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Dopey ruling is drug pushers' dream
THE Government's new ruling on cannabis is neither fish nor fowl. By declassifying the drug but promising stiff penalties for those who supply it, the message is you can happily wander around with the drug in your pocket and consume it at your convenience
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Building on success
IT may be that a difference of opinion was just what was needed for two like-minded camps to realise that they both want to travel in the same direction. The idea of an Ilkley Festival to bring in the tourists is a terrific one. Let's get everyone involved
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Hull of an incentive to impress for Radford
Lee Radford has some special reasons for wanting to do well in tomorrow night's home match against Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. The 23-year-old Bulls second rower not only wants to cement his place in the 17 to face his old club Hull a week tomorrow, but
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I'm happy to stay, says Jess
Eoin Jess is happy to pledge his future to Bradford City when the dust has settled. The former Scottish international, City's 14-goal top scorer last term, has ruled out a return north of the border despite summer interest from Dundee United and Kilmarnock
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Sports clubs in cash bid to improve facilities
SPORTS clubs in Pool-in-Wharfedale are working together to build improved sports facilities. A development group made up of the football club, other sports sections, the village hall committee and Pool School are busy preparing a bid to the Football Foundation
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The end of a class act
Thousands of pupils have passed through the doors of the 124-year-old school, which has been called five different names. The North Parade site has catered for pupils from age five to 16 as it chopped and changed between being a primary school to a secondary
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Sun shines as Yeadon's big day is a real hit
CLEAR skies greeted thousands of people to Yeadon Carnival at the weekend. Forecasts of heavy rain had forced the organisers to make plans to hold the event inside Yeadon Town Hall, but Saturday turned out to be one of the best days of the summer so far
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Beer bottle holds key to bygone era
Historic documents from 100 years ago were uncovered when builders discovered a time capsule. Builders came across the John Smiths' beer bottle cemented into a wall at Westgate Infants School, Otley, while working on the school's new extension. The bottle
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Campaigners celebrate as accident blackspot gets new speed limit
CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating after getting a speed limit imposed at an accident blackspot. Parish councillors have welcomed the move by Leeds City Council to enforce a 40mph speed limit along A659 Arthington Lane, Arthington. The road has seen three deaths
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Martin takes baton
An Otley Olympic medallist was today due to represent the town when he took place in the Queen's Jubilee Baton relay race. Martin Bentley, of Newall Carr Road, was chosen to carry the Queen's Jubilee Baton through Thirsk town centre at 1pm. The 32-year-old
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People are central to city rebirth
The key to regeneration is people. While thoughtful and creative planning and attractive and useful buildings play a major part in getting any city centre back on its feet, surely the most important element is to have the place teeming with life. We have
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On This Day
In 1871, Bradford Gasworks were transferred to Bradford Corporation. In 1921, a runaway tramcar crashed in Church Bank, Bradford, injuring five people. In 1975, Chinese archaeologists unearthed 8,000 sculpted figures of warriors,chariots and horses, two
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Farms still struggling
Farm owners in the district are still struggling with declining profits. The latest Annual Farm Profits Survey by the Institute of Chartered Accountants' Farming and Rural Business Group also reveals many are trying to sell their business. The survey,
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Teachers bitter as school's 300-year history comes to an end
BENTHAM Grammar School closes its doors for the last time today, ending its 300-year history. Despite a battle by furious parents to save the public school, today's final bell marks the end of an era. Founded in 1726, the school originally stood in High
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Dot completes 25 years on the beat
IT'S 25 years since Settle police officer Dot Phillips became the county's first female village bobby. Dot, North Craven's best known police officer, took over the Horton-in-Ribblesdale patrol in July 1977. Originally from Whitehaven, she was North Yorkshire's
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Celebrities join crowds at successful sheep day
DAVID Beckram, baby Brooklamb and Her Majesty the Queen Sheep were just three of Skipton's special guests at the weekend. If you looked closely through the crowd though, you might just have spotted a few film stars as well, taking a break from filming
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Russian Embassy honours war hero
SAILING through treacherous icy waters praying that they would not be bombed and sunk, the 1941-45 Russian convoys had possibly the most unenviable tasks of the Second World War. Sixty years on from risking his life supplying food, arms and equipment
