THE fell races at Gargrave Show are going from strength to strength with competitor numbers increasing each year. There were 92 entries in the senior section on Saturday and 160 in total when all the Junior numbers were added together. The race features
CHARITIES making a lasting difference to communities in Craven are being urged to apply for grants of up to £10,000. The Gannett Foundation, which is operated by the US company that owns the Craven Herald, is inviting applications from registered
AN easy going ride, suitable for beginners and families, taking you along quiet country lanes and good quality bridleway tracks. There is also the option of riding along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.This ride will allow you to enjoy the beautiful scenery
A group of carers accused of defrauding an elderly Cracoe woman out of more than £500,000 have pleaded not guilty to the allegation. Six women from the Keighley area and a man from Shipley formally denied the conspiracy to defraud charge during a 25
WHARFEDALE Foresters' players can give a further indication of their promise tomorrow when the Greens have their first pre-season match at home to Stourbridge (3.00). With holidays and cricket having an influence on selection, the Dalesmen's coach
A CRAVEN army captain has been selected for the 130-strong British Armed Forces Team to compete in the inaugural Invictus Games.Rob Cromey-Hawke, 30, who lives in Cowling, will be part of the swimming and cycling teams representing Great Britain in the
BRITISH freestyle skiing champion Emma Lonsdale was guest of honour at the 73rd Giggleswick Horticultural Show.Emma, who lives in Langcliffe and competed in the Winter Olympics earlier this year, opened the event in Giggleswick Junior School Pavilion.Good
THE culinary delights of the continent will be on offer in Settle Market Place this weekend. Market organiser Olivier Simonin is hoping to hold his first-ever European Food and Craft Fair in the town next Friday and Saturday, August 29 and
ONE of the many parts of Dales farming life to have changed almost beyond recognition in the matter of only a generation or two is hay time. I'm probably a bit late to even mention this period in the agricultural calendar this year, as we had
VILLAGERS in Carleton are to launch "bus riding" protests to highlight the inadequacy of the local service.Following the demise of Pennine Motors, the community is served by a 16-seat minibus, operated by North Yorkshire County Council, which
AN argument with his girlfriend followed by ten hours of drinking led a Skipton man to take out his anger on several parked cars, heard magistrates. Jamie Lee Halford, 22, had been drinking at the Skipton Fake Festival all day and was 'despondent
HERE'S your chance to honour someone who gives others a sporting chance and a top local volunteer in the Craven Community Champion Awards.The Sport and Recreation Award recognises and celebrates those who have made an outstanding contribution to amateur
THIS week's nostalgia picture takes us back about 80 years.It shows Grassington's football team in the early 1930s and has been loaned by Skipton woman Jean Straker.Her father, Cyril Launders, is pictured at the front, third from the left.She
