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Police hunt top rider's stolen bike
TOP trials biker Boyd Webster has suffered a major setback in his bid for national glory. For the 22-year-old, who is currently 17th in the Hare and Hounds Championship, has had his bike stolen for the second time. Thieves broke into a garage at his home
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Pressure mounts to save crucial service
PRESSURE is growing to protect vital services to hundreds of unpaid carers. Party politics were put aside as Skipton's Conservative MP David Curry offered to intervene personally with local health leaders and Phil Willis (Lib Dem, Harrogate) and Anne
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Marathon men say never again - until next time
SKIPTON dentist Andrew Bates knows all the jokes about Marathon Man. In the famous film Dustin Hoffman is tortured by dentist Lawrence Olivier, who knows exactly where to place his drill for maximum pain. But Skipton's own dental Marathon Man is much
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Girl airlifted to hospital after fall
A 12-YEAR-OLD girl suffered chest and leg injuries after falling 20 feet. Chelsea Gray, who lives in Watery Lane, Airton, was playing with friends when the accident happened near the village's Riverside Walk on Wednesday morning. Her pals ran to raise
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Station Road is among the noisiest in the country
STATION Road in Cross Hills has listed in a league table of the top 12 noisiest roads in Britain. In a competition carried out by the UK Noise Association, the road, which carries 12,000 plus vehicles over numerous speed bumps everyday, is named as the
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Designer shows off her home
A BRADLEY interior designer has become hot property for the media this week. Gill Robinson's home and work featured on Yorkshire Television's "Home" programme last Thursday. And her 19th century cottage and barn conversion appears in this month's Period
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Campaigner denies victimising motorcyclists
THE North Ribblesdale resident behind the leaflet campaign to stop rogue motorcyclists breaking the law has hit back at claims he was victimising bikers. Ken Meredith, of Stainforth, distributed leaflets in Langcliffe, Stainforth and Horton-in-Ribblesdale
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Bank steps in to put SCAD boat appeal back on track
WHO needs lottery funding when you have got strong support from your local community? Skipton and Craven Action for Disability thought its dreams for a new boat for the disabled were destined to fail when a £100,000 lottery application was recently refused
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Six new clubs join Craven Cricket League
THE J P Mewies Craven & District Cricket League will embrace five divisions next season after six new teams were accepted into membership recently by a vote of existing clubs. All six newcomers are from the Bradford Central League as the flight from
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Oxenhope are crowned champions
OXENHOPE have clinched the Craven Football League title after their 3-0 win on Tuesday over Cononley. Their first title since 1966 was secured by goals from David Collier (two) and Stephen Potts. On the same night Skipton Town lost 3-2 to Cowling to join
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Greens fight all the way to victory
Wharfedale 48 Kendal 28 A THIRD consecutive victory - but still the Greens are not safe. With all candidates for the final relegation place winning, the agony must continue for another two weeks. By an ironic twist of fate, each of the four sides in the
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Licensees do right to take a Stand
FOR many people central Skipton has become a no-go area on a Saturday night. Disturbances, drunkenness, foul language and large gangs roaming the streets turn our pleasant town into something a little less enchanting. Piles of vomit and streams of urine
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Hairdresser celebrates 25 years in business
CORKS were popping this week as Barnoldswick hairdresser Marjorie Morley celebrated 25 years in business in the town. Marjorie originally started out in the Majestic Buildings, later moving to 7 Albert Road where she has been based ever since. "I'm lucky
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Closure costs 800 jobs at Silentnight factories
SILENTNIGHT Holdings has announced the loss of 800 jobs following the closure of its Ducal pine furniture factories in Bridgend and Andover, and the restructuring of its Parker Knoll manufacturing operations. Silentnight chief executive Nino Allenza has
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Disabled users feel let down by local pool
A DISABLED couple in Barnoldswick are finding it more and more difficult to use the town's swimming pool due to alterations to the changing facilities there. Steve Allen and his wife Fran use the pool regularly to help ease their medical conditions. Fran
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Only three put their names forward for parish council seats
CONONLEY Parish Council faces a crisis if more people do not come forward as members. Seven seats were due to be contested at next month's elections, but only two of the existing councillors have put their names forward, along with one other nomination
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Children turn detective to discover village's heritage
CHILDREN in Ingleton are asked to turn detective to solve clues in the village's new heritage trail. Youngsters from the village's primary and middle schools helped to compile the new trail, which follows the same route as the adults' heritage trail.
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Family reveals naked truth about their soldier son
THE picture of naked paratroopers in Iraq brought a smile to the face of Grassington mum Marilyn Brown. For among those pictured was her 21-year-old son, Jonathan, from whom she had not heard for several weeks. Jonathan is in the Parachute Regiment and
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Warrant officer is honoured
WARRANT officer Bernard Lively has been awarded the Lord Lieutenant's certificate for outstanding service to the combined cadet force at Giggleswick School. Mr Lively, 60, joined the school 14 years ago after serving in the Queen's Regiment for 30 years
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Licensees take a joint stand against night-time disorder
SIX people have been banned from drinking in Skipton as part of a new initiative launched this week that aims to stamp out violence in town centre pubs. Skipton Town Against Night-time Disorder (STAND) has timed its launch to coincide with the long Easter
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The Curmudgeon
THIS has been, so far, a spring that most of will remember for a long time. The sun shone and the battles have raged - in Beggarsdale, as well as Iraq. Then a very dark cloud drifted over the horizon and there is genuine fear in the Dale. We are all happily
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Absurd excuse to axe train service
SIR - I add my objection to the proposal to discontinue the through train service between Leeds and Glasgow. This is an absurd idea on the part of the Strategic Railway Authority (SRA) at a time when throughout Britain there is a fervent desire to renew
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Craven derby starts Ribblesdale Cricket season
CRICKET returns to the sporting scene tomorrow with the first matches in the Jennings Ribblesdale League, the most interesting game in the Premier Section being the visit of Earby to Settle. Settle have been very active in the close season and have some
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Ribb go down fighting
Bridlington 29 North Ribb 18 NORTH Ribblesdale made the arduous journey to Bridlington knowing they were already relegated and having to face a side that required victory to secure the champions' slot (writes Gavin Davidson). Having beaten Brid at home
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A poor end to a disappointing season
FOR the first half of this, the final league game of the season, Skipton played probably their worst 40 minutes of rugby of the whole campaign. That they came back from conceding 40 points in the first half to win the second half 12-7, whilst saying much
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Wharfedale dangling on edge of precipice
THE metaphorical 'wire' has been reached. Wharfedale visit Harrogate on April 26 in their final National Division Two game of the season knowing that they must get at least a point if they are to remain in control of their own destiny. The Dalesmen's
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Craven through the years
100 years ago WINTERBURN smallpox hospital was nearing the end of its life. The Herald reported that the news came with "the force of great surprise" to members of Skipton Rural District Council, who thought the "out-of-the-world" wooden structure would