News for Bentham in North Yorkshire from the Westmorland Gazette

Birdie hit by golf ball in Lancaster back on par

3:16pm Wednesday 5th October 2011

A BABY tawny owl knocked out of a tree by a stray golf ball has made a miraculous recovery.

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Report: Bentham Show 2011

12:59pm Wednesday 7th September 2011

WITH RESULTS: The star of TV’s Lambing Live had his work cut out as he judged some of the ‘high-quality’ sheep at the 139th Bentham show.

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Bentham healthy living project is Looking Well

12:20pm Saturday 16th July 2011

A charity has been helping to forge links between people working in the arts and health movement.

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Casterton cookery girls enjoy a pizza the action

5:50pm Monday 4th July 2011

CASTERTON schoolgirls perfected their pizza making skills during an Italian-themed cookery session.

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Bentham to get new primary school

5:26pm Friday 1st July 2011

BENTHAM is to get a state-of-the-art and environmentally friendly new primary school.

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Bentham play area set to open for summer

12:50pm Wednesday 8th June 2011

A NEWLY-refurbished play area for Bentham is set to open in time for the summer holidays.

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High Bentham church to close after cash appeal fails

9:00am Thursday 19th May 2011

WITH POLL: A CHURCH at the heart of a Dales community is being forced to close after failing to raise enough cash for crisis repairs.

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High Bentham pupils sing up for gold award

2:00pm Saturday 26th March 2011

High Bentham Primary School’s use of song to support, enrich and enhance the curriculum has earned it a gold Sing Up award.

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Closure of libraries ‘will be damaging to children’

12:30pm Saturday 12th March 2011

Playwright Alan Bennett says the closure of public libraries will be damaging to children.

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‘Crochet your way to a happier life’, says Bentham woman

3:00pm Saturday 12th March 2011

A BENTHAM therapist is on a mission to improve the world's well being through crocheting.

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Battle lines drawn again over Craven parking fees

11:30am Friday 11th March 2011

A fresh attempt to introduce charges at free car parks is being made by Craven District Council.

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Bentham sisters' parachute jump in memory of nephew

4:11pm Friday 11th March 2011

TWO Bentham sisters will be cheering on a team of more than 30 people who are doing a sponsored parachute jump in memory of their beloved nephew who died from a rare brain disease.

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Novel idea for Bentham and Ingleton libraries protest showed ‘great spirit’

9:04am Wednesday 9th February 2011

MORE than 70 people turned out for a ‘read-in’ protest objecting to the proposed closure of Bentham Library by North Yorkshire County Council.

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Read-in protest bids to save Bentham Library

12:20pm Wednesday 26th January 2011

WITH POLL: Campaigners opposed to the threatened closure of a library in a North Yorkshire town have organised a 'read-in' protest.

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Brave Bentham biker bares all for charity

6:05pm Wednesday 5th January 2011

BENTHAM biker Jyl Oldham has abandoned her traditional leathers for this risque pose on the back of a motorcycle for a new calendar.

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