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, …
When Bethanny Ash and her husband Andrew moved to Yorkshire to work in Leeds nine years ago, they knew that city living wasn’t for them and so the search for a property with easy access to countryside and to rail links were top priorities.
Published …
Georgina Sneyd made the journey between Skipton and Keighley on June 27 this year.
Kirklees Magistrates Court heard that on arriving in Keighley the defendant had produced an off-peak day return with a 16-25 railcard discount, but was unable to produce…
Due to heavy rain flooding the railway at Carnforth all lines are currently closed, said National Rail.
Night trail of a train entering Carnforth Station with the clock made famous in the 1940s film Brief Encounter in shot on the right. Thanks to Rus…
Councillors have approved plans to reconfigure the Skipton railway station car park.
The changes form part of the £7.8m government funded “Skipton Gateway” scheme and were recommended for approval in an officer report.
Skipton & Ripon’s planning commi…
A629 Western BypassMichael George Booth, 72, and his wife Joyce Lillian, 74, were both killed in the collision on the A629 Western Bypass near Skipton on October 21.Their Vauxhall Grandland was travelling towards Keighley when it struck the bridge barr…
Under the bridge where the car came off and where houses are proposed to be built (Image: Lesley Tate)A COUNCILLOR has called for a review of safety barriers on the Skipton bypass after two people in their 70s died after their vehicle crashed off a bri…
On October 17, 1967 the Telegraph & Argus reported “the night it rained…and rained…and rained”.
‘West Riding under Flood Siege’ was the headline of the front page story: “The West Riding and the rest of Britain started a massive clean-up operation …
Tomorrow, we return to the road as we travel to the University of Bradford Stadium for the first time since 2007 as we take on Bradford City in Sky Bet League Two.
It’s the second time we have faced the Bantams this season, after a penalty shoutout def…
Oliver taking part in his walking challenge. (Photo: Day One Trauma Support / SWNS)
Oliver Stevens, 23, is on course to clock up the last of his 180,000 step target on Saturday (Oct 21) in the month-long charity fundraiser. It comes just 15 months …
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…
The pledge follows Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s confirmation of the scrapping of the HS2 high-speed rail link from Birmingham to Manchester in his keynote speech to the Conservative Party conference on Wednesday.
Instead he promised to spend the £36 bi…
Police at the scene of last week’s triple fatality.
Residents and councillors have called for action after the latest spate of deaths on the main road between Ripon[1] and Harrogate[2].
A mother and two children were killed on the A61 Ripon Road last …
PAUL Morley is absolutely right. Even an intensive bus service would make little difference to the severe traffic and visitor management problems of Malham. The root cause of what we are now experiencing is the National Park Authority and North Yorksh…