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Man punched and headbutted woman during weekend trips away
A MAN who broke one of his partner’s fingers, headbutted and punched her during weekend trips away has been given a suspended prison sentence by Skipton magistrates. During one stay at Skipton’s Hotel Rendezvous, Andrew Mullen repeatedly punched
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Writers of the future awarded
ROTARY’S “Young Writer” award this year has seen a significant increase in entries from students in the Skipton area. Skipton’s two Rotary organisations worked together to enable all schools in the Craven area to enter. The winner of the junior
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Sites are accounced for shared-ownership homes
ELEVEN more shared-ownership homes are set to be built on council land. The former garage sites at North Parade, Skipton, and Duke Street and Banksway in Bentham, are to be developed at a total cost of £1.84 million. The Council has already built
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Match funding secured for decarbonising Skipton project
MATCH funding has been secured by Craven District Council towards a £1.2 million project to decarbonise Skipton. Solar panels will be installed in seven council buildings: Skipton Town Hall, Craven Leisure, Aireview House, Waltonwrays Crematorium
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Drink driver drove into fence on A65
A DRIVER who crashed her car after drinking the night before was over the alcohol limit, heard Skipton Magistrates Court. Patricia McWilliam, 37, was on her way back home to Malham from Skipton at about 9am on February 11 when she crashed her Renault
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Appeal for witnesses to Broughton Road crash earlier this month
POLICE are appealing for witnesses or dashcam footage following a collision which occurred on the A59, Skipton, near to the Broughton Road junction earlier this month. The incident happened at approximately 6.30am on Wednesday, March 3 and involved
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Gas cylinder alert in shed blaze
A SHED was destroyed in a blaze at Silsden last night. One crew from the town’s fire station was called out to deal with the incident, in Sackville Road, at 9.20pm. A gas cylinder in the shed meant firefighters had to take extra precautions
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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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Northern completes first phase of its refurbishment project
MORE than 260 Northern trains have now been through the first phase of refurbishment by the train operator. The overhaul has seen each carriage fully repainted and fitted out with new seating, carpet and lighting. The final unit to go through
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James' new single is a very personal take on life in lockdown
BARNOLDSWICK musician James Parkinson - One Cure For Man - and his new single Everything (Promise Me) is a very personal take on his life during Covid featuring home video clips of his father, also a musician, who died suddenly while they were performing