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Les died peacefully on Saturday (7 October) at the age of 90 at his home in Longhope, Gloucestershire, after a short illness.

Losses from the Curraweela fire start to flow as the RFS nears containment.

Losses from the Curraweela fire start to flow as the RFS nears containment.

Giant of the Scottish independence movement: Andrew Welsh, his political life and personal achievements Updated: June 28, 2021, 3:41 pm Andrew Welsh with his wife Sheena and daughter Jane in Holyrood following his election to the Scottish Parliament. Andrew Welsh, who has died aged 77, spent half a century at the heart of the Scottish independence movement. He was also a husband, father, a teacher, a linguist and a guitar player. We look back the life of this most determined of politicians who was one of mould-breaking SNP intake of 11 MPs in 1974. Andrew Welsh with daughter Jane’s dog Loki...

THE Burley Bridge Association, which has been campaigning for a footbridge over the River Wharfe in the village since 1996, has announced that it has appointed a new President. Following the recent resignation of long serving Janet Street-Porter due to moving home from Nidderdale, Colin Speakman, previously Vice-President, has agreed to assume the mantle. Colin is a respected academic, author and broadcaster and Burley-in-Wharfedale resident. A co-creator of the Dales Way, now 50 years old and one of the most popular long distance paths in the country, Colin has written nearly 60 books,...