EMBSAY with Eastby Parish Council has confirmed it will fill a second casual vacancy through the co-option process. Local electors who are interested in becoming a parish councillor should write a brief statement of their reasons along with an indication
Winners and finalists in the Craven Community Champion Awards 2014Arts and Culture AwardSponsored by Peel EntertainmentWinner - Skipton Embroiderers Guild, who recently completed a series of outreach projects to celebrate the Tour De France coming to
A PARTY of Dutch students spent a week in Skipton polishing up their English speaking skills with A-level students at Craven College.The 20 students from Starling College, Lochem, are all studying the equivalent of A-levels in Holland and were on a week
SKIPTON'S Dyneley House Surgery held a successful health and well being day. The aim of the day - held in conjunction with the patient participation group - was to provide information and advice to patients and members of the public on how to lead
THE South Craven-based KVU Singers will perform six new songs composed by some of the UK’s best young composers.It will mark the culmination of this year’s Jessica Foxley Young Choral Composer Competition.The contest is staged in memory of
ROAD repairs in the Ilkley area costing more than £75,000 in total are recommended for approval by councillors today (October 23), but extensive work proposed on Addingham's Main Street could miss out.Bradford Council's Keighley Area Committee
SO it's official - a walk to take in the seasonal colours of autumn is good for our wellbeing, according to new research by the National Trust. Indeed, now is the time for considering what we might want to plant to give us a blaze of autumn colour
One can only imagine what the three boys in Gargrave High Street thought more than 100 years ago when a camel and elephant passed by their front doors. The picture was taken in 1912 by photographer Tom Airton, whose studio was at what is now 6 High Street
Edna Smith from Cowling said she was 'flabbergasted' to be declared Citizen of the Year at the Craven Community Champions Awards 2014. Edna, who has just celebrated her 81st birthday, was also the winner of the Volunteer of the Year Award at
THIS is a good, long ride of about three hours, taking in a splendid section of the Pennine Way, across large amounts of grass. The vast majority of it is along bridle paths or quiet country roads, apart from a small section of the A65, where the nervous
VILLAGERS have won funding to repair a church roof and to develop an education resource and bring to light the history of the ancient religious site.The £102,600 Heritage Lottery grant is to repair and restore two of the main slopes of the roof
TWO Craven dancers have taken top places at the United Kingdom Association ballroom dancing competition, held at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool.Trainee florist 17-year-old Bethany Young, of Gargrave, was first in the Stars and Above competition for under
HORTON-IN-RIBBLESDALE Primary School children welcomed Julian Smith MP at their open day. The school was buzzing with activity and creative displays of work and staff and pupils worked hard to present the children’s talents in gymnastics, music,
A THORNTON-in-Craven farm park is planning a week of 'spook-tacular' Halloween activities.Thornton Hall Farm hopes to provide fun for the whole family, with a spooky maze, racing down a hill with a pumpkin, pumpkin carving, apple bobbing, mummy
A TEAM from Yorkshire Water has joined forces with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust to increase wet woodland habitat at Steeton Ings near Silsden. Wet woodland habitat has suffered huge declines in recent decades, even though it is immensely important for a number
BUDDING referees and football coaches are honing their skills in a scheme being championed by the West Riding County Football Association.And helping spearhead the work in Skipton is Katie Hoggarth of Skipton Town Football Club, a one-time player with
THE shop at the main entrance to Airedale Hospital is being given a £60,000 facelift.Run by the Friends of Airedale, the shop will be closed during the work, which started last week and is expected to be completed by the end of November.The project
TWO brothers who run a Cross Hills brewery have been busy setting up a new restaurant following another successful cider pressing day.Stephen and Robert Naylor, who own Naylor's Brewery, on Station Road, held their annual cider pressing day at the
GOVERNORS, pupils and staff of Skipton Girls' High School have launched an ambitious drive to raise £500,000 towards a new state-of-the-art £1.7 million learning centre.The school has been given £1 million by the Department of Education
