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Tributes flow as head retires after 18 years
The headteacher of award-winning Threshfield School, Helen Jarvis, has retired after 18 years. But she will not be putting her feet up and relaxing, as she has plans for the future. For the next month, she is hosting a 16-year-old girl
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Historic ginnel preserved for future generations
Work to restore an historic Barnoldswick footpath has been completed. Thanks to funding from three local councils, renovation work costing £16,000 has been carried out at the 40 Steps, off Gillians Lane. Barnoldswick councillor David
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Group vows to fight landscape ‘vandals’
A group of rural champions has vowed to continue the fight against what they call the “vandalism” of Craven’s landscape. The Craven branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) says it is committed to helping protest groups battle against “
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School is awarded top marks from Ofsted
Settle College has been assessed as good with outstanding features by Ofsted. The community college, with 483 students aged 13 to 18, was said to be outstanding in leadership and management, promoting learning and well-being and driving ambition. The
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Man cleared of Ingleton rape
An 18-year-old man has been cleared by a jury of raping a woman on a pavement in Ingleton. George Taylor, of High Street, Burton in Lonsdale, was unanimously acquitted at Bradford Crown Court today. He had denied forcing the 22-year-old woman to
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Rotary to pay for vandalised bridge
The Rotary Club of Skipton has stepped in to pay for repairs to a millennium footbridge. The bridge, in popular public space The Wilderness, was smashed by vandals over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend. But now, the Rotary club has stepped in with an
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Plans for extra train carriages dropped
Plans to ease overcrowding on trains on local routes – including the Airedale line between Skipton and West Yorkshire – were dealt a blow as it emerged extra carriages will not be delivered to operators as promised. Two years ago, the Government pledged