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Parents face childcare crisis as out of school club closes
WORKING parents in Skipton could be forced to give up their jobs unless their childcare provision can be saved from closure. Craven College announced this week that it could no longer run Hopscotch, the last out-of-school club in Skipton, and originally
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Question Time cannot solve lack of support
A high-profile fund-raising recreation of the BBC's Question Time in Addingham has had to be dramatically cancelled. The show, which debates burning issues of the day, was due to make its local-level debut in the village's Memorial Hall last Friday to
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TV's Richard reopens offices
The unique bond between a local newspaper and its community was praised at the official reopening of the Ilkley Gazette's town centre offices. Burley Woodhead's very own television star, Richard Whiteley, was guest of honour at the event which was also
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Big cultural festival idea could boost tourist trade
THE devastating economic effects of the foot and mouth epidemic in Ilkley could be blown away by the town's own annual cultural festival. The idea of an Ilkley Festival was outlined to parish councillors and there have already been questions asked in
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Letters To The Editor
Why local medical services are vital SIR, - Last week my wife and I had just commenced a camper van holiday near the Delamere Forest in Cheshire when I unfortunately suffered a slight stroke and on local medical advice made a prompt return home. The following
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Roper has Pudsey Congs all tied up with magnificent bowling display
YEADON put all their troubles behind them to record a scintillating win over Bradford League leaders Pudsey Congs on Saturday. It was the shock result of the season, especially after Yeadon had been dismissed for 90 and thoroughly beaten on the opening
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Standring leads the Aire-Wharfe League into final
THE Airedale and Wharfedale League reached the final of the Costcutter Yorkshire Leagues' Knock-Out Competition when they defeated The Huddersfield League in Sunday's semi-final. They will meet the Yorkshire League in the final at Dunnington CC on Sunday
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Otley RUFC sets out to improve finances and facilities
OTLEY RUFC are ready to move smartly into their next campaign, with pre-season training having commenced and the Annual General Meeting now out of the way. The front row union, a body of men well noted for their application, have been hard at it for over
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Follifoot make a bold bid for Division A title
FOLLIFOOT are making a bold bid for their first ever Airedale and Wharfedale League title. They moved to within four points of leaders Adel when they gained a convincing eight wickets win over Green Lane. on Saturday. Lane are also pushing for the Division
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Volunteers praised for clean break
Young people in Manningham have won praise for leading a clean-up in their neighbourhood. Millennium Volunteers, with Manningham Youth Action Group, rolled up their sleeves to tidy up the planned St Mary's Community Gardens. They led a cross-section of
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Holes 'size of a bus' needed for water work
Holes the size of a bus will need to be dug into the road at 150-metre intervals to enable the £75 million overhaul of the city's water system to take place, a meeting heard. Members of Watervoice, a watchdog which represents customers, were told people
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Heated clash over rundown school's future
A public meeting on the future of St Philip's School in Girlington descended into a slanging match on who is to blame for the school's predicament. Governors and Bradford Council are blaming each other for the latest delay in finding a new site for the
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'Let me go home' says au pair as case collapses
An au pair accused of biting and lashing a teenage boy with a belt today said he wanted to get out of England as soon as possible after the case against him collapsed. But Zsolt Vamos - who was also accused of assaulting a three-year-old child - will
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Shirley attends Queen's party
A woman who received an MBE for raising £70,000 for cancer research was a guest today at a garden party attended by the Queen. Shirley Livingstone was invited to the glittering event at Harewood House, near Leeds. Mrs Livingstone started raising money
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School-row parents could go to court
Parents upset they have not been able to get their children into a popular secondary school are threatening to take Bradford Council to court. The group, from the Haworth area, are threatening to take action after their 11-year-olds failed to secure places
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Old buildings to be turned into apartments
More than 60 new apartments will be opened in two historic buildings as the housing boom continues in Little Germany. The new multi-million pound schemes unveiled today will transform Behrens Warehouse and Treadwell's Mill, breathing new life into the
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Touch of Frost... in July!
