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Friends to take on Sheffield 10k in support of Skipton woman
FRIENDS and family of a Skipton woman who earlier this year was diagnosed with leukaemia days after giving birth to her daughter are showing their support by raising £10,000 for Blood Cancer UK. They have already raised more than £8,000 for the
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Breeding cattle sell to £2600 at CCM midweek cattle sale
OF the 31 breeding cattle on offer at CCM Skipton’s latest fortnightly Wednesday cattle sale this week some smarter calves on younger cows broke £2000 to go into suckler herds, best on price at £2600, £2400 and £2350 three quality Limousin-x outfits
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Giggleswick School says it will absorb costs of VAT
GIGGLESWICK School has said it will stand by its commitment to current and future families to absorb the cost of VAT following the government's announcement that the tax will be added to independent school fees from next year. The independent school
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Debate hears calls for Yorkshire-wide referendum
A CONFERENCE aiming to give fresh impetus to the creation of an assembly for Yorkshire with tax-raising powers has heard calls to press the Government for a referendum to let residents decide. The call for a region-wide vote was among numerous
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Letter: Concerns over rebuilding of Airedale Hospital
BEFORE the last election I warned that there were no costings for the new hospital at Airedale and no clear allocation of funding. I was therefore very worried that pre-election promises of a complete rebuild might not be delivered. I didn’t expect
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Get your cameras out - competition in celebration of Bowland
A PHOTOGRAPHY competition has been launched to celebrate Bowland as a newly named 'National Landscape' in its 60th anniversary year. The Forest of Bowland photo competition – Life through a Lens - is an opportunity for photographers to show their
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Settle Swimming Pool invests £24,000 in new gym equipment
A NEW gym is to be set up at Settle Pool helping fulfil the long-term aim to create a facility that is ‘more than just a pool’. The trustees have agreed to invest around £24,000 in a range of equipment that will be permanently housed in the smaller
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50 years ago - Skipton's first sight of its new, proposed bypasses
IT was 50 years ago when people in Craven got their first glimpse of Skipton's long awaited new roads to bypass the town centre. It's hard to think of a time when all traffic went through Skipton town centre, but it did; and just imagine if it all
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A sunny day for Skipton's Yorkshire Day celebrations
IT was a sunny day for yesterday's Yorkshire Day and Skipton celebrated with a day of free events on the closed High Street. There were performances by the Flat Cap Band and Great Yorkshire Morris, craft stalls and even a rodeo sheep for people
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Health leaders committed to Airedale Hospital rebuild
THE chief executive of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust says the organisation still hopes to open a new Airedale Hospital on the current site by 2030, despite the new government announcing a review into major NHS spending projects. The hospital in
