Fearless young riders from the Pendle Forest and Craven Hunt Pony Club have been enjoying their annual camp. Lesley Tate sees how they’re getting on Galloping and jumping with ease and without fear, young riders from the Pendle Forest and Craven
Adam Smith is something of a rising star in the catering world. Despite being just 25, he already has an impressive CV. Not only is he already an Acorn winner, Roux scholar and Observer Young Chef of the Year, Adam has also spent the past nine
Despite cancelling Sunday’s concert, Tarras will be performing in Settle this month. It was forced to call off its Victoria Hall gig after lead singer Ben Murray, who also plays The Songman in the West End production of War Horse, had to have an
The final countdown is on to this year’s Beacons Festival. Held on the Funkirk Estate, Carleton, the event runs over four days, starting with a comedy night next Thursday, August 15. “It is an affordable festival brought to you by a collective
A band that is gaining a reputation as one of the most entertaining folk acts of today is heading for Settle. The Hut People will perform at the Victoria Hall next Friday, August 16, taking the audience on a voyage across the globe. They will
Holy Ascension Church at Settle has organised a series of recitals to celebrate the centenary of its Binns organ. The recitals will feature music written during the 100 years since the organ was installed in 1913 and will take place over the next
A vibrant young choir from south-east London will perform at the next Bolton Priory concert. The Bexley Phoenix Choir aims to perform a wide range of music, from early sacred and secular works, through the classical and romantic periods to folk
TV doctor Hilary Jones was given a tour of Acorn Stairlifts’ Steeton headquarters. The doctor, health editor on ITV breakfast show Daybreak, visited the factory as part of a partnership supporting the Acorn brand. And his diagnosis? “It has
Students and staff from Skipton’s Aireville School have just returned from a visit to the First World War battlefields of France and Belgium. The 40-strong group visited Ypres Salient and The Somme as well as Skipton’s twin town, Erquinghem-Sur-Lys
A country show at Steeton Primary School marked the culmination of work by pupils about food and farming. The children from years three and four organised activities including bread tasting, dry-stone walling and a “Milk a Cow Experience”.
Grey-haired pensioner Joan Shaw will be giving her friends a shock after dyeing her hair bright red. The 77-year-old, from Barnoldswick, took the daring decision to raise money for the Barnoldswick and Earby Bosom Friends cancer support group and
Staff from Keybury Fire and Security have completed a gruelling charity bike ride. The nine-strong team including engineering manager Robert Crossley, who lives in Silsden – cycled the length of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal towpath. The cyclists
Andy Swinscoe, from The Courtyard Dairy at Settle, visited Kirkby in Malhamdale Primary School to work with the year six leavers as an end of school treat. Under his watchful eye, the youngsters worked with milk, bacteria and rennet to create curds
A solicitors’ firm with an office in Skipton has been named Legal Aid Law Firm of The Year. Makin Dixon, which has an office is Newmarket Street and specialises in family law, scooped the prize in the Legal Aid Practitioners Group awards. Lisa
A new hair dressing salon, aimed at offering quality gentlemen’s haircuts, has opened in Skipton. Local entrepreneur Mauro Savignano opened the new venture called Azzurri in Keighley Road and welcomed his first client on Saturday, July 27.
Rathmell Young Farmers’ Club’s 69th annual show enjoyed high standards and increased entries on Saturday. Taking the supreme sheep championship was eight-year-old Jake Booth with a Mule ewe and the reserve championship went to Liam Halliday with
Two Craven museums took part in the nation-wide British Archaeology Festival. At the Folly in Settle, Ingleborough Archaeology Group re-enacted the reading of a will made by Christopher Harling of Ingleton in 1626 and the inventory of possessions
