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Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson named Health Minister
PENDLE MP Andrew Stephenson has been named a Minister of State in the Government's Department of Health and Social Care. Mr Stephenson was appointed new Minister for Health and Secondary Care in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's cabinet reshuffle earlier
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Businesses vote 'yes' for another five years of Skipton BID
SKIPTON Business Improvement District (BID) will continue for another five years, securing around £1m investment in the town after the majority of businesses voted 'yes' in a month-long ballot. BID chair Andrew Mear said it was a 'great endorsement
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Owners of Linton Camp site submit revised hotel proposals
THE owners of the former Linton camp near Grassington have submitted revised plans for the site - three years after getting the go-ahead to build a hotel. Planning was approved in October 2020 by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority for
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Skipton Little Theatre presents the thriller 'Cat's Cradle'
'CAT'S Cradle' a thriller by actor and playwright Leslie Sands is the December production of Skipton Little Theatre. Bradford born Sands, who died in 2001, was an actor known for playing stern, gruff characters, including Sgt Cluff in a television
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Letter: Top marks for Skipton Brass and the Brown boys at Remembrance
IT was grand, and heartening to note one of the biggest gatherings for a Remembrance Sunday ceremony which Skipton has ever known. Certainly, since the 1940s era when I first attended. Amongst it all, top marks to Skipton Brass for sitting, frozen
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Village shop is proving a big hit with residents and passers-by
A NEWLY reopened village shop in West Craven is proving to be a big hit with both residents and passers by on the busy A59. Marlene Smedley moved from Manchester to West Marton to take over the shop in the late summer after being told about it
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Craven member defends 10 per cent pay increase for councillors
CRAVEN councillor Andy Brown has defended North Yorkshire councillors voting to give themselves a 10 per cent pay increase, arguing that low pay is putting off young people from standing for office. During a full meeting of North Yorkshire Council
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GP partnership Modality wins award for non-medical support
A GP GROUP with practices in Skipton, Gargrave and South Craven has been awarded a new accolade. Modality, which runs Fisher Medical in Skipton, and a clinic in Gargrave in addition to Steeton Health Centre and Silsden Health Centre has won the
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COUNTRY WALK: Autumnal walk taking in Easby Abbey and Richmond
A BEAUTIFUL autumnal walk along the River Swale old railway crosses the river to arrive at Easby Abbey. It is possible to explore the abbey ruins before returning on either side of the river bank. I was accompanied by Debbie who had borrowed the electronic
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Open meeting at church to unveil plans for new heating system
AN open meeting is to be held at Holy Trinity Church, Skipton, on Wednesday (November 22) for people to learn about proposals for a new heating system and improved access at the church. Rector of Holy Trinity, the Rev Canon Dr James Theodosius,
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Obituary: Much loved Julia Queen of Kettlewell who has died aged 84
ONE of the original team behind Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival, a teaching assistant at the village school, gardener and keen artist, Julia Queen has died at the age of 84. Julia, who was born in the south, had attended the Sorbonne University in
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Film review: The Hunger Games is back with a prequel
EIGHT years have come and gone since the dystopian planes of Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games last graced the big screen. Almost a decade since Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen finally hung up her bow and arrow. Between 2012 and 2015, The Hunger
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Police appeal following incident outside Kooky in Skipton
POLICE have issued an image of a man who they would like to speak to following an incident last month outside Kooky club in Skipton. A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Police said: "The incident happened outside the entrance to Kooky on Keighley
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GALLERY: Readers' photographs 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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Third Time Lucky: Skipton Music welcomes the Brodsky Quartet
SKIPTON Music says it is delighted to be able to finally play host to the internationally renowned Brodsky Quartet as part of its current season of concerts. The quartet's concert at Skipton Town Hall on Tuesday, November 28 will be the third attempt
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Graham's letter from America: Let's talk about the weather
FORMER Craven resident Graham Jagger has been living in the United States for three years; here in his letter from America, he describes what its like to be a Yorkshireman when daily temperatures are still in the high 80s. THE weather is
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Village pays tribute to 'much loved' and 'unique' Will
A MEMORIAL to a much loved 'unique and caring' 18 year old from Gargrave who tragically died in the summer after he was involved in a collision on the A65 as he drove his motorcycle from Gargrave into Skipton is to go up in the village in a wildflower
