PUPILS at Barnoldswick school have raised nearly £200 for the Children’s SocietyYear seven and eight students at West Craven High School raised a total of £189.12 for the charity by carrying out a number of events in December.As part of an initiative
A MAN accused of fishing without a licence at Kilnsey Park fisheries has been given an absolute discharge after magistrates said advertising at the facility had been misleading.Dean Worsnop, 33, admitted he had been fishing without a licence with his
A 55-YEAR-OLD man suffered a panic attack after providing a positive roadside breath test, Skipton magistrates heard.Police alerted to Peter Myers' tail lights in a remote part of Ingleton, stopped him and carried out a breath test, which proved positive
BUYERS have been snapping up apartments within the former town centre base of Skipton Building Society, says the Ilkley-based developer.Providence Place, once described by Prince Charles as an "out-of-scale monster", is being converted into
PLANNERS have approved a new access road to potential future housing off Silsden’s busy main road.The new road will run from Keighley Road across wasteland that currently lies between two unadopted side streets, Millbank and Albert SquareThe new road
INTERNATIONAL soprano Sarah Fox is the latest headline act to be announced by Grassington Festival. The Giggleswick-born singer will perform in the Festival in the Field Marquee as part of the Last Night of the Proms event on Wednesday, June
THE mother of a Skipton soldier killed in Afghanistan is planning to tackle her own army style yomp to raise cash to help former servicemen and women. Caroline Whitaker, whose son Gareth Thursby, a sergeant in the Yorkshire Regiment, died in
EARBY Town Council is set to hike its precept by 42 per cent to fund a number of public services. The council, which nearly doubled its precept last year to fund public toilets, agreed on Monday to increase its precept from just under £48,000
A GROUP of businessmen is taking on a mountainous challenge in support of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.The adventurers aim to conquer the 12 highest peaks in the UK and Ireland, tackling one a month.And the cause is particularly close to the heart of member
A DESIGN for a new bicycle 'pump track' for Skipton's Aireville Park is to be put before townsfolk on Wednesday. The event is at Craven District Council's Belle Vue Square offices from 4pm to 7pm, and design and construction company Back on
A SENIOR audiologist will give a talk on tinnitus in Airedale Hospital's lecture theatre next Thursday, February 5.The event will run from 1.30pm to 2.30pm and members of the audiology team will be on hand for an hour afterwards to talk to patients about
GENEROUS visitors to Craven Court in Skipton have, in just one day, raised £2,496.76 to help boost a charity supporting children who have brain tumours and families who have lost youngsters to the condition.It now means the charity, Harry's Star, launched
THE owner of a care home, whose services have been branded "inadequate", has set himself a deadline of the end of February to bring it up to standard.Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission found Anley Hall Nursing Home in Skipton Road,
JERRY Croft, in Skipton, is due to be closed temporarily on Monday evening for the removal of a street lamp.The lamp, which is being removed by Northern Powergrid, is part of improvement work taking place at the town hall.It will be replaced by new external
A MAN who has worked for over 30 years in business management has been chosen to represent the United Kingdom Independence Party in the coming General Election. Alan Henderson and his wife Kate have lived at Bishop Thornton in the Skipton and
MONEY has been earmarked to build a bridge across the Leeds-Liverpool canal in Skipton to enable a potential 300 new homes to be constructed. The £850,000 cash windfall into Craven District Council coffers is from the Local Growth Fund and
GRAND pianos, several stags heads and framed prints of HM the Queen are amongst the contents of Malsis School being sold at auction.Following the closure of the independent school at the end of last year, both it and its entire contents are being sold
AN attempt to start charging at one of Gargrave's currently free car parks has been scrapped.Craven councillors learned at the end of last year that either North Street or West Street was the only car park in Gargrave, Cross Hills or Bentham where charges
Tingley Athletic 2 Silsden Ladies 2SILSDEN came within ten minutes of causing an upset against a Tingley side who had won seven out of eight league games. Despite the formbook, the visitors took the lead midway through the first half. Sarah Betterton
SKIPTON Girls' High School is to join forces with Harrogate High School, a mixed school, to form a new multi-academy trust. Both schools have been consulting on the plans since last November and the new set up, taking the name Northern Star
SILSDEN’S Jamie Simpson-Kidd has picked up a bronze medal at the USA Open.The Great Britain national cadet team member stepped up in class and won three successive matches before losing to the eventual winner in the semi-finals of the cadet featherweight
THE timeless story of Peter Pan will be performed in Barnoldswick next week.The family musical, based on JM Barrie's classic Peter Pan, will be staged in the Rainhall Centre at 6.30pm next Friday, February 6.Duckegg Theatre Company will present the production
LONG Preston band The Moonbeams has released a second album celebrating the Yorkshire Dales.Following its highly acclaimed Sparrowhawk’s Eye album that evoked the beauty of the area, the band has returned with an equally evocative album encompassing the
MEGSON, described as the most original duo on the British folk scene, has had to postpone its planned appearance at the First Sunday Folk at Settle's Victoria Hall this weekend. Instead the group will perform on May 3. The duo comprises Stu Hanna (vocals
WE'VE had Le Grand Depart, now Talking Stock Productions presents Le Grand Return at Settle's Victoria Hall next Friday, February 6. It is not a piece about cycling, but a gentle comedy about friendship, remembrance, war and peace - and admission
AC/DC tribute band, Highway to Hull, is returning to the Cross Keys pub, in Shortbank Road, Skipton, tomorrow. In its first gig of the year, the band will perform top tunes from across the AC/DC era from 8pm.
