Local news
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Skipton based charity appoints new patronThe The Principle Trust Children’s Charity have appointed a new patron of the charity.
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New strategy to address decline of nature across North YorkshireA major new strategy has been launched to help to address the decline of nature across North Yorkshire and York.
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Council-run Brierley Homes set to report £7.5m lossTaxpayers may not get money their back from North Yorkshire Council’s loss-making house building company, opposition leaders have warned as details of a £7.5m annual deficit are revealed.
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Yorkshire residents needed for new series of Location, Location, LocationChannel 4's primetime property programme 'Location, Location, Location' is looking for house hunters from across Yorkshire for its new series.
Upcoming local events
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Wild & Free Exhibition at Craven Arts House
Wild & Free is an exhibition of work by Bridget March at Craven Arts House. The exhibition will run Thursday-Sunday, 11am-4pm, 7th May - 31st May.
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When Words Fail Exhibition
A new exhibition at Craven Arts House. See the work of over thirty artists with When Words Fail. This exhibition will explores the ways ideas, emotions a...
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Skipton Beer Festival 2026
SKIPTON BEER FESTIVAL THURSDAY 21st to SATURDAY 23rd MAY 2026 at SKIPTON TOWN HALL An event not to be missed!
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Safari Express train ride
Step into the wild this May half term as the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway is transformed into a Safari Express – a magical train adventure full of exotic...
at Bolton Abbey Railway Station
National news
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Jobless rate rises and vacancies slump to lowest level in five years ONSBritain’s rate of unemployment has unexpectedly risen as vacancies slumped to their lowest level for five years amid a sharp pull back in hiring across under-pressure retail and hospitality sectors, according to official figures.
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Grandfather receives pioneering UK first operation to treat brain issueA man has been spared from undergoing a craniotomy after surgeons performed a UK-first operation displacing his eye to treat a brain problem.
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Fan spending on Harry Styles Wembley gigs set to top 1bnFan spending for Harry Styles’s 12-night run at Wembley Stadium is set to reach £1.1 billion despite ongoing cost-of-living pressures, figures suggest.
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Drug drive repeat offending nearly five times more common than drink drivingRepeat offending of drug-driving is almost five times more common than for being drunk behind the wheel, an investigation has found.
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