Carleton, from
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See artists at work in open studios event
Artists and craftspeople across Craven will be throwing open their studios over the next two weekends. Gargrave-based Art Connections has organised this year’s North Yorkshire Open Studios event and has signed up 21 artists from Craven.
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What's on around Craven
SKIPTON: Skipton Players will be treading the boards of the Little Theatre in the crime thriller Grand National Night from Tuesday June 22 to Saturday June 26. The plot focuses on racehorse owner Gerald Coates, who accidentally kills
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Take a trip
St George’s Hall, Bradford: Singer Joe Longthorne (Saturday); folk singer Kate Rusby (June 17); Queen tribute with Gary Mullen (June 24); Bond and Beyond with the Orchestra of Opera North (July 9); Swinging Las Vegas Legends Show with Buddy Greco (July
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Woolly raiders in the garden
Yesterday afternoon, after the rain, we actually had water in the river and this morning it was still running, but I have just looked out of the window and we are back to red-brown pools of standing water. It is difficult to believe it is the same river
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It’s 5-4-3-2-1 for countdown to the festival
The 30th Grassington Festival gets under way tomorrow with a carnival parade around the village. Dancers, masked children, large extravagant costumes, home-made musical instruments and decorated floats will ensure the two-week arts celebration
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Local girl caught up in Cumbria gun massacre
A Skipton father has spoken of his relief after learning his daughter – caught up in last week’s Cumbrian shootings – was safe. Stephen Sowerbutts and his family spent the weekend before last visiting friends in Seascale – where last week gunman Derrick
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Bad weather sends chill through parking income
Bad weather over the winter looks set to cost Craven District Council an £11,000 loss in car parking income. The council had expected to make £40,000 extra after putting up parking prices in April last year, but winter’s appalling weather left the town
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It was right to charge nurse with murder say police
Both the police and the Crown Prosecution Service insist it was right to charge a senior nurse at Airedale General Hospital with the murder of three patients, despite an independent report concluding their deaths were unlikely to have been caused deliberately
