Grassington

Skipton driver handed hefty fine after speeding on motorway

Samuel Potter, 48, admitted exceeding a 40 miles per hour variable speed limit when travelling northbound between junctions 30 to 31, at Rotherham, in a Ford Europe Index vehicle on March 30. 
The speed recorded was 71mph.
Potter, of Grassington Road, …

Incident Summary – Day Shift Wednesday 1st November 2023

To ensure that people are not identifiable from our incident round-up, we will no longer be providing street names for smaller towns and villages, where incidents have occurred.
09:23 York Place, Harrogate
A crew from Harrogate responded to a false ala…

Tragedy as man in his 30s dies in fatal crash with lorry on A65

A man in his 30s has tragically died at the scene of a fatal crash in North Yorkshire[1] this morning.
The family of the man have been informed of the devastating news that the Settle man was hit by a lorry while driving his Ford Ranger on the A65. The…

Letter: Bus link at Skipton Railway Station is vital

Like many ‘updale’ friends of all ages, I have frequently transferred with luggage from bus to train in Skipton for destinations north, south, east or west in UK, Europe and beyond, and returned.
The good transport links were a key factor in choosing G…

Letter: Gateway scheme does nothing for bus passengers

The scheme is certainly not designed to improve life for bus passengers. Bus companies have confirmed this and may well withdraw all services to the station as soon as work starts, apart from the Broughton Road service to and from Colne which has recen…