APPLICATIONS are now being sought for the 10th Art in the Pen event - regarded as one of the north's leading art fairs. Held at Skipton Auction Mart each August, the event sees the cattle pens transformed into unique art galleries where local and national
A COUPLE who have been searching for the ideal location to start their own business for several years say they have finally found it - in one of Craven's best-loved villages.Durham natives Bryan and Alison Simpson have just opened the Springfield Tea
FIRST-TEAM assistant manager Ryan Haigh has expressed his delight after Silsden added four new signings to their ranks.The Cobbydalers have snapped up Robert Grimes and Michael Morrison from North West Counties League Premier Division rivals Nelson, while
A STEETON company has given a massive lift to Manorlands.Acorn Stairlifts has presented the Oxenhope Sue Ryder hospice with a cheque for more than £19,000.The cash was raised through several events last year.About 100 staff members took part in the Keighley
SINCE January the night sky has moved around. Ursa Major or the Plough can be found high up in the North East, still with its tail pointing to the horizon. The "W" shape of Cassiopeia is still high in the North West. Orion is still very well
BUCKDEN could soon have improved mobile coverage. The village has applied to Vodafone’s Open Sure Signal programme which provides a 3G signal to areas with geographical challenges meaning a signal from mobile phone masts struggles to reach them. Following
SERIOUS concerns have already been raised about the possible impact of the closure of Skipton Police cells on the low crime rate currently enjoyed in Craven. And now a recently retired police officer has waded into the argument, with some pretty alarming
SKIPTON LMS may have only played seven matches so far this season in the Mastab's Craven League Premier Division, compared to leaders Cross Hills' 12.However, LMS are the only unbeaten team left in the division and only trail them by seven points.They
WORK on the possible re-opening of Cross Hills Railway Station is to take place - 50 years after it was closed.Last week, the Craven Herald revealed early talks were under way with a developer to build 220 homes and a new £7.5 million bridge at Ashfield
YOUNG musician Natasha Elsworth is tuning up to play with a prestigious junior orchestra.The Skipton Academy pupil has been invited to join the North Yorkshire Junior County Youth Orchestra with the option to graduate to the senior orchestra when she
COUNCILLORS from across South Craven have spoken out against cost-cutting proposals to make Cross Hills Library volunteer-run.North Yorkshire County Council is consulting on proposals to make Cross Hills and three other Craven libraries - Bentham, Ingleton
THE overall cost of staging last year's Tour de France in Craven was just under £200,000, it has been confirmed. The largest amount of £147,000 was met by Craven District Council, but with contributions of £17,000 from Skipton Town Partnership
HISTORICAL and irreplaceable documents cared for at Skipton Library are not at risk under changes being proposed by North Yorkshire County Council.A three-month consultation on the future of some Craven libraries is due to come to an end on February 8
CUTBACKS to the police budget could lead to too few officers in Craven to provide safe and effective cover, a councillor fears.Skipton's police cells are set to close in April as part of a review of policing in the area which aims to save around £72,000
THE owner of a lurcher greyhound used his mobile phone to film it chasing a deer and bringing it down near Skipton Woods.Jordan Edward York, 19, then posted it on Facebook where it was seen by several people, including one who reported it to the estate
A SECURITY guard who was found in possession of cannabis when stopped by police on his way through Hellifield has been given a conditional discharge, but ordered to pay £165 in costs and victims surcharge.Imran Mahmood, 37, originally denied being in
THREE motorists have been caught speeding on the A629 at Cross Hills this month by police mobile cameras.The speed checks, targetting westbound traffic, were carried out on three days.North Yorkshire Police are continuing to conduct patrols in the area
DESPITE some good guesses, no-one identified last week's Craven Curiosity.Several readers suggested the objects were early photographic lens filters or ink pads for rubber stamps.In fact, they were church collection plates.Experts from Craven Museum and
CONFUSION still reigns over parking regulations on Skipton setts where drivers are now permitted to stay on market days, but only under certain conditions. Motorists are being urged to check the notices which explain the times when the setts