The Telegraph & Argus found itself in the middle of a murder investigation when one of TV's top detectives arrived at its offices. Inspector Jack Frost, alias much-loved actor David Jason, pictured, took over the T&A offices in Hall Ings, Bradford
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Games hopeful wins Skipton 10k
ONE of Britain's top distance runners led the way last Sunday at Skipton Athletics Club's annual Applied Photonics 10k Road Race, (writes Roger Ingham) Dominic Bannister from London's Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers - a world-ranked athlete over both the
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North Ribb re-kindle Kiwi connection
STEPHEN Cowperthwaite, North Ribblesdale's 18-year-old wingman, will be broadening his rugby experience over the next couple of months in New Zealand, where he will be teaming up with Simon Devoy and Jake Kelly, the Kiwis who played at Grove Park last
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In-form Pethybridge misses out on Union debut
BRADFORD Union come to Skipton on Sunday for its match against Teeside and the home club might just be wondering how Paul Pethybridge has stayed out of the team. At last Sunday's Bradford Union championship at Shipley Beckfoot, Pethybridge again showed
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Settle can test leaders Barnoldswick
KEY matches in all sections of the local cricket scene decorate this weekend's programme, with crucial league matches and cup semi-finals blending to create a schedule packed with interest. In the Jennings Ribblesdale League, the visit of improving Settle
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Ilkley Harriers
Ilkley Harriers Shirley Wood and Anna Liuba were 45th in the Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon at the weekend, completing the 31km Carrock Fell class in 7h09; and Alison and Graham Weston were 49th in 7h22. In the Skiddaw fell race, 9m and 2700ft, Pete
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Burley Under-9s playing some good cricket
ON a beautiful day for cricket, Burley Under-9s took part in a tournament hosted by North Leeds CC. With six teams taking part there was a lot of cricket to be played, and Burley concentrated hard to come out of the competition as runners-up with four
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Successful season for Ilkley RUFC
THE annual meeting of Ilkley Rugby Football Club was told by the chairman that the 2001-2 season could be viewed as being relatively successful. At the end of the season the club maintained its Yorkshire Division Two status by one point and hopes were
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - While I have every sympathy for the gentleman who has had his car stolen for the second time while visiting Bradford (T&A Letters, June 29), I have been in the same situation myself. I must take exception to his answer to the problem. I also
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A poignant farewell
ONLY the most hardened could have failed to have been moved by the farewell Valediction Service for Otley's Thomas Chippendale School. As one of the two schools due to close for the last time tomorrow, it held a special service in the parish church for
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Withers forecasts mauling for Lions
Michael Withers' father Mark - his first coach - doesn't reckon much to Great Britain's chances in tomorrow's Test match against Australia in Sydney. "I was speaking to my dad yesterday and he reckons Great Britain will be lucky to get within 20 points
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Planners in u-turn over mast
A CONTROVERSIAL communications mast has been given planning permission - a year after it was ordered to come down. The One2One mast in the grounds of Wharfedale Farmers Auction Mart, Leeds Road, Otley, first went up more than two years ago. Almost a thousand
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Ward boundaries plan causes split
A WIDE ranging shake-up of ward boundaries could result in Otley being split up from Pool-in-Wharfedale and Bramhope. It could also result in a whole new ward of Guiseley being created out of Aireborough. Councillors are currently drawing up proposals
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Emotions run high in church
EMOTIONS ran high at a the special farewell church service for an Otley school, which will close tomorrow. Children, parents, past pupils and friends of Thomas Chippendale Primary School filed into All Saints Parish Church on Friday for it's Valediction
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New twist in parents' school fight
PARENTS desperate to get their children into Otley's Prince Henry's Grammar School may have won their fight, it emerged this week. Governors at the school met this week to discuss a temporary increase in admission numbers. If governors are sympathetic
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Church in desperate need of repair
AMBITIOUS plans to renovate Holy Trinity Church, Cowling, could include deconsecrating the seating area, removing the pews and opening it up to community groups. The altar and pulpit area would be screened off so the main hall could be divided up into
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Pupils get a taste of prison life
STUDENTS at South Craven School, Cross Hills, got a taste of prison life on Monday. For the second year running, year nine students participated in the "Prison, Me, No Way" project, designed to deter youngsters from turning to crime. Youngsters were given
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Action to solve flooding nightmare
WAYS to alleviate flooding problems in South Craven went down a storm with councillors this week following June's cloud-burst. And while they agreed they couldn't ban rain clouds, Craven District Councillors agreed to set up a working group to look at
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Councillor hits out after dead calf is left in river
BIO-security measures following last year's foot and mouth crisis are not being taken seriously by the Environment Agency, claims a parish councillor. Colin Pickles was speaking after a dead calf was left in the River Aire for three days. He attacked
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Craven welcomes new bishop
SUCH pressing questions as "Do you play football?" and "What did you want to be when you were little?" were put by Bolton-by-Bowland school children to the new Bishop of Bradford this week. The six youngsters met the Right Rev David James during a welcoming
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Jubilee baton arrives in town with barely a murmur
THE Commonwealth Games baton which has travelled 60,000 miles through 24 countries on five continents and through the hands of some of the world's most famous people arrived in Skipton with barely a murmur of excitement. There were no streets lined with
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Post Office proves first class
A LETTER addressed only with a picture was successfully delivered in North Craven within days of being posted. Austwick Post Office - which has a small sorting office - received the mystery letter last week. The envelope had a window with a picture of
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90-year-old man dies in head-on crash
RETIRED Settle shopkeeper Herbert Speight was killed in a head-on crash on the A65 near Settle on Tuesday afternoon. Mr Speight, who celebrated his 90th birthday last month and lived in Giggleswick, was at the wheel of his Ford Fiesta when the accident
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Lodge is still on vulnerable list
THE HISTORIC Myddelton Lodge in Ilkley has been included in a register of the region's most vulnerable buildings and monuments, for the second year running. English Heritage produces the register each year to highlight important historic buildings and
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New bishop appointed for district
Church of England worshippers in Wharfedale have been told the name of their new Bishop. The Bishop of Pontefract, the Right Reverend David James, has been announced as the new Bishop of Bradford. The 57-year-old will succeed the Right Reverend David
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Move afoot for ancient treasures
One of Ilkley's most famous natural treasures could be moved within 12 months from the hillside which has been its home for thousands of years. The Panorama Stones, currently protected behind iron railings in St Margaret's Park, Ilkley are set to become
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Hospital's future may be known by year end
THE future of Ilkley's Coronation Hospital and its services could be decided before the end of this year, health bosses have told a meeting in the town. The Chief Executive of Airedale NHS Trust, Bob Allen, and Keith Ellis, of Airedale Primary Care Trust
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Developer all set to buy Middleton hospital site
A NEW developer is poised to buy Ilkley's Middleton Hospital site and reveal its plans for a housing development. Details of development plans by the anonymous buyer are likely to remain under wraps under a planning application is put in for the site.
