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Busy festive weekend ahead for Barnoldswick Brass Band
BARNOLDSWICK Brass Band has a busy weekend ahead, entertaining the shoppers in Barlick tomorrow (December 9) and at Skipton's Christmas Market on Sunday. Members recently put on their best festive jumpers for the charity Save the Children's Christmas
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Mini cab firm will not be raising its rates for the festive season
A SKIPTON mini cab firm has announced it is not introducing higher Christmas and New Year rates and will be maintaining its Tariff 1 rate day and night throughout the festive season and on bank holidays. Skipton and Craven Taxis, which operates
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Council agrees to pay for maintenance of Gargrave church clock
GARGRAVE Parish Council has agreed to pay for the maintenance for another three years of St Andrew's Church clock. Councillors however at the monthly meeting held on Wednesday at the village hall agreed to tell the parish church it would not be
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New £56,700 'Changing Places' toilet unveiled in Settle
A NEW £56,700 Changing Places facility has opened in Settle to improve access for all those who are unable to use standard public toilets. The new toilet in the Limestone View Extra Care scheme, which is run by Housing 21 for North Yorkshire Council
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The Skipton Choir releases new festive song for charity
THE Skipton Choir is to release a festive song for peace this weekend. 'Shine Out', aired for the first time last weekend at the choir's charity Christmas concert at Christ Church, Skipton, will go live at 10am on Sunday (December 10) on YouTube
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Previously refused glamping pods plans on remote farm given go-ahead
A SECOND proposal to build glamping pods at a remote farm site in Craven has been approved. The new application had been submitted to North Yorkshire Council by Beverley Robinson to build six glamping pods as well as create space for caravans and
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Appeal lodged after reopening of stone quarry plan was refused
A PLANNING appeal has been lodged following Bradford Council's refusal earlier this year to allow the reopening of a quarry in Silsden. Calvert Architectural Stone Supplies had first applied for planning permission to reopen the 5.9-hectare green
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Fox Farms again to fore at CCM Skipton Christmas store cattle highlight
THE annual Christmas show season at CCM Skipton Auction Mart on December 6 concluded with festive store cattle highlight, judged by Richard Spink, Bedale, when Ribble Valley brothers Peter and Edward Fox, Fox Farms, Clitheroe, returning to win both
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Barrowford man lands leading role at Skipton Building Society
BARROWFORD man Alex Sitaras has been promoted to Skipton Building Society’s head of savings products and propositions. He attended Walton High School, Nelson and Nelson and Colne College before receiving a degree in geography from Salford University
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Skipton Girls triumph in GCHQ cyber skills competition
A TEAM of schoolgirls from Skipton Girls High School has been crowned regional winners in a nationwide competition aimed at putting their cyber security skills to the test. The four strong team -called Purple Pandas and made up of Ava Gath, Izzy
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COUNTRY WALK: Let the force be with you on this walk
ANYONE who visits the small market town of Hawes should also take the short walk to Hardraw Force. The walk crosses the fields alongside the River Ure and a return can be made via the pretty village of Appersett. Home to Wensleydale Cheese, Gayle
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Villagers plant community orchard with help from Swinden Quarry
RESIDENTS of Hebden and visitors will in future years be able to enjoy the fruits of a community orchard. Over a recent Friday and Saturday, villagers, helped by Lee Johnson and team from the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, together planted
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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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Lovely Dales pub for sale reduced in price for a third time
A DALES pub which went on the market for sale this spring has been reduced in price for a third time. The White Lion, at Cray, near Buckden, in Upper Wharfedale, is being offered for sale by agents Christie & Co. It has been fully renovated by
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New safety lighting installed in Skipton's Aireville Park
LIGHTS have gone up in Skipton's Aireville Park in a bid to make walkers and cyclists feel safer during the dark evenings. The lights, which are controlled by a timer, line the main path through the 20-acre park off Gargrave Road and have been
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Developers win approval for 25 houses despite no affordable homes
A HOUSING scheme for 25 homes which a planning committee last month said it was 'minded' to refuse' for a second time has now been approved following a change of heart and a successful planning appeal. Despite North Yorkshire Council having a policy
