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Family-friendly list of cycling routes
Craven Council is encouraging people to get on their bikes and explore the area. It has produced a series of free guides to more than 20 routes in the district, ranging in length from five to 15 miles and graded easy, moderate or difficult. Most
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Art show at gallery in East Morton
An art show is being staged at East Morton as part of the Tour de France Grand Depart Yorkshire Festival. The event – by Liz Clarke and Dave Marsh, of the Elm Gallery – is at the village institute on May 10 and 11, from 10am to 5pm. There will
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One man and his dog in Field of Vision
The first eye-catching piece of artwork forming part of the Tour de France cultural festival is now drawing people’s attention to a site in Stanbury. An image of a shepherd beckoning to his sheepdog has been created in a field – a location appropriately
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Woolly Bike Trail Haworth-bound
Keighley people are being invited to decorate Yorkshire-themed bikes with wool. Artist Cassandra Kilbride will run a workshop in Haworth next month as part of her Woolly Bike Trail. Participants will be inspired by Yorkshire literary greats
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Riddlesden teenager rides in stolen Land Rover
A 'naive young man’ from Riddlesden accepted an offer of a ride in a Land Rover despite suspecting it had been stolen, heard Skipton magistrates. Aaron Brett, 18, ended up in hospital after the Defender- stolen from Cononley - crashed down a steep slope
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Man had cannabis in his boxer shorts
A 22 year old Eastburn man had bags of cannabis hidden in his boxer shorts when he was searched, magistrates heard. Adam Sean Holdsworth was the passenger in a car stopped by police in Wheatlands Lane, Cross Hills, on December 30, Skipton Magistrates
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Man found hanging in cellar by mother
A man found hanging by his mother at his Keighley home was not discovered immediately because he was in the cellar, an inquest heard. Shane Wilson, 38, died on April 20 this year in Sand Street. An inquest into his death was opened and adjourned in
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Polish builder hanged himself in Keighley
A hard-working Polish builder who struggled to get work after arriving in Keighley was found hanging at a friend's house on Christmas Day, an inquest heard. Dad-of-one Piotr Pawlowski, had only been living in the UK for six months with his wife Anna
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Silsden pensioner dies after fall
A pensioner has died after a fall at his caravan home paralysed him, an inquest has heard. Albert Benson, 78, fell at Cringles Park in Silsden and appeared to have fractured vertebrae which left him tetraplegic, assistant Bradford coroner Tim Ratcliffe
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Bespoke art nod to tour
Worth Valley visitors and residents alike are being invited to take a trip to ‘the Other Side’. They can get an alternative view of the region’s culture by visiting an exhibition at a Haworth gallery. The Other Side showcases the work of four
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Historic Steeton Hall is sold to mystery buyer
Historic Steeton Hall – which closed last summer – has been sold. Punch Taverns, which put the landmark property on the market in September, confirmed contracts had been exchanged. But the pub company is remaining tight-lipped over the identity
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Council vows to replace 100-year old beech tree in Steeton
One of Steeton’s most majestic trees has had to be felled after catching a terminal disease. But councillors have promised to replace the century-old copper beech in the village’s Memorial Wood. Parish council chairman, Coun David Mullen, said
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Guided mountain bike tours offer
Guided mountain bike trail rides will be offered at a site above Oxenhope throughout the weekend of the Grand Depart. Iain Johnson, of MTB Cycle Yorkshire in Bradford, will run the activity from the Stones Top Cottage Manorlands campsite. Explaining