Police working to trace a missing Leeds man are now focusing their search on part of the Yorshire Dales. Michael Tordoff-Brown, 49, from Wortley, was due to appear at Leeds Crown Court on Monday for trial on sexual offences but failed to attend. Officers
Police are appealing for witnesses after an elderly woman broke her leg in an incident in Skipton.At around 12.15pm on Friday, August 2, a silver Toyota Avensis taxi dropped an elderly man and a woman off outside Bizzie Lizzie’s Fish and Chip
Kilnsey Park is celebrating its 35th anniversary this weekend, with a host of activities including a barbecue, bushcraft, bug safaris, fun fishing competition, live music, theatre shows and cream teas. The weekend will also see the introduction of
A moderate six mile walk taking in some classic views of the Dales. Fact File Start: Car park in Malham Distance: 6 miles (approx three hours) Going: moderate, with some steep climbs Map: OS Outdoor Leisure 2, Yorkshire Dales Southern
Sir – What a wonderful picture in the Dales Life supplement of Janet’s Foss near Malham. However, the real name is Jennet’s Foss. The name Jennet came into my father’s family when my great great grandfather Thomas Maudsey married Jennet Procter of
Sir – A recent letter concerned a complaint about intolerable noise levels in central Skipton on Friday and Saturday nights and the lack of a police presence. I would like to support that letter and add that around the bus station, Gallows Bridge
Sir – I write in praise of the NHS. Having recently had treatments at Airedale, LGI and St James’, my experiences were such that I felt everyone worked together as a team with great consideration and care for my well being. Despite the enormous
Sir – As a regular user of the public footpath from White Hills Lane to the A65 I was surprised to find a planning notice in the field on Saturday. There was evidence that it had been attached on the gate to the field, and as there were only cows
Sir – We are fortunate to have the Craven Herald as a forum through which the electors may communicate with the elected. We recently, through your paper, learned of discussions between the town council and a local developer of a plan to build 55
Sir –As nice as it was to see the spectacle of 200 mayors parading through Skipton one can’t help but think that Yorkshire Day has lost its ethos. Yorkshire Day was thought up several years ago to commemorate the founding of the county. It
Sir – I thought the beach in Skipton Canal Basin was wonderful, and wanted to praise the town council for their efforts. I hope the success of it will persuade them to do it again. My children had a wondeful time – and it certainly beats driving
Sir – I am, of course, pleased to learn that a British Chamber of Commerce poll shows that three-quarters of company bosses support the public having a say on EU membership. It reveals that British business is becoming more Eurosceptic but it seems
Sir – Further to last week’s letter from Alan Perrow, chairman of Craven Ratepayers Action Group, I can shed some more light on the grotesquely expensive Belle Vue Mills affair. Mr Perrow rightly criticises what he sardonically calls “Craven District
Sir – You recently featured news of the official opening of Airedale Hospital’s new maternity unit. I was lucky enough to make use of the amazing facilities when giving birth to my son on Saturday. As your story reported, the new birthing suites
Sir – With regards to the call for disabled access to be added to Skipton Town Hall (July 18), it seems that Craven District Council needs to get its act together and bring things up to the 21st century. Disabled people have a right to access it
Sir – What an absolutely wonderful occasion Yorkshire day was in Skipton. It was truly entrancing and went according to plan. Hosting 260 mayors and civic dignitaries – the largest Yorkshire Day gathering ever, South Kirkby will be hard pushed
Sir – If there was an award for best town council, surely Skipton would be the winner. What a fantastic four days we have had of Yorkshire Day celebrations. Such a wide variety of events – seaside, fun fair, music for all tastes, outdoor films
River levels in Skipton and the Dales have been falling due to the hot weather – but there’s no sign of a hosepipe ban. Yorkshire Water plans to keep its promise to avoid a hosepipe ban this year, despite rivers and reservoirs coming under pressure
100 years ago The hay harvest was completed in Bradley, with farmers claiming the best crops for some years. John Greenwood, of The Old White Bear in Cross Hills, with his exhibits of Wyandottes and Leghorns, secured first and second prizes
A large part of Skipton’s Coach Street Car Park will remain closed for two weeks longer than planned. Yorkshire Water, which has been building an underground storage tank in the car park to cope with sewage flooding in the area, had hoped the car
A disabled man who died after breaking his neck in a fall at his Skipton home may have taken hold of a faulty handrail, an inquest heard. Charles Bottomley, 77, died in a fall on his stairs on June 4 while his wife was out in Ilkley, the Skipton
Skipton Building Society made nearly as much profit in the first half of this year as it did in the whole of 2012. Pre-tax profits at the mutual financial group grew by nearly 60 per cent to £34.4 million against £21.7 million at the halfway stage
West Craven residents are gearing up for this year’s Ride With Brad event on Sunday. Participants will get the chance to ride alongside last year’s Tour de France winner, Sir Bradley Wiggins. Starting and finishing in Barnoldswick, there are
A Bentham couple’s plans to downsize and build a smaller house in the grounds of their home have been dashed. Craven District Council’s planning committee was divided over whether the planned single storey home in the grounds of Mewith House, around
A school’s innovative efforts to give its pupils the savoir faire necessary to thrive in a multilingual world have been rewarded. Eastburn Junior and Infant School has been given a national prize for creative language learning through ‘e-Twinning
After three years of inclement growing weather, this year’s show saw a marked improvement for exhibitors to Austwick’s annual flower and handicraft show. Friday’s downpour damaged several flower exhibits, but residents rose to the challenge and
Littondale Fete takes place tomorrow from 1pm on the village green in Arncliffe. There will be the usual array of stalls and attractions including the ever popular fell race, tug ‘o’ war and the incredible strong man and woman challenges. There's
The junior pupils at Boyle and Petyt School, Beamsley, adopted a woodland theme for their end-of-term play. Following trips to Hackfall Woods near Ripon, Strid Woods at Bolton Abbey and Skipton Castle, they decided to stage a musical production
Walkers heading for Simon’s Seat in Wharfedale will find they are on firmer ground after more than 30 tonnes of stone was airlifted to the beauty spot. Reclaimed mill floor flags from Lancashire were transported to the site on Barden Fell by helicopter
Complaints about horse riders using a footpath and cycleway on a busy Barnoldswick road are being addressed. Members of the West Craven Area Committee met horse riders, police officers and representatives from Lancashire County Council and Pendle
The Skipton Vintage and Antiques Fair will return to the town on Sunday, with 25 stalls featuring vintage fashion and homewares from the 1920s to the 1980s. First held in 2011, the event proved very popular, even prompting one local resident to
An inquest has heard how the body of 35-year-old Lee Damien Smith was found in his flat on Bolton Street, Silsden, on July 21 last year. A statement by his friend of 20 years Paul Butterfield told how he found Mr Smith lying on the floor at his
Young people can take advantage of a £1 bus fare that will take them into the Yorkshire Dales this summer. The Dales Integrated Transport Alliance (DITA) is hoping that record numbers of under 19s will use the bus over the holidays. The £1
