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'Property guardians' take up bargain rooms in former care home
THE owners of a former care home in Thornton-in-Craven say the building will shortly be put up for sale - although its rooms are currently being marketed under a 'property guardian' scheme. Thornton Hill care home closed last summer and its residents
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Settle's Courtyard Dairy organises celebration of Northern Cheese
A FREE festival of cheese due to take place this summer will see some of the finest farmhouse cheese-makers in the north come together at The Courtyard Dairy near Settle - recently named by The Sunday Times as amongst the best cheese shops in the UK
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Refugees resettled outside of Craven due to lack of cultural ties
A LACK of cultural ties in Craven has seen none of the 175 refugees who arrived in North Yorkshire via a government scheme settle in the district. The United Kingdom Resettlement Scheme (UKRS) was set up to provide refugees from war-torn countries
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Embsay grandmother oldest female to finish 249-mile race
A PRACTICE nurse at Skipton's Fisher Medical Centre has become the oldest female to finish Cape Wrath Ultra - a 249 mile (400km) eight-day race across the Scottish Highlands. Grandmother, Sue Marshall, 63, finished in 80 hours, 46 minutes and
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Wharfedale Montessori school appoints a new principal
A NEW principal is due to start at the independent Wharfedale Montessori School later this year following the retirement of the school's founding principal. Jeremy Clarke, who is due to start in September, at the beginning of the new academic year
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Enjoy a musical evening under the stars at Bolton Abbey
AN exclusive musical evening under the stars celebrating the Last Night of the Proms is set to take place on the private lawn at The Hall, Bolton Abbey, by kind permission of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. Soprano Alexandra Lowe and Welsh
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Planned new farm building needed to provide 'food security'
A MODERN dairy near Gargrave has submitted plans to build additional silage storage to provide 'food security' for its cattle. In documents submitted with the planning application to North Yorkshire Council, agents for the family-run Crossgates
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Live music at Skipton pub's anniversary beer festival
SKIPTON'S The Narrow Boat pub is celebrating its first anniversary as part of Kirkstall Brewery, with a free-to-attend weekend beer festival at the end of the month. The festival, on Saturday, June 29, and Sunday, June 30, will feature a new menu
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Second Skipton Business Expo to be staged in the autumn
EMBSAY-based Craven Consultancy Services is planning another event for businesses to be held in the autumn in Skipton Town Hall. Following the success of its first Skipton Business Expo earlier this year, the health and safety and human resources
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Letter: Refugee Week - don't agree with us? then talk to us
THIS letter comes from all the refugee support groups in the Craven area – Bentham, Malhamdale, Settle, Skipton, Upper Wharfedale – to mark the beginning of National Refugee Week (June 13 to June 23). We carry out different activities, but we are
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Letter: Some and join us during Independent Bookshop week
INDEPENDENT Bookshop Week from Saturday June 15 to Saturday, June 22, is a celebration of independent bookshops across the UK and Ireland and aims to highlight the vital role independent bookshops play in their communities and to encourage consumers
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Film: Buckle-up for Inside Out 2 - the ride of the summer
‘AFTER all, Riley’s 12 now. What could happen?’ So said Joy in the final moments of Pixar’s Inside Out, nine long years ago. It was a closing gag designed to float right over the heads of younger viewers and straight into the funny bones of Mum and