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Letters To The Editor
All Saints' teacher's final message SIR - Going, going - but not quite gone. It's with a great deal of sadness that I write this letter. In another week's time, I will have completed 25 years of dedicated teaching in Otley, a vocation which I have thoroughly
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The Curmudgeon
AS Beggarsdale's two successful entrepreneurs, one would expect Jetset and Maggots Moneygrubber to be rather good chums. After all, they have both spent their lifetimes piling up the filthy lucre, more or less legally, and that should give them a lot
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Not all weeds look out of place
SIR - I would like to add to the recent correspondence about the use of weedkillers and the environment. There is a very small triangle of earth at the back of the Albion, which a few years ago was planted with some ornamental shrubs by some unknown person
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Blow for workers as 128 jobs go
The workforce at a Brighouse vehicle manufacturers was almost entirely wiped out after 128 of 150 staff were made redundant in one day. Administrators were called in to the Universal Vehicle Group, which makes ambulances, security and specialist vehicles
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Gala boy prompts revival
Boyhood memories of a Bingley village gala have spurred a 25-year-old entrepreneur to help this year's show become a soaring success. Dressing up as a clown for East Morton gala's fancy-dress parade was the highlight of Matthew Dobbins' summer in 1981
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Young athletes set for English Championships
Six local young athletes set out today, Thursday, for the English Schools' Athletics Championships at the Harvey Hadden Stadium in Nottingham. These championships, the third largest in the world behind the Olympic and Asian Games, take place on Friday
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Hall Park and Otley are continuing title battle
HALL Park and Otley continue their battle for promotion both recording wins on Saturday. The New South Wales batsman Matthew Elliott hamered 108 for Hall Park and Richard Allinson contributed an unbeaten 61 as their side totalled 219 for seven against
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St Mary's School scoops the highest award for sport
PAUL Truswell MP presented St Mary's RC School, Menston, with the Sports Mark Gold Award, the country's highest recognition of a school's commitment to physical education and sport. The presentation was made to Head Teacher Mike Pyle at the school assembly
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Our future is at risk, say traders
Traders at Shipley's indoor market fear they may lose their livelihood if plans to close the hall are given the go ahead. Members of Bradford Council's corporate overview and scrutiny committee supported the closure at a meeting in March this year. The
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Workers go off the wall for charity
The boss of a Bradford business threw himself off the top of his headquarters. But it was nothing sinister - Robin Shaw, pictured, managing director of Federal Mogul Aftermarket UK Ltd was just trying to raise money for charity. Mr Shaw joined 30 members
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'Outcast' has since tried to aid others, court told
A 21-year-old voluntary youth worker who threw a stone during the rioting in Bradford last year has been sentenced to 40 months in prison. Barrister Ayaz Khasi said Mohammed Farraz had become something of an "outcast" as a result of his conviction, but
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'Who murdered my husband?'
A magistrate today told of her desperate fight to discover why her businessman husband was brutally murdered in Pakistan. Property developer Mohammed Akram was found shot dead in the bedroom of his house in a Lahore suburb. He had been shot in the head
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Lampkin stays ahead in trials championship
SILSDEN'S World Trial champion Dougie Lampkin preserved his lead in the World Championships with a first and second place in last weekend's two-day meeting in Valmalenzo in Italy. Lampkin was a comfortable winner over a series of very testing sections
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Craven through the years
100 years ago SKIPTON and District Hospital was to launch a Coronation Fund to help clear the building's debts. The hospital, on Granville Street, was built to commemorate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee, and it was felt no commemoration of King Edward's
