A LARGE quantity of high value animal medication has been stolen in an overnight raid on a supplier of veterinary medicines. The thief struck at the Sidings industrial estate in Settle by forcing a padlock, turning away closed circuit television
A NEW chairman of Craven District Council is due to be elected at Tuesday's (May 23) annual meeting of the council.Outgoing chairman, Clr Chris Moorby, will start the meeting by welcoming Green Party member, Andy Brown, who was elected onto the council
JUST a year into intensive training to become a top cheesemaker, Sam Horton has found himself among the leading eight in the country.After waltzing through the written test, the 28-year-old who works for The Courtyard Dairy in Settle, is now in the final
MEMBERS of Cononley Art Group are preparing work for their annual exhibition which takes place from Saturday, May 27, to Monday, May 29.For three days the general public can visit the Cononley Village Institute to view the body of work collated by members
PLANS have been submitted to convert a former Barnoldswick school into 11 apartments.Skipton Properties Ltd is seeking permission to convert the former Barnoldswick C of E Primary School building, on York Street, In the design and access statement submitted
A BARNOLDSWICK canal historian has received an award in recognition of a new book he released last year. Mike Clarke, 68, of Barnoldswick, was awarded the 2017 Canal Book of the Year prize by the Railway and Canal Historical Society.The award was for
AN Embsay man and Cowling radio station presenter has organised a music gig in Skipton next week. Mark Smith, who presents Drystone Radio Introducing, will host the gig at Venue Sports and Music Bar on Friday, May 26. It starts at 8pm.Mark, who goes by
Police are appealing for information after a burglary at a Settle industrial estate. A unit on The Sidings Industrial Estate was broken into and a number of items taken. It happened between 11pm on Wednesday and 2am Thursday last week.
POLICE are appealing for witnesses following an alleged assault on Skipton High Street on Monday.At around 4.40pm, a shop keeper was assaulted outside Just Jeans in what currently appears to have been an unprovoked attack, say police.The shop windows
SETTLE Amateur Operatic Society (SAOS) has received a national award.The programme for The Likes of Us, the 2016 show SAOS staged about the life of Dr Barnardo, earned the Settle society third place in the Deluxe Programme competition in the National
Police are inviting the owner of some rather unusual lost property to come to the police station and claim it. This bag of cannabis was dropped by it's owner in Skipton Tesco's and handed to police. PCSO Ruth Pearson tweeted the picture.
A driver had a lucky escape when his car went off the road and overturned this morning. North Yorkshire Police attended the crash on Moor Lane, Elslack, at around 7am. The driver had a slight injury and the car was recovered. The scene is now
VILLAGERS in Embsay and Eastby have played host to a party of mature students from Pont de Vaux in l’Ain department of France, keen to brush up on their English. In a non-stop weekend, the 22 guests enjoyed visits to York, Malham Cove and Haworth and
BARNOLDSWICK'S bid to be crowned the best blooming town in Britain begins next Wednesday when the town’s bloom group host a special evening at The Rainhall Centre. Barnoldswick in Bloom is holding a ‘Bee Buffet’ with food donated by Indian takeaway
AWARD-winning Craven artist Linda Mellin will launch her first every print collection this Saturday at AC Gallery in Skipton. Linda, who recently was awarded Yorkshire Life Landscape Artist of the Year 2017, will display her work at the gallery, which
READER Syd Smith thought last week's Craven Curiosity was a knurr and spell - a competitive game once widely played across Craven, while Michael Lindsay, from Steeton, thought it might be a plumb bob, used in building and DIY. It was in fact a whipping
A FAMILY event is due to take place at Yorkshire Water's Embsay Reservoir on Saturday (May 20).Lines, Leads and Laces, will be attended by community police, the Skipton Angling Association, Pets as Therapy, and Alice Halstead will be bringing along
MORE than 1,000 jobs at a Barnoldswick manufacturer have been further safeguarded after a major deal was signed off.Rolls-Royce has welcomed the decision by China Southern Airlines to select 20 Airbus A350-900 aircraft, powered by the firm’s Trent XWB
CRAVEN officially became 'dementia friendly' with a launch outside Skipton Town Hall on Friday.An Alzheimer's Society roadshow marked the launch, which was timed to coincide with the start of Dementia Awareness week, which runs until Friday
Harrogate Theatres: Gothic comic opera The Witch's Curse (until Saturday); musician KT Tunstall (tonight); comedian Omid Djalili (Friday); drama Life by The Throat (tomorrow and Saturday); comedy Hopeless Romantics (Tuesday to May 27). Call 01423
Friends of Aireville Park kicked off their fundraising campaign for the new play area, by running the Skipton Town Hall Cafe on bank holiday Monday. The cafe was well attended by local people and tourists, with customers enjoying pies and hot breakfast
Cuckoos are flocking to Austwick ahead of its annual street market and Cuckoo Festival.The event is due to take place on Monday 29 May.Villagers met recently to create new cuckoos to be displayed in the village. The cuckoos were made from plastic flower
A NEW course aimed at helping jobless people develop the skills to find work is set to start in Skipton.The Job Club, to be held from today, Thursday, at Champions Church, in Carleton Road, follows a successful course held at the same venue earlier his
A COMMUNITY rail group in the Dales has helped to launch a national campaign to highlight the benefits of using the railway network to see some of the country's finest tourist sights.Members of the Leeds-Morecambe Community Rail Partnership, or The
SKIPTON: The Counterfeit Sixties will perform in The Mart Theatre at 7.30pm on Friday, May 26.The band will bring to life the magic of the sixties with their tribute to over 25 bands of that era.Michael Bernstein and Colin Stevens will perform the lively
GROUPS in Silsden, Cross Hills and Wilsden have benefited from the latest payout from the Keighley-based Craven Trust.The charity this month shared £8,482 between 10 organisations in its area, which includes parts of the Yorkshire Dales and Bradford district.Wilsden
COACH Dave Duxbury is confident that he has left Skipton in better shape than he found them.The 52-year-old, who is taking over at neighbours Keighley, helped them to promotion from Yorkshire Division Four.The Reds also reached the Yorkshire Silver Trophy
CARE charity Marie Curie is again encouraging people to brew up a storm throughout June by hosting tea parties to bring it a cash boost.And the local campaign has been launched in Skipton at Helene's Tea Room by Keith Widdop, treasurer of the charity
A TEACHER at a specialist independent school in Bentham is to face trial for the alleged assault by beating of a pupil. Joseph Lee Beckett, 33, denies the assault by beating of the pupil at Cedar House School in Low Bentham - a school for children
BONNIE The Amazing Reading Dog has become a regular guest at Sutton Community Primary School.Head Fiona Beetles said that Bonnie, accompanied by her human friend Alison, had become a popular new member of staff.She said: “Bonnie loves stories and so will
CHEFS at one of Craven's best-known restaurants will find themselves working fewer hours every week thanks to what bosses have labelled a 'pioneering' four-day week.Bolton Abbey's 'Burlington Restaurant' at the Devonshire Arms
ANOTHER section of ancient 'overgrown' hedgerow in Cowling is set to be dug up and moved to make way for three new homes.The bungalows, off Dick Lane, will be a continuation of a recently completed development of three homes, heard Craven District
SEVERAL hundred people tackled a gruelling annual challenge organised by Keighley Scout Service Network.Participants in the Fellsman have to negotiate a 62-mile route across rugged moorland terrain.The event involves over 11,000 feet of climbing, between
