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  • Council says yes to new HML headquarters

    HML has won the latest battle in its bid to build a new headquarters on the outskirts of Skipton. Members of Craven District Council's planning committee voted 10-1 in favour of approving the decision. The matter will now be forwarded to the Office

  • Rampant Dale crush another set of invaders

    WHARFEDALE 42 NUNEATON 22 Wharfedale may have wobbled and even crashed on their recent demanding travels but their home form continues to impress and the Avenue is quietly regaining its status as a venue few teams visit with confidence or play at with

  • Skipton Building Society profits soar

    THE assets of Skipton Building Society have broken the £10 billion mark. Group pre-tax profits were up 62 per cent to £147.7million. And in a climate of fears about householders with large mortgages being unable to keep up with rising interest rates

  • Gargrave sets up for village panto

    GARGRAVE Village Hall Pantomime Section will be treading the boards next week with its 49th production. A cast of 13 adults and 24 children will bring alive the tale of Ali Baba at Gargrave Village Hall next Thursday, Friday and Saturday (February 15

  • Hotel says no more boxing shows

    THE manager of the Skipton Hotel where a boxing dinner ended in police being called to a punch up has vowed "never again". Simon Farrimond blamed the trouble on a large group from Halifax, who started hurling plates and throwing punches when their boxer

  • Skipton is ready to race for life

    FOUR thousand places for Skipton's Race for Life are now available. The 2007 campaign to get local women on the starting line of the five kilometre event was launched on Monday and the entry phone lines and website are now up and running. Craven's fifth

  • Decision tonight on HML jobs

    A SPECIAL meeting tonight will decide on one of the biggest planning applications for Skipton for decades. HML wishes to build a new headquarters on Gargrave Road near the bypass - but is ready to leave the town with around 900 jobs if it is turned down