A car was stolen from an Earby home on New Year’s Eve. Police said an offender sneaked into a house on Victoria Crescent and took some keys from a dining table before stealing a silver Vauxhall Corsa parked on the street. The car was later recovered
The Long Preston Heritage Group has issued an open invitation to its talk, From Trees to Timber Trusses, which will be held in the village hall next Thursday, January 23. Alison Armstrong and Tom Lord will give the results of recent timber dating in
The organiser of Settle Artisan Fairs is hoping the local people will take advantage of the quiet winter months and get to know the stallholders. “We see January, February and March as Settle Down Time, a time for you to get to know your local artisans
The Ribble Rivers Trust is planting a new woodland alongside the River Ribble at Knight Stainforth Hall Caravan Site near Settle. And members of the public are invited to go along on Saturday to help plant the 5,000 native trees, which will make a big
A decision on controversial plans to cut bus service subsidies in Craven and across North Yorkshire will be made next week. Members of the county council’s executive will debate the issue on Tuesday. The proposals – together with a plan to increase
Villagers in Gargrave have made the first step towards having their say in the way their community is developed.. Following a meeting last summer to establish a working group, Gargrave Parish Council has submitted an application to designate the parish
Alzheimer’s Society dementia support workers are to hold information drop-in sessions in libraries across Craven. The trained and experienced staff will be able to talk to visitors about all aspects of dementia, including support and information on dementia
Community and voluntary groups are being invited to bid for a last bit of £138,000 core funding from Craven District Council. The funding is set to disappear after its current two-year term as the council itself struggles to cope with reduced grants
Heat radiating from an animal incinerator set fire to the roof of a farm building on Jacksons Lane, Low Bradley, last night. The alarm was raised just after 9.30pm and fire engines from Skipton and Silsden attended the blaze, which was extinguished
A woman was cut out of a car following an accident on the B6265 on Saturday afternoon. Fire crews were called to a crash at Cracoe at 1.21pm and found a woman trapped inside her vehicle. They used cutting tools to release her before she was handed
Painting classes will restart at Barnoldswick Library on Monday at 1pm. The theme of the classes will be The Pennines in Watercolour, based on sketches and photographs taken by tutor Malcolm Bullock while out walking in December and over New Year.
A meeting will be held next week looking at ways of improving the community role of Hellifield Station. It follows an initial meeting in November and will take place in the room behind the station cafe on Wednesday at 1pm. It is expected a group will
To celebrate Family History Week, ancestry internet taster sessions will be held at Cross Hills and Ingleton Libraries. The informal sessions will provide advice for those about to embark on their family history and help people navigate their way round
With a busy programme planned for 2014, Hellifield Area Allotments and Gardens Association is holding a coffee morning at the institute on Saturday to raise funds for its activities. There will be a raffle, tombola and produce, with, perhaps, some
Airedale Hospital has launched a new website. Developed over the past year, it includes an interactive map allowing users to “walk” along the hospital corridors or seek out parking areas. Other features are information about – and contact details
Barrister Simon Myers is to hang up his wig and gown after almost three decades as a top lawyer. Mr Myers, 50, of Gargrave, will leave the Bar in April and step back in time by concentrating on his family’s antiques business. He has been a
A plan to change the use of offices at an Earby manufacturing firm has been submitted to Pendle Council. Agent Alan Kinder is seeking permission to change a Wardle Storeys office building, on School Lane, to 18 self-contained apartments on three
Scaife Hall Farm at Hardisty Hill, Blubberhouses, is set to stage its third charity Big Breakfast. The award-winning bed and breakfast accommodation provider, run by husband and wife Chris and Christine Ryder, will be serving up the three-day breakfast
Volunteers in Addingham are to look at ways of marking the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. Addingham Civic Society says it has started to think about how it might commemorate the centenary and plans to set up a small group
