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Teenage father-to-be drowned at Dales beauty spot, inquest hears
A BRADFORD teenager drowned after getting into difficulties at a Dales beauty spot last summer, an inquest heard. Mohammed Bilal Zeb, 18, of Chellow Grange Road, was at Linton Falls, near Grassington, on July 31. He was there with his wife of five
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'Get it wrong and we could have water wars in Wharfedale'
PLANS to build a leisure complex featuring fishing lakes, wildlife pond and seven camping pods in ‘totally unspoilt countryside’ at Draughton have been deferred by Craven councillors. Craven District Council’s planning committee went against the
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Help sought to build community garden
HELP is being sought to build a community garden at Silsden. The site is being created alongside the fire station, in Elliott Street. Features will include seating areas, shrubbery, flowers, a pergola and pathways. Funding for the project
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'We won't be getting a Christmas card off highways'
PLANS to convert a former workshop in Carleton into two, three bedroom homes have been deferred by councillors for a second time - despite one saying it was wrong to question the expertise of highways engineers. Most councillors defied officers
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GALLERY: Readers' photos from around Craven and the Dales
HERE are more of your wonderful photographs taken around the region. We love to showcase your pictures. It could be a seasonal landscape or simply your favourite view of our beautiful surroundings. If you would like to submit a picture, email
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Letter: Bypass is a complete cesspool of litter
DRIVING along the Skipton bypass makes me ashamed to be a resident of Craven with Skipton as our main hub town. It is now a complete cesspool. From the Keighley to Gargrave to Grassington roundabout the litter is now worse than it has ever been
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Village news from our correspondents
News from around Craven villages from our correspondents Austwick Church news: Good Friday Reflections - Outside Austwick Church Friday, April 2 at 2.00pm - a short service with music to reflect on the first Good Friday. Easter Celebrations
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Former Coronation Street actor runs experience day for performing arts students
FORMER Emmerdale, Coronation Street and Hollyoaks actor Thomas Aldersley is lending his expertise to Bradford School of Art’s experience day for their Performing Arts Degree. Tom, who is from Skipton, and is a former pupil of Aireville School, and
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A return to the wild side
WHAT’S not to like? A vast area of farmland is being returned to the wild around Broughton. It will take a while, but the journey along that part of the A59 will look very much different in a couple of decade’s time as the fields become forest and
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BUSINESS COLUMN: Four lessons we’ve learnt in pandemic
By David Porter, Financial Planning Consultant, Armstrong Watson LLP THE last year has been a traumatic one in which much has changed, but it’s also provided us with some useful financial lessons: 1. Relying on a state safety net is dangerous
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HEALTH AND WELLBEING: Travel the roadmap out of lockdown at your own pace
By Corinne Yeadon, of the Being Better private therapy practice based in Newmarket Street, Skipton IT was mightily considerate to lift restrictions on June 21, my birthday. While many are straining at the leash for the phased lifting of restrictions
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Food vouchers and activity packs to support families over Easter holiday
FAMILIES in North Yorkshire will receive support this Easter in the form of food vouchers and holiday activity packs for children. The Covid Winter Grant Scheme will provide food voucher payments to ensure parents and carers on low incomes - or
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A Craven diary: Memories of the 'swingin' sixties' and hitch-hiking to London
FORMER ‘Mod’ Francis ‘Fran’ O’Brien from Skipton has been sharing with me some more of his memories as a teenager in the swinging sixties and how he and one of his friends decided to hitch hike to London to see the world famous centre of fashion and
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Wharfedale choose to abandon cup idea as player welfare is the priority
AFTER a tough last year or so, Wharfedale RUFC will be back in training on Tuesday, in line with Government and RFU relaxations of lockdown restrictions. It has been over 12 months since the Greens were last involved in any competitive action, so