Lifesaving devices in seven Dales villages will be a lasting legacy for a charity which ensured victims of serious accidents or illnesses in the countryside received potentially crucial speedy treatment, as Andrew Hitchon reports.IT WAS a picture in the
YOUNG people, who care for loved ones, have been treated to a night at the Alhambra theatre, Bradford, to see the pantomime Snow White, thanks to Richard Wilson and Neil Senior, who run the Cake'ole cafe in Craven Court, Skipton.The 14 youngsters, all
A SKIPTON victim of domestic abuse has been warned by magistrates she remained in serious danger from her partner. Skipton magistrates told Edward Cummins' partner that it was her decision to decline a restraining order, but she must seriously
A LOCAL branch of the citizen's group 38 Degrees will hold its first meeting in Skipton this weekend.Last year members of 38 Degrees demonstrated in the town against TTIP the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership currently being negotiated between
MEMBERS of Skipton Mothers' Union will be helping to celebrate National Marriage Week with a series of events at three churches. A search for the couple with the longest marriage in the area and a display of wedding gowns are among the events planned
FORMER Skipton man Peter Foster was awarded an OBE in this year’s Honours list. Mr Foster - son of Shirley and the late William Foster, of Skipton and Calton, and brother of Skipton solicitor Robert Foster- was honoured for services to British
THE death of Sir Winston Churchill, 50 years ago on Sunday, January 24, 1965, plunged the nation into deep mourning - including in Craven where Skipton could claim a connection to the former Prime Minister, already being called the greatest Englishman
IF SOMEONE asked you to point to the oldest human feature of a typical piece of Yorkshire Dales landscape, it would not be the barns, walls, farmhouses or even ancient earthworks. It would be the humble footpath or green track over the hills.Since the
BENTHAM Community Primary School will be officially opened next month. The ceremony — on Friday, February 27 — will be attended by pupils, staff, parents, members of the local community and civic dignitaries. And there will also be a celebrity guest
SKIPTON: Performing arts students at Craven College will tread the boards at Skipton’s Mart Theatre next weekend. They will stage the rock opera, Godspell, next Friday and Saturday, February 6 and 7, at 7.15pm. When the musical was first produced on
A SKIPTON nursery school is celebrating after becoming the first in the county to be awarded a eco award.Otley Street Community Nursery School is now the proud owner of a Green Flag Award, presented for its efforts to save energy.Steps taken by pupils
SKIPTON men Matthew Carling and Simon McMinn have been sent to the crown court charged with attempted robbery.Carling, 38, of Craven Street, and McMinn, 37, of Greatwood Avenue, are jointly charged with attempting to rob someone at an address in Whinny
A PIVOTAL church member with an 'impeccable' character was almost twice the legal limit when she drove into a wall on the A65 at Austwick, Skipton magistrates heard.Sarah Caroline Leach, 47, was on her way to Ambleside on January 2 with her two children
DESPITE the poor weather, Skipton’s Dyneley Barn was full for the fourth in a series of monthly education events for surgery patients. This time the focus was on dementia and guest speakers were Sara Robinson from Making Space and Philippa
PENDLE Leisure Trust is encouraging everyone to take to the water for fun, fitness or safety reasons. With numerous activities, challenges and offers at West Craven Sports Centre in Barnoldswick, the trust is looking at ways to keep all ages entertained
UPPER Wharfedale Heritage Group will hold its first meeting of 2015 next Thursday, February 5.Dave MacLeod, a senior investigator for English Heritage, will speak about his experiences of aerial photography and archaeology. He is based in York, from
Fourteen-year-old Harvey Pringle from Devon took this week's Picture of the Week while staying with relatives in Carleton.It was taken during a family walk on Carleton Moor, with Harvey using a new zoom lens he got for Christmas.Do you have any special
CANCER Support Skipton is going from strength to strength.It opened its Otley Street office in the summer and has just been given a Gannett Foundation grant of £5,545 to buy items such as furniture, a therapy bed, kitchen equipment and blinds for the
A FORMER Silsden man who became a national housing expert has died at the age of 50.Andy Steele was the Emeritus Professor of Housing and Urban Studies at the University of Salford.Mr Steele, who was brought up in Silsden, died at his home earlier this
