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Spellman Care will launch the collection in their four care homes including Skipton and Silsden.

The 17th annual Skipton Beer Festival is returning to Skipton Town Hall this month.

Police are appealing for information about an incident of indecent exposure that occurred at Bolton Abbey.

A Skipton children’s charity is supporting more of the region’s disadvantaged children by appointing a new trustee.

The Yorkshire Dales Food & Drink Festival, the UK's largest ticketed food festival, will take place in Skipton later this year.

Organisers of the 9th five-mile Solstice Saunter are inviting people to join them at the beautiful Bolton Abbey Estate on the longest day of the year, 21st June, and help raise vital funds for Sue Ryder.

Senior North Yorkshire councillors say they have no choice but to spend an extra £11.7m to “end the misery of Kex Gill once and for all”.

Police are appealing for witnesses following a collision in the Tesco car park at Skipton.

Alex Towler, 41, from Sutton-in-Craven, is preparing to take on the 100km Lake District Ultra Challenge this June.

The West Country based cafe/bar group will open their Ovino Lounge in Skipton on Wednesday 14th May.

Bingo That's Bonker is coming to Glusburn this June to the community and arts centre.

10-year-old Elliot will be selling sweets in the Coach House Hotel to raise money for a hospice charity.

Julian Smith KCB CBE MP has received a response from Arla Foods regarding the future of the Settle creamery, following his persistent efforts to secure a positive outcome for the local community and workers affected by the proposed closure.

Parents and opposition councillors have hit out at a council’s “appalling communication” over the introduction of new school bus passes following a change in policy.

On Tuesday, Skipton BID reintroduced their street cleaning scheme.

An exhibition is being held at Skipton Town Hall to explore the power of design in shaping public perception and fuelling the war effort.

Airedale Hospital and Community Charity are set to host their second continuous CPR-a-thon even in Skipton on Saturday 27 September to raise funds for the Emergency Department Appeal.

Farming charity, the Yorkshire Agricultural Society will be looking at the support it provides to the farming community, following concerns about business confidence and wellbeing raised by its members.

A brand new wedding venue is set to open near Bolton Abbey this month.

Sir Julian Smith MP has welcomed the announcement that North Yorkshire Council will be adding the first new council homes to Skipton in decades.

Craven Lawn Tennis Club based in Gargrave will host a Yorkshire County Tennis match for the first time.

North Yorkshire Council is preparing to safeguard the future of the A59 with an extra £11.7 million of investment in its major Kex Gill realignment project. 

The first public consultation on the new North Yorkshire local plan is set to start later this month.

Sports and fitness could be used to improve men's mental health in York and North Yorkshire as its mayor opened up about his struggles following the death of his father.

Sitting at his desk after a day of meetings, David Skaith mulls over how he feels about his year as York and North Yorkshire’s mayor.

Skipton Town Council had the help of a local primary to help plant trees across their estate.

 Sir Julian Smith MP is urging constituents and the general public to refrain from swimming in Swinsty Reservoir due to health and safety risks.

North Yorkshire Council will begin the process next week to find a replacement for a senior officer who recently announced his departure.

Airedale Hospital and Community Charity will hold a ball for its 30th birthday at the East Riddlesden Hall this October.

Sir Julian Smith, Local MP has written to Drake & Macefield Butchers in Skipton on their recent win at the Countryside Alliance Awards.

Yesterday morning at around 11:30am between Cononley and Woodside Lane, three men broke into a resident's home.

Investment plans are set to be drawn up for 32 towns and service centres across North Yorkshire in a bid to provide a strategic approach to regeneration.

Councillors have authorised the purchase of the first new council housing to be built in a North Yorkshire market town for decades.

49 year old Shaunna Burke from Addingham is to run Everest Marathon following terminal cancer diagnosis.

On 16th April, Skipton Pharmacy on Caroline Square held a coffee morning to raise funds for Cancer Reasearch UK.

Adjacent to the car park, Bolton Abbey will re-launch their Family Cycle Zone, offering a safe place for children to cycle.

Police have been carrying out speed checks on Bolton Road in Addingham following concerns raised by local residents.

North Yorkshire Police has gone from being one of the slowest forces in the country for answering 999 calls to one of the quickest.

Application to trade at the Skipton Sheep Day are open which celebrates the heritage of Skipton.