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EE says mobile coverage in Dales has 'significantly improved'
MOBILE coverage in the area of the Yorkshire Three Peaks has been 'significantly improved' says mobile network operator EE, which adds it has upgraded or built more than 40 masts in North Yorkshire in the last two years. Five masts have been upgraded
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Tarmac celebrates fifth year of its partnership with Dales charity
BUILDING materials company Tarmac is celebrating entering its fifth year of a ten-year partnership with Clapham-based charity the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust. To mark the occasion, Tarmac teams took part in the first volunteering event of
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Nostalgia - the opening of an 'engineering triumph' in Skipton
WITHIN a few weeks, on April 7, it will be the 70th anniversary of the opening of Skipton's 'fine new automatic telephone exchange'. Described as an 'engineering triumph', the exchange, which replaced an earlier model introduced into the area in
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MEMORY LANE: Village was a hub for the bicycle trade
Robin Longbottom looks at how cycling took off in the area DURING the 1870s and 80s, the penny farthing bicycle – also known as the ordinary or high wheeler – offered a freedom of travel that was previously only available for those who could afford
