SKIPTON Bridge players are upping sticks and moving premises. After 30 years at the Swadford Centre, Skipton Bridge Club will now meet at St Andrew's Church in Newmarket Street. Deputy chairman David Murgatroyd said the club had been considering a ...
The regional authority removed sediment from the bed of the Opuha River at Skipton Bridge after tests suggested about two kilograms of sediment found in August contained DDT granules containing arsenic. Police launched an investigation into the ...
Dr Nick Wall claims arsenic in DDT granules found at the Opuha River at Skipton Bridge, near Fairlie, originated from sediment from Lake Opuha. Regional authority Environment Canterbury (ECan) removed about two kilograms of sediment it said contained ...
Police confirmed on Thursday they were investigating the discovery, in August, of granules later determined to contain DDT and arsenic. ECan had the granules as well as rocks and sediment removed from the Opuha River near Skipton Bridge, which is near ...
"The only conclusion we can draw is that someone has, in the last couple of months, deposited what farmers would recognise as prills of DDT and arsenic into a very small area of the Opuha River, near Skipton Bridge. If this is the case it is a ...
CARD lovers are being invited to join the ranks of Skipton bridge club which was funded in1980s by bridge players Elizabeth Hawkins and Jean Imrie. New members of any age are welcomed but they do need to be able to play the game, said member Jean ...