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  • Late night bus service being re-introduced in Barnoldswick

    A LATE night bus service is being reintroduced to Barnoldswick after reports some people had to quit their jobs after it was axed.Cllr Lyle Davy, who represents Barnoldswick's Coates ward, said Lancashire County Council and Pendle withdrew a subsidy

  • Rescuers help walker with dislocated kneecap on Ingleborough

    RESCUERS went to the aid of a 50-year-old walker, who dislocated his left kneecap, high up on Ingleborough yesterday afternoon. Members of the Clapham-based Cave Rescue Organisation immobilised his leg, gave him pain relief and put him onto a stretcher

  • Family's disgust over removal of roadside tributes

    THE family of a motorcyclist tragically killed in a road accident near Horton-in-Ribblesdale have expressed disgust at the removal of memorial tributes.Close relatives of Adam Taylor, 27, say they had laid fresh tributes at the site on the B6479 between

  • From the Craven Herald archives

    100 years agoA PETITION signed by several people came from a village in the Dales appealing to the Skipton Military Tribunal to review a case in which exemption had been refused. It was for a 39-year-old man who had sought exemption on domestic grounds

  • Craven District Council elects new chairman

    THE new chairman of Craven District Council has promised to inject humour and a sense of informality into future meetings.Craven's new first citizen, Cllr Chris Moorby told fellow councillors he was wearing a red and gold House of Gryffindor tie -

  • A walk linking two World War Two aircraft crash sites

    THIS walk has primarily been devised to link two World War Two aircrash sites at Windgate Nick and High Crag.Walkers should be confident they can walk the distance and should be fit enough to contend with the rough moorland terrain and the hills both

  • Neighbourhood news

    AUSTWICK: Derek and Celia Coultherd, 015242 51215 Silent auction: A wondrous selection of auction items is going on display in Austwick Village Shop window. All money raised will be added to the Street Market funds. To make a bid for one - or indeed

  • Letters to the editor

    DESPITE the majority of the electorate in Skipton and Ripon being likely to vote ‘leave’ in the forthcoming referendum, our MP is an enthusiastic pro-European. That is his right. MPs are representatives, not delegates. This is a constitutional

  • What's on across Craven

    SKIPTON: Craven Museum and Gallery's latest exhibition celebrates 200 years of the Leeds Liverpool Canal. It features film, photographs, oral history tapes, stories and other items. The museum - which is based in Skipton Town Hall - is asking anyone

  • Worth the trip

    Harrogate Theatre: Harrogate Dramatic Society presents The History Boys (to May 28); Going Viral (May 26); Gonzo Moose stages Great Scott (May 31); A Talent to Amuse: A Presentation of Words and Music of Noel Coward (June 2). Call 01423 502116. Dukes

  • Greatwood School celebrates the Queen's 90th birthday

    PUPILS at Skipton's Greatwood School celebrated The Queen's 90th birthday in style. Children and staff wore red, blue and white as their uniform for the day, and pupils were treated to a special birthday tea party. "We all took part in a

  • Picture of the week

    Elizabeth Robertshaw, of Long Preston, took this picture of bluebells in the woods on the outskirts of the village, near the Halton West junction.

  • Skipton residents face another large scale housing development

    SKIPTON residents could be forgiven for getting confused about housing developments currently in the planning process – and now we have another large-scale one looming on the horizon. Just weeks after tenants of Craven District Council garages in Aldersley

  • Nostalgia picture: Kildwick School pupils in 1970-71

    THIS week's nostalgia picture shows pupils at Kildwick School in 1970-1971.It has been loaned by Joanne Currie (formerly Walmsley) who recalls it was taken at the "rec" across the road."It was a brilliant school" said Joanne. &

  • A Craven Diary

    CRAVEN people are being urged to show they're all heart - by taking part in fundraising walks centred around the Yorkshire Three Peaks next month. And proceeds will be split between Heart Research UK and work to maintain the area's footpath network

  • Thought for the week

    THOSE ballot papers are appearing, and it really is decision time. Voting, in a democracy, is a privilege and a responsibility under any circumstances. In a referendum, the consequences are longer lasting and more fundamental than even in a general election

  • Heritage lottery grant secures the future of Rathmell Church

    CHURCH officials at Holy Trinity in Rathmell have had their prayers answered.The Parochial Church Council has received a grant of £151,600 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for repairs to the roof, drainage and heating. The project is expected to cost