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Skipton Building Society in merger

Skipton Building Society headquarters

10:34am Wednesday 24th February 2010

Skipton Building Society is to merge with a smaller rival to create an organisation with assets of £15 billion.

Safety barrier plan for fatal crash site in Skipton

Charlotte Wade

6:53pm Thursday 11th February 2010

Road bosses have recommended plans for a £260,000 corrugated safety barrier at a canal where three young women died in accidents.

VIDEO: Dickie toasts Fred with special beer

Dickie Bird gives the verdict on the new beer with a typical umpiring signal

6:51pm Wednesday 10th February 2010

Cricket legend Fred Trueman was toasted in his adopted home town by a lifelong pal in a new ale named after him.

Beer launched in honour of Freddie Trueman

Fred Trueman’s widow Veronica Trueman with the Freddie Trueman Yorkshire Ale

5:41pm Monday 1st February 2010

A beer brewed in honour of one of Yorkshire’s greatest cricketers will be unveiled by one of his closest friends.

90 jobs go at building society

David Cutter, chief executive of the Skipton Group

9:14am Wednesday 27th January 2010

Ninety jobs are at risk at Skipton Building Society as part of a restructuring of the business.

Drug dealer told to repay £50,000

Sandra Floyd

4:18pm Tuesday 26th January 2010

A mother-of-three who is serving a substantial prison sentence for drug-dealing has been ordered to pay £50,000 – the minimum amount police believe she earned from her crimes.

Councillor claims for ice fall injury

Councillor Patricia Fairbank

11:01am Friday 22nd January 2010

A Craven district councillor is asking village hall bosses for compensation after she was injured slipping on ice after a parish council meeting.

Cadets' anger at bus sale

Cadets Stephen Tooley, left, and Chris Stuttart with the keys to the minibus

9:49am Monday 18th January 2010

Air cadets claim they are “hidden victims” in the collapse of a charity which they supported with cash.

Brewery jobs are saved in £3m deal

Steve Taylor

7:18pm Thursday 14th January 2010

Fifty five jobs have been saved – and ten more are on the cards – at the Copper Dragon Brewery in Skipton which went into administration shortly before Christmas.

Sisters set to trek Great Wall of China

Sarah Anderson

1:28pm Thursday 31st December 2009

Two sisters are preparing for an 80km charity trek along the Great Wall of China.

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Good call from Taylor - these sorts of games will show him just how solid his team is and how they cope when the going gets tough. I must say though that, given the heavy schedule which has had the team playing on a perfect pitch at Aldershot and the a mud heap at Rotherham, there could have been a couple of changes. − tyker, midland road

City players incur Taylor's wrath »

He's 5'11 and 90kg, the ideal build for a centre, which is mainly what he is. Identical stats to James Donaldson who nobody thinks is too small. I thought Crookes did great after a torrid start. He didn't let it phase him. Let's face it, Richards is six foot three, leaps like a salmon, scored 5 tries in his previous game and collecting crosskicks is his speciality. I bet the queues of volunteers to mark him on Friday night were thin on the ground when Sheriffe dropped out. Let's give young Crookes a chance. I rate him and think he has a decent future ahead of him. − Will, Huddersfield

Crookes hit back well to stem threat of Richards »

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