Skipton news

The annual 'Treecycling' scheme that raises money for Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice has begun taking bookings for real trees to be collected in our area in January.

Fourteen staff members and volunteers from across Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and AGH Solutions have been given Pride of Airedale awards in recognition of their hard work and dedication over the past year.

Craven District Council is offering residents who are struggling to afford the cost of heating their home a free warm soup lunch with operatic entertainment.

Skipton Rotary Club has donated more than 100 advent calendars to the Children's Unit at Airedale Hospital to bring joy to children in hospital this December.

North Yorkshire Police say a man has been arrested after an elderly pedestrian was hit by a vehicle on Wednesday night on Keighley Road in Skipton.

Police in North Yorkshire are encouraging people to "save a life and call it in" during December as officers step up their checks to catch drivers who are under the influence of drink or drugs.

HSBC has announced plans to shut a further 114 UK branches next year - with Skipton and Ilkley both on the list announced this morning.

The first improvements in Skipton town centre have been completed as part of funding received by Craven District Council from the High Streets Heritage Action Zone project.

Fundraisers are once again supporting Parkinson's UK at the High Corn Mill lunchtime Christmas charity bake in Skipton next month.

Skipton BID has appointed ‘Street Marshals’ to help make the town centre a safer and a more welcoming place to visit in the run-up to Christmas.

Can you guess the missing lyrics to some Christmas classics? Test your knowledge with a fun, festive trail through December from Skipton BID.

There's more misery for rail passengers as operator Northern advises customers not to travel on routes between Skipton and Carlisle this Sunday.

A team from a local charity led by Charlotte McKeown will be on the Rombalds Radio stage this Sunday to officially light up Skipton for Christmas.

Members of the Aire Valley Rail Users Group are holding a meeting next week to say goodbye to Pete Myers, Stakeholder Manager at Northern who is retiring.

Skipton Town Hall is hosting this week's edition of Question Time on BBC One on Thursday evening with a former pupil of the town's Ermysted's Grammar School on the panel.

Two former health care support workers from Skipton and Keighley have completed a training programme to qualify as operation department practitioners at Airedale Hospital.

Police have arrested three teenagers on suspicion of assault after a local man was rescued from the canal in Skipton on Friday night.

Dozens of members of The Skipton Choir have taken part in a recording session at the town's Christ Church.

As a result of ASLEF strike action, Northern will not operate any trains on Saturday 26 November, customers are advised not to travel on this day as there will be major disruption across the whole rail network.

Students on Craven College's Performing Arts courses came to blows recently after the fight director from Coronation Street led a session on stage combat.

North Yorkshire has become the country’s first area to adopt a mandatory 100 per cent council tax premium for second homes as part of efforts to tackle the housing crisis.

The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is to decide whether children are to be given sufficient outdoor space to exercise and play after councillors gave the thumbs up to a plan to double the classroom capacity of Skipton’s last primary school with a playing field.