A STUNNING image of a fireworks display was a winner at Settle Photographic Group's annual open competition. Harry Pinkerton, chair of Settle Photographic Group, said: “Our open competition welcomes entries each year from all our members and we
ENVIRONMENTALLY-focused distillery, Cooper King, is helping to fund a charity's rural apprentice scheme. The York-based distillery will donate £16,000 this year, directly from proceeds of its single malt whisky, to the Yorkshire Dales Millennium
TAKING in a popular section of the splendid Cleveland Way long distance walk, this taster (nine miles long though) takes in moors, woodland, fields and outstanding views. Being one of the popular one-way walks (using the local bus service) enhances
A SKIPTON primary school teacher has been nominated for a football award by parents of St Stephen's Catholic Primary School - and the public vote to choose the winner ends tomorrow (Friday). Paul Douglass was nominated for the English Schools'
Airton Services: Quakers in Airton have regular quiet meetings for worship every Sunday at 2pm in the ancient Quaker Meeting House by the Green in Airton, on Calton Lane. Worship lasts for an hour. All are welcome. Refreshments in the Barn follow
A SILSDEN man is to stand trial after denying the assault of police officers and for driving a quad while banned. Scott Wilkin, 32, is charged with the common assault of the two emergency workers at Little Stainton, near Skipton, on March 30 this
LANGCLIFFE Singers took their audience on a celestial journey in song and sign at Christ Church, Skipton. They were joined for the first time by the wonderful Paul Whittaker OBE, who is renowned for his work bringing to life music genres for all
SKIPTON'S new 'Library of Things' will be housed in the former SCAD charity shop in Newmarket Street - and hopes are high it will be open in the summer. Share Skipton, says it is delighted to taking over the shop premises, for its library - which
ST Andrew's Church in Gargrave will be the setting for a 'Springtime Serenade' performed by the Libertas male voice choir on Saturday, May 11. The afternoon concert will include songs from John Rutter and Jerome Kern as well as folk and more popular
YORK and North Yorkshire Combined Authority this week issued an information booklet regarding the forthcoming election which would have been more use if some of the deadlines hadn’t already passed (registration -April 16) or were so close (voter ID
FOLLOWING its winter break, the Gallery on the Green in Settle has now re-opened, with an exhibition of exquisite embroidery by Dales textile artist Kerry Pilkington. The gallery, which is now in its 15th year, is housed in a former BT telephone
MAY is the first month of the year when Orion is completely absent from the sky. The brilliant Hunter has vanished below the horizon and of the other winter stars only Capella in Auriga, together with Castor and Pollux in Gemini, remain in view.
THE closure of Skipton's Rackhams House of Fraser store in 2019 left a large gaping hole on the High Street that no end of cheerily painted windows and doors could hide. Over the years it's got shabbier and shabbier not helped by the recent attempted
CAVE rescue has urged Yorkshire Three Peaks walkers to make sure their phones have enough power after two women got lost in the dark on their way down from Ingleborough. The two women in their 20s, called police at just after 10pm on Tuesday, but
CONSTRUCTION work on the new state-of-the-art Airedale Hospital is targeted to start in 2026. Airedale NHS Foundation Trust says preparatory works are underway now at the site of the existing hospital in Steeton, where its multi-million pound replacement
POLICE have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to following the alleged theft of a toy tractor from the shop at Hesketh Farm Park at Bolton Abbey. It happened sometime in the afternoon of Sunday March 3 police say. The
THERE’S little in sport more intense than a good tennis match. Two players, at the top of their game, take to the ‘stage’ for a battle of force, style and endurance. Where most sports cap their games, tennis demands its opponents play to the bitter
A DEVELOPER has lost a fight to build a small estate of homes just outside Skipton on land partly beneath the flyover of the A629 Western Bypass. Mandale Homes North Yorkshire appealed to the Planning Inspectorate in September last year after its
