The search is on to find someone who makes an outstanding contribution to sport in Craven. The Craven Community Champions Awards were launched last year to recognise the invaluable contributions made to Craven communities by individuals and groups
The Broughton Road Women’s Group is working with Skipton Puppet Festival and the Embroiderers’ Guild to tell one of Skipton’s hidden stories. The Pakistani women are using felt, wool and other fabric to get across their story. “The project
A bus service which enables people from northern towns and cities to travel into the Yorkshire Dales on Sundays and Bank Holidays has been shortlisted for a major national transport award. The DalesBus service is a network of bus routes linking
Around 30 teddies – and their young owners – converged on Silsden Library for a picnic. Children aged up to ten took part in the event to promote Bookstart, which encourages reading from an early age.Bookstart Bear was also present. “It was
A Yorkshire Champagne Charity Afternoon Tea in Silsden to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Farm Stay UK was a sparkling success. The event, hosted at Pickersgill Manor Farm by Farm Stay members Lisa and Marcus Preston, was organised by the Dales
A planning inspector will decide whether a local occupancy condition imposed on proposed new homes in Pant Lane, Austwick, can be removed. Developer Kerrowmere Ltd claims the condition does not fulfil a planning function and is, therefore, unlawful
Skipton Mayor John Kerwin-Davey has a new rival to his civic dignity. Mayor Bear is to join him in the council chamber at Skipton Town Hall, but behind a glass cabinet and not on the mayoral throne. The pair met on the steps of the town